SCHOOL PROJECTS
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Course: 301-406B
Design and Construction IV
Professors:
Vikram Bhatt and
Julia Bourke
Final Deadline: 12-04-99

Project
Design a new residential community in Hudson on a 60-acre piece of land.  The site spans from the water edge on the north end of the site to the train track on the south end.

Design
Our design incorporated the use of the cluster type housing plans in between rows of trees that follow the concession lines.  The green spaces between two clusters created open semi-public spaces.  Along the waters edge are small cabins scattered within the trees.  These lodges can be rented out to people who might want a summer cabin by the lake or who want to rent a cabin in the winter for ice fishing, etc.  The community buildings are also on the north side of Main Street facing the water.



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MIXED USE BUILDING, Montreal, Quebec

Course: 301-405A
Design and Construction III
Professors:
Adrian Sheppard and
Natalie David
Final Deadline: 07-12-1998

Project
Design a mixed use building including a video production studio for EUROcom (2,000s.m.), a philosophy cafe (300s.m.), an art gallery (300s.m.), a computer store (200s.m.) and a courtyard (no less than 40s.m.).

Design
The site for this mixed use building spans from St-Laurent to Clark.  The computer store and the lobby for EUROcom are on clark street and the cafe and art gallery are on St-Laurent.  All for connect to the centralized courtyard.  There are also two street entrances to the courtyard, one from each street to allow for public access to the courtyard during opening hours.



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CIDERY, Mont Saint-Gregoire, Quebec

Course: 301-405A
Design and Construction III
Professors:
Adrian Sheppard and
Natalie David
Final Deadline: October 1998

Project
Design a cidery on an existing apple orchard at Mont Saint-Gregoire.

Design
The cidery includes a reception hall that could be used for wine testing, a restaurant and public facilities.  Also on the site are ancillary service buildings for the cidery, as well as greenhouses and the house of the remueur.  The parking is in a clearing near the main street and guests of the cidery can walk or be transported on a hay truck from the parking to the main building.



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TWO-FAMILY TOWNHOUSE
Sherbrooke St. corner Jeanne-Mance, Montreal, Qc.

Course: 301-428T
Summer Project II
Professors:
Bruce Anderson,
Adrian Sheppard and
Radoslav Zuk
Final Deadline: 17-08-1998

Project
Design two large townhouse for middle income families with children.  The design is to focus on the corner unit.

Design
Each townhouse includes an un-subdivided office space on the ground floor.  The living room, dining room and kitchen are on the piano-nobile, the parents and children's bedrooms are on the 2nd floor, and on the third floor are the playroom, guest room, laundry room and roof deck.  The change in elevation from the front to the back of the townhouse allowed for direct access to the garage from the backlane.  There is also a second entrance at the back of the house through the kitchen from the porch.  Clients can enter the office via a street level entrance on Jeanne-Mance.



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SPORTS COMPLEX
2093, rue de la Visitation, Montreal, Quebec

Course: 301-304B
Design and Construction II
Prof.: Julia Bourke
Final Deadline: 13-04-1998

Project
Design a sports complex for the non-profit Association sportive et communautaire Centre-Sud.

Design
This sports complex includes a gymnasium, multi-purpose rooms for ages 0-5, 6-12 and youths, a weight room, locker rooms, observation stands, winter garden and solarium, snack bar, a library with AV equipment and computers, and offices.  This project is designed as a community building and a sports complex and is meant to offer activities for children and youths, as well as a place for adults to socialize.



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ARCHITECTURE FROM THE OUTSIDE-IN
Townhouse Elevation on University St.,
Montreal, Quebec

Course: 301-304B
Design and Construction II
Prof.: Julia Bourke
Final Deadline: 10-02-1998

Project
Design a facade for a proposed townhouse in Montreal.  The project did not involve the design of the townhouse, but in designing the facade, the intent of what would be behind the exterior walls had to be considered at all times.

Design
The design of the facade is intended to reveal the differences between the two sisters (imaginary clients) that would each own one of the two houses.  The sister on the left is a single mother of two.  The ground floor is her office, the piano nobile is the main living area and the 2nd floor is where the bedrooms are.  The single sister lives on the right and has here main living space on the 1st floor.  The 2nd floor is used as a dance studio.



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THE ARCHITECTURAL PROMENADE

Course: 301-304B
Design and Construction II
Prof.: Julia Bourke
Final Deadline: 26-01-1998

Project
Design an architectural promenade using walls and columns.  In this project we were asked to design outside the context of a real site.

Design
This meditation promenade consists 1) of columns that enclose the fictional site and 2) of rows of columns that represent the footpath of someone descending the site into a reflective pool of water.



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NEW STAIR for the Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal

Course: 301-303A
Design and Construction I
Prof.: Howard Davis
Final Deadline: Dec. 1997

Project
Design a new stair to replace the existing main stair at the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal.

Design
Using the stone on the side facade of the museum as the finishing for the new stair.  The intention was to creating the image of a stone carpet rolling down the length of the 6 flights of stairs at the museum.  The landings comprised of a random mixture of two stones indicating the change of levels.  Artwork could be exhibited along the length of the stairs.



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THINKING THE ELEMENTS and REVEALING THE ELEMENTAL POETRY OF THE WORLD

Course: 301-303A
Design and Construction I
Prof.: Ricardo L. Castro
Final Deadline: 14-10-1997

Project
This project was done in two parts.  The first part involved the exploration of the elements (earth and water) through photography.  The second part required that we designed a device that would reveal an element through the use of parallax.

Design
This parallax device was intended to reveal the green stain on the stone masonry of the MacDonald Engineering building at McGill University that was created by the combination of the copper roof and the rain.  The poetic intention of using solely recycled materials to build this device was to contrast with how this stain was indeed created due to polluted rain water. 



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A FERRY TERMINAL, Ile Sainte-Helene, Quebec

Course: 301-202B
Architectural Graphics and Elements of Design
Prof.: David Covo
Final Deadline: 15-04-1997

Project
Design a ferry terminal on the Ile Sainte-Helene side for a seasonal ferry service from Jacques-Cartier Pier to Ile Sainte-Helene.

Design
This 225s.m. terminal includes a waiting room, administration and ticketing areas, a canteen, basic services and an exterior covered waiting area.  As required for this assignment, the primary structural material is wood.



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CARDBOARD CHAIR

Course: 301-201A
Communication, Behaviour and Architecture
Prof.: David Covo
Final Deadline: Dec. 1996

Project
Design a chair out of a maximum of three 4 x 5ft. sheets of double ply corrugated cardboard.

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