Canada

Complexe sportif de Mont-Bleu

Project Location: Gatineau, Outaouais, Canada
Building Type: Stadium/Sports Facility
Project Descripton: This is a idea of the Complexe sportif of Mont-leu high school where the next Gatineau soccer semi-professionnel team will play.

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Circle City

Disaster Mitigation - Hurricane-resistant | Disaster Reconstruction | Urban Planning | Canada

Project Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Building Type: Urban Planning
Project Descripton: Circle City(ies) will be built within Tornado Alley, USA to address the destructive forces of any of the thousands of tornados that strike communities in that area annually. Traditionally, destroyed communities are rebuilt using stick-frame on slab....

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proposal for Vancouver's downtown eastside

Project Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Building Type: Urban Planning, Residential – Mixed Development, Homeless Shelter
Project Descripton: My thesis project for UBC Architecture which examines new possibilities for affordable housing in the urban context of Vancouver's downtown eastside...the poorest postal code in Canada. The thesis builds on a collection of ideas which relate to....

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Evergreen Brick Works

Project Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Building Type: Community Center
Project Descripton: Evergreen Brick Works is a centre for experiencing the relationship between nature, culture and community. It's a destination for families and individuals to enjoy a natural refuge while sampling a rich offering of programs, and services from....

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Native Cultural and Learning Centre

Project Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Building Type: Community Center, Cultural Display, Education Facility - Training Center, Theater (Stage), Youth Center, …
Project Descripton: Aboriginal Toronto - where is it? We’d like to give that question an answer. We are currently working to provide a centre to foster the cultural and educational development of native and newer Canadians in our city. Cultures are not made....

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The Grand House Student Co-op

Project Location: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Building Type: Residential – 4+ BR
Project Descripton: The GRAND HOUSE STUDENT CO-OPERATIVE is an incorporated, non-profit, housing co-op, with the goal of demonstrating sensitive aesthetic and environmental design, promoting innovative living and exploring both traditional and alternative construction....

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Merry-go-round

Project Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Building Type: Industrial Design
Project Descripton: The interaction of children with this merry-go-round produces the kinetic energy needed to illuminate the L.E.D. lights overhead. The goal of this project is to form a tangible connection between the work and resources needed to produce even a....

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The Now House™ Project

Project Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Building Type: Residential - Single Family
Project Descripton:

One of the biggest environmental challenges, now and in the future, is improving existing houses. The Now House™ project is a collaboration of designers, architects, engineers, homeowners and sustainable building experts who propose to turn a....

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Healthy House

Project Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Building Type: Residential – 3 BR
Project Descripton: This project has been added to the Open Architecture network in honour of photographer Edward Burtynsky for his contribution of a foreword to the book Shift:Positions.
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A 1,700 square foot, semi-detached,....

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Solid Void

Project Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Building Type: Residential – 1 BR
Project Descripton: This is a non-realized student project. It was proposed for an urban site in Toronto, off of Spadina Ave. On Bulwer St. The design consists of two L shaped spaces, one the reverse of the other. This mirroring serves to emphasize both the void....

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