Type: Single Family Home
Program: Residential
Location: Vancouver, BC
In Collaboration with BLA Design Group, we faced many zoning and geographical challenges with this custom home. The sloped triangular site influences the form to step and adapt to various angles, resulting in a unique architectural language. Height constraints and setbacks encourage the implementation of flat accessible roofs and angular rooms, resulting in a contemporary exterior form. A courtyard surrounding the main living spaces is carved into the rear of the home for enhanced natural light and a stronger connection to the exterior.
Type: Single Family Home
Program: Residential
Location: Richmond, BC
In collaboration with BLA Design Group, we assisted with the planning, documentation and production of the permit set for this beautiful custom home.
Type: Renovation
Program: Residential
Location: Maple Ridge, BC
Rubric Architecture was commissioned to convert a barn into two dwellings on a large rural site. The concept was to have a contemporary interior in contrast with the rustic exterior.
Type: Built Work
Program: Residential
Location: Grand Forks, Canada
Type: Built Work
Program: Residential Addition
Location: Pitt Meadows, Canada
Type: In Progress
Program: Home + Secondary Suite
Location: Vancouver, BC Canada
7668 Main Street is an 1800 square-foot house commission located in Vancouver, BC. The small 30’ x 100’ lot posed many opportunities and challenges in regards to accommodating the client’s strict needs. To increase efficiency, the house is divided into two bands - one containing open living spaces, with the other band composing bedrooms, bathrooms and storage. A versatile and deep storage wall separates these two zones, creating a threshold between public and private.
Type: Addition
Program: Balcony and Canopies
Location: Vancouver, BC Canada
A new balcony and door canopies were designed for this lovely heritage home. A full Building Permit drawing package was submitted to the City of Vancouver. Construction was completed in late 2018.
Type: Competition (Finalist)
Program: Rain Shelters
Location: Vancouver, BC
It’s another classic rainy day in Vancouver, and of course, there’s no umbrella or canopy to be found. This unique-looking structure with shiny rings catches attention for passersby to seek shelter under it. The rings contain a “krishna siphon” - as rain water fills to a certain level, it suddenly releases and a thin wall of water falls toward the ground. This playful feature contains no moving parts and also enhances existing public space.
Vectorworks Scholarship Competition - First Prize
Type: Academic
Program: Interactive Museum
Location: Calgary, Canada
Collaborator: Ronli Mak
So, what gives a folk/fairy tale the ability to instill a sense of wonder in us?
It is because events simply happen and things simply exist. They just do.
A house appeared in the woods? Sure.
A half-horse half-man? Got it.
The imaginative appeal at the root of each tale is its ability to challenge our most basic assumptions. A typical reaction to the words “fairy tale building”, would be to imagine a magnificent Disney Castle. Conversely, this assumption is flipped and a sense of wonder and discovery is elicited. The building is massed entirely underground with only the entrance emerging from the surface - allowing for no preconceptions of what may lay ahead...
Type: Concept
Program: Ski-in, Ski-out Shelter
Location: Flexible
A typical ski-in ski-out shelter acts simply as a place of refuge, providing seclusion from the outdoors. The Turvasauna challenges this concept by directing public spaces outwards and the private spaces into a central al fresco courtyard which provides a place for secluded enjoyment of the outdoor environment. Inspired by Finnish tradition, the sauna is positioned adjacent to the central courtyard allowing overheated occupants to dive directly into a private ice-water pond.
Type: Concept
Program: Brewing and Music Facilities
Location: Vancouver, Canada
This project redefines the concept of a performance venue by creating a symbiotic community of local musicians and craft beer connoisseurs. Commonalities of both the brewing and music creation processes dictate the project’s hierarchal layout with the creative aspects of the two disciplines located on opposing
sides of the central Brewsic Hall. Seeds of musical expression are brought to fruition in the rehearsal suites while on the neighbouring side, artisans and patrons combine specialized rooftop grown ingredients to create hand-crafted beer. The Brewsic Hall plays
host to the culmination of both artistic cycles, providing the common space for live music and specialty draught to be experienced by all.
The façade treatment symbolically represents the essence of both the music and brewing processes. An adorned, articulated screen
wraps the two wings, portraying beer suds on the south side and sound waves on the north. Cedar, a traditional west coast construction material, is utilized to highlight the building’s
expressive extrusions. The projection screen of the Brewsic Hall faces the eastern courtyard, acting as a visual conduit, presenting the inner activities of the building to the outside world.
Type: Concept
Program: Student Housing and Offices
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Although currently possessing an economy largely dependent on tourism and innovation, Barcelona has undergone a multitude of transformations since the 1800’s. Sant Marti, a former industrial area, showcases this transitional evolution as it undergoes ambitious urban redevelopment. Adaptive reuse of a city block is thoroughly assessed and the remainder of the site is infilled with one story of university and innovation work spaces. Next, housing for young professionals and graduate students is positioned on top, oriented with opportunistic cut lines derived from historic urban geometries. These cuts lead to a verdant public courtyard that incorporates a large tree atop a mound as a focal point – fostering the outdoor gathering and commingling of university students, professionals and the public.
Canfor Playhouse Challenge - First Prize (on-site votes)
Type: Competition (Most On-site Votes)
Program: Playhouse
Location: Vancouver, Canada
At DA Architects + Planners, I was given the opportunity to submit my own entry for the Canfor Playhouse Competition. The life of a child is based on discovering the unknown. You approach the Tube House. What is it? Why is it here? At its base, a bright frame highlights a single entrance, inspiring you to explore further. A unique pathway is constructed in a 3-dimensional grid, creating areas to explore: inside, above and beneath the structure. Obstacles challenge you from all directions, slowing your progress toward the summit. At last. You made it. You enjoy the view for a few minutes before shooting down the slide, back to earth.
Type: Academic
Program: Art Gallery
Location: Port Moody, Canada
Port Moody, whose slogan is “City of the Arts”,
has a rich history of embracing the value of
artistic and cultural expression that dates back over 150
years. In an effort to refocus attention on this unique
attribute of Port Moody and away from the urban venues
of nearby Vancouver, this project will act as a catalyst
to rekindle the area’s artistic heritage to its birthplace. By
uniquely combining both the production and exhibition
of artwork in a single facility, the public will be
encouraged to meander through the various functional
artistic realms. The building is designed as an iconic
work of art, communicating its function via its form.
EVDS Student Competition - First Prize
Type: Competition
Program: Entry & Gallery Renovation
Location: Architecture Faculty, University of Calgary
Collaborator: Ronli Mak
This proposal focuses on creating a greater visual permeability in the main administration corridor entrance, and the other to the Eastern landscape . On the interior, the proposal opens up the Kasian Gallery to the corridor both visually, and literally by removing the existing wall and installing folding glass doors. This solution allows for a seamless transition, welcoming visitors into the faculty. Secondary doors flank the atrium for access while the glass doors are shut and are open to students for after-hours use. On the exterior, the proposal improves the indistinct East-side EVDS entry by exploring the current unusual geometries on site. As if the interior lobby exploded outwards, a new canopy unfolds and flares outwards, orienting itself towards the LRT station and Eastern campus entrance. The strong geometry created by the canopy bisects a new entrance plaza to create a tiered garden on one side, and a flexible, hard-surfaced display area for student works and gatherings.
