• SKY-O-SWALE CONSTRUCTION, SCARBOROUGH, ON

    Construction continues on the Sky-o-Swale that I helped design while I worked at E.R.A. Architects.  The canted re-used hydro poles are currently in place, being…

    June 5, 2014

  • Truth and Reconciliation Centre, M.Arch, UBC

    As part of our comprehensive design studio this past spring I partnered up with Roy Cloutier for the term.  Together we designed a Truth and Reconciliation Centre located…

    April 15, 2014

  • TRC Sketches, M.ARCH, UBC

    Below is a couple sketches I created as part of our process of designing a Truth and Reconciliation Centre.

    March 28, 2014

  • System Integration, M.Arch, UBC

    The following drawing explores system integration for our Truth and Reconciliation Centre.  This is part of the comprehensive design studio, for which I am partnered…

    March 18, 2014

  • Designing in Detail, M.Arch, UBC

    Roy Cloutier and I developed the following drawings to explore materiality and relationships in our building design through details for our Truth and Reconciliation Centre. This…

    March 7, 2014

  • First Oleleshwa Unit Finished, Kenya

    We have finally finished our first two-classroom unit at Oleleshwa Primary School in Ewaso Ngiro, Kenya.  The cistern to collect the water from the large…

    March 5, 2014

  • Truth and Reconciliation Centre, M.ARCH, UBC

    This past Thursday, my design partner Roy Cloutier and I gave our mid-term presentation for our Truth and Reconciliation Centre. This is a continuation from…

    February 16, 2014

  • Site, Structure, Light and Air, M.ARCH, UBC

    The second week of our comprehensive design studio Roy and I continued our exploration of the experiential possibilities of a  Truth and Reconciliation Centre.  This…

    January 21, 2014

  • Experiential Possibilities, M.Arch, UBC

    My studio course this semester is a comprehensive design studio which is completed as a design team of two people.  I have partnered up with…

    January 14, 2014

  • Life Transition Centre, M.Arch, UBC

    The final design project for this term took the Timber Shell system I developed earlier, and applied it to a Life Transition Centre program in Granville…

    December 2, 2013

  • Timber Shell System Design, M.Arch, UBC

    The first half of my fall design studio focused on the design of a wood shell structural system.  After research into existing wood technologies and…

    November 10, 2013

  • Day 124 – Bodhnath, Nepal

    Bodhnath Stupa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, located near Kathmandu is considered one of the most important places to worship Buddha. It’s exact date or reason…

    July 6, 2013

  • Day 112 – Delhi, India

    The first four photographs are of Humayun’s Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage site, which is locate in Delhi. It was constructed prior to the Taj…

    June 24, 2013

  • Day 109 – Chandigarh, India

    The following are all designed by Le Corbusier, except for the final one which is the Architecture Museum and was designed based on a pavilion…

    June 21, 2013

  • Day 100 – Agra, India

    Agra fort is another UNESCO World Heritage Site located within the city of Agra, and just up river from the Taj Mahal.      …

    June 12, 2013

  • Day 97 – Ajanta Caves, India

    Ajanta caves are another UNESCO World Heritage Site located about 100km from Aurangabad, India. The caves were constructed by Buddhist Monks between 200 BCE and…

    June 8, 2013

  • Day 94 – Ellora Caves, India

    The Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and are located approximately 30km from Aurangabad in India. The 34 caves were cut into the…

    June 6, 2013

  • Day 90 – Mumbai, India

    The first photograph is the Gateway to India, followed by the Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, university of Mumbai, and the…

    June 2, 2013

  • Day 84 – Siem Reap, Cambodia

    Spent the day biking to all the ruins that are surrounding Ankor Wat. Bayon, Bapoun, Phimeanakas, Preah Khan, Neak Pean, Ta Som, East Mebon, Pre…

    May 27, 2013

  • Day 43 – Christchurch, NZ

    So as many of you may know, over 60% of the downtown core of Christchurch, New Zealand was destroyed, or required demolition, following the series…

    April 16, 2013

  • Day 21 – Napier, NZ

    Napier’s downtown was almost completely destroyed in an earthquake in 1931. Following the earthquake, a moratorium was placed on building to give the town time…

    March 25, 2013

  • Day 18 – Tongariro Park

    So this post contrasts two huts situated within a 20 minute walk from each other. One is the newest hut to be constructed (completed two…

    March 21, 2013

  • Day 13 – Waitomo, NZ

    This structure serves as the new entrance to the famous Waitomo Glow Worm cave. The beautiful structure is by the New Zealand firm Architecture Workshop,…

    March 17, 2013

  • Day 7 – Auckland, NZ

    View of Auckland and the Mount Eden volcano bowl, a couple interesting landscapes, and the Auckland Art Gallery by Sydney-based Fjmt and Auckland-based Archimedia. Nice…

    March 11, 2013

  • Day 2 – San Fran

    A day of nature, engineering, and architecture thanks to some of the worlds best. Golden Gate Park, California Academy of Science, the ocean, and the…

    March 6, 2013

  • Oleleshwa Night Raises Over $14,000

    The fundraiser I co-hosted in January, to raise funds for the construction of Oleleshwa Primary School (see above) in Kenya, raised over $14,000.  Approximately 175…

    February 20, 2013

  • Oleleshwa

    This is the first completed classroom of Oleleshwa Primary School (Ewaso Ngiro, Kenya) that Karl Sarkis and I designed and traveled to Kenya to help…

    January 10, 2013

  • Machu Picchu

    Just a teaser from my last trip in Peru.  I’ll post a few teasers over the next couple months as I lead up to my trip.

    January 1, 2013
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