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daycare and community pool building). Most buildings built on permafrost need to be supported above the ground with a belly of reservoirs for drinking water, oil for heating and wastewater – all supplied and removed by truck. Apr 2000-Aug 2003 – Diamond Schmitt Architects Incorporated, Toronto Reference: Mike Szabo. Design development, execution and coordination of construction documents, specifications, costing, fast-track project management, contract and site administration. Responsibilities included: A) Coordination for landscape and services for the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Masterplan, Phase I (DSAI in association with duToit Allsopp Hillier). Working with Mike Szabo, Don Schmitt, John Hillier and other consultants, I coordinated the masterplan with civil infrastructures and landscape designs to give coherence to new and existing buildings centred around a commons above ground (pedestrian paths, site lighting, pool, pergola with wifi, benches, plantings) and a commons below ground (a subterranean network of service tunnels, building infrastructures and a geo-thermal heat exchange system). The entire campus, including parking and roads, was designed to drain to a series of strategically and decoratively planted swales and ponds to filter surface runoff before returning them to Oshawa Creek. (40 hectares / 100 acres campus, first phase of landscaping: $20 million, completed September 2004). B) Site administration, interiors coordination and lighting design for the Bahen Centre for Information Technology (BCIT), University of Toronto: Working with Thom Pratt, David Dow, Matthew Lella, Dale McDowell and others, I designed, coordinated and administered work on the atrium interiors, lighting, ceilings, and the renovation and restoration of a historical house incorporated into the new building. (8-storeys, 36,800 m 2, $100 million, completed September 2002). Nov 1996-Aug 1999 – Oleson Worland Architect, Toronto Reference: David Oleson. All stages of design work, from proposals through to construction sets. Working with David Oleson, Christie Pearson and Howard Wong at this small firm was an excellent experience. David fostered a collaborative, supportive, and open-minded approach to design. One of the projects I worked on while at OWA was Camden Lofts (29 Camden Street, Toronto, with Core Architects). This modest newbuilt downtown condominium project mimicked a warehouse vocabulary and extended a density of inhabitation appropriate to the city centre. I worked on this project from initial design, marketing, development, permit, working documents, coordination, bidding, construction administration, to on-site inspections and reporting. Other projects included: University of Toronto Athletics Centre, Lockers Renovation, Trinity Bellwoods Recreation Centre Renovation, Master Plan for University of Toronto Athletics Centre, Envelope Renovation for 2 County Court Boulevard, Brampton (office building), Woodbine Park Master Plan Study. DESIGN COLLABORATIONS Jan-Feb 2005 – Partenariat du Quartier des Spectacles Workshop, Montréal collectif dab (Steve Topping, Frances Stober, Tony Round, Ana Rewakowicz, Lorraine Oades, Marie-Paule Macdonald, Andrea Kordos and myself) was an interdisciplinary team of artists and architects. The Partenariat du Quartier des Spectacles sought to ‘brand’ an area of Montréal’s downtown, known for theatres, summer festivals, and its redlight district. Referencing Guy Debord’s critique of spectacle, collectif dab’s proposal, “Quartier X”, suggested that branding is potentially anti-thetical to a vibrant and diverse city center and instead proposed a three-part strategy for sustainable development based on urban acoustics, social justice and responsible urban ecology. Sep-Nov 1998 – Dundas Square Competition, Toronto with Christie Pearson, Howard Wong, Rick Andreghetti, Michelle Lavigne, Millie Chen, Warren Quigley, Sarah Peebles, Rob Cruikshank, Michael Hayden, David Oleson, Dan Euser, Horst Dickert, Walter Blackwell and Oleson Worland Architect. Our team of artists, architects and consultants, placed second in a short-listed two-stage design competition for Toronto’s Dundas Square. 3 of 9
Sep-Nov 1996 – Erindale College Student Centre Competition, University of Toronto with Christie Pearson and Howard Wong and Oleson Worland Architect. Our design placed second in an open and anonymous design competition. SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2011 2010 2009 2008 DesignInquiry Bursary to participate in “DesignCities: Montréal”, 8-13 May 2011. Doctoral Thesis Completion Award, Graduate Awards Committee, Concordia U., $4,000 (May-December 2011). Concordia University Conference Award, SGS, $650. “The Ecological Community,” inaugural conference of ALECC (Association of Literature, Environment and Culture in Canada), Cape Breton U, Sydney, Nova Scotia, 19-21 August, 2010. Student Conference Travel Support, FAS, Concordia U., $300. Media Ecology Association Conference, Saint Louis U., Missouri, 18-21 July 2009. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, $40,000 (May 2008 to April 2010). Fonds du Québec de recherche sur la société et la culture, Bourse de doctorat de recherche, $20,000 (May 2010 to April 2011). RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION RESEARCH PROJECTS AND FUNDING 2012-2013 – VPRGS Concordia Aid to Research Related Events, Publication, Exhibition and Dissemination Activities Thinking With Water. Award in support of book publication with McGill-Queen’s University Press. Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter C. van Wyck (Concordia University). Co-applicaton with Cecilia Chen (Concordia), Janine MacLeod (York) and Dr. Astrida Neimanis (Gender Institute, LSE). $5,000. 2010-2011 – VPRGS Concordia Aid to Research Related Events “Thinking With Water Workshop.” Investigators and applicants as above. $4,999. 2009-2011 – SSHRC Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada “Thinking With Water Workshop.” Investigators and applicants as above. $22,579. 2009-ongoing – Thinking With Water Project Workshop and book work initiated and organised in collaboration with Janine MacLeod and Dr. Astrida Neimanis. The workshop took place in Montréal in June of 2010; the manuscript was assembled and edited over the remainder of 2010 and in 2011 and is currently being reviewed by McGill-Queen’s University Press. See also http://thinkingwithwater.net. 4 of 9
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