Ariel SJ Mieling

Portfolio

The cumulation of a joint architec-ture, urban design studio, this five week independently defined project, a library for the Hastings corridor in Burnaby, layers of public space rang-ing from a quiet reading nook to a public plaza. The project investigates how the ubiquitous strip mall could find new life through infill as we move towards a sustainable society and how the library, an activated public space, could provide privacy in public and a forum for engagement.

Kensington Branch Library: Autumn 2008

2nd year vertical studio

Stacks

Seats

computer stations

Flex gathering space

Staff space

Kids reading area bathroom elevatorcirculation

Periodical

This summer course focused on analytical and descriptive drawing while exposing us to the gardens and architecture of Northern Italy. While we spent hours at Palladio’s villas and amidst the hedges of Baroque gardens, I was particularly taken by the geometry and logic of Carlo Scarpa’s works, depicted here. The trip was followed by a book collecting the drawings and a series of essays about the sights and the practice of drawing.

Sketching Italy: Summer 2008

Landscape/architecture study abroad

Taking a simple repetition of forms can nonetheless lead to a variety of architectural expressions. This systems of platforms allowed groups or indi-viduals to find a place for watching the game, having a picnic or reading a book in a public park. Thought the arrangement of the pieces was limited by their joints they still express a play-fulness appropriate to a park.

Platform Piece: Spring 2008

1st year core 2 studio

During this five week project I inves-tigated, primarily through models, the capacity of a grid shell and then a hyperbolic curve, to provide structure, light, walls and roofs. Also important to the investigation was the system’s capacity to create different types of spaces, ranging in size and quality.

Synthetic Structure Models: Spring 2008

1st year core 2 studio

In order to accommodate two very different but compatible personalities in a small space, I sought to create pockets of private space within a large open plan. On each level these small spaces punch through the open plan creating consistency along with vari-ety. Central the concept of this project was the way in which changing levels would divide and define spaces.

The Odd Couple: Autumn 2007

1st year core 2 studio

MADD West Vancouver: Spring 2009

MADD- West Vancouver’s Museum for Art Architecture and Design seeks to be both a museum and a space of convergence and community building. The first floor connects to 3 major but diverse modes of moving through the community while the second floor utilizes its position for maximum natural light. The lobby and orientation gallery cutting through the center of the building connects the community’s public space to the gallery and exhibits.

Current work in progress