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PROJECTS: ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO 2013STEFAN LEVASSEUR
STUDIO: SETTLEMENTS CITY GROWTH
Jan-Apr 2011
Mentor: Erick Villagomez
STUDIO: EN_SPACE INTERTWINED
Sep-Dec 2010
Mentor: Martin Lewis
Collaborator: Mark Ross
STUDIO: ACCOMMODATIONS 118 LADYSMITH
Jan-Apr 2010
Mentor: Christopher MacDonald
STUDIO: TERRAINS HUMAN / NATURE
Sep-Dec 2009
Mentor: Kris Fox
ENVIRONMENT & URBAN FORM WALKABILITY IN THE WEST END
Sep-Dec 2010
Mentor: Ron Kellett
Collaborator: Jason Pfeifer
GEOMETRIC MODELLING PARAMETRIC DESIGN
Sep-Dec 2010
Mentor: Ian McDonald
Collaborator: Erik Bean
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STUDIO: SETTLEMENTS CITY GROWTH LOCATION Vancouver BC Canada
DATE Jan-Apr 2011
TYPE Individual Academic Project - Fourth Term
MENTOR Erick Villagomez [[email protected]]
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To intensify a connection to the waterfront, the facility blurs the shoreline with an integrated ramp descending through cattail-seeded steps. Two market platforms cascade along this ramp, separated from the building by a descending cattail ‘creek’. As though through a patch of cattails, light filters into
City Growth explores the potential for urban agriculture to advance the cultivation of Vancouver’s identity and to reconnect the community of Marpole to the Fraser River Waterfront with an interactive interpretive centre and market facility.
the interior spaces through cladding composed of alternating solids and glazed voids. Visual connection is maintained with the outdoor market platforms through operable wall panels.
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The building’s form was inspired by the site’s historical attributes - cattails along the bank of the Fraser river, and Musqueam long houses. Light-filtering properties of both inspired formal variations which, combined with simple industrial and agricultural typologies, yielded the final result.
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solar manipulationsfarm vocabulary achoring and circulation
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heavy mass
light shed
solar manipulationsfarm vocabulary achoring and circulation
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heavy mass
light shed
solar manipulationsfarm vocabulary achoring and circulation
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24/7circulation
heavy mass
light shed
solar manipulationsfarm vocabulary achoring and circulation
solar manipulation s
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24/7circulation
heavy mass
light shed
solar manipulationsfarm vocabulary achoring and circulation
solar manipulation
inspiration: cattails, Musqueam long house, remnants of industrial equipment discovered on site
process sketches exploring form, materials, and programme interior community flex space
formal evolution
process model exploring the interpretation of inspiration
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Mobile greenhouses will contain the contaminated ecosystems and provide lab facilities to explore new methods of bio-remediation while allowing the public to witness the gradual transformation of the site.
The site is presently dominated by light industry and surface parking. Its conversion to agricultural land is hindered by contaminants from previous industrial use thus requiring intensive bio-remediation.
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agricultural land
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community garden plots
natural habitat and greenway
blackberry bush parking lot
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experimental remediation greenhouses2011
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water treatmentsurpluscity sewer
remediation agriculture
market trends2011 [ ]
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agricultural land
public facilities
community garden plots
natural habitat and greenway
blackberry bush parking lot
orchard
bog crops
stills from presentation slides showing the evolution of the proposed development over time site plan; rendering of experimental remediation using mobile greenhouses
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As a gateway to the city, City Growth will showcase Vancouver’s role as a leader in sustainability. The site’s location directly below international flight paths and adjacent to a main bridge entering the city, provide a rare opportunity to view the site from an aerial perspective, creating a visual record of the transformation.
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a localising food movement
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changing land use: 1890 - 1910 - 1950
transportation through the site; agricultural land reserves the site
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farmers markets
markets5 min walking
official plots
urban farming
guerilla plots
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In preparation for the design of our interventions at this urban scale, intensive research was carried out by the class as a whole and amalgamated into a large format presentation poster to introduce the guest reviewers to the sites, the city, and the region. This research was later presented to the community of Marpole to assist them in deliberations about
future development in their neighbourhood - namely several controversial proposals for towers.
In order to facilitate access to this data, the students designed an online platform showcasing our research as well as our interventions.
http://2011.ubcends.com/pages/1/welcome
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STUDIO: EN_SPACE INTERTWINED LOCATION University of British Columbia BC Canada
DATE Sep-Dec 2010
TYPE Group Academic Project - Third Term
MENTOR Martin Lewis [[email protected]]
COLLABORATOR Mark Ross All graphics by Levasseur unless otherwise noted except renderings:
3D modelling by Levasseur and Photoshop work by Ross.
All design concepts are the result of equal collaboration.
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the university campus creating a visible identity for each faculty as reflected by specific vegetation.
Vegetation choices, legend, and panorama by Ross.
All other graphics by Levasseur.
Vegetation within the courtyard is coded to reflect the given program of UBC’s new engineering centre, providing a sense of cohesion between the vegetative and built programs.
This concept will be gradually adopted throughout
ACCOMODATING
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WINTER CREEPER
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legend of proposed vegetation used for programme coding layout of vegetation as it relates to programme
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CIRCULATION
The building’s form explores the introduction of exterior coded vegetation into the interior environment by articulating the edge condition with vegetated ‘fingers’
All graphics and drawings by Ross and Levasseur.
site photo with conceptual insertion of circulation plan of intervention & surrounding buildings
process sketches
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SLOPED ROOF PLANE TO ACCOMMODATE SUN
RAISED GROUND PLANE
PROGRAMME MASSING
CIRCULATION ACTS AS AN EXTERIOR BUFFER BETWEEN LOUD AND QUIET ZONES
Re-establishing the ground datum to the existing roofscape, a vegetative formal expression rethinks the entrenched connotation of what an engineering courtyard could be.
section showing the relation of interior spaces to exterior spaces
summer rendering formal evolution
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Transparency is used to blur the boundary between landscape and building. The landscape penetrates within the building challenging social conventions by creating a visual filter between programmatic elements.
The concept is further pursued through the use of translucent acrylic partitions between traditionally separate uses such as board rooms and common space. The partitions also double as white boards that allow a visual connection to the occupants’ activities.
Social pods are scattered over the accessible roof providing a reading of the interior uses through vegetation coding. Their form is also visible to the interior occupants, hinting at the activity above.
Conceptual model by Ross.
integration of exterior vegetation throughout the building (washrooms depicted)
intertwined programmatic spaces - exposure of administration meeting space to common computer lab conceptual model exploring the integration of exterior vegetation to the interior concept for the blurring of interior and exterior spaces - ground level
concept for the blurring of interior and exterior spaces - roof level
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An opportunity was provided to showcase the mechanical room while encouraging interaction with bike racks inspired by the duct work.
The office space is literally entrenched within the ground but offers visual connections to vegetation and the occupants of the accessible roof. In turn, roof occupants, usually engineering students, can witness activities in their students union office.
relationship between interior office space and exterior public space visual access to normally hidden mechanical spaces
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The Institutions studio was used to introduced a design strategy that began with individual exercises involving the choice of an arbitrary word - ‘entrenchment’. Various projects including a personalised graphic definition, a model spatializing the word, and a video exploration provided inspiration for subsequent designs.
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STUDIO: ACCOMMODATIONS 118 LADYSMITHLOCATION Victoria BC Canada
DATE Jan-Apr 2010
TYPE Individual Academic Project - Second Term
MENTOR Christopher MacDonald
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James Bay was once involved in industrial/commercial activity. The existing building at 118 Ladysmith Street was a grain processing plant with an attached bakery where residents of the community could buy freshly baked bread. In 1971, the plant relocated to Surrey and baked goods became available only at the local shopping area several
blocks away.
In keeping with the James Bay development plan towards community-oriented services and gathering spaces as well as healthy pedestrian lifestyles, the aim of this development is to challenge norms and current zoning paradigms by providing multiple
adaptable units within a residential neighbourhood that are capable of housing anything from residential to live/work to office spaces. Focus is placed on healthy live/work conditions encouraging community interaction through crossing circulation paths and sight lines between various levels of public/
private zones. Historical usage is re-introduced with a bakery/cafe along with a small convenience store that will once again draw an increased public presence to this otherwise residential block. The final outcome is a place for brief or drawn out interactions among residents of the community.
depiction of semi-public space for residents
interior of uppermost units
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long section showing the interconnected spaces to induce encounters between residents and the community; figure ground of the neighbourhood
massing of proposed building in context
sketch exploring form and material as inspired by past industry
public spaces as incorporated on the site
inspiration: past industry on site, corner stores of Montreal
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STUDIO: TERRAINS HUMAN / NATURELOCATION Vancouver BC Canada
DATE Sep-Dec 2009
TYPE Individual Academic Project - First Term
MENTOR Kris Fox [[email protected]]
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Vancouver’s Spanish Banks and Jericho Beach are much touted for providing a natural atmosphere in which to enjoy the ocean and a breathtaking view. However, upon closer examination both the view and its ‘natural’ vantage point are heavily constructed human interventions within the landscape.
From non native flora to altered coastlines, all natural elements at these beaches are in fact human construction. The man-made natural elements of the site are addressed through geometry, materiality, and through play with compartmentalisation.
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inspiration: man-made elements on site with natural insinuations
model showing transition between beach, lawn, and bosqueconceptual model exploring the hidden man-made elements behind the seemingly natural
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site plan
section at bosque
section at log pier installation
process sketches
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WALKABILITY STUDY IN THE WEST ENDENVIRONMENT AND URBAN FORM:LOCATION Vancouver BC Canada
DATE Sep-Dec 2010
TYPE Academic Group Project - Third Term
MENTOR Ron Kellett [[email protected]]
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TRAVEL DISTANCE BEFORE DIRECTION CHANGE
112 metres
FABRIC
210 metres
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Through traffic for automobiles interrupted by traffic calming devices.
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COLLABORATOR Jason Pfeifer All research & graphics by Levasseur and Pfeifer
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GEOMETRIC MODELLING: PARAMETRIC DESIGNLOCATION Vancouver BC Canada
DATE Sep-Dec 2010
TYPE Academic Group Project - Third Term
MENTOR Ian McDonald
COLLABORATOR Erik Bean All Design & graphics by Levasseur and Bean
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