Samuel Ganton

Candidate for Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Honours Co-operative program, University of Waterloo School of Architecture

sduganto@engmail.uwaterloo.ca

(289) 838 4343

Ganton Portfolio

Introduction experience and content list

Samuel Ganton

Candidate for Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Honours Co-operative Program, University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Cambridge, Ontario, September 2009 - Present

Email Address: sduganto@engmail.uwaterloo.ca

Cell Phone: 289 838 4343

Skills Summary

• Experience producing construction drawings in professional office• Highly motivated contributor in team and individual situations• Proficient in AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 4.0, V-ray Rendering, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe

InDesign, MS Office (PowerPoint, Word); familiar with: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver.

Work Experience

Brian Williams Architects, June 2010 - September 2010 Architectural Assistant - conceptual design, construction drawings and renderings, documentation of existing buildings

Oxford Learning Milton, June 2009 - September 2009 Assistant Teacher - adapting curriculum for science summer camps, teaching children through experiments, diagrams, and activities

Awards

• Highest Overall Academic Standing, 1A, University of Waterloo School of Architecture• Governor General’s Academic Medal, for highest average in Secondary School, 2009• Proficiency Award for highest average in grades 11 and 12, Milton District High School• Canadian Geography Challenge, 11th Place in National Final, 2007

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The portfolio is a record of ideas and a demonstration of their application. It is a storehouse, constantly shifting form, expanding and contracting.

The projects in the following pages are drawn from work completed at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, as well as in the office of Brian Williams Architects.

They are arranged as follows.

5 - Levels of Wilderness

9 - Wind Walk

13 - Backyard House

17 - Private Residence: Professional Work

23 - Case Study: Lloyd Hotel

27 - Zeppelin Fafnir I

31 - Haiti: Building Communities

Levels of Wilderness a passive solar hikers`retreat

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Beside a path north of Cambridge, Ontario, there is a moment where the ground plane disappears. The forest is continous. Trees sprout from below the cliff, projecting hikers closer to the upper canopies.

A small retreat is proposed as a shelter from storms. Designed to use passive solar heating and shading, the building makes a minimal impact on its surroundings. It also focuses and defines the experience of the upper levels of wilderness.

Arch 125 Environmental Design

1B Term 2010

Professor Terri Meyer Boake

University of Waterloo School of Architecture

Levels of Wilderness site and interior focus

Each module of the structure defines a specific view, texture, and viewing position, engaging with sky, canopy, understory, and forest floor.

A system of structural insulated panels is set on point-foundations, minimizing site assembly. Thin concrete provides thermal mass for south glazing.

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As the south facade steps back, a constant roof overhang provides consistent shading for the lengthening windows.

Wind Walk a bridge pathway winds its way from waterfront to city centre

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In preparation for the 2015 Pan Am Games, the city of Hamilton, Ontario, proposed a stadium on a brownfield site in the West Harbour area. Wind Walk proposes to connect the new stadium with existing waterfront trails, as well as with other venues in the downtown centre.

Acting as a bridge over a railway yard, a street intersection, and a local high school, the pathway touches down at the Trailhead and in Central park, spilling out under canopies meant as gathering places.

Arch 113 Visual Communication, Arch 173 Building Construction

1B Term 2010

Collaboration with Amina Lalor

Professors Mark Cichy, Terri Meyer Boake

University of Waterloo School of Architecture

Wind Walk details and structure of bridge sections

Exploded perspective showing components of bridge segment, including dendriform steel struts, prestressed concrete deck, and tensile fabric canopies

Detail of turnbuckle connections for canopy

Detail of clamps connection struts to deck

Cast-in-place toothed connection

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Section of path at starting point near waterfront trail-head Bridge swoops over intersection, arriving at Copps Coliseum

Site plan of Wind Walk’s route through Hamilton’s West Harbour

Backyard House confined in a courtyard, a house stretches skyward

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Suburban backyards are often unused. This site, surrounded on every side by a church, a house, and a garage-shed, has one gap through which it faces two trees and the southern sun.

A house is proposed. It does not cower in the courtyard, but spreads out a wide photovoltaic canopy and focuses outward. Facing blank walls toward its neighbours, it extends its reach beyond the narrow confines of the site to the trees and the sky beyond.

Arch 193 Design Studio

1B Term 2010

Professor Donald McKay

University of Waterloo School of Architecture

Backyard House orthographic and axonometric projections

Services are condensed on one side, while living areas extend upward to a roof-terrace. The loft area uses stack effect for passive ventilation.

The house dominates the backyard. It closes itself off from neighbouring buildings with blank walls, but opens toward the trees and sky to the south.

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Insulating panels, strengthened with wood i-joists, act as shear bracing for an exterior steel frame supporting the photovoltaic array.

Rotating louvers shield the terrace from wind and rain. The bed can be lifted on a crank system to the second level, opening space on the ground floor.

Private Residence modifications to existing historical house

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The rear portion of a historical house in Milton, Ontario was covered with a flat roof. The clients requested a set of drawings with plans for constructing a pitched roof, extending walls, inserting new windows, and cutting off an existing chimney.

The existing house was documented and measured. When the design was complete, a complete drawing set was prepared for presentation to the Milton Historical Society, which requires modifications to historical buildings to comply with certain design parameters.

Professional Work

August 2010

Office of Brian Williams Architect

Milton, Ontario

Private Residence site plan and plan series

A set of construction drawings was prepared, showing aspects of the existing house, as well as design modifications. The site plan indicates the area of the house where the proposed roof addition is located.

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Detail of existing attic rafters Roof plan, showing new pitched roof

Framing plan, showing new ridge beam and rafters Second Floor Plan, showing room dimensions

Private Residence elevations and sectional details

West Elevation Section through modified bedroom

East Elevation North Elevation, with new window and shingled gable

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Detail section through rear wall, showing chimney cut off at eave line,

Detail section through side walls, showing rafters with spray-applied insulation, and new casement

Case Study Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam

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The Lloyd Hotel, in Amsterdam, has functioned as a stopping place for immigrants, a prison, housing for artists, and now as a luxury hotel. When the firm MVRDV set out to redesign the building, they carved out an irregular void to function as a new communal centre.

A bar and restaurant, a music performance area, an art floor, and reading rooms are divided between a number of platforms, connected by a winding staircase which snakes up through the atrium.

Arch 292 Design Studio

2A Term 2010

Professor Ryszard Sliwka

University of Waterloo School of Architecture

Case Study Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam

Hotel site in Eastern Docklands, Amsterdam Rear elevation, showing minimal disturbance of original brickwork

Atrium void shown as solid mass Atrium area with rear wall removed

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Ground floor, showing circulation and service areas Second Floor, showing private hotel rooms

Main circulation systems Private rooms shown wrapping around public spaces

Zeppelin Fafnir I a solar-powered airship

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The Airship Fafnir is a new kind of zeppelin. Powered by wind and sun, it is lifted by cells of hydrogen cushioned by helium. An array of photovoltaic panels generate its power while moving, and an internal wind turbine functions while the airship is moored. A towing cable with an automatic locking mechanism allows electric vehicles to latch onto the zeppelin for short distances as it recharges their systems.

Designed as a home for operators’ families, the interior of the gondola uses inflatable furniture and flexible storage arrangements.

Arch 114 Visual Communication III

Summer Term 2010

Professor Mark Cichy

University of Waterloo School of Architecture

Zeppelin Fafnir I a solar-powered airship

Lightweight interior truss network Hydrogen chambers surrounded by helium Interior rings and gondola structure

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Photovoltaic panels and wind turbines Exterior skin and engine pods Complete zeppelin shown in transparency

Building Communities Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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After the earthquake of January 2010, much of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was flattened. Residents were left with the problem of clearing away mounds of concrete rubble, preparing for the approaching hurricane season.

This project proposes to carve out a portion of a rubble-strewn hill site as a new community. From communal shelters at either end, residents are employed to excavate shallow terraces, retained with gabion basket walls formed from rubble. Family shelters can be expanded with local materials into permanent dwellings.

Arch 193 Design Studio

1B Term 2010

Professor Donald McKay

University of Waterloo School of Architecture

Group Project completed with Dave Holborn,

Caelin Schneider, Clara Walker, and Zicheng Xu

Building Communities Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Original site Earthquake damage Shelter and excavation Terraced houses Water supply network

Perspective through terrace row, showing expanded second floor, and rear street access

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Crop-growing areas Paths and roads Communal crop-sharing Commercial Development Integration with city

Site section through terraced housing, showing cistern troughs, and food-growing plots

Building Communities Port-au-Prince, Haiti

First year shelter Second year dwelling Fifth year house Possible expansions

Plan of dwelling, showing gabion basket walls with cladding Section showing bamboo structure and rainwater collection

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Funding Site Residents Rubble Gabion basket Tarp

bamboo lashings cable solar cooker bio-sand filter pond-liner

curtains PVC piping barrel wheelbarrow shovel bucket

A catalogue of materials was developed for the project. Some are obtained locally; others are sent along with aid shipments.

Ganton Portfolio