The document is Nicole LeBlanc's design portfolio and curriculum vitae. It includes summaries of several design projects she completed during school including a fabric earth structure, a community center, and a natural birth and death center. It also lists her education, employment history, skills, experience, and references.
1. RAHUL MEHROTRA
2. AN INTRODUCTION Principal of architecture firm RMA Architects (founded in 1990 as Rahul Mehrotra Associates) of Mumbai, India Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) in Cambridge, Mass., USA. Has designed projects that range from recycling urban land and master planning in Mumbai to the design of art spaces, boutiques, weekend houses, factories, social institutes and office buildings across India – thereby engaging diverse issues, multiple constituencies and varying scales: from interior design and architecture to urban design, conservation and planning
3. PHILOSOPHY ‘Architecture is the physical manifestation of a society’s aspirations in the broader sense.’ Unlike many other parts of the world, we don’t have restrictions on the forms or colours of our buildings. Driving down a road in any Indian town, you’ll see all buildings different, having an identity of its own, each standing for something totally different. And this is a reflection of our society- secular and democratic. He believes that architecture is potent enough to be a deadly tool that creates boundaries, or thresholds between communities. His designs, therefore attempt to visually eliminate the threshold. “Good architectural practice is one that acts responsibly for its broader environment and is sensitive to the fabric and grain of a city…”
Amdavad ni Gufa is an underground art gallery in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
Address: Opposite L.D Engineering, Gujarat University campus, CEPT campus, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380009
Architectural style: Modern architecture
Name Of Project : Kanchanjunga Apartments
Architect : Charles Correa
Structure Type : High Rise Building
Location : India, Mumbai, Cumballa Hill
Height : 84 Mtrs
Floor : 27
Function : Housing (Residential)
Material : reinforced concrete
Bamboo (Bambuseae) is a tribe of flowering perennial evergreen plants in the grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae; although, the forestry services and departments of many countries where bamboo is utilized as a building material consider bamboo to be a forestry product, and it is specifically harvested as a tree exclusively for the wood it produces, which in many ways is a wood superior in strength and resilience to other natural, fibrous building materials.In fact it is often referred to as a tree by cultures who harvest it as wood. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. In bamboos, the internodal regions of the stem are hollow and the vascular bundles in the cross section are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical arrangement. The dicotyledonous woody xylem is also absent. The absence of secondary growth wood causes the stems of monocots, even of palms and large bamboos, to be columnar rather than tapering.Bamboos are some of the fastest-growing plants in the world,due to a unique rhizome-dependent system. Certain species of bamboo can grow 35 inches within a 24-hour period, at a rate of 3 cm/h (a growth of approximately 1 millimeter (or 0.02 inches) every 2 minutes). Bamboos are of notable economic and cultural significance in South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, being used for building materials, as a food source, and as a versatile raw product. Bamboo has a higher compressive strength than wood, brick or concrete and a tensile strength that rivals steel.
The word bamboo comes from the Kannada term bambu, which was introduced to English through Malay.
Construction
Further information: Bamboo construction
Bamboo, like true wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures.
In its natural form, bamboo as a construction material is traditionally associated with the cultures of South Asia, East Asia and the South Pacific, to some extent in Central and South America, and by extension in the aesthetic of Tiki culture. In China and India, bamboo was used to hold up simple suspension bridges, either by making cables of split bamboo or twisting whole culms of sufficiently pliable bamboo together. One such bridge in the area of Qian-Xian is referenced in writings dating back to 960 AD and may have stood since as far back as the third century BC, due largely to continuous maintenance.
Bamboo has also long been used as scaffolding; the practice has been banned in China for buildings over six stories, but is still in continuous use for skyscrapers in Hong Kong.In the Philippines, the nipa hut is a fairly typical example of the most basic sort of housing where bamboo is used; the walls are split and woven bamboo, and bamboo slats and poles may be used as its support.
Building Bye Laws for Residential BuildingsRohan Dasgupta
This presentation gives you an overview of Building Bye Laws or Development Control Rules (D C Rules) for Residential Buildings as per National Building Code of India 2016.
This will be mostly useful for under-graduate Civil Engineering students studying the course Building Design and Drawing.
Public building is important for development of city or town.
It play important role for developing city and full fill the need of People of town as well as government.This Presentation may give general idea of Planning of public building as well as its need and factor for Planning.
1. RAHUL MEHROTRA
2. AN INTRODUCTION Principal of architecture firm RMA Architects (founded in 1990 as Rahul Mehrotra Associates) of Mumbai, India Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) in Cambridge, Mass., USA. Has designed projects that range from recycling urban land and master planning in Mumbai to the design of art spaces, boutiques, weekend houses, factories, social institutes and office buildings across India – thereby engaging diverse issues, multiple constituencies and varying scales: from interior design and architecture to urban design, conservation and planning
3. PHILOSOPHY ‘Architecture is the physical manifestation of a society’s aspirations in the broader sense.’ Unlike many other parts of the world, we don’t have restrictions on the forms or colours of our buildings. Driving down a road in any Indian town, you’ll see all buildings different, having an identity of its own, each standing for something totally different. And this is a reflection of our society- secular and democratic. He believes that architecture is potent enough to be a deadly tool that creates boundaries, or thresholds between communities. His designs, therefore attempt to visually eliminate the threshold. “Good architectural practice is one that acts responsibly for its broader environment and is sensitive to the fabric and grain of a city…”
Amdavad ni Gufa is an underground art gallery in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
Address: Opposite L.D Engineering, Gujarat University campus, CEPT campus, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380009
Architectural style: Modern architecture
Name Of Project : Kanchanjunga Apartments
Architect : Charles Correa
Structure Type : High Rise Building
Location : India, Mumbai, Cumballa Hill
Height : 84 Mtrs
Floor : 27
Function : Housing (Residential)
Material : reinforced concrete
Bamboo (Bambuseae) is a tribe of flowering perennial evergreen plants in the grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae; although, the forestry services and departments of many countries where bamboo is utilized as a building material consider bamboo to be a forestry product, and it is specifically harvested as a tree exclusively for the wood it produces, which in many ways is a wood superior in strength and resilience to other natural, fibrous building materials.In fact it is often referred to as a tree by cultures who harvest it as wood. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. In bamboos, the internodal regions of the stem are hollow and the vascular bundles in the cross section are scattered throughout the stem instead of in a cylindrical arrangement. The dicotyledonous woody xylem is also absent. The absence of secondary growth wood causes the stems of monocots, even of palms and large bamboos, to be columnar rather than tapering.Bamboos are some of the fastest-growing plants in the world,due to a unique rhizome-dependent system. Certain species of bamboo can grow 35 inches within a 24-hour period, at a rate of 3 cm/h (a growth of approximately 1 millimeter (or 0.02 inches) every 2 minutes). Bamboos are of notable economic and cultural significance in South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, being used for building materials, as a food source, and as a versatile raw product. Bamboo has a higher compressive strength than wood, brick or concrete and a tensile strength that rivals steel.
The word bamboo comes from the Kannada term bambu, which was introduced to English through Malay.
Construction
Further information: Bamboo construction
Bamboo, like true wood, is a natural composite material with a high strength-to-weight ratio useful for structures.
In its natural form, bamboo as a construction material is traditionally associated with the cultures of South Asia, East Asia and the South Pacific, to some extent in Central and South America, and by extension in the aesthetic of Tiki culture. In China and India, bamboo was used to hold up simple suspension bridges, either by making cables of split bamboo or twisting whole culms of sufficiently pliable bamboo together. One such bridge in the area of Qian-Xian is referenced in writings dating back to 960 AD and may have stood since as far back as the third century BC, due largely to continuous maintenance.
Bamboo has also long been used as scaffolding; the practice has been banned in China for buildings over six stories, but is still in continuous use for skyscrapers in Hong Kong.In the Philippines, the nipa hut is a fairly typical example of the most basic sort of housing where bamboo is used; the walls are split and woven bamboo, and bamboo slats and poles may be used as its support.
Building Bye Laws for Residential BuildingsRohan Dasgupta
This presentation gives you an overview of Building Bye Laws or Development Control Rules (D C Rules) for Residential Buildings as per National Building Code of India 2016.
This will be mostly useful for under-graduate Civil Engineering students studying the course Building Design and Drawing.
Public building is important for development of city or town.
It play important role for developing city and full fill the need of People of town as well as government.This Presentation may give general idea of Planning of public building as well as its need and factor for Planning.
Tripod was an imaginary foray into the industrial history of both the site and the city, for we believed that approaching this new amphitheatre without regard for its past would inhibit public
response to it.
This portfolio is a collated set of works throughout my Bachelor of Architecture Degree at Deakin University, as well as other artistic skills I possess.
'Revelling in Ruins', Landscape, Journal of the Landscape Journal, Summer Edi...cjb123
The ruined St Peter’s Seminary on the outskirts of Glasgow, is all that remains today of a radical 1960’s modernist building. This highly contested site has been the subject of much debate regarding its possible fate since it was abandoned to the forces of nature over 30 years ago. Now Scottish based environmental art agency NVA’s campaign to resuscitate Kilmahew/St Peter’s has received a significant boost, receiving a first-round pass from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
What is most fascinating in the regeneration process is the decision to place the surrounding landscape as the conceptual starting point of the project with an emphasis on the landscape as a tool to re-animate the site. Most notable, this project’s boldest innovation is the consideration of this iconic building as a sculptural element within the landscape.
recycle
to reinvent
Located at the foot of rue McGill in the Old Port
of Montreal, Bota Bota is the new name given to
a ferryboat that used to link Sorel and Berthier in
the 1950s and that’s been renovated into a floating
Scandinavian spa. Built in 1951 and measuring 170
feet and 600 tons, the Arthur Cardin plied the
waters between these two cities for 10 years. At
Expo 67 in Montreal, it enjoyed a second life as a
floating art center thanks to Quebec’s ministère
des Affaires culturelles.
In this issue you will discover exceptional projects and programmes of varying dimensions. You will see that, although zinc is traditionally an urban material, it can be used to roof gracefully the nave of a Korean temple in the middle of the countryside, or for the envelope of a house enclosed in a former industrial building.
2. IMGS: Image of final sand wall shelter on site.
Detail of roofline. Sketch model of sand wall
shelter. Sketch model of sand and fabric screen [1:1
scale model shown on cover].
PROFESSOR CATHERINE VENART DESIGN-BUILD COURSE TWO WEEKS S2OO7
FABRIC EARTH STRUCTURES
A fabric shelter which used minimal material [thus transportable] and took advantage of material available on site
to complete its structural integrity. The final form consisted of two layers of reclaimed fabric held together by
wooden slats, threaded rods and nuts. The result was a thin structural wall mainly composed of sand. Exploration
into fabric trusses, screens, columns and arches was also completed.
3. IMGS: Site model of Lower Prospect [Card and Fabric]. Plan of community
centre [Graphite on Vellum]. Final model [Wood and Wire Mesh].
ARCHITECT KEVIN REID LOWER PROSPECT,NOVA SCOTIA S2OO7
PROSPECT COMMUNITY CENTRE
Lower Prospect is a small fishing village on the south shore of Nova Scotia. With urbanization,community activity
has become dormant; traditions and stories have been taken to the grave. A community centre placed on site, facing back
towards the community and the fishing sheds it mimics, would encourage traditions to be kept. The large deck space and
great hall offers protection and areas for workshops, concerts, celebrations and other community traditions.
4. private entrances
birthing rooms
death preparation
IMGS: Diagrammatic plans/sections of program.
[Ink and Watercolour on Paper] Model of final
main entrance
building design. [Plaster, Wood and Paper]
community rooms
ARCHITECT ANNE SINCLAIR HALIFAX,NOVA SCOTIA W2OO8
NATURAL BIRTH AND DEATH CENTRE
The main focus for this project was on development of the sensitive program. Existing birthing and death ritu-
als within Halifax were studied. The objective of this project was to create a centre, which could be embraced
by people of every culture, religion and belief, while promoting natural alternative techniques involved in
such ceremonies.
5. IMGS: First and second floor plan. [Oil Pencil and
Pastel on Vellum] Section. [Oil Pencil on Vellum]
Personal representation of common birth and death
rituals. [Photoshop Collage]
ARCHITECT ANNE SINCLAIR HALIFAX,NOVA SCOTIA W2OO8
NATURAL BIRTH AND DEATH CENTRE
Birthing rooms, clinics and preparation rooms, were screened by meeting spaces and services, and further con-
nected to circulation space. Position of the building was crucial on site, allowing the birthing rooms to
receive indirect sunlight from the north and is suspended above ground for air circulation. The death prepara-
tion room to be well lit from the south, sunken, utilizing the thermal qualities of the earth.
6. IMGS: Final balloon and fabric formed
concrete. Hnging fabric form in frame.
Pouring of concrete into form with
water balloons.
ARCHITECT SUSAN MOLESKY DESIGN-BUILD COURSE TWO WEEKS S2OO8
FABRIC FORM
This was a design-build course exploring and inventing textile concrete forms. Textiles were built into wooden
frames to work as a tensile form for the concrete, easily creating interesting surfaces. Textile was also used
with concrete to create impervious shells for floating concrete forms and twisting concrete columns.
7. IMGS: Representation drawing of land sections
and river water tables. [Illustrator Collage]
Representational models of reclaimed earth
composition and structure. [Card and Paper]
Initial tectonic project model. [Card]
PROFESSOR CATHERINE VENART DUISBURG,GERMANY F2OO8
LAGERPLATZ STOCK PILE
Duisburg houses the largest inland port in the world. Located on the Rhein River, land bordering the river becomes
flooded through the year. This project started as a analysis of a piece of land which becomes inhabitable once or
twice a year. Located between two strong residential communities, the land is an ideal place for a community space
as residents have very few moments to interact with the dynamic rise and fall of the river water.
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IMGS: Legend showing proportion of
programmatic components. Master
plan of flood land. [AutoCad 3D]
Model of circulation connection to
bridge and to main circulation
spine. [Card, Cardboard and Wood]
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PROFESSOR CATHERINE VENART DUISBURG,GERMANY F2OO8
LAGERPLATZ STOCK PILE
The land is rebuilt using vertical cargo containers, which have been refurbished to interlock into each other
and form a new floating ground plane. When, the water levels are low, the elevation difference of the contain-
ers is slim, whereas, when the river is flooding, the topography of the land becomes more diverse. Three new
connections are made back to the residents and to the bridge which crosses the tip of the land.
9. IMGS: Site model of Long Island. [Wood Veneer, Card
and Paper] First and second floor plan of winery.
[Graphite on Vellum] Study models of program and form.
[Ink, Card and Wood Veneer]
SUSAN MOLESKY LONG ISLAND,NOVA SCOTIA S2OO8
GRAND PRÉ WINERY
Located in the wine region of Nova Scotia, Grand Pre is a place rich with Acadian history. The shoreline
belongs to the Minas Basin which boosts some of the highest tides in the world. The gradient of the shoreline
causes a one kilometer wide exposure of the sea bottom, greatly expanding the habitable land around the vine-
yard. Transitions and layers referencing the planted vineyard surrounding the winery.
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IMGS: Site plan of vineyard. [Oil Pencil and Trace
Paper on Paper] 3D Model of winery looking to Cape
Blomidon. [3D AutoCAD and Photoshop]
SUSAN MOLESKY LONG ISLAND,NOVA SCOTIA S2OO8
GRAND PRÉ WINERY
Traveling to the site means crossing the Acadian dykelands, which are below sea level, and arriving at an
island boosting rich soil and rolling hills. The winery production area digs into the soil to use the thermal
qualities or the land, while the public community room over looks the Minas Basin. The wine shop is located at
the front of the building, seprated by a space of threshold showcasing the movement through the building.
11. EDUCATION 2OO8-Present Dalhousie University [Halifax, Canada] Masters of Architecture
2OO8 Fachochschule Düsseldorf [Düsseldorf, Germany] International Exchange Program
2OO6-O8 Dalhousie University [Halifax, Canada] Bach. of Environmental Design Studies
2OO3-2OO6 Acadia University [Wolfville, Nova Scotia] Certificate of Applied Science
2OOO-2OO3 Sir John A. Macdonald High School
EMPLOYMENT Oct-Dec 2OO7 REX Architecture PC Intern Architect [New York City, USA]
REX, an international architecture and design firm based in New York City. While employed
at REX I was introduced to a broad scale of architectural design. I had the opportunity
to work with students and architects from across the world with various backgrounds and
experience. My work at the firm was mainly focused on the Museum Plaza project in Louis-
ville, Kentucky. I was involved heavily in model making, both working and presentation,
presentation packages, drafting revisions, marketing material and renderings. I was also
given design assignments, which were presented to the team and principles. I had the
opportunity to attend and participate in meetings of all levels while at the firm.
Dec 2OO6 WHW Architects Intern Architect [Halifax, Canada]
WHW is a medium sized firm in Halifax, NS. I worked on a bid for a facade restoration of
the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax. I was involved in documentation and initial
design sketches. While at the firm I also participated in a Revit training workshop. I
was involved in the creation of presentation packages and also worked on marketing mate-
rial for various projects.
2OO5-2OO6 Elections Canada Revising Agent [Halifax, Canada]
Responsible for electoral revision and registration during a provincial election.
2OO4-2OO7 St Margaret Sailing Club Manager [Halifax, Canada]
Responsible for operating the sailing club during the boating season. I was responsible
for clubhouse and property maintenance. I participated in committee and executive meet-
ings. I helped to organize various regattas, weddings, club and private events.
SKILLS Very computer literate; Win 95/98/XP, Mac OS/OS X, Autodesk AutoCAD 2D/3D, Autodesk
Revit, SketchUp, Solid Edge, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, MS
Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Some experience in C++, Html.
Experience in freehand drawing, painting, photography. Experience in small building
construction and carpentry. Currently learning written and spoken French and German.
EXPERIENCE PLANO8 Conference http://www.plan-project.com [Köln, Germany]
Volunteer Draftsman Waterfront Development, St Margaret Sailing Club [Halifax, Canada]
Member of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, St Margaret Sailing Club, Indian Point
Tennis Club, Young Liberals Association of Canada
Graphic design experience; mainly logos, brochures and presentations.
REFERENCES Available Upon Request
NICOLE LEBLANC
341 Indian Pt Rd Halifax, NS Canada B3Z 2S8 +1 917 4O7 2363 neleblan@dal.ca
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