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Ariel SJ Mieling
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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