Nilsen - Portfolio 2015

Portfolio by Kelsey Nilsen

Master of Architecture Candidate

Expected January 2016

Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Design, with Honours

Sticks & Stones Option Studio 2014

Supervisor: Josemaria de Churtichaga

University of Toronto

Sticks is Canadian, from Ontario.

The client is the Hart House Farm, a 150

acre property cradled in the Caledon hills

on the ridge of the Niagara Escarpment

about one hour from Toronto.

The project outline is to design a 100

square foot bunk house on the Hart House

Farm Property. The bunk will be a part of

a larger master plan of the farm, to be

completed in stages.

Project Brief

ST ICKS

Interior view from loft

Site Section

Exterior Render

Furniture Arrangements

Furniture Arrangements

Furniture Arrangements

Exterior View

Sticks & Stones Option Studio 2014

Supervisor: Josemaria de Churtichaga

Project selected for design build

University of Toronto

Stones is a Spaniard.

The client is Mallorca island, a paradise

on earth with an amazing humanized

landscape, a human nature miracle.

The project is the reconstruction of the roof

on a portion of the existing building. One

of the primary objectives of the design is

how to use light as a building material.

The walls of the existing building are up

to one meter thick, the play between the

heaviness of stone and how light enters

the building was of constant importance.

Project Brief

STONES

Interior view, looking up from presentation space

Site Section

Project Axonometric

View from patio

Comprehensive Studio, Winter 2014

Supervisor: Barry Sampson

Partner: Deagan McDonald

University of Toronto

Our proposition for the Dufferin Grove

Community Centre fi nds its roots based in

timber construction, its materiality, and the

structural celebration of its capabilities.

Wood was a clear choice for a community

center, as it brings with it a sense of warmth

and intimacy while celebrating the hand

of the maker upon it.

It is important to us that the Community

Centre does not overwhelm its occupants

with technology or new age material,

but instead allows them to gaze upon a

structural system that is innovative and

achievable at the same time.

Project Rationale

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View from Dufferin Street, Day & Night

Siting Diagram

Site Plan

Section Perspective

Front Entry View

Competition Entry

Advisor: Mason White

Partner: Deagan McDonald

Lateral Offi ce. Venice Biennale 2014

Nunavuts relative isolation from the

rest of the nation has made it a territory

dependent on importation.

As such, functioning port infrastructures

have become imperative in sustaining

its communities. With little to export in

return incoming shipments will often leave

behind empty shipping containers.

In October of 2012, the Housing

Corporation initiated the sale of 1000 of

these units to government departments,

local housing agencies, and the general

public.

Project Rationale

ARCTIC ADAPTATIONS

Exterior View

Interior View from community kitchen

Site Map

Section

Spring, Exterior View

Superstudio Fall 2013

Supervisor: Stephen Verderber

University of Toronto

Superstudio aimed to explore design at

an urban scale through the redesign of a

changing neighborhood in Toronto along

Dufferin Street between College and Bloor

Streets.

This proposal looked at food security in

urban environments and how to rethink

how we add density into cities.

By increasing open spaces and

encouraging the community to take

ownership of public spaces and parks

though various food production programs

and infrastructure

Project Rationale

Urban Agrarianism

View from sunken pathway

Site Studies

Program Arrangement

Dufferin Grove Farm

Nilsen - Portfolio 2015