MWmila wiggins

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MWmila wiggins355 Grand River Blvd. Kitchener, ON 519.894.3949N2A 3H7 mila.wiggins@gmail.com

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EducationCandidate for Bachelor of Architectural Stud-ies, Honours Co-operative Education Program, University of Waterloo, Cambridge, ON, September 2007- Present

Working towards a Certificate in French, University of Waterloo

Relevant CoursesDesign Studio: residential design, hospitality design, small scale infrastructure, urban and rural master planning

Environmental Building Design, Building Construction: Wood and Steel, Acoustics and Lighting

Cultural History: understanding of key issues and ideas related to architecture and culture from antiquity to present day

Visual Communications: completed courses on hand rendering and sketching, as well as digital modeling and rendering in Form Z

Graduate of Eastwood Collegiate Institute, Kitchener, ON, June 2006

Exhibited WorksthinkToronto Urban Design Ideas Com-petition, Spacing Magazine, Toronto, ON, Winter 2009Trans(L)it bus shelter project selected as a finalist

Featured in Spacing Magazine Winter 2009issueDisplayed at Toronto City Hall January 2009Displayed at Urban Space Gallery, Toronto, ON, February 2009

Juxtaposition Exhibition, Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, ON, February 2007 Acrylic paintings displayed in Eastwood Collegiate Institute’s graduating art class exhibition

AwardsQueen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship received from University of Waterloo, 2007

Outstanding Achievement in Technical Design received from Eastwood Collegiate Insti-tute, 2007

mila wiggins e: mila.wiggins@gmail.com

AttributesEnthusiastic and detail-oriented individual with a love of designWork well independently and as a member of a teamOrganized and able to complete tasks on timeKnowledge of LEED TM environmental design benchmark

Technical SkillsManual Drafting and Rendering: ink, pencil, watercolour, acrylic, pastelPhysical Model Making: basswood, cardstock, mat board, foam core, plexi glass

Computer SkillsMac OS/X or Windows XP/Vista operating systemsAutoCAD 2010 SketchUp 7Adobe Photoshop CS4 Form Z 6.5Adobe InDesign CS4 Microsoft OfficeAdobe Illlustrator CS4 Rhinocerous 3DFlamingo VRay Basic VB Scripting and Grasshopper

LanguagesEnglish, basic to intermediate written and spoken French

Work Experience

Junior Architectural AssistantMakrimichalos Cugini Architects, Toronto, ONMay 2011 - September 2011

Managed and organized the material & sample and catalogue library by meeting with andcontactng sales representativesProduced interior and exterior sample fin-ishes boards for client reviewCreated digital and physical presentation models for client reviewUsed as built drawings to create record drawings for project archives

Frame Associate, Michaels Canada, Cambridge, ON, May 2008 - September 2008

Applied knowledge of colour wheel and framing techniques to assist customers with choice of appropriate mat, frame, and mount for art workUsed Frame Magic software to complete various types of framing ordersHandled and assembled customers’ canvases, prints, and posters into frames

Volunteer Experience

Kitchener Public Library, Kitchener, ON, October 2003 - April 2006

Organized and arranged books according to author, title or Dewey Decimal systemWorked independently to complete organizational tasksProvided library patrons with knowledge of various literatures

Extracurricular Activities

March 2011Canstruction Waterloo Region, Waterloo, ON

January 2011 to presentMember Waterloo Architecture Student Association (WASA)

January 2009 - September 2009Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, ON

Participated in several art courses on draw-ing and watercolour

May 2009Southampton Art School, Southampton, ONReferences Available Upon Request

An urban hotel designed for a large site in Downtown Cambridge, ON. The hotel is designed around a central line of circulation that links the key public program areas of spa, lobby, and restaurant. This circulation line is interrupted at various moments with troughs, and pools of water that create for a calm, and romantic atmosphere.

2A Studio: “On the Needs of Travellers”• Fall 2009 • Individual

Water Street Perspective

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Main Floor Plan

South Elevation

Kitchen

Lobby

Fitness Room

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Restaurant

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boutique hotelPencil & Ink Drawings on Vellum • Illustrator Diagram •All drawings edited in Photoshop

Leave a Book Rotate a PhraseTake a Book A book exchange bus shelter design for the thinkToronto Spacing Magazine Competition. Trans(L)it’s goal is to promote literacy as well as multiculturalism in the City of Toronto through the spreading of books in all languages.

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Acrylic Book Boxes

Cedar Benches

Multi-LanguageWord Game

Assembly Diagram

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•2A Studio • Fall 2008 • Team • Finalist in Spacing Magazine’s thinkToronto Competition Winter 2009 Ink on Mylar Drawings Edited in Photoshop • Form Z Renderings Edited in Photoshop • Basswood and Plexiglass model

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Large Urban Building: Urban Terrace

Large Urban Building: Urban Terrace

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A thirteen story multi-use building in downtown Toronto. The building’s cultural program of performance hall and art gallery forms the core of the building of which there is an outdoor terrace above where all building occupants inter-act.

•AutoCAD drawings edited in Illustrator •Rhinocerous model rendered in Flamingo & edited in Photoshop•3A Studio • Winter 2011 • Individual

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A collection of three storey row house style units were designed for a triangular parcel of land in Cambridge, ON. The rowhouse units feature roof decks that face a common green space, as well as double height living spaces.

Typical Office Level3rd Floor Performance2nd Floor Bar

South Elevation

First Floor

•AutoCAD drawings edited in Illustrator•3A Studio • Winter 2011 • Individual

urban terrace

Site Plan

Section Through Courtyard and Units

Section Through Main Bank of Units

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•Ink on Mylar Drawings edited in Photoshop

visions of suburbia•1B Studio • Winter 2008 • Individual

A collection of three storey row house style units were designed for a triangular parcel of land in Cambridge, ON. The rowhouse units feature roof decks that face a common green space, as well as double height living spaces.

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1 Living2 Kitchen/Dining3 Atrium4 Bedroom5 Bathroom6 Master Bedroom7 Roof Deck

•Ink on Mylar Drawings edited in Photoshop •Form Z Renderings Edited in Photoshop

Perspective from Living Room Looking to Kitchen and Second Floor Landing

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Perspective from Living Room Looking to Kitchen and Second Floor Landing

To create a space that was visually open on the inside, open shelving with glass shelves are used to define living from dining space, while still allowing visual flow. A fully glazed wall on the second floor visually extends the double height living space.

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visions of suburbia

An urban infill ecohouse project designed for a site between a church and a house in Kitchener, ON. The Aligned house is designed around a linear open concept plan to provide for good ventilation and daylighting. Other sustainable strategies include the use of a concrete footing foundation to minimize site disturbance, the use of SCIP panels in construction, concrete floors to provide thermal mass, and the use of many reclaimed and recycled materials.

•2A Environmental Design • Fall 2009 • Team • Designed to LEEDTM

Platnium Standards

Interior Rendering of Main Floor in Kitchen/Dining

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aligned house•AutoCAD drawings edited in Photoshop and Illustrator •Form Z Renderings Edited in Photoshop

Ground Floor

Winter Solstice Daylighting Summer Solstice ShadingMain Wall Construction

Second Floor Third Floor

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Cantilever structure serves as a view deck and gathering place on the Grand River in South East Kitchener, ON.

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cantilevered view

A one room winter pavilion wood frame construction design. The space includes cedar shingle cladding and south facing views to create a warm and comfortable space on a cold day.

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winter pavilion•1A Wood Building Construction • Fall 2007 • Team •Sketch-Up Rendering •Ink on Mylar Drawing • 1:1 Wall Section on Kraft Paper•SSEF Steel Competition Entry 2008 •1B Steel Building Construction • Winter 2008 • Team •Form Z Renderings edited in Photoshop

Makrimichalos Cugini Architects • Summer 2011• Professional

fairview libraryPhysical Model • SketchUp Renderings

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A renovation and addition project of the Fairview branch of the Toronto Public Library. I worked on a team where I was responsible for various presentation materials.

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A prefab house designed to a footprint of 37.5m2. The design incorporates a three season terrace that creates a transitional indoor/ outdoor space in the house. Sliding doors provide natural ventilation and shoji screens provide flexible divisons between spaces.

1 Kitchen 2 Living/ Dining 3 Louvered Patio 4 Patio 5 Bedroom 6 Study 7 Bathroom 8 Balcony

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Photography

Watercolour

artistic works

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Independent Submission for Prefab20*20 Competition • Summer 2009 • AutoCAD Drawings • Rhino with Flamingo Renderings Edited in Photoshop

MWmila wigginsthanks for viewing.