Elizabeth AntczakArchitecture Portfolio.09.13

Hello.My name is Elizabeth Antczak.I am a Third Year Architecture Student at the University of Waterloo, Canada. I am full of ideas aboutarchitecturedesignsocietyand how they interact.I am looking for the opportunity to develop these ideas and do the work I love.

I would love to work for you.

Reference.

“Elizabeth works hard and well, to great effect. She stands in the top 10% of the class, in a

class not made up of slouches. She works well with others, participating as a leader in differ-

ent group projects, often of some long duration.”

- Professor Donald McKay, Year 1B Studio Coordinator

“Elizabeth is among the best and brightest students I have had the pleasure of teaching in my

35-year career at Waterloo. She is a very clear thinker and talented designer, but most im-

portantly fully capable of delivering a product of the highest quality on time and on budget.

Elizabeth is capable of using sophisticated computer numeric tools and producing excellent

results”

- Rick Haldenby, Director of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture

Curriculum VitaeElizabeth Antczak

e.v.antczak@gmail.comphone: 226 218 742734 Queens RoadSt. John’s, NLA1E 1B5

Education3A StudentCandidate for Bachelor Architectural Studies Co-OpUniversity of WaterlooCambridge, Ontario, CanadaSeptember 2011 - Present

WorkAtelier Baraness+Cawker, Nice, FranceArchitectural AssistantProject design, Construction drawings, Graphic design, Monograph Layout, Client discusionsJanuary 2013 - April 2013

American Apparel, Montreal, QCVisual Merchandising and Sales AssociateDesigning store layout and displays, customer serviceMay 2012 - August 2012

SkillsFluent in French and EnglishAutoCADRhino & V-RayArchiCadSketchUp ProRevitAdobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesignMicrosoft Office SuiteHand Drafting and RenderingPhysical ModellingExperience with Laser CutterKnowledge of environmental design technologiesQuick to learn any program required

Awards & Distinctions

University of Waterloo President’s Scholarship of DistinctionFall 2011

Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Fall 2011

Ontario ScholarSummer 2011

Advanced Placement CreditsEnglish Language, French Language, Physics, Biology

Volunteer and Extracurricular

Mole MagazineEditor and founding member

Erebus and Terror (theatrical performance) Writing Team Coordinator

University of WaterlooOrientation Leader

Bishop Allen Academy Muskoka Woods Orientation Camp Leader

Youth Arts Movement Workshop Organizer

References: Available upon request

the rack

yawn/lawn

vsvsvs

pop-up theatre

monument 1.3

park[ing] day competition

Contents

housing for bike messengers

How does one design a building to be like a bicycle?

Make it simple, modular and urban.Give it a form that passes through the space rather than uses it up.

the rack

The Rack is a group of small living spaces designed for bike couriers or travelling cyclists. It can be used as a community for urban cyclists or simply a place to rest for a night after a long day of biking.

The pods are placed in a downtown alleyway. The form of the pods placed together creates a secondary alley, whose lights and bright colour invite the city residents to pass through The Rack and briefly experience the cyclist subculture.

While travelling through this passage, one experiences a moment of expansion where the pods are separated. There is a small park in this space for the residents of this micro-com-munity. This tiny urban park provides the cyclists with a place to connect and rest, comfortably away from the rush of the

streets.

BIKE, SLEEP, LIVE

1. the rack

Passing through the secondary alleyway Interior: sleeping, biking, & living space

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Site map1:1000

yawn/lawncome and SLEEP on my FRONT LAWN

Above: The yawn/lawn in use

The Lawn:

The idea of the lawn is a suburban reaction against the urban lifestyle. However, it is only a symbol of this protest. It is a decorative status marker wedged awkwardly between the public and private realms; it is useless land.

One purpose of our installation is to reclaim the front yard.

TAKE A NAP.

The Sleep:

The North American “sleep” is contained and restricted. Spatially to the private bedroom, typologically to the bed, temporally to the 8-hour diurnal cycle, and purposefully to recover for the next working day.

Our installation seeks to explore sleep in the context of the lawn.

2. yawn/lawn

Images on the right: Looking up at the lawn/yawn’s calming grassesAbove: The yawn/lawn in use

VS/VS/VSexperiments in communal living

VS/VS/VS is an artist’s collective built in an old warehouse in the Toronto Portlands. In-side, rooms stack on rooms and studio spaces overflowing with artwork spill into the living spaces.

artists VS artistsartists VS the normartists VS gentrification

Section through a studio/bedroom unit

Plan through a studio/bedroom unit

The warehouse entrance

Corners filled with art pieces

Wooden sculptures reflect the materiality of the interior

3. VS/VS/VS

It’s a kind of organic, impulsive design. We tape spaces off. Then we build them.

If you were given a blank warehouse, how would you fill it?

Warehouse section

pop-up theatreSSEF competition entry

The pop-up theratre is a travelling amphitheatre that reimagines simple sites as theatres. The components of the used container are transformed into a structure that is always changing size and location; it is impermanent and caught in a cycle of re-creation. A simple canopy can change places or be split in two. In a formal metaphor, the canopy takes the form of an arch, half of the circle that symbolizes re-creation and recycling.

Site 1: Suburban Park

Site 2: Rural field

S ite 1: Urban street A play underway beneath the canopy

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4. pop-up theatre

Four shipping containers become a set of pre-fabricated panels and cables.

BRACE CORNER

PANEL TO PANEL CONNECTION

BRACE CENTER

PANEL TO FOUNDATION

Construction details

The amphitheatre arrives in a shipping container that later serves as the ticket booth.

The theatre is easily assembled in two separate units of half the size, extending the theatre’s site and use possibilities. Setting up in Point Pleasant Park, Nova Soctia

monument 1.3A forest installation

jig

modules

final construction

Local lore tells of smoke rising from the limestone, smoke from the devil’s hut.

5. monument 1.3

park[ing] dayCompetition for the City of Missisauga

Detail of bike lock structureSidewalk view

We designed “Our Social Roots” as an en-try for the 2012 PARK(ing) day competi-tion. PARK(ing) Day is an event created in reaction to the need for more urban open space, to generate critical debate around how public space is created and to im-prove the quality of urban human habitat

We believe that social gathering is at the root of useful public space. Therefore, our installation is a social enclosure consisting of a bench and table that offer varying degrees of gathering, from being a momentary rest stop to a private meeting and relaxation space. Made of undulating wooden sheets, its form evokes the image of a tree’s trunk that has been carved away. This carved effect creates a comfortable and inviting resting space; an individual can enjoy bench space opened to the sidewalk for quiet reflection, or a group of people can gather around the central table.

“The built designs will be both public art and street furniture and will create a vibrant streetscape where people can enjoy a space usually reserved for parking cars.”

6. park[ing] day

Street View: the permeable screening along the back keeps occupants safe while exposing the activites within

Side elevation Bike detail and part longitudinal section Axonometric view

Hope to hear from you soon