boian dabov - portfolio 2015
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boian dabov
architecture+design portfolio
M.Arch, h.BAS
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table of contents
resumeTHESIS galt agoraSTUDENT meditation chapel museo del tevere
ministry of cultureEVENT chora: daedalus and the labyrinth crow’s dance
soft-boundaryDESIGN mapping
abstraction
hand drafting model makingPROFESSIONAL b+h architects diamond+schmitt architectsOTHER sketches photography
contact
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BOIAN DABOV M.Arch, h.BAS 4SUMMARYOf significant importance in my professional contributions as an Architect, is my devotion to further the understanding, empathy, and coexistence between human beings. Through the application of well-informed design, seeking relevance to the social, economic, and environmental conditions of a given project, we can support the relationships between built environments and the people who occupy them. Working together, we can embrace our fragile position in the universe, and through collaboration, we can create a better future for both our local and global communities.
RELEVANT SKILLS • Experiencedarchitecturaldesignerwithastrongdesignaestheticandwelldeveloped analytical skills. • Effectiveingroupcommunicationswithprovenleadershipabilities. • Detailorientedwithexceptionalplanning,research,andorganizationalskills. • ExtensiveknowledgeofAdobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, Dreamweaver) and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). • Proficientinarchitecturalvisualizationsoftware,includingAutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, 3DStudioMAX, Rhino, Podium and V-Ray.
EDUCATIONMaster of Architecture, HonoursUniversity of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON) • Thesisfocusedonanhybridurbanandarchitecturalapproachtopedestrianspacesin downtown Galt, Ontario. Explores the value of public urban spaces in synthesis with currently underutilizedpublicparkinglotswithintheheritagecoreofthecity.
Bachelor of Architectural Studies, HonoursUniversity of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON) • Relevantcourses:DesignStudio,BuildingConstruction,ArchitecturalIconography, Sustainable Design, and Urban Planning. • Engineeringcourses:SystemsDesign,DigitalDesign,EnvironmentalEngineeringand Ergonomic Engineering.
HONOURS & AWARDSSharon & David Johnson Graduate AwardSharon and David Johnson • RecipientoftheannuallyawardedSharon&DavidJohnsonGraduateAward,basedon graduate achievement in support of proposed graduate work.
Orange ScholarshipThe Homer Fund • FourtimerecipientoftheannuallyawardedundergraduateOrangeScholarship.
2012-2015
2006-2011
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WORK EXPERIENCEArchitectural AssistantB+H Architects (Toronto, ON) • Responsiblefortheproductionofvariousarchitecturaldrawingsandvisualizations. • Participationinteammeetingsandclientpresentations. • Communicationskillsdevelopedduringselfledinstructionalofficeseminarsfor3Dand graphic design. • WorkedremotelywhilelivingabroadinMadrid,Spain. • Involvedinvariousstagesofarchitecturaldesignincludingprogrammingandschematic design,withsignificantcontributionstothefollowingprojects: -UniversityofWindsor,EdLumleyCentreforEngineeringInnovation. -UniversityofBritishColumbia,StudentUnionBuilding. -DohaInstitute,ArabCenterforResearchandPolicyStudiesintheStateofQatar. - Various projects for the 2015 Pan-Am Games being held in Toronto, Ontario. -PromotionalmediahighlightingB+HprojectsfocusedonSustainableDesign.
Architectural AssistantDiamond+Schmitt Architects (Toronto, ON) • Responsibleforthecreationandmodificationofarchitecturaldrawingsetsusedinschematic design, construction documentation, and presentation renderings. • Creationandtranslationofdetailedconstructiondocumentsforaresortconstructionin Obzor,Bulgaria.
Web and E-Communications DesignerUniversity of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON) • DevelopedwebsiteandproducedcontentfortheFacultyoftheEnvironmenthomepage.
Protocol TesterBlackberry Limited (Waterloo, ON) • CoordinatedtheexecutionofnetworkfunctionalitytestcasesforBlackberryWirelessDevices.
Qualification Test EngineerMessier-Dowty (Ajax, ON) • Responsibleforanalysisandcompositionofcertificationtestresultsforairplanelandinggear assemblies.
LIFESTYLE & INTERESTS • Composingmusic,painting,anddigitalphotography. • Readingdailyworldnews,scienceandtechnologyblogs,andautomotivedesignblogs. • Stayingactiveandbeingsocial. • FluentinEnglishandBulgarian,witharudimentaryknowledgeofMacedonian,French,Italian, and Spanish.
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LEGEND
PROPOSED THESIS SITES
PRIMARY STREET CONNECTIONS
RIVER/CREEK PROMENADE
PEDESTRIAN FUNCTION
FOOD MARKET & CAFE FUNCTION
PUBLIC PARKING FUNCTION
RENTABLE RETAIL FUNCTION
PARK/GARDEN FUNCTION
SPECIAL EVENT FUNCTION
WATER FEATURE/CONNECTION
PROPOSED SITE RELATIONSHIPS
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galt agora 6
Using the archetype of the Greek agora and stoa, this thesis seeks create a language for a hybrid public architecture as a basis for defining a series of new productive public spaces. This vision for the downtown core of Galt, within the city of Cambridge, Ontario, will supplement or replace underutilized public parking lots and other public spaces relevant to the identity of the city, with informal public spaces and supportive market structures, all meant to attract and sustain pedestrian activity and exchanges. Influenced by theories of absolute architecture (Pier Vittorio Aureli), spaces of appearance (Hannah Arendt), studies on sensory driven nature of animal interaction (Edward T. Hall), and various precedent studies on the design and function of public spaces and supportive markets, this thesis speculates on the ability of a new pedestrian fabric to support future growth in the city. A hybrid public architecture will present these future public environvments as places for harmonious political and economic relationships between the diverse citizens of Cambridge.
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LEGEND
GALT CITY CENTRE - CORE AREA
5 MINUTE WALK DISTANCE
THESIS PROPOSAL SITES
LEGEND
GALT CITY CENTRE - CORE AREA
5 MINUTE WALK DISTANCE
THESIS PROPOSAL SITES
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AINSLIE STREET TRANSIT TERMINAL
LEGEND
PROPOSED LRT ROUTE
POTENTIAL CITY CENTRE LRT STOPS
EXISTING BUS NETWORK
GALT CITY CENTRE - CORE AREA
5 MINUTE WALK DISTANCE
THESIS PROPOSAL SITES
DUNFIELD THEATRE& SOUTHWORKSPARKING LOTS
PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN LINK
GRAND RIVER PROMENADEAND LIVING LEVEE
VACANT LOT ADJACENT TOHERITAGE CARNEGIE LIBRARY
BALCONY OF THE HERITAGEGALT POST OFFICE BUILDING
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WATER STREET LOT #1CITY OF CAMBRIDGEPUBLIC PARKING LOT
CIVIC SQUARECITY OF CAMBRIDGEPUBLIC PARKING LOT
WATER STREET LOT #2CITY OF CAMBRIDGEPUBLIC PARKING LOT
MILL STREETCITY OF CAMBRIDGEPUBLIC PARKING LOT
WELLINGTON STREET &BEVERLY STREETCITY OF CAMBRIDGEPUBLIC PARKING LOTS
RAVINE OUTLINE
LEGEND
PROPOSED SITE LINKAGE (COLOUR VARIES ON MAP)
GALT CITY CENTRE - CORE AREA (2014)
PROPOSED GRAND RIVER &PROMENADE PROJECT SITE
PROPOSED MILL CREEK &CIVIC SQUARE PROJECT SITE
PROPOSED PROJECT SITE ADJACENTTO MAIN STREET HERITAGE AREA
PROPOSED SOUTH GALT LIANKAGEPROMENADE PROJECT SITE
Source: © City of Cambridge, Development Planning Division, 2014
POTENTIAL PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT SITES
LEGEND
CURRENT PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS
POTENTIAL CITY DEVELOPMENT SITES
POTENTIAL PARKING STRUCTURE SITE
AINSLIE STREET TRANSIT TERMINAL
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE - CIVIC SQUARE
THESIS PROPOSAL SITES
GALT CITY CENTRE - CORE AREA
PROPOSED RIVERSIDE PATH
5 MINUTE WALK DISTANCE
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meditation chapel 12
The Cambridge Meditation Chapel is a multifaith facility that explores the basis of the our relationships with community, our planet, and the universe beyond. The form of the building began by contrasting the explicit verticality of the eternal coordinates, by submurging the program into the earth, such that the experience is one that is both apart from the city, and a part of the city.
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museo del tevere 14
The Tiber river in Rome, Italy, is an element of boundary, but more importantly, an element of connection. The design for the Museo del Tevere uses four main walls, with a central spine acting as an infrastructure/service corridor, as well as the main circulation connecting the exhibits. The museum acts as a place for cultural exhibition related to the Tiber river and its history.
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ministry of culture 16
The design for a government office building with integrated public functions began with the organization of the program elements around the urban context. The proposed Ministry of Culture building is adjacent to several prominent government buildings, including the Provincial Parliament. The site relationship influenced the use of a public podium typology, with an office tower on the west side, and a public auditorium on the east.
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a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of Architecture
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of Architecture
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
Daedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
Daedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of Architecture
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of Architecture
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
Daedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
Daedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
a production of the University of Waterloo | School of ArchitectureDaedalus and the Labyrinth
8:00 pm August 1 & 2, 2008www.studentarchitecture.comadult $15 | student $10
chora: daedalus & the labyrinth 18
Chora is a student driven production of the Daedalus mythology, designed, built, choreographed, and performed by the University of Waterloo School of Architecture 2B class during the Spring 2008 term. Specific involvement in the final act of Daedalus’ creation, as well as coordinator of marketing and graphics.
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crow’s dance 20
A group project intended to pursue the effect of animal instincts and our lost spiritual connection to the wild. The installation involved the provocation of the crow’s curiousity towards interaction with the world around it, by first attracting students to a very transient feast, upon which a playful choice will be presented. Do you act or do you observe?
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soft-boundary 22
A representative intervention proposed for Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee Bay where river pollutants and sediments are constantly deposited. A synthetic field is proposed as an active membrane that functions to both gather and collect sediments and pollutants in the water, helping to maintin the local fishing communities by ensuring access to the bay during extreme flooding.
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mapping 24
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abstraction 25
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hand drafting 26
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model making 28
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bregman + hamann architects 30
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diamond + schmitt architects 33
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sketches 34
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photography 36
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contact
85 East Liberty St., Toronto, ON, M6K 3R4+1 (647) 680-4696
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