Download - Mila Wiggins Portfolio 2011
MWMila Wiggins
Mila Wiggins 355 Grand River Blvd. Kitchener, ON N2A 3H7
t: 519.894.3949 m: 519.594.1709e: [email protected]
CONTENTS4 curiculum vitae
6 boutique h2otel
8 trans(L)it
10 visions of suburbia
14 aligned house
16 cantilevered view
17 winter pavilion
18 habadapt
19 artworks photography + watercolor
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EducationCandidate for Bachelor of Architectural Studies, 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 render-ing and sketching, as well as digital modeling and rendering in Form Z
Graduate of Eastwood Collegiate Institute, Kitchener, ON, June 2006
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 LEEDTM environmental design benchmark system
Technical SkillsManual Drafting and Rendering: ink, pencil, watercolor, acrylic, pastelPhysical Model Making: basswood, cardstock, mat board, foam core, plexi glass
Computer SkillsProficient with: Mac OS/X or Windows XP/Vista operating systemsAutoCAD 2010 SketchUp 7 Adobe Photoshop CS4 Form Z 6.5 Adobe InDesign CS4 Microsoft OfficeAdobe Illustrator CS4Familiar with:Rhinocerous 3D Flamingo
LanguagesEnglish, basic spoken and written French
Mila Wiggins
Work ExperienceFrame 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 framesCompleted minor administrative tasks including receivingProvided customer service handling customers complaints, and questions with care
Volunteer ExperienceKitchener 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
References: Available Upon Request
Exhibited WorksthinkToronto Urban Design Ideas Competition, Spacing Magazine, Toronto, ON, Winter 2009Trans(L)it bus shelter project selected as a finalist
Featured in Spacing Magazine Winter 2009 issueDisplayed 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 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 Institute, 2007
Outstanding Achievement in French received from Eastwood Collegiate Institute, 2007
355 Grand River Blvd. Kitchener, ON N2A 3H7t: 519.894.3949 m: 519.594.1709
Boutique tel
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
Pencil & Ink Drawings on Vellum • Illustrator Diagram •All drawings edited in Photoshop
Kitchen
Lobby
Fitness Room
Spa
Restaurant
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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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•2A Studio • Fall 2008 • Team • Finalist in Spacing Magazine’s thinkToronto Competition Winter 2009
Acrylic Book Boxes
Cedar Benches
Multi-LanguageWord Game
Assembly Diagram
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Ink on Mylar Drawings Edited in Photoshop • Form Z Renderings Edited in Photoshop • Basswood and Plexiglass model
•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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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
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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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
Visions of Suburbia
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An urban infill ecohouse project designed for a site between a church and a house in Kitchener, ON. The Alined 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.
•SSEF Steel Competition Entry 2008 •1B Steel Building Construction • Winter 2008 • Team •Form Z Renderings edited in Photoshop
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Cantilevered View Winter Pavilion
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.
Winter Pavilion•1A Wood Building Construction • Fall 2007 • Team •Sketch-Up Rendering •Ink on Mylar Drawing • 1:1 Wall Section on Kraft Paper
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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
Independent Submission for Prefab20*20 Competition • Summer 2009 • AutoCAD Drawings • Rhino with Flamingo Renderings Edited in Photoshop
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HabAdapt Artistic Works
Independent Submission for Prefab20*20 Competition • Summer 2009 • AutoCAD Drawings • Rhino with Flamingo Renderings Edited in Photoshop
Photography
Watercolour
Artistic Works
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MWThank you.
University of Waterloo School of Architecture