KATRINA MALINSKIPORTFOLIO

I am currently in my fourth year of Architecture at the University of Waterloo.

I have studied and worked in several amazing places,

including London, Toronto, Lund and Berlin.

When I am not busy desiging things, I love to take photos

of old things, bicycle and climb around on rooftops.

I would love to talk to you in either English or French,

and I am trying very hard to get better at German.

e-mail: kmalinski@hotmail.com

Skype: katrina.malinski

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21 Bathurst St. 8

Evolve Competition 14

Post Fordist Farm 18

FAR Frohn&Rojas 24

ERA Architects Inc 26

Errebus and Terror 30

The Furniture Device 32

CONTENTS

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 6

CURRICULUM VITAE 4

WORK EXPERIENCE 22

MULTI-MEDIA 28

PHOTOGRAPHY 34

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATIONCandidate for Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Honours University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Cambridge, ON, 2011 - present

Ontario Secondary School Diploma, 2011Lockerby Composite School STEP Program Graduate

WORK EXPERIENCE

Internship – January to August 2015 Naegeli Architekten, Berlin, Germany

Internship – May to August 2014 FAR frohn&rojas, Berlin, Germany

Student Intern – September to December 2013 ERA Architects Inc., Toronto, Ontario

Architectural Intern – January to April 2013 Smith Brooke Architects, London, UK

Construction Coordinator - Summer Student - May to August 2012 Moreau Industrial, Raglan Mine, Nunavik, Quebec

Science Demonstrator – October 2007 to August 2011Science North, Sudbury, ON

AWARDS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Exchange Student at Lund University – Studied Urban Design (Sept-Dec 2014)

ONE Prize 2013 Top 20 Finalist

3C Comprehensive Coastal Communities Competition Top 32 Finalist

Dean’s Honours List

Waterloo Architecture Design and Energy Award

Outstanding Female Graduate Award 2011

ACADEMICEXPERIENCE

Candidate for:

Bachelor of Architectural StudiesUniversity of WaterlooCambridge, ON, 2011 - present

Exchange Student at Lund University Urban Design Masters ProgramSept-Dec 2014

Ontario Secondary School Diploma, 2011Lockerby Composite School STEP Program Graduate

21 BATHURST ST

HOUSING13000 m²

HOTEL15000 m²

RESTAURANT & BAR150 m²

BANQUET HALL

700 m²

POOL

1400 m²

RETAIL1200 m²

OFFICE & CAFE2000 m²

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3A Design Studio

University of Waterloo

Prof: Phillip Beesley, Mona El-Khafif

Dealing with contemporary issues such as increasing land pressures in urban areas and privatization of public space, 21 Bathurst Street seeks to find within the typology of the podium tower a way for an active and generous ground plane to accomodate the need for high density development.

Situated within a newly developed “condo city” of privately owned high rises, the scheme seeks to both blend in an maintain an entirely different ethos, opening up and inviting in rather than enclosing, and reaching out into the city in a bid to break down the barrier between the individual tower and it’s urban context. A generous public walkway across the site connects to a larger network of park in neighbourhood, while projecting out allows users to interact with a raised expressway that is a icon of the city. The tower seeks to propose new possibilities for interacting with the changing city that surrounds it, while providing a suitable spaces for the many programs it contains.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

THIRD FLOOR PLAN

FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

ABOVE: Views illustrating

the two ways by with which

the building interacts

with the city, both by

bringing the city through

the building by means of a

pedestrian walkway through

the site and bringing the

users into the city, by

allowing views previously

unexplored. In this case

a view directly from the

bar onto an elevated high

speed motorway.

RIGHT: Illustration of the types of residential groupings

and the placement of the units within. This configuration

is based on a group of apartments (12-14) sharing a triple

height atrium space containing a variety of communal

spaces, allowing each cluster to share semi-public spaces

between the residents. This is also encouraged by the

double sided balconies in each unit, which can open both

to the corridor in foul weather and to the outside in fair

weather. The complex stacking of apartments ensures that a

large variety of apartments exist on each floor, while also

providing the maximum opportunities for cross ventilation

and solar exposure, making each grouping a diverse and

lively neighbourhood on it‘s own.

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BACHELOR

EVOLVE COMPETITION3A Design Studio

University of Waterloo

With: Edward Wang, Allegra Frisen, Brianna Cartwright, Sahar Tolami

Parans Fibre Optic Daylighting System captures sunlight on roof to be distributed in the interior.

Piezoelectric Wind Stalk Generation System captures wind energy on roof to create electricity.

Rainwater Roof Collection System and cistern provide supplementary water for toilet use when available.

Operable windows and roof vents facilitate stack effect ventilation for passive cooling.

Photovoltaic panels and photovoltaic windows generate electricity on the West, South and East facades.

Deep Loop Geothermal System provides 75% of heating and cooling needs through heat exchange.

Daylight

Wind Stalk

Rainwater

Ventilation

Photovoltaic

Geothermal

Fiber Optic Daylighting

Wind Stalks

Rainwater Collection

Passive Ventilation

Photovoltaic Energy

Geothermal Energy

A competition entry to design a net zero bank, the building combines both high and low tech strategies to minimise its environmental impact. Combining passive and active technologies, it integrates environmental techniques through many of the building systems, creating not only a more environmental building but also a warm and welcoming atmosphere. The building uses a two part method for achieving net zero. First, energy consumption is reduced by proper orientation, high R value insulation and the use of passive and active technologies such as natural ventila tion, day lighting and a geothermal heating and cooling system. Second, the building is oriented north south, allowing the south face to be maximised for windows and photo voltaic cladding. Few windows on the north side and airtight construction allow the building to retain its heat, reducing the heating load.

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Parans Daylighting Systemsolar tracking panel

Carbon fiber stalkPiezoelectric sensor

Electronics casing

L bracket2.5 mm steel plate100 x 50 mm channels in airspacePeel and stick waterproof membrane50 mm rigid insulation14 mm steel decking300 mm deep steel truss joist w. spray-foam insulation12.5 mm furring strips in air space13 mm gypsum board w. vapour barrier behind

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Energy generation using both solar and piezoelectric systems produces the remaining energy for the building to power itself. Building integrated photo voltaic cells on the south, east and west facades produce 20017 kWh yearly. Water consumption is also reduced through the use of high efficiency fixtures and the collection of rainwater which can be used in toilets.

The swaying motion of the carbon fiber stalks on the roof is converted into electricity by piezoelectric strips and produces 676 kWh over a year. Overall, no single strategy accounts for the net zero status of the building; the integration of multiple techniques and technologies is what allows the building to produce an energy surplus.

Waterproof Cover

Transducer Circuit

Piezoelectric Sensor

Connecting Wires

Steel Plate

Carbon Fiber Stalk

Steel C Channel

workerfarmer

family

Neighbours

housemates

Neighbours

family

Neighbours

Site Residents

Local Community

1950’s 1980’s 2000’s

farmland amalgamation3 Largest crops Other cropsMANIFESTO

Barnproduction space

educat

ion

The development of the site proposes an agricultural cooperative designed to respond to the challenges faced by farmers in a post-fordist envi-ronment. Key trends that have been identified in regards to post-Fordism and agriculture include the increase of foreign temporary labour in agriculture and a shift from economies of scale (mass production of food items) to smaller and more fragmented economies of scope (localised, specialist markets). Operating as a land cooperative, the site will offer housing to 8 farmers and their families operating small scale agriculture and animal husbandry related businesses on the site. In addition to a townhouse style home, each farmer will be allocated space in the agricul-tural buildings in order to carry out their operations. The scheme of the farm reverses the fordist practice currently in place of large scale mono-crop farms, instead using historical precedents of pre-industrial communal farms to create a flexible model allowing for the production of multi-ple products on the same site while allowing farmers to adjust production based on market demands. Additionally, the site will include 96 spaces for temporary agricultural workers, organised into 8, 12 bedroom units with communal cooking and recreation facilities. This type of housing addresses a need for post-fordist farming scheme to recognise that temporary imported labour is an critical part of agricultural produc-tion in north America. The unique conditions of these workers will be addressed, notably their isolation from the larger population due to lan-guage barriers and temporality as well as the need for alternate social interactions to replace the standard family unit.

Site and community networks

production layout

SawP

20,000 per year 8 months per year planting and harvesting

(Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program)

mexico, jamaica, barbados, trinidad

20,000 per year up to 2 years any low skill labour

worldwide, mostly guatemala, phillipines, thailand

standard contract labour laws do not apply

negotiated contractlabour laws do not apply

TFW pilot(temporary foreign workers - agriculture stream)

Canadian agricultural worker porgrams

workerfarmer

family

Neighbours

housemates

Neighbours

family

Neighbours

Site Residents

Local Community

1950’s 1980’s 2000’s

farmland amalgamation3 Largest crops Other cropsMANIFESTO

Barnproduction space

educat

ion

The development of the site proposes an agricultural cooperative designed to respond to the challenges faced by farmers in a post-fordist envi-ronment. Key trends that have been identified in regards to post-Fordism and agriculture include the increase of foreign temporary labour in agriculture and a shift from economies of scale (mass production of food items) to smaller and more fragmented economies of scope (localised, specialist markets). Operating as a land cooperative, the site will offer housing to 8 farmers and their families operating small scale agriculture and animal husbandry related businesses on the site. In addition to a townhouse style home, each farmer will be allocated space in the agricul-tural buildings in order to carry out their operations. The scheme of the farm reverses the fordist practice currently in place of large scale mono-crop farms, instead using historical precedents of pre-industrial communal farms to create a flexible model allowing for the production of multi-ple products on the same site while allowing farmers to adjust production based on market demands. Additionally, the site will include 96 spaces for temporary agricultural workers, organised into 8, 12 bedroom units with communal cooking and recreation facilities. This type of housing addresses a need for post-fordist farming scheme to recognise that temporary imported labour is an critical part of agricultural produc-tion in north America. The unique conditions of these workers will be addressed, notably their isolation from the larger population due to lan-guage barriers and temporality as well as the need for alternate social interactions to replace the standard family unit.

Site and community networks

production layout

SawP

20,000 per year 8 months per year planting and harvesting

(Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program)

mexico, jamaica, barbados, trinidad

20,000 per year up to 2 years any low skill labour

worldwide, mostly guatemala, phillipines, thailand

standard contract labour laws do not apply

negotiated contractlabour laws do not apply

TFW pilot(temporary foreign workers - agriculture stream)

Canadian agricultural worker porgrams

POST FORDIST FARM2A Design Studio

University of Waterloo

Prof: Adrian Blackwell

Barnproduction space

educat

ion

A farmstead for the modern age, this project is a response to questions of agricultural productions in a post fordist economy.

The project is a response to questions of agricultural productions in a post fordist economy. Challenging the notion of a “mass production” farm owned by an entity, it instead proposes a cooperative model where several different specialist products can be produced in parallel. The scheme provides farmers with adaptable spaces that can be used in multiple ways, allowing production to be shifted along with an increasingly volatile economy.

The increasing role of temporary and imported labour is acknowledged by the provision of housing that meets the unique needs of migrant and temporary labourers who are essential to agricultural production in North America. Inspired by historical land allocation systems in feudal French Canada and Europe, the project proposes somewhat of a return to a more local and specialised farming model in order to meet the realities of a modern globalised market.

ABOVE: Site plan of the built area, showing the relationship between the worker and farmer housing and workspaces.

RIGHT: Sample floor plan of a townhouse designed to accommodate a farmer and their family. Each of the townhouses has a corresponding workspace across the mews.

LEFT: Renderings of various farm activities and spaces, including one of the mews lanes, an auction in the event space and the inside of one of the minimal dwellings designed for migrant farm labourers.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Naegeli ArchitektenInternshipJanuary to August 2015

FAR frohn&rojasInternship May to August 2014

ERA Architects Inc.Student InternSeptember to December 2013

Smith Brooke ArchitectsArchitectural Intern January to April 2013

Moreau IndustrialConstruction CoordinatorSummer Student May to August 2012

Science NorthScience Demonstrator October 2007 to August 2011

FAR FROHN&ROJASMay 2014 - August 2014

Berlin, Germany

During my 3 month internship at FAR in Berlin, I was involved in various ongoing competition and research projects in the office. I assisted in the preparation of drawings and graphics for competition entries, built both working and presentation models and prepared source material and graphics for research and presentations.

ABOVE: Diagrams of various sites in Berlin where zoning related to the proposed freeway system impacted post-war reconstruction.

RIGHT: Screenshots from “Voder uber Hinterhaus” a video presentation on the Berlin apartment block and its post war transforma-tions. Resposibilities included the production of base material and graphics for the animator as well as providing the voice over.

LEFT: “The City That Never Got Built” a mapping and research project documenting planned but unbuilt freeways and their impact on the postwar reconstruction of the city. Map was created using ArcGIS and Photoshop.

TORONTO VS. DETROITCompleted at ERA Archietcts INC.

Toronto, Ontario

September 2013 - December 2013

Whilst completing an internship with ERA Architects in Toronto I was tasked with designing and constructing two interactive maps for the “Toronto vs. Detroit” symposium, examining the similarities and differences. The final Maps were constructed from a composite of aerial photography and street grids and were each 2 m tall.

ABOVE: Model of the space showing how the maps would be mounted into the existing peg system at the venue.

BELOW: Iterations for the design of the maps, testing various combinations of elements as well as refining color and line weights.

In addition to the large scale maps, I was also responsible for the design of other materials used for the conference, including buttons to identify visitors from Detroit or Toronto, programs, area guides and various other signage elements that were installed through the venue.

MULTI-MEDIA

Things I do:

Photography

Painting

Sketching

3D Modelling

Video Editing

Silk Screening

Wood Working

Laser Cutting

Book Binding

Tresspasing

Decorating

Coffee Drinking

Exploring

Recording

Laying-Out

Googling

EREBUS AND TERRORWriter and Stagehand

2B Cultural History

University of Waterloo

Prof: Tracey Eve Winton

A student produced play, Erebus and Terror combined elements of both Captain Franklin’s Arctic Travels and Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein into a multidisciplinary exploration of mythologies surrounding man’s struggle to control nature.

Performed over three nights in Cambridge, Ontario, the play was written, designed, scored and acted entirely by students as part of the 2B Cultural History curriculum. It used both created and found elements to imagine the fate of Captain John Franklin and his crew as they undertook their doomed expedition to find the Northwest Passage.

THE FURNITURE DEVICEFurniture and Interiors

Lund University

Tasked with the challenge of designing a piece of furniture for a dining “experience”, I chose to hypothesise about the evolution of the experience of consumption. As what we eat becomes more and more controlled by outside forces (marketing, availability, economic class) the video provides a dystopian look at a world where you do not eat, you are fed. Borrowing heavily from the aesthetic of industrial production that has become so integral to modern agriculture, the proposed experience is a view of a situation in which all choice is removed from dinning, and one is simply along for the ride.

The project consisted of two parts, the production of a physical prototype that is in some way significant to the experience and a video that captures the tone of the experience. The full video is available here: https://vimeo.com/145469328

PHOTOGRAPHY

Toronto

Berlin

London

Paris

Nunavik

Cardiff

New York

Edinburgh