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QUEEN STREET WEST BIA l DESIGN PORTFOLIO 1

Queen Street West BIABike Rack Competition


Queen Street West BIABike Rack Competition On November 18 2010, OCAD University students Evi K. Hui, Olivier Mayrand and Michael Pham celebrated many months of work collaborating with the Queen Street West Business Improvement Area (BIA), City of Toronto engineers and a manufacturing company to see their designs become real-ity — 14 newly installed bicycle stands along Queen Street West, between Simcoe and Bathurst streets.

Toronto’s Queen Street West BIA unveiled the new bike stands at a celebration generously hosted by The Hideout at 482 Queen West, one of the addresses where stands can be found.

The designs for the stands originated in the Gateway Bike Stand Challenge held at OCADU in 2009, where students were challenged to design bicycle stands for the redevelop-ment of a property at the northwest corner of Queen and McCaul streets in Toronto, a project still in its early stages. The challenge invited students to consider how bicycle stands could be both conceptual urban sculpture and func-tional urban infrastructure. Two projects from the top five were selected for development by the BIA.

“As a jury member in the original competition, I was so impressed with the designs, I felt it was imperative we find a way to incorporate some of them into the Queen Street West streetscape,” explained Marc Glassman, Chair of the Queen Street. West BIA. “I am proud that we were able to collaborate with the City of Toronto, an innovative fabrica-tion company and these talented students to execute their design concepts.”


HALO2010

Awarded: $500 Honorarium

Feature on:National PostCanadian CyclistBlogTOTorontoist

Left to right: OCADU student Michael Pham, Vice-President Finance & Administration Peter Caldwell, OCADU students Evi K. Hui and Olivier Mayrand and Queen St. West BIA Coordinator Laura Schaefer, at the launch of the new bike stands. Photo: Lino Ragno.


Development Process Prototyping and testing of the design HALO


Queen St. West BIA Bike Standsby OCAD University students

235 Queen St. W. (in front of the Atlas Machinery Supply Ltd.) Question Mark Speech Bubble

Explanation Mark Speech Bubble by OCADU fourth-year Industrial Design students Evi K. Hui and Olivier Mayrand

Quotation Marks Speech Bubble by OCADU fourth-year Industrial Design students Evi K. Hui and Olivier Mayrand

Question Mark Speech Bubble by OCADU fourth-year Industrial Design students Evi K. Hui and Olivier Mayrand

315 Queen St. W. (in front of Zeidler Partnership Architects) Halo

438 Queen St. W. (in front of Fancy Gems & Accessories) Halo

Halo by OCADU fourth-year Environmental Design student Michael Pham

339 Queen St. W. (in front of Quiksilver) Quotation Marks Speech Bubble

355/357 Queen St. W. (between Your Good Health and JCY House) Exclamation Point Speech Bubble

379 Queen St. W. (in front of Payless SHOESOURCE)Halo

426 Queen St. W. (in front of Image Makeover Salon) Quotation Marks Speech Bubble

448 Queen St. W. (in front of Bling Bling & Ken Inc.)Question Mark Speech Bubble

482 Queen St. W. (in front of The Hideout)Quotation Marks Speech Bubble

492 Queen St. W. (in front of La Palette)Halo

510 Queen St. W. (in front of Velvet Underground) Question Mark Speech Bubble

515 Queen St. W. (in front of Original)Exclamation Point Speech Bubble

543/545 Queen St. W. (between Hi Beads and Brown’s A Short Man’s World of Fashion) Halo

629 Queen St. W. (in front of Nikolaou Restaurant Equipment) Exclamation Point Speech Bubble

Toronto’s Queen St. West Business Improvement Area (BIA) has installed 14 creative new bicycle stands along Queen St. West, from Simcoe Street to Bathurst Street. The new stands are the result of a unique collaboration between fourth-year students at OCAD University (OCADU) and the BIA.

OCAD University100 McCaul StreetToronto ON M5T 1W1416.977.6000 | www.ocad.ca

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GATEWAY BIKE STAND l DESIGN PORTFOLIO 9

Gateway Bike Stand Challenge


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Gateway Bike Stand ChallengeOn April 17 2009 in the OCAD Auditorium,Toronto Mayor David Miller and OCAD President Sara Diamond announced the winners of the OCAD Gateway Bike Stand Challenge. The goal of this student design competition was to create bike stands for a redevelopment project at 226 Queen Street West, the “gateway” to the Queen Street West neighbour-hood to the west and the McCaul Street art corridor to the north. Recognizing the significance of this particular corner and the two corridors that it straddles, architect Robert Chang, together with the property owner of 226 Queen Street West, first proposed a widening of the sidewalks. This would define the “gateway” element of the corner.

OCAD students were then challenged to consider how bi-cycle stands installed on the redeveloped property could be both conceptual urban sculpture and functional urban infra-structure. Thirty-five student teams submitted their designs and ten were shortlisted as finalists. The final ten designs were presented to a jury that included Chang, The Globe and Mail’s Lisa Rochon, Toronto City Councillor Bill Saundercook, Pages Books & Magazines owner Marc Glassman, and Ur-bane Cyclist owner Nancy Kendrew, as well as OCAD faculty members Bruce Hinds and Colleen Reid.

First-place winners Justin Rosete (second-year Industrial Design) and Erica Mach (second-year Drawing & Painting) will also receive $6000 for their efforts. The other teams that placed collected a grand total of $7000 and are comprised of: second-place winners Kelli EV Hui (second-year Industrial Design) and Olivier Mayrand (second-year Industrial Design); third-place winners Jaeho Shin (third-year Graphic Design) and Jihoon Lee (fourth-year Advertising); fourth-place win-ner Adam Kereliuk (third-year Industrial Design); and fifth-place winner Michael Pham (second-year Environmental Design).


OCAD Bike Stands2009

Awarded: $1000

Feature on:Globe and MailsCanadian InteriorsGreen Living Network

OCAD Gateway Bike Stand Challenge winners withOCAD President Sara Diamond and Toronto MayorDavid Miller. Photo: Lino Ragno.


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Conceptual IdeaAs an architecture student, I prefer the design ideas of shapes and forms. Since the best form/shape is the circle suited for the bike stand, I decided to play around with the circle and see how it can be used. I came up with two concepts; first bike stand is a circle stand on concrete. The bottom center of the circle is detached, leaving the bottom right being bend forward and the bottom left being bend backward which provides two legs for the stand and become a swirl like form.

Function as a Bike StandThe best method for a bike stand to work is that it has to be able to lock three parts to be considered functional. You have to be able to lock the bike frame, the pole (bike stand) and the wheel. If it doesn’t do that then it’s not really a bike stand. The first concept is 2’6” high, giving the circle the diameter of 2’6” wide. The circle accommodate the standard size for the top frame to lock, the width of the circle accommodates the standard size of the two wheels of the bike. All three angle of the bike stand give you preference in how you want to lock your bike and as well of locking three parts, the bike frame, the pole (bike stand), and the wheel.


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Conceptual IdeaThe Second bike stand originated from the first de-sign, but the only differences to the circle is adding another circle to it, and rotating both circles in a 10 degree angle so that it cross each other and merge as one form. The concept idea came from dropping a ring figure and watching it spin. Then watching it create another elegant piece of form.

Methods of fabrications3 face surface steel rod bend into a swirl circle with holes on the legs for anchors. After the form has been made, the steel will be galvanized. The second concept will be similar by adding a second piece which will be welded together and sanded.

Attachment to ConcreteIt will either be anchored down by Mushroom-Head Zinc-Coated 6’ Mounting Spike. This zinc-coated spike is used for permanent bike rack mounting in existing concrete.Second method could be precast concrete bicycle rack with rebar, embedded galvanized metal hitching loops and wheel slots for bike support.

REFINED MOTION CENTRE l DESIGN PORTFOLIO 17

Refined Motion Centre



refined motion centre

Refined Motion CentreCommunity Farming and Sustainable Food Production

ProblemThe farming spaces in Toronto suburbs are depreciating every year due to market’s demand in new multimillion dollar projects in new plazas and resi-dential neighborhoods and with farming productions too far from the city, it doesn’t make sense for us to farm outside. With more than 50 percent of the world’s population living in the city, there should be food coming from the cities themselves.

Yes, it may be easy to just relocate agriculture in our backyard garden, roof-tops or parking lot spaces for those who have the luxury to do that. But for those who don’t have those types of spaces, there are allotments or commu-nity gardens that are great places to farm because they provide rental spaces ranging between 50 and 400 sq mm with tools and shelter.

The only things they don’t provide are essential systems for growing and pro-tecting food from weather climates during the winter. Farming with natural resources via sun, wind, air, shade and rain is out of our control and some-times lead to damaging our productions. Majority of our current farming trend also leads to waste due to poor management practices.

Propose The need of producing food for the farmer’s markets, restaurant, food banks and for our own home is greatly needed if we design an urban farm in the city. The intent urban farm is used for community farming using elements of bio-mimicry that will introduce new environments. The propose structure incorporate system for food production, air purification, power generation and waste management. Food production can become an essential part of the framework and opera-tion of the building, producing bio fuel, filtering water and cooling through the summer while also providing shade. This provides a new brand in urban renewal, sustainable production of safely, taste and personal choice of food. Doesn’t it make more sense if we grow our food in our city with new methods of technology that will shape how we do production?


ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNCourse:Thesis II: Project Development ENVR4C01 Section 012010Thesis III: Project Development ENVR4C02 Section 012011Professors:Stuart Reid & Lenore Richards

Site + BuildingThe chosen site is located on 1785 St Clair Avenue West, Toronto Ontario, the intersection of St Clair and Old Weston Rd. The building selected is called the West York Motor Cars, a vintage car dealership comprise of many reno-vations and expansion over the years. The dealership includes expansion of the garage, offices and services department. The makeup of the dealership is old and run down with existing bricks, metal siding, stucco and unattractive graphics on the west side of the building. The site also contains a 140ft x 80ft parking space left of the building. This is a good space to add new landscape and a new fascia to get rid of the graphic left behind.

The location is located below the Junction where neighbourhood consists of traditional houses build in the late 70s along with a few industrial factories. There are a couple Chinese restaurants, Christian church, Bingo Centre, con-venient stores, coffee shops and the Weston Flea Market. The site is a very industrial; there are no retail stores, malls, or anything interesting. The site is disturbing and undeveloped; it hasn’t been updated in ages. The only thing you see are cars driving by, bike riders, hustlers and drunks walking down the street. The site may be boring and ugly but there is potential in citifying the site into a green oasis.


West York Motor Cars1785 St Clair Avenue West, Toronto Ontario


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Marjor - 60%30% Farming15% Food Market15% Education Zone20% Green house

Minor - 30%10% Office, Kitchen, Wash Rm5% Landscapes5% Garden

ProgramRefine Motion Centre is a subsidies facility collaborated by a group of sup-porters including the city of Toronto promoting green living. The idea is to have sponsors from different area of industry from Star Bucks, Metro Super-market, Toronto Community Centers, Ontario Farming Association along with Toronto City Hall to create an urban farm centre that facilitates production for sustainable food and community farming.

Refine Motion Centre is a place where you can come together as a communi-ty to plant, garden, and farm from a healthy, sustainable and friendly point of view. People are able to build relationships with one another forming team-work in community farming. The major program will focus on community farming, education centre, organic food market, farmer’s market, organic restaurant and cafes. The minor programs are the green roof, garden, land-scapes and green house.

The entire neighborhood from St Clair to Connolly St and Ford St to Osler St will be subsidies by the City. The whole ally way will be transformed into an outdoor farming space; the houses around the block will become hous-ing units for committed community farmers who will practice sustainable food production. The parking lot will be converted into green landscapes to change the dealership into a more welcoming public space.

What’s so special about this place? We welcome people who are interested in farming organically, learning how to grow or cook organic food, dine and eat organic cooking or just sip a cup of organic java coffee. New or existing farmers can rent lots indoor or outdoor for personal choice of organic farm-ing. Farmers can rent vendors indoor or outdoor to sell organic grown veg-etables or plants.


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THESIS MODEL // GRAD SHOW l DESIGN PORTFOLIO 29

THESIS MODEL SHOWCASE:OCAD University “The Show Off”: the 96th Annual Grad Exhibition


THESIS MODEL SHOWCASE:OCAD University “The Show Off”: the 96th Annual Grad Exhibition OCAD University is pleased to present work of the class of 2011 The Show Off, the 96th Annual Graduate Exhibition.

The class of 2011, an eclectic mix of more than 500 graduating students working in twelve undergraduate programs, will ex-hibit work from a broad spectrum of disciplines, ranging from drawing and painting, printmaking, photography, criticism and curatorial practice, integrated media and sculpture/installation in the Faculty of Art; to advertising, environmental, industrial and graphic design, illustration and material art and design (jewellery, fibre and ceramics) in the Faculty of Design. This year’s show will transform the university’s main building and the acclaimed Sharp Centre for Design into the biggest exhibi-tion of the year.


ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNCourse:Thesis III: Project Development ENVR4C02 Section 012011Professors:Stuart Reid & Lenore Richards

OCADU student Michael Pham is proud of his thesis “The Refined Motion Centre”

CHERRY BEACH HABITAT l DESIGN PORTFOLIO 33

CHERRY BEACH HABITAT


CHERRY BEACH HABITATIntroductionDesigners are given a designated site in Toronto; Cherry Beach, High Park, Gardiner Expressway, Humber River and Bloor Street Viaduct. The goal is to design a beautiful Habitat that is idiosyncratic, intimate and essentially her-mitic place for them selves. This building has to fit the site, it is to be no larger then 150 sq. ft, it has to be environmentally friendly by finding green technology resources for energy, water and heat. It is an Ecological Habitat where you will be sleeping, studying, cooking, relaxing and enjoying the space around you.

BackgroundCherry Beach is a public beach on Lake Ontario, just east of Toronto Harbour. Its use to be called Clarke Beach Park and had once been a heavily utilized industrial zone. When the area was abandoned and left to a toxic fate, it also developed an unsavory reputation as a site for the police to intimidate home-less and drunk denizens. Despite the warning signs, armed with branches, empty bottles, wine glasses and whatever else was lying around, there was closely a empty space longing for ecological architecture, the Cherry Beach Habitat will offers a far more mysterious and evocative atmosphere.

HistoryCherry Beach was once connected to the Toronto Islands, until a storm in 1858 smashed a gap in the peninsula. That gap is now called the Eastern Gap that leads to Toronto Harbour, and is an essential shipping channel. Since the gap is so narrow, though (a few hundred feet), it’s easy to paddle or sail from the Cherry Beach mainland to the Islands for recreation. The beach was made semi-famous in a 1980s song by Pukka Orchestra, called “Cherry Beach Express,” It was about the beach’s reputation as a place where Toronto police would allegedly take criminals to be beaten.


ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNCourse:Exploration Studio/Personal Space ENVR2K01 Section 042008Professors:Stuart Reid

SiteAttractionsCherry Beach runs several hundred meters/yards long, and is about 100 feet wide at its widest point. Especially in recent years, with efforts to clean up Lake Ontario near Toronto, the water is swimmable, and lots of boating and recreational activities take place here. Others include Kite Surfing, Sailing, Canoeing/Kayaking and Windsurfing. Nearby, there are food and entertain-ment available at The Docks, a bar/restaurant/nightclub facility that also has a drive-in movie theatre, driving range and other attractions.

ObservationCherry Beach Park itself has grassy areas with picnic tables, and is a popular place for dog walkers. Free parking is available to the east of the roundabout at the entrance of the park. There are a lot of trees that surround the beach and also provide tons of shade areas. There are two big trees located in the centre of the beach beside the snack and washroom. Still there isn’t much landscape around the beach, a few rocks, and stones. The water is very clean and clear. Beach provides a scene of nature, very quiet, peaceful and relax-ing. There are perfect views everywhere, bright blue skies, cloudy mist and colorful orange sunset. The beach smells good and you can hear the sound of nature, birds singing and winds blowing.


Cherry BeachToronto Ontario


Structure

The focus of this structure is design to be simple for 2 people to construct. This design is base on deck construction with the key material being recyclable wood as the main resource. This design is building 3 decks on top of each other using 2”x8” and 10”x20” wood beams constructed similarly to truss construction using steal plates and anchor to hold the struc-ture together just like the AGO Fascia structure. The ground structure will be wood beams with concrete footing buried 5’ deep under soil and water.


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After one year of living, the habitat will be deconstruct-ed. The reason why the unique deck was design is that part of it can be left behind for cherry beach because the Cherry beach has an old run down deck that is deterio-rating. This gives the beach an ornament of architecture that is needed for beauty so people can use it for boats, water activities, fishing or just relaxing under the sun.


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HINDUISM COMMUNITY CENTRE l DESIGN PORTFOLIO 43

Hinduism Community Centre


Hinduism Community CentreReincarnation

ConceptThe concept of this community centre will be the representation express through reincarnation. Reincarnation is a life cycle that never ends; the life that ends will be reborn again into a new life depending on the law of karma. With this idea, we can use it as a platform in our building to represent a never ending circulation as the Hindu calls it the “the great journey”. The idea is to enter the building from the entrance and exit the building from the same entrance. There is no exit, but a movement around the building, a circulation returning to the origin of the entrance, “the cycle of life”.

Space & ActivitiesThere will be a loading space, foyer, storage room, electrical room, janitor’s room, elevator, stairs, office, gym, kitchen, cafeteria, class rooms, and a tem-ple space. There will be Vidya Kendra Class every Sunday morning similar to Christian Sunday school. Vidya Kendra School will teach cultural and religious education, also teach language and other practices. There will also be fun classes such as music, art & craft, Hindu dance and Yoga. There will be wor-ship time at the temple space. There will be ceremonies, events, dances and other activities held in the gym space.

Functional elementsThere will be handicap accessibilities for people with handicap disabilities. The building will have wheel chair accessibility, the elevator will have visible button located 4 ft high for people in wheel chair. There will be voice an-nouncement through out the building. There will be rails and ramps.


ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNCourse:Myths, Beliefs and Imagery ENVR3B17 Section 012009Professors:Colleen Reid

Site & Location In the east side of Toronto, there is a large community of Hindus located in the Danforth area between Victoria Park and Warden. There are outdoor festival, activities, and events happening during special holidays. There are Hindu super markets, restaurants, bars, and clubs located along the Danforth Street. As a good location for the community, the building will be located on Danforth and Pharmacy. The exterior of the Hindu Community Centre will be saffron stucco. There will be exterior curtain walls on the second floor. The interior will be filled with different colors that will define each space and each color will represent mood and feelings according to Hindu’s belief.


The Dynasty Restaurant3210 Danforth AvenueScarborough, ON M1L 1C1

Temple Space

If you approach these temples with faith in them, you will know that each time you visit them you come away purified, with your faith more and more in the living god. It is believe we must cleanse our bodies, our minds, and our hearts, and we should enter them in a prayerful mood, and ask God to make us pure men and women for having entered his portals.

Symbols & ColorsThe two major symbols are Om and the Lotus Flower. The Lotus will be located on the floor in front of foyer and the Om will be located on the first and second floor. There will be one statue of the main God Brahma located in the temple space. There will be gold brass rails. The color saffron is commonly used in Hindu temples, exterior elements of the building as well as material inside the interior. The following color will be used; saffron represents fire and purity, green is known for life and happiness, yellow for knowledge and learning, white for a little of everything such as purity, peace, and knowledge, blue for bravery, manliness, determination and dealing with struggle, and red is meant for sensuality, purity and happiness usually for ceremonies.


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THE GLASS PAVILION l DESIGN PORTFOLIO 51

The Glass Pavilion



THE GLASS PAVILION

The Glass Pavilion ConceptThe Glass Pavilion is similar to the light house in the sense of using spiral stairs to reach the top of the spaces. It is a place for standing and admiring the view. It is also a place for sitting and relaxing. At night, the lying downspace is open for star glazing. The building is about walking around upwards and by doing so I want to express movement and circulation.

GlassThe Pavilion is compiled of twisting glass disk supported by four concrete posts. The structure itself supports the enclose stairs and spaces. With glass, the structure becomes visible. People are able to see from outside and insidethe Pavilion. Compare to tradition spaces, you feel like your outside even though your inside.

LightingLight source is very important. This Glass Pavilion allows natural lighting dur-ing the day. Light is transfer through the translucent glass and the sun flls the Pavilion with light. At night, the Pavilion is being lighted up like a lamp. Led lights are installed underneath and transfer light upwards. The light is being reflected and each glass disk is being illuminated. This gives the structure an elegant and creative ornament.


ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNCourse:Architectural Design Studio 1 GDES4B05 Section 012011Professors:Jeremy Bowes

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CITIFIED TEMPLE l DESIGN PORTFOLIO 57

Citified Temple



CITIFIED TEMPLE

Citified TempleNARRATIVE

The Citifed Temple is located on York and Wellington; it is the financial district courtyard right beside Toronto Dominion Tower (TD building). During the day, many business people come and take a break from work, either eating their lunch or watching the view or just relaxing and feeling the environment around them.

I spend a lot of time here because i worked for a moving company that moves furniture for TD Bank, spending a lot of time in the underground terminal and courtyards. It is very tiring walking around from one zone to another, that’s why most people visit the outdoor courtyard to get away from the distrac-tions and stress. When I’m here, I can senses the feeling of nature with the white blue skies, wide green grass, waving tree branches and birds singing. It’s a small portion of nature in the middle of the city.

To me this is a wonderful space for the city temple. A place for nature and to feel nature because we are over populated with business towers and we can’t breathe here. This city temple will consist of landscapes, trees, and water. It will represent a symbol of tranquility, a place to revive ourselves like the fountain of youth. This temple not only brightens our day, but brightens the city as a whole. This temple provides urbanism and sustainability and hopefully introduces new ecological methods.

The Citified Temple is a small glass tower comprise of curtain walls. There are 6 entries on each side. The centre of the building is installed with a structural trellis form with growing plants hung and wrap around the trellis. The orna-ment represents the tree as the temple of nature. Inside the trellis, there is a pool of water filled with Lily Pads and swimming fishes. Around the trellis are circulating stairs that leads you to the temple area.


ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNCourse:Architectural Design Studio 1 GDES4B05 Section 012011Professors:Jeremy Bowes


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CALATRAVA Z500Statement of intent

Santiago Calatrava is an award winning Spanish Architect who combines ar-chitecture and structure engineering to create sculpture pieces of buildings. His designs are extremely futuristic and fictional; he creates organic structure that resembles functions of the moving body.

Majority of Calatrava’s buildings appear to relate to each other, his buildings are symbolize as puzzles, in which he’s asking us to put the puzzle together, they are connected and transform into something new. The puzzle represents different functions of the human body, the head, chest, back, shoulder, legs and arms.

My intent is to research Calatrava’s buildings through exploration of his forms and objects in search of the missing puzzle in order to assemble and interlock the pieces to create a toy robot that expresses Architect Santiago Calatrava.

The challenge is making a robot with moveable joints. I will be researching and designing a process that will allow me to interlock and assemble the toy robot. I will be using 3D printing for different parts of the robot. This project will lead me to explore different organic forms and objects created in Rhino.


ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNCourse:Small Object Design: Virtual to Reality GDES3B20 Section 01 2010Professors:Jesse Jackson

ARCHITECTURAL TEA SET l DESIGN PORTFOLIO 69

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Architectural Tea Set Ceramic is a great tool for the explorations of shapes and forms. This is a greatopportunity for creating organic architecture by playing with clay, moulding and sculpting. The second tool of learning is to bisque and glazes the final product.

The assignment is to create a Tea set of one tea pot and 4 cups. The objective is to design your own tea set with style and character. Each cups and pot has to be different but relate to each other with a consistent theme. The theme is organic architecture that represents movement of buildings, twisting towers and other creative form of architecture.

ARCHITECTURAL TEA SET l DESIGN PORTFOLIO 72ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

Course:Domestic Ceramics: Exploring the Useful Object GDES3B36 Section 012010Professors:Angelo Dipetta

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