Chris Ard Architecture Portfolio

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AR C h 4601_te x A s te C h

du R At i o n_6 w e e k s

This project was for study abroad and was located in Mont rea l , Canada . The building site was an empty parking lot located in Old Montreal. The program was a library/gallery/museum that would act as a node in Montreal.

The focus of the l i b ra ry, ga l l e r y, museum space was Montreal s t ree t a r t .

Street art and gra f f i t i are a large part of the urban culture of Montreal. In almost every section of the city, there is artwork to be found. These pieces range from small amatuer tags to very large scale commissioned projects. Old Montreal is different from the rest of the city, however; it has very little, if any pieces of graffiti.

This building will act as a node for graffiti within Old Mon t rea l . It will be a place to study graffiti and to practice graffiti techniques. The existing brick wall on the building site will serve as the public’s canvas for self expression. This graffiti will not be relegated to a dirty alleyway, but instead be on display for the public to enjoy. The library will focus

on catalouging different types of graffiti, while the exhibition will focus on showing the evo lu t i on of graffiti from a

form of urban express ion to a piece of formal artwork.

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AR C h 3502_te x A s te C h

du R At i o n_12 w e e k s

the pRoGRAm foR this pRojeCt wAs An ARtist’s g a l l e r y / s t u d i o . the pRojeCt site wAs loCAted in the He r i ta g e P a r k AReA of foRt woRth, texAs. the City plAnneR indiCAted thAt the development of the heRitAGe pARk AReA would follow the sAme pAth As the City of vAnCouveR. developinG the wAteR fRont wAs veRy impoRtAnt And CReAtinG A pAthwAy AlonG the wAteR wAs Also equAlly impoRtAnt. the desiGn ConCept wAs foRmed by AnAlyzinG the site’s suRRoundinG Context, most notAbly, the bRidGe. the desiGn’s initiAl shApe wAs tAken

fRom the shApe of the site’s AdjACent b r i d g e . the CuRvAtuRe of the desiGn As well As the oRientAtion Allows foR Ample to nAtuRAl sunliGht to illuminAte the ARtist GAlleRies on the uppeR two levels. the ARtist’s studios ARe loCAted on the 3 loweR levels of the buildinG to

open them up to the wAteRfRont pAthwAy And Allow foR P u b l i c i n t e r a c t i o n .

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AR C h 5501_vi R G i n i A te C h

du R At i o n_14 w e e k s

the uRbAn Rowhouse is A vitAl Component to the histoRiC distRiCt of old town AlexAndRiA, viRGiniA. the Rowhouse pRoGRAm is ConstAntly AdAptinG to ChAnGinG soCietAl needs. theRefoRe pRoGRAm is not pRimARy.

the Rowhouse is inheRently AdAptAble And ConstAntly ChAnGinG. in the pRojeCt, the oRiGinAl pRoGRAm AddRess the neiGhboRhood’s need foR A Community CenteR thAt foCused on uRbAn AGRiCultuRe. hAlfwAy thRouGh the semesteR, the pRoGRAm wAs ChAnGed to A mixed use Coffee house/ResidenCe. the desiGn’s existinG stRuCtuRe RemAined the sAme, but the Rest wAs AdApted foR use As A Coffee house.

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