CAPSTONE DESIGN PARTICIPANTS
Drew Bigelow, Thomas Neals, Sarah Furtado-Herzig, Sean Rabinovich
TSD Building Science
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Dana Porter Library’s current building enclosure, service systems, and architectural features have reached the end of their useful life. This project aims to revitalize the library by replacing and/or restoring its outdated elements to secure its prominent role in student life for years to come. The project includes a reclad of the current building enclosure and roof systems, mechanical upgrades, interior renovations, and landscaping work to create a welcoming high-performance building. A detailed construction sequencing plan and a general cost allowance will also be included.
Ivy Mei, Mapendo Ngilinga de Carvalho, Nico Gomes, Dixon Leung
MIND Group
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Hong Kong’s housing crisis is a consequential threat to local citizens as the lack of housing supply resulting in poor housing conditions and homelessness. The local government’s land reclamation project originated from an impactful vision to solve the housing crisis, but the lengthy soil settlement period significantly delays the benefits of the project. Revivify is an immediate temporary housing solution on newly reclaimed land to counteract the soil settlements as a hinderance to the local housing crisis in Hong Kong.
Amy Markwart, Joyceline Nathaniel, Dylan Chen, Jessica Liao, Julia Fleming
Retrofitcient
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Over 235,000 people in Canada experience homelessness every year. With Ontario’s plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050, new housing must prioritize environmental sustainability. Currently, buildings contribute to a third of Canada's emissions. Retrofitcient offers a solution to this challenge by transforming St. Mark's Church, an underutilized building in downtown Kitchener, Ontario, into a low-rise residence. With upgrades to the building's enclosure and mechanical systems, the new design will provide a secure, supportive home to 43 individuals transitioning out of homelessness.
Ya Ting Xu, Shein Saunders-Henning, Serena Kam, Jawaad Siddiqui
Adaptive Rehabilitation Consulting
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Our project is the analysis and design of a “deep energy retrofit” of a Village 1 residence to create a net-zero carbon building per the University’s vision for carbon neutrality by 2050.
Village 1 is used as a case study to explore enclosure retrofit, HVAC retrofit, and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) strategies to extend a building’s lifespan and improve energy performance. This field will be critical as Canada aims to eliminate atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions while handling its growing population and aging post-war building stock.
Alexa Quattrociocchi, Sharuja Mathanamohan, Joanna Poon, Rose Akhavan Tabassi
QTMP Consulting: The Coliseum
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A significant issue in the building sector is that of abandoned stadiums driven by high operation and maintenance costs. This project proposes an alternative to demolition of the abandoned hockey arena, the Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, by converting the building into a mixed-use development. The intention of this adaptive reuse project is to create a well-connected community hub with residential and commercial uses, while preserving a building of historical importance to the community and the embodied carbon of the existing structure.