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This playful public courtyard was a winning entry for an urban design competition held by Concord Adex Developments for Panorama Tower, their newest ultra-chic condominium complex. Located on Lakeshore Avenue, under the Gardiner Expressway, Mitosis courtyard utilizes and transforms this environment into a lively and intimate space. The biological cell motif serves as an abstract expression of the city’s constant state of growth and movement, complementing its waterfront location and paying tribute to the city’s 1900 shoreline, which once spanned this current space. The courtyard is comprised of a series of laser-cut light columns, ranging in heights from six feet to fourteen feet tall, large public benches with incorporated LED lighting systems and organic hand-outlined ground shapes highlighted by vibrant and colorful asphalt traffic paint.

Winner of an international design contest to create public street lighting artworks for the City of Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics’ public art program. Fireworks Boulevard and Flames were created in collaboration with Adrian Göllner’s Rain Barrels installation. These pieces inspired directly by the festive spirit of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Flame, were all fabricated using lightweight steel structures, shaped and machined polycarbonate extrusions, along with programmable and wireless LED lighting systems. They serve as animated street art, as well as original way-finding for athletes and spectators to Olympic live sites and venues, and were both showcased in the 2010 Olympics Torch Relay. These LED light works will remain installed as part of Vancouver’s Olympic Legacy Program.

This permanent installation is a playful depiction of Toronto’s old shoreline, which has expanded and evolved since Canada’s industrial revolution. This commissioned public artwork was designed for Panorama, Concord Adex Development’s newest Lakeshore complex. Suspended across this feature Lakeshore corridor, these floating cells mimic the ebb and flow of water, evoking movement throughout this animated space. These pieces were made using dynamic optical films, which simulate reflective water surfaces, and frames made from powder-coated steel, suspended from fixed aircraft cables.

An exterior focal canopy designed for Panorama’s main Lakeshore Boulevard entrance. This feature entrance canopy was inspired by the dynamic nature and movement of water. This piece was fabricated using structural steel beams for the canopy frame, along with laser-cut, galvanized and powder-coated steel, highlighted with glowing and light-diffusing composites which are internally lit with an energy efficient LED lighting system.

These playful windscreens were designed for the public rooftop terrace for Concord Adex Developments’ Panorama Tower. These pieces were developed with structural and wind engineering consultants, who advised specific open/close ratios for the screens surface areas, for the specific wind conditions for this rooftop terrace. They were fabricated from curved laser-cut and powder-coated steel, with custom-machined steel posts and measure 10’H x 8’L.

This is a new playful boutique dessert parlour, which will be the prototype store for a new North American franchise. Commissioned by a British developer, this design will feature vibrant display walls with incorporated LED lighting, interior bars with built-in seating areas, custom-designed furniture, storage units, light fixtures and signage. With over 200 ingredients to choose from, ShakeOut's design will showcase its vast assortment of flavours, by encasing and backlighting all available ingredients in clear vacuum-formed acrylic shapes, creating illuminated and dynamic feature display walls. ShakeOut’s animated design was inspired by abstracted shapes of melting ice cream moving across large surfaces.

Blaze Bar & Grill was inspired by the classic grill house. Visual movement and impact was achieved by abstracting images of delicate smoke plumes to mimic glowing flames. High resolution acrylic printing was used to fabricate large transluscent panels, which were then backlit using florescent lights. The focal bar was made using backlit honeycomb acrylic sheets, and local granite countertop which compliments the chosen restaurant and bar furniture. I also helped with the interior design of the main gaming floor, along with the front lobby, restaurant and bar.