Architecture Portfolio

Cristien Murphy
M.Arch Graduate
Creative and detail orientated Master of Architecture graduate with 3+ years experience in architecture
and drafting projects. Seeking position as an intern architect creating production drawings and
design. Experience in proposal writing, CAD and Revit production drawings and project coordination.

email: CR430615@dal.ca phone: 778.317.7334 address: 910 Quadling Ave. Coquitlam B.C. V3K 2A5
Project: Gibsons House Project
Year: 2019
Project: Gibsons House Project Description:
This house project was the first stage in a dwelling and rental property
Year: 2019
in Gibsons B.C. It started with this 2,000 sq ft house with 3 bedrooms
and large communal areas. The project celebrates the site by sitting
on the top of a hill and incorporating large expansive operable
windows to help enjoy the panoramic views and allow flow from
interior to exterior space. A tall covered exterior area allows the family
and friends to be outside in the beating heat and the pouring rain.
Project: Lunenburg Minimal Dwelling Project
Year: 2015

Description:
This was a “minimal housing” project created while in school
at Dalhousie. I Created a small housing project to be grouped
with 10 other dwellings on a remote site in Nova Scotia. The
project required a detailed study of different framing methods
and the final presentation consisted of detailed framing model.
 Project: Family Cabin Addition, Hernando
Year: 2019

Bench Seat / Bed

Description:
+3'0" +3'0"

This is an addition to an existing 1970’s guest cabin. The goal

was to connect to the unique existing cabin and provide
BAT HRO O M

+1'6" +0'0" many needed additional beds and bathrooms. The addition
must also be respectful to the neighbors and take advantage
of the amazing views while fitting into the forest slope.
Bench Seat / Bed
 Year 0 Year 1 Year 5 Year 7 Year 10 Year 12 Year 15 Year 21 Year 25 Year 28 Year 30 Year 300

10 classes
10 classes
Site cleared 3 classes 5 classes 7 classes 9 classes 1 admin
4 classes 1 flex music room / studio 7 classes 5 classes 5 classes 0 classes 0 classes 0 classes
and Hylical 1 flex / admin 1 flex / admin 1 flex music room / studio 1 flex music room / studio center cores
1 class expanded into 1 flex studio 1 admin 1 admin 1 admin 0 admin 0 admin 0 admin
Piles Placed center cores center cores flex music room 1 flex / admin 1 flex / admin 1 flex / admin center cores 0 center cores 0 center cores 0 center cores
Enrollment decreasing = center cores center cores
1 flex / admin center cores center cores center cores
disassemble 3 classrooms
center cores indoor / outdoor play space Enrollment decreassing = Components are Components are DLT Structural System DLT Panels are Natural materials
and 1 flex space
disassemble 2 classroom used inother building used in other is used in other project disassembled and arerecycled @ end
and 1 flex space projects building projects dimensional lumber of life cycle
is used as structure
in new building

Project: Mass Timber School (Design for Disassembly)

Year: 2018

Description:
My thesis project focused on the idea of being able to assemble
and disassemble a mass timber structure in order to relocate schools
as the population fluctuates from one area of the city to the next.
1:1 scale models were created to study how the interior would work
and how cladding would be able to assembled on site instead of built
for one use. This project included a heavy theoretical background
where many attempts of prefabrication by modern architects were
studied. The project also included a detailed timeline of how the
building could expand and contract to meet the local requirements.
Project: Mass Timber School (Design for Disassembly)
Year: 2018
 Stuff 1 day - 30 years
Space Plan 3 - 30 years

Services 7 -15 years

Skin 20 years
Structure 30 - 300 years
Site Eternal

No Skill Hand Tools School Construction Professional

Required Repair Team Labourer

None Furniture Simple Heavy Hard Demolition

Disassembly Disassembly Disassembly

Project: Mass Timber School (Design for Disassembly)

Year: 2018
Project: Coastal Studio Gridshell Project
Year: 2016
 Description:
Project: Coastal Studio Gridshell Project The gridshell project was an outdoor pavilion located in a National
Park in northern Nova Scotia. The design was a complex shell
Year: 2016 shaped roof that was created with a wooden lathe gridshell,
concrete walls and gabions. The geometry of the structure
and the rebar were extremely complex and required significant
coordination. It was a student built project, and I helped
coordinate and construct the beginning stages of the project.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
0 5 10 25
1:200

Project: Extension of the Sea Wall

Year: 2017

Description:
There was a gap in the Sea Wall in Vancouver and it meant
that Gastown was disconnected from the waterfront. The
goal of these buildings was to connect this missing link and
this project aimed to study play in all forms and to create a
community center with a playground, daycare and library.
The project continued the Vancouver Sea Wall and created
a swimming area and a tidal playground under the library.
It was designed as a community hub for all ages and was
meant to reconnect historic Gastown to the waterfront.
BUILDING AREA ON SITE
BUILDING MASSING IS OPENED UP WITH A
COURTYARD SPACE TO PROVIDE LIGHT,
GREEN SPACE AND CROSS VENTILATION
BUILDING IS SEPARATED INTO THREE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. REPAIR,
COMMUNITY CENTER AND
TRANSPORTATION HUB
THE THREE BUILDING PROGRAMS ARE
PUSHED APART TO OPEN THE COURTYARD
ROTATE THE BUILDINGS TO ALIGN WITH
THE ROAD FOR TRANSPORTATION ACCESS
OPENING AND ROTATING BUILDINGS WILL
EXTEND THE COMMUNITY STREET TO BRING
IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR REPAIRS AND
PROVIDE ACCESS THROUGH THE SITE
PUSH DOWN THE ENDS OF BUILDINGS
TO CREATE VAULTS AND ELIMINATE THE
WALL TO JOIN THE GREEN SPACES
THE ENDS OF THE BUILDINGS WERE
PUSHED DOWN TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO
MOVE OVER THE ROOFS OF THE
BUILDINGS INTO THE COURTYARD
WITH THE ELIMINATION OF THE WALL
THE ADJACENT BASEBALL FIELD AND
GREEN SPACE CONTINUES THROUGH
AND CAN BE CONNECTED THE COURTYARD
TWO OF THE THREE ROOFS WILL BE
ACCESSIBLE GREEN ROOFS AND WILL
EXTEND THE GREEN SPACE
A LARGE TENSILE FABRIC SHADE
STRUCTURE WILL COVER THE
COURTYARD AND WILL ALLOW WATER
TO REACH THE GREEN ROOFS
Project: Design Diagrams
Year: 2015
Description:
These diagrams show some of my approach
to designing a project and the moves
that were made to create the massing of
buildings. The diagrams show how people
would move through the site and how
the building form ends up being created.
Project: Stonehenge Case Study Model and 3D Print Project: Study Model
Year: 2017 Year: 2016

Description:
With this project I researched Stonehenge and studied the solar angles that
the stones were designed to harness. A 3D computer model was created
and the actual solar locations were used to test out the Stonehenge
structure. Using the computer model a 3D printed version was also made.
Description:
These models were created to test different pier and wooden
structural configurations The model was used to look into how
different platforms ramps and grid patterns could be created.
Project: Case Study of Usonian House
Project: Case Study of Woodland Chapel
Year: 2014
Year: 2013
Description:
Description:
This was a hand drawn isometric of Frank Lloyd Wright’s
Usonian House. Drawing the house by hand help Plans and sections were used to study Gunnar Asplund’s
research into how the house was built on a grid system Woodland Chapel and then these models were
and how all the building elements fit into that system. created to study how the light comes into the chapel.