andrew carruthers

andrew.carruthers@shaw.ca
an987551@dal.ca
0794 892 8966

0-1 79 Blythswood St
Glasgow, UK
G2 7QF
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Me Education Work
I’m 32 years old, from Vancouver, Canada. I Academic Reference: Fall, 2013 – Grout McTavish Architecture
have 7 years experience working in architecture, Talbot Sweetapple Architectural work term – Vancouver, Canada.
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Attractions, commercial + institutional projects
architectural intern in Canada. talbot@mlsarchitects.com contact: Brad McTavish - brad@groutmctavish.com

I’m currently completing my Masters of Fall, 2014 – University of Strathclyde -

architecture and on exchange at Strathclyde Academic exchange in Glasgow, UK
University in Glasgow.
2014-present – Dalhousie
I work well in both independent and Masters of Architecture, with distinction
collaborative work environments and have been
commended on being able to follow through 2012-2014 – Dalhousie
with ideas to discover the implications in plan, Bachelor of Architecture, with distinction
section, and detail.
Building Technology – CAD drafting and
residential construction.
2000-2004 – University of Victoria
B.Sc. in NeuroPsychology
Examining the relationship between
brain anatomy, and human behaviour.
1995-2000 – Nanaimo Secondary School
French Immersion
2007 to 2010 – Hillel Architecture
(see icons in CV )
Schematic Design to Construction Documents in Revit
- Use Rhino 3D to work out complex geometries of structural and
cladding systems
- Consult with engineers and consultants to develop plans
- Build sketch and presentation models
Architectural designer & building technologist
Whistler, Canada: Custom homes + subdivision planning
- Work with architect & clients to develop design from
preliminary diagrams
- Apply zoning and code regulations
- Make development and building permit applications
- Consult with engineers and contractors to develop details and IFC
drawings
Building technologist – Victoria, BC
Residential & mixed-use buildings, heritage revitalization,

mid-rise apartments + a small museum

- Develop planning diagrams, building and unit plans

Sketches / Drawings

- Create 2D and 3D presentation drawings for clients and municipal

bodies
- Apply zoning and code regulations
Rhinoceros 3D

Vectorworks

- Make rezoning, development and building permit applications

Photoshop

- Develop details and IFC drawings through architects’

Illustrator

AutoCAD
Sketchup
InDesign
skills

Models

discussions with consultants

Revit
3 Hillel Architecture - 2008
designed to house Nisga’a artifacts being returned to
them from across the country.

involvement as building technologist

code + bylaw review, consultant coordination
DD + construction drawings (VectorWorks)
Presentation drawings and renderings

Hillel Architecture - 2010

the existing space of the Nisga’a Lisms government
building.

involvement as building technologist

Client proposals and presentation drawings
code + bylaw review, consultant coordination
DD + construction drawings (VectorWorks)

Murdoch + Co. - 2012

This custom home was designed for Whistler. Heavily
insulated and taking advantage of passive solar, it also
dealt neatly with the grade.

involvement as building technologist + designer

code + bylaw review
DD + construction drawings (VectorWorks)
consultant coordination and contract admin
4 work term project - 2014
Our Living Planet - Dubai is a science museum with
a learning biome. Developed with Grout McTavish
Architecture, it was a complex but exciting building in
form and in systems.

involvement
Schematic Design through model + sketch
lead on ancillary (triangular) building
facade + structural geometries (Rhino)
drawing + consultant coordination (Revit)
DD + construction drawings
sketch and presentation model building
5 academic project - 2013
The site was well positioned to create a connection
between previously separated public zones. By extending
the architectural language of the hall out into a park to the
West a public park and smaller informal spaces could be
created.

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6 academic project - 2014
This music school aimed to provide light, social learning
spaces to the South and contrasting quiet study zones to
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and passive systems, air catchers and supply stacks were

made into sculptural features passing through social zones
of the plan.
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pc lab
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25.9 m²
control 37.3 m²

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7 academic project - 2014
The facade of the Northern portion of the music school
aimed to provide a sense of enclosure to the quiet study
zones within as well as privacy to the residences beyond.

The Southern and Eastern facades streets aim to connect

the occupants to the rest of the University while using
negative pressure to ventilate the building.
8 academic project - 2014

roof
lights

This design began to investigate the operations that private

could be performed on the big box store typology. The
space
large spaces of big box construction while exploring
a variety of ways to introduce natural light and create
spaces.

common
space

green
space

scoop trim enclose

9 academic project - 2014
The project’s ‘client’ was an innovative private school
that combines project-based academics with equal parts
of active athleticism.

Athletics, active learning and group work collide are able

to co-exist in the larger spaces of the big box, while
spaces for administration, service and quiet learning are
contained in pods arranged to create spaces and allow
natural light.
10 academic project - 2014
This adaptive re-use project hung study and sleep pods in
the exposed steel structure of the architecture building at
Dalhousie.

The existing building was designed to be a learning tool

for steel construction. In response, the hanging pods’
systems are exposed, demonstrating methods of wood
construction.
11 academic project - 2013
Set in the UNESCO world heritage site of Lunenburg,
NS, the site marked the boundary between the public
downtown and the residential beyond. The site was divided
in two to create a bookend to the public zone and a public
space with a view out to the out to the docks.

An operation on the centre-hall typology common to

Lunenburg was split down the centre to create a modern
great room.
12 academic project - 2012
This pavilion was designed as a counterpoint to the Brion
Cemetery. Creating a departure point, it launched cyclists
on a short trek out to the Scarpa’s masterwork and provided
a place of shelter and respite.
13 freelab - 2014
Refuge Cabin project enclosed and

responsible for designing and building

the windows (from scratch), the work
counter and storage / sleeping plinths
on the North side of the cabin.

detail site sketch photo credits - Will Green

14 freelab - 2014
photo credits - Will Green
15 academic project - 2013
A practical project in which we had to learn casting concrete,
it applied the ideas of hearth, structure, and enclosure to
a custom lamp.