Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Experienced designer and fabricator with a demonstrated history of working in the design industry. Skilled in Digital Design and Fabrication methods, Parametric Detailing and Modelling and Design Research. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Master of Architecture (MArch) focused in Digital Design and Fabrication from University of Melbourne. Moved to Toronto in 2014 and has since built a service based CNC fabrication business into a full capability millwork and interior design and build company.
Owner of CNC Cutting Inc. Designer and fabrication consultant. Providing experience and guidance to architecture, urban and design professionals in technical, detail and material issues in digital fabrication, alongside the geometric preparation, programming and production of CNC fabricated objects.
ExLab is a design and research collective that promotes creative utilisations of computation in art, architecture, engineering and related design disciplines. Based in Melbourne, Australia, the collective organises experimental collaborative research projects and exploratory workshops that focus on learning through making with digital fabrication at its core. Founded at the start of 2011, ExLab have held a number of workshops in Melbourne and Sydney that introduce participants to computational design while exploring the potential of computation for existing fabrication processes including casting and wire bending. The learning content has been made available online and is accessed internationally. www.exlab.org
Projects: Digital fabrication technologies: analysing patterns of adoption and innovative transformations in architectural design and practice. This research project was headed by Professor Bharat Dave in the CRiDA laboratory at the University of Melbourne and explored the patterns of adoption of innovative digital fabrication technologies by Australian architecture practices. Specifically, the research developed a better understanding of (a) emerging opportunities for design and construction of non-serial architecture using digital fabrication technologies and (b) cascading transformations in established norms of design practice that follow adoption of such fabrication technologies. Funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grants Program (2011-13). --- Future Proofing Schools Future Proofing Schools draws on multi-disciplinary approaches to set the groundwork for major transformations of prefabricated classrooms, to incorporate the use of advanced materials, embedded smart information systems, better placement on sites, and use of more efficient design and construction techniques. Headed by Assoc. Professor Clare Newton and Professor Tom Kvan my research mainly concerned the use of flexible design and modelling systems and digital fabrication technologies and how they can be used to create bespoke and responsive designs. Funded by an Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grant 2009–2012 and contributions from partners organisations.