Paperstone Scissors

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The project was commissioned by the Interior Design Show in Toronto, Canada for its series Collaborations, which pairs a material supplier and an architect, and the challenge is to create an installation using only that material. We were paired with PaperStone – a strong material made from paper and eco-resins. Our first priority was to create an installation that could be assembled in several hours, and would be easily packageable for sending to other trade shows. We used the Chinese tangram puzzle as our model – ensuring that the sheets would essentially stay sheet-like, and any pieces cut out would fit back into the flat sheet for packing. The installation is a series of CNC cut screens that are connected by PaperStone connectors and additionally CNC surface engraved. Shelves were keyed in with slots and wedges made from PaperStone. As there were no other materials, connectors or glue, the entire project was cut and engraved by CNC over 4 days, and assembled at the show in 4 hours.

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  1. A Conversation of Views
  2. Admiral Road Garden
  3. Airdrie Road Garden
  4. Airdrie Road Residence
  5. Albany Avenue Residence
  6. Alcina Garden
  7. Alexandra Park
  8. Alwington Landscape / Garden Pavilion
  9. Aporia Records
  10. Ardwick Townhouses
  11. Asphalt Poetry
  12. – Poem
  13. Baby Point Gardens
  14. Beach Garden
  15. Beach Village BIA Master Plan
  16. Beaty Residence
  17. Bennington Hts Garden
  18. Bennington Hts Ravine Garden 1
  19. Berkeley Street Residence
  20. Bin-Scarth Garden
  21. Blink and you miss it.
  22. – Poem
  23. Block 22 Landscape
  24. Bloor St. Apartment
  25. Blue Note
  26. Booth Avenue Residence
  27. Boustrophedon Garden
  28. Braemore Gardens Residence
  29. Brahms Townhouses
  30. Browning Avenue Residence
  31. Brunswick Avenue Residence
  32. Camp Arowhon Offices
  33. Canadian Firefighters Memorial
  34. Catch / Renew / Release
  35. Channelled Buried Moved Lost
  36. Chocolate Loft
  37. City Instrument
  38. Clarendon Garden
  39. Conversation Piece
  40. Cortleigh Boulevard Garden
  41. Creemore Farm
  42. Danforth Children's Dentistry
  43. Danforth Mosaic BIA Master Plan
  44. Danforth Parkettes
  45. Dickson Park Garden
  46. Dilworth Residence
  47. Don Landing Revitalization
  48. Dublin Grounds of Remembrance
  49. Duncanwoods Townhouses
  50. Dundas Roncesvalles Peace Garden
  51. Dupont-by-the-Castle BIA
  52. East Point Bird Sanctuary
  53. Eglinton Ave. Forecourt
  54. Eglinton Park Master Plan
  55. Elizabeth Fry Society
  56. Ellsworth Residence
  57. Face to Face | Tête à Tête
  58. First Avenue Garden
  59. First Avenue Residence
  60. Flyover Canada
  61. Foote’s Pond Wood
  62. Forest Hill Village Streetscape
  63. Gaze, Glimpse, Glance
  64. Global Affairs Monument
  65. Goldring Landscape, University of Toronto
  66. Gormley Garden
  67. Governor's Bridge Lookout
  68. – North
  69. Greener P
  70. Greer Road Garden
  71. Greer Road Residence
  72. Guelph Bridge
  73. Head in the Clouds
  74. Helena Ave Residence 4
  75. Jean Tweed Addition + Laneway House
  76. Junction Craft Brewery
  77. Kelpies Competition
  78. Kew Gardens Streetscape
  79. King's Landing Apartment
  80. Kipling & Islington Developments
  81. Lakeport Beach Neighbourhood
  82. Le jardin du repos
  83. Lenticular Curtain
  84. Leslie Slip Lookout Park
  85. Liberty Village Parkettes
  86. Liza’s Garden
  87. Lynwood Garden
  88. Macroscape
  89. Makwa Waakaa'igan
  90. Markham Garden One
  91. Markham Street Residence Two
  92. Massey College Landscape Restoration
  93. May Street Ravine
  94. Midtown Yonge Streetscape
  95. Montreal Holocaust Memorial Competition
  96. Mount Dennis Parkettes
  97. Mulock Park
  98. – Conservatory
  99. – Bridge and Riverine
  100. – Skate Pavilion and Trail
  101. – Art Studio
  102. – Maintenance Building
  103. – Heritage House
  104. – Playscape
  105. Nathan Phillips Square
  106. – Streetscape
  107. – Peace Garden
  108. – Podium Roof Garden
  109. Octane Medical Campus
  110. Orchard View Garden
  111. Osgoode Atkinson Green Competition
  112. Owl Cottage
  113. Paperstone Scissors
  114. Pendrith Residence
  115. Peripheral Sitings
  116. Pottery Road Crossing
  117. rare
  118. Ravine Forecourt
  119. Ribbon of the Lower Don
  120. Riverside BIA Master Plan
  121. Roxborough Garden One
  122. Roxborough Garden Two
  123. Schulich School of Business
  124. Sheridan College
  125. – Trafalgar Campus Master Plan
  126. Spadina Quay Wetland
  127. St. Anne's Road Garden
  128. St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
  129. Stratford Market Square Competition
  130. Stratford Patterson Theatre Competition
  131. Superkids Dental
  132. Superlegible
  133. Sweet Farm
  134. Sweet Farm Pond House
  135. Swift Medical Offices
  136. The Meadows Reconsidered
  137. The Red Sash
  138. The Sara Jackman Playground
  139. Thick & Thin
  140. Thistletown II Townhouses
  141. Tipping Point
  142. TMU Centre for Urban Innovation
  143. TMU Science Building
  144. Tranby Garden
  145. Tree House Residence
  146. UBC Okanagan – The Commons
  147. UHN Tunnels
  148. University of Toronto Mississauga Welcome Centre
  149. UW Mathematics Landscape
  150. Venice Biennale 2012
  151. Vermont Square Park
  152. Vernon Avenue Garden
  153. Walker Townhouse Courtyard
  154. Walk the Walk
  155. Walmer Road Residence
  156. Welland Canal Fallen Workers Memorial
  157. Wellesley Cottages Garden
  158. Wells Street Residence
  159. Wendat Square
  160. Westminster Residence
  161. Weston Village BIA Masterplan
  162. With Words as Their Actions
  163. Woodlawn Avenue Residence
  164. Woven Stories
  165. Wynford Drive Residences
  166. York Park
  167. Yorkwoods Townhouses
  168. Young Centre for the Perfoming Arts