2022 Portfolio

and Its Three Geometries

CONTENTS

“A person alone in a room is like the soul in the body.”

Robin Evans, The Projective Cast: Architecture

FIFTH YEAR

SUBURBIA AS LANDFORM

SPRING 2022 THESIS

Purpose |

Aspirational case studies

Contemporary residential construction

Economics of home ownership

Socio-political critique

Enviornmental critique

Architectural critique

Re-think the generic aspects of suburbia

Can a reimagined suburbia live within a mixed-use landform building that combines density with detached houses with yards?

CUTS

SHIFTING AND PULLING

SUBTRACTING + ADDING

GROUPING OF UNITS

Landform slopes containing occupiable outdoor garden space

Housing, “Suburban” area, residential zone.

Mixed- use space, occupying beneath residential zone.

LANDFORM AS SUBURBIA

Every opening/courtyard (3) “ground” extends out. This helps with easy movement around and into the spaces.

Many vertical circulation cores are made available. People can move by sweeping planes, vertical motion, stairs, and cars in this suburban building.

Terraces

Help provide out door space for different function, happen on the land sweeping in and out of the building.

Facade and House Section

a. floor raised floor system perforated metal deck steel structure suspended ceiling

b. perforated metal plate

c. LED light fixture

d. sliding glass door tracking system

e. steel connection to structure system

f. glass-fiber panels

g. glass

h. roof layers

Green Roof Section

i. green roof assembly

j. insulation

k. concrete on metal deck

l. steel beam

m. steel plate

n. exposed concrete

o. raised floor system

p. drainage

Green Roof Detail

q. extensive roof planting filter layer

two-layer plastic seal

waterproofing

insulation

vapor barrier

concrete on metal deck

r. separation corner profile

s. inspection chamber drainage

t. steel plate with anchor bolts

u. exposed concrete structure

FIFTH YEAR

SUBURBIA AS LANDFORM FALL 2021 RESEARCH

Demographic trends that fueled the suburban boom of the early 1900s are entering a period of significant change, referring to the measurable characteristics of a population. By 2050, the US population will double that in 2000, with half living in the suburbs. The architectural form of suburbia must evolve to accommodate new and denser user groups. The driving architectural critique of this thesis on suburbia explores the ground vs building relationships and how it relates to density. Early studies of massing and section diagrams led to the idea of an occupied, artificial ground for suburban houses.

These studies made the relationship between suburbia, density, and the ground plane became more apparent, and introduced the concepts of “landform building” and “mat building” to my work.

Stan Allen discussed Landform building through four main ideas: form, scale, atmosphere, and process. Landscape Building utilizes the advantages of new technologies in emerging fabrication and materiality to construct new artificial environments. Landscape building seeks to rethink the architecture’s relationship to the ground, no longer occupying a given site but constructing the site itself with new formal strategies and technical problems within architecture itself. I also draw on the historical precedent of the Mat Building, with its emphasis on low-rise, high density, homogeneous layout, and systematic repetition. The next step explored part-to-whole relationships through massing studies of pixelization, shapy, and complex surfaces.

Can a reimagined suburbia live within a mixed-use landform building that combines density with detached houses with yards?

FORMS

Studing of the part-to-whole relationships through massing in three formats, pixelization, shapy, and complex surfaces

GROUND VS BUILDING

Study of the generic ground vs building relationship, in referenc to Landform tecnique. Blocks follow four conditions: hover, sit, bury, or inserts.

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FOURTH YEAR

INTER-GENERATIONAL HOUSING TOWER

Istanbul, Turkey

Inter-generational living with community amenities such as healthcare, child care, laundry, fitness, religious spaces.

Turkish culture is family oriented, with multiple generations living near or together. Those consisting of more than two generations living under the same roof. Reasons for intergenerational living include, sharing knowledge and history economic or care giving, closer family interactions, and cultural norms.

Turkey was selected as the site due to its location between Asia and Europe, the threshold between worlds, and rich history.

Model Section | Digital + Physical Model

DOUBLE HEIGHT LIVING SPACE

The housing units have options for connections with the above units, seen here in the doubleheight view into the living space.

VIEW INTO ENTRY HALL

The homes entry remains an important aspect in the units, as entrances hold cultural significance with in the regions culture.

LIVING SPACE

View into the living space, a common theme seen in the use of fold-able doors, to arrange the space for appropriate use.

STAIR COURTYARD

The central stair, holds a special connection to the culture and allows for a covered courtyard space, allowing multiple units to connect depending how many units one family needs.

FOURTH YEAR

AUTONOMOUS ROBOT LAB

Venice, LA, California

A Research Robotics Facility with a program that requires spaces for heavy equipment, various size robots, multiple offices, transportation across the canal, and staff needs.

The studio focused on development of detailing, and specific construction techniques.

V-Ray for Rhino Render

THIRD YEAR

MAJIA ISOLA TEXTILE MUSEUM

New York, NY

The studio engages specifically with mid-century designers and architects. This museum celebrates the textile and production work of late Finnish designer, Majia Isola, who produced a variety of colorful works.

She primarily focused on form and nature, creating a playful collection that fashion company, Marimekko, still produces today.

The museum aims to display her “original” prints and produced “objects” through unique and funky forms and structures, to fully engage the visitors.

Organization of Exhibit Spaces

“Object” production displays

“Original” fabric and print displays

Program

Hand Sketch + Digital Post Production

Sculpted concrete form highlighting the textiles and objects in the museum.

North Elevation

Section of Concrete Form

“Object” production displays

“Original” fabric and print displays

ART WORK

Dancing Pears

Mysteries

PROFESSIONAL INDEPENDENT DESIGN

COWBOY STONE - Interior remodel and re-branding for a mid-western granite wholesale provider. ONGOING

Wichita, KS

GRANITE USA - Interior remodel for the granite fabrication lab show-room. ONGOING

Wichita, KS

EGGCETERA - Interior remodel and re-branding for local breakfast restaurant downtown. COMPLETED

Wichita, KS

HIBACHI BOY - Interior remodel local restaurant. COMPLETED

Wichita, KS

MARK FARAH HOUSES - Interior remodel for two houses. COMPLETED

Wichita, KS

“We are in pursuits of an idea, a new vernacular,

something to stand alongside the space capsules, computers and throw-away packages of an atomic, electronic age”.

Warren Chalk, Archigram