SELECTED WORKS 2019-2022
I. Vienna Westbahnhof: Site Redevelopment & Ecological Library
II. Richmond Professor Housing
III. Quinta Monroy Case Study & Renovation
IV. Parrish Art Museum Case Study
V. Manhattan Climate Change Center
VI. University of Virginia Student Center
The Vienna Westbahnhof Masterplan reimagines the Vienna Westbahnhof train station and railyard, which is currently underused, as an urban ecological forest with housing, libraries, nature walks and markets scattered throughout. The project looks to bridge the neighborhoods to the north and south and to help Viennese residents engage with nature on a daily basis in the ecological forest and on the larger Vienna Ecological Beltway with connections from the Urban Ecological Forest to the Vienna Forest.
WIND DIRECTION MAPPING
SUN PATH MAPPING
HEAT MAPPING
COLLAGES OF REDEVELOPED
The Ecological Library and nursery places emphasis on Vienna’s tradition of respect and expands upon its rich educational history. The project is located at the southwest the park keeps it in conversation with the forest ecology and Westbahnhof transport capitalizes on the resources to the south and west of the park including the Vienna and Science Museum, Auer-Welsbach Park and Schonnbrun Palace and Gardens. functions as a ecological library, housing both books and seeds. The seed library, ly underground, houses the seeds of native Austrian trees, flowers, vegetables can be “checked out” by visitors and planted in the adjacent forest spaces. The toward all ages and features children’s play space, quiet study spaces and a vast entific knowledge. The upper floor is a research space and nursery dedicated the urban forest. The project physically bridges the terrain and also functions bridge between the city and the nature of the urban forest, between two previously neighborhoods, between different loci of education and generally as a gathering ennese people interested in learning more about their natural surroundings and engage in its cultivation.
southwest corner of transport hub and Vienna Technical Gardens. The project library, located securevegetables and plants. Seeds
The library is geared vast breadth of scito the health of as a metaphorical previously disjointed gathering place for all Viand hoping to
Located on the University of Virginia Grounds, this project focuses on creating a new hub on campus with an emphasis on student health and wellness. The project provides students with spaces that promote mental and physical wellbeing, including spaces for social connection, relaxation and athletics. It also provides students with dedicated study spaces and a large auditorium open to all groups. The project places further emphasis on health by focusing on using clean materials, utilizing natural sunlight, creating healthy airflows and providing access to outdoor spaces.
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The concept of the Manhattan Climate Change Center is inspired by climate trends in the West Harlem neighborhood in which it resides. As flooding events become more frequent in the neighborhood and the building ages, the project will sit as a ruin and monument to climate change, immersed in the surrounding water. The project’s form is derived from the grid of Manhattan and the shifts it experiences in Harlem. The intersections of the grids in the building provide unique spaces which serve the buidling’s programmatic drive. The project also employs a unique landscape concept in which the entire site is flooded while the building is accessed by a series of bridges. The flooded site serves as a marker of rising sea levels and also mitigates flooding in the surrounding neighborhood.
The concept of the Art House Complex is inspired by the form and function of the adjacent Sci ence Museum of Virginia. The Museum’s original function as a railway station is echoed in its thin, twisting form. The aim of this project is to provide housing to visiting professors at the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth Universi ty and provide them with gallery and auditorium space to showcase their research in partnership with the adjacent museum.
This project studies the form and function Alejandro Aravena’s Quinta Monroy housing development in Iquique, Chile. The concept of the renovation revolves around Aravena’s “half-built” homes and the desire for shade and shared, functional space. The solution is a public park which tops the roofs of Quinta Monroy, providing collective space above the busy, service oriented couryards. The addition also provides the lower balcony spaces with much-needed shade in the desert city.
AXONOMETRIC: POST-RENOVATION APARTMENTS
AXONOMETRIC: NATURAL DEVELOPMENT
AXONOMETRIC: PRE-RENOVATION APARTMENTS
2019-2022
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