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5th year studio project
The tower and plinth design allows public space to be maximized along the elongated ground plane while featuring a switchback ramp to create a double level plaza. Formal gestures respond to axial connections between Symphony Park, downtown and City Hall. East and west facades are tessellated with Hexagonal panels, each pushed in to create an aperture allowing indirect daylight to splade into the building while omitting direct solar gain. Operable windows along these apertures also allow natural ventilation. Diagonal slices through the tessellated facade expand vistas to and from the sight. Double height spaces throughout the interior establish common areas between every other office floor, training facility and lobby. Atop the roof slanted towards the south lies an array of solar panels and wind turbines producing renewable energy that also serves as an iconic spire.
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Measure 2: Regional/Community Design
Measure 3: Land Use & Site Ecology
The development through design and programming will strategically integrate and enrich the unique social, cultural and economic health of downtown Las Vegas.
Multi-level sky gardens will create holistic indoor/outdoor spaces for users and surrounding community while providing a habitat for local flora and fauna.
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1. Low-E Double Glazing (Operable) 2. GFRC Panel 3. Exterior Insulation 2. GFRC Panel 4. Steel Frame Embedded into GFRC 3. Exterior Insulation 5. Welded Rebar connecting steel frame to GFRC Panel 6 . Bearing Connection w/ leveling bolt 4. Steel Frame Embedded into GFRC 7. Metal Stud Framing 5. Welded Rebar to Steel Frame to GFRC 8. Gypsum Board Slab 6 . Bearing Connection9. Post-Tension w/ Leveling Bolt 7. Metal Stud Framing 8. Gypsum Board 9. Post-Tension Slab
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Measure 5: Light Light & Air & Air
Innovative strategies allow ample daylighting without direct Innovative strategies allow allow ample sunlight penetration. Operable windows both cross and stack ventilation. without direct sunlight daylighting
Site strategies include smart drainage and proper runoff use for on-site purposes. Grey water system recycles water for landscaping.
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penetration. Operable windows allow both cross and stack ventilation.
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Measure 9: Long Life, Loose Fit Sustainable design will communicate with the surrounding urban fabric, continuing to enrich ecological, social and economic values.
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Recent advances in heavy timber construction will be implemented. Wood is the most sustainable structural system.
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Measure 3: Land Use & Site Ecology Multi-level sky gardens will create holistic indoor/outdoor spaces for users and surrounding community while providing a habitat for local flora and fauna.
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1. Unobstructed Vistas from City Hall West 2. Connection to City Hall Intersection 3. Connection w/Symphony Park & DTLV 4. Slice allows Daylight and Sight Lines 5. Roof Angled for Solar & Wind Energy 6. Multi-Level Plazas and terraces.
A Solution Towards Rebranding the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino
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LIGHTING The re-branding approach does not rely upon a costly architectural solution to change the image of the Monte Carlo Resort Casino. Instead the solution uses gravity, simple mechanics, and thousands of play balls to achieve a one-of-a-kind, dynamic, and ever changing facade. BALLs respond to every design parameter: energy, climate, context, brand hierarchy, and use of the existing vanilla facade as backdrop to a simple but intelligent system.Inspired by ‘shade balls’ used to prevent evaporation in California's drought stricken reservoirs, the primary solution reduces solar gainby shading windows on demand.
BALLs also stand up to severe wind loads as they are contained within a bird net system. BALLs also provide a transformative experience at night as they contain an LED powered by a solar PV cell and rechargeable battery contained within the shell. BALLs can not only deliver a new experience in a cost affective way but also promote sustainability.
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BALLs encourage public interaction as the facade turns into a giant plinko board and allows park visitors to play in the giant collection pit. BALLs have infinite design possibilities /applications.
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Projection Mapping Study
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I-11 STUDY: Next Generation Corridor
PHASE 1 | ENERGY TRANSMISSION
2025
Superconductive transmission line installed. Renewable energy connected to market. Economic growth for urban areas adjacent to
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PHASE 2 | TETRIS HIGHWAY
Southbound shoulders are retrofitted with Inductive charging lanes. All traffic is rerouted to travel on previous southbound
PHASE 3 | MASS TRANSIT
2050
All phases of “Tetris Highway” completed All lanes maximized by autonomous vehicles technology Right to lane changes according to traffic heading in each direction
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AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS HIGHWAY Driverless Technology will sense animals and road hazards. Minimized corridor width will allow for more wildlife crossings Raised Mass transit ROW will allow for wildlife passage $
The Interstate of the future will be occupied by driverless vehicles. There will be no need for striping or road signage. Vehicles would communicate with one another and share information through a wireless network reporting current position speed and destination. If a road hazard were to be identified vehicles would coordinate and alert one another to avoid disaster. The interstate would be no more than a surface where vehicles would merge onto, finding a space according to size, type (passenger or freight), and destination. The network would place vehicles like a game of Tetris. Traffic would look like the congested Arc di Triomphe roundabout but would flow faster than highway speeds. The road would also be embedded with magnetic induction coils to provide designated charging lanes.
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Modular Furniture Installation
The purpose of this installment was to provide a gathering space for students to relax in. It features seating for multiple people, table tops for setting down supplies, and an area for laying down. A survey was conducted to gather ideas and suggestions from fellow architecture students. It was concluded that a furniture for resting was the most desired feature. The design-build studio was broken into two groups, where each had
very distinct design styles. Through numerous critiques and modifications, the two groups combined ideas to develop one collaborative project. The technique of 'kerfing' adds a new dimension to the exploration of wood as a material. Kerfing refers to the cutting of slits on a wood surface in order to allow for easy bending. Material was salvaged from the Solar Decathlon project.
Bent Plywood Chair Freshwood Competition 2015
The Siamese Chair was influenced by midcentury modern design and minimalism. The term Siamese’celebrates the conjoined sheets of plywood that become the back leg which is spliced to take the formof a chair. Many iterations were modeled using the Rhinoceros 3d software as well as physically by creating scaled prototypes from cardstock. The design was modified as constraints became present. I set out to explore the process of bending plywood utilizing a vacuum bag and molds. Profiles were extracted from the 3d model to design molds to form the plywood. The molds consisted of individual interlocking pieces cut out from ¾” mdf sheets on a CNC router. The design required plywood to curve at nearly a 1 inch radius in some areas. Multiple attempts were taken to perfect this process.
EDAR v2.0: Homeless Shelter Prototype Everyone Deserves A Roof a non-profit based out of Los Angeles reached out to UNLV SoA to design version two of it's mobile homeless shelter. The units for pulling / a short-term, are designed toHandles provide “Kick stand” when deployed immediate shelter for homeless who are Back handle reluctant to enter the shelter system. The four-wheeled unit folds into a cart for transport and into a tent at night. Each costs about $500 to make, and they are planned to be distributed to homeless Four Wheels (front swivels, back wheels have brakes) in the greater Los Angeles area. and Las Push-able (4-wheel cart) Pull-able (similar to dolly) Vegas.
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Handles for pulling / Handles for pulling / “Kick stand” when deployed “Kick stand” when deployed Back handle
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back wheels have b back wheels have brakes) 4 Fully Deployed Push-able (4-wheel cart) (4-wheel cart) 1 With Push-able Fabric
EDAR v2.0 22 September 2014
wheel will lift off ground Front wheel will lift offFront ground
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EDAR EDAR v2.0 v2.0 22 September 2014
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Pullable Handles to expand / contract unit
2 Side windows with breathable material / mesh
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Handles for pulling / “Kick stand” when deployed
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Pull-able (similar to dolly)
Push-able (4-wheel cart)
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Pull-able Handle to extend to 9”
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EDAR v2.0
Front wheel will lift off ground
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2 Operable doors /windows
Cal Poly Design Village ‘11: Social Parametrics The installation connects people and has them communicate by using architecture as the network. With communication always changing in methods, environmental settings and varying amounts, we wanted to allow our structural network to alternate and accommodate each change in communication.To accommodate uniformity within our network, we designed one modular panel consisting of simple geometry and building materials, allowing us to incorporate the efficient use of prefabrication. This gives us the potential of creating an unlimited number of identical pieces; each piece being a right triangle brought structural integrity and fluid connections, creating a dynamic and overall esthetically appealing form.
UNLV DesertSol: Solar Decathlon 2013 The University of Nevada Las Vegas designed its DesertSol house to reflect the spirit of the Mojave Desert. With reverence to the sun as both a source of harsh conditions and a solution for sustainable living, DesertSol harnesses abundant sunlight for solar electricity while capturing rain to provide evaporative cooling and irrigation. The ultra-efficient house is envisioned as a vacation home for a seasonal retreat—a basecamp for desert adventures that responds to its unique environment. DesertSol makes careful use of the desert's solar and water resources. Its design fuses modern architecture with a weathered aesthetic, the comfort of carefully selected materials, and the excitement of intriguing spaces to foster a spirit of openness and adventure.
CLOUDBOT: Arduino Robot Prototype: BOT CLOUD was a GA research project in sustainable strategies and swarm robotics as a solution towards water harvesting in arid regions such as the Las Vegas Valley. An autonomous arduino prototype capable of collision avoidance was built as proof of concept as well as swarm simulation visualized in processing. Real time weather data was coded as input to potentially guide robots to a specific location.
What? Drones operating in a swarm formation to collect water from the atmosphere. Why? To recapture water from the atmosphere - an untapped water source - and return it to usable form. How? Condensation upon specified materials (mesh, hydrophobic/hydrophilic polymers, etc.) Where? In areas in demand of water where typical water collection methods are either impossible or not feasible.
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Generate. Hydrate. Educate Realm
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Artificial Intelligence User Input/Output
Propellor for flight and air movement.
Air movement within shaft. Radiosonde Helium Balloons Condenser. Mesh to condense water.
Water Container.
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Food Cubby: Arduino Prototype In a cross disciplinary hospitality innovation and entrepenerurship seminar we were asked to identify and disruptivly solve problems in hospitality. Our team tackled the issue of the rising order and pick-up food industry and designed a product to improve it's efficiency. The soluction was a cubby storage system that maintains food's freshness and loss prevention while enhancing the customer experience and convenience. I designed and prototyped a working simulation with the arduino, android and bluetooth platforms.
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