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Bachelor in Architecture at the University of Oregon- Fall 2020
Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator AutoCad Hand Drawing Lumion/ Enscape Marker Rendering Microsoft Office 365 Rhino Revit
Minor in Interior Architecture Robert D. Clark Honors College
ACHIEVEMENTS Studio Commendable Pass | Winter 2016 | Studio Critic: Landry Smith Published in "Case Study Winter 2018" by Alison Kwok Building Science Principles Certification of Knowledge Accelerate the City Competition 2020 Finalist Bubble Features Platform 2016 Portland ACE Mentor Program Scholarship Recipient
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EWEB and Oregon Department of Energy | January 2020- July 2020 • USDOE Certified Home Energy Assessor • Collected and organized data of Eugene homes based on the USDOE Home Energy Assessment program. • Distributed EWEB household energy efficiency information to landlords and renters DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR - GRAPHIC DESIGN Nulia | May 2019 - April 2020 • Designed posters and graphics used by the company for marketing and product • Created graphics including illustrations, logos, and layouts in Adobe Creative Suites ARCHITECTURE INTERN
PERSONAL SKILLS Organized Good time management Team player Fast learner Dedicated Detail Oriented
UIG Architects | Jul. 2018 - Aug. 2018 • Designed single unit floor plans for residential apartments • Prepared sales drawings and documents • Researched apartment and hotel building and proposed concept design • Site visits for apartment model unit showcase
CLUB INVOLVEMENT CO-HISTORIAN AND EDITOR American Institute of Architecture Students | University of Oregon | September 2018-June 2020 • Editor and chapter website developer • Mentor for first-year architecture students • Manage UO AIAS chapter social media accounts
Table of Contents
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Eudiamonia Health and Wellness Apartments
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Downtown Eugene Affordable Housing
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LGBTQ Incluseum
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Dexter Lake Boathouse
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Courtyard H2OMES
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Bench Project
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Voodoo Donuts Retail Electric Lighting
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Artwork
Fall 2018 | Studio Critic: Sebastian Guiverneu | Studio Partner: Aubrey Timmons |
Summer 2019 | Studio Critic: Lyndsey Deaton |
Winter 2018 | Studio Critic: Solmaz Kive |
Spring 2018 | Studio Critic: Siobhan Rockcastle |
Winter/Spring 2020 | Studio Critic: Peter Keyes |
Spring 2017 | Project Partner: Brian Krall |
Fall 2019 | Project Partner: Marin Nagle & Sydney Brambach |
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01 Eudiamonia
Health and Wellness Apartments Fall 2018 | Studio Critic: Sebastian Guivernau | Studio Partner: Aubrey Timmons In today’s society, the subscription business such as Netflix and Spotify is very popular. In this studio, we were asked to create a building that the public can subscribe to. To do this, we had to create our own subscription product and incorporate it into an architectural form. The concept of this residential building located in the Pearl District in Portland, Oregon was inspired by the local community and its interest in health and wellness programs and lifestyle. This eight story residential building provides tenants with access to a gym, with workout classes, a restaurant and café with healthy food options included with their “subscription fee” of rent. We used the WELL Certification as a guideline on what to include in a health and wellness subscription building. 5
Crystal Concept Subscription Architecture is exploring multi-use building typologies in a flexible sense, by using the building as an ecosystem of diverse uses available only to its “subscribers”. Unlike ordinary mixed use buildings, our concept focuses on the aspect of membership. If you “subscribe” to an apartment unit, you will become part of a community that involves like minded individuals who want to better themselves physically, mentally and have access to the health and wellness facilities that are on the property. The program is aligned with WELL Certification values to encourage and emphasize physical and mental health.
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Crystals represent the idea of whole body wellness, not just physical wellness that people first think of with the words health and wellness We incorporated the central core of the building to symbolize the restorative nature and overall wellness the residents and users of the building. It symbolizes the idea that the central “core” idea of the building is to promote health seen and unseen.
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Building Entrance
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02 Downtown Eugene
Affordable Housing
Summer 2019 | Studio Critic: Lyndsey Deaton The Greyhound Bus Station in Downtown Eugene is a streamline modern historical building that was the hub for transportation since 1949. After 78 years, the Greyhound Bus Station has relocated, leaving behind the historical building. Based on research of the Downtown Eugene area, we see a need for affordable housing options. In order to stimulate the area, I designed a multi-use space with commercial and retail spaces in addition to housing. I added a courtyard and outdoor public spaces to the area, as the closest public square is located a couple blocks away to the north east of the site. By bringing more life and spaces for social interaction into the Downtown area, it will promote more people to come to Downtown Eugene. My design intent saves the historical building facade and bus bay while adding more modern forms on top for housing. I set back the additional floors to highlight the strong, unique corner that the original building had. The shifting rectangular forms for the housing provides balcony space for the housing units and a multitude of different views. The shifting floors also lets those who don’t want a balcony to still view and interact with the public square below. 11
Shifting Floors The floors in this project shift ever two levels, to show movement and dimension to the building facade. The two floors shift together as a unit to emphasize the shifting boxes. It is designed this way to provide different social environments to each apartment unit and private balconies. Tenants can either have interaction on the street or in the interior courtyard. Original Building and Site
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Public to private courtyard and circulation influenced by landscaping.
Load bearing walls with enclosed fire stairs cores.
buffer area between food stalls and retail created by landscaping.
Podium construction with heavy timber columns on a 20’ grid.
Outdoor Green Space Diagram
West Elevation
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Structure Diagram
East Elevation
Circulation Diagram
Section Perspective
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03 LGBTQ Incluseum Winter 2018 | Studio Critic: Solmaz Kive This building is designed to be located in Springfield, Oregon and act as a LGBTQ+ Community Center. It welcomes the general community no matter how they identify. We were asked to redesign an old building to become an educational and inviting safe space for all LGBTQ+ members and allies. The main concept for this design is to divide the building linearly into three main “zones”. These three zones organize the museum layout, with the gallery space, the event hall and other museum amenities. The gallery space is a curved walkway with a center curved wall display. This forces the visitor to follow a specific pathway throughout the exhibition, where they have the opportunity to branch out into different rooms and then continue the journey on the curved path. This makes the gallery visitor experience having to conform to a path, with the uncertainty of what the future holds. This curve influences the facade of the building and the social lounge spaces. 17
LGBTQ INCLUSEUM
Main Reception Area
Rendered Ground Floor Plan
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Lobby Waiting Area
Gallery Exhibit Walk Through
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04 Dexter Lake Boat House
Spring 2018 | Studio Critic: Siobhan Rockcastle The goal for the boat house is to create a building where each space is linked together by a continuous expansive view of the lake where rowing practices, as well as race competitions take place can be seen wherever you are in the building. The building is divided into 4 sections through ceiling height and subtle level changes. The building also has a circular circulation to allows one to have the views of a plot of trees that are planted in the center of the building from any part of the building. The common theme throughout the building is vertical wood panels that frame each window and repeated through columns and beams. This also imitates the tree trunks found around the site. The building has easy access to docks as well as the parking lot. 21
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Site Analysis in Relation to Building Location. O.A.R Dock
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Race Finish Lookout Point O.A.R Boat House
Highway Picnic Area Restroom Swing Set
Basketball Court Play Ground
Parking Lot Picnic Area Concession Stand
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Walking Dock
Main launching Area
Green Roof Composition Grass Soil Course Gravel Sand Filter Fabric Drainage Protective Layer Waterproof Membrane Insulation Vapor Barrier Plywood Decking
3. The filtered gray water is then pumped and used throughout the building for sinks, showers, and toilets.
Systems Diagram
1. Rain water not used by the green roof will be collected and stored in a gray water tank.
2. The water is then filtered.
Filtration System Course Gravel Sand Fine Gravel Activated Charcoal
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05 Courtyard H OMES 2
Full Presentation
Winter/Spring 2020 | Studio Critic: Peter Keyes
Resilient housing is houses that can withstand changing environments and adapt with it. In this project I tackled designing for predicted drought climate change and housing needs in Southern California with multi-generational living style. This housing complex has a variety of unit types that has flexible organization on the site, making it easy to adapt and accommodate to different living situations. It also allows tenants to choose if they want shared or private outdoor spaces. These houses are focused less on personal cars as the main form of transportation and focuses on walk-ability and accessibility. These houses are organized on the site as a series of small courtyards. These courtyards act as pocket neighborhoods and serve as a space to practice water collection, storage and reuse. This project is expanded in my honors thesis and has additional written supporting research. 25
Typology Concept Starting with the proportions of a typical row house, I removed the center volume of the house and replaced it with an outdoor garden space. Initially thinking of the form as one unit, this subtracted volume would be beneficial if the units were organized parallel to each other. The negative space would create relief in the long mass of the building, increase daylight, and incorporate biophilic elements through the outdoor garden space. This concept also be thought SITE can ORGANIZATION of as two separate units that share a courtyard in the middle. This idea strengthens the goal of community living of a shared backyard space but can also have semitransparent dividers to provide privacy. SITE PLAN
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Courtyard Perspective
COURTYARD H2OMES
Beatrix Ngia | Professor Peter Keyes | ARCH 486| Spring 2020
Unit Construction Simple construction of individual units make it easy to stack and configure different unit types on the site. Each unit is constructed the same way no matter the amount of bedroom due to them having the same square footage and building footprint.
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2x6 12” OC 2x6 16” OC
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06 Sunset Bench
Spring 2017 | Project Partner: Brian Krall
An outdoor seating system that accommodates various activities. This parametric bench was created using a Grasshopper script. This woven park bench is constructed out of purple recycled plastic material. The woven pattern allows the bench to have good ventilation and sun exposure. It also creates interesting shadows to enhance the user’s experience. 30
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07 Voodoo Donuts Retail
Electric Lighting
Fall 2019 | Project Partner: Marin Nagle & Sydney Brambach
This popular local donuts shop in Eugene, OR has amazing donuts but not so amazing lighting in their store. We wanted to tackle the challenge of redesigning the electric lighting in the store and create a unique luminaire that reflected the company’s eclectic vibe. Our goal was to highlight the merchandise wall and menu to emphasize the product and donuts that Voodoo is selling while also improving task lighting in the kitchen and hallway. To do this, we created a cove floor lighting in the hallway and lowered the ceiling of the store. We also made the half wall on the storage side of the store into a full wall because their storage boxes were visible, causing the store to seem disorganized. Finally, we used the luminaire that we created to emphasize the main space and sitting area.
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Designed and Constructed Luminaire
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“The Magic is in the Light” is a suspended direct luminaire that is constructed with zip ties and 16 gauge wire. The pink color is inspired by Voodoo Doughnut’s signature color and eclectic style. Directly inspired by the actual doughnuts that Voodoo Doughnuts sells, specifically the “Voodoo Doll” and “The Magic is in the Hole” doughnuts where the luminaries shape takes on the spiral found in the “Voodoo Doll” and the pink and coconut flakes from the “The Magic is in the Hole”. “The Magic is in the Light” slightly emits light from the top of the luminaire, but most of the light is directed downwards on to the customers.
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Lamp Specification -Philips LED 40 Watt Equivalent -Energy Used: 5 Watts -Glass -Soft white light -E26 Base -Light Appearance: 2700 K -CRI: 80 -Lumens: 350 Lumens -15,000 Hours
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Pink chain is attached to the top of the wire frame and wrapped around the light cord for decorative purposes.
Luminaire Iterations
Longitudinal Section
Suspended 2.5’ from ceiling, 12.5’ from ground.
Suspended 2’ from ceiling, 10’ from ground. Suspended 3.5’ from ceiling, 8.5’ from ground.
Lighting leading to the ATM
More tasks lighting over the kitchen.
In-Floor Aluminum Mounting Channel for LED Strip Lights
Wall wash to emphasize the large menu of donuts that is mounted on this wall Our luminaire More lighting on the store front to draw people in, as well as feel safer in Downtown Eugene
Reflected Ceiling Plan
Track Lighting for storage area
Design Iteration Perspective View
Recessed canned lighting
Wall wash on the merchandise
Darker over by the Arcade so the lights from the machines are heightened.
Wall wash to draw in customers from the side walk as well as laminate the staged platform and sitting area.
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08 Artwork 36
Losing Track of TIme- Mixed Media
Self-Portrait -Acrylic Paint
Veggie Bin - Acrylic Paint
Morning Coffee-Pen
Still Life - Acrylic Paint
Living Room - Digital Drawing
Apple Picking Graphite
Seattle Fish Market-Acrylic Paint
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