Josh Greene | Buildner Portfolio Competition Edition#1 Winner

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Selected Works 2017-2023 Yale School of Architecture
JOSH GREENE

Professional 2020

Graduate 2022

Graduate 2021

Graduate 2020

Graduate 2021

CURRENT

Graduate 2022

[UN]REFINED

Graduate 2020

WE COME HERE ONLY TO DREAM

Graduate 2022

COSANTI

Professional 2020

CAMELBACK YARD

Independent 2016

2 3 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 RICA ON EST ENSEMBLE ABOLITION DEMOCRACY ABSENCE
PRESENCE
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POLTERGEIST
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RICA 01

Today, eighty percent of land in Rwanda is employed for food production, yet 21% of the population still remains food insecure. By 2050 the population of Rwanda will double, placing a higher demand on the already exhausted farmland. The Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA) was designed as a new flagship agricultural institution that utilizes a “One Health” curriculum to develop sustainable solutions by training the next generation of conservation agriculture leaders. Its construction utilizes rammed earth, CSEB, timber, clay tiles, and local stone in order to combat climate change and to showcase agricultural products in the built environment. As a result, 96% of the materials are sourced from within Rwanda, and the earth walls are built with soil directly from the site. As a designer, I contributed throughout the entire design phase, and took leadership of the design of over 25 animal husbandry and value add processing facilities.

Firm: MASS Design Group

Position: Designer

Exhibited: Nature - Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial

Awards: ASLA Design Excellence

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How do we train the next generation of conservation agriculture leaders? PC. Chris Schwagga
6 7 Survey of existing food processing facilities The raw-to-processed journey of food Propagation & Seed Bank Mugusera Wetlands Soil Health Agricultural Research Energy & Water Infrastructure Environmental Siting Wetland Buffer Lake Enterprise Enterprise Spine Pasture
RICA Campus. PC Iwan Baan
96% of materials were sourced from within Rwanda, with the earth coming originating from site.
PC. Chris Schwagga

Embodied carbon calculation compared to the industry standard. PC. Chris Schwagga

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01 | Foundation 02 | Slab 03 | Grade Beam 04 | Walls 06 | Roof Structure 07 | Roof Envelope 0.45m3/m Masonry Strip Foundation 50mm Strip Foundation Blinding 240 x 400mm Concrete Beam B16 Reinforcement with B8-200 links A252 Mesh Reinforcement 50mm Underslab Sand 150mm Underslab Hardcore 1000 Gauge Plastic DPM 240 x 250mm Concrete Ring Beam 240 x 250mm Concrete Reinforcement 200 x 100mm Timber Ring Beam 240mm Reinforced CSEB 12mm Horizontal Reinforcement 12mm Vertical Reinforcement 200 x 200mm Timber Column Steel & Concrete Column Base 20 mm Earth Plaster Timber Truss (2nr. 200x50) 50 x 200mm Timber Purlins at 500c/c CHS 63x3 Cross bracing & steel 257 x 436mm Domino Clay Tiles 30mm Furring 30mm Sleepers 4.4mm Waterproof Membrane 20mm Wood Board Roof Decking 01 | Foundation 02 | Slab 03 | Grade Beam 04 | Walls 05 | Ceiling 06 | Roof Structure 07 | Roof Envelope 0.75mm Metal Sheet Roof 30mm Hat Channel Spacers 4.4mm Roof Membrane 12mm Coverboard Steel Truss (UC203x203x46) SHS 80x80x4mm Purlins at 500c/c CHS 63x3 Cross Bracing & Steel 9mm Mineral fiber acoustic ceiling 240 x 250mm Concrete Ring Beam 240 x 250mm Ring Beam Reinforcement 250mm Reinforced CMU 12mm Horizontal Reinforcement 12mm Vertical Reinforcement 250 x 250mm Concrete Column 250 x 250mm Column Reinforcement Paint - Interior 20mm Interior Plaster Paint Exterior 20mm Exterior Plaster 240 x 400mm Concrete Grade Beam B16 Beam Reinforcement w/B8-200 Links 40mm Screed 150mm Concrete slab A252 Reinforcement 50mm Underslab Sand 150mm Underslab Hardcore 1000 Gauge Plastic DPM 800 x 300mm Concrete Strip Foundation B12-150 B1/B2 Concrete Reinforcement 50mm Concrete Strip Foundation Blinding 1.2x1.2x0.4m Concrete Pad Foundation Pad Foundation Reinforcement 50mm Pad Foundation Blinding BAU: 507 kgCO2e/m2 RICA: 214 kgCO2e/m2 3,066 2,101 3,209 381 5,732 1,126 1,506 1,250 1,657 565 1,205 679 02 01 04 03 07 06 620
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Vegetable and Tree Crop Enterprise
16 17 PC. Iwan Baan
Iwan Baan
PC.

ON EST ENSEMBLE 02

The village of Ganvie exists as a collective human endeavor which showcases the cultural intricacy, social conglomeration, and spatial invention of water-based beings. Ganvie is a constellation in which life exists as a continual negotiation between people and layers of their material. It is a patchwork of geographic, spatial and material intricacy which layers networks, labor and expertise at multiple scales. At its current state, we see Ganvie is an urban-scale open-air manufactory – an action-oriented ecosystem of making where materials, components and natural resources are claimed from ‘end of life’ and utilized as inputs for everyday use. This project centralizes the collection of organic and plastic waste, the act of making patchwork objects for boat repairs, housing, transportation or objects, and meeting as a forum to discuss within the community scale.

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Critic: Francis Kéré and Martin Finio Partner: Nabil Haque Utilize architecture as a method for listening and amplifying the power of the collective human endeavor.
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Unfolded elevation embroidered on canvas
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Plastic terrazzo material study
26 Floor plan and model photograph
Lakebed Dry Season Level Rainy Season Level Bedrock
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photo transfer and paint on canvas. Opposite: detail drawings
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house
and
Seamstress
detail, axon,
image
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View from underneath the tree
36 37 Workshop
detail and worms eye
38 Tower detail and platform detail
41 Service yard entry
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1:100 Model walnut and basswood

How do we architecturally and structurally begin to abolish the police?

ABOLITION DEMOCRACY 03

Pulling from WEB Du Bois ideal of Abolition Democracy, this project investigates the sobering intersection between a broken law enforcement and mental health system, and proposes the spatial, structural, and architectural abolition of the police. By proposing crisis response vehicles operated by mental health professionals trained in de-escalation, we collectively envision a future that does not involve deploying New Haven Police officers. The architecture employs permanence, by utilizing a site that brings together mental health professionals and community organizers in one space to treat patients immediately after their crisis. The buildings leverage structural plywood as a fugitive material layered in histories of protest and re-appropriation, and makes visible the structural change that has occurred. The buildings are disaggregated with critical curb cuts that allow the architecture to engage with mobility, while still prioritizing the needs of pedestrians and community health.

Critic: David Moon

Published: Retrospecta 45

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Plywood as Fear. May 26 - May 30, 2020

PLYWOOD AS FEAR - May 26 May 30, 2020

Plywood facades erected by local shop owners who fear property damages, nancial loss, and “ the other”

x 8’ sheet of 1/2”

Plywood as Art.

30 - June 8, 2020

Plywood as Archive.

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4’
$15.99 $48.95 June 2021 Oak St. Connector Protest of the Murder of George Floyd May 31 Wooster Chapel Highway 91 Grand 1989 2015 CAHOOTS Description Project Budget 2016 CAHOOTS Description Project DEPARTMENT OF POLICE SERVICES - 1973 Project Budget Project Citywide Youth Coalition Rally June March 2020 The Departmet
Services
last Modernist
Building Value
Plywood
of Police
was the
project pushed through by Mayor Dick Lee and his urban renewal agenda.
May
Post - 2020
49 48 Department of Police Services New Haven May Day, 1970 Overhead Storage Medical Storage Composting Toilet Grey Water sink Seating for 2
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Process Model Conceptual Site Plan
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2” MASS PLYWOOD PANEL FRERES LUMBER OR EQ.

WATER RESISTANT BARRIER

3/8” AIR GAP VENTILATED AT TOP

2” RIGID WOOD FIBER INSULATION STRAPPED TO PLYWOOD PANEL

1” VERTICAL FURRING STRAPPED AND VENTILATED. BLACK.

1/2” HORIZONTAL FURRING SCREWED TO CLADDING FROM BACK. BLACK

1/4” VERTICAL WOOD CLADDING WITH 1/8” SPACING. SHOU SIGU BAN FINISH

2” MASS PLYWOOD PANEL. FRERES LUMBER OR EQ.

WATER-RESISTANT BARRIER

3/8“ AIR GAP VENTILATED AT TOP

2” RIGID WOOD FIBER INSULATION STRAPPED TO PLYWOOD PANEL

1” VERTICAL FURRING STRAPPED AND VENTILATED. BLACK.

1/2” HORIZONTAL FURRING SCREWED TO CLADDING FROM BACK. BLACK.

1/4” VERTICAL WOOD CLADDING WITH 1/8” SPACING. SHOU SIGU BAN FINISH.

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A. B. C. D. E. F. G. A B C E F D G
A. B. C. D. E. F. G.
1:1 Detail model and drawings
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Entry view from exterior Entry view from interior

ABSENCE PRESENCE 04

Commenting on the absence of Blackness within rural America, this project acknowledges the lack of representation within our National food system. The proposed structure is erected as an architecture of reparations in the small farming community of Conrad, Iowa where the local dirt is celebrated and spiritualized for it’s blackness. Drawing formally from the abstract work of Kerry James Marshall, this project is built from rammed and infilled agricultural dirt to provide spaces for the community to educate themselves on the historical disenfranchisement of people of color within the food system. By ultimately uncovering and exhibiting the power and wealth inherent in the soil, the mission of the project is to create radical transformation in Conrad, with consistent reverberations across all aspects of the supply chain.

Critic: Nikole Bouchard

Published: Retrospecta 44

Published: Paprika

60 61 Tassel Flag Leaf Tassel intermode Ear Leaf sheath Tiller
How do we give presence to the absence of Blackness in our food system?
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Floor plan, exploded axonometric, and site soil study
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Interior Entry Sequence Exterior Entry Sequence

An in between implies another suggests an other sibling, a sister who gets under your nerves for telling your father you snuck out the house and the young one, your brother who sits with that smile that charm that makes you forget the jam he spilled all over the aisle just moments before But alas!

for I do not tattle nor spill any goods perceptibly insignificant and always alive, I live the middle of sequence

And when you are angry or triggered by that man who merged into your lane it’s never your pinky, for he’s gone to market or your thumb who’s too tired from scrolling and tapping one waits for a band, while the other is famous but we have no name for the one the boasts all the height for it is defined by the pairs of nails on both sides central and useless, a finger resides in a middle of proximity

And when signing important documents with letters so tiny you must reach out for your glasses and freshly print pages with ink blots that linger it asks for my full legal name Of course!

essential to democracy, and the fulfillment of contracts, I eagerly scribe the name of which I do not frequently use the name which is often reduced to a letter, or forgotten altogether, hidden from most who don’t know me intently essential but hidden, a name proclaims the middle of importance

And when we’re past our prime beyond the age where our friends get married and go out to the bars to see a new show but not yet wise and respected with grandchildren to spoil and checkers to play rather I spend my days thinking of the car I should buy or the vacation I would take.

I am close to a crisis for occupying the middle of time

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MIDDLENESS Paprika launch: Issue 03: Not Urban. 11.09.21
But the most confusing of all is when I am so far in between that I cannot see the edge of a volume or mass instead I see nothing for miles and miles just fields of corn that feed all the cows and nourish my body all lined up in nice little rows in the middle of nowhere

POLTERGEIST 05

In our global effort to address the environmental crisis, humans cannot control the channel of transporting carbon back into its solid state. We have historically mishandled it’s inverse condition and agency must be given back to the forest, as an ancient shepherd of this historic transportation channel. This project proposes a memorial that marks the death of solution’s based thinking, formally marks the end of this top-down geo-engineering mindset, and makes room for ecosystem thinking that gives agency back to the forest. Basalt is celebrated as the main character, while the forest acts as the client. Juxtaposing the two scales poses questions of ancient geological significance, tectonics, and value.

Critic: Trattie Davies

72 73 a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. j. k. l. m. n. o.
A memorial to carbon that marks the end of geoengineering.

I am a restless soul

Unallowed to decompose and too expensive to be left alone

Millions of years after my funeral I have been unearthed: violently extracted, combusted, and re-released into a new world

I have, once again, changed states and transcended time, defined now as a poltergeist: seeking the return to my grave below the surface.

74 (Matter cannot be created destroyed) (SOLID) Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (LIQUID) S h o s

Basalt,

(Coleman and Irwin, 1974; Flanders Marine Institute, 2019; Hartmann and Moosdorf, 2012; Johansson et al., 2018; McGrail et al, 2017; Protected Planet, 2020; Sigfússon et al, 2018; Whittaker et al., 2015)

MADUS

Basaltic Source: (Coleman and Irwin, 1974; Flanders Marine Institute, 2019; Hartmann and Moosdorf, 2012; Johansson et al., 2018; McGrail et al, 2017; Protected Planet, 2020; Sigfússon et al, 2018; Whittaker et al., 2015)

(Coleman and Irwin, 1974; Flanders Marine Institute, 2019; Hartmann and Moosdorf, 2012; Johansson et al., 2018; McGrail et al, 2017; Protected Planet, 2020; Sigfússon et al, 2018; Whittaker et al., 2015)

SYNTHETIC FOREST MASSACOE STATE FOREST SUBTERRANEAN FOREST

77 Deciduous Forest Evergreen Forest Woody Wetlands Mixed Forest Ma c rocks (Basalts) Ultrama c rocks peridoties and serpentinites) Coordinate System Wporld Mercator Central Meridian 0° 0’ 0” Basaltic Source:
60° S 140° W 120° W 100° W 80° W 60° W A World of Basalt and Forests 40° W 20° W 0° 20° E 40° E 60° E 60° E 100° E 120° E 140° E 160° E Forest Source:
MADUS
forests, and extraction Deciduous Forest Evergreen Forest Woody Wetlands Mixed Forest Ma c rocks (Basalts) Ultrama c rocks peridoties and serpentinites) Coordinate System Wporld Mercator Central Meridian : 0° 0’ 0”
Source:
Basaltic
40° N 20° N 20° S 40° S 60° S 0° 160° W 140° W 120° W 100° W 80° W 60° W A World of Basalt and Forests 40° W 20° W 0° 20° E 40° E 60° E 60° E 100° E 120° E 140° E 160° E Legend Forest Source:
Deciduous Forest Evergreen Forest Woody Wetlands Mixed Forest Ma c rocks (Basalts) Ultrama c rocks peridoties and serpentinites) Coordinate System Wporld Mercator Central Meridian : 0° 0’ 0”
40° N 20° N 20° S 40° S 60° S 0° 160° W 140° W 120° W 100° W 80° W 60° W A World of Basalt and Forests 40° W 20° W 0° 20° E 40° E 60° E 60° E 100° E 120° E 140° E 160° E Legend
Source: MADUS Deciduous forest Evergreen forest Woody wetlands Mixed forest Mafic Rocks (Basalts) Ultramafic Rocks (Peridoties and serpentinites) Coordinate System Wporld Mecrator Central Meridian 0° 0’ 0”
Forest
The three states of carbon
Total Tree Count: Synthetic Modules: 11,753 6 Total Area: Carbon Sink: Total Trees: ` Basalt Storage 3,180,000 ft2 5,840,000 kg 11,753` 2,964,252 ft3 143’ x 143’ 143’ To Massachusetts
New Haven
To
78 79 Sediment Sediment Western Uplands Hartford 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 6. Barndoor Hills Onion Mountain West Su eld Mountain Penwood Mountain Talcott Mountain Cedar Mountain The Hanging Hills Mount Higby Beseck Mountain Totoket Mountain Saltonstall Ridge East Rock West Rock The Sleeping Giant 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Massachusetts New Haven Arkose dikes New Haven Arkose Talcott Basalt Shuttle Meadow Formation Holyoke Basalt East Berlin Formation Hampton Basalt Portland Arkose Magma 1. 2a. 2b. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Eastern Uplands Down Down Western Uplands 2. 1. 2a. 2b. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Connecticut Central Valley 200 Million Years Ago Connecticut Central Valley Present Day 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 2a. 2b. 8. New Haven Massacoe State Forest Farmington Canal Sediment Sediment Western Uplands Hartford 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 6. Barndoor Hills Onion Mountain West Su eld Mountain Penwood Mountain Talcott Mountain Cedar Mountain The Hanging Hills Mount Higby Beseck Mountain Totoket Mountain Saltonstall Ridge East Rock West Rock The Sleeping Giant 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Massachusetts New Haven Arkose dikes New Haven Arkose Talcott Basalt Shuttle Meadow Formation Holyoke Basalt East Berlin Formation Hampton Basalt Portland Arkose Magma 1. 2a. 2b. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. New Haven Arkose the diabase Sills Talcott Shuttle Meadow Formation Holyoke East Berlin Formation Hampden basalt ows Portland Arkose Diabase 1. 2a. 2b. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Eastern Uplands Down Down Western Uplands Eastern Uplands 2. 1. 2a. 2b. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Down Connecticut Central Valley 200 Million Years Ago Connecticut Central Valley Present Day 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 2a. 2b. 8. New Haven Massacoe State Forest Farmington Canal Present Day New Haven Arkose The Diabase Sills Talcott Shuttle Meadow Formation Holyoke East Berlin Formation Hampden Basalt flows Portland Arkose Diabase 1. 2a. 2b. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Western Uplands Eastern Uplands Down Down Down Sediment Sediment Connecticut Central Valley over 200 million years 200 Million Years Ago New Haven Arkose dikes New Haven Arkose Talcott Basalt Shuttle Meadow Formation Holyoke Basalt East Berlin Formation Hampton Basalt Portland Arkose Magma 1. 2a. 2b. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
80 81 Case Study The Bank of England as Carbon Form
83 82 001 003 005 002 003 001 002 001 002 004 003 004 001 002 003 004 004 003 001 003 004 002 004 002 004 002 001 003 004 004 002 001 002 001 004 002 004 001 001 002 004 004 002 001 002 004 004 003 001 002 003 004 003 004 002 001 003 000m 46 38 200’ 200’ 400’ 400’ 600’ 600’ 800’ 800’ 1000’ 1000’ 1200’ 1200’ 1400’ 1400’ 1600’ 1600’ 1800’ 1800’ 2000’ N Site plan and model American Crow Fish Crow Common Raven European Starling Yellow throated Vireo Blue headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-Eyed Vireo Blue Winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black throated Blue Warbler Yellow rumped Warbler Black throated Green Warbler Pine Warbler Prarie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Black and White Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Watertrush Louisiana Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilsons Warbler Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark Eyed Junco Snow Bunting Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Red-wingred Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Brown headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow

Wall Seed Bank Stair Vernal Pool

b. h. p. bs. c. f.

backing stone hearting stone plum stone bono stone chip stone facing stone

84 85 60’ 6” 16’ 6” 71’ 0” Outside Inside 26’ 8” Outside Inside 26’ 8” b. f. f. b. b. b. b. b. p. h. bs. f. c. h. h. f. b. f. b. backing stone hearting stone plum stone bono stone chip stone facing stone Western Uplands Central Valley Eastern uplands b. h. p. bs. f. b. f. f. f. f. 10’ 0” 5’ 0” 5’ 0” 5’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” Winter solstice Summersolstice 0” MASSACOE STATE FOREST Stratton Brook 600’ 200’ 0” 0” MASSACOE STATE FOREST 6” Stratton Brook 600’ 200’ 0” 800’ 4’ 0” MASSACOE STATE FOREST Onion Mountain 26.5° 12” 6” 1” 600’ 200’ 1’ 0” 1’ 0” Sea Level 400’ -400’ Runo Discharge Water Table: High Water Table: Low Basalt Acts as con ning Layer Groundwater Recharge Local Flow Water Flows Towards Farmington River Precipitation Transpiration 6’ 0” Existing Grade Steel Cricket 18” Basalt Stone Drip Edge Weep Hole. Hand Chiseled Vernal Pool (Spring) Tadpoles 6’ 0” Transpiration 6’ 0” 6’ 0” b. f. h. b. b. b. b. b. p. h. bs. c. h. h. f. b. c. b. backing stone hearting stone plum stone bono stone chip stone facing stone Western Uplands Central Valley Eastern uplands b. h. p. bs. b. f. f. 10’ 0” 5’ 0” 5’ 0” 5’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” Wintersolstice Summer solstice
Existing Grade Steel Cricket Chiseled Weep Hole Basalt Stone Drip edge Vernal Pool (Spring) Tadpoles
86 87 800’ MASSACOE STATE FOREST Onion Mountain 26.5° 12” 600’ 200’ Sea Level 400’ -400’ 800’ MASSACOE STATE FOREST Onion Mountain 26.5° 12” 600’ 200’ Sea Level 400’ -400’ Runo Discharge Water Table: High Water Table: Low Basalt Acts as con Groundwater Recharge Local Flow Precipitation Transpiration 6’ 0” Existing Grade Steel Cricket 18” 18” 18” 6” Basalt Stone Drip Edge Weep Hole. Hand Chiseled Vernal Pool (Spring) Tadpoles 6’ 0” Evaporation Stratton Brook 60’ 6” 16’ 6” 71’ 0” Outside Inside 26’ 8” b. h. b. b. b. b. p. bs. h. h. b. b. backing stone hearting stone plum stone bono stone chip stone facing stone Western Uplands Central Valley Eastern uplands b. h. p. bs. c. 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0”10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” 10’ 0” Wintersolstice Summer solstice

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Eric Sanderson claims that “Manahatta had more ecological communities per acre than, Yellowstone, more native plant species per acre than Yosemite, and more birds than the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.” During the time of the Lenape inhabitants, the Harlem river once met the shore with diffuse plant life and open space. Our project centers this historic river where water, soil, and life converge and flow together into the larger estuaries of Manhattan. Through ecological and fishing centers, this project seeks to celebrate the wonder of this current, this flux and this nowness, and use food to dissolve the constructed boundaries between people and their watershed. The design of the Ecology Center was my contribution to our group’s project, and provides a space for ecologists and local fishermen to work together as historic caretakers of the river.

Critic: Caitlin Taylor

Partners: Zach Felder, Huy Truong

Published: Retrospecta 45

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Utilizing existing infrastructure to catalyze community awareness of the Harlem River
The second-largest central fish exchange in the world
92 Catalog of Vacant Lots in the Harlem River Watershed 1: 2,000 Depth to Groundwater: Depth to Bedrock: 30 15 0 0 25 50 100 125 150 60 75 90 BLOCK: LOT: BLOCK: 2623 LOT: WEST STREET DEEGAN BLVD BROWN PLACE EAST STREET JESUP AVENUE GREYSTONE AVENUE PLEASANT AVENUE FIELDSTON ROAD 336 EAST 105 STREET EAST 102 STREET 1620 MADISON AVENUE MAJ WM DEEGAN BLVD 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Van Cortlandt Park Tibbetts Brook Food Hub Inwood Hill Ecology Center 1 Line High Bridge Oak oint Link Hunt’s Point Randall’s Island East River Vacant lots in the Harlem River Watershed Manahatta High Marsh Manahatta Low Marsh Existing Geology Existing Green Space Sites Vacant Parcels 1’ 800’ N
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Perspective
Interior

[UN] REFINED 07

This image-based object investigates ritual and identity through the textile art of Sonya Clark. Her sculpture, “toothless” appropriates a utilitarian mass-produced tool to evoke beauty and struggle. My first object investigates tensegrity as a form derived entirely from tension. However my resulting image-volume draws from the formal aspects of the Destijl movement as a plastic rejection of nature juxtaposed with the organic and tactile natural hair movement. The project ultimately questions the role of material in the breaking down of architectural form.

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Critic: Nikole Bouchard What is the role of material in breaking down architectural form?
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Exerting force upon a structure in tension Tensegrity grasshopper study
106 Compression Tension Projection
Image-based object
108 B2 C1 C3 D2 D1 D4 E1 G1 G2 G4 G3 H3 H1 J2 J1 K2 K4 1c 1b 2b 3a 4a 5b 6a 6d 6e 8c 9b 7c 2c 2e 2d 1d 10 6” 6” Shadow as projection and plan
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WE COME HERE ONLY TO DREAM

Over the course of four weeks, I meditated on the transition from Barragan’s house as a masculine shelter of refuge, to the homeplace as a site of resistance. Inspired by the surrealist works of Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dali who used surrealism to reject modernism, I propose a new typology specifically for daydreams. On the outskirts of the city, a small bit of earth is hoisted up into the stars, and occupies the airspace above the domestic realm. Similar to the idea of the new cable car, the ground plane is rendered as cluttered with congestion, unaffordability, and labor. The only ability to escape into the dreamworld, to take a breath, to lay with the one you love, is to escape up into the clouds. Unattached to capital, and domesticity, the sleeping platforms only server one function and are always available for public use. Meditating on this theoretical framework, I pushed this concept within a brief exercise in my studio course when asked to design a room on a lake with local materials.

Critic: Tatiana Bilbao

Critic: Francis Kéré & Martin Finio

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08 We
we come here only to dream. It is not true it is not true. That we come to live on Earth.
come here only to sleep,
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116 117 Warm up exercise: plans and sections
119 Gravity watercolor painting on paper

COSANTI BELL 9

This project was specially commissioned by a local hospital who wanted patients to celebrate the end of their chemotherapy with the ring of a bell. The bell takes inspiration from Paolo Soleri’s styrofoam produced at the end of his life and archived on site. Utilizing his old hand tools, the bell was hand carved in styrofoam, covered sand, and casted with aluminum.

Firm: Cosanti

Client: Banner Hospital

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A summer learning material, scale and form from Paolo Soleri
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Sand Casting Process Drawing of Arcosanti utilizing Grasshopper
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Aluminum-casted bell

CAMELBACK YARD 10

CamelBackyard is an independent volunteer project that reclaims a vacant lot in the heart of Downtown Phoenix. Our team utilized design to support the International Rescue Committee’s vision of harvesting, prepping, storing, and selling fresh produce in the heart of Phoenix. Our team started by generating concept images to get community interest for the project and to help IRC advocate for themselves. After winning a community action grant, we were able to move forward with a small design intervention on the site: a family table to catalyze future development on site. The construction of the table was made possible by coordinating a series of volunteer build days with Intel, ASU professors, and fellow architecture students.

Partners: Nicole Bone, Brandon Ramirez

Client: International Rescue Committee

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Acts of love in a Phoenix vacant lot catalyzes a refugee hub around food
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Table Detail Table Detail
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