CONTENTS ABOUT ME & RESUME.................... URBAN HUB.................... HOUSE OF LIGHT.................... URBAN STITCH.................... CITY CEMETERY.................... CINEMA IN THE PARK.................... RECREATION CENTER.................... COMMUNITY CENTER....................
ABOUT ME:
When my education in architecture began, my original intent was to create designs that inspired people. While I still have this desire, I now also have the knowledge that architecture is more than just a source of inspiration. Architecture has a huge impact on local communities, cultures, and natural environments. It is my hope as a future architect to design in such a way that enhances the urban context, focusing on sustainable innovations for the betterment of society. I have a Bachelors degree in Architecture, as well as a Masters degree in Business Administration/Management. I will receive my Masters of Architecture (Professional Degree), as well as a Certificate of specialization in Urban and Community Design in May of 2020.
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EDUCATION: M. Arch - May, 2020 Texas Tech University, College of Architecture Graduate Certificate, Urban & Community Design - May, 2020 Texas Tech University, College of Architecture M.B.A. - Graduated - December, 2019 Texas Tech University, Rawls College of Business BS. Arch - Graduated - December, 2017 - Cum Laud, 3.6 GPA Texas Tech University, College of Architecture
EXPERIENCE: (2019 & 2018) Architectural Intern - VLK Architects Fort Worth, Texas - Summer Internship (2018 - present) Graduate Assistant - College of Architecture, TTU Lubbock, Texas (2017 - 2019) Shift Manager - Freebirds World Burrito Lubbock, Texas (2016) Sales Support Associate- Watchguard Video Allen, Texas - Summer Internship
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: (2019) Mahon Lubbock Public Library - Community development renovation project
CAPABILITIES & SKILLS: Technical
Revit Auto-Cad Rhino Illustrator InDesign Photoshop SketchUp BlueBeam Microsoft Suite
Personal
Charismatic Strong Communication Professional Efficient Fast Learner Hard Working Personable Team Player Leader
PLACES: Study Abroad 2017 - Italy Switzerland Germany Study Abroad 2019 - Ecuador
ORGANIZATIONS: TAU SIGMA DELTA - Secretary ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA / PHI ETA SIGMA NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLLEGIATE SCHOLARS PHI KAPPA PHI
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In this graduate studio, we participated in a 15 day study abroad trip to Ecuador where we studied the cultural, social, and economic norms of Quito. From our observations, we focused our projects around solving the various issues that the local citizens were experiencing. For this urban project, we proposed a solution that would re-activate the abandoned railroad infrastructure running through the city by supplying residential, commercial, recreational and agro-ecoQUITO, nomical spaces. These spaces would be interconnected by the railroad infrastructure, bridging communities that thrive on diversity of activity and opporunities.
URBAN HUB
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By creating this urban hub, it would help in solving the city’s problems of displacement, provide economic opportunities to previously surpressed demographics, develop new communities for future growth, and allow more efficient infrastructure for the city.
Spring 2019 Collaborative effort with Asher Durham
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site mapping
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programmatic diagram
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intervention perspective
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site plan & legend
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Through research and analysis of Dan Graham’s atmospheric art sculpture “Two Nodes,” the concept of this project was influenced by the ways glass can be used to manipulate light. diagram01_grid
Staying within the boundaries of a cube located on the outskirts of Marfa, Texas, this project serves as a public art gallery and artist residence. The structure features all glass floors and walls, with steel structural columns and beams.
HOUSE OF LIGHT
In order to produce MARFA, various light conditions throughout the house, the glass walls are either reflective or frosted. The reflective glass walls are curved, either concave or convex, in order to produce distortions with the play of light. The straight glass walls are frosted, to offer more private spaces.
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As with Dan Graham’s project “Two Nodes,” this house is meant to make the user feel like they are on display, and to allow an experience in a change of perception.
Spring 2018 Collaborative effort with Romina Cardiello
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systems diagram
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section & details
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Focusing on urban integration within the revitalized canal district in Milan, Italy, this studio project required groups of students to determine the individual program for a given site, while taking a stance on the relationship of the architecture with the existing surroundings. The position of this project was to become a celebrated terminus point within the city that enhances the darsena’s social scene, while simultaneously offering a new respect for the existing historical context.
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URBAN STITCH
In order to achieve this concept, a bridged walkway traversed across the canal and the city street, passing through a monumental archway that once was apart of the city gates.
MILAN, ITALY
One end of the bridge featured a community market space, with seating and a street performance area above. The other end catered more seating, as well as outdoor pubs beneath the walkway.
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Summer 2017 Collaborative effort with Daisy Limon & Mason Charanza
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circulation diagram
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micro, medio, and macro diagrams
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5 elements site diagram
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experiential perspective
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This project was done in collaboration with landscape architecture students, centered around the unique problem of city expansion and its impact on how society deals with the deceased. With a site near downtown Austin, Texas, this project focused on creating a natural habitat for local animal and plant life, as well as creating a space for the handling of the dead. In this design, an intimate space was created by sloping the site inward to a reflection pond, with all of the architectural features elevated above. This allowed for the natural habitat to grow below walkways and buildings undisturbed, while still being experienced by the user.
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CITY CEMETERY AUSTIN, TX
Three buildings were implemented in the site - the crematorium, the chapel, and the administration/greenhouse building. The architecture was designed in response to the elevated nature of the site as a whole, so that within each space the walls and ceilings are lofted from one another and their outer boundary.
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Each element within the site is connected by elevated walkways, allowing users to access memorial markers and scattering grounds throughout the site. The entirety of the project was designed with the intent of celebrating life in respect to the mourning associated with death. Fall 2018 Collaborative effort with Kody Kramer & Ryan Gonzalez
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abstract precedent model photos
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This studio began with the Japanese technique of ori-kiri-gami, or paper-folding. After exploring various spatial creations through different folding techniques, the implementation of form through diagramming was used to develop a design initiative. With the resulting apparatus, the focus of a continuous path formed by the primary element became a critical part of the design concept. Noticing that the continuous path changes from an expanded to a contracted state after encountering the secondary element helped to further develop this concept, and provided the beginning ideas for a formal project. After fully applying the program to the site in lower-downtown DENVER, Denver, - providing an indoor and outdoor cinema space - the project started to assemble its final form. The concept of a continuous path containing moments of expansion and contraction became directly related to the circulation through the building.
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This allowed the expanded part of the path to become an area for a unique outdoor cinema experience. This space, an unconventional theater in that it has multiple screens containing various entertainment, commercial, and informational programs playing at once, also has the ability to transform into an event area for the entire community to enjoy.
Spring 2017
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SECONDARY ELEMENT > activation The continuous path begins to contract its expanded state as it encounters the secondary element.
EMERGENCE > contraction The continuous path becomes fully contracted as it emerges from the secondary element and reaches a higher elevation.
diagrammatic concept analysis
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In this project, a systematic approach to programming was taken. The concept for the design was to be refined through assessing the context of program and the hierarchy of spatial matrices formed in consequence. The process began by setting a floor plan shape, and then designing programmatic spaces within the restricted boundary. Doing this exercise first helped in configuring programmatic connectivity, and provided the ability to see the opportunities of interior spatial relations. Consideration of the local urban context was incorporated into the system as a major factor to the design. Specifically, the creation of an urban community space that would coexist with, and further contribute to, the active population of Denver.
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RECREATION CENTER DENVER, CO
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Through many iterations, the design evolved into a complex system housing a public fitness center focused on community involvement and interaction. This integrative studio also provided the opportunity to explore further in depth the structural systems that work within a building. Technical drawings were developed to illustrate the understanding of the building envelope and structural elements. light & material study model 03
Fall 2017
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exterior perspective
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cross-section perspective
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SHADED HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS SUN-LIT HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS RESIDENTIAL OPEN PROGRAM
In this conceptual design studio, the focus was centered around creating a prototypical community center that is able to support local rural communities, and that can adapt to various rural communities across the globe. Using the idea of “new functionalism” the form of the community center was the driving factor of the project - the building first had to look like it had a purpose and meaning, that which is neither determinable from its appearance nor indeterminable as a building that has a specific function. Inspired by the rural agricultural crop circles, as well as the common rural vernacular, a cylindrical shape was hierarchically segNEEDMORE, mented to support the various programmatic spaces determined by each community.
SHADED HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS SUN-LIT HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR PROGRAM
SUN-LIT HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS RESIDENTIAL OPEN PROGRAM
SUN-LIT HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS RESIDENTIAL
COMMUNITY CENTER
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In each community, the community center supports hydroponic farming systems, a farm-to-table restaurant, residential apartments, and varying interior spaces for community-adaptable program. Each of these segments of the building are able to be customized in volume and capacity for each community’s specific needs.
SUN-LIT HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS INTERIOR PROGRAM
OPEN PROGRAM: MAIN ENTRY
Fall 2019
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plan composition diagram
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horizon perspective
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experiential perspective
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