ARCH 737 | Graduate Architecture Studio III
Spring 2022 | Professor Hill
Program: Community Center, Transitional Housing Location: Atlanta, Georgia
SF: 68,000 SF
Software Used: Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
Patchwork is an inclusive driven design that serves to integrate the queer community into the heart of Midtown Atlanta. By morphing the site into an undulating timber park, the user defines how they enter, experience, and present in the space. The impact is an architecture of inclusivity, empathy and choice which will help to redefine Atlanta as a city truly built for all residents
Quilting & the Queer Community:
If you were strolling the lawn of the National Mall in the Fall of 1996, you likely noticed that the grass had been covered by several thousands of quilts lining up from the capital building to the Washington Memorial. These quilts carried the names of HIV victims and were hand crafted by their friends, family, or even themselves before they passed. This living memorial, under the care of the Names Project, serve as the nations reminder on the current fight of the AIDS epidemic which still impacts the city of Atlanta today.
General Assembly Callout:
1. Engineered Soil
2. Filter Fabric & Moisture-Retention Layer
3. Thermal Insulation
4. Drainage Layer
5. Protection Course & Root Barrier
6. Waterproofing Membrane
7. 18” Concrete Roof Slab
8. Concrete Retaining Wall
9. Timber Cladding
10. Drainage Mat & Water Proofing Membrane
11. Wood Finish Floor
12. 48”x9” Retaining Footing
13. 24”x9” Bearing Footing
14. Timber Frame Skylight
15. Composite Roof Deck
16. Glulam Waffle Roof Structure
17. Duct - VRF Heat Recovery System with DOAS
From lack of housing, education, and healthcare, there needs to be more access for groups fighting against AIDS and HIV. In order to solve this problem, there needs to be safer communities where LGBTQ+ individuals can confidently present as themselves while meeting their basic needs. Patchwork serves to fill the gaps in Atlanta where the queer community has been left out of the urban fabric.
Under One Roof:
The glulam waffle structure and green roof are used as a method towards engaging the program within one collective quilt inspired roof. The punctures within the quilt signify unique activities to connect with at differing elevations. This creates interactions between the interior and exterior that all benefit from the same structure.
ARCH 404 | Architecture Design Studio IV
Fall 2020 | Professor Afifi
Program: Business Incubator & Residential
Location: Savannah, Georgia
SF: 80,000
Software Used: Revit, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
Located along the prominent MLK Jr. Boulevard, The Nest connects Historic Savannah to its new development in the Canal District. With the Business Incubator, Living Units, and Playscapes as its program, the project is a host for a cultural and economic hub that will help revive the once booming success of the surrounding community. Steel, as a celebrated material, acts as a framework for the residents to play, create, and rest.
Savannah Is Expanding:
The city looks to MLK Jr. Boulevard to be the link and root of expansion for businesses and residents. Though Savannah has lost much from the booming business of West Broad Street and the beauty of Union Station, the culture along this street is not lost but waits to be invited back into the light. Major development along MLK Jr. Boulevard and the removal of I-16 are signs that the city is beginning to invest back into its people to uphold its history and spirit.
Concept Diagram:
Ingredients for a Business IncubatorCreate, Play, Rest. Areas for Resting (Living Units), Creating (Collab Lab), and Playing (Garden - Semi-public and Private).
The exploratorium tower is an apparatus for residents to exercise their body and mind. Steel supports the observation and seven-story climb up a rock wall. Two cantilevered bridges create a playful dialog between living units and collab labs.
Taking inspiration from The Roman Forum, the forum is a multiuse open-air space for sharing ideas between businesses, experiencing performances, and engaging in playful activities between residents.
The collab labs serve as the nest for start-up businesses to thrive. The steel framework offers flexibility and promotes an activity-based working environment that is reflective of post-pandemic offices. Curtains and demountable walls allow for easy personalization of working spaces to maximize time and productivity.
DSGN 225 | Fundamentals Studio III
Spring 2019 | Professor Olin
Program: Black Box Theatre
Location: Redfern St. Sydney, Australia
SF: 9,300
Software Used: Revit, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
This center for art and performance is an opportunity to experience time in material and culture. In an area of Australia that has witnessed gentrification, the facility is a bridge between cultures. For the aborigines who have a predominantly oral history, the building is a host for life through their unique display of art, stories, and history. The copper facade and interior allows guests to age with the space and its inhabitants. Life is displayed and performed here to be a reminder for the value of time and humanity.
Transparent panels around the site model that showcase the Energy, Social, Natural, and Regulatory conditions of the site.
I lead the development of the Regulatory panel (Far Left) which reveals codes for height restrictions and standards, fire exits, and maximum guest capacity per level for the street and surrounding area.
Left Panel (Rendering): Street Facade Rendering
Middle Panel (Renderings): Top - open-air observation & reflection space
Top Middle - black box theatre
Bottom Middle - small storytelling spaces
Bottom - indoor and outdoor gallery
Right Panel (Drawings): Top - North Elevation
Bottom - Transverse Section
(Unoxidized/pre-oxidized copper, black concrete, and existing brick from neighboring buildings)
The Phantom of the Opera Set Design|Spring 2016
Position: Lead Set Designer Company: Floyd County Theatrical Ensemble Location: Rome, Georgia
As a freelance scenic designer, I was chosen to lead the design and production of the sets to develop the power and majesty of a French Opera House from only a $2,000 budget. Working with a fifteen-member crew team, the side stages and sets were constructed to focus on the progression of life and death within the three main characters. Each set piece was monumental in scale but also kept to the budget by limiting the designs to only feature the essential aspects of the narrative. The adaptive sets did not move but were transformed to fit the different scenes in the show.
Main Set Collage (Below):
View of the main set for the show featuring the phantom’s lair, box five, and the opera house staircases
Phantom Lair Elevation (Top):
An elevated platform offers a more dynamic space for the actors to move and explore scenes
Production Photos (Bottom Left):
Simple changes allow the set pieces to be adaptable. The golden curtain up center stage is lowered for scenes in the theatre. When the famous graveyard scene occurs, the curtain is raised to reveal the grave of Christine Daaé’s father partially lit by a flickering candle.
Geoffrey Mouen Architects Internship|2020 - 2022
Position: Architectural Intern Location: Groveland, FL
Software Used: SketchUp, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Twinmotion, Hand Sketching
Inspired by the local blueberry farm, Lake Catherine’s master plan introduces a new town center with a focus on walkable communities, sustainable food growing systems, and water management strategies.
Master Plan:
Taking references from Seaside, Florida, Lake Catherine’s master plan places traditional healthy living at the forefront of its contemporary lakeside design. I worked directly with Geoffrey Mouen to develop the master plan. I was responsible for producing road sections, drawings, renderings, and modeling final building and street designs for the project. I also assisted Geoffrey Mouen and Adal Avila to produce final master plan presentation documents.
HKS Architects Internship|Summer 2018 & 2019
Position: Architectural Intern
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Software Used: Revit, InDesign, Excel, Bluebeam
During the summer of 2018 & 2019, I had the opportunity to intern with HKS Architects in Atlanta. Throughout my experience I revised floor plans, developed details and created life safety plans for the Healthcare and Commercial design teams on Navicent Health, Piedmont Atlanta, and 760 Ralph McGill. For Navicent Health, The Sibling Play Area I helped develop allowed for children to play in a comfortable and engaging environment that featured musical notes that a child could climb into.
Additionally, I prepared design presentations, programming analysis layouts and studies for past hospitals including the Erlanger Hospital Outpatient Center. The boards featured analysis design intent behind the clinic modules, and the result it had on the program.
Far Left: Canopy parapet gutter detail I drafted and labeled for Navicent Health
Top: Sibling Play Area elevation I edited and formatted for Navicent Health
Bottom Left: I went on numerous site visits including the Norfolk Southern project
All it takes to understand a place is to sit down and draw it. There is nothing I find more rewarding than capturing an experience and transcribing it through my pen and brush. From this action, I can dissect and learn from my surroundings.
Through the experimentation of steel wrapped cotton and fibers, a unique 2D woven pattern is transformed into a 3D folded structure. The folds, made by hand, leave a memory in the threads that form the needed hills and valleys for the selected form.
I have a passion for people and storytelling. Growing up in the arts, painting, musical theatre, and concert band have been ways for me to interact with others on a higher emotional level. My creative mindset allows me to see problems as opportunities for improving old systems and generating new ones. History and culture are stories that deserve to be told, and my approach to design is always intended to honor that through the lens of the user.
My current focus is in architecture. The built environment has one of the greatest influences on a community and a person’s well-being. When my brother was diagnosed with Leukemia, I began to see how the spaces he inhabited affected his attitude and overall health. I want to ensure that the built environment is positive for all people.
My goal is to build upon my skills as a designer and storyteller. The more I hone my craft, the greater impact I will have in my field and on the communities I serve. No matter where I end up in my future, my motivations will always be centered around my passion for people and the stories they want to tell.
Adobe Creative Suite
AutoCAD
BIM 360
Bluebeam
Dynamo Revit Enscape
Grasshopper 3D
Hand Sketching
Microso O ce Suite
Model Building
Public Speaking Rhino Revit
SketchUp
Twinmotion
Mobile In rmary SCADpro, Site Model Lead (Spring 2022)
USGBC, Member (2021 - Present)
SCAD Grad Admission, Assistant (2021 - Present)
SCAD AIAS, Events Chair (2020 - 2021)
LEED GA, 2021 - Present
Dean’s Fellowship (SCAD), 2021 - Present
Dean’s List (SCAD), 2017 - Present
Tau Sigma Delta, 2020 - Present
e Parker Companies
Endowed Scholarship, SCAD, June 2020
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Savannah, Georgia
Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure (IPAL)
SCAD Lacoste, France Study Abroad Fall 2019
B.F.A. in Architecture Graduated: May 2021
Professional Master of Architecture Exp. Graduation: May 2024
Universal Creative
Facility Design Management Intern | June 2022 - Aug. 2022
Dra ed Show Set elements for queues and rides within an upcoming land. Coordinated and provided solutions for high reach access to facilities and animated gures. Organized and maintained Modi cation Documents.
AutoCAD | BIM 360 | Sketchup | Bluebeam | Excel
Geo rey Mouen Architects
Intern Architect | June 2020 - May 2022
Modeled structures and elements for a sports complex and an entertainment center. Generated renderings and oor plans for marketing current and past residential projects. Developed a masterplan, townhome and live/work unit oor plans, site plans, and elevations for the city of Groveland in Central Florida.
AutoCAD | Revit | Sketchup | Twinmotion | Photoshop | InDesign | Sketching | Excel
WDI: Imaginations Competition
Semi nalist | July 2019 - Nov. 2019
Collaborated with a team to conceptualize and design “ e Greene’s Table”.
Revit | Sketching | Photoshop | InDesign
Sustainability Summit: SCADpro Lacoste
3rd Place | Oct. 2019
Cooperated with a team to develop a fashion plug-in solution to sustainability in 48 hours.
Photoshop | Illustrator | PowerPoint
HKS Architects
Architectural Intern | June 2018 - Sept. 2019
Revised oor plans, life safety plans, and developed details for Healthcare and Commercial projects including Navicent Health and a multi-tenant o ce building. Prepared design presentations, density diagrams, programming analysis layouts and studies for past hospitals and future HKS projects.
Revit | Photoshop | InDesign | Sketching | SketchUp | Bluebeam | Excel
Freelance Set Designer
Jan. 2014 - Apr. 2016
Designed and managed the set for a local theatrical group’s production of e Phantom of e Opera and Crazy For You with a $2,500 budget and a 15 member crew team.
