COREY ROTHERMEL Sp_2016 // Urban Planning + Design Portfolio
COREY ROTHERMEL
URBAN PLANNER // URBAN DESIGNER My course through life thus far has provided me a unique and diverse perspective. Educationally I have pursued a broad range of topics including architecture, space planning, historic preservation and adaptive re-use, community engagement, brownfield redevelopment, water resource planning, real estate finance, land use planning, urban design, place making, and sustainable design. Professionally I have been afforded the opportunity to focus this background towards campus planning, space planning, civic, and health care projects. Additionally, I have been fortunate to engage in research positions related to sustainable materials, vernacular architecture and their contributions to regional culture, and the documentation of historic structures for the Library of Congress. My primary graduate research has focused on University-Community Partnerships as a mechanism to collaborate with communities to enhance neighborhoods surrounding universities. This range of experience has taught me to believe that collaboration between design professionals, stakeholders, and decision/ policy makers is critical to our future growth. Actively engaging in these relationships to create a welcoming dialogue across groups is the key to igniting positive change for future planning, development, and growth. Furthering this, I do not believe that we can design and plan in isolation. Broad context analysis at multiple scales and dynamic multi-disciplinary teams should be be the foundation of our projects in order to achieve the greatest outcome in shaping the future for our built environments. One of my biggest passions in life is closely following my Texas Tech Red Raiders in every sport they play. God has also blessed me with two incredible decades of my hometown Spurs holding the highest winning percentage in professional sports. In addition to sports fandom, my hobbies include hiking, amateur photography, and traveling.
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Texas Urban Futures Lab: Johnson City, TX Johnson City, TX Urban Design Studio - Fall 2014 - University of Texas - Dean Almy
Archbishop’s Walk
London, United Kingdom Urban Design Studio - Spring 2015 - University of Texas - Simon Atkinson
University-Community Partnership Study San Antonio, TX Terminal Graduate Report - University of Texas
Connected Claiborne
New Orleans, LA 2015 Gerald Hines Urban Land Institute Competition (Team Leader)
The Innovation Hub @ Midtown_ATL
Atlanta, GA 2016 Gerald Hines Urban Land Institute Competition (Team Executive)
The Cumberland Connection
Nashville, TN 2014 Gerald Hines Urban Land Institute Competition (Team Member)
Spring Valley BART Station
San Francisco, CA Architecture Studio IV - Spring 2011 - Texas Tech University - Joseph Aranha
Exhibitions and Installations
Austin, TX UTSoA Materials Lab + Professional Collaborations
Professional Work Miscellaneous Broaddus Planning (Austin, TX)
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TEXAS FUTURES: JOHNSON CITY, TX
Fall 2014 Urban Design Studio
As a part of the Texas Urban Futures Lab (TUFL) cosponsored by the Hill Country Alliance and Overland Partners, the Fall 2014 urban design studio helped engaged Johnson City, TX in a semester long visioning exercise that included multiple public charrettes and presentations. The Texas Hill County currently faces poor land use practices and is slowly seeing its character encroached upon due to sprawl. Both of these stem from the lack of regulatory powers in unincorporated areas within Texas. These patterns are having a negative effect on the natural features that define the Hill Country. Our work set out to examine targeted development strategies that can push back against these trends, preserve cherished assets, and employ place making strategies to help Johnson City attract new economy and tourists. All work is mine unless otherwise notated.
Elevation along Nugent Avenue looking west (existing conditions)
Conceptual master plan for Johnson City incorporating group and individual projects from the studio My work on master plan drawing: Portions of the 2D (AutoCAD) and 3D (Sketchup) models + Design / place making elements along SH-281
DARK SKIES
& HILL COUNTRY ALLURE
Population growth inside Texas cities and along major transportation corridors has led to an explosion of light pollution within the last few decades. The effects of light pollution - glare, sky glow, and clutter - mask the night sky making it difficult to see stars. The NASA imagery which the attached diagram is based upon shows that over half of Texas’ sky is polluted with light to the point where visitors and residents can no longer see the magic of the Milky Way painting the sky above at night. The Hill Country is one of the few remaining regions where residents and visitors can still have a clear view of the night sky. An emphasis should be placed on patterns of growth that will preserve this valuable asset for generations to come.
RECOGNIZING THE PROBLEM Light Pollution - Excessive and inappropriate artificial light. Urban Sky Glow - The brightness of the sky over cities. Light Trespass - Light falling where it is not intended, wanted, or needed. Glare - Excessive brightness which causes visual discomfort. Clutter - Bright, confusing, and excessive groupings of light sources comonly found in over-lit urban areas.
LEGEND: LIGHT POLLUTION TRANSECT
NOT TO SCALE
Analysis ofTexas lightUrban pollution inLab the Texas Hill Country Futures Not my work: Light pollution transect image The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture
TUFLAB FALL 2014 A CASE STUDY IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
JOHNSON CITY
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PLACEMAKING & IDENTITY
Fall 2014 Urban Design Studio
My work specifically examined how the construction of SH-281 destroyed the historical identity of the town by skirting the edge and avoiding the town square. Development along the highway is characterized by industrial uses, chain restaurants, and seas of parking. This disruption from the Hill Country landscape breaks the sense of place that could exist as a Hill Country town. Needing a strong brand and identity, I explored the potential for reintroduction of this landscape to catalyze a local renaissance. Replicating the relationship of the dynamic viewshed along the length of 281, my proposal pulls this landscape through town to act as a place and brand making strategy unique to Johnson City that will encourage traffic to slow down. Low impact development strategies are employed creating new landscape berms along the highway, replacing current impervious surfaces and giving platform for Hill Country Landscapes. Other development patterns will organize around this landscape.
Longitudinal Section through the town square and surrounding blocks (existing conditions)
Left: Diagram of the experiential view shed visible driving along 281. Responding to topographical conditions, the view along the highway is very dynamic, fluctuating in and out, which leads to a sense of excitement as ones experience constantly evolves. Right: Sectional diagram of the highway road widths and its fluctuating relation to the state controlled right of way. Narrower lanes and proximity to landscape are a strategy to slow down traffic and create legibility of place for Johnson City.
Proposed landscape section along SH-281 incorporating Low Impact Development, native landscape strategies, and rear parking/servicing
Concept: Pull native landscape through town in place of impervious surfaces (parking)
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ARCHBISHOP’S WALK
Spring 2015 Urban Design Studio Tasked with creating multiple future development visions for London’s South Bank by the Lambeth based non-profit Vauxhall One, this project looked at one opportunity to create new affordable infill housing in a city faced with a housing crisis and connect presently isolated public spaces through a new cultural trail embedded with the regions history. Experiential render of new public space within Archbishop Park infill
My project leverages a prior team assignment which proposed a new street car along the South Bank of the Thames, creating a series of sustainable sites that previously were isolated from transit. Local institutions will partner to contribute land and financing in exchange for increased amenity and the new opportunity to house their working class employees nearby. The cultural trail is a physical construct, embedding stone and etched Corten steel into the ground to tell the rich, but untold, story of the neighborhood. The trail starts at Waterloo Station and finishes at the Imperial War Museum, connecting dozens of other cultural landmarks along the way.
122,075 Residential Square Feet 434 New Residents 37,875 New Commercial + Arts Square Feet 1 New Neighborhood Grocery 14 Artist Live Work Studio Units
Section through Archbishop Park infill proposal
Section through China Walk infill proposal
122,075 Residential Square Feet 434 New Residents 37,875 New Commercial + Arts Square Feet 1 New Neighborhood Grocery 14 Artist Live Work Studio Units
Cultural trail design with embedded plaques to create an outdoor museum
Framework for the South Bank showing the relation between transit, infill housing, the cultural trail, and cultural nodes.
Jubilee Gardens
Waterloo Station St Thomas Hospital Waterloo Station
Waterloo Station
St Thomas Hospital
Corporate Living Tower
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Lambeth Palace .2 miles .35 miles Harmsworth Park
PROJECT GOAL 1: Enhance pedestrian connectivity to public transit and access to the entire city
Archbishop Park
Tate Bridge
Imperial War Museum
PROJECT GOAL 2: Create a new PROJECT GOAL 3: Create a “Recovery PROJECT GOAL 4: Create new affordable PROJECT GOAL 5: Insert smaller arts and embodied way finding trail to connect cultural Cycle� between St Thomas Hospital and culture spaces to bridge the existing void housing in targeted zones with ease of assets and preserve the layers of history Archbishop Park for hospital guests and staff access to public transportation between South Bank institutions
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UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Terminal Graduate Report
My terminal graduate project focuses on examining University-Community Partnerships (UCPs) across the United States to understand the existing capabilities and limitations of the mechanism. These partnerships provide opportunities for community development and investment that cannot be offered by the private sector or governments. The foundation of this research is a matrix detailing over 60 existing partnerships highlighting common issues, trends, and responses. Tied to this research was a broader study on the history of the American university, themes of campus development tied to specific time periods, and patterns of campus form. This research helped shed light on common issues faced by universities across the nation stemming from their interfaces with adjacent communities and the opportunity for University-Community Partnerships to heal existing wounds.
CORRIDOR
LINEAR
URBAN POCKETS
CAMPUS IN LANDSCAPE
CLOISTER
MEGASTRUCTURE
LANDSCAPE BUFFER
URBAN COURTYARD
University of Chicago Chicago, IL
CLOISTER
Illinois Institute of Technology LINEAR
Chicago, IL
URBAN COURTYARD
Columbia University New York, NY
Top left: Cities with existing UCPs and the precedent void that exists in the southern United States Top right: The 30 largest MSAs scaled based disequality ratios Bottom: Sample of matrix cataloging existing University-Community Partnerships
University‐Community Partnerships DRAFT MATRIX
Community Development Arm
Campus Typology
University Park Partnership
Neighborhood revitalization leveraging the universities credibility
Worcester, MA
182,544
Engaged Campus
Direct partnership with the local Community Development Corporation (CDC) through funding, loan, and staffing/volunteer programs
A "no fence" community breaking down barriers and growing with each other. Education for all levels of local residents including programs for residents to attend the university. Leveraging of university investment to attract federal and private investment
Worcester Polytechnic
UniverCity Partnership
The entire city of Worcester
Worcester, MA
182,544
Landscape Buffer
Partnership between 13 regional institutions
Local college purchasing, colleges as local employeers, Yes real estate development, colleges as community advisors, business incubation, workforce development, downtown development and the student customer, students as colunteers, and the marketing of Worcester
Initiatives leading to $207,000,000 new local investment by institutions Gateway Park Development
College of Holy Cross
South Worcester Neighborhood Improvement Corporation
The development of affordable housing
Worcester, MA
182,544
Landscape Buffer
Financial partnership with the local Neighborhood Improvement District
Provision of affordable housing for local residents, faculty, and students through the provision of low interest loans for the development of new affordable housing
Yes
$1,400,000 in avaliable loan funding
Drexel University
Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Counteract the Philadelphia, PA Partnerships development/gentrification pressures put on the poor predominantly African American neighborhood that the existance of the university creates
1,553,000
Engaged Campus
Similar to an "agriculture campus," the center is an extension of the university receiving direct funding and hosting students to engage in applied learning/practice
Providing health services, skill training, public art and theater, legal services, family consultation, neighborhood improvements, and community meals
Yes
3 refurbished community centers catering to student and resident needs Secured federal "promise land" funding
Duequesne University
The Hill District‐Duequesne Collective
305,841
Linear
University
Targeted Goal/Population
City
To collectively engage community and Pittsburgh, PA university stakeholders in the development of creative relationships to benefit the community residents, students, faculty, and community‐serving organizations.
How they are set up?
What are there focus issues?
Devel oping
Pop.
Clark University
A service of the Center for Community‐ Focus on facilitating relationships between the Engaged Teaching and Research which is university and other community groups and staffed with faculty and FTE's of the organizations university
Yes
No
Outcomes $100,000,000 leveraged resources $7,800,000 Shared Athletics Facility Partnership 200+ renovated homes 44 local residents have attended university 100+ Small Business Loans $8,000,000 new boys + girls club
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TEXAS PARTNERSHIP FEASIBILITY STUDY
Terminal Graduate Report
After exploring national precedents, I created a hypothetical demonstration project in San Antonio focusing on the Tobin Hill and Five Point neighborhoods. This hypothetical partnership would be a collaboration of local universities, health care institutions, and the city. Advocating for the interests of existing residents, the partnership could tackle issues of affordability and crime to preserve the rich existing neighborhood identity despite intense redevelopment pressures while also provding clear benefit to member institutions. The partnership would engage in six actions. (1) Act as a developer infilling vacant lots, (2) restore existing aging properties, (3) serve as a community land trust reducing tax burden on long standing residents, (4) assist residents with purchasing their homes, (5) low interest home improvement loans, and (6) neighborhood development through scholarships and infrastructure. The final deliverable included a detailed pro-forma outlining partnership operation and acquisitions over a 15year period, a graphic road map for each action the partnership could take, and visual build out of the pro forma scenario.
Left Page: “Chess board� diagrams of the neighborhood boundary outlining the eligible and priority sites for each action the partnership will engage in Right Page: Sample of graphic road maps guiding the partnership step-by-step through physical development actions and community investment
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DEVELOP VACANT LAND + DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES
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PURCHASE EXISTING STRUCTURES + PRESERVE STRUCTURES CONTRIBUTING TO NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY
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CONNECTED CLAIBORNE
2015 Gerald Hines ULI Competition Historically, Treme was a vibrant African American community with Claiborne Avenue being the epicenter of culture and business. In the 1940’s, the federal government split the neighborhood in half with the construction of a new expressway, forcing businesses to close and residents relocated. More recently, the neighborhood was devastated by Hurricane Katrina leading to another sharp decline in population and vitality. This project engaged a multidisciplinary team to develop a comprehensive urban design, landscape, and financial plan to help uplift the Claiborne neighborhood. Our project explored the removal of a 1.32 mile stretch of freeway to catalyze the rebirth of the adjacent communities.
Illustrative Site Plan
EXISTING TRAFFIC PATTERNS PROPOSED TRAFFIC SHIFT
My work: Context map, traffic flow and transportation diagrams, highway removal diagrams, section through the boulevard, collaboration on design concepts, portions of the 2D and 3D models, and portions of the site plan. Not my work: Rendered perspective
EXISTING HIGHWAY Political navigation, engineering studies, and community engagement Context Map
SOUTHBOUND DEMOLITION Removal of the south bound highway lane. Traffic becomes two-way northbound lane.
CURRENT + PROPOSED TRANSIT
NORTHBOUND DEMOLITION Removal of the northbound deck. Traffic stays open two ways on the existing surface road.
Experiential render of reclaimed Claiborne Avenue
Section through the new Claiborne Avenue
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THE INNOVATION HUB @MIDTOWN
2016 Gerald Hines ULI Competition The Innovation HUB was the competition entry of a multi-disciplinary team. Addressing the needs of growing technology and information industries in Midtown Atlanta, our team designed a HUB to interface Georgia Tech, Technology Square, Emory University Hospital System, and the famous Peachtree culture and entertainment axis around a central community. This new community leverages these existing assets and their proximity to a MARTA rail station to encourage investment around a new network of pedestrianized social spaces both on the street and inside the block.
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CULTURE BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT
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MOBILITY
ECONOMY
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PEOPLE - Primarily local or state residents - Ethnic diversity
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COMMUNITY
Incubation
Not my work: Axon, renders, use diagrams, and illustrative site plan
Conceptual Site Plan
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My work: I served as team executive for a group of international students providing my experience to guide them to an appropriate design. I created the key concept diagram pictured, assisted with the financial model, guided them through US land use and policy, and assisted with the building layout and program.
INNOVATION HUB
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Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia State University Emory University School of Medicine Clark Atlanta University Spelman College Morehouse College Morehouse School of Medicine Big Idea
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Hi-Tech flexible job spaces Live-work neighborhood Diversity of products Primarily businesses with 10 or less employees Midtown Identity Community Branding
The innovation hub is a cycle that begins with the input of great people with big ideas who are equipped to grow their designs and products due to the nexus of knowledge and place. Innovation Hub provides community and space to nurture these ideas making them reality and attracting additional great people to join the community. WHAT STARTS HERE CHANGES THE WHOLE WORLD
Green Corridor Green Route
Diagram: Open space network
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Diagram: Electric car and bike rack distribution
TECHNOLOGY SQUARE BIKE
NORTH AVE TRANSIT CENTER
NORTH AVE STREETCAR
YELLOW JACKET PARK BIKE STATION
GEORGIA TECH STREETCAR STATION
Axonometric showing open space network
Experiential Render of new district plaza
Diagram: New multi-modal transit infrastructure
Experiential render of new transit hub linking street car, bus, and subway to the neighborhood.
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CUMBERLAND CONNECTION
2014 Gerald Hines ULI Competition Working as a part of a multidisciplinary team for the Hines competition, our proposal attempted to tackle complex storm water management issues for Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood. The site has experienced multiple 100 and 500-year floods over the past century due to the burying of a local stream and increase in impervious surfaces. We tackled these issues through day lighting the stream and redeveloping the district with low impact development strategies. My work: Longitudinal section, portions of the 2D and 3D model, the left render (day lighted stream), and the phasing diagrams Not my work: Render of site plan and render of boardwalk
Longitudinal section of proposed development and day lighted stream
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Illustrative site plan
87.5’
175’
350’
Experiential render of day lighted stream and hotel
Development phasing
Experiential render of board walk and riverfront residences
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SPRING VALLEY BART STATION
Spring 2011 Studio III
The Spring Valley Elevated BART station explores form as a mechanism to define public space and program. Transforming landscape from surface to ceiling, the project plays with opportunities to blur thresholds and create an iconic neighborhood structure.
Render of station approach
Physical model
Section through station
Lift: Covering
Scale & Divide: Program Pull: Ventilation and Light
Slide: Circulation
Stretch & Bend: Street Cross-over
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EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
MISCELLANEOUS
Working to design and fabricate exhibitions and installations has provided me the opportunity to challenge a broad public to rethink our collective notions of what our social spaces should look like and how they should act. These projects also have allowed me to help bring greater awareness to unseen issues in our cities. Top row: HyperStyle // April 2016 West Austin Studio Tour 2016 Collaboration with spaceCAMP Middle row: RGB-HUB // Mar 2016 Austin 2016 Fusebox Festival Collaboration with isssstudio Bottom left: Waller Phantasm // Nov 2015 Waller Creek Show 2015 Collaboration with Studio MoDo Bottom right: Deep Dive // Nov 2015 Waller Creek Show 2015 Exhibition of others creek show designs My work: Assisting with the planning, design, fabrication, and installation for each project shown as a part of collaborations with Austin design professionals.
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PROFESSIONAL PROJECT WORK:
Broaddus Planning
Working as a member of the Broaddus Planning team, I gained experience with planning and programming for a variety of project types. Integrating planning and design, Broaddus emphasizes creative problem solving and place making design strategies to deliver impactful products to clients. Sample of projects I contributed to: Higher Educational Experience: • Tarleton State Fort Worth Campus Master Plan • Tarleton State University Development Plan • Texas State University, The Meadows Center, Feasibility Study • Texas State University System O’Henry Hall Garage Feasibility Study • Texas A&M International University Academic Building, Support, and Library Programming Health Care Experience: • John Peter Smith Hospital Expansion Plan and Space Program • Baylor College of Dentistry Campus Expansion Program Civic & Criminal Justice Experience: • Tradition, Mississippi: Learning & Medical Commons Master Plan •Montgomery County Jail Expansion Feasibility Study
Note: All images were produced by the Broaddus Planning team or its consultants. Each project displayed represents one I contributed too.
PERSONAL Corey Rothermel (817) 706-0332
EDUCATION 2016
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Thesis topic: University-Community Partnerships and their potential to transform urban neighborhoods across America Candidate: Expected Graduation July 2016
corey.rothermel38@gmail.com 7635 Guadalupe St. Apartment #803 Austin, TX 78752
2016
2012
REFERENCES Available upon request
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Semester abroad studying urban form in Prague 3.792 GPA in major courses (Cum Laude)
CERTIFICATIONS + MEMBERSHIPS 2016
CERTIFICATE IN TOWN-GOWN RELATIONS
INTERNATIONAL TOWN-GOWN ASSOCIATION Candidate: Attending certification curriculum June 5 at the 2016 ITGA conference at Loyola University
HONORS Dean’s Cup Competition Winner Tau Sigma Delta Honors Society President’s List (3 semesters) Dean’s List (5 semesters) Presidential Merit Scholarship
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN URBAN DESIGN UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Candidate: Expected Graduation July 2016
ACTIVITIES ULI Gerald Hines Competition Team Executive (2016) Team Leader (2015) Team Member (2014) Tau Sigma Delta Officer Treasurer (2011-2012) AIAS Officer Historian (2011-2012) SORC Rep (2010-2012)
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNITY & REGIONAL PLANNING
2014
AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION
PROFESSIONAL Student & Early Career Membership Programs
2014
COMMUNITY & REGIONAL PLANNING STUDENT ORGANIZATION (CRPSO)
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Graduate student enrichment & community outreach organization
EXPERIENCE 2015
2014
2013
2015
MATERIAL RESEARCHER
UTSOA MATERIALS LAB // Jan 2014 - May 2014 // Aug 2015 - May 2016 Maintained and curated library and database of materials while conducting research on the methods and implications of fabrication, production, and consumption.
PLANNING + DESIGN INTERN
BROADDUS PLANNING // Apr 2014 - Aug 2015 Responsible for assisting with project management, community engagement, analysis, and design for a range of higher education and health care master planning, space programming, and feasibility studies.
RESEARCH FELLOW, MULTIPLE
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY // Jan 2013 - Aug 2013 Assisted with multiple grant based projects including HABS documentation of temporary worker housing in West Texas for record in the Library of Congress.
TEACHING ASSISTANT, MULTIPLE
MULTIPLE UNIVERSITIES // Jan 2015 - May 2015 // Aug 2012 - Dec 2012 CRP 396K: Principles of Physical Planning ARCH 3350: Construction II
EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS, + PUBLICATIONS 2016
HYPERSTYLE
2016
FUSEBOX FESTIVAL: RGB-HUB
2016
MATERIALS LAB: LEGS
2015
WALLER CREEK SHOW: WALLER PHANTASM
COLLABORATION WITH spaceCAMP // April 2016
COLLABORATION WITH issstudio // March 2016
UTSOA MATERIALS LAB // Feb 2016
COLLABORATION WITH Studio MoDo // Oct 2015
2015
MATERIALS LAB: DEEP DIVE
2015
MATERIALS LAB: POSSO PROVARE
2014
MATERIALS LAB: METHODS OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
UTSOA MATERIALS LAB // Oct 2015
UTSOA MATERIALS LAB // Aug 2015
UTSOA MATERIALS LAB // March 2014
2012
CROP03 PUBLICATION
2011
CROP02 PUBLICATION
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY // Apr 2012
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY // Apr 2011
SOFTWARE