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architecture design portfolio
Waterfront reimagined
Reconnect
Microhousing
Green Plate
Nexus
Motion Through Space
Antelope Atrium
Railpark Microclimate Spa
Waterfront Reimagined Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Senior Year Studio, Fall 2018 After extensive site analysis and historical research, I was tasked with exploring the scale of a neighborhood and its connection to the larger city and region. This provided me with the opportunity to create a bold new vision of what a resilient and sustainable 21st century waterfront city looks and feels like. Considering the relationship of the built and natural environment, large scale infrastructure, and ecological systems, I had the pleasure of predicting how these relationships will evolve as architecture and urban design move into the future. This project was divided into two modules, the Central Delaware River Waterfront Master Plan and the Urban Design for my specific site area. By softening the water’s edge and creating a sponge of marshlands, I was able to restore the area’s original shoreline and maintain all the historic piers that have been built over time. The site that I was developing on was a hotspot for traffic. Instead of destroying the infrastructure built on the site, I recycled it in unique ways. I tunneled the twelve lane highway under it’s existing structure and created a super levee with an elevated park above it.
Redistribution of Traffic
Build upon Piles
2035
Amphibious Structures
2050
Constructed Flooding
2100
Stratregic Retreat
Living Shorelines
Constructed Marshlands
Future Master Site
2100 Future Flooding
D&B 2035
CAR 2050
BRT
VE & BUSTERS Artificial Piers and Beach Vertical movement in piers is caused by the changes in the tide. Elevated Pier during high tide and decending platforms during low tide
CAR CAR
2100
BRT Storm Water Retardation and Filtering Layers of natural filtration below the park provide a softscape for storm water to wash through before entering the marsh lands and river.
RAIL
Reconnect
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Senior Year Studio, Fall 2018 I was tasked with designing a form of architecture that will occupy the future shoreline I had designed in the previous half of the semester. Bridging the community with nature and the historical waterfront, Reconnect is situated above a marshland that is aimed towards reintroducing a strong ecosystem to the area. The boardwalk- An intensive boardwalk with green features blankets the office spaces that span the whole length of the building. The marshlands work with the base of the towers to close the sewage and storm water systems within the complex. Water used from the building above flows into biodigestors before entering the natural wetlands. Than this water is cycled through a disinfection tank and reused as gray water throughout the building.
from the city
MICRO UNIT FACADE
MICRO UNIT HOUSING RETAIL/MARKETS
BOARDWALK BRIDGE
TRANSIT STATION
ELEVATED PUBLIC PARK
view from apartment
under the bridge
OPEN OFFICE SPACE
STRIP MALL
on the bridge
OBSERVATION DECKS
SEWAGE SYSTEM
reconnect layers
reconnect program
micro housing units Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Senior Year Studio, Fall 2018
In order to develop a residential building typology for occupation on shorelines, individual, modular units were designed. The design of these micro housing units is influenced by the frequency of people needing to up and move from home to home. Retirees moving to warmer climates in the winter, military families responding to orders, and people working from home have the opportunity to bring their home with them where ever they move to. Being situated on shorelines, these units can be transported from one city to another by cargo ship, just as any shipping container would. This building typology is based around the concept of moving units quickly and the building mass can take many different forms to adjust to the developing site context.
Storage
Storage
Storage
W&D
DISH
REFRIG
REFRIG
DISH
W&D
Storage Storage
Vertical Gray Water Filtration Systems
Micro Unit Configuration
Extruded Configuration and Circulation
Micro Unit Configuration
Elevation Built from Configuration Pattern
Spaces Available for Program/Mixed Use
Interior Space for Program
Vertical and Horizontal Circulation
Shell of Module Units Surrounding Multi-Use Space
Micro Unit Connection
Floor Plate Development
Interior Circulation and Means of Egress
Floor Plate Extrusion and Rotation
PRIVATE CIRCULATION
PUBLIC WALKWAYS
SEMI-PUBLIC WALKWAYS
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
RETURN SUPPLY
STORM WATER COLLECTION FROM SITE SURROUNDINGS
ON SITE WATER RETENTION
RECIRCULATION
WATER PUMP DISINFECTIVE TANK
BLACK WATER BIODIGESTOR BLACK WATER BIODIGESTOR
MARSHLAND AND RIVER BERM
green plate
south street, Philadelphia junior Year Studio, Fall 2017 After studying an empty, 32x80 foot, lot and its surrounding block, I was tasked with designing two rowhomes and a commercial space capable of housing a small company. My clients were two families of four. All the adults are chefs that co-own a small catering company and host cooking lessons. The primary belief behind their catering company is the use of the slow food movement, a focus on using locally grown, and seasonal produce. You cannot get more local than your very own roof. Using biophilic design, the living spaces become more in tune with nature. The entire building is inside the green house. Glass garage doors are the slim barrier between the growing crops and the confines of the rowhomes. When opened up, these panels allow for inside and outside to become one. The greenhouse is arranged to face the people walking on the busy sidewalks of South Street. This orientation of the green house allows for it to get maximum sunlight and presents itself as a green wall of beauty for the viewers below.
South Street Cooking Lessons
Catering and Cooking Class Kitchen
Fourth Floor
Third Floor
Second Floor
Ground Floor
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South Elevation
North Elevation
Nexus
McCarren Park, Brooklyn Extracurricular Competition, Fall 2018 Dan Kelly, Zach Bradley, Emily Scheffler Nexus is designed as an adaptive soccer stadium that will also act as a residential building. This design reduces urban sprawl and environmental impact by preparing itself for future use . Our design works as both a sports arena and residential building at the same time and than converts to a permantly residential building after the 2026 World Cup. A stadium should welcome from all corners of the world, especially for the World Cup. That is exactly the basis of Nexus’ design. Acting as a hotel for all those who come from afar, this viewing of an event is unlike anything ever seen in sports. Guests with a hotel room will simply walk to their back patio to watch the exciting games. After the World Cup, the hotel suites become apartments for rent and residential life begins. By keeping the first floor accessible to the public throughout the building’s phases, Nexus will never impose itself on the city landscape. Nexus does not act solely as a destination, but rather an experiential connector for the daily life of the city.
Grand Hall Space
2,000 Hotel Suites coverted to Apartment Units at 45 M
650
Units act as Club Seats then convert to patio spaces Exterior Units’ Patio Spaces Atrium Between the Apartment Massing Web of Circulation Balconies with Natural Lighting Event Screens Removed Public Access to Urban Farming
36,000 Typical Stadium
Site Context and Entrence
Seats
Access to Seats From 2nd and 3rd Levels
Relationship to Site’s Edges
Secondary Entrances Primary Entrances
Soften Facade
Sunlight and Sound Mitigation
First Floor Amenities and Attractions For Public
Interior render of circulation and atrium space
motion through space tyler school of art, Philadelphia sophomore Year Studio, spring 2017
The primary focus of the project was to understand the movements of the human body while it ascended and descended a staircase. We were tasked with piecing together an unusual choreography to perform while moving up the staircase. Our group decided to choreograph tight, rigid, and robotic motions at the beginning of the staircase, and as the performer moved up, he slowly shook off the robotic motions and ascended in a looser manner. The motions were recorded, studied, and interpreted digitally and by hand to help with the next part of the project. I mirrored the movements through the design of a staircase and its surroundings. My design has a few different experiences for the user as they make their way through the curves, shadows, and unusually shaped floors. Similarly to our choreography, my model starts off dark, tight, and uncomfortable for human occupancy. As the user moves up, however, they are relieved by the openness of the roof and vertical visibility.
Tyler School of Art Staircase
Antelope Atrium 39th St.
University City, Philadelphia Junior Year Studio, spring 2018
This building design is split up into both a public food market on the first floor and open office space on the twenty-one half floors above. The office spaces can be divided up into over 10 different ways, including either a lounge area or reception lobby. The passive air system starting at the exterior facade, ends at the top of the canyon, through the roof. South facing, operable solar panels and solar shades protect the south facade from the harsh summer sun and allow light and heat to penetrate the interior of the building during the winter.
Walnut St.
roof
The canyon design is based off of Antelope Canyon in Utah. Curves and smooth edges in the canyon allows for light to bounce and act in interesting, unique ways. Using the idea of a canyon serves as both a way of bringing light into the building, and a way of allowing hot air to escape.
odd floors
even floors
east elevation
view up from first floor
first floor
500sf Lounge
2,800sf office
west elevation
500sf Reception
5,600sf office
8,400sf office
RailPark Microclimate Spa rail park Philadelphia Senior Year Studio, spring 2019
Clouds find balance within stable equilibria and naturally sustain themselves, embodying and releasing solar energy. The ability to touch, feel, and walk through the clouds is a notion drawn from many of our fantasies. Gazing out of airplane windows, high above the earth, we often daydream of what it might be like to live in this ethereal world of fluffy vapor. This project focused on the discovery of ephemeral experiences within the build environment. Located on the rail park in Philadelphia, my design uses materiality, mechanical systems, and natural elements to facilitate the water cycle. This water cycle within the building allows for every experience throughout the spa to be unique and ephemeral.
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Conceptual Collage
Water Cylce Collage
Experiential Collage
cloud formations outdoor air cools water vapor evaporation
condensation
treatment rooms conditioned spaces
high pressure steam
spa lobby & cascading pool entry
dimly lit
natural lighting exposed to elements spa entry hall mechanical
Live like a building, lost within the clouds.
South Elevation & Main Entrance
Section through Entry Hall
Section through Lobby, Conditioned & Unconditioned Pools
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