Selected Works by David Rader

Architecture & Design Portfolio

David Rader

2012 - 2018

Selected Works

David Rader

david.timothy.rader@gmail.com 817-308-7976 Houston, Texas 2

Education 08/2016 - 01/2019

Experience

Master of Architecture

Houston, Texas

Architectural Intern

Rice School of Architecture

Metalab Studio

GPA 3.93 John T. Mitchell Traveling Fellowship 08/2012 - 06/2016

Summer 2017, Summer 2018

Bachelor of Science in Architecture The University of Texas at Arlington

Design and documentation in a small, multi-disciplinary firm. Experience in adaptive re-use and new construction for residential and medium-scale public projects. Worked closely with clients and held project responsibilities, including scheduling, budget, and production. Produced 2D and 3D representation and executed permit drawing sets.

Summa Cum Laude GPA 3.96 Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s List, Honor Roll, Tau Sigma Delta Honors Society International Education Traveling Scholarship

Achievements & Honors Rice Architecture Mentorship Coordinator (2018) Co-directed Rice Architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s student volunteer outreach. Wrote curriculum and led monthly workshops for underprivileged elementary and high-school students in Houston. Designed and facilitated workshops at Rice in partnership with the Rice Design Alliance.

McKittrick Service Award (2018)

Awarded to a student who has demonstrated a commitment to community service and helping others.

Mildred Crocker Staff Award (2018)

Recognizes outstanding service to the Rice School of Architecture and the RSA Staff.

Alpha Rho Chi Leadership Award (2017)

This award is presented by faculty to a graduating senior who has shown an ability for leadership, performed willing service for his school or department, and gives promise of real professional merit through his attitude and personality.

Student Mentorship Program Founder (2015)

Founded a peer-peer mentorship program through partnership with the AIAS UTA Chapter. Expanded the program to include professional-student mentorship through local AIA chapters. Organized and taught weekly sessions to students, facilitated student pairings, built a strong network of leadership.

School of Architecture Director Search (2016)

Served as student representative on the search committee for a new Director for the School of Architecture at UT Arlington. Attended all committee meetings, made recommendations.

06/2015 - 08/2016

Dallas and Houston, Texas

Architectural Intern HKS Architects

Schematic design in the Education Studio, execution of construction documents in Hospitality & Residential Mixed Use Studios. Preliminary experience with project management and team leadership on large- scale projects. 08/2014- 05/2015

Dallas, Texas

Urban Design Intern

Dallas City Design Studio Urban planning and urban design intern for the City of Dallas. Graphic design for publications, neighborhood plans and documentation, implementation of urban design guidelines for key areas in the city. Summer 2014

Dallas, Texas

Architectural Intern

Cunningham Architects Physical model building, full scale architectural mock-ups, schematic project design, and 2D graphic representation.

Skills 3D Modeling, 2D Drafting Rhinoceros 5.0 Autodesk: Revit Architecture, AutoCAD, SketchUp

Digital Images & Rendering Adobe CC: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign V-Ray for Rhinoceros

Physical Modeling Laser cutting file preparation, 3D printing, CNC milling, foam cutting, handcrafting of basswood, and Bristol models

Portfolio Digital - issuu.com/davidrader8 Physical - upon request 3

04 06 26 About

Graduate Thesis

Graduate Design Project

Resume Contact

Public Infrastructure

Border-less Civic Annex

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Undergraduate Design Project

Stalactile Interior Installation

Drawing on Soane Drawing Academy

Publication Design Todd Hamilton, Architect Publication Design

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Graduate Design Project

Happy Together Urban Housing

Variously Enclosed South Point Park Visitor Center

Dots & Lines Student Housing and Education Hub

70 Graduate Volunteer Project Recess Program Student Curriculum

2018 | Graduate Thesis

Public Infrastructure Community College Campus Los Angeles, CA Thesis Advisor Sarah Whiting, Dean of Rice Architecture

Educational institutions are rapidly evolving to meet the needs of students and the community at large. The centralized campus, which proliferated during the American suburban movement, is no longer a sustainable model for educational development. My thesis examines this issue by re-framing two public institutions- the community college and the transit network- to provide a new type of public infrastructure for Los Angeles. My proposal introduces a decentralized model, in which sites owned by Metro for construction staging are appropriated to host a new, networked college campus. The sites are primarily located along the Purple Line subway extension in West Los Angeles. Each site establishes unique urban adjacencies, such as the Fox Production Studios at Century City or LACMA at Wilshire/Fairfax, which inform the programmatic biases for the campus at each location. The campus ties together three user types- transit passengers, constituents of the community college, and the general public- to construct a new type of public space. These users come together in the Vertical Quad- an architectural move which links the three user types in section. By re-framing these institutions through program, form, and urban impact, the thesis speculates on new roles that the public institution will play in the contemporary city.

Public Infrastructure

Westwood/ VA Hospital Health

Westwood/ UCLA Research

Century City Media

Wilshire/Rodeo Fashion

Wilshire/La Cienega Start-Up

Wilshire/Fairfax Fine Arts

Wilshire/LaBrea Social Services

Wilshire/Western

Wilshire/Normandie

Wilshire/Vermont

Wilshire/MacArthur Park

7th St./Metro Center

Centralized Centralized Centralized

Decentralized Decentralized Decentralized

Network Network Network

Campus Organizational Models Campus Organizational Models

Transit Line

Conceptual Project Diagram

Los Angeles Mission College

Pierce College Los Angeles Valley College

Los Angeles City College

Los Angeles County

East Los Angeles College Los Angeles Trade-Technical College West Los Angeles College

Los Angeles Southwest College

Los Angeles Harbor College

Existing LACCD Decentralized System Decentralized LACCD Campuses

Public Infrastructure

Hollywood Beverly Hills Westwood

West LA

Koreatown

Mid City

Downtown South LA

5 10 20 Purple Line

Line Transit Network Purple Purple Line Transit Network

Burbank

North Hollywood

Glendale

Hollywood Beverly Hills Westwood

West LA

Alhambra

Koreatown

Mid City

Downtown

East LA

South LA

Central Alameda

Inglewood

Compton

Hawthorne

Regional Transit Network Regional Transit Network

5 5 5 5

10 20 Red Line 10 20 Purple Line 10 20 Expo Line Line 10 20RedGreen Line 5

10 20

Purple Line Blue Line

10 20

Expo Line Green Line Gold Line

Total Campus Area: 371,050 SF Total Built Area: 1,080,000 SF FAR: 2.9 Public Space Retail

10,000

Library

10,000

Janitor IT

600

Loading Dock

700

Seating Outdoor Space

Support

Administration

Public Space

Public Space Library

12,000

Retail

4,000

500

Support

700

Loading Dock

Mechanical

2,500

Mechanical

2,500

Restroom

4,300

Restroom

4,300

Reception

300

Reception

2,000

Waiting

500

Staff Support

3,000

Conference

500

Offices

10,000

Copy Room

500

Staff Room

1,000

Exhibition

15,000

Administration

Flex

Support

Public Space

Support

Offices

25,000

Auditorium

10,000

Education

Collaboration Classroom

7,000

10,000

Labs

15,000

Physical Therapy

20,000

Fitness Training

4,000

Classroom

5,000

Meeting Rooms

8,000

Media Lab

10,000

Circulation

5,000

Administration

Studio

10,000

Administration

500 2,500

Restroom

4,300

Reception

2,000

Staff Support

3,000

Flex Public Space

Retail Loading Dock

8,000

Mechanical

2,500

Restroom

4,300

Staff Support Offices

2,000

Offices

10,000 5,000 1,000

CNC

1,000

Shop

2,000

Media Lab

5,000

Gallery

5,000

Screening

5,000

Exhibition

5,000

AV Editing

10,000

Fabrication

2,000

AV Edit Classrooms

3,000 5,000

Media Lab

5,000

Studios

30,000

Support

Administration Flex

Education

20,000

Production

Sound Stage

Transit

10,000

Loading Dock

40,000

Transit

Public Space

700

Restroom

4,300

Reception

2,000

Staff Support

3,000

Offices

10,000

Auditoriums

25,000

Galleries

25,000

Support

5,000

Circulation

700

Collaboration

700

Loading Dock

700

Mechanical

Administration

Administration Flex

Transit

10,000

Library

10,000

Classrooms

7,000

Loading Dock

700 2,500

Restroom

4,300

Reception

2,000

Staff Support

3,000

Offices

10,000

Lecture Hall

5,000

Observation

5,000

Social Services

7,000

Restroom

4,300

Media Lab

9,000

Media Lab

9,000

Staff Support Offices

2,000

Lecture Hall

10,000

Classrooms

10,000

5,000 2,000

Meeting Rooms

10,000

Food Lab

10,000

Practice Rooms

12,000

Studio

20,000

Studio

15,000

Kitchen

30,000

Event Space

Education

2,500

3,000

Collaboration

Mechanical

Flex Public Space

Outdoor Space

2,500

700

Meeting Rooms

3,000

Classrooms

5,000

20,000

60,000

Transit

3,000

Theatre

40,000

Research Lab

Circulation

Media Library

Flex Education

10,000

Library

Mechanical

10,000

Clinic

Field House

Lecture Hall

10,000

Loading Dock

Education

Flex

Retail

Collaboration

Media Lab

10,000

Open Source

20,000

Transit

Concourse

2,500

Concourse

2,500

Concourse

2,500

Concourse

2,500

Concourse

2,500

Concourse

2,500

Concourse

2,500

Platform

4,000

Platform

4,000

Platform

4,000

Platform

4,000

Platform

4,000

Platform

4,000

Platform

4,000

Westwood/ VA Hospital

Westwood/ UCLA

Fabrication

Research

Century City

Wilshire/ Rodeo

Media

Fashion

Wilshire/ La Cienega

Start-Up

Wilshire/ Fairfax

Wilshire/ LaBrea

Fine Arts

Social Service

Site Area: 100,000

Site Area: 75,200 SF

Site Area: 40,000 SF

Site Area: 24,750 SF

Site Area: 19,700 SF

Site Area: 50,000 SF

Site Area: 61,400 SF

Building Area: 200,000 SF

Building Area: 180,000 SF

Building Area: 150,000 SF

Building Area: 90,000 SF

Building Area: 70,000 SF

Building Area: 180,000 SF

FAR: 2.0

FAR: 3.5

FAR: 3.7

FAR: 3.6

FAR: 3.5

FAR: 3.7

Westwood/ VA Hospital

Westwood/UCLA

Century City

Wilshire/Rodeo

Wilshire/La Cienega

Wilshire/Fairfax

Research

Media

Fashion

Start-Up

Fine Arts

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Campus Program Diagram

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Purple Line Extension with Campus Locations Networked Campus

Wilshire/La Brea Social Services

Institution

Street

Public Programs

Street Circulation 60’-0”

Public Programs

Transit

Proposed Sequence

Typical Sequence

Transit

Proposed Sequence

Institutional

Public

Ground

Programs

Transit

Conceptual Program Diagram

Typical Quad Typical Quad

Vertical Quad Vertical Quad

Lecture Hall Lecture Hall

Education Education VerticalQuad Quad Vertical

LACMA LACMA

Gallery Gallery Wilshire Blvd. Wilshire Blvd.

Public Public Programs Programs

Metro Station Metro Station

Concept Section

Fairfax Ave.

LACMA

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DASH Fairf ax 786- Cent ury City 720

Wilshire

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720

720 217

Fai rfax Ave .

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217 217

Wilshire/Fairfax

Site Plan LACMA

Ground Floor Plan

Public Infrastructure

Lecture Hall (300 Seats)

Classrooms

Gallery

Library

Fabrication Shop

Flexible Circulation

Metro Required Circulation Drawing Preservation

Auditorium (700 Seats)

Exploded Axon

16 10 Lecture Hall Level +168’-0”

8 14

13 Typ. Education Level +33’-0” thru +168’-0”

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Typ. Education Level +33’-0” thru +168’-0”

8 9

10 Gallery Level +18’-0”

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5 7

Ground Plan 0’-0”

Plan Key 1

Entry

LACCD Help Desk 7

Retail

4 5

Mechanical

11 Meeting Room

16 Lecture Hall

21 Metro Concourse

Outdoor Performance

12 Office & Administration

17 Library

22 Auditorium Lobby

Vertical Quad

13 Classroom

18 Auditorium Overlook

23 Auditorium

Metro Help Desk

Student Gallery

14 Breakout Space

19 Fabrication Shop

Plaza

10 Event

15 Studio

20 Drawing Preservation

Public Infrastructure

8 12

11 17 23

7 Library Level -15’-0”

8 12

Fabrication Shop Level -30’-0”

8 11

Drawing Preservation Level -45’-0”

6 6

6 6 Concourse Level -62’-0”

Metro Circulation

Lower Vertical Quad

LACMA Circulation

Upper Vertical Quad

Public Infrastructure

Section A

Street Level Entry

Studio Interior

Public Infrastructure

Section B

Section Isometric

Public Infrastructure

Metro Concourse

Auditorium Overlook

Library

Street Entry

Gallery Event

Student Breakout

Meeting Rooms

Lecture Hall

Wilshire Blvd.

VA Hospital

Training

Westwood Village

Wilshire Blvd.

Research Labs

Hammer Museum

Ave. of the Stars

Sound Stage (Behind)

Constellation Blvd.

Wilshire Blvd.

Westwood/VA Hospital Health

Westwood/UCLA Research

Century City Media

Site Area: 100,000 SF Building Area: 200,000 Population Density: 1.6 people/acre

Site Area: 75,200 SF Building Area: 180,000 SF Population Density: 52.9 people/acre

Site Area: 40,000 SF Building Area:150,000 Population Density: 8.5 people/acre

Westwood/ VA Hospital station is the terminus station of the Purple Line. It is located in a low-density area to the west of highway 405 with immediate proximity to the VA Hospital facility. The station will tie into existing bus routes to ensure connections to the rest of Wilshire. The lack of urban activity allows the opportunity to place larger training and athletic facilities at this campus location. Additional administrative and support areas may also be located on this site. The terminus and its educational programs will result in a larger-scaled campus than the previous iterations. This will mark a sense of place and provide a conclusive end to the line.

Westwood/ UCLA station is the densest tract on the Purple Line and is located at the intersection of high-rise Wilshire and low-rise, historic Westwood village. The location is bookended by UCLA’s “land bank” open space. This station is well-used by students and employees of UCLA. Additionally, Westwood village is a major retail center. High rise towers also act as magnets for commuters. As a result, this is a very busy interchange of transit, vehicular traffic, and pedestrian activity. UCLA’s campus is located just five blocks from the site, offering an opportunity for collaborative research between LACCD and UCLA.

The Century City station is located in one of LA county’s largest job hubs. While residential density is low, Century City’s floor-area ratio is very high. This development is unique in its makeup of predominantly high-rise office towers reaching thirty stories or more. This transit station is predominantly used by commuters who fill office towers. There is a large production facility for Fox Studios located adjacent to the campus which provides unique programmatic opportunities and partnerships. This component contains programs related to the film industry, including production studios, small sound stages, and black box theatres.

Public Space 20,000 SF

Flex 10,000 SF

Support 8,600 SF

Administration 27,800 SF

Education 120,000 SF

Transit 6,500 SF

Public Space 20,000 SF

Flex 15,000 SF

LACMA Land Bank

Support 7,500 SF

Administration 25,000 SF

Education 100,000 SF

Transit 6,500 SF

Public Space 15,000 SF

Flex 10,000 SF

Interstate 405

Public Infrastructure

Gayley Ave.

Support 5,500 SF

Administration 15,000 SF

Education 100,000 SF

Transit 6,500 SF

Constellation Blvd.

Westwood Village

The Century Plaza

Black Box Theater

Ave. of the Stars

Rodeo Shopping District

xhibition Space

Wilshire Blvd.

Rodeo Shopping District

La Cienega Blvd.

San Vicente Blvd. Commerical District

Saban Theater

Wilshire Blvd.

Lecture Hall

Student Gallery

Residential District

La Brea Ave.

Social Development Center

Wilshire Blvd.

Wilshire/Rodeo Fashion

Wilshire/La Cienega Start Up

Wilshire/Fairfax Fine Arts

Wilshire/La Brea Social Services

Site Area: 24,750 SF Building Area: 90,000 SF Population Density: 30.4 people/acre

Site Area: 19,700 SF Building Area: 70,000 SF Population Density: 14.9 people/acre

Site Area: 50,000 SF Building Area: 150,000 SF Population Density: 15.3 people/acre

Site Area: 61,400 SF Building Area: 180,000 SF Population Density: 47.5 people/acre

Wilshire/ Rodeo station is located in a high-density area near the intersection of Wilshire and Beverly Drive. The site occupies a block with frontage on Wilshire and Reeves Drive, just two blocks away from iconic Rodeo Drive. This location is saturated with high-end retail, luxury goods, and famous fashion houses. The college will benefit by locating fashion and technology programs here. The association with fashion houses could increase student learning outcomes while increasing available talent.

Wilshire/ La Cienega station is located in a mid-density area near the intersection of Wilshire and San Vicente Blvd. The site occupies a corner block which has frontage on Wilshire and La Cienega. Mid-century commercial buildings bookend the site, while low rise multi-family and single family homes occupy blocks north and south. This area includes La Cienega Park, a large public space within two blocks walking distance. This site is located near the highest amount of commercial activity on Wilshire Blvd.

Wilshire/ Fairfax station is located in a mid-density area with a concentration of high-rise commercial buildings. The site is located adjacent to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, resulting in higher than average amounts of public space. LACMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus fronts directly on Wilshire, with the station located on an empty block across the street. Single family homes fill the blocks north and south of the Boulevard.

Wilshire/ La Brea station is located in a high density area with mid-rise and low-rise buildings. There is a mix of multi-family residential housing along Wilshire; single family homes dominating the blocks north and south of the Boulevard. This area is full of successful businesses which front Wilshire Boulevard. The high density at this stop has resulted in very few public spaces. A single green space which serves as a dog run is the only available amenity for this neighborhood.

Public Space 11,000 SF

Flex 10,000 SF

Support 3,000 SF

Administration 7,000 SF

Education 40,000 SF

Transit 6,500 SF

Public Space 4,000 SF

Flex 5,000 SF

Support 3,000 SF

Administration 7,000 SF

Education 38,000 SF

Transit 6,500 SF

Public Space 20,000 SF

Flex 50,000 SF

La Cienega Blvd.

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Consulate General of Brazil

Reeves Dr.

LACMA

Support 7,500 SF

Administration 15,000 SF

Education 63,000 SF

Transit 6,500 SF

Public Space 23,000 SF

Flex 15,000 SF

Support 7,500 SF

Administration 15,000 SF

Education 120,000 SF

Transit 6,500 SF

La Brea Ave.

Peterson Automotive Museum

Fairfax Ave.

Networked Campus

Wilshire East

Public Infrastructure

Model View from Wilshire West

Aerial Perspective

Model View from Wilshire East

2016 | Graduate Project

Borderless Civic Annex & Immigration Center Houston, TX Instructor Carlos JimĂŠnez

Border- less is a challenge to the typical civic annex building. In the normative condition, mono-functional annex buildings serve an administrative purpose which serves members of the public without contributing to a greater civic good. These projects are held within the public psyche as places of frustration- an image which is often compounded by architectural design. The project responds to these stereotypes with a series of programmatic and spatial moves to synthesize a provocation which challenges the definition of public. The proposal establishes a hard edge as a buffer against Memorial Drive and a sinuous edge which opens toward Buffalo Bayou. The landscape is enveloped by the building as it recedes to embrace an existing oak tree and create a courtyard. Two bars of service programs are used to organize the more fluid public programs, which are zoned toward the park. The mediating space between becomes an area for art display, circulation, waiting, and interaction. Floor plates slide past one another to echo the geologic qualities of the Bayou. The resulting cantilevers provide shade to spaces below. Spaces flow into one another, visually and physically, and are constantly engaged with the landscape.

Civic Annex & Immigration Center

Site Plan

Civic Annex & Immigration Center

View from Buffalo Bayou

Program is located in areas of expediency- the tax office is near the ground floor entry for fast interaction, while the CafĂŠ is intended to slow visitors down. Views of the internal courtyard and the canopy locate and orient.

Civic Annex & Immigration Center

1 Entry

9 Theatre

2 Exhibit

10 Stage Area (Below)

3 County Clerk & Tax Office

11 Garbage & Recycling

4 Service Counter

12 Technical Support

5 Cafe

13 Mechanical Support

6 Courtyard

14 Janitor

7 Childcare

15 Restrooms

8 Meeting Room

Ground Floor Plan

The second floor is organized in a similar way, with a bar of hard spaces anchoring the flowing soft spaces. Hierarchal spaces are zoned toward the building’s edges, which cause the roof to slope up and frame views of the landscape.

15 Archival Library

24 Court Room B

16 Exhibit Hall

25 Judge’s Office

17 Terrace

26 Jury Assembly

18 Service Counters

27 Records

19 Court Clerk Offices

28 Restroom

Second Floor Plan

21 Judge’s Office 22 Court Room A 23 Jury Conference

Cross Section A

The double- volume lobby space is filled with light and offers views to the central courtyard to orient. Art displays complement the Immigration Gallery.

Civic Annex & Immigration Center

Lobby View

Visitors to the county court are given access to experience exhibits in the Immigration Exhibit Hall while they wait for a court appearance.

Immigration Gallery View

Cross Section B

Cross Section D 34

Civic Annex & Immigration Center

South Elevation

North Elevation

Model View 35

2017 | Graduate Project

Happy Together Urban Housing Houston, TX Instructor Reto Geiser The project proposes collective housing as an alternative to the suburban house. Individual dwellings are stacked vertically into â&#x20AC;&#x153;urban villasâ&#x20AC;? which are connected by shared circulation cores. These villas are distributed across the site, building a city within the neighborhood of Montrose. The target demographic for these units are families. Families take many forms, and the units are designed to accommodate a variety of sizes and users. Elements of single family dwellings are translated into the villas. The traditional front porch is shared between units to provide areas of interaction. Shared circulation cores promote engagement and connectivity. Large areas of open space extend the Menil park toward Richmond Street, while providing residents with a collective front yard. The car is separated from dwellings into collective garages, which are submerged and covered with recreation areas. This separation encourages residents to walk through the complex, increasing engagement and awareness. Large exterior open spaces and green streets/ pathways are provided to enhance community life and connect the site to the surrounding neighborhood. Through the addition of density, affordability, public space, and a mix of residents to ensure active street life, the project responds to many of the issues confronting Houstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s housing market today.

Happy Together Urban Housing

Suburban Elements

Translated Elements

Front Yard

Front Porch

Back Porch

Garage 37

Happy Together Urban Housing

Aerial View

Urban Villa Massing

Unit A One Bedroom 680 SF Unit A One Bedroom 680 SF

Unit B Two Bedroom 770 SF Unit B Two Bedroom 770 SF

Happy Together Urban Housing

Unit C Two Bedroom 790 SF

Unit C Two Bedroom 780 SF

Unit D Four Bedroom 1,193 SF

Unit E Four Bedroom 1,630 SF

Unit A Unit B

Unit D

Unit B

Typical Villa Plan

Unit D Interior View

Unit A Interior View

View of Public Plaza

View of Shared Porch

Happy Together Urban Housing

Typical Wall Section/ Elevation

Happy Together Urban Housing

View from Menil Campus

2017 | Graduate Project

Variously Enclosed Visitor Center Roosevelt Island, New York Instructor Michelle Chang Collaborators Mark Bavoso Gavin Brown For contemporary architecture, the roof is as much a legal as it is a material construct. According to the Cornell Law School, buildings are legally defined as enclosed structures that have a roof supported by columns, walls, or cantilevers. Insurance companies and courts have variously defined the roof, whose most basic definition can be surmised as a permanent building element which protects the building from weather related risks. The contemporary roof is increasingly defined in code as a lamination of increasingly immaterial planes and ‘proofs’: waterproof, vapor proof, puncture proof, fire proof; laminates of decking, insulation, membranes, shingles, and finishes. The New York Building code defines the roof reductively, in legal terms, as an element of maximally laminated, minimal thickness oriented towards the capture of gross rentable space, and thus assumes easy distinctions between front and back, interior and exterior, conditioned and unconditioned, built environment and ‘nature.’ The formal device that we use to pervert the domestic roof appropriately comes from within: the dormer lies at the slippage between roof convention and code. Loosely codified as “a vertical projection from the roof plane,” a Google search reveals a more precise conventional understanding of the dormer as, topologically, a vertically projected deformation upwards in a continuous building envelope, used to recapture enclosed interior space from the slope of the roof. We exploit the mismatch between code and convention in the definition of the dormer as a generative device for spaces that pervert assumptions about the roof and enclosure—functional and thin—enshrined elsewhere in those codes and conventions.

South Point Park Visitor Center

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Floor

30°

Conventional Roof Template As Defined by New York Building Code Flashing, Cladding, Furring Strips, Asphalt Roofing, Rigid Foam Insulation, Vapor Barrier, Structural Plywood, Framing

Typological Slips The formal device that we use to pervert the domestic roof appropriately comes from within: the dormer lies at the slippage between roof convention and code. Loosely codified as “a vertical projection from the roof plane,” a Google search reveals a more precise conventional understanding of the dormer as, topologically, a vertically projected deformation upwards in a continuous building envelope, used to recapture enclosed interior space from the slope of the roof. We exploit the mismatch between code and convention in the definition of the dormer as a generative device for spaces that pervert assumptions about the roof and enclosure—functional and thin—enshrined elsewhere in those codes and conventions.

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Using code-defined dormers, we instead project planes and lines downwards through the roof, variously capped and trimmed, to shape space in plan and rupture notions of interiority and exteriority under one roof. Instead of expanding a hermetic envelope, projections distort and puncture spaces under the roof’s enclosure, exterior cladding material following these punctures into interiorized exterior spaces. Selectively interiorized and exteriorized systems—cladding, heating, cooling, glazing, drainage, lighting, waterproofing— contradict the singular edge of the “roof” above.

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EIFS finish 1/2” sheathing weatherproofing membrane 8” metal studs

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asphalt sheet roof underlayment 1/2” sheathing weatherproofing membrane 1-1/2” insulation 8” metal studs

Assembly A1 Assembly A1

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4 5

Assembly A2

1. asphalt sheet 2. roof underlayment 3. 1/2” sheathing 4. radiant heating coils 5. weatherproofing membrane 6. 1-1/2” insulation 7. 8” metal studs 8. 1/2” sheathing 9. roof underlayment 10. asphalt sheet

2 3 4 5 6 10

7 8 9

Assembly A3

South Point Park Visitor Center

Assembly A1 Assembly A2

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asphalt sheet roof underlayment 1/2” sheathing weatherproofing membrane 1-1/2” insulation 8” metal studs

2 3 4 5 6 10

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Assembly A2

Assembly A3 Assembly A3

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Assembly A3

Section A

South Point Park Visitor Center

4. 1-1/2“ rigid insulation 5. 8” metal stud 6. 6” metal stud

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Detail A 1” = 1’-0”

1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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asphalt sheet 2 1/2” sheathing 3 weatherproofing membrane1 1-1/2“ rigid insulation 4 8” metal stud 2 6” metal stud 5 3

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asphalt sheet 1/2” sheathing weatherproofing radiant heating membrane coils 1-1/2“ insulation 1-1/2” rigid insulation 8” metal stud 6” metal stud insulated glazing unit

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Detail A

Ceiling1” = 1’-0”

Detail Detail B A Foundation 1” = = 1’-0” 1’-0” 1”

Framing

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2 3 4

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Zoning Diagram

2018 | Graduate Project

Dots & Lines UCLA Student Housing & Education Hub Los Angeles, California Instructor Neil Denari This project aims to blur the distinction between tower and bridge by approaching the massing as a cohesive whole. Rather than articulating bridges and towers, the project sets up a system of vertical and lateral connections. These connections tie the masses together spatially without reading as independent elements. The program inside blurs between housing and public spaces, and these ambiguous relationships are intensified with shared vertical circulation. Cylindrical masses are anchored by a grid of cores, which sets up the organizational logic of the project. These masses are then distributed vertically to create gaps of shared spaces in the sky. These gaps are further accentuated by the carving of the cylindrical forms to produce a mega-graphic which ties the bundled masses together visually. The resulting form is ambiguous in its reading, as bundled towers become synonymous with lateral connection, and public space is transposed from the ground plane to the sky.

Karel Martens: Counterprint

UCLA Student Housing

Axonometric View of Soffits

UCLA Student Housing

B B

A Ground Floor Plan

(+35M) UCLA Auditorium Plan

UCLA Student Housing

(+15M) UCLA Student Center Plan

(+70M) Housing Amenity Plan

De Baed

Enlarged Ground Floor Plan

Section A

UCLA Student Housing

Wormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eye Axonometric

2016 | Undergraduate Project

Stalac- tile Digital Fabrication & Temporary Installation UT Arlington School of Architecture Arlington, TX

Team Members Hunter Freeman, Omid Farzadpour, Cameron Toms, Kevin Genarie, Julio Leal, Iman Amini Supervisor Bradley Bell The main objective of the installation was to allow gravity to activate the geometry of a single tile at a local scale. When these individual tiles are combined, they create a surface which would reflect the gravitational forces which cause the activation. This mode of operation allows for the synthesis of inherent forces, which are not controlled, with the precision of forces. The design and materiality of the tiles were chosen to create an ephemeral effect, to create a lightness and transparency which suggests an effortless combination of these reactionary forces.

Rhino Model with Grasshopper Geometry 60

Stalactile Digital Fabrication

La Sagrada Familia, Gaudi

Stalactite Formation

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Merlettiâ&#x20AC;?, Atelier Manferdini

Water Cathedral, de GUN

UCLA Hairstyle, murmu

GSAPP Installation

Stalactile Digital Fabrication

2015 | Undergraduate Project

Drawing on Soane Drawing Academy London, UK Instructor Steve Quevedo

The Sir John Soane house is a museum for an extensive collection of paintings, drawings, watercolors, and artifacts. The museum occupies the sites of No. 12, 13, and 14 Lincolns Inn Fields. No. 15 is to be occupied by a drawing school, The Royal Academy of Drawing. The brief was to design spaces for exhibition, student drawing studios, a life drawing stage, and quiet spaces for study. A library and public gallery are included in the project, as well as a tea room which invites the public into the building.

Drawing on Soane

The facade utilizes both modern materials as well as materials obtained from the existing masonry walls. A large frame of glass provides ambient light for the drawing salon and library, and provides a link between the addition and the past.

Drawing on Soane

06 04

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The existing plan proportions are applied to the addition. Generous, light filled spaces are given hierarchy against the street facade, while spaces with less light are zoned towards the rear. A large, central courtyard brings light to all levels.

ENTRY

02 GALLERY 03 OFFICE 04 COURTYARD 05

LECTURE HALL

PIN-UP SPACE

2016 | Graphic Design

Publication Design Client Todd Hamilton Dallas, TX This book is designed to showcase built and unbuilt projects for Architect Todd Hamilton. The design consists of drawings and photographs of residential projects in Dallas and elsewhere. The book also includes a short bibliography of Todd Hamilton. This project is an exercise in graphic design and compilation. Additional photographic edits and enhancements were completed as required. Following the design an layout process, the book was printed and published for distribution.

Publication Design

2018 | Volunteer Outreach

Recess Program Organizations Rice Architecture Mentorship Rice Design Alliance STEM Chapter at South Union CDC KIPP Charter School District Humble ISD From 2017 - 2018, I co-directed the Rice Architecture Recess Program. Recess is designed to share the talent and energy of the students at Rice Architecture with the community. Rice Architecture volunteers at the graduate and undergraduate level work with elementary through high-school aged students through our outreach efforts in the community and on campus. In addition to establishing a multi-year partnership with the STEM Chapter at the South Union CDC, Recess has partnered closely with the Rice Design Alliance and with a variety of education-based organizations in Houston to teach students about the built environment. Our workshops are engaging and introduce creative thought processes through tours, presentations, and collaborative design projects. We have seen these workshops have an informative, positive, and lasting impression on the students we are able to reach. In 2017, Recess received requests from local schools to share the knowledge and resources that we teach students through our workshops. This motivated the Recess team to produce Recess Exercises, a shared resource to teach students architectural topics and concepts through engaging lessons. Each of the five Exercises may be facilitated without extensive architectural training, and contain vocabulary terms, material lists, and facilitator instructions for completing the Exercise. Each Exercise introduces an architectural topic, then challenges students to work together to produce a small projects which embodies that particular topic. The five Exercises may be completed individually or concurrently. We hope that students will take advantage of these Exercises and be inspired to learn more about the built environment. The pages of Recess Exercises are displayed on the following page. I developed this material, which is now offered as a free resource through Rice Architecture.

Recess Exercises

Pages of Recess Exercises

Architecture & Design Portfolio

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David Rader