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Thesis Proposal
Winter 2014 St. Louis, MO
Student Living
Gather Bellingham
Spring 2016 Bellingham, WA
Senior Living
Starling at Nocatee
Fall 2019 Nocatee, FL
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Market Rate
The Junction Apartments
Winter 2020 O’Fallon, MO
Historic Renovation
The Chemical Lofts
Summer 2022 St. Louis, MO
Market Rate
Swan & Taylor
Spring 2022 St. Louis, MO
Winter 2014 Thesis Proposal Thesis Chair: Derek Hoeferlin Sam Fox School of Design + Visual Arts Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design Washington University in St. Louis
Research began by looking at existing and/or delapadated infrastructure in the city. Located on the Mississippi river, St. Louis was historically one of the most important trade cities in the country at the time. Proportionally, transporting goods via barge was the most economical means of getting across the country. However, as the barge industry has wained in the following decades, the rail and trucking industries flourished and its impact has shaped the city unit the late 1980’s. Since then, the city’s financial budget to maintain industries such as the rail have all but completely dried up and several bridges crossing the Mississippi have been left derelict and unmaintained. My research proposes to reactivate and renovate the McKinley bridge as a automobile manufacturing plant and customer museum experience.
Gather Bellingham Completion Date: Spring 2016 Lcated: Bellingham, WA Project Type: Student Housing
The design incorporates apartments ranging from studio to 4 bedroom units with a shared living, dining, kitchen and laundry and individual private bedroom and bath suite. This innovative design concept utilizes a 3 story parking garage with 5 stories of housing above. The main entry, located on the 6th floor, is accessed via an enclosed pedestrian bridge that opens into a lobby with seating and leasing offices. A second entry located on the 1st floor opens into a lobby and mail center. The building is served by an elevator that exits into a lobby adjacent to amenities at all levels. Students will enjoy exercise rooms, game rooms, lounge areas, quiet study rooms and a roof top terrace on the 6th floor that overlooks Bellingham Bay and Vancouver Island further to the west.
Starling at Nocatee Completion Date: Fall 2019 Located: Ponte Vedra, FL Project Type: Luxury Independant Senior / Assisted Living / Memory Care
Nocatee offers 140 total independent living units with 28 unique types of oneand two-bedroom suites. Residents enjoy resort-style amenities including superior dining, outdoor lanai and fireplace and gardening area. The community also features Internet lounge, media room, exclusive access to a private putting green, walking trails and meticulously landscaped courtyards. A dedicated wellness suite with salon, therapy and fitness center are located within the community, as well as a test kitchen where residents can learn from professional chefs and can sample five star dining.
The larger public spaces, public amenities, and independent units are located on the first floor. Assisted living and memory care units are located on the second and third floors respectively, with associated amenity spaces catered towards physical therapy and group activities. Large public balconies are also located on the third floor facing the courtyard with views of the incredible surrounding landscape. These eastern facing balconies were intentionally designed to provide memory care residents with access to adequate amounts of natural light, which supports mental faculties and regulates circadian rhythm patterns.
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The Junction Apartments Completion Date: Winter 2020 Located: O’Fallon, MO Status: In Construction Project Type: Market Rate
Located in O’Fallon, Missouri, The Junction Apartments is a 180 unit, market rate project. With a mix of generously sized onebedroom and two-bedroom units, the Junction provides rental options in a primarily single family home real estate market. Five residential buildings and the resident club house comprise the 14 acre site. The five residential buildings are made up of 3 types: a 24 unit building, a 36 unit building, and a 48 unit building. This subdivision was a necessary design element to address the topographical conditions of the site. The buildings themselves step down the site in 24” or 36” increments. This stepping quickly became an opportunity to develop a common aesthetic language for the project. Furthermore, the city ‘s form based code required a high percentage of brick on the front elevation of each building, adding to the aesthetic language.
Clubhouse Front Elevation
The Clubhouse is a beautiful space to spend time in, with several amenities offered to the residents. A large pool, hot tub, a large great room and kitchen for entertaining guests or parties, and leased offices the residents can rent monthly to conduct business.
Clubhouse Rear Elevation
The Chemical Lofts Original Completion: 1896 Est. Renovation: Summer 2022 Project Type: Historic Renovation / Hospitality / Market Rate / Retail
The Chemical building is historically significant to St. Louis as it was one of the first generations of buildings to be considered a “Sky Scraper” at the turn of the century, following Louis Sullivan’s Union trust building in 1893. The Chemical building has received a number of renovations and additions throughout the decades, with this most recent one being converted to mixed use hotel and luxury rental. The project will feature 72 apartments, 84 hotel rooms, and several amenity options such as a state of the art gym, movie theater, pool, rooms for spa treatment, and a roof top bar which over looks downtown.
Apartments Hotel Retail
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Swan & Taylor Completion Date: Spring 2022 Located: St. Louis, Mo Status: In Documentation Project Type: Market Rate / Mixed Use
Located in the heart of the Grove’s entertainment district, Swan & Taylor would add 307 apartments and approximately 2,000 square feet of commercial space to an up-and-coming neighborhood. Currently the site is occupied by two industrial buildings that will be demolished so construction can be fist quarter of 2020. Swan & Taylor offers several health focused amenities to its residents such as, an exercise / weight room, yoga studio, multiple saunas, several exercise terraces, and a large immaculately designed courtyard. At roughly the same square footage as a football field, one of the main drivers of this project was giving its residents a city park. The courtyard itself has several amenities within it such as a running trail, lap pool, hammock yard, several barbecue pavilions, and areas for yard games. Swan & Talyor and what it offers is unique to St. Louis and the residents that will live here.
Aside from the many amenities the project provides, it offers a mix of studio units, one bedroom variants, and two bed units with six different layout types. All unit types have large windows to maximize natural light and views of the courtyard and surround neighborhood.
First Floor Shown