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EDUCATION 2013 to Present 2009 to 2013 2001 to 2003
WORK EXPERIENCE Sep 2015 to Jan 2016 Sep 2015 to Dec 2015 Mar 2014 to Present Jan 2015 to Sep 2015 Jun 2015 to Jul 2015 Jan 2015 to Jun 2015 Sep 2014 to Dec 2014 Jun 2014 to Aug 2014 Sep 2012 to Jul 2013
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Cam br i dg e MA [US] M aster o f Lands cape Ar chi te ctur e I EXPECTED
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO DANIELS AL&D
Toronto ON [CA] BA wi th hi g h di s ti ncti on | Ar chi te ctur e
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO APP. SCI. & ENG.
Toronto ON [CA] B.A p p .Sc i. Eng Candi date | Me chani cal Eng .
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN LCLA
Cam br i dg e MA [US] Bogota Tr opi car i um | Gr een Sq u a r e P o o l s | C o nf ident ia l P r o jec t
OPSYS
Cam br i dg e MA [US] Pamphl et A r ch it ec t u r e 35 | P A 35 . net Mo t io n G r a p h ic s
Graphic Designer
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN BETA-FIELD
Cam br i dg e MA [US] Landformation Catalogue Installation | BSA Installation
Research Assistant
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN WEST8 Intern Designer
DDA Intern Designer | Rendering
Cam br i dg e MA [US] H a r va r d G SD Ca r eer D is c o ver y P r o g r a m
Representation Instructor
Teaching Assistant
Cam br i dg e MA [US] GSD2141 Landscape Representation I
Teaching Assistant
Intern Designer
Cam br i dg e MA [US] C it y o f Mia m i B ea c h P r o jec t
Researcher | GSD Office for Urbanization
Cam br i dg e MA [US] GSD2141 Landscape Representation I
New York City NY [US] Mesa Ci ty Center | Go ver no r s I s l a nd CD | E s s ex Cr o s s ing D D
Toronto ON [CA] P r iva t e Res ident ia l A r c h it ec t u r e
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SKILLS Software
Fabrication Analogue
AWARDS Apr 2015 Apr 2015 Apr 2014 Apr 2013 Jun 2013 2010,11,12,13
Adobe Suite [Ps//Ai/Ae//Id] + ArcMap + AutoCAD + Grasshopper [DIVA//Ladybug//Geco] MasterCAM + Rhino + Realflow +VRAY 3dsMAX + Processing//Arduino + QGIS+ Sketchup +VASARI
3D Pr i n t i n g + CN C [ Mi l l i ng] + Laser Cu tting
Casting [Plaster//Cement//Glycerine Soap] + Drafting + Physical Modelling + Sketching C ast i n g [R e s i n ] + Ce ra mic s + Sc reen P rinting + S l ip c asting
ASLA NOMINATION LANDSCAPE IV ASLA NOMINATION LANDSCAPE III Harvard GSD
By SERGIO LOPEZ-PINEIRO i n c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h IVY PAN
Harvard GSD
By PIERRE BÉLANGER
i n c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h MA R K JO N G MA N - SE REN O & A N TON I A RU D N A Y
ASLA NOMINATION LANDSCAPE I
By JANE HUTTON
Harvard GSD
DEAN’S MERIT AWARD
By MOH SEN MOSTAFAVI
Harvard GSD
ACADEMIC MERIT AWARD
By RICHARD SOMMER
University of Toronto Daniels AL&D
DEAN’S LIST University of Toronto Daniels AL&D
By RICHARD SOMMER
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UNDER THE BROWNSTONES THE BEACH in collaboration with IVY PAN
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Under the Brownstones the Beach is a speculative urban design project taking place in Coney Island, New York. The project makes use of an experimental zoning system that prioritizes the creation of spontaneous public spaces that are nested within the existing spatial and temporal cycles of urban development. PROJECT SITE CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK
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coded plan describing a set of relational rules between 2 square and 3 square blocks
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stop motion describing one potential moment in the block assembly
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stop motion representing a different moment in time
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section spanning three blocks
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block components representing different configurations during the lifespan of the project
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foundation pit: sunken garden // wooden structure and Phyllostachys nigra | Black Bamboo
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foundation pit: sunken theatre // frozen surface and pole dancers
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foundation pit: sunken beach // sand and Ailanthus altissima | Tree of Heaven
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OUTLOOKS
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Outlooks is a project taking place in the seaport district of Boston, Massachusetts, adjacent to the Institute of Contemporary Art Museum designed by DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO. The design takes into account 2 pressing issues: the lack of street trees in the seaport district particularly around the edge of the city is addressed through proposing a dense vegetated area at the entrance to the site. Furthermore, the large theatrical “outlook� situated in front of the ICA has a well situated capacity to act as programmed public space. In response, the proposal calls for creation of much smaller and more intimate outlooks overlooking the Boston harbor. PROJECT SITE FAN PIER, BOSTON
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tree map: seaport district has an incredibly low urban tree density
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site plan: showing three different tide levels
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top: site section showing Mean High Water
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bottom: diagram showing phenomenology of site
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Rising Waters is a project taking place in the site of a decommissioned building previously operated by the department of sanitation in New York City, situated on a mid-century “island-dock� just of the edge of Harlem in Hudson Estuary. While the project program called for the creation of a new athletic center for the community, the proposal focused primarily on the most defining aspect of the site itself; water. The project proposes a series of sunken pathways that split the water and the adjacent wetland cells in order to create a unique experience that is in part similar to walking through water. PROJECT SITE HUDSON RIVER, NEW YORK
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bottom: diagrams respresenting formal response to site and program
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model: view from the elevated expressway - Henry Hudson Parkway, Manhattan
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moses bridge RO&AD [precedent]
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path heights adjusted for different experiences
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T H E C U LT I V AT E D S C E N T
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The Cultivated Scent takes place on the outskirts of rural La Ceja, Colombia. The program focuses on the production of coffee and the controversial social issues that are associated with coffee, proposing a landscape that functions as a wet mill coffee processing facility. Furthermore, the landscape functions as public space in the form of a park that is focused on accentuating scents that are associated with the processing of coffee. While these scents are absent from the experience of consumers, the scent of freshly roasted coffee is for the most part absent from the daily lives of the producers. The project aims to symbolize a range of social and economic disparities between the world of consumers and producers. PROJECT SITE LA CEJA, ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA
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map: coffee producers + consumers
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top: sectional model showing 52 meters in evelation change
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OLMSTED’S MALL
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Olmsted’s mall is a project taking place in the site of Franklin Park in Boston. As the last piece of Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace, the park was never constructed as it was envisioned. Most importantly, the Mall as Olmsted had proposed, much like the one in Central Park, was to formalize an entrance to the park. The project proposes to re-instate the mall with a different design located to the north of the original proposal for the mall. PROJECT SITE FRANKLIN PARK, BOSTON, MA
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top: aerial image with the mall establishing a formal entrance to the park.
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TETRISCAPE
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Tetriscape is a project that was produced for a competition commissioned by the University of Toronto for a potential versatile and scalable design for the University’s many rooftops. The proposal aims to make use of shadow and moisture gradient across a synthetically created topography in order to create a modular extensive green roof that can accommodate a range of microclimatic conditions suited for different plant species. PROJECT SITE TORONTO, ON, CANADA
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9 AM
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east elevation
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waffle structure
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seating assembly
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OUTERLANDS
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Co-designed with: Mark Jongman-Sereno and Antonia Rudnay EXHIBITION AT HARVARD GSD
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Lead By: Pierre BĂŠlanger In Collaboration with: Martin Pavlinic, Mark Jongman-Sereno and Danika Cooper PAMPHLET ARCHITECTURE 35
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MESA CITY CENTER WEST8
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Lead By: Adriaan Geuze, David Zielnicki, Jamie Maslyn Larson Project Team: Blair Guppy, Brandon Cappellari, Daniel Vasini, Jennifer Birkeland, Joris Weijts, Juan Figueroa Calero, Karsten Buchholz, Lauren Micir, Steven Lee, Vi Vu, William DiBernardo, Yu Shi PROJECT SITE MESA, ARIZONA
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Lead By: Luis Callejas and Giancarlo Mazzanti Project Team: Judith Rodriguez, Daniel Rauchwerger, Victor Perez Amado, Carlos Medellin, Melissa Naranjo, Daniel Cely, Manuela Dangond, Juan Manuel Gil, Juliana Sarmiento and Mohammed Al-Shafie PROJECT SITE BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
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