Architecture Portfolio

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OSU MoA aup san jaun aquarium

The renewed Oklahoma State University Museum of Art shall serve to connect the Stillwater community with the OSU community. It shall connect different generations of society and bring people together. The Museum of Art will offer a new perspective compared to conventional museums, by contrasting the traditional style, form, and order of existing buildings. An advant garde approach shakes this building to life with sharp angles that oppose it’s orthogonal nature. Contemporary forms create spaces bathed in light. This allows the Viewer to Experience the art in a neutral way flowing from piece to piece without interruption.

OSU Museum of Art 4116_4th year studio 3 weeks Stillwater, OK

ground level

basement level

American University of Paris 4116_4th year studio 7 weeks Paris, France

ground level

second level

third level

section model

The Aquarium is meant to represent the dichotomy between marine life and human experiences. The building connects both physically and emotionally to the whale. The heavy form of the building originates from physiological model of a whale. The grey ashlar masonry faรงade is derived from the thick rubbery skin of the beast. The infrastructure of the aquarium wraps the theoretical belly of the beast which coalesce all programmatic environments. Since natural light and air are essential to life, depressions in the exterior shell are needed to bring these vital elements to the aquatic life within. Programmatic abnormalities provided opportunities for visual and conceptual symbiosis.

These tumors are not only visual extrusions but are also intruding upon the functions inside. The tumors allow for a connection through the thick skin into the public environments within.

San juan_Aquarium

5117_5th year studio Master Plan 2 weeks | Project 6 Weeks San Juan, Puerto Rico

Aqua taxi

Aquarium museum (future development) panaramic elevator

site plan

concept process

parking cruise terminal

exterior perspective below terminal

exterior from elevator

perspective panoramic

interior perspective from second level

interior perspective of Lobby

transverse section

LONGITUDinAL SECTION

second level

ground level

third level

circulation diagram

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Multi_Family Taekwondo Dojo Monastery Hotel Dwell Stillwater Cohousing Okc Homeless Center

Harmony is the Counterpart of chaos. focus. unity. calm. integrate

Taekwondo Dojo 3116_3rd year studio 4 weeks Stillwater, OK acme brick competition first place

second story courtyard

terrace and outdoor training area

ground level

longitudinal section

second level

third level

fourth level

transverse section

Model aerials

Franciscan Custody of Terra Sancta 3116_3rd year studio 7 weeks jordan

Religions begin with a view. This view is of the world, of the people who inhabit it, and of the entity that created it. Religions are also based on belief or the ability to trust in the unseen and inexplicable.

Research developed with this idea in mind and grew into different kinds of views. This research moved from architectural views, to views caused naturally by wind and water, to the frame that forms this view. A turning point in the research occurred that led toward the frame more than the view. However, the frame is less noteworthy without a view or an object; just as the view is less significant without the frame or a focus. Another turning point took place which changed the focus toward the essence of the framed subject. Framing light entered a new avenue of possibilities.

This connection between frame and view became permanent and recurred throughout the design. A module was based off of this connection and created the form of the design. The angle of each module changes due to individual function and corresponding focus.

The module measures 100 feet long by 30 feet wide by 20 feet tall, while the interior walls only reach 10 feet in height. The intent of this standard module, containing unique functions within, contributes to the monastery’s sense of community, and reinforces the promotion of others before oneself.

The visitor center is focused on a view of the Memorial Church of Moses at the peak of Mt. Nebo. Reverence and respect are the principal reasons for this initial focus. This axis forms an inviting path toward the old church, to the chapel, which resides on the far side of the mountain, and then ultimately to the Holy Land. This path establishes the public element of the design, which welcomes visitors, directs them, and prepares them for a potentially transformational journey.

A receptionist permits the friars access to the rest of the monastery. Three consecutive views of the Dead Sea greet them.

They are arranged so that as each function becomes more spiritual, the angles of each view relate more closely to the direction of the chapel. The administration module initiates this transition since it is the least spiritual, followed by the refectory, and then by the scriptorium. At the heart of the design, stairs are descending into the cloister and dormitories.

The isolated chapel softly enters the final frame as it projects from the far side of the mountain. The frame is consistent throughout the design, except in this space. The southern wall has the three pillars: Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience, cut vertically, letting the light penetrate and form the words on the floor. During the day, as the monks travel through this space they will be reminded of their lifelong vows.

The lower floor is populated with the monks’ quarters that encompass the cloister, which allow the monks to ambulate and meditate. Each monk shares a room with three brothers. All of these rooms are the same to withhold favor from any one person.

Visitors travel from the visitor center and through the memorial church, while the friars travel through the monastery and along the mountainside, to arrive at the chapel. This sacred part is isolated to force the individual to reflect inwardly and trounce any corporeal struggle.

Ground level

-1 level

Hotel Dwell 3216_3rd year studio 5 weeks Downtown Tulsa, OK

Retail on ground level

ground level

gallery space on third level

second level

ammenities on second level

third level

fourth level +

room plan

suite plan

This cohousing design shall inspire its members to connect together, create a unique culture, and extend their ideals to the community. Through controlled plans and sidewalks, members are enabled to interact with their cohousing family at every step of their day. Transitioning from their private house, the people can meet their neighbors in their unit gathering areas, circular pathway, fire pit, or open lawn on their way to the Common House, where the entire community is funneled through. Two outdoor terraces, combined gathering and living spaces, and a small shaded pond all provide opportunities for members to create relationships, support friendship, and enjoy their own unique community culture. The community itself reaches out to connect and invite the downtown area of Stillwater by extending the main entry into the Common House out towards downtown, and leading people into the community with a widened, paved, and lit entrance. Also connecting to the community, the cohousing uses local materials of brick, timber, steel, concrete, and glass to relate to the Stillwater area, but employing them with a modern twist of single pitched roofs, clerestory windows, and angled floor plans. By supporting an encouraging personal, shared, and local connection, this design shall become an avenue of community for its members, and a source of inspiration for the area.

Stillwater Cohousing Community 4116_4th year studio 6 weeks Stillwater, OK

site plan

common house and individual units

common house interior perspective

unit interior perspective

common house second level

unit plan

common house ground level

model of individual units

model of common house

Axon section

OKC Homeless Assistance Center 4216_4th year comprehensive studio 16 weeks sd | dd | cd Oklahoma City, Ok

dd phase

Various factors cause families to become homeless, including mental illness, family dysfunction, and economic situations, these causes can pull and stretch on a families love. If that love is not flexible enough it can sever and leave that family broken. There is nothing more tragic than the tearing apart of a family due to their living conditions. When a family gets broken, they need support and to rebuild themselves to overcome their circumstances.

They need to strengthen themselves mentally, spiritually, and sometimes physically. The driving concept of this idea is creating a strength in family and then creating a strength in a community of support. This proposal for the Oklahoma City Homeless Assistance Center for Families is designed to give the helping hand that may be essential to families in need. The strong focus on rebuilding that love that families need and building a community of support is evident with the development of the community spaces.

Growing the social skills and interaction is at the heart of those community spaces. On the other hand, the strength of the family units is grown within their personal environments. The interaction between the communal and personal worlds is given great thought and consideration.

These families are encouraged rather than expected to become a part of the support community only after they have created a solid foundation within themselves. This design gives these people in need tranquility and peace of mind through the solidity and security of its enclosure.

Comfort is provided on the contextual materials and familiar forms, such as wood, terra cotta, concrete, and steel. Steel is expressed to show its strength and integrity. Orthogonal walls and well proportioned spaces create a sense of ease. Excitement and hope is given with a dynamic and joyful play on light and views. The support is created from the open spaces and blending of communal functions. This combination gives restoration to one of the fundamental elements within the family dynamic, love.

courtyard perspective

sd phase

SHELTER 3 FLOORS

BUS PARKING

SD ground level

COMMUNITY CENTER

CLINIC

sd phase

exterior perspective

sd phase

exterior night perspective

sd phase

ground level

dd

second level

section perspective

dd

dd phase

entry exterior perspective

dd phase

courtyard perspective

dd phase

exterior night perspective

dd phase

Library / classroom perspective

dd phase

Cafeteria perspective

dd phase

partial floor plan

cd drawing

partial floor plan

cd drawing

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Culture Naked Skin San Juan_plaza de la danza

Be calm. Walk from the shore; depart from your daily, complex world. This bridge will take you to a place of relaxation and serenity. Step through the doors, and forget the outside. Focus on the body, mind, and spirit in which you corrupt each day. Let your thoughts leave you for now. Let your senses numb. Reach Nirvana.

The spa is located on the water to fundamentally and physically separate the functions of relaxing from routine living. A bridge connects the spa to the shore to allow the visitor to start relaxing at the beginning of their journey. The spa transfers from an ocular to a tactile experience as one travels down the bridge. The visitor becomes familiar and comfortable with the building before seeing the majority of it. Simplicity in form, material, and function assists the guests in relaxing. The guest will encounter the rest of the building as soon as they leave the changing room.

The functions split between wet and dry spaces. The wet space includes the pools and baths while the dry includes the massage rooms and beauty space. This simple approach helps guests focus inward and not worry about trivial things. Guests are encouraged to transition between both places, but must dry off before entering the dry zone.

Guests will leave only after thorough satisfaction of their spa experience.

Naked Skin Spa

5117_5th year studio 6 weeks wichita mountains wildlife refuge, OK

wet / dry transition

outdoor pool

entry admin

wet

dry

thermal pool

Most urban planning processes we see are dictated by function, segregation, and vehiclesto the detriment of the human involvement. Functions are grouped together and separatedfrom each other so that dead zones are created and interaction is minimized.Segregation of typologies produces isolation and reinforces prejudices.Vehicular priority pulls area out of t he human sense of scale and killspedestrian access. Organization around roads and a desire for ease causes theplots to become rectangular and boring, yielding architecture that is detachedfrom the human scale, cookie-cutter, and tiresome. In the end, the processbegins with road paths that are created to adequately access the site,buildings are filled in the regular plots, and green spaces cover the areas leftover by the sidewalks. But what if we take this process backwards?

What wouldhappen if we put the people’s experience first?

What if the scale and thecirculation were based on the pedestrian and public spaces were set in placelong before the structures? What if the exciting connection between thosespaces became paramount? What would happen if the buildings then filled in theirregularly shaped lots leftover by the public spaces and circulation? And whatif the functions of those buildings were mixed together in order to serve thepurpose of the public experience?

Would we find an area full of chaos anduncomfortable difference, or would we stumble across a region of unique andsite-specific architecture? Would we create a system of confusion andineffectiveness or would we uncover method of urban planning that truly enlivensthe experiences of the people it was supposed to be designed for? Our design exploresthese questions, and looks to discover the potential found in their answers.

San Juan_Plaza de la DAnza 5117_5th year studio 1 week master plan | 4 weeks Design San Juan Puerto Rico

ground level site plan

second level

third level

fourth - tenth level

eleventh level

Northern Street perspective

southern Street perspective

high retail fashion

High Retail Furniture

overall Model

Section model

Plaza Bar interior perspective

Plaza de la Danza Exterior Perspective

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Design Build PLANTER LAMP DESK BOTTLE SCULPTURE wINE bOTTLE DESIGN

Tadashi Kawamata is an artist who creates amazing large scale assemblages with repetitive objects we see and sometimes toss in the trash everyday. The entir e class built this connection model within a week using chicken wire and plastic bottles.

1 week full studio group project photograph by r. seitsinger

YEAH, I’M CHECKING YOU OUT.

The design of a light fixture with flexability as well as elegance as critical concept elements. The user can change the position of the light as well as the stained glass pieces to set the mood or season.

2 weeks

a concrete and acrylic planter made for materials class in 3rd year. design and fabrication with 2 others in group.

A Desk proposal to be made of strips of corrugated cardboard laminated together for the OSU school of architecture.

2 person team

MALBEC 2009 MENDOZA

CONVENTO

CONVENTO

MALBEC 2009 MENDOZA

RESERVADO

"EVERY WINE WE BOTTLE iS A REFLECTION OF OUR CLIMATE, SOIL, AND cREATIVE PASSION. FROM THE GRAPE TO THE GLASS, WE STRIVE TO PRODUCE A uNIQUELY BALANCED EXPERIENCE FOR THE PLEASURE FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY IT." wine label design for a beverage education class.

4 person group project

Bodega el convento Presenta

MALBEC CALLAN

HALL

MARSHALL

PONTIOUS

MANAGER

MAKER

MASTER

MARKETER

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FURNITURE DESIGN & WOODWORKING PHOTOGRAPHY SKETCHING

The shop

“It follows, therefore, that architects who have aimed at acquiring manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who relied only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the subtance.

But those who have a thorough knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.�

-Vitruvius

woodworking & furniture design Enid, OK summer 09 | now

penny table close up

Mission Style Nightstand Process

Mission Style Nightstand finished

photography

Sanjuan, Puerto Rico

Sanjuan, Puerto Rico

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

dublin, Ireland

Sketching urban usa 2010

washington d.c.

national cathedral exterior

national cathedral interior

New York City

Lincoln Center Plaza

newseum interior

NYC MOMA

Precedent analysis Cathedral of christ the light the pantheon

Precedent analysis Chartres Cathedral Basilica sagrada familia

Work Samples

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Computer Applications Corbin & Merz LRFP

Working with 3ds max and photoshop, i designed a chair and an ad to sell it.

Computer Applications

arcH_3252

Kasimir Malevich is a Russian Painter. This assignment focused on the 3d space that can be created from a 2d image. 3ds max and photoshop again.

With the school’s c e n t e n n i a l approaching, our assignment was to create a poster that portrayed the contrast of the old and the new parts of the building, Using Photoshop.

A tartan Grid exercise using autocad and photoshop.

This model was then sliced and laser cut out of acetate.

The final assignment of the class was to create a futuristic vehicle.

I envisioned a tanklike behemoth to provide protection for some of the Worlds survivors.

proposed ballpark renovations

Corbin & Merz, Associates Enid, OK Intern Architect summer 09 | summer 11

Ymca Memorial

Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse street perspective

Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse: conference room Art wing science wing

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