Kevin Jingyi Zhang Portfolio 2010 by Kevin J. Zhang

kevin jingyi zhang portfolio 2010

cv 03 bicycle highway urban transportation 0408 the suitcase house redesign & architecture 10 prefabricated parking evolution walkability urban analysis 1214 neighbourhood typology and energy analysis & mapping 16 land use suitability 18 nolli map vectorization 20 kingsway corridor mapping

kiosk technical 2222 kwan seabee museum explorations 23 resort drainage plan camera stabilizer problem solving 2426 bicycle educational web site & passions 27 artworks

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Kevin Jingyi Zhang

kevinjingyizhang@gmail.com 26-7520 18th Street Burnaby BC V3N 4X7 Canada 604 540 8793

Background

Selected Work Experience

I have lived in China, the United States and Canada. My diverse experiences combined with my design and technical education have lead me to pursue a master’s in planning. Evident in my academic and professional work, I have a strong interest in education.

ElementsLAB, UBC Research Assistant to Professor Ronald Kellett and Cynthia Girling Documenting and analyzing spatial and energy characteristics of building typologies. Analyzing and preparing output data for public use.

Education

UBC Planning Volunteer at design charrettes. Drawing and presenting planning ideas to participants.

University of British Columbia Bachelor of Environmental Design (Honours) With Distinction Academic Awards Dean’s Honour List Environment and Urban Form Award UBC President’s Entrance Scholarship C. K. Choi Scholarship in Engineering Rotary Club Award for Community Service Artona Visual Art Award Charles and Jane Banks Scholarship Percy W. Nelms Memorial Scholarship British Columbia Provincial Exam Excellence Scholarship

City of Vancouver, Designer, Drafter Sub-contracted to design and produce construction drawings for the Kwan Kiosk.

Rural Urban Fantasy Projects, 3D Model Builder Create accurate and detailed model of existing housing and terrain for future designs. Contract Teaching, 3D Studio Max Instructor Prepare future employees of EA Games with necessary software skills. SALA Workplace Health and Safety Committee, UBC Student Representative Resolve issues of safety and discuss protocols for hazardous situations. SALA Digital Devices, Laser Cutter Technician Operate and maintain the school’s laser cutter. Manage scheduling and payments. Isidore Landscapes, Standards Consultant, Drafts person, Establish company’s first set of graphics standards and drafting conventions. King George International College, Teaching Assistant Help teach, supervise and plan classes and field trips. Canadian Red Cross, Technician, Office Supervisor Route planning, scheduling, vehicle maintenance, equipment delivery, training volunteers. DGBK Architects, Intern, CAD, Model Builder St. George’s School Expansion Project Dream home in China Project.

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the bicycle highway

proposed route through three cities

Metro Vancouver spends $3 million a year on 800km of bike ways. Yet only 2% of daily trips are made by bike. This is because bike path placement and design have always been an after thought. The bicycle highway signifies a shift in the design mentality of alternative infrastructures. It is a proactive development connected to the existing Skytrain corridor. It has a set right of way and negotiates difficult terrain with the rider in mind.

different construction intensities

Design Studio 4: Settlements Professor: Erick Villagomez Contribution: Concept, Mapping, Design, Modeling April 2009

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ground to platform connections

attached to skytrain to cross major roads

expanded paths across kingsway kjzhang.com 5

the bicycle highway

Unlike automobile highways, the bicycle highway is easily accessible by neighbouring parcels. It is a permeable, high-speed corridor that allows the movement of trains above it, bikes along it and people across and below it. While automobile highways encouraged sprawl, the bicycle highway will be a catalyst in the development of bicycle oriented businesses and residences along its length.

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commercial

ave size: 1600sqft attached to bike highway encourage vertical travel

residential

ave size: 800sqft attached to bc parkway encourage cross corridor movement

skytrain

ave speed: 70km/hr track density: 100ppl/km exit every: 3000m operation hrs: 19hrs/day

bicycle highway

ave speed: 20km/hr track density: 600ppl/km exit every: 0-60m operation hrs: 24hrs/day

bc parkway

ave speed: 5km/hr track density: infinite exit every: 0m operation hrs: 24hrs/day

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suitcase house redesign

Redesign of the Suitcase House by Gary Change to suit stringent sustainability requirements. Sustainable dwellings are no longer the self contained, ecologically neutral houses. In order to progress, green design must give back to the community. It must generate positive contributions rather than simply negate its negative impacts, both technologically and socially. Design Studio 2: Constructions Professor: Mari Fujita Contribution: Concept, Design, Modeling, Rendering April 2008

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original Suitcase House by Gary Chang

location within a watershed and relative to the commune

new house slides to reveal reservoirs for different purposes

programmatic diagram of building on top of large, underground reservoirs

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prefabricated parking evolution Our natural environment is continually being consumed by non-permeable surfaces. This phenomenon is especially apparent in the construction of parking lots. In the future the private vehicle will eventually be phased out. Due to increasingly convenient public transit, these parking lots will be replaced by our prefabricated dwelling complexes. PreFAB 2020 Competition Result: Short listed, Displayed at Van Convention Centre Contribution: Concept, Design, Modeling, Rendering Partner: Arthur Leung August 2009

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under-used parking lots in typical Vancouver commercial areas are able to host prefabricated residences

typical wall joint prefab posts connect walls with flooring

e sprawl.

wall ceiling joint allows for additional units to be locked in on top

center floor joint joins four floor pieces so house can be easily transported

ntial

lot while

panel wall base joint pegs allow for multiple arrangements and stability

prefab house construction methods kjzhang.com 11 STEP 2: Assembly and Placement

neighbourhood walkability Three neighbourhoods along the arterial Oak Street are analyzed based on transit availability, pedestrian crossing frequency, visibility and other urban design factors. These findings are compared to the social and economic standings of each neighbourhood. Findings show that walkability is a highly complex attribute and cannot be tied to any single statistic. Environment and Urban Form Professor: Ronald Kellett Contribution: Research, Analysis, Editing Teammates: Genta Ishimura, Jonathan Yu November 2008

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typology & energy analysis

Elements Lab studies building typologies and neighbourhood structures in relation to environmental performance factors: permeability, heat lose, floor area ratio etc. It is also an educational tool. All data produced are stored in an online database available to students, teachers and researchers around the world. 5m

Elements Lab, UBC Professors: Ronald Kellett, Cynthia Girling Contribution: Analysis, Modelling, Presentation Research Partners: Michael van der Laan, Elsa Snyder August-November 2009

Aperture Aperture

Civic

Non-Aperture ExteriorCommercial Wall

Non-Aperture Exterior Wall Roof

Roof

Industrial

RICHARDS MIDRISE MARINASIDE PATHWAY ENVELOPE

Civic Commercial Industrial

Residential

Parking Residential

Parking

Unconditioned

RICHARDS MIDRISE MARINASIDE PATHWAY Unconditioned FLOORS Building - Page 3 of 6

MARINASIDE RICHARDS MIDRISE PATHWAY RICHARDS MIDRISE MARINASIDE PATHWAY FLOORS ENVELOPE

Building - Page 2 of 6

Building - Page 3 of 6

Green Roof Mitigated

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Turf

Turf Pervious OtherTurf

Building

Water

Shrub / Groundcover Shrub / Ground

Impervious Other Other Impervious

Mitigated

Impervious Paving

Impervious Paving Impervious Impervious Other ShrubPaving / Groundcover

Green Roof

RICHARDS MIDRISE MARINASIDE PATHWAY MITIGATED SITE COVER Building - Page 6 of 6

RICHARDS MARINASIDE MIDRISE PATHWAY Building Building SITE COVER copyright University of British Columbia

RICHARDS MIDRISE MARINASIDE PATHWAY MITIGATED SITE COVER

Building - Page 5 of 6

Pervious Paving

Water

RICHARDS MARINASIDE MIDRISE PATHWAY MARINASIDE RICHARDS MIDRISE PATHWAY SITE COVER SITE COVER

complete model of 988 Richards Street kjzhang.com

land use suitability

Ian McHarg was one of the first to stress environmental considerations during planning. In these exercises, I defined restricted areas by slope and proximity to waterways. Then, I proposed developments with minimal road ways. Finally, I calculated the albedo and porosity of specific lots. Site Analysis and Planning II Professor: William Marsh Contribution: Mapping, Analysis, Design, Presentation March 2008

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Campbell River watershed/green belt analysis

Campbell River proposed development

development albedo, porosity analysis

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nolli map vectorization

I enjoy all forms of mapping and sharing such information with others. I initiated this project in order to: -further study the Nolli Map in detail -make the map more accessible (smaller file) -allow others to use the vectorized information in further simulations and experiments Private Project Bit map provided by: University of Oregon Contribution: Data collection, research, drafting December 2009

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kingsway corridor mapping

This was a very unique experiment in collaboration in which twenty-two students worked on one mapping assignment simultaneously. The result was a cohesive set of graphs, charts and maps that describe every dimension of the Kingsway corridor. Environmental Design Studio 4: Settlements Professor: Erick Villagomez Contribution: Mapping, Layout, Presentation Team: Entire Class of 22 Students February 2009

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photo documentation by Alexander Witko

JoycE (coLLingwood) REBECCA ESAU ALESSANDRA BRAGAGNINI GIGI TANG

wiLLingdon (MEtrotown) MARy WONG CAITLIN BAILEy KEVIN ZHANG

royaL oak (royaL oak) DAVID BISHOP BEVERLy CHAN

EdMonds (EdMonds t.c.) ARTHUR LEUNG AUDREy yOUNG JON yU

10tH avEnuE GENTA ISHIMURA FEDERICA PICCONE ROyA MOTTAHEDEH

Coquitlam Rapid Transit Expansion

5 mins.

Highway 1

Central Valley Greenway North Fraser Perimeter Road

(widening & interchanges)

0.3%

New Pitt River Bridge & Mary Hill Interchange

0.2% Twinning of the Port Mann Bridge joyce

1.5%

11%

8% 7%

Spring

New Golden Ears Bridge

Border Infrastructure Project (highway widening)

edmonds

1.5%

Bus Route More frequent to less frequent

Fall

Expo Line

190

120

rainfall mm snowfall mm extreme daily rain

100 80 60 40

1400

Cloud Cover

110

hours per month 600

1800 1700 160

1500

1300 1200

Topography (20m interval)

500 300

Winter

Less than 1% slope

400

250

80 - 100 %

200

least

most

300

1-5% slope 6-10% slope

30 - 70 %

150 200

Direction and Duration of Pre-dominant Wind

11-20% slope

0 - 20 %

100

21-100% slope

100 50

Local

Municipal Truck Route

broadway

knight street

nanaimo

joyce

willingdon

royal oak

edmonds

Direction and Duration of Extreme Wind

tenth

fraser wetter maritime coastal douglas fir

350

11%

Arterial Collector

Sunlight hours per month

10%

Millenium Line

Provincial Highway

140

-20

-30

190

160

daily avg daily max daily min extreme max extreme min

-10

metrotown

royal oak

Precipitation millimeters per month 200 180

9% Summer

New South Fraser Perimeter Road

41st avenue

Temperature Variation degrees Celsius 40

(widening)

Richmond/Airport/Vancouver Rapid Transit Expansion

broadway station

nanaiMo (norQuay) EDWARD MINNETT STEPHANIE yU

10 mins.

knight street

sway

knigHt (k.c.c.) DAN HAPTON LAURA KOZAK ELSA SNyDER

15 mins.

main street

king

20 mins.

broadway

Ends 402 - sEttLEMEnt[s] Broadway (Mt. PLEasant) MIKE VAN DER LAAN ERIC STOCKAND ELLEN ZIEGLER

WIND ROSES OF THE LOWER MAINLAND

walk times

corridor study

kingsway

pacific ranges drier maritime coastal western hemlock

Lost Streams

Greater than 100% slope

Streams

Green spaces

HIGHWAy AND TRUCK ROUTE SySTEM

STREET HIERARCHy

TRANSIT NETWORKS

WALK TIMES: SKyTRAIN TO KINGSWAy

GVRD PROPOSED TRANSIT FUTURE existing street patterning kingsway near willingdown

proposed street patterning kingsway near willingdown

LOWER MAINLAND WIND ROSES

CLIMATE GRAPHS

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION GRADIENT

TOPOGRAPHy AND SLOPE

NEIGHBOURHOOD

STREAMS AND PARKS

LOTS AND BLOCKS

BUILDINGS

ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS

HISTORy In 1858, British Columbia was proclaimed at Fort Langley to maintain law and order during the gold rush. Colonel Richard Moody was sent as head of the Royal Engineers in 1859 and selects New Westminster as the capital of the new colony. It was Moody who urged John A. Canadian Pacific Railway through to the Lower Mainland.

1870-1890

between Main Street and Cambie Street, but a sudden strong gale caused it to escape its containment. Within some 45 minutes, virtually all of young Vancouver’s 1,000 buildings were reduced to ashes.

The diverse commercial corridor along Main street is made up of small incremental businesses allowing for a variety of mixed use residential typologies to prosper. By overlaying the energetic traffic pattern, urban grain, and building typologies surrounding this intersection, the clashing characteristics of the these intersecting corridors begin to emerge. This leads to questions regarding the two differing areas: is traffic flow informing the typologies, or are the typologies informing the traffic flow?

Pedestrian Building Typologies

Kensington - Cedar Cottage, the neighborhood surrounding Kingsway and Knight street, evolved from a village surrounding an Interurban Station. At this site, the historic grids of Vancouver (small regular blocks surveyed by the CPR) and South Vancouver (irregular blocks derived from a more disorganized history of speculators and agriculturalists) collide.

port of vancouver

KCC NORQUAy

1910-1930

COLLINGWOOD

Development slowed, although dreams did not cease as Canada entered into WWI. In total, 53 000 Canadians were killed in battle. When the soldiers returned from the war, the region’s economy continued to grow. The 1920s, or ‘roaring twenties’, as they became known, were associated with great economic growth and prosperity, yet limitations on liberties were in place. Prohibition took place in both Canada and the United States of America during these years. Gathering places and resourcefulness became extremely valuable as people struggled to get by.

kings

METROTOWN

Between 1930 and 1950, private automobiles were coming into the lives of Canadians. A great deal of new infrastructure was built to accomodate advances, such as the Burrard, Lion’s Gate and Pattullo Bridges. Factories were built in Burnaby near present day Metrotown and Royal Oak areas to support the local economy, which was struggling during the depression 1939, Canada entered WWII, and by the end of this world-changing event, some 42 000 Canadians were lost.

ROyAL OAK

LAND USE

0.5

1km

Residential, institutional and commercial building types

king edward avenue

Colliding Grids and Traffic

Pedestrian crossing: Knight at Kingsway

“Supercorners”

In the beginning, “Norquay Village” was conceptualized as a settlement for returning veterans. As it is now, the neighborhood houses many remnants of development from the 1950s, like the El Dorado and the 2400, both of which are motor hotels and have subsequently set the theme for the character of the area. In 2007, the City of Vancouver recognized Norquay Village as a neighborhood center and plans to transition and revitalize the neighborhood for eco-density. Our initial impressions of the area resonate with ideas surrounding “car culture”. The first image discriminates car-related businesses amidst the commercial strip along Kingsway. The second image shows the concentration of vehicles relative to buildings and nearby green spaces. The third image is a selected inventory of signs and logos that span the length of the patch starting from Victoria Drive on the top left corner and ending at Slocan Street on the bottom right. The axonometric is of a typical residential house in the area.

Car-related Businesses

Natural systems, especially topography and the preexisting lake, are significant to the built form of JoyceCollingwood. As Kingsway continues south after Nanaimo St., it curves and turns up a hill, forming a kink in its linear path. Here, traffic slows and a pedestrianoriented community akin to an oasis appears. This oasis is situated close to another oasis of a different kind, which was formed around the Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain station. Each micro-community is equipped with unique features: the Kingsway-Joyce commercial strip is home to Vancouver’s first school; Collingwood Village creates a unique high rise residential community. These thriving and lively oases, acting as pauses within the Kingsway chute, are separated by a barren desert of single story residential houses along a sloped section of Joyce corridor, making the two communities unaware of the potential for a beautiful marriage.

Concentration of Vehicles

Signs and Logos

Architectural Details

Section Along Joyce (from SkyTrain to Kingsway)

Building Typologies

Commercial Building Front + Kingsway Section

Building Typologies

Interior Typologies

sidewalk environment 1:50

chain business small business enclosed stream pre-exisitng lake open space stacked residential sky train station bus stop pedestrian route

Collingwood Neighborhood Plan

1930-1950

S WAY

knight street

In 1898, the great fire of New Westminster ravaged one third of the city and left hundreds of people homeless. In addition to redevelopment at the waterfront, settlements began to take place at the upper elevations, along 10th avenue. The era was also accompanied by many advances such as: electricity, stronger trade networks, growing local marketplaces, the introduction of the BC Electric Railway, highschoollevel education and flourishing parks and farms that served the growing local areas. A turning point occured, as Fort Langley closed.

Street Level Typology

19 th ave

king swa y

The intersection of Kingsway and Knight street is characterized by large volumes of vehicular traffic, including commercial trucking connected to regional, national and international routes. This through-traffic conflicts with local vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic. These collisions contribute to a variety of unique conditions: extreme variance in ambient volume, double frontage houses and a unique type of “supercorner”: corners which front onto Kingsway but are set back because of adjacent local streets.

Kingsway

Main Street

Bicycle

way

1890-1910

SKETCHES

Commercial De nsity Intensity

Vehicular

windsor street

KENSINGTON CEDAR COTTAGE

Between 1870 and 1890, New Westminster continued to grow as the Canadian Pacific Railway was extended department, and the BC Penetentiary were only a few of the establishments designed to serve the citizens and protect law, order, and preserve health. Meanwhile, Vancover grew quickly with the extension

Kingsway and Main Street come together at a pivotal intersection just north of Broadway. As they meet, their individual typologies, characteristics, and patterns come together creating a unique dialogue between two different approaches to urban design. Brewery creek, now underground, flows underneath these arterials showcasing the pathway of industry that once supported this area.

knight street trucking route

MOUNT PLEASANT

1850-1870

BIOCLIMATIC ZONES

Kingsway at Willingdon is home to Central Park, Metrotown Shopping Centre, the Burnaby Public Library, and the city’s busiest SkyTrain station. All of these regional facilities sit only a block away from small scale, finely grained local neighbourhoods. The major issue at Willingdon is whether the regional and the local networks can successfully integrate at all scales, ranging from zoning to building typology, from commuter routes to wildlife habitats. Initial site analysis reveals poor connectivity between scales. For example, interior-focused Metrotown shopping centre occupies two whole blocks in midst of the neighbourhood but does not actively engage the residents. Underneath the SkyTrain line, large empty spaces and broken pathways further bisect the community. However, having heavy pedestrian use, this area has tremendous potential to be more benifitial to both the immediate neighbourhood and the GVRD.

Metrotown Land Use High-rise Residential

Commercial

Mid-rise Residential

Amenities

Low-rise Residential

Green Space

In 1889, James Smith and his young wife Ida purchased 15 acres of forested land in Royal Oak. After struggling to tame the virgin forest through controlled fires, fertile soils were ideal for crops to sustain the young family. In 1891, the first interurban line ran between Vancouver and New Westminster, radically changing the lives of the Smiths. The fruits, flowers, mushrooms and poultry they had to offer to local markets could now be transported to New Westminster and Vancouver easily. Children swam and skated on Deer Lake seasonally, and adults gathered at the Royal Oak Hotel bar, a social center where residents gossiped about topics such as the latest Oakalla Prison inmate’s crimes.

Covered Walkways

A B

B A

david bishop & beverly chan

C D

1950

EDMONDS

10TH AVENUE

EDMONDS

ROyAL OAK

WILLINGDON

JOyCE

NANAIMO

Historical Subdivisions - Quarter Section to Block

KNIGHT

1920

BROADWAy

1900

The Edmonds neighbourhood is characterized by its convergence of diversity. It is a coming together of grids, municipalities, people and transportation nodes. It was the site of the first Burnaby municipal hall in 1899 because of its nearness to the tram line but was relocated in 1954. The tram line brought people from all over the region to Edmonds, and produce was delivered to Edmonds from nearby farms to be sold. This early transportation corridor determined Kingsway’s current inclination onto Edmonds at this intersection. At the center of two clashing grids, an array of block and lot sizes accomodate diverse house types: luxury condos, middle class single detached homes, low incmone housing and makeshift homeless shelters. In recent years, the invasion of new development juxtaposes the lower-income community that has found its roots here, creating a unique social character of the site.

Historical Land Parcels

Buildings Typologies

Materiality and Architectural Details

Commercial Area

Open Space

Interurban Rail

Blocks and Lots Orientation

Blocks & Lots oriented to NW grid

Blocks & Lots oriented to NW grid Blocks & Lots oriented to Bby grid

Blocks & Lots oriented toBlocks Kingsway &

Lots oriented to Bby grid

Blocks & Lots oriented to Kingsway Where the Tram and the Grids Meet

Commercial Depicting the Path of Kingsway

Parcel Directions

Sections across old and new development

Residential

Commercial

Private yard

Residential

Private yard

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Ave

6th

Land Use Along 12th Street and 6th Street

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UNFOLDED ELEVATION OF KINGSWAy 1 : 7500

12th Street

PRESENT

10TH AVENUE

12th Street

Some say that Kingsway ends at 10th Avenue, the municipal boundary between Burnaby and New Westminster. Others argue that it continues down towards the Fraser along 12th street since New Westminster’s NW-SE grid, which Kingsway generally follows, preceded that of Vancouver or Burnaby. While 12th street was once a successful commercial district, most booming businesses have moved over to 6th Street, with bigger transnational stores, banks and more traffic. This has created an interesting, and almost insulated, community along 12th. Although there are several abandoned and previously-industrial lots here, there are also historic homes intertwined with new condos and an eclectic mix of local businesses that specialize in international treats. The convergence of two municipalities, the new and the old, the big and the small, homes and businesses, the local and the global all combine to make this a unique neighborhood.

Commercial Green Space Industrial Vacant

Commercial

Building Entrances

Building Frontage

Laminate Building Typology

Residential

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Typical Storefront Detail Along 12th St.

technical explorations

Thanks to my engineering background, I participated in many technical projects, both academic and professional. These projects have given me valuable experience in taking ideas from conception to realization.

Kwan Kiosk, for display during 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Building & Landscape Technologies Professors: Greg Johnson, Daniel Roehr Contribution: Design, Specifications, Drafting, Publishing Team Varies: Laura Kozak, Genta Ishimura, Eric Stockand, Michael van der Laan January-July 2009

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Seabee (plane) museum design

drainage and grading plan for new resort design kjzhang.com

Original camera mount too shaky.

Build a camera stabilizer of course!

Find scrap wood in materials shop.

Draft, cut and assemble.

Balance and calibrate system.

Friends find alternative uses.

Measure and build mounting brackets.

bicycle camera stabilizer

Design and build two-axis joints. 24 kjzhang.com

SUCCESS! kjzhang.com

passions One of my biggest passions is education. Aside from working as teaching assistants, I have created an education aggregate web site that engages designers from all over the world. It provides a forum for students to submit, evaluate and discuss their works. I am also an avid builder, painter, photographer and sculptor. Thank you.

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rolling pinup board from recycled materials

ceramic bust

mural for local boy scout hall

forest photography

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