I am originally from Edmonton, Alberta. Growing up, I always enjoyed art and sketching and believed it was a valuble mechanism for communication, storytelling, and problem solving. This led me to pursure a career in design.
As a entry level designer, I am curious about each dicipline; whether it is Architecture, Landscape Architecture or Interior design, and I am eager to discover how they are intertwined to bring spacial experiences alive.
Software Experience
Vectorworks
Rhino
Revit
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Indesign
Lumion
Project Experience
Graphic Packages
Construction Drawings
Project Management
Conceptual Design
Mixed-use
FRASER + MARINE
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Mixed-use
801 COLUMBIA
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Education
03 06 01 04 02 05
Mixed-use
DOW AVE
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Design Build
FUKI NO MIZU
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Thesis
REWILDING
pg. 18
Architecture
STORIES FROM A SPARROW
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Fraser + Marine
Location: Vancouver, BC
Project Type: Mixed-use
Client: Peterson
Status: Schematic/Rezoning
Description: Inspired by the iconic landscape forms produced by rivers, such as sand banks and gentle grassy slopes, the landscape design aims to merge the site’s context with the proposed development’s programmes and user amenity spaces.
Ground Level
3. Missisippi River Mapping
2. Fraser River Form
1. Fraser River History
Responsibilities:
Project Management and Coordination
Concept Design
Drafting and Graphic development
River Erosion Diagram - Taking inspiration ftom the history and form of the Fraser River; as well as the Missisippi Maps (designed by cartographer Harold Fisk), which captures the push and pull of the Missisippi River over thousands a reflection of natural and human-made change. The design of this project occupies these ‘pockets’ of space informed undulation of the river body.
Upper levels - Level 6
Missisippi Meander thousands of years as informed by the
Upper Levels - Roof (East)
801 Columbia St.
Location: New Wesminster, BC
Project Type: Mixed-use
Client: First Capital
Status: Schematic/Rezoning
Description: The landscape design is inspired by two core components. The architectural form and character, and the sites historic interface. The site faces Hyack Square, the historic streetcar and bus depot. The landscape design looks to integrate some of the historic materiality while departing from the formal treatment shown throughout New Westminster’s historic district.
Taking inspiration from the Architectural expression of the building, the Landscape design was formulated through the concept of dividing one form and shifting each plane to create multiple playfully delineated areas.
Responsibilities:
Project Management and Coordination
Concept Design
Drafting and Graphic development
Dow
Location: Burnaby, BC
Project Type: Mixed-use
Client: Peterson
Status: Tender
Description: The overall design and intent for the ground level aims to create welcoming activated public spaces while supporting the internal building uses and frontages. A variety of building types, site access and residential frontages are reflected in the landscape treatment, with sculptural gardens emphasizing main office lobby access as well as entrance to the pedestrian mews.
Responsibilities:
Drafting and Graphic development
Construction Drawings
Planting Design
Ground Level - Planting plan
BUILDING BY ARCH
ADJACENT PAVING SEE M ATERIALS PLAN
2" DEPTH OF M ULCH
CIP CONCRETE REINFORCED PLANTER W ALL (SEE ARCH ) ON STARTER CURB C/W 6"X6" BLOCK OUTS AT 4' O C FOR DRAINAGE
GROW ING M EDIUM M IN 36" DEPTH AS SPECIFIED
FILTER FABRIC, SEE SPECIFICATIONS
4" W ASHED DRAINAGE LAYER
STRUCTURAL VOIDING (AS NEEDED), DRAIN M AT PROTECTION BOARD, M EM BRANE AND ARCHITECTURAL SLAB, REFER TO ARCHITECTURE
BUILD ING BY ARCH
BUILDING B
AD JACENT PAVING SEE M ATERIALS PLAN BUILDING C
CIP CO NCRETE RE (SEE ARCH ) O N ST BLO CK O UTS AT 4'
CUSTOM W OOD BENCH TOP ON CONCRETE BASE
36" GROW ING M EDIUM (M OUND AS REQUIRED AROUND TREES TO ATTAIN DEPTH FOR ROOTBALLS)
FILTER FABRIC, SEE SP
W ASHED D RAINAG E
STRUCTURAL VO IDING
100m m CIP CONCRETE SIDEW ALK ON STRUCTURAL VOIDING (AS NEEDED) ON ARCHITECTURAL ASSEM BLY SUSPENDED SLAB DOW ELED TO UPSTAND W ALLS TO HOLD SIDEW ALK CURB
D RAIN M AT PRO TECTI M EM BRANE AND ARC REFER TO ARCHITECT
KEY PLAN
BUILDING A
BRIDGE ABOVE
PAVERS ON ROM EX PERM EABLE PAVING SYSTEM S
BUILDING BY ARCH
PAVERS O N RO M EX PERM EABLE PAVING SYSTEM S BUILD
PAVERS ON ROM EX PERM EABLE PAVING SYSTEM S
2" DEPTH OF M ULCH
GROW ING M EDIUM M IN 36" DEPTH AS SPECIFIED
FILTER FABRIC, SEE SPECIFICATIONS
4" W ASHED DRAINAGE LAYER
STRUCTURAL VOIDING (AS NEEDED), DRAIN M AT PROTECTION BOARD, M EM BRANE AND ARCHITECTURAL SLAB, REFER TO ARCHITECTURE
Ground Level - Detail Section
FUKI NO MIZU
Date: Summer 2022 | 4 months
Course: DES 450T - Design Build
Faculty: Mari Fujita, Robert Geyer, Graham Entwistle
Collaboration: Shelly Ugliano, Rango Sun, Thea Johannus, SALA MLA students
Description: To bring awareness to the accessibility of water, Fuki No Mizu was design with the Powell Street Festival Society to provide potable water to their annual festival hosted in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
“Fuki No Mizu” translates to “water from the fuki plant” highlighting the significance of water and the fuki plant (Petasites japonica) as symbolism of strength and resiliency. Fuki no Mizu seeks to honour those affected by the water crisis in Vancouver’s DTES; a crisis exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and the recent heat events, in a playful manner that celebrates the gift of water and its role as the lifeforce to all living beings.
Materials List:
4ft 2x4
3/4 inch plywood
1/2 inch pvc
1/4 inch plywood sheets
1/4 inch acrylic sheets
Black steel pipes
Floor flanges
Screws
Official Team T-shirt
A. Mesh canopy for shade
B. Plywood & acrylic drinking petals
C. PVC encased in metal piping for support
D. 4ft 2x4 for support
E. Metal bas for weight, balance, and connection
F. Wooden lever to activate ball valve
G. PVC piping to deliver water for misting pavilion
Misting Pavilion
Drinking Pavilion
Pavilions
01. Detail
02. Drinking Pavillion
03. Misting Pavillion
Usage
01. Drinking
02. Lever Operation
03. Misting Operation
REWILDING
Date: Winter 2023 | 5 weeks
Course: DES 403 - Senior Studio Thesis
Faculty: Bill Pechet, Saige Michel, Robert Ferguson
Description: This thesis explores the form and function of the environment of the Australian Budgie (Melopsittacus undulatus, Budgerigar, Betcherrygah, common parakeet) a species of bird known for its resiliency and adaptability. However, due to the mass increase in human activity and involvement, their species have slowly begun to dwindle along with the ecosystems they call home. The project aims to expand architectural knowledge on designing for the more-than-human world, encompassing smaller species outside the human body. Through a series of 3 interventions that take inspiration from their anatomy (pneumatized bones), diet (clay), and habitat (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), designs are created that provide the opportunity for agency.
To some, budgies are household pets, to others, they are pests. In this project, they are agents of transformation as we attempt to restore their lost homes.
The sites were chosen through research of the species migration path as well as the biomes which this species is found (Desert, Savanna, and Broadleaf Forest).
Once tended to by the native Adnyamathanha people, this land has suffered the loss of 3 keystone species. Taking inspiration from the light but strong anatomy of pneumatized bones found in avian species, lightweight steps made from existing clay and plant seeds are designed which rely on interaction to disperse seeds.
This popular camping site used to be home to the Australian Budgie and many other fauna due to the abudance of food and water. However, due to increased human activity, these resources diminished. This intervention relies on natural feeding habits for seed dispersal.
Old growth Red River Gum Eucalyptus Trees grow and provide tree hollows as the nest of wild Budgies. However, they have been falling prematurely due to drought conditions. Using the wood of fallen Red River Gum, systems are designed to provide shelter to the birds while delivering water to tree roots.
STORIES FROM A SPARROW
Date: Winter 2023 | 5 weeks
Course: DES 403 - Senior Studio
Faculty: Bill Pechet, Saige Michel, Robert Ferguson
Collaboration: Linlin Cai
Description: This project focuses on the ways that recycled materials become generators of space and effect. We were asked to design an enclosure that would encompass a Larry VS Harry - Builtt Cargo Bike that would occupy downtown Vancouver’s Blood Alley, creating a small realm for a fortune telling alchemist.
Our fortune teller is a man and his sparrow, this practice is commonly seen in China where a small java sparrow picks a total of three cards to tell a customer’s fortune. While this practice is usually very transactional, we wanted to create a more intimate and mystical space for storytelling. Tracing paper, wax and orange peels were the materials of choice, where the spherical form of oranges symbolize good fortune while generating a soft atmosphere. Wax was used to melt the orange peels onto paper to provide waterproofing, creating transluncent sheets of waterproof tracing paper that allowed the light within to luminate the dark alley. The technique of folding the paper allowed the desired rounded form to take shape as well as the expanding and collapsing of the enclosure as a whole for transportation.
The fortune telling ritual revolves around the Java Sparrow. The bird firstly selects a zodiac card that coordinates with the customer’s year of birth. The customer then selects a number card that coordinates with a story. The story is used to dictate the customer’s fortune by conveying a specific meaning or message.
Progress + Analysis
Wax and orange paper testing for waterproofing
Folded paper gives more structural rigidity while also providing the structure with the ability to collapse and expand.
This allows all parts of the structure to be taken apart and transported on the bike.
Tension structure mimicking the form of a tree conceptually adds to the space as a place for conversation while also providing additional structural support.
