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INTERLOCK T4T LAB SPRING 2018
BOTH
fall 2017
SPRING 2017
LANGFORD
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INFILL
BARCELONETA
COLORADO
BCN
HOUSE
CALIFORNIA HOUSE FALL 2016
summer 2016
FLORIDA
HOUSE
STRATUM
CHAIR
SCIENCE
ISLAND
MALI
MUSEUM SUMMER 2016
KITBASH
SWEEPS
VAULTS
T4T
LAB SPRING 2016
OBJECT
REDUX
FASHION PAVILIONS
LIGHT
FALL 2015
TOWER SPRING 2015
FLOATING
MARKET
NINJA
CIRCUIT FALL 2014
SHADOW
BOX
INTERLOCK T4T LAB
the soil analysis and crop hybridization facility completed in Nate Hume’s t4t lab with finn rotana, ray gonzalez, and lauren miller is an investigation into the use of interlock as an estrangement technique, that when implemented across Ground, Material, Surface, Line, and Volume, seeks to operate outside digital tropes and confound the boundaries between these conditions. We use Implied Geometric articulations of separate parts to suggest an unfixed disposition, that at some points match seamlessly and at other moments are misfit to create a difficult interlocked whole. a similar logic is applied to materiality, subtlety distorting familiar textures so the overlap of these two systems of interlock creates a hybridized materiality, where textures at times smear across an implied division of parts. at the site scale Ground serves to displace inside and outside conditions by enhancing the interiority of non centralized points of the site, and enhancing the exterior qualities of THE center most point of the building.
interlock t4t lab / spring 2018
interlock t4t lab
spring 2018
interlock t4t lab
spring 2018
interlock t4t lab
spring 2018
BOTH AND
The objects are individual works completed as preliminary studies for the t4t lab with Nate Hume investigating the strange BETWEEN volume and GEOMETRY. the first is a look at creating a SPATIAL knot at the intersections of planar elements, blurring the lines between the AMBIGUOUSLY Dimensional edges of the frame and the 3 dimensional space created. The black series are ensembles created from objects generated from the orange series, looking for dynamic compositions between the separate parts that fluctuate between being read as apart of the same piece, and separate. The orange series are a number of objects created using a highly controlled set of manipulations to primitive shapes in an attempt to remove the digital trace. They are designed to play with the boundaries between outline and volume, and evoke qualities present in physical objects, such as machines and toys.
both and / spring 2018
langford infill
The project with Sydney Farris occupies the space between the buildings of the Langford Architecture Complex on Texas A&M’s campus. The proposal seeks to address overcrowding issues in the college that have resulted in the closing of the Technical Reference Center via an urban infill intervention, providing new space for studios, review spaces, offices, an auditorium, a gallery, and a new TRC. The building resists the traditional parti in favor of a nonlinear and non-sequential set of objectives, including contextuality in its use of concrete and brutal spatial organization, monumentality to define entrances, an intricate promenade, and a variety of open air spaces in the compact lot. The building uses a concrete one way system and a steel truss to support the cantilevering auditorium.
Circulation / STRUCTURE
Service plug-ins
interior exterior
Studio Promenade
Auditorium Cantilever
stepped atrium
langford infill
GROUND PLAN 1 AND 2
fall 2017
PLAN 3
FRA
PLAN 4
FRA
PLAN 5
FRA
langford infill
AMING PLAN 3
WALL SECTION
AMING PLAN 4
AMING PLAN 5
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fall 2017
langford infill
trc section
atrium section
fall 2017
grand stai
langford infill
ir section
fall 2017
barceloneta bcn
The project completed with Reuben Posada aims to provide a learning center for both locals and tourists to the baceloneta district of barcelona. The complex is divided into three main programs connected by a public bridge: a library and tactile exhibition space, an augmented and virtual reality center, and an outdoor auditorium and cafe. The program is focused on multi sensory and interactive experiences, allowing visitors to more relevantly engage with the context and giving locals a refreshing look at the site. The fluid massing also aims to promote interaction and relies on organizing lines created by neighboring buildings. The exoskeleton contains galvanized steel pipe with a gradient of modular ceramic tiles and solar panels. The dissolution of tiles at the base, large windows, and its general sloped shape maximize views to the sea and maintain visual continuity across the site.
site morphology
barceloneta bcn / spring 2017
PLAN 0
barceloneta
plan 1
plan 2
plan 3
Spring 2017
EXPLODED PROGRAM
GROUP VR SPACE
EXHIBIT SPACE AR SPACE
LIBRARY
VR SPACE
LIBRARY
PUBLIC LOBBY OUTDOOR AUDITORIUM
PUBLIC LOBBY
CAFE
barceloneta bcn / Spring 2017
section to sea an
barceloneta bcn
nd to barceloneta
Spring 2017
colorado house
The project in colorado is one of a series of houses in different climatic zones designed for an olympic artist FRoM THE 20TH CENTURY. volumes are derived from using two dimensional silhouettes of athletes to define three dimentional space through subtracting extruded silhouettes from a rectangular volume. the result creates strange intersections where figural and orthagonal volumes meet that blur the origin’s legibility. the project investigates the interplay between 2d and 3d through it’s volumetric use of silhouettes, and by representing the house in realistic orthographic views that visually flatten its appearance. the project also suggestS scalar ambiguity by misusing athlete silhouettes at the building scale, and is graphically represented with objects and textures being contextually displaced.
Colorado House
Fall 2016
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
Colorado House
TRANSVERSE SECTION
Fall 2016
PLAN 1
Colorado House
PLAN 2
Fall 2016
Colorado House
Fall 2016
CALIFORNIA HOUSE
THE PROJECT IS ALSO APART OF THE SERIES OF HOUSES DESIGNED FOR AN OLYYMPIC ARTIST PROMINENT IN THE TWENTIES, THIS ONE IN CALIFORNIA. THE HOUSE REFERENCES THE CLIENT’S INTEREST IN THE CURVATURE OF THE HUMAN FIGURE BY BEING ORGANIZED IN PLAN BY FIVE CIRCLES THAT ACT AS HINGE JOINTS, DEFINING THE PROGRAMMED SPACES OF THE HOUSE COMPRISING THE ENTRY FOYER, KITCHEN, DINING ROOM, AND TWO BEDROOMS. CIRCLES AND OTHER CURVED FIGURES ARE USED TO ERADICATE STRAIGHT LINES IN THE HOUSE TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE ARTIST’S FLUID PAINTING STYLE. EACH CIRCULAR ROOM HAS A LARGE THREE DIMENSIONAL WINDOW ORIENTED TO PROVIDE OPTIMUM LIGHTING, AND EACH ROOM IS SITUATED AROUND A BELOW GRADE COURTYARD TO PROVIDE SHADE TO THE OUTDOOR SPACE. BY KEEPING THE ENTRANCE VOLUME OPEN, THE COURTYARD UTILIZES CROSS VENTILATION TO HELP REMAIN COOL throughout the day.
section
California House
plan
Fall 2016
California House / Fall 2016
florida HOUSE
The project off the coast of florida is also one of the series of houses in different climatic zones designed for an olympic artist. the house is composed of an exterior sheLl that provides shade and shelter from rain, and a seperate interior structure that supports the walls of the house. the shell is derived from the exhaustion of linear geometric elements characteristic of art deco ornamentation, resulting in the articulated surface of the shell also serving as its structure. since the shell is only comprised of a single module of timber for simpler construction, and it forces scale to be read through the proximity of linear elements as opposed to the width of individual timber members. the shell also provides a buffer from weather and sun shading.
Florida House
LONGitudinal SECTION
FLOOR PLAN
Fall 2016
isometric
Florida House / Fall 2016
Florida House
Fall 2016
synthetic stratum chair the vmodern furniture design competition entry explores digitally reinterpreting the notion of stratum, the layers of sediment that compose rock. instead of using sediment type to distinguish layers, the chair defines layers in side elevation with preexisting obects. each layer is composed of a single object that is replicated and transformed within each layer. since each layer uses a different object, layers of the chair ARE DEFINED by the different formal properties of each individual object, similar to how layers of stratum are defined by different sediment properties. from front elevation and top plan the chair inverts this method of layer division by using solid lines to divide an otherwise continuous formal condition.
SCIENCE ISLAND / MFGA
The Competition entry completed under Mark Foster Gage architects with ryan wilson, zach beale, james bradley, arif javed, and nathan garcia is for a science and innovation center in kaunas, lithuania. The project is designed as a picturesque cluster of rectangular volumes connected by an equally irregular ground condition. each volume is articulated by manipulating fractal meshes produced in part using mri software. it pioneers the use of new technology in architectural design and the potential for the authoritative application of near infinite levels of articulation with 3d fractals in architecture. The entry was awarded one of five honorable mentions in the international competition, the only team recognized from the united states.
Science Island
Summer 2016
Science Island
front elevation
side elevation
Summer 2016
entry plan 1
Science Island
plan 0
plan 2
plan 3
plan 4
Summer 2016
sections
Science Island / Summer 2016
PASSIVE HEATING
GEOTHERMAL HEATING
WATER RECYCLING
Science Island
Summer 2016
mali museum / MFGA
The competition entry completed under mark foster gage architects with ryan wilson, zach beale, james bradley, arif javed, and nathan garcia is for an underground addition to the mali museum of art in lima peru. the design is defined by two main vaults, one that organizes entry circulation above the submerged courtyard, and another that organizes interior vertical circulation. the vault’s surface reinterprets the qualities of the near perfect complex connections in stonework of precolonial peru, using individual kitbashed stones to at some points resemble formal qualities of the traditional stone, and at other moments resemble the decontextualized surfaces of objects. The Mix of traditional and emerging techniques creates an architectural aesthetic between ancient and alien.
site plan
MALI Museum / Summer 2016
ENTRY PLAN 0
PLAN -1
PLAN -2
transverse and longitudinal sections
MALI Museum
Summer 2016
MALI Museum
Summer 2016
kitbash vault re
the vaults study the strange volumes and single surfaces derived from symmetricaly duplicating, slicing, and transforming a single pre-existing object about itself.
esearch / mfga
sweeps / t4t lab
sweeeps is apart of the t4t lab with guest professor adam fure and in collaboration with Ricardo gonzalez, abby stock, and julia pena into the nature of figure and mundanaity. figures are derived from baroque floorplans and aluminum window profiles, diminishing the figure’s symbolic importance and resulting in its ontological flattening. the exhaustion of a mundane opperation like the orthographic filleted sweep creates a surface condition of paradoxical complexity making the origin of the figure difficult to track. The figures only become recognizable when the objects are cut orthographically via plan or section, capturing a moment of the figure in flux, leading to a redefining of the sweep as a digital brushstroke that diagrams the digital existence of the figure.
taxonomy of figures
Sweeps
Spring 2016
Sweeps
Spring 2016
Sweeps
Spring 2016
object redux / t4t lab The objects are individual work completed as preliminary studies for the t4t lab with adam fure that investigate various digital techniques. the first reinterprests the process of stitching to create strange intersections between digital textures. another uses photogrametry to 3d scan earbuds as a base for creating objects that can be read as biologically alien or unnaturally canyoness. the final object explores the definition of a hypercube, which is a 4d object that exists in multiple three dimensional states at the same time. It overlays multiple 3d “views� of a hypercube, and is repclicated and arranged into the same hypercube shape at a larger scale, using a geometric principle of fractals to further index exploratory geometry.
FASHION PAVILIONS
The project in Houston, TX is for a commercial PAVILION AND A show room pavilion designed for Vivienne Westwood. Both are created USING CONTRASTING diagramatic processes, with one designed through the analog transgression of plans of the Gwathmey Residence, and the other designed through the digital translation of a Vivienne Westwood dress. The PAVILIONS explore the ambiguity between 2D and 3D. The analog pavilion IS designed axonometrically, applying a two dimensional drawing technique three dimensionally. The flat linear pattern of the project adds to it’s 2D appearance, and originates from the pattern of the diagrammed dress. The digital pavilion indexes the other by using spherical volumes that manifest as circles in plan and section.
DIAGRAMS OF GWATHMEY RESIDNENCE
Fashion Pavilions
DIAGRAMS OF VIVIENNE WESTWOOD DRESS
Fall 2015
ANALOG TRANSGRESSION PAVILION
Fashion Pavilions
PLAN -1
PLAN 2
PLAN 0
PLAN 3
PLAN 1
PLAN 4
Fall 2015
DIGITAL TRANSLATION PAVILION
PLAN 0
PLAN 1
PLAN 2
Fashion Pavilions / Fall 2015
SITE SE
Fashion Pavilions
ECTION
Fall 2015
Fashion Pavilions / Fall 2015
Fashion Pavilions
Fall 2015
light tower for sherlock
the tower is designed for a popular fictional detective well known for his personality quirks and unmatched deduction skills. the tower provides a consultation space for clients, a lab to conduct analysis and experiments, and a room for introverted use with a view to the subterranean entry path below. the design stems from juxtaposing complexity and simplicity, relating to the logical process the detective uses to unravel highly complex cases. The faceted skeletal structure is derived from the traditional use of thread on image boards used to make connections in cases. the building’s red hue at the base along with the path’s curveature resemble a smoking pipe, an icon of the sherlock holmes stories. the black tower blends into the surrounding landscape, mimicing sherlock’s studies in urban camoflauge.
Light Tower / Spring 2015
floating food market
the project is a collaboration with nikki o’donnell IN the floating village of chong kneas in cambodia. the structure uses a base of barrels held together with wood trusses to create a buoyant frame. The building’s structure exploits the stability and rigidity of triangular geometry to create a structurally stable building that is cost effective by using less material. The building is accessible on all four sides by boat, the most common method of travel in the village. It provides two floors for vendors to sell and store various food items. by having open airflow on all four sides, the building provides needed ventilation to comfortably operate the market.
Floating Market / Spring 2015
plan 0
plan 1
longitudinal section
ninja training circuit
the project is apart of a studio effort to design a facility for a group of ninjas. each individual project has a designed landscape with a river and a sacred tree, and contains a path, an excercise mechanism, a meditation space, and a sleeping quarters for one of the ninjas. this project uses axial pathways and vertical hierarcy to empasize the importance of the meditation tower. the REPEATED LINEAR ELEMENTS OF THE tower FUNCTION AS A LADDER THAT TERMINATES AT MAIN MEDITATION SPACE overlooking the sacred tree. the excercise apparatus operates by a ninja pushing a lever connected to a gear below the floor, which turns a gear connected to the bottom of the meditation tower, allowing the ninja to alter the direction the tower is facing. the sleeping quarters uses a wall of shutters to provide flexibibility IN the space’s LEVEL OF ENCLOSURE.
Ninja Circuit / Fall 2014
Ninja Circuit
Fall 2014
shadow box the intent of the project is to analyze the visual and material architectural elements of Lake Flato’s Brown Residene IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. The BOX ABSTRACTS the overhanging roof plane AND LINEAR ROOF ELEMENTS TO CREATE A CENTRAL CORNER CONDITION THAT BEGINES TO ORGANIZE THE REST OF THE BOX SPACIALLY. THE three PALE RECTANGULAR PANELS ARE DERIVED FROM THE PATH ALON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE, AND ARE COMOSED AS AN OFFSET FROM THE CORNER CREATED FROM THE ROOF ELEMENTS. THE BOX arranges theSE ELEMENTS to focus on the square formed by the negative space between the smaller copper linear elements and the green corner condition.
Texas A&M university college of architecture FALL 2014-SPRING 2018 / college station, texas
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Bachelors of Environmental Design / Cum Laude GPR 3.549 GRE Verbal 160 / Quantitative 159 / Writing 4
BARCELONA ARCHITECTURE CENTER spring 2017 / barcelona, spain
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Semester long Study Abroad Program offered to 3rd year students by the College of Architecture
internship At mark foster gage architects summer 2016 / new york, new york
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Apart of team that completed two international design competitions, one for an underground museum addition in Lima, Peru, and the other for a science and innovation center in Lithuania
Studio assistant for gABRIEL ESQUIVEL fall 2017 / college station, texas
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Entailed participating in frequent critiques of student work and teaching software tutorials
Studio assistant for rene graham fall 2016 / college station, texas
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Entailed participating in frequent critiques of student work and teaching software tutorials
american institute of architecture students / fall 2015-present
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Member from Fall 2015 - Spring 2016, and Fall 2017 - present
Deep Vista Conference Committee / fall 2017-spring 2018
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Member aiding production and marketing for the architecture & philosophy conference
msc opas / fall 2015-fall 2016
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Member of campus organization that brings a variety of theatrical, musical, and other shows to the university, and runs marketing and front/back of house operations for each performance.
catholic student association / fall 2014-spring 2018
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Member of St. Mary’s parish attending organization events and community service opportunities
honorable mentioN in science island competition /2016
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Apart of the team at Mark Foster Gage Architects awarded one of five Honorable Mentions
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE TRIP TO COSTA RICA / 2015
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Week long abroad program to study ecodesign awarded to several architecture students
PHI ETA SIGMA HONORS SOCIETY MEMBER / 2016 HONORS INTEGRATED STUDIO / 2017 tEXAS a&m college of architecture Scholarships
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Ruth Phillips Lusher Scholarship / 2015 & 2016 Herbert C. Hale Jr. ‘52 Endowment for Architecture and Construction / 2016
sweeps / published by suckerpunchdaily.com / 2017
madison green Mdsngrn.com
FALL 2014
SPRING 2018