Architecture Design Portfolio
Selected Works 2021 - 2024
Red Hook Cruise [Living] PUSH | PULL
RedHook Culture & History Celebration
The analog model concept of PUSH PULL is reflected in the grided-system for the residential units. The double-height gallery space cuts through the ground floor, drawing visitors in and to encourage learning and participation along an arcade of artists’ studios The new structure and facade is mirroed with Redhook’s current warehouse facade and is contrasted with new elements.
The goal is to celebrate RedHook’s vibrant community and appreciate its rich culture and history.
Unit Organization
Four different unit typologies ues five primary connection systems between units. The connection system allows the plan layout to be organized, while allowing full private moments in each unit through facade and form treatments.
ARCH 5010 | 2021 Fall
Project Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
Instructor: Eduardo Rega
TA: Reem Abi Samra
Research on Philadelphia monuments led to an exploration of Philadelphia Axis Power where euro-centric monuments are accumulated at the centeral axis line while other monuments are spread out in under-developing neighborhoods. While important events are usually hosted along the axis line, protests can also be witnessed along the axis when there are political imbalances in the city. At the ends of the power line stands City Hall and Philadelphia Museum of Art, where research and interviews with Union Works give insights into unjust workplace ethics and environment.
Segregate-Aggregate is a politically charged project for low-income and underrepresented communities. The culsters of colorful roofs allow public to host mixed-use of common spaces It accumulates at the power line and branches outwards to clusters with networks of winding ramps and pathways symbolising freedom.
Power to the People
Breaking away from Philadelphia city grid system and the power axis line, project forms clusters of vibrant and colorful roofs via branches of the power aixs. The winding, overlapping, and criss-crossing of network pathways represent the nature of freedom and connectivity as opposed to rigid grid system The public activates the clusters through various mixed-use programs
Like the veins in leaf transporting water molecules, the branching symbolies the power distribution to the underrepresented communities and the general public It is to rigorously contrast with the higher power institutions and challenges them. By wrecking down the walls, it allows the public to freely and openly share, communicate, and find solutions toward fairer and more just societal issues in oppressed communities
Phenotype
ARCH 5020 2022 Spring
Project Location: Callowhill, Philadelphia PA
Instructor: Brian DeLuna
TA: Harsana Siva
Large contemporary spaces can seem hazy, lacking comfort and intimacy Phenotype aims to create a cozy and intimate spaces letting oneself bathe in nature, to appear or disappear, to rewind or reinvigorate against the harsh reality of the city. Replicas of phenotypic curves are implemented to form spaces of artists’ studios, bar & cafe, community kitchen & dining, and outdoor/indoor harvesting. The green sprawls outwards and along abandoned railways, reviving and reinvigorating the neighborhood.
