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CONTENTS OF TABLE

HARVARD GSD CAREER DISCOVERY

INTERPOLATE

COLLECT

GWU CORCORAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & DESIGN INTERIOR DESIGN

FURNITURE DESIGN

EDUCATION

George Mason University Volgenau School of Engineering

RESUME

Aug 2005 - May 2009 Bachelor of Science Information Technology Minor Business Administration Aug 2011 - Dec 2012 Master of Science Information Systems

Graduate Certificate Information Engineering

PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL WORKS SKETCHES

PHOTOGRAPHY

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Jun 2015 - July 2015 Career Discovery

Intro to Architecture

George Washington University Corcoran School of the Arts & Design

Aug 2015 - Dec 2015 Introduction to Interior Design Concepts for the Non-Professional Aug 2015 - Dec 2015 Woodworking & Furniture Design

PROFESSIONAL ALT Digital Photography

Feb 2014 - Present

Real Estate & Interior Photographer

May 2014 - Present

Software Licensing Analyst

July 2009 - Feb 2014

Senior Consultant

Flexera Software

Booz Allen Hamilton

INTERPOLATE:

DOUBLE

HOUSE

CAREER DISCOVERY PROJECT 2

INTERPOLATE: DOUBLE HOUSE

Project Requirements:

Take your two groups and combine them into one coherent whole without losing the interest and integrity of each one.

This will require introducing a third spacial logic that can address the synthesizing of the two groups.

Through modeling and drawing explore how the combination of the two logics is mediated and how the original sections are manipulated to create a new type of spatial integrity for the conjoined models. Consider how circulation and sequencing is re-calibrated by the overlap and how the two groups’ connectivity begins to re-figure individual moments as well as the comprehensive whole.

Client Assignments:

Movie: Rear Window (1954) Character: Miss Torso Movie: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Character: Agatha

HOUSE DOUBLE INTERPOLATE:

C H A R A C T E R A N A LY S I S Miss Torso

Agatha

Combined Characters (Miss Torso & Agatha)

Programming & Circulation Investigative Sketches These sketches are an exploration in programming and circulation for each character, as well as a cohesive program diagram exploring the intersection between the residents in the double house.

Miss Torso craves attention while Agatha is a private recluse in her personal life. However, Agatha also runs a neighborhood bakery out of the first floor of the double house.

HOUSE DOUBLE INTERPOLATE:

I N V E S T I G AT I V E S K E T C H E S

Programming & Site Context Sketches

These sketches are an exploration in programming and circulation, as well as a study in the surrounding site context for the double house.

The first floor consists of a public entrance into Agatha’s bakery.

There is a seperate set of stairs for each of the two residents on either side of the bakery leading up to the second and third floor dwellings, respectively.

The trees on the rear of the property provide privacy for Agatha on the second floor, who craves solitude and seclusion, but stop short of Miss Torso’s third floor residence and showroom.

View from rooftop

SKETCH MODEL

& DRAWINGS

Section A

Plan C - Floor 3

Plan B - Floor 2

Plan A - Floor 1

HOUSE

F I N A L P R E S E N TAT I O N

INTERPOLATE:

DOUBLE

SKETCH MODEL

Circulation Diagram

Axonometric Drawing & Circulation Diagram

The circulation for the sketch model involved a spiral staircase.

The circulation in the final design involves stairs for each of the two residents, each stopping on a seperate but adjoined dining room loft.

Resident 2: A spiral staircase leads directly up to the third floor dwelling.

Resident 2: The stairs line the exterior of the building allowing visibility to the outside world, while concealing the Resident 1’s second floor dwelling. The stairs lead to the third floor residence, also with a stop at the dining loft.

Resident 1: A simple staircase leads to the second floor residence.

Resident 1: The stairs lead directly to the second floor residence with a stop midway to the private dining room loft between the first and second floors.

INTERPOLATE:

DOUBLE

HOUSE

Combined Character Narrative Movie: Rear Window Movie: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Character: Miss Torso Character: Agatha

While appearing outwardly incompatible, Agatha and Miss Torso complement each other in their requirements for their shared home. Agatha enjoys retreating quietly into the background as Miss Torso basks in any available attention. Agatha is content to allow Miss Torso to deflect all potential interactions to herself. Agatha prefers smaller intimate spaces, allowing Miss Torso to occupy more square footage for dancing and entertaining guests.

The combined home will be a contrast in concealed and revealed elements, as well as large open spaces and smaller hidden spaces.

Miss Torso will occupy the larger portion of the home, with large apertures providing clear sightlines into her daily activities. Agatha’s spaces will be hidden within the center of the home, with the exception of her bakery.

Agatha’s space will revolve around a ground-level public-facing bakery, providing clear access points and large apertures enticing passersby to stop by for a treat on their way through the area. Agatha’s bakery will encourage people to pass through while discouraging lingering, not including any seating. Agatha will also have a large professional eat-in kitchen behind her bakery that is private from the outside world but shared with Miss Torso. A mezzanine provides access to seperate dining areas for each resident. Miss Torso has a public dining room for entertaining guests, whereas Agatha has a smaller private and hidden dining room.

Agatha values her small private spaces. She will be able to retreat from the kitchen into her cozy intimate bedroom and library spaces, which are shielded from view both within the home from Miss Torso, and from the outside world. Miss Torso’s spaces will conceal Agatha’s from view, while also diverting all attention onto Miss Torso.

Miss Torso’s space revolves around her dance studio which reveals her activities via large apertures without providing any access to guests or the public in an enticing and provocative manner. Miss Torso also requires a living room that can entertain numerous guests and provide them with clear sightlines to her studio.

Miss Torso’s spaces lining the perimeter of the building will be the brightest spaces, receiving the more direct light of the two homes. Agatha’s spaces will be lit via secondary or deflected lighting, providing a softer, more intimate atmosphere, excluding the well-lit bakery.

Collage This collage represents an examination of filtered light, constructed via vertical hatching overlayed with a section drawing.

Section A

Plan C - Floor 3

Plan B - Floor 2

Plan A - Floor 1

COLLECT:

ARCHIVE

THEATER

CAREER DISCOVERY PROJECT 3

COLLECT: ARCHIVE THEATER

Project Requirements: Scale & Temporality

The final project focuses on collection at two scales and temporalities: the ‘permanent’ archival collection of film within the scale of the institution as well as the temporary’ collection of urbanites in an outdoor theater space at the scale of the urban site. Film, place and urban identity are intertwined in the design of a film archive and outdoor theater for Union Square, Somerville, MA.

COLLECT:

ARCHIVE

THEATER

MASSING

FINAL

MODELS

MODEL

Iteration Iterating quickly through several massing models, I arrived at this final design, incorporating the best features of each massing. The final design includes an indoor and outdoor theater that mirror each other, as well as a roof awning that frames the view from the outdoor cafe.

THEATER ARCHIVE COLLECT:

FINAL DRAWINGS & MODELS

Program

Access to each of the programs in this design revolves around the main staircase running through the center of the site. The stairs push and pull into and from the various programs.

The stairs extend horizontally as seating for the outdoor theater. The seating for the indoor theater is the direct inverse of the outdoor theater. An opening through the stairs on the ground floor leads to the library and gallery.

Outdoor Theater

Outdoor Cafe

Indoor Cafe

Bookstore

Indoor Theater

Outdoor Market

<- Gallery

Indoor Cafe

Indoor Theater

Outdoor Cafe

Outdoor Theater

Plan B - Second Floor

Admin

Bookstore Library Gallery

Outdoor Market

Plan A - Ground Floor

Film Archive

SECTION DRAWING & MODEL

THEATER

Programming via Section

COLLECT:

ARCHIVE

The center of this design is a set of stairs that runs through the center of the site. The stairs connect all the building and programs. The stairs also extend horizontally into seating for the outdoor theater. The stairs conceal private programs, such as offices, and reveal public programs such as the museum and theaters.

Indoor Theater Outdoor Market

Outdoor Theater

Film Archive

Outdoor Cafe

Indoor Cafe

Indoor Cafe

Library / Bookstore

Admin

Gallery

Admin

Offices Offices Offices

INTERIOR

DESIGN:

CUBE

INTERIOR DESIGN FINAL PROJECT CUBE

CCE:1588: INTRO TO INTERIOR DESIGN for the nonprofessional

For your project, you will create a four-person residence.

This residence will be a functional space for four people, and should be able to sustain them for a month without leaving the property. You will outfit the interior with various elements, following various specification: Dimensions: 30’ x 30’ Height: 20’ Mezzanine: 10’ high and half the footprint of the building Two Closets One permanent partition not exceeding 10’ in length

Industrial Loft - Live Work Apartment

INTERIOR

DESIGN:

CUBE

Four young professional women live and work together in this space. They are the founders of a tech startup.

The first floor includes an eat-in kitchen and living room lined with a sectional.

The bathroom seperates the two bedrooms. A spiral staircase, whose location is a play on a grand staircase, leads up to the mezzanine.

The second floor loft functions as the office space, including computer and desk space for each resident, as well as a communal conference table, bench, and wall space for a wall calender and pin-ups.

The style of the space is modern industrial with a slight feminine echo.

Plan B - Floor 2 Sketch

Plan A - Floor 1 Sketch

F I N A L P R E S E N TAT I O N B O A R D

Carpets / Rugs

Concrete Wall Hardwood Floor

Pillows Plan B - Floor 2 - Mezzanine

Plan A - Floor 1

Axonometric Drawing

Furniture Fabrics

WOODWORKING:

STACKED

STOOLS

FURNITURE DESIGN & WOODWORKING STACKED STOOLS

CCE 2341: WOODWORKING AND FURNITURE DESIGN

Over the course of the semester, students will work with the instructor on the design and building of a piece of furniture.

Instruction in the usage and techniques of both machine and hand tools are covered in conjunction with the execution of the finished piece. Beginning with sketches, students will explore design and materials, fabricate models, and generate construction drawings, with a goal of fabricating and completing their own project.

STOOLS STACKED WOODWORKING:

SKETCHES & MODELS

Trigonometric Furniture My project arose out of a need for a small piece of multi-functional furniture.

I tested my analog skills by recreating a milled set of stools using primary hand tools. I carved the 15 inch high stools out of one 2 foot long log.

I found the angled cuts challenging using only traditional woodworking tools.

After seperating the log with a chainsaw, the remaining cuts were made over several weeks with a hand saw.

Precedent

J+I ZIG + ZAG Low stackable solid wood stool

Manufacturer Riva 1920 Design by Sakura Adachi J+i Collection

Photograph retrieved from http://www.archiproducts.com/en/products/100148/j-i-lowstackable-solid-wood-stool-zig-zag-riva-1920.html

STOOLS STACKED WOODWORKING:

FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS & FINAL PRODUCT

URBAN

SKETCHES

TRAVEL NOTEBOOK URBAN SKETCHES

The following are a selection of urban sketches drawn around the Washington DC metro area as well as the northeastern United States. Except where otherwise noted, the medium is pen.

Digital Sketches

DIGITAL

SKETCHES

The following two sketches are self-portraits that blend digital photography with digital sketching.

URBAN

SKETCHES

Stippling Exploring shadow and texture via pen stippling technique.

SKETCHES URBAN

Dupont Underground An abandoned underground trolley station in Washington DC that will be converted into a gallery and multi-use space.

PHOTOGRAPHY:

PUBLISHED

WORKS

PHOTOGRAPHY

The following is a selection of published photography produced for real estate agents and interior designers in Washington D.C. The front and back cover photo is one I shot one dreary snowy afternoon. The empty benches and starkness represent possibilities and the echo of humans occupying the space.

PHOTOGRAPHY:

PUBLISHED

WORKS

Published Works

1. The Washington Post: Capital Weather Gang Blog

May 12, 2015

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/05/12/d-c-sets-record-for-most-consecutive-80-degree-daysin-first-half-of-may/

2. Dot & Bo: Home Tour: Cariâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Modern Industrial Abode http://blog.dotandbo.com/2015/07/house-tour-caris-modern-industrial-abode/

3. Domino Magazine: You Really Can Love a Rental http://domino.com/rental-home-diys

4. She Knows: 6 Smart decorating tips for renters http://www.sheknows.com/home-and-gardening/articles/1090051/decorating-tips-rental

July 15, 2015

Aug 14, 2015 July 28, 2015