CONTENTS
Outside Studio
Case studies and models Professional Experience Space Studies Other Projects 80-87
Graduate
Rice University
Neighbors Included
Tall Timbers
Inhabiting Borders
Elevate
4-13
14-15
16-23
24-33
Micro-Housing Fall 2017 Partner: Mirium Truppin-Brown Instructor: T. Schaum
Experimental Wood Construction Fall 2017 Instructor: J. Vassallo
Mixed-Use Housing Spring 2017 Instructor: D. Oliver
Civic Center Fall 2016 Instructor: D. Finley
Undergraduate
Arizona State University
Reconnecting Life Honors Thesis Spring 2016 Instructors: D. Petrucci & R. Hejduk Design Excellence 34-41
Station 55
Axial House
42-49
50-55
Passive Energy Fire Station Partner: Zachery Howser Instructor: S. Murff Design Excellence Winner
Private Residence Summer 2015 Competition 3rd Place
CO-LLAB
405 Farmer
Remembering Forgotten
Gambel's Quail
56-61
62-71
72-75
76-79
Adaptive Reuse Work Space Spring 2015 Instructor: M. Ryan
Artist Community Fall 2014 Instructor: T. Suchart Design Excellence Winner
Memorial Cemetery Park Spring 2014 Instructor: S. Murff Design Excellence Winner
Habitat & Observation Fall 2013 Instructor: T. Hartman Design Excellence Winner
Neighbors Included Micro-Housing Fall 2017 Graduate Studio III Long Island City, NY Partner: Miriam Truppin-Brown Derived from an analysis of existing social living and networking platforms, Neighbors Included introduces a nonprescriptive social living experience at multiple scales. 280 sqft. apartments adjoin common living space spanning two floors. The individual unit acts as a room in a house and a house in a neighborhood as the user chooses their environment and interactions with their neighbors. This traditional approach to community, merged with digital networking platforms, empowers residents with a customizable, flexible living environment.
The baseline efficiency of the double corridor was compressed and divided, an alternate pushing and pulling forming a rhythmic pattern between unit pairs. Then a lateral shift provided access to multiple units which were then divided into neighborhoods by widths of three. Based on access to light and ventilation, units were divided into living or social spaces. A core was inserted between each neighborhood cluster, providing access and definition.
The arrangement of the neighborhood clusters creates vertical and horizontal zones where neighborhoods converge (the terraces and shared services). Each floor has a different arrangement and pattern of units, creating unique community spaces. Similarly, the angled windows on the modular units codify the neighborhoods when viewed from outside. Each living module stacks and shifts in such a way that all services for each neighborhood are clustered in a U-shaped zone the entire height of the building.
Unit Scale
Neighborhood Scale
ROOF LEVEL
13’4”
NINTH FLOOR
12’
EIGHTH FLOOR
12’
SEVENTH FLOOR
12’
SIXTH FLOOR
12’
FIFTH FLOOR
12’
FOURTH FLOOR
12’
THIRD FLOOR
12’
SECOND FLOOR
16’
GROUND FLOOR
13’6”
BASEMENT
Elevation | Section
Bike Share
Warehouse - Commercial Space
sin R oad N Ba
Parking Garage 4545 Center Blvd
46th Avenue
To Subway E & 7
5th Street
Commercial Space
The site is the terminus of the East River Promenade, a destination with the LIC Flea Market which has been retained and augmented with permanent microstores. Neighbors Included anticipates future high rise development and offers an opportunity for air and light to reach the ground in a locally important site.
Tall Timbers Experimental Wood Construction Fall 2017 Instructor: JesĂşs Vassallo Team: Andrea Machado, Chujung Zhang, Ray Chang This seminar and production course explored the potential of timber construction in high rise development. This project successfully explodes the structural capability of typical glulam columns in a two-way spiral, allowing for an open field of lattice-like supports. The arrangment of these supports alters with the width of the column and its placement along a beam, allowing for freedom of expression one facade and a regimented order of columns on another. The colums are conceived as a pre-assembled element which is brought to the construction site as each floor is assembled.
FLOORING ACOUSTIC FELT RIGID INSULATION CONCRETE CLT FLOOR SLAB GLULAM FLAT BEAM STEEL RING CAPITAL WOODEN RING CAPITAL STEEL HANGER WOOD BEAM (1X2) WOOD LOUVRE
FLOORING ACOUSTIC FELT RIGID INSULATION CONCRETE CLT FLOOR SLAB GLULAM FLAT BEAM STEEL RING CAPITAL
FLOORING ACOUSTIC FELT RIGID INSULATION CONCRETE CLT FLOOR SLAB GLULAM FLAT BEAM
WOODEN RING CAPITAL
STEEL RING CAPITAL
STEEL HANGER
WOODEN RING CAPITAL
WOOD BEAM (1X2)
STEEL HANGER
WOOD LOUVRE
WOOD BEAM (1X2) WOOD LOUVRE
Inhabiting Borders Housing / Mixed Use Spring 2017 Graduate Studio II Downtown Houston The site of the former downtown post office is defined by borders; the Downtown neighborhood, the bayou, the railroad, the encircling highways, and the site itself. The project addresses these layers of borders through the transformation of typical desolate boundaries into an occupied border. The site is an urban island, untouched by city grids and influences. The sinuous form of the building’s defining line, derived from (yet staunchly apposed to) its context offers two faces: Downtown or the intersticial region between railroads and highways. The border becomes multidimensional and defined by habitation and accentuation.
The form of the building, the wall, absorbs all the program of the residents. Living, parking, school, shopping, eating, exercise, entertainment, and relaxation are all within one elemental object.
Section
1. Cinema 2. Grocery 3. Kindergarten 4. Restaurant 5. Retail 6. Gym 7. Boat House 8. Bayou Park Access
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4. 5. 4. 6.
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7. 5. 2.
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Level 3 open space
View across Buffalo Bayou
Site Plan + Model
The distribution of 1,2, and 3 bedroom units along the curve was determined by a grasshopper script which analyzed the curve’s angles and distributed appropriate spacing for each unit type based on the severity of the curve. The 3 bedroom types, having a longer dimension, were situated along the straiter sections of the curve while the shorter 1 bedrooms were located at the areas with the most bending. Each unit was designed with the majority of services floating away from walls, allowing for flexibility wherever they are aligned to the curve.
ELEVATE Civic Center Fall 2016 Graduate Studio I Central Houston The isolated nodes of current civic centers are disengaged from everyday life to the point that individual civic function has become an alien experience. Joining civil and everyday functions makes typically mundane needs more familiar, becoming a part of ‘real life’ and reconnecting people to their civil role. First, this project reintroduces civic function to everyday life. Moments of intrigue, reveal, shelter, and precipice create a dynamic environment for the user. Second, the locus of the site near downtown generates a simultaneous state of within and without the city which is mimicked in the building’s levels and ramp where users witness people around and within the building.
Level 3 open space
Site and Basement Plan
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Basement Court Volumes
Cross Section
Unrolled Longitudinal Section
RECONNECTING LIFE Biophilic Microdwelling Graft Spring 2016 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Downtown Phoenix This Honors Thesis project introduces a new typology for future Phoenix development by connecting disparate landscapes to form a cohesive and ecologically viable urban fabric which increases the well-being of people and natural systems through community activation, increased biodiversity, and ecological awareness. Increased social living through micro-housing in a biophilic setting will strengthen personal and ecological well-being. The implementation of biophilic microdwelling communities also begin to transform the city by strategically inserting key vegetation with residential units. These critical plant species, along with new, recycled water sources, will attract animals which will themselves transmogrify the greater urban area.
West Elevation
Commercial v. Residential
Latent Water
Parking Garage v. Green Network
Complete System Density
Systems of the Downtown fabric stretch along central with a high density of overlap in the south The paths of pollinators invading and proliferating throughout the city
Saguaro Cactus Carnegie gigantae
Palo Verde Parkinsonia microphylla
Ocotillo Fouguieria splendens
Catclaw Acacia Acacia greggi
Creosote Larrea tridentata
Parri’s Agave Agave parryi
Fairyduster Calliandra eriophylla
Teddy Bear Cholla Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Desert Marigold Baileya multiradiata
Service Cavity`
Ocotillo`
Pollination Shrub Transformable Landscape`
Creosote
Acacia
Agave Common Sotol New Structure
Existing Structure
Ground Planter
Landscape
Residences
NS Section
Microdwelling Interior
STATION 55 Passive Energy Fire Station Undergraduate Studio Fall 2015 North Phoenix Partner: Zac Howser The first studio working with a partner focussed on the quasi-paradoxal project of a fire station with passive design features. Fire Station 55 expands the role of the typical fire station by responding not only to the function of an emergency response center but also to the surrounding community and environment. Station 55 is a landmark and catalytic building for the developing north Phoenix communities with community-oriented considerations and environmentally responsive design strategies inspired by natural biology and vernacular practices. As a pioneer building in an area of future development, Station 55 is able to set a precedence to encourage sustainable design strategies and conscientious lifestyles appropriate for Phoenix.
Self-shading facade
Central stack ventilation with a provocative sculptural form
Open east facade directs breezes and evaporative cooling
Dramatic and exaggerated roof line rainwater collection
Level 1
N
Level 2
N
AXIAL HOUSE Summer 2015 Competition Paradise Valley, AZ Joshua Tree Residence is a luxury residence situated between Mummy Mountain and Camelback Mountain. The form of the house is shaped by its surroundings, mirroring the terrain between the two mountains and the shape of the prominent wash on the property. As one enters, a contrasting floor pattern draws the eye and body through the open central volume and over the negative edge of the pool terrace toward the mountain. The panels in the south wall of the great room slide away to open and connect the interior with the exterior, taking advantage of the fair climate and panoramic vistas. The floor remains level with the exterior deck and water, creating one plane that falls into the desert at the negative edge of the pool.
Level 1
N
Level 2
N
CO-LLAB Adaptive Re-use Cowork Space Spring 2015 Undergratduate Studio Flagstaff, AZ This adaptive reuse studio presented a new type of challenge. Differing from projects requiring new construction, this design required the modification of an existing government building in Flagstaff, Arizona. The result, CO-LLAB, is a collaborative work environment featuring a community work space, private conference areas and offices, and a fabrication lab / makerspace. The south facade of the 1950s structure was removed and a rhythm of high and short spaces flowed northward. The addition generates a juxtaposition of old and new through form and materiality.
Site Plan
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405 FARMER Artist Community Fall 2014 Undergratduate Studio Tempe, AZ This Mixed-Use Artist Housing project promotes the development of a new Art District along South Farmer Avenue with residences and retail. The pedestrian experience is enhanced with shade, reduced traffic, and a dynamic building facade. A hierarchy of public space creates different moments: the residential level forms privacy and is centered around shared space to encourage community collaboration and open courtyards between the units foster a creative environment and bring abundant vegetation into the spaces. Each unit focusses on the optimal living experience for Artists with an emphasis on open space and diffuse light.
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1st floor
2nd floor
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1st floor
2nd floor
Each unit has an open floor plan featuring north-facing windows and a double-high space. Services are in line with the stairs, creating an open plan and providing a noise barrier against the street and train.
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1st floor
2nd floor
Section Model
Plan View
Section Model
REMEMBERING FORGOTTEN Pioneer & Military Memorial Park Spring 2014 Undergratduate Studio Central Phoenix The Pioneer and Military Memorial Park evokes a wide range of emotions, strongest of which may be the profound difference between the notable and unknown graves. This dichotomy between the important and the unknown became the basis for the project. Circulation is derived from map overlays linking the cemetery to its context. The memorials invert importance creating equal remembrance. The reflection space celebrates unknown burials and notable burials with temporal beams of light.
Experience Gambel’s Quail Pioneer & Military Memorial Park Fall 2013 Undergratduate Studio Moeur Park, Tempe The purpose of this site is to facilitate natural experiences for people who live in urban areas. As a recreation area, the site will promote exploring and exposure to natural elements, particularly the Gambel’s quail habitat area. The design is based on the quail’s habitat, immersing the visitor in the branches the quail uses for cover with shade and enclosed space. The visitor has ample opportunity to view the quail while remaining separated from the birds, ensuring their continued habitation.
CASE STUDIES Hiroshige Museum, Kengo Kuma Sainte-Geneviève Library, Labrouste Dutch Embassy, Berlin, OMA
DESIGN STUDIES Domestic Space, 2014 Ring Pavilion
Professional Work H&S International 2015-2016
During my time at H&S International I worked on many projects from modest homes to large scale resorts. I completed construction drawings, carried out administrative work on construction sites, and did extensive 3-D modeling and rendering for a large number of projects. Additionally I carried out from design conception to construction drawing unique, smallscale elements of projects including artwork, decorative panels, cabinetry, wine cellars, gardens, and roof systems.
OTHER PROJECTS Clock, 2014 Lamp, 2014 Red and Blue Chair, 2015 Beyond architecture projects I take pride in my ability to design and craft furniture and other useful items. My designs for a clock and a lamp were inspired by the work of local Taliesin West studios. Through my appreciation of De Stjl and European Modernists, I blended Rietveld’s Red and Blue Chair with Craftsman appreciation of expressed materiality.