SELECTED WORKS
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE + COMMUNITY DESIGN 2014-2017
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Port of Tampa Library Tampa, Florida
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Interior Perspective
Through site analysis it was discovered that more than eighty percent of the people visiting the existing building are children. To accomodate that demographic, the main focal point of the building is the children’s library and play area in the southeast corner of the building.
Housing the public program in the center of the construct is a double height atrium lobby. The private functions are pushed towards the perimeter of the building away from the public for sound consideration.The public to private organization is conceived through precedent; studying how program can transform and effectively change the way a building works.
Vertical Fin System Detail
Floor Plans
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Floor Plans
A modular scheme was used for the spatial layout of St. Armand’s residence. Glass curtain walls were used to define the edge and corner upon entry. Horizontal shading louver systems were used to provide a unique office setting. The approach to the back yard and dining space offers a terraced level inclining as you make your way to the outdoor pool.
St. Armands Residence Sarasota, Florida
TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE
Entrance Perspective
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Holzmarkt Theatre Berlin, Germany
ADVANCED DESIGN A
There are two stages, one in the structure, and one floating. However, when the floating portion is docked, the land construct houses the floating stage and creates a grand venue, unifying the construct that offers elevated vantage points from 360 degrees. The building emphasizes important sight lines, which create a transparent assembly.
Exterior Perspective
Theatre Perspective
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Cross Section
Logan Center Museum Chicago, Illinois ADVANCED DESIGN A
The initial approach to organizing the buildings programmatic needs was to divide the building into manageable, yet functional sections. The parti model that was derived in the early stages of schematic design helped work out a cohesive program envelope. Two ‘leg’ like structures are holding up a monolithic mass. Each ‘leg’ will house a separate gallery, the students gallery and the Logan’s extension. The concept behind the situation of these masses is that the work produced by the students and artists were ‘holding up’ the educational mass by these two ‘stilts’ or ‘legs’, implying that without a space to house the work, there wouldn’t be any studios.
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Depoliticizing Verticality London, United Kingdom ADVANCED DESIGN B
This project is about creating a public promenade unifying the residential building structures and allowing public garden spaces to create gatherings on both large and small scales. The intent is to create an urban thoroughfare that changes in programmatic function as its directionality moves towards the water of the Royal Docks. Starting before the units, a sprawling hardscape intended for performance and terraced gardening observation, will cater to the public passersby. After passing under the building, a series of whimsical internal courtyards will be offered for the playful residents. As an extension of the public realm, floating glass cubes are ordered in the center of the lobby’s atrium space. These ‘stair stepped’ communal garden spaces will merge the classes in a unique way. The market rate housing will be situated with views towards the water and the affordable units will be arranged facing the city. Sandwiched between these flats is the ‘gel’ between the classes, floating cubic communal volumes.
Interior Perspective
Longitudinal Cross Sections
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Reimagining a City Havana, Cuba
ADVANCED DESIGN C
One of the challenges when working with such a large, expansive site was how to address the existing buildings. Our approach involved a technique that was considerate of the ordered grid of Havana. Three separate construction methods were used. We wanted to delicately intervene within the existing facades, as well as construct on top of the roofs and carve away, preserving as much of the building as possible.
Marina Perspective
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