ULI Hines Student Competition

Promenade vignette Hand and digital graphics | Total time: 3hr

A national urban design competition where a team of five, multidisciplinary graduate level students have two weeks to construct a development program for a real, large-scale site. The 2021 site location is a section of downtown Kansas City, MO. Deliverables include designs and market-feasible financial data. 16

The ‘East Village Nexus’ is a mixed-use development that uses catalyst projects to create a dynamic downtown cultural hub. The foundational priorities are to be connector for historically separated neighborhoods like Paseo West with downtown Kansas City through an accessible greenbelt.

urban planning & Landscape architecture studio

2018 The LAND studio was hired 2021by the city of Chattahoochee Hills Georgia to design a multi use park and event space. Our studio worked as a collective firm gaining experience working in a large team of peers, engaging in citizen outreach at town hall meetings and designing for real world building and zoning codes. The MUPD studio worked with the city of St. Augustine on research relevant to future sea level rise. This survey of 18 historic structures illustrates current preservation success alongside a timeline of future climate impacts. Oak Street today lacks an appropriate entryway character for downtown Athens. The currently underdeveloped site sits walking distance from downtown and UGA campus making it an unobtrusive locale for affordable housing options. This 3D model features a grand boulevard with low-level dwellings adjacent to daily-need commercial uses.