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Through the Walls: Atrium

Re-Design

This project represents the initial phase of a design-build effort to transform the atrium of the West Architecture Building at Georgia Tech into a versatile, multifunctional space. The goal was to create an environment that could seamlessly accommodate a range of events, from intimate pin-ups to large College of Design gatherings.

The original space left a cluttered impression. To address this, everything that could be removed was stripped away, leaving only the HVAC system. Rather than attempting to conceal it, the design embraced the HVAC as a key feature, painting it throughout and allowing it to inform the placement of movable mesh walls.

Two key design strategies drove the transformation. Within the atrium, a system of reconfigurable walls was introduced. Clad in perforated steel, these movable walls became the primary medium for pin-ups and displays. Hinged at one end and offset from the building’s columns, the walls could be repositioned to support a variety of uses, from intimate critiques to large-scale events. The café’s design mirrored the materiality of the atrium elements, incorporating perforated mesh to create a cohesive aesthetic

The café, previously located within the atrium, was relocated to a new freestanding structure in the adjacent courtyard. This change not only opened up the interior space but also activated the underutilized outdoor area. The café’s design mirrored the materiality of the atrium elements, incorporating perforated mesh to create a cohesive aesthetic. A mesh wall and new entry point further connected the courtyard to existing pathways, creating a seamless link between interior and exterior spaces

Senior Fall 2024

Studio Critic: Daniel Baerlecken

A Design Build Project | Partner William Moses

Georgia Institute of Technology

two-way hinges

basic panel construction features aluminum structural frame, supported by steel tension cables.

custom brackets attach to the existing column structure and offset the wall from the column.

pivots at the top and bottom brackets allow for a wide range of motion.

walls can be extended even farther to allow for greater programming space and square footage.

two way hinges split the door allowing for a wide range of motion and even more configurability.

hidden casters support the door in a folded configuration.

the basic wall from before can be mirrored around the same column, creating a more complex and versatile system.

another custom bracket supports two seperate walls at the same time.

panels are fixed to structure though hooks which can be inserted and locked into main frame.

larger walls are supported by a heavy duty, spring loaded caster allowing for easy, smooth motion.

Intimate Pin-ups

Large Pin-ups

Intimate Pin-ups

Large Gatherings

A section of brick wall was removed, and stairs were added to create an additional access point to the café and the building. This intervention establishes a dialogue between the campus, the courtyard, and the West Architecture Building.

The café’s design mirrored the materiality of the atrium elements, incorporating perforated mesh to maintain a cohesive aesthetic. Its façade also featured a movable wall, creating a seamless connection between the interior and exterior. By relocating the café outdoors, the redesign reduced noise within the building, freed up interior space, and activated the previously underutilized exterior courtyard.

02 Aaman’s 1921: Urban

Grows

Instead of outsourcing urban farming to external providers, Urban Grows internalizes the process, creating a dynamic space for both educational engagement and dining. Utilizing vertical farming methods like hydroponics, and grow lights, patrons can witness the growth of their meals from seed to plate, deepening their understanding of sustainable farming practices.

Inspired by the surrounding heavy timber framing and an existing arched structure, the restaurant’s architectural design features a timber-gridded framework. Within this structure, vertical farming and circulation cores are central elements. These components are enveloped by a to-go market and traditional restaurant functions, completing the building and enhancing the overall dining experience.

Junior Fall 2023

Studio Critic: Jacob Norlov

neighboring timber structure

adjustable roof openings

hydroponic system focused on leafy greens

fold up windows in closed setting

framing intersection

mixture of hydroponics and grow lighting

built in seating from exterior planter boxes

exterior planter boxes to create a circular farming system

original stone arches

window glider allowing for foldability

ground windows serve as both doorway and shelter from exterior elements grow light shelving focused on micro

A Program Development Project DIS Copenhagen

03 Interior D’illa:

Jardins De Merce Vilaret

In a vibrant Barcelona “illa,” a project unfolded to revitalize an interior community space. Tasked with enhancing connectivity, the space’s intimate size posed a challenge, evoking isolation. Embracing coziness, the concept transformed the limited dimensions into a city oasis. The re-imagining involved re-purposing a corridor into a transitional passage, guiding visitors from bustling exteriors to a serene haven.

The heart of the interior was reconfigured for all ages, featuring a play area beneath canopies linked by an uninterrupted planter. This living divider nurtured seclusion with varying flora heights, creating sensory shifts. Fragrances and textures unfolded underfoot, stimulating an auditory journey. This urban pocket’s redesign reinvigorated spirits, fostering unity. The project exemplifies transformative potential, highlighting how even small spaces can flourish as sanctuaries of connection and respite.

Junior Summer 2023

Studio Critic: Mark Cottle

A Site Specific Project | Partner Nicole Bridges

Georgia Institute of Technology Barcelona Studio

Jardins de Mercè Vilaret, nestled within the city blocks and surrounded by larger interior illas, stands out as the smallest yet uniquely intimate space. Currently, the garden is isolated and neglected, with pathways that lead to nowhere, diminishing its potential as an urban refuge. The proposed intervention embraces its modest size and elongated pathways, transforming it into a place of transition, coziness, and seclusion from the city’s bustling rhythm. This redesign seeks to restore its purpose as a tranquil retreat, using garden beds to weave a sense of intimacy and continuity into its spatial narrative.

The garden features two groups of planter beds: an exterior one and an interior two. The interior bed is dedicated to flowering plants, offering a range of colors at different heights for the playing and sitting occupants of that section. The exterior bed emphasizes plant height and fragrances, containing various grasses and aromatic plants like jasmine, rosemary, and honeysuckle. These elements combine to shape the secluded illa into open and private regions.

Exterior Bed

Interior Bed

lambs quarter coastal rosemary buffalo grass korean velvet grass myrtus communis mexican feather grass jasmine honeysuckle

Bed

reeves spirlaea tree germander big blue lilyturf yarrow spanish lavender lesser periwinkle canary clover

Looking from the entrance, the play structure is centrally positioned, shaded by trees within the interior planters. Along the periphery, more intimate spaces are formed by the gentle curvature of the design.

Diagram

Looking from the back corner of the garden towards the entrance, the curved planter bench lines the perimeter to create nooks, while the interior planter guides circulation.

Sweet Aubrun: Interwoven

Sophomore Spring 2023

04 A Program Development Project

Studio Critic: Hayri Dortdivanlioglu

Georgia Institute of Technology

Once a vibrant Black community, Sweet Auburn has fallen into disrepair due to the destruction caused by the interstate. Despite the abandoned buildings and disinvestment, a vibrant culture is still evident through murals, posters, and graffiti. These unregulated art exhibitions are scattered, as there is no formal space to present and showcase them. Interwoven acts as a catalyst for artistic expression to aid in the creation of permanence. To do so, three main formations are created: artist studios, exhibition spaces, and community workshops.

The site acts as a loom, and the program functions as the yarn and fabric. Like textile art, the programs are rearranged and woven throughout the site, allowing for various spatial parameters to form. The exhibition spaces are the main “thread” that is woven, creating a continuity that enables fluid circulation both inside and outside the building. The studio and workshop spaces remain stagnant, becoming cohesive through the exhibitions.

The building is split into three floors, with the first floor serving as the welcome area, the second as workshop space, and the third as studio space. The circulation is guided by the exhibition spaces, which are strategically placed throughout the building to create a cohesive flow between the different levels and spaces.

The metaphor of weaving, the guiding concept of the project, attempts to patch the void created by the highway. Through its program, artistic expression is recognized and given a permanent place amongst Sweet Auburn.

The entirety of this project is hand painted.

The initial program explorations involved utilizing a tactile approach to determine placement, hierarchy, and importance within the design. Various colored fabrics, ribbons, and papers were used to represent the three distinct programs, and different weaving techniques were employed to explore the potential relationships between them.

Starting with basic site dimensions, three main programmatic elements are identified: exhibition space, artist studios, and community workshops. Exhibition space (in blue) is spread throughout the volume and community workshops (in red) emerge from them. Following, artist studios are infilled allowing programmatic relationships to form in all three directions. The volume is the loom and the program is the thread weaving throughout.

Artist Studios

The floors are not solid slabs but rather uneven, allowing people to see onto various levels. The uneven floors and exhibition spaces serve as the threads of the loom, guiding visitors through the space and creating a sense of interconnectedness. The glass courtyard provides a central gathering space for visitors and allows people to see all activities taking place in the building.

05House of the People

Undulate

Looking at Kolam, an Indian pattern revolving around a point grid, essential figures where extracted. The shapes where augmented to expand their capabilities and then reconfigured into various new field combinations. These new screens where then used as the guiding principle for a “House of the People” in Rochina, Brazil.

The process of Rocinha’s encroachment on the mountainous landscape involves the horizontal establishment of territory followed by vertical infill of inhabitation. Engaging the northern vegetated site for its anticipated development, a series of delaminated undulating columnar screens taken from the kolam patterns distribute in a point grid to establish habitable territory and mark the beginning of an inhabitant-contingent program. Rigidified and made accessible for infill by structural screens, the columnar screens offer the potential for elevated aggregation across the extended landscape.

Sophomore Fall 2022

Studio Critic: Bryce Truitt

A Research Project | Partner Isabella Baker

Georgia Institute of Technology

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Drawing from Pulli Kolam, five essential figures where extracted: rounded square, pinched oval, lead, c curve, and petal. These where then classified into two separate categories: open figures and closed figures.

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Figures

The first set of configurations consisted of only closed figures or only figures. Open curves were scaled and reflected about points to create a more comprehensive set of curves that intersect on and move around points, mimicking the qualities of Pulli Kolams. Similarly configurations of closed figures show both intersection on points and figures that avoid intersection on the grid. Additional hybrid screens were created with a combination of open and closed figures.

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Figures

Closed Figure Configuring

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Leaf, C Curve

OPEN FIGURE CONFIGURING

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Open Figure Configuring

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Parameters: Diagrid, Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Figures

CLOSED FIGURE CONFIGURING

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: n/s grid, intersection Figures: leaf, rounded square

Parameters: Diagrid, Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: diagrid, intersection Figures: leaf, c curve

Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

FIGURES 2 CONFIGURING

Parameters: N/S Grid, Open Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Petal

Parameters: n/s grid, convergence Figures: leaf, rounded

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence Figures: Leaf, C Curve Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Figures

Parameters: n/s grid, convergence Figures: leaf, c curve

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Leaf, C Curve Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

HYBRID FIGURES 3 CONFIGURING

Hybrid Figure Configuring

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Leaf, C Curve Figures

Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Parameters: N/S Grid,Closed Intersection Figures: Leaf, Petal

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection

Parameters: n/s grid, closed Figures: leaf, petal

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence

Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence

Leaf, C Curve

Parameters: Diagrid, Intersection

Figures

Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

N/S Grid, Intersection

Leaf, C Curve

convergence square

Parameters: Diagrid, Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Figures

FIGURE CONFIGURING CLOSED FIGURE CONFIGURING Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection

Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence

Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Leaf, C Curve

CONFIGURING

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection

Intersection

Figures: Leaf, C Curve

HYBRID FIGURES 3 CONFIGURING

HYBRID FIGURES 2 CONFIGURING

Parameters: diagrid, intersection Figures: leaf, rounded square

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Parameters: N/S Grid, Open Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Petal Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Intersection

Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

HYBRID FIGURES 3 CONFIGURING

Parameters: diagrid, convergence Figures: leaf, rounded square convergence curve

Parameters: diagrid, convergence Figures: leaf, c curve Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf Figures

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid,Closed Intersection Figures: Leaf, Petal

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Parameters: N/S Grid, Closed Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Petal

Parameters: N/S Grid,Closed Intersection Figures: Leaf, Petal Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Parameters: Diagrid, Closed Intersection Figures: Rounded Square,Petal

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Figures

HYBRID FIGURES 3 CONFIGURING

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: N/S Grid,Closed Intersection Figures: Leaf, Petal

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: N/S Grid, Open Intersection Figures: Leaf, Petal

Parameters: n/s grid, intersection Figures: leaf, c curve

Parameters: N/S Grid, Open Intersection Figures: Leaf, Petal

Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Figures

Parameters: Diagrid, Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: Diagrid, Closed Intersection Figures: Leaf, Petal

Figures

Parameters: N/S Grid, Intersection Figures: Leaf, C Curve

Intersection

Parameters: N/S Grid, Open Intersection Figures: Leaf, Petal

closed intersection petal

Parameters: Diagrid, Open Intersection Figures: Rounded Square, Petal

Parameters: Diagrid, Closed Intersection Figures: Leaf, Petal

Parameters: n/s grid, open intersection

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence

Parameters: Diagrid, Open Intersection Figures: Leaf, Petal

Parameters: Diagrid, Convergence Figures: Rounded Square, Leaf

Parameters: diagrid, closed intersection Figures: leaf, petal

Parameters: diagrid, open intersection Figures: leaf, petal

Sequence

Moving from the configuration stage, only three families remained. From these, eight screens where chosen based on their adherence to the grid. With these screens, thickening took shape through delamination. Each screen was separated based on essential figures, creating two separate entities that made up the parent configuration. Through this a pattern began to form; one screen was tighly knit and one remained more fluid and loose. One was structural and one was connectal. Utilizing the augmented pattern screens, the final sequence was created-alternating open and closed fields. The open figure combinations produce columnar structural components while the closed screens bend and adapt to create a fluid system. They work together in harmony to produce a repetitive scaffold like structure that is able to multiply across Rochina.