fall 2022
partners: virginia fuss, sarah shin, + cullen whelan
advisor: julie kim location: miami, fl
Miami is now home to 26% o U.S. homes at risk of rising sea levels, and has become one of the least affordable cities to live in. In response to the movement of citizens away from the coast, this project proposes an alternative to affordable housing that directly responds to the water: floating architecture. Taking inspiration from Little Haiti, a bordering neighborhood of the site, analysis resulted in the creation of 5 figures representative of housing necessities. These figures were then ordered and selected to create the final form of the housing complex. Complete with several amenities, this complex aims to pull residents out of the dense nearby neighborhoods and push them forward into the future of affordable housing.
fall 2022
advisor: logman arja
location: fata burnu, sudan
This project stems from the concept of an eco-industrial park (EIP): a system of industries that thrive off symbiosis of resources, energy, and water. This portion of the studio-wide EIP houses an aquaponic complex of community farming. Given the existing flat landscape of the village, the primary program of the aquaponic site brings farming into the vertical landscape, to start a conversation between the site and the intervention. Aquaponic towers vary in height and placement according to the typical planting seasons of available vegetables, and use an index system for ease of farming. The secondary program, an educational pavilion, aims to compliment the site’s planarity and continue the dialogue in section view.
typical planting seasons
tower index logic
accessible land bridge
planting grid index
hydroponic towers
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spring 2022
advisor: harris dimitropoulos
location: sweetwater creek state park, ga
Taking root in a park outside of Atlanta, this science center explores the juxtaposition of how ordered and disordered lighting patterns affect the feelings of occupants. The lighting conditions of this project were the product of a semiotic square, outlining how order, disorder, red, and blue light can be organized for optimal results. Each light studio has an ordered and disordered condition, with one utilizing blue light and the other red.
south elevation
spring 2021
advisor: megan mcdonough
Given the rooted precedent of the h-plan style home, this exploration of vernacular provides insight as to how the h-plan was formed from the traditional hall and parlor home. Social caste and regional differences contribute to the varying levels of ornament in this vernacular home, illustrated by the drawings that follow.
spring 2021
advisor: megan mcdonough
This created space understands how arrival, transition, and contemplation space come together to understand how geometry and space work together. Based on the human train of thought, this path uses a confined arrival, winding transition, and reverent place of contemplation for its occupants.