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Hi! I’m Alan

I’m a student of architecture at the University of Oklahoma. I’m a passionate designer looking for problems. Architecture is about solving problems and learning new things while doing it. I love collaborating with everyone, not just architects, on a project and learning from the community of people I work with. If you have any problems that need solving you know who to choose for the job.

EDUCATION

Moore Norman Technology Center

Certificate of Completion - CADD

Graduated 2020

University of Oklahoma

Bachelor’s Degree | Architectural Studies

Graduated 2024

University of Oklahoma

Master’s Degree | Architecture

Expented Graduation 2025

SOFTWARES

PROFESSIONAL WORK

REAL CENTER PROJECT

APARTMENT | HOUSING PROJECT

LAKE CAFE PROJECT

True North Medical

Year: Summer (2024)

Team: Alan Jackson

Role: BIM Modeling

Company: ADG Blatt

True North Medical Complex is a new development of the Duncan Regional Hospital’s Campus.

The development spurred with the need for more specialized facilities and space.

The development is based in the Northwestern corner of the campus.

My role in the project was to create a Revit BIM model of the site demolition and future master planning of the site.

Special Care

Year: Summer (2024)

Team: Alan Jackson

Role: BIM Modeling

Company: ADG Blatt

Special Care is a new care facility for children with different disabilities that hinder their development. the facility aims to help these children with interactive classes and play areas.

My role with the project was to create plan details of the existing building and new builidng connections.

More importantly, addressing the needed fire wall that would touch up against the old building, and how the connection would be made to meet code.

Rose Creek

Year: Summer (2024)

Team: Alan Jackson

Role: BIM Modeling & Visuals

Company: ADG Blatt

The Rose Creek Plaza was a project for commercial development in Edmond, OK.

The work shown was an effort to create a preliminary master site plan of what the plaza would look like. The Plaza carried distinct characteristics of wood cladding, metal awnings, stone pilasters, and storefront facade to greet the pedestrians.

My role was to model a given site plan in Revit and to create place holder buildings that would match buildings 1, 2, & 3. I also created visuals to capture the excitement that the Rose Creek development would bring.

Variety Care

Year: Summer (2024)

Team: Alan Jackson

Role: Visuals

Company: ADG Blatt

The Variety Care projects are two distinct projects that inhabit the Norman and Yukon area in Oklahoma. These projects were given to me to create stunning visuals into the future of the projects.

In the renders I strived to create an enviroment that felt welcoming but also familiar. This was to create a sense of safety and present a becon of health to all that would come to these facilities.

The renders were created in a timely manor to suit the needs of the projects promotion.

R.E.A.L. Center

Year: Spring 4th Year (2024)

Team: Alan Jackson

Role: Designer & Visuals

The R.E.A.L. Center is based on creating a space that is Resilient, educational, architecturallly rich, and a learning center that can be access by the community.

My appraoch to the REAL Center was based around the concept of wind. More specifically, the way strong tornadic winds can move around my building.

The project began with site selection, to which the site was selected based on access to the facility from all sides, and views. Next was a slew of simulations on finding the optimal massing shape to guide wind around the building.

The further development of the building led to a fluid shape & floorplan with ties to the historical presence that was once located on the site.

Caddo

ENERGY | The building harvests energy from the solar panels that are located on some of the roof usage

ECONOMY | The museum features a gift shop the create revenue for the building to further improve the building and site

OVERY | The building is a challenge to designing orm shelters by using evie-based design to create an odynamic shell made of a ong tensile material

INTEGRATION | The desing of the NADER Center is based upon Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of Oklahoma's F4 & F5 tornadoes and winds

RESOURCES | The building uses rammed earth for walls and eclaimed wood for pergolas, sculptures, and furniture

WATER | The building collects water around the perimeter of the roof, collecting 10,050 gallons of rain from 1" of rainfall. Anually, 320,000 gallons of water is collected and stored in an underground cistern

EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES | The NADER Center houses a local storm shelter for the surrounding community, and it also creates a space at the Duck Pond for community members to relax and enjoy the site for free

WELLNESS | The building is designed for natural ventilation, biophilic connection, and uses low-impact materials

ECOLOGY | The building situates itself in the site surrounded by new native plants to the site and also collects water for helping promote new growth. The buildings facade is also bird friendly utilizing a pattern on the ETFE membrane

CHANGE | The building is adaptable to change, having an open interior with little structure in the middle

Apartment | Housing

Year: Fall 4th Year (2023)

Team: Alan Jackson

Role: Designer & Visuals

This project is about creating a mixed-used apartments that sits in the heart of Vickery Meadows.

The project started out with gathering information about the site context. The site had many constraints to work with, though it presented many ideas to shape how to move people in and around the building.

The later development of the project led to two strong bars that are joined by a common space that overlooks the Vickery Meadows main corridor. The function of the space housed retail and small scale dinning experience for the residence of the Vickery Meadows Loft

Extruded a mass to show area that the prject will inhabit

Cut out back of massing for garden, pedestrian circulation, and outdoor communal space

Puncture the front wing from the street to allow for pedestrian traffic, and connects the communal spaces with the city and street

Add on balconies and overhangs to shade from the sun and add depth to the facade of the builidng.

Massing Cut Puncture Establish
Bed Unit
Bed Unit

109056 $40,922,173.44 $8,184,434.69 $49,106,608.13 $32,737,435.31 $2,907,982.35 54528 $2,962,510.35 $246,875.86 $2.26 $3,395.63

LAKESIDE CAFE

Year: Fall 3rd Year (2022)

Team: Alan Jackson

Role: Designer & Visuals

This project was aimed at creating a cafe located on a plot on the edge of Lake Thunderbird in Norman, Oklahoma. A site analysis was done to gather inforamtion about any existing problems and ways to inform my design

Through the analysis, I found regulating paths for site drainage, areas to conserve water and recharge the soil, and areas to site my building and its orientation.

The concept of the building was to create a form which rose out of the ground and created shelter for people who are coming out to the lake, while also serving those people as a cafe.

Rain Water
Bio-filter
3-stage water filter
Distribution
Plants
Water closets Tap water

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