I am an architecture student with over five years of design experience, specializing in Revit, project coordination, and architectural visualization. As a photographer for Kent State’s College of Architecture, I document student work, curate online showcases, and capture events. Serving as NOMAS President, I have organized major events and expanded professional networks. My internship at Keiser Design Group strengthened my skills in rendering, design documentation, and site analysis. With a background in digital media production and expertise in design software, I am dedicated to creating innovative and functional architectural solutions.
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FIRESTATION NET-ZERO NEO ELEMENTARY AGGREGATE
A public park roof shelters the firetruck driveway, with a compact bar housing firefighter spaces.
Steel openings shape light and shadow.
A festival uniting communities through music, energy, and renewal.
A balance of form, space, and structure, where voids and solids shape movement and connection.
A wall transcends its role, shaping space and form through subtraction and texture, creating a dynamic, cohesive design.
FIRESTATION
Year: 2024
This project explores how infrastructure and movement can shape civic spaces within a fire station. A large, hovering roof shelters the firetruck driveway while serving as a public park, creating an elevated space for visitors to engage with the site. Beneath it, a compact bar efficiently organizes firefighter spaces, balancing functionality with comfort. The layout prioritizes connectivity, with co mmunal areas like the dayroom and lounge at its core, surrounded by conference and study rooms, a fitness space, and dormitories. The roof, constructed from steel with rectangular openings, plays with light and shadow, creating a dynamic atmosphere throughout the structure. Clad in linear materials, the compact bar emphasizes the site’s planar qualities, seamlessly integrating public and operational functions into a cohesive architectural experience.
The fire station’s structure contrasts a hovering steel roof with a compact bar below. The roof, with rectangular cutouts, filters light and shelters the firetruck driveway while doubling as a public park. Its thin steel frame enhances the sense of lightness.
Below, the linear bar houses firefighter spaces, clad in sleek materials that emphasize the site’s planar qualities. The design balances openness and enclosure, seamlessly integrating public and operational functions into a cohesive architectural form.
The fire station’s floor plan balances functionality and public engagement. Beneath a hovering roof, the firetruck driveway is central, with a compact bar-shaped structure housing firefighter spaces. The core includes a dayroom, lounge, kitchen, and dining area, fostering community. Surrounding these are conference rooms, study areas, a fitness space, and dormitories, ensuring both efficiency and comfort. Circulation is designed for quick response times.
Above, the expansive steel roof doubles as a public park, inviting visitors to engage with the site. Its rectangular cutouts create dynamic light patterns, while linear cladding emphasizes the station’s integration with its surroundings. The design seamlessly blends operational needs with public interaction, creating a cohesive civic space.
NET-ZERO NEO
Year: 2024
(2024) CURRENT NARRATIVE: Northeast Ohio’s once-thriving landscape now bears the scars of industrialization. Polluted rivers carry toxins into Lake Erie, while emissions and chemical runoff weaken the soil and air. Agriculture struggles, and communities feel the impact on their health and livelihoods.
(2099) PROJECTED FUTURE: Without change, pollution will worsen. Rivers will turn toxic, fish will vanish, and the air will be thick with disease-causing chemicals. Extreme weather will devastate farmland, forcing families to leave behind a scarred, economically strained region.
(2137) VISION: A shift to renewable energy could transform the region. Wind turbines and solar panels would replace pollution, reviving rivers, farmland, and communities. Clean air, rich soil, and thriving ecosystems would restore health and prosperity, uniting people in sustainability.
(2174) TRANSDUCER CELEBRATION: A festival of renewal emerges, celebrating the shift from pollution to clean energy. Communities gather in music and dance, symbolizing the harmonious flow of energy between people, nature, and technology. It marks the dawn of a thriving, sustainable future.
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Cozy Communities
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Renewable Energy Zone
Cozy Community Trees
The timeline traces Northeast Ohio’s shift from pollution to sustainability.
In 2024, industrialization leaves rivers toxic, soil depleted, and communities struggling.
By 2061, pollution worsens—rivers die, air turns hazardous, and extreme weather forces migration.
By 2099, renewable energy restores ecosystems, reviving farmland, rivers, and public health.
By 2137, the Transducer Celebration honors this transformation, uniting people, technology, and nature in a festival of renewal.
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ELEMENTARY
Year: 2023
The design weaves spatial experiences, blurring the line between exterior and interior. A dynamic envelope shapes the building, where two smaller masses support a central volume, balancing aesthetics and function. The ground anchors the structure, enhancing its connection to the site.
Voids and solids guide movement, opening sightlines while maintaining privacy. Each component—the shell, floorplates, and stairs—operates independently yet integrates seamlessly. This interplay creates a cohesive architectural narrative, transforming the space into an immersive and engaging experience.
This design exploration begins with a 2D triangular shape as the foundational element, utilizing its geometric properties to generate a dynamic 3D form. By multiplying the triangle three times, with one variation in size, a complex structure emerges.
Building on this, the initial 3D form is further transformed into a distinctive composition. Three instances of the shape, each with unique orientations and scales, are combined to create a more intricate and layered object, pushing the boundaries of geometric manipulation.
AGGREGATE
Year: 2022
This project centers around redefining the role of a wall, transforming it from a simple divider into a fundamental design element that shapes the entire structure. More than just a boundary, the wall becomes a dynamic force, inspiring the architectural composition.
The design process embraces geometric manipulation, extracting elements from the foundational wall and subtracting them from a rectangular mass to create a sculptural form. This subtractive approach breaks away from rigid conventions, introducing an interplay of shapes, curves, and voids that balance removal with the retention of essential elements.
Texture further enhances the design, adding depth and cohesion. The textured surfaces not only enrich the visual experience but also unify the various architectural components, resulting in a compelling and harmonious composition.
The design process begins with a singular wall, not as a mere boundary but as the foundation of spatial composition. By strategically extracting elements from this wall, negative space is introduced, transforming a solid rectangular mass into a sculptural form. This subtractive approach breaks rigid conventions, allowing voids and curves to emerge, creating a dynamic interplay between structure and openness.
The form evolves through controlled extractions, ensuring that while portions are removed, the integrity of the structure remains intact. The balance between solid and void generates spatial depth and fluid movement within the design.
Texture plays a crucial role in unifying these elements, adding both tactile and visual complexity. Surface treatments enhance depth, guiding light and shadow to emphasize the sculptural quality of the form. This integration of wall, voids, and textures results in a cohesive architectural expression that is both functional and visually compelling.
