AN ECOLOGICALLY RESPONSIVE BILOXI CHICAGO DWELLING COMPLEX EMMETT TILL RIVERSIDE MEMORIAL BROOKHAVEN FACADE REDESIGN PROCESS 04 14 20 26 30
AN ECOLOGICALLY RESPONSIVE BILOXI
STUDIO 4A
Exhibited in Charlotte and Richard McNeel Gallery
Submitted for the Line Scale Form Award
Submitted to the ACSA COTE competition
Presented at The 2024 Gulf Scholars Program Fall Forum
The Back Bay of East Biloxi, Mississippi, once a thriving community, due to poor redevelopment of infrastructure in the aftermath of hurricanes have led to Urban decay, damaging the community’s co-existence with its environment. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the city has poorly addressed issues such as zoning, density, building the Katrina flood line, allowing corporations to buy land without requiring development, and transportation infrastructure. The new proposal eliminates the man-made barriers between the community and the bay, encouraging the community to take pride and ownership of the natural environment while also raising and implanting adaptable structures capable of responding to both sea level rises and natural disasters.
EXISTING TRANSPORTATION
Bus SidewalksStops Roads
EXISTING PARKING LOTS
KATRINA FLOODLINE
EXISTING STRUCTURES
Residential Commercial Community
EXISTING BACK BAY
BAYVIEW AVE.
I-110
EXISTING SEA LEVEL
ECOLOGICALLY RESPONSIVE BILOXI
KATRIAN FLOODLINE
+45’ OF WATER
BUILDING
FLOTATION DEVICES
MASS TIMBER PIERS
2’-6” x 2’-6” O.C GLUE LAMINATED BEAMS
BIKE LANES PLAY SPACES ASSEMBLING GATHERING
TRAILS
COMMUNITY CONCERTS
WATER SPORTS
DWELLING IN CHICAGO
STUDIO 3A
Chosen among peers to submit to The Home Competition 2021
Published in BARNworks Fall 2021/Spring 2022
In the 21st century, many individuals’ dwelling spaces have transformed into their work environments. Office practices are not those of a dwelling space. A dwelling space is a place of regeneration, not work; therefore, the two should remain separate. Appendage, a dwelling complex for young professionals in Chicago, addresses this by removing the working space from the dwelling unit. The space created fights the antisocial nature of the socially distanced workforce by encouraging residents to work alongside their neighbors.
The main floor consists of the lobby and commercial space. By funneling pedestrians from the Southern to the Northern façade through a series of pop-up shops, the complex becomes an extension of the street. The indoor street is intended to create an alternative path that is an escape from the harsh Chicago winters.
The main floor amenities, working space, and dwelling units are tied together with a grand staircase that circulates the residents throughout the complex. This architectural language is expressed on the exterior of the building with a grand stair gathering space that joins the two co-working floors. The grand stair is visually connected to the street by the stairs that lead the pedestrian from the street into the commercial space.
HOME WORK
RETAIL
EMMETT TILL RIVERSIDE MEMORIAL
STUDIO 1B
Exhibited at Emmett Till Interpretive Center, Sumner, MS
Published in BARNworks Fall 2019/Spring 2020
The site of the proposed memorial is where Emmett Till’s body was found and believed to have been pulled from the Tallahatchie River, Graball Landing. In the Spring of 2019, our studio was invited to propose design solutions for the site to ignite conversations within the surrounding community concerning whether a memorial is an appropriate solution for the site. Since proposing these design solutions, on July 25, 2023, President Biden signed the Proclamation to Establish Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, preserving three sites significant to the story and legacy of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley, including Graball Landing.
In many South Eastern United States communities, Emmett Till’s story is not taught; therefore education became the primary concept driving the design. With the site seen as Holy by many, the secondary focus of the memorial is to complement the land in a manner in which the memorial dissolves into the land. To achieve this harmony, the memorial is situated into the mound so people first notice the land and second the memorial.
As the visitor approaches the riverside, the columns decrease in height, which is a reflection of the gradual slope of the land, but also sets the scene of what occurred in 1955. On the face of the column headed towards the water is an event in history that explains how we as a society were led to the point that a black 14-year-old was brutally murdered. The waterfront, where the river is washing over the edge of the memorial, acts as the last column. Just as the water reflects its surroundings, the columns become a reflection of this event in history. The face of nonstructural columns now facing the visitors each have an event inscribed into them that is a consequence of this monumental incident. As the visitor returns to their vehicle, they find that the columns grow in height, representing the growth of Emmett’s story and the Civil Rights Movement.
SECTION A
SECTION B
SECTION C
BROOKHAVEN FACADE REDESIGN
STUDIO 2A
Published in BARNworks Fall 2020/Spring 2021
Project designed in collaboration with Mo Karnes
Building Construction Science collaborators Elizabeth Gallagher and Francis Neal
In this three-week project, we were challenged to redesign the facade of the Brookhaven College of Science and Allied Health building located in Farmers Branch, Texas. The design focus was sustainability, using the BIQ House, an apartment complex in Germany, as the main source of inspiration for this project. Adapting the geometry of the building’s plant energy technology, through the use of what we named the “algae crystals”, gives the building a sense of movement and texture, in addition to its sustainable function. The windows are tinted to minimize the amount of harsh sunlight entering the building. In addition to tinting the windows, we used metal slats over larger windows to maximize the view while minimizing direct light and solar heat gain.
My primary contribution to this group project included design, elevation drawings and renders, photoshopping Enscape renders, and wall sections.
SOUTH ELEVATION
XYZ
Hufft Summer 2024 Intern Project Designed in collaboration with Aaron McIntosh and Sydney Slaughter
