IRIS NEW ORLEANS BESTHOFF GALLERY
PROTOTYPE TINY HOUSE
IRIS NEW ORLEANS
Spring 2024
A hostel design to fill an empty lot a short walk from the iconic French Quarter and downtown New Orleans. Iris is a design intended to mirror the characteristc vibrancy of the city that beckons travelers from around the world. A Three-Bar scheme is bridged by outdoor walkways, opening up breezeway courtyards through the building that provide natural ventilation in this hot humid climate. The building is clad in a rainscreen system of opalescent porcelain tiles that are subtly radiant and profoundly resilient.
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BESTHOFF GALLERY
Fall 2023 - In Collaboration w/ Lancer Lan
In a complex site weaving through the rich context of New Orleans’ Warehouse District sits this gallery, designed to elegtantly house the artwork owned by the Besthoff family. The design preserves historical facades and structure and protects them by floating the canopy roof above. The curves of the roof respond to the program and circulation below, with the weight supported by a network of tree columns. Rainwater captured by the canopy flows down through the valleys and can be captured for reuse watering the gardens atop the roofdecks making up the outdoor entry sequence.
PROTOTYPE TINY HOUSE
Fall 2024
This strategy for a mass-producible, affordable house maximizes a new tax code in New Orleans that provides special privileges for quadplex housing split into two duplexes on a single lot. This quadplex is made up of four 280 square-foot units. The scheme was used to test various building systems optimized for mass production such as insulated concrete forms (ICF) and structurally insulated panels (SIP) for wall assemblies. The units open using stacking sliding doors to an enclosed courtyard to provide a more spacious feel within such a tight footprint.
URBANBUILD 20
Spring 2025
The second phase of tiny house development was to proceed with construction of a selected strategy. In collaboration with 10 other students, one duplex of a quadplex strategy will be constructed as a first phase of development. Louvis Services, a New Orleans housing non-profit for homeless populations, financed the project and will rent out the units below market rate to homeless people within their system. Construction covers all the way from foundation pour to finishing detail aside from subcontracted work for building systems.
OSTREA
Spring 2023
In collaboration with 13 other students and Shiftspace, an architecture firm based in Philadelphia, this pavillion was designed and fabricated to be showcased at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. The sharp geometric structure is clad in layers of ceramic tiles designed to mimic the oyster shells lining the Venice canals.
OBSERVATIONAL SKETCHES
Spring 2024
In-situ ink and watercolor sketches as part of a series for an observational drawing class. Pictured at right are 4 views of the cathedral tower of Loyola University of New Orleans campus, each with a 15 minute time limit. Below is a one hour sketch made from a coffee shop patio on Tulane’s campus capturing the movement of students as a print time-lapse
