University of Toronto, Canada Bachelor of Art in Architectural Studies, Specialist in Design of Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism.
Sep 2019 - Jun 2023
University of Toronto, Canada Master of Architecture
Sep 2024 - Jun 2027 (Expected Graduation Date)
Experience
Build X Design, Toronto, Canada Architectural Designer
Jan 2024 - Present
The Red Chair - The Architect’s Chair Competition by Buildner Shortlisted.
Sept 2024
HousingNowTO - Reimagining Coxwell and Dundas Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project with HousingNowTO.
Sep 2022 - May 2023
Aravia Design Ltd, Hong Kong Architectural design internship.
Aug 2021
Design Built Studio Design and construction of the Wellington Rotary Beach Gatehouse.
Jul 2022
Dignified Home Design Competition by DesignClass Finalist.
Jun 2021
Popber, Lancaster, UK
Logo design and branding for the non-profit community organization.
Nov 2020
Selected Works
01 | Decolonized Museum – Crawford Lake
2025 | Academic | Individual Work | Professor Behnaz Assadi | Exhibition & Cultural
02 | Thermae Ontario
2024 | Academic | Individual Work | Professor Anne-Marie Armstrong | Public & Recreational
03 | Laneway House on St. Clarens
2024 | Professional | Design & Building Permit Documentation Team Member | Build X Design | Laneway Suite 04 | The Playground
2022 | Academic | Individual Work | Professor Lukas Pauer | Residential 05 | The Whisky House 2022 | Academic | Individual Work | Professor R. Shane Williamson |
06 | The Wellington Rotary Beach Gatehouse 2022 | Academic | Group Work | Professor Zachary Mollica | Design
07 | The Red Chair 2024 | The Architect’s Chair Competition by Buildner | Individual Work | Furniture
01 | Decolonized Museum – Crawford Lake
A museum for Indigenous art and public space designed for Crawford Lake, Ontario. The project challenges the conventional museum typology by introducing a gradient of spatial openness, blurring the threshold between architecture and landscape. It uses spatial experience as a symbolic journey from darkness to light—reflecting healing, memory, and cultural resilience.
The museum is designed to accommodate a range of exhibition types, each responding to the needs of the work, its audience, and the intended mode of engagement with audience.
1:50 Section Model
Crawford
Form
Drawing inspiration from Mi’kmaw teepee and longhouse structures, the architecture is grounded in Indigenous worldviews and ecological relationships. The design of the museum responds to the site by preserving existing trees and resolving geometry based on nearby structures.
Facade & Material
The building is primarily wood, with Eastern Hemlock for structural framing and Eastern White Cedar for cladding. Both are locally sourced, aligning with Indigenous building traditions and the surrounding landscape. The cladding is expressed in three densities—solid, semi-open, and fully open.
Circulation & Symbolism
Movement through the museum is designed as both a spatial and emotional journey. Visitors pass through a non-linear greenhouse path, transition into a compressed exhibition space, descend into a sunken amphitheatre, and emerge into a taller, light-filled upper level. This progression—from dark, enclosed spaces to expansive, sunlit volumes—symbolizes a path of reflection, healing, and cultural resurgence. The architecture engages land, light, and story to create a space that embodies Indigenous presence rather than simply displaying it.
Decolonized Museum
Crawford Lake
02 | Thermae Ontario
2024 | Academic | Individual Work | Professor Anne-Marie Armstrong | Public & Recreational
The Thermae Ontario project explores geometric clarity and spatial sequencing, inspired by the clean, rational forms of Ontario Place’s Pods and Cinesphere. Using a grid system, the design organizes programs into a radial arrangement, responding to the site’s landscape, skyline, and waterfront.
The pavilion balances openness and enclosure, with south-facing pools embedded into the terrain for seasonal use, while indoor spaces support yearround programs such as community gatherings and children’s activities. A central core anchors circulation, guiding movement while framing key site views.
A hydrobotanic filtration pond integrates sustainability into the landscape, while minimalist architectural gestures define thresholds, light, and spatial interaction. The result is a controlled yet dynamic composition, shaping a serene and immersive retreat within the urban waterfront.
1:200 Model
Inspired by surrounding architecture, programs are reduced to pure geometric forms, each treated as an individual element before integration.
A site-specific grid aligns with key landmarks, organizing programs radially for optimal light, views, function and circulation.
Volumes embed, elevate, and extend to merge with the topography, shaping architecture through its integration with the landscape.
Thermae Ontario
03 | Laneway House on St. Clarens
2024 |
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Located in downtown Toronto, the St. Clarens’ Laneway Suite is designed for a small family, taking advantage of its linear lot, transforming it into a composition of space, function, and light.
The design explores volume through subtraction, carving out space for movement, privacy, and natural illumination. The ground floor merges living, dining, and kitchen areas into a fluid whole, while the upper level offers a more introspective retreat. Subtracted voids define thresholds and sheltered moments, balancing openness and enclosure.
With efficient planning, spatial clarity, and a seamless indoor-outdoor connection, the suite is a refined addition to Toronto’s evolving laneway housing landscape.
Professional
Design & Building Permit Documentation Team Member | Build X Design | Laneway Suite
Laneway
Laneway House on St. Clarens
The St. Clarens Laneway Suite follows a simple but intentional design, balancing spatial efficiency with regulatory constraints.
The form is shaped to maximize livability within a compact footprint, ensuring a logical flow between spaces. Thoughtful adjustments in massing, circulation, and openings respond to both function and context, creating a laneway home that feels open, connected, and adaptable to urban living.
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Two stacked volumes stacked to form the overall massing.
2. Lower volume is subtracted to create a clear entry path from the laneway.
4. Windows oriented toward the backyard, bringing in natural light in.
3. Volume sliced at angle to reduce shadow impact on adjacent properties.
Laneway House on St. Clarens
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04 | The Playground
Located within the historic Huron-Sussex neighborhood, this student residence aims to create a balance between preserving and repurposing the existing heritage buildings while introducing a new structure to accommodate 350 residents. The compact site, approximately 0.8 acres including the heritage structures, poses a unique challenge for designing a contextually sensitive and functional living space.
The design of the student residence is conceived to be subtle and unobtrusive, sitting gently behind the heritage buildings. The facade, envisioned as a white canvas, serves to complement and accentuate the presence of these historic structures. The goal is to seamlessly integrate the new building within the existing urban fabric while maintaining a distinct character.
The building seeks to encourage physical activity by incorporating a series of playgrounds throughout the structure. To further enhance the experience of these spaces, the facade’s transparency is increased on the north and south sides, allowing the playgrounds to be visible from the outside and inviting natural light to permeate these communal areas. This interplay of light, transparency, and activity creates a dynamic and engaging environment for the residents, fostering a sense of community and well-being.
Playground
A series of interconnected playgrounds inhabit the void. The facade’s transparency on the north and south is increased to enhance the visual prominence of these recreational spaces, fostering dynamic connections between the interior and exterior environments.
Heritage
The serene white canvas subtly nestles behind the heritage buildings, as one of the existing structures elegantly transforms into the entrance of the student residence, echoing the same harmonious facade language.
The playgrounds are arranged by noise levels, with louder zones positioned closer to the ground level to promote street engagement.
This organization maintains undisturbed, quiet study space and garden space on the upper levels, fostering an optimal learning and relaxing environment.
Exploded Isometric Diagram - Program Arrangement and Circulation.
Exploded Isometric Diagram - Playground Types.
01 | Commercial and Lobby.
18 | Residential and Playgrounds.
20 | Study Space and Garden.
Level
Level
Level 02 | Exhibition and Event Space.
Level
Unit Types
The residence features five unit types, including accessible single rooms, single rooms with and without balconies, and double rooms with and without balconies.
Adaptability
The facade is designed with a modular approach, enabling residents to adjust it from the inside. Occupants have control over the privacy and exposure of their living spaces, allowing for a personalized and comfortable living experience.
Facade Arrangement for each Unit Types.
05 | The Whisky House
Nestled in the vibrant Kensington neighborhood of Toronto, Canada, the Kensington Whisky Collector’s Residence is a bespoke family home designed with two main objectives in mind: to accommodate a family of three, consisting of two adults and a child, and to showcase the homeowner’s extensive whisky collection.
The residence aims to reflect the eclectic nature of the Kensington Market, known for its diversity in art, music, and architecture. Through the thoughtful use of materials and design, the residence showcases the homeowner’s passion for whisky collecting while providing a living space for a family of three. The façade design embodies the diversity of the surrounding neighborhood, making it an architectural reflection of the bustling Kensington community.
Concept
The fragmentation of the façade is inspired by the unique character of Kensington Market, which is shaped by a rich amalgamation of cultural, artistic, and architectural elements. The neighborhood is defined by its diversity and the myriad aspects that contribute to its vibrant identity.
The façade of the residence is composed of series of glass blocks, reflecting the ever-changing street scene and capturing the kaleidoscopic nature of the Kensington Market. This design approach allows the exterior to engage with the surrounding environment, creating a dynamic visual experience that represents the diverse elements of the neighborhood.
Drawing inspiration from Maison Hermès by Renzo Piano, the materiality of the house plays a pivotal role in the design. The soft, warm light gently permeates the façade, evoking the enchanting effect of light passing through a whisky bottle.
Concept model of the facade.
Model showing the structure of the building.
Implementation
The glass blocks on the façade are designed with varying levels of opacity. This balances the need for privacy with the desire to embrace the vibrant street life of the Kensington Market.
Situated at Wellington Rotary Beach in Prince Edward County, Ontario, “The Wellington Rotary Beach Gatehouse” project was the result of a collaborative effort led by Professor Zachary Mollica and a team of 12 students. Our collective aim was to replace an ageing gatehouse with a new, mobile structure, providing a practical solution for seasonal usage and storage.
The project’s main challenge was to ensure the gatehouse was not only fit for purpose during the summer months, providing shelter for the employees, but also that it could be easily transported and stored during the winter. To do this, our design needed to be sized to fit onto a forklift and trailer, while also being sturdy enough to withstand regular relocation.
Throughout the project, I found myself deeply engaged in designing, 3D modeling, and hands-on construction. Working closely with the fabrication, woodworking, and construction process, I was able to learn valuable practical skills that combined with my theoretical knowledge, creating a structure that met the specific needs of the Wellington Rotary Beach.
The Wellington Rotary Beach Gatehouse project was a rewarding experience that pushed our team to adapt and learn, creating a structure that meets the needs of the community. The project was supported by the Prince Edward County Municipality and the Wellington Rotary Club.
2022 | Academic
Group Work | Professor Zachary Mollica | Design Build
Exploded Isometric - Construction of the gatehouse.
Isometric - Demonstrating the Versatility of the gatehouse.
The gatehouse is designed to be flexible, with its foldable canopy and wall. These elements can be independently adjusted to cater to different situation. With folded dimensions of approximately 2.3m x 2.75m x 3.3m, allowing it to sit on a pickup truck trailer.
When erected, the canopy offers around 40% additional coverage, creating a shaded area for staff. Furthermore, the foldable door can be opened to enhance ventilation as required, underlining the gatehouse’s functionality and adaptability.
07 | The Red Chair
The Architect’s Chair Competition by Buildner
Concept
The design of the Red Chair is inspired by the iconic Muskoka chair, which originated in Ontario, Canada, it is known for its comfort, distinct design, and tectonics. My goal was to create a lounge chair that embodies comfort, boldness, and simplicity while maintaining a carefully considered design. The design reflects my personal obsession with the golden ratio, ensuring that proportions and geometry are balanced and aesthetically pleasing. The chair is intended to enrich interior spaces and make a strong statement, particularly in apartments and smaller living spaces.
The Red Chair’s design goes beyond function and aesthetics. It pays attention to its origins and cultural influences, blending the heritage of the Muskoka chair with modern design principles. The chair’s design features simple geometric shapes guided by the golden ratio, creating a bold yet harmonious appearance.
Materials and Sustainability
The chair will be constructed using locally sourced, FSCcertified plywood from Ontario. Plywood is chosen for its strength, durability, and excellent paint adhesion, making it ideal for the bold red finish. Sustainability is key, with affordable and eco-friendly materials used to ensure the chair is both accessible and economical. The modular and flat-pack design further reduces transportation costs and minimizes environmental impact, aligning with sustainable practices.
