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SUNSET STEPS

AIA HOUSING 2050 COMPETITION Sunset Steps is a collection of homes that center around the backyard as a place that brings communities together: entertaining, growing, cooking, and sharing food become the catalyst for a true community. Prioritizing the yard as a space for everyone gives every member of the community access to high quality living. The building envelope descends to the common ground providing opportunities for unimpeded stepped terraces, giving sixty five percent of the site to landscape. This replicable community increases density and maintains San Francisco’s iconic hillside landscape.

The building fosters collaborative living through two mechanisms: a generous circulation loop and a terraced massing. The circulation loop links each roof top “yard” to a set of shared stairs with decks, balconies, and gardens that serve as venues for informal encounters. The terraced massing gathers density towards the street frontage, and visually connects the communal areas of the midblock site. Together these elements weave a close-knit vertical neighborhood.

Partnering with a local community land trust keeps this property affordable.

That community land trust owns the land, reducing the cost of the homes significantly. Individuals can own a whole floor or a portion. The simple addition or subtraction of a portion of wall allows this flexibility. At its most dense this is a community of ten homes and at its least a set of four. The homes can grow and shift with the community over time. Together, the qualities that build Sunset Steps form something greater than a multifamily building: it is a place for a beloved community to call home.

PROJECT Multi-Family Affordable Housing TYPE: San Francisco, CA 10,000 SF PROJECT Project Manager TEAM: Project Designer (Myself) ROLES:

Concept Development and Massing Unit and Site Plan Development Digital Modeling Diagrams

AWARDS: 2023 AIA San Francisco Housing 2050 Grand Prize 2023 AIA Los Angeles NextLA Honor Award

Partnering with a local community land trust keeps this property affordable.

6 homes

10 homes

8 homes 10 homes

In its most dense configuration this community takes a typical San Francisco site at 14.7 du/acre and increases it to over 100 du/acre

Communal terraces branch off of circulation loop

Enlarged landings become entry balconies

Circulation Diagram

Outdoor space links every floor of the building

Year 1

Year 5

Fourth Floor Plan

Street-facing interiors utilize corners to pull light deeper into each space.

Third Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

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Backyard-facing interiors connect directly to the garden terraces.

Ground Floor Plan

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1. Entry Stoop 2. 1 Bedroom Home 3. 2 Bedroom Home 4. Bike Parking

5. Communal Childcare 6. Garden Terrace 7. Balcony “landing” 8. Community Room

9. Outdoor Deck 10. Light Well 11. Native Landscape Garden 12. Interconnected Circulation Loop

LAKESIDE SPEC SUITES TENANT IMPROVEMENT

Pacific Northwest Crafted Contemporary: Taking queues from the dark blues and greens of Lake Washington’s glacially sculpted ecosystem, the spec suites are characterized by a restrained yet saturated color palette that mixes harmoniously across various surface materials: tiles, stones, carpets, and painted accent walls play against subtly warm millwork panels.

Breakout seating areas are clustered around hightouch spaces, and framed by sound-dampening rugs and a gridded felt accent ceiling. The private offices are restrained and refined with dark accent carpets and walls, illuminated by a bright ceiling plane. These offices look onto an open desking space that is given a cadence by site-assembled light fixtures comprised of standardlength linear pendants sandwiched between woodtrimmed acoustic baffles. Feature lighting is provided over the kitchenette island and in the conference rooms, hanging below acoustic cloud panels.

PROJECT Tenant Improvement TYPE: Renton, WA 10,000 SF PROJECT Project Manager TEAM: Project Designer (Myself) ROLES:

Concept Development Space Planning Digital Modeling Rendering Construction Documents Presentation Design

OVERALL PLAN

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DEMISING PLAN SOUTH SUITE Two Exits Required for: >49 Occupants >270 SF Conference Space - Extend corridor by 16’ to bring suite exiting into code compliance

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4,461 SF

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NORTH SUITE Two Exits Required for: >49 Occupants >165 SF Conference Space

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- Extend corridor by 15’ to bring suite exiting into code compliance

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170'-0" EXIT DISTANCE 300'-0" MAX ALLOWABLE PER CODE

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WHITE WATER

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE White Water takes a small scale housing aproach to a multi-family development. The layered project requirements - driven by client proforma, city zoning, and appropriate density for the site create a project that is densest on the perimeter streets and steps down towards a common plaza in the center. Units cluster around point-access stairwells to create a walk-up experience that promotes social interaction while also enabling the most efficient unit layout for the site. The resulting project undulates across the site to create interest and intrigue for the residents of this emerging Boise, Idaho community.

PROJECT Multi-Family Housing Development TYPE: Boise, Idaho 50,000 SF PROJECT Project Manager TEAM: Project Designer (Myself) ROLES:

Concept Development Site Massing Unit Plan Development Digital Modeling Rendering Presentation Design

PROJECT GOALS

highly curated groundplane programmed site edges pulled back from the street pocketed communal outdoor space parking as park

innovative model for walk-up living cluster buildings generate community direct circulation through the single-point stair exaggerated stair landing replace the double-loaded corridor

cohesive sided-ness urban streetfront vs. private garden & parking connectivity between the zones

SITE PLANNING

site strategy: 3-4 buildings one building on each street mini neighborhood walk-up that looks urban

massing: 3-4 stories no elevator type IIIB

program requirements: tuck under parking retail jewel box at corner (10,000 sf) 40 units on each phase

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SITE PLANNING Visuals for the project take an intentionally illustrative approach in order to remain conceptually clear, yet flexible, while the team works with the city to finalize the project’s approval.

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DIAGRAMMATIC PLANS Level 01

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TYPICAL UNIT PLANS 1 Bedroom 600 sq ft.

These drawings have been designed according to the following codes: • 2017 ICC A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities (A117.1) • 2018 IBC

36-inch wide minimum accessible route through dwelling unit.

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TYPICAL UNIT PLANS 2 Bedroom 750 sq ft.

These drawings have been designed according to the following codes: • 2017 ICC A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities (A117.1) • 2018 IBC

36-inch wide minimum accessible route through dwelling unit.

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TYPICAL UNIT PLANS 3 Bedroom 1000 sq ft.

These drawings have been designed according to the following codes: • 2017 ICC A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities (A117.1) • 2018 IBC

36-inch wide minimum accessible route through dwelling unit.

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