Born and Raised in Richmond, Virginia, I landed at the University of Georgia after falling in love with Athens.
I only discovered my passion for landscape design after two years pursuing a business degree, despite my long-time love affair with the arts and the outdoors.
Univer sity of Georgia Bachelor of Landscape Architecture | Class of 2023
LEED Green Associate | 2021 - Current
Landscape Ar chitecture Intern - Niles Bolton Associates | May 2022 - Current
- Contributed to a variety of high-end commercial projects including multi-family residential, student housing, senior living, and campus planning.
- Experienced the entire design pr ocess from RFP to Construction Administration.
- Shar pened technical skills in a professional setting.
Stone Mason’s Assistant - Homescapes, Ltd. | December 2019 - August 2020
- Provided creative solutions to design problems encountered in the field.
- Built high-end residential har dscape projects across Richmond, Virginia.
Proficient in AutoCAD, Land f/x, Sketchup, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat, Blubeam, Word, Excel, and Hand Graphics.
“The Walking Trees” is a park project located along the waterfront of Busan, South Korea. The site is bordered on two sides by water and separated from the rest of the city by a large, looming department store. We looked at contextual evidence, groups most likely to frequent the park, and types of programming that would best benefit key user groups to provide an all-encompassing design.
GROUP: Carter Gilson, Kaylee Major, Clarrisa Costen, Taylor Titshaw
Sketchup, Lumion, Photoshop
The groves supply locals with access to dense vegetation, which is hard to find in Busan. They also conveniently shield the facade of the department store.
The boardwalk system through the site allows for proper circulation and the opportunity for a traipse amongst the trees.
The raised walkway provides a unique perspective over the site and the channel that runs along it. It provides an entirely new experience.
The entrance to the boardwalk is placed in a way that it functions as a connector to the bridge and as a bridge over the adjacent streets. The groves are obvious in this view and the shade that they provide an otherwise open area is not to be overlooked.
The boardwalk offers an amazing vantage point over the amenity lawn, each ray, and over the water. The walkway is wide to allow for people to walk slowly and imbibe their surroundings. It provides innummerable photo opportunties and serves as a meditative escape from the excitement of the programmed elements below.
Sketchup, Lumion, Photoshop
This view shows the ray on the northeast corner of the site. The boardwalk to the right is one of the arteries that travels between rays through the site. The groves are dense and provide a unique, wild experience as you walk through them. This experience is not common in Busan and bringing the people of the city a place to be amongst the trees was one of our goals.
Sketchup, Lumion, Photoshop
Connection between the rays of the park was a major focus of our design. The boardwalks are visible in this view and there is a slight juxtaposition of opposing styles of design between the two rays that are visible. Farther along the ray to the left is the boardwalk entrance and chess garden. The traffic table over the one-way road allows for access by all users and increased safety when crossing the street.
Sketchup, Lumion, Photoshop
The Jackson Street Building at the University of Georgia houses the Landscape Architecture program, but has one of the least cared for landscape designs at the University. This project overhauls the design between the JSB and the Bishop House, a small building that contains professorial offices. My design seeks to utlize the topography to create an immersive experience that links a large upper plaza to a smaller lower courtyard by means of an ADA-compliant ramp.
Sketchup, Photoshop
SCALE: 1” = 40’
Seat Wall SCALE: 1” = 2’ - 0”
Sketchup, Photoshop
Sketchup, Photoshop
Sketchup, Photoshop
When we throw our trash into landfills, we hide from our problem. We stash away the things that disgust us; however, they do not disappear.
We are like children hiding our toys under our bed instead of cleaning them up. The longer we hide from the problem, the easier it becomes to ignore. There is no need to hide from it any longer.
Each year, Americans deposit 85% of single-use plastic into landfills. This adds up to 26.8 million tons of plastic going to waste each year. Georgia alone contributes about 1 million tons to this figure. Each ByBlock masonry unit weighs 22 pounds. If we gradually start implementing ByBlock into our construction practices and phase out typical CMUs, we can make a major dent in the amount of trash that winds up in landfills each year without sacrificing functionality in building materials.
Piedmont Park
Jackson-Hartsfield
Over 6 million people live in Atlanta. The ‘Benz’ attracts almost a million visitors per year. Hartsfield-Jackson International Aiport sees 300,000 visitors each day. Atlanta is uniquely positioned as one of the largest cities in the south to be the site for an inspirational installation. Millions of people could be exposed to the realities of ‘throw-away culture’ each day if installations were added in some key places throughout the city. If we stop hiding it, maybe we can stop ignoring it.
Pictured are statue concepts for some Atlanta landmarks. Each one is made with ByBlock material to bring the issue at stake to the forefront.
Historically, the black community has not been represented in memorials constructed by Lafayette County. This memorial plaza was designed in conjunction with Lafayette County to provide a memorial plaza to uplift the black community. Individuals with historical significance are highlighted on a monument of black granite protruding from the earth. The shape of the monument represents the emergence of the community from the land and their connection to it.
Sketchup, Lumion, Photoshop
The Shape of the Plaza began as a circle, representing the circle of time and the wholeness of the black community in lafayette. I abstracted the circle to bring a bit more playfulness to the plan. I eventually returned to slightly overlapped circular design. I felt this design represented the strength of the community in the most profound way.
This fountain began as a planting bed, but morphed into a fountain when the client expressed a desire for donor recognition. Each one of the bands is intedended to be used as a donor band where their commitment to the monument can stand the test of time. The bands alternate between light and dark granite, showing stratification and again symbolizing how long the black community has been in the county.
The plan for this project centered around accessiblity. I wanted the entire community to be able to access the monumnet and enjoy the plaza. The plaza connects with the parking at grade to allow for access via wheelchair, and the grade of the plaza is gentle to allow wheelchair access all the way down to the fountain. The city sidewalk seems to function as part of the plaza and it is impossible to ignore the monument if you were to walk past.
The Monument structure evolved over time from a series of six eight-foot-tall monoliths. These monoliths were selected by a previous class and designed to depict a persona on each. I felt the community needed to be portrayed in a more cohesive way, so I decided to combine the monoliths into one and show each individual as a part of something larger.
This view shows a bench that follows the form of the fountain and monument. It reaches around the fountain to provide an opportunity for quiet contemplation and allows for seating from both sides.
The walk from the parking to the bottom of the plaza by the fountain is very gradual and can easily be traversed by wheelchair or with a cane. You can see how the monument interacts with the grade in a striking fashion to appear impressive, especially from the lower parts of the plaza.
Sketchup, Lumion, Photoshop
The interaction between the donor fountain and the monument is obvious in this view. It is easy to discern the difference in stone selection between bands of the fountain. Water gradually trickles down the fountain and adds a pleasing aural facet to the design.
Sketchup, Lumion, Photoshop
The monument is about 4 feet high and slightly slanted so that the etched information is easily legible. The Carpinus caroliniana add a strong vertical element to the space without blocking much of the view through the plaza.
Sketchup, Lumion, Photoshop
These are a collection of works from my time at Niles Bolton Associates. There are a few selected renderings and designed pieces.
These three concepts were designed with the intention of incorporating the same elements that had been included in a pricing set previously. The space lacked ease of circulation and needed a slight overhaul. I wanted to maximize the amount of usable space and separation between areas. Each design has an overhead pergola, a set of grills, and a fire-pit seating area.
Dual Grill Station
Shaded Pergola Seating
Private Fire-pit Lounge
Planting Screen
Two-Story Townhome
Dual Grill Station
Shaded Pergola Seating
Private Fire-pit Lounge
Planting Screen
Two-Story Townhome
Dual Grill Station
Shaded Pergola Seating
Private Fire-pit Lounge
Planting Screen
SCALE: 1” = 20’
This Pocket Park was designed to be a secondary amenity space for a series of multifamily housing units. In addition to a pool space. This park, complete with hammcoks, swing chairs, and patio seating has a vegetated barrier between the lawn and parking to retain its meditative nature.
Patio Seating
Secondary Lawn Space
Lazy Split Walk
Swinging Benches
Screen Planting
Understated Site Access
Hammock Area
Primary
One of my favorite creative outlets is character drawings. I think it is hilarious to personify inamimate objects and give them eclectic personalities. The pencil and banana were done with ink and watercolor, and all others were with ink and alcohol marker.
INDOOR SPACE FOR RECREATION AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
GLASS WINDOWS FOR VIEWS IN THE PLAZA
Listed are a few of my hand rendered views from three different projects. I wanted to highlight my style and ability to render by hand. Before I was a landscape architect I was an artist, so this rendering style comes just as naturally to me as digital rendering.
MOONLIGHT FOR VIEWS AND SUNLIGHT
REUSE OF ORGANIC WASTE WITH NATIVE GRASS PLANTING
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
-John Muir