Bachelor of Architecture | Real Estate Minor | GPA: 4.04
OREGON EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
High School | GPA: 4,0
May – August 2023
Portland, OR
Populous | Architecture Intern
• Created site and program diagrams for Deschutes Expo proposal which ultimately win the project
• Presented research proposal into mass timber sports architecture by comparing precedent analysis and past Populous projects
• Initiated preliminary design ideation for renovation of 100 year old expo center into mass timber indoor track facility
• Built site model and modified site drawings for new shared training facility for national women’s soccer and basketball teams
June – August 2023
Portland, OR English
RHINO VRAY ADOBE SUITE ENSCAPE CLIMATE STUDIO BLENDER
Nike. | Sales Athlete
• Assisted more than 100 customers daily during back to school season – accomplished over 10 member connections and app downloads in 2 weeks
• Partook in fiscal year end company store review: examined revenue and current Nike strategies to reposition store to excel in the post pandemic environment
• Summarized best selling products and sales projections as a team to project following year’s sales
Paul Dickinson Prize
Awarded by the faculty of the Department of Architecture to the first-year undergraduate architecture student attaining the highest scholastic record
3rd PLace | Barbara G. Laurie NOMAS Student Design Competition
Annual student design competition with more than 40 participating nationwide chapters taking place at the NOMA conference
CASS PARK LIBRARY
MENDING THE DIVIDE
HOUSE INTERCEPTED
THE WEARABLE CHAIR
THE AVANT GARDEN COOKHOUSE
NAPLES STATION STRUCTURAL MODEL
PORTLAND EXPO CENTER RENOVATION
FALL 24’
SUMMER 24’
SPRING 23’
SPRING 24’
FALL
1 CASS PARK LIBRARY
SPRING 24’ Positioned in Cass Park within Ithaca, New York, this public library initially started out as three main lines, one geared towards the natural views, one facing the lake views, and one oriented towards the recreational park inland. Combined, these three hyperbolas create the basic form that rises from the Cass Park land to create occupiable space for community members of all ages to enjoy, while nestled within upstate New York’s natural beauty.
Initial paper studies using only cutting and folding techniques were tested in order to play with this “emerging landscape” form. Later, these lines of motion transformed into the three driving forces based on the adjacent setting recreational, aquatic, and ecological.
This exploded axonometric structure displays the main mass timber components which make up the green roofs emerging from the landscape as well as the precise intersection between the three masses.
The plans show how the intermediary mass bisects the bottom two hyperbolas, acting both as an opportunity to view the lake outside but also as a form of circulation which brings visitors from the more children geared book stacks in the North to the adult focused stacks in the South.
FLOOR
Sectonal cuts showcase the sloped green roofs and the placement of roof beams supporting them as well as the continous rhythm established between exterior and interior, the natural and the man-made, based on the placement of walls and masses.
Various environmental systems were considered within the design as well, integrating techniques like natural cross ventilation, photovoltaic panels, green roofs, passive shading, and rainwater collection.
2 MENDING THE DIVIDE:
A NEEDLE, A THREAD, AND A FUTURE WOVEN FALL 24’
Mending the Divide is our Cornell team’s entry into the annual NOMAS Barbara G. Laurie Student Design competition. In 2024, the site was situated in West Baltimore and our objective was to create a new transit centered design that would heal the community from the “Highway to Nowhere”, a stretch of U.S. 40 which divided and displaced predominantly Black communities in the 70s.
Our design is grounded in bringing back was a taken by sticking true to the historical maps while creating an elevated transit system that would bring people from all walks of life to the area. We highlighed the performance art history of the region by transforming the American Ice Factory into a performance space . In addition, by providing affordable housing units as well as a farmer’s cooperative living system, we included more members of the community into this renovation. Finally, mural spaces are provided throughout as a way for community members to paint their history forward during a time of healing.
By elevating the train system, opening up the ground to consolidate traffic lanes, we created a pedestrian only walkway that connected and wove together our various programs, from performance spaces, through affordable housing, all the way to the farmers co-op.
View from American Ice Factory courtyard and new historical artifact exhiibtions
View from farmer’s co-op
Consolidating the two roads, Mulberry St. and Franklin St. into one central spine very literally sews together the division and brings the community together once more, this time at the destination of a vibrant transit hub
3 HOUSE INTERCEPTED
FALL 23’
HOUSE INTERCEPTED UTILIZED THE CONCEPT OF A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A NEW DWELLING AND AN EXISTING BUILDING ON THE ITHACA GUNFACTORY SITE. FORMALLY, THE NEW DWELLING LATCHES ON TO THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, SEEMINGLY HOLDING IT BACK FROM ITS IMMINENT TUMBLE DOWN THE GORGE NEARBY.
THE HUMAN BODY TRANSCENDS THROUGH THE SLOWLY ENGULFING BODY OF THE NEW STRUCTURE AS IT ENVELOPS THE OLD BUILDING, OVERWHELMING IT AND CHANGING ITS IDENTITY. THE BODY THEN IS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN HOST AND PARASITE BY MOVING DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE HOUSE, OR “ORGANISM”.
THE FORM OF TWO L’S TWISTING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER ALONG ONE LINE OF MOTION, REPRESENTING THE THRESHOLD OF THE CLIFF, BECAME THE STARTING POINT OF DESIGN
THE EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC DISPLAYS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INTERIOR STRUCTURE AND THE FACADE AS THE ORGANISM’S “TENTACLES” GRIP ONTO THE STRUCTURE MAKING ITS WAY FURTHER IN LAND AWAY FROM THE GORGE.
ALLOCATION OF PROGRAM IS DETERMINED BY HOW CLOSE A ROOM IS TO THE ENTRANCE; THE FURTHER ONE DESCENDS DOWN THE GORGE CLIFF, THE MORE PRIVATE THE SPACE BECOMES. THUS, THE MOST PUBLIC, SUCH AS KITCHEN AND LIVING ROOM, COMES FIRST, AND THE MOST PRIVATE, SUCH AS BEDROOM AND STUDY, IS FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE ENTRANCE.
4 WEARABLE CHAIR
FALL 23’
RATHER THAN CONSIDERING THE CHAIR AS A LIFELESS OBJECT, IT WAS INTERPRETED AS AN ORGANISM WAITING TO INTERACT WITH ANOTHER BODY; THIS MUTUALISM BETWEEN THE RECEPTACLE AND THE BODY CAN BE SEEN AS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
THE HUMAN BODY, WITHOUT AID, IS UNABLE TO SIT COMOFRTABLY. MEANWHILE, THE ORGANISM, WITH ITS HOLLOW CAVITY AND ITS THREE LEGS, APPEARS UNSTABLE AND UNFINISHED. TOGETHER, THE BODY OF THE HUMAN AND THE BODY OF THE RECEPTACLE INTERSECT AS ONE, RESULTING IN THE FORMAL THEME OF “INTERSECTING AXES”.
TO ACHIEVE THIS DESIGN CONCEPT, THE STRATEGY OF CREATING A WEARABLE WAS ADOPTED. WITH TWO OPENINGS WITHIN THE RECEPTACAL CREATING A HOLLOW AXIS, THERE EXISTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIFFERENT WEARING CONFIGURATIONS. ULTIMATELY, THE CHAIR IS NO LONGER A STAND ALONE OBJECT BUT RATHER AN AUGMENTATION OF THE BODY WHICH SUPPORTS NEW POSITIONS.
THE CHAIR DREW INSPIRATION FIRSTLY FROM MY SIGNATURE AND SLOWLY EVOLVED FROM A TWO DIMENSIONAL LINE DRAWING INTO A THREE DIMENSIONAL PAPER STRUCTURE. “INTERSECTING AXES” WAS THE MAIN SPATIAL CONCEPT EXTRACTED FROM MY SIGNATURE. VARIOUS PAPER ITERATIONS EXPLORED THE CONCEPT FURTHER.
FROM THE FINALIZED PAPER STRUCTURE, THE BODY WAS INSERTED INTO THE “INTERSECTING AXES” AND THE NECESSARY MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THE PHYSICAL CHAIR. THE CHAIR CAN BE “WORN” THROUGH A MANEUVER SIMILAR TO THAT OF PUTTING ON A TURTLENECK.
THE ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM DISPLAYS A SERIES OF PLANES SLOTTED WITHIN EACH OTHER IN A WAFFLE PATTERN, STIFFENED THROUGH CYLINDRICAL TUBES INTERSECTING THE LENGTH AND THE WIDTH OF THE CHAIR. THE CAREFUL SLOTTING OF THESE CARDBOARD PLANES RESULT IN A HOLLOW CENTER OR “MOUTH” INSIDE THE “ORGANISM” IN WHICH THE HUMAN BODY CAN FIT SNUGGILY WITHIN.
THE PAPER MACHE COATING ALONG THE OUTSIDE OBSCURES THE VIEW IN PARTICULAR PLACES WHEN SITTING INSIDE THE CHAIR. STILL, THERE IS A DEGREE OF TRANSPARENCY DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE NEWSPAPER’S OPACITY WHICH ALLOWS LIGHT IN. IN THIS WAY, THE OCCUPANT IS VISUALLY SEPARATED FROM THE WORLD AROUND THEM, YET STILL PERCEPTIVE TO THE LIGHT, MOTION, AND SOUNDS BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE “ORGANISM” OF THE CHAIR.
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COOKHOUSE SPRING 23’
THE AVANT GARDEN TOOK THE PRECEDENT OF THE JAPANESE RAILWAY SLEEPER HOUSE IN MIYAKE ISLAND AND EXTRACTED THE SPATIAL LOGIC OF A RHYTHMIC ALLOCATION OF SPACES THROUGH A REGULAR PLACEMENT OF BEAMS AND COLUMNS.
THE FOOD STYPE OF MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY WAS THEN CHOSEN TO BECOME THE THEME OF THE COOKHOUSE DUE ITS SIMILAR SEQUENCE DRIVEN CREATION STYLE WHICH ALLUDED TO THE SEQUENCE DRIVEN SPATIAL DESIGN OF THE COOKHOUSE. FOUR MAIN MODULES WERE ALLOCATED TO FOUR UNIQUE MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY TECHNIQUES: SPHERIFICATION, FLASH FREEZING, AERATION, AND AROMAFICATION.
BY ELEVATING THESE MODULES ABOVE GROUND IN A STILT-LIKE MANNER, THE GROUND FLOOR WAS OPENED UP FOR A GARDEN WHICH WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE MODULES THROUGH SKYLIGHTS AND BALCONIES. AS THE INDIVIDUAL MOVES UP THROUGH THE SPACES, THEY WOULD RISE FROM THE NATURAL GREENSPACE AND GRADUALLY ENTER AN ENTIRE FOREST OF MANMADE BEAMS, AN ALLEGORY FOR NATURE’S GARDEN WHICH WILL ALWAYS BE A PREREQUISITE FOR ANY CULINARY EXPERIENCE.
FLASHFREEZING
SPHERIFICATION
THE COOKHOUSE WAS DESIGNED MODULARLY INTO FOUR SEPARATE UNITS CONNECTED VISUALLY THROUGH BEAMS AND COLUMNS. TO START, A SITE WAS CHOSEN WITH THE NECESSARY HIERARCHY FOR PLACING THE TWO MAIN AXES. THEN, THE MAIN SOLIDS WERE INSERTED ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING BEAMS AND COLUMNS. STUDY MODELS: PLACEMENT OF SOLIDS WITHIN SITE
THE AXONOMETRIC DISPLAYS THE PLACEMENT OF THE COOKHOUSE WITHIN ITS SITE: AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN LAND AND WATER. THUS, THE STILT-LIKE COLUMNS ACT AS A WAY TO SEPARATE SOME OF THE MODULES FROM THE WATER BELOW AS WELL AS ALLOW FOR GARDENING TO OCCUR ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
CIRCULATION IS ENABLED THROUGH FOUR MEANS: THE OPEN AIR GROUND FLOOR, SKY BRIDGES, STAIRS, AND THE ELEVATORS. THUS, WHILE MODULES EXPLORING VARIOUS COOKING METHODS WERE BUILT IN ISOLATION, MOVEMENT IS POSSIBLE AND THIS ALLOWS THE OCCUPANT TO TRY VARIOUS DISHES ALONG THE WAY.
THE SECTION CUT AXONOMETRIC VIEW DISPLAYS THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WHICH CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY OCCUR AT DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS WTIHIN THE STILT STRUCTURE; GROUND FLOOR WITH GARDENING BEDS, “FLOATING” MODULES FOR EATING AND EXPLORING, AND ELEVATED PATIOS TO LOOK OUT OF. THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT SO THAT IN NO AREA IS THE PRESENCE OF THE GARDEN LOST TO THE VIEWER.
USING THIN MATERIALS LIKE CHIPBOARD AND BASSWOOD TO REPRESENT THE FOREST OF BEAMS TO SUPPORT THE MODULES ABOVE GROUND CREATES A LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY AND LIGHTNESS TO THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE
6 NAPLES STATION
STRUCTURAL MODEL
EMBT’S TIMBER STATION IN NAPLES, ITALY, WAS REPRESENTED THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE STRUCTURAL MODEL DETAILING CURVED MEMBERS, STEEL AND BEAM CONNECTIONS, ROOF FRAMING SYSTEMS, AND CONNECTIONS TO FOUNDATION. THE
7 PORTLAND OREGON
A preliminary design proposal for the renovation of a century old expo ceter sitting at the edge of the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon was part of my Summer 2024 internship work. The Oregon government is looking to renovate it as a potential multi-use sports venue, and with mass timber being part of the global shift towards sustainability, along with Portland’s access to vast forests in the Pacific Northwest, a mass timber 200m track and indoor hockey rink proposal was developed.
Some mass timber strategies from precedent studies were employed throughout to hint at potential designs and material usages for the expo center renovation
A few different roof strategies were tested to see various lighting expereinces inside the new expo center. In addition, because the Oregon government is hoping that this new space will be multipurpose and open for various events, diagrams showing the different usage models of this flexible space are outlined on the right: from hockey and track, to basketball and volleyball, all the way to auto shows or other exhibitions. This flexibility is enabled by elevating the central balcony so that a collapsable wall can be pulled out in the event that spatial division is necessary, or pulled away if continuous space is needed. That balcony, then, can also be employed as a commericial area for cafes, bars, and sports viewing to occur in addition to the grandstands on the side
