- Developed LEED certification booklet for Rushton Elementary School
- Assisted in the design of a new athletics complex at State Fair Community College
- Assisted in the pre-design process for a new early childhood education center in Lansing, Kansas
Design Build Studio
January 2024 - May 2024
- Designed and constructed parametric outdoor seating for the Kansas School of Music with the help of two other students
Mentorship Collaborative
November 2022 - Present
- As president, worked to oversee the organization of the program by assigning 3rd and 4th year students to mentor 1st and 2nd year students at the University of Kansas School of Architecture
- Created guidelines for the program by emphasizing personal connections between students to help benefit one another
Recognitions
CL Burt Scholarship Fall 2023 - Fall 2024
EFCO Scholarship Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
FAS Scholarship Fall 2021 - Spring 2023
Honor Roll, University of Kansas Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Honor Roll, Johnson County Comm. College Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
References
Duane Cash e. dcash@incitedesignstudio.com
Office Director/Client Leader - incite Design Studio
Shannon Criss e. scriss@ku.edu
Professor - KU School of Architecture and Design
Jason Reece e. jreece@dlrgroup.com
Senior Associate - Project Manager
Skills
Hard Skills
Sketchup
Revit
Enscape
Adobe Creative Cloud
Rhino
Autocad
Sketching
Soft Skills
Creative
Detail Oriented
Focused
01. Vitality Grove Apartments
Pg. 04
02. Wichita Center for Storm water Reclamation
Pg. 20
03. Kaw Point Park Music and Nature Center
Pg. 34
04. Ostinato Ellipse Seating
Pg. 44
05. Architectural Drawings
Pg. 48
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Vitality Grove Apartments
LOCATION: Omaha, Nebraska
PROFESSOR: Marianne Remboldt
SEMESTER: Fall 2024
Vitality Grove Apartments are a mixed-use apartment complex located on the north side of the Old Market District in Downtown Omaha. The surrounding area is vibrant with nightlife and retail, and incorporates greenery into the street fronts as well as inside the individual businesses. The goal for this project was to create a hub for personal wellbeing in the heart of a social district, while integrating the surrounding green spaces inside and outside of the building. The program created for the project is intended to promote personal growth and well being, and to provide the community with necessities needed in day-to-day life.
Contextual Analysis
Map shows that the surrounding context of the site is heavily focused on social programs and outings. Bars, restaurants, galleries, and shops are the only thing located within a half-mile radius of the project.
Visual Program Diagram
Diagram shows the creation of a personal wellbeing “hub” created in the center of a social district. The program contains a grocery store and exercise studio to focus on physical health and well being, and a bookstore and living spaces focus on mental health and wellbeing.
Form is placed on site and bent to align with pathway to nearby parking garage
Circulation core is extruded
Form is extruded to maximum height and green house is added to end the journey of green circulation
Balconies are added to mimic the
extruded to mimic a spine
Primary circulation is defined to create a pathway of green throughout the project
the shape of individual rib bones
Exterior screen is added to provide shade and to mimic the shape of a rib cage
1. Native Planting Zones
2. Electric Bike Charging Station
3. Plaza
4. Building Mass
5. Loading/Drop Off
6. Alley
7. Trash Pickup
8. Accessible Parking Lot
Levels 2-4 Level 1
1. Greenhouse
2. Data/Electric
1. One Bed Unit
2. Two Bed Unit
3. Studio Unit
4. Accessible Unit
5. Data/Electric
1. Apartment Lobby
2. Bookstore
3. Pilates Studio
4. Grocery Store
5. Mechanical Room
6. Data/Electric 7. Mail/Staff Room
BOH Storage
1. Ceiling Tie
2. Gypsum Board Ceiling
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8. Supply and Return Pipes
9. Air Ducts
10. Linear Light
11.
Secondary CLT Beam
Primary CLT Beam
1” Concrete Floor Slab
9” CLT Layers
Air Duct
Can Light
Apartment Lobby
Lobby render shows trellis detail on the backside of the “spine” circulation staircase. The trellis system extends along the backside of the staircase to the greenhouse level, connecting the greenery outside to the greenhouse and protecting the staircase from southern sun exposure.
North-Facing Balconies
Render shows the division created between balconies by the “rib cage” screen system. This screen not only acts as a design element but creates privacy between balconies and provides shade for the balconies and first floor mixed-use spaces as well.
Wichita Center for Storm water Reclamation
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LOCATION: Wichita, Kansas
PROFESSOR: Amy Van de Riet
SEMESTER: Fall 2023
The Wichita Center for Storm water Reclamation is located in the heart of downtown in order to draw light to issues the community faces in regards to how they handle their storm water runoff. The purpose of the center is to create a building that properly handles storm water runoff and to reclaim the water for use inside. In order to engage the community, the Wichita Center for Storm water Reclamation offers classes to educate the public on how these issues effect their city as well as steps they can take at home to improve storm water runoff through the creation of rain garden planters.
Contextual Analysis
Downtown Wichita’s pollution levels are rising, and a key factor for this inflation is due to how the city handles their storm water runoff. With a large amount of empty parking lots causing poor drainage, and an excess of chemicals from local farms and factories being swept into the local Arkansas River, its no surprise that pollution levels are at an all time high.
Rain garden planters are a way for the public to mitigate storm water at their own homes. Downspouts from the roof pour excess rain water into a planter box, instead of flooding into the street or yard. The Wichita Center for Storm water Reclamation offers a program for the community to build rain garden planter boxes of their own.
Planter Box
Perforated Base Drainage Pipe
Overflow Upstand
Rain Garden Plants
Downpipe from Roof
Gravel
Gravel Drainage Layer
Overflow Catcher
Planter Box
Rain Garden Plants
Overflow Upstand
Gravel
Downpipe from Roof
Overflow Catcher
Gravel Drainage Layer
Perforated Base Drainage Pipe
Rain Garden Planter Diagram
Site has two prominent views, located to the south and east along E. English St. and S. Broadway Ave.
Initial form created to further manipulate into something dynamic
Void created in the center of the form, in order to represent the catching of storm water into a space
02. Base
03. Scoop
Rotation of the form allows for two separate facades to be accentuated along the main roads surrounding the site
Tiered steps are created to form livable spaces inside the shape, producing flat roof forms to later be turned into green rood spaces
Twist 05. Steps 06. Final Form
Height is reduced along the southern facade, and corner point is carved to represent erosion caused by storm water
Lobby
Wood Reclamation Workshop
Storm water Reclamation Factory
Work Yard
Teaching Garden
Classrooms
Material Library
Rooftop Garden
Offices
A
Moisture Barrier
Ventilated Cavity
Stone Tile Cladding
Scupper Drain 1’ 1/2”
B Detail C
Perforated Window Head Closure
Spandrel Girder
Clip Angle
Insulation
Exterior Wall Cladding
Moisture Barrier
Ventilated Cavity
Stone Tile Cladding
Fastener
Exterior Concrete Slab
Gravel
Drainage Pipe
Exterior Wall Cladding
Flashing
Flashing
Insulated Glass Unit
Concrete Floor Slab Metal Decking Steel Beam
HVAC Duct
Recessed Lighting
Sprinkler
Concrete Floor Slab
Rigid Insulation
Gravel
Concrete Foundation Wall
Concrete Foundation Slab
Rainscreen applies a capillary break to allow for drainage and evaporation
Bioswales located on the perimeter of the building receive excess storm water runoff
Plants on Rooftop Garden absorb excess rainwater like a sponge
Storm water Reclamation Tank captures storm water run off to use for plumbing throughout the building
Permeable Pavers, located in the Work Yard and Depot, catch precipitation and surface runoff, absorbing it into the ground
Material Library
Render shows the material library, located on the 2nd floor, where hydroponic planters are used to grow starter plants for the rain garden planters.
Rooftop Garden
Render shows the rooftop garden, located on the 3rd floor, where the public can come and enjoy nature in the heart of downtown. The garden also helps to mitigate storm water runoff, through the use of plants absorbing excess water like a sponge.
Kaw Point Park Music and Nature Center
LOCATION: Kansas City, Kansas
PROFESSOR: Shannon Criss
SEMESTER: Spring 2023
Kaw Point Park Music and Nature Center is located where the Kansas and Missouri Rivers meet; across from the heart of downtown Kansas City. The Center focuses on the musical education of youth in the surrounding communities by providing lessons and performance opportunities. The design of the program allows for immersive nature education and experiences to provide a place of peace amidst an urban area. Through the combination of both music and nature education, the Center specializes in facilities that help to nurture the local youth and community by creating an enriching environment in the downtown Kansas City area.
Contextual Analysis
Map shows the gap in the Kansas City area of music education vs. entertainment. This shows that while there are multiple places to experience music, there are hardly any places to learn how to create music.
Proposed
Proposed Site Plan
Re-imagined site incorporates a native landscape into every pocket of Kaw Point Park.
Form is placed on site
Form is split to create
Planes are elevated to enhance the volume of interior spaces
Clerestory and louvered windows are
path to nearby river
Second story space is placed on top of form
are added to maximize natural light
green spaces are created
Rooftop
Outdoor Cafe
The outdoor cafe space works to immerse customers into nature and provide them a peek into the surrounding music garden and amphitheater. The area doubles as a small performing space for local artists and students to perform for patrons of the cafe.
Accessible Balcony
Render shows the outdoor balcony placed strategically on the form to overlook the Kansas River. The balcony also provides views into the surrounding music garden and entry into the site, as well as into the interior gallery space through the clerestory window.
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Ostinato Ellipse
LOCATION: Lawrence, Kansas
PROFESSOR: Kurt Hong
SEMESTER: Spring 2024
The Ostinato Ellipse was designed for the University of Kansas School of Music as a functional and creative seating element for the Murphy Hall Courtyard. This seating element was designed and fabricated using Rhino, Grasshopper, and a CNC machine, and constructed by myself and two other students throughout the entire semester. The Ostinato itself refers to the a continually repeated phrase of music, inspiring our elliptical shape. The varying heights of the individual pieces represent how a piece of music crescendos and diminuendos creating variation of sound.
In partnership with Cecelia Dimercurio and Justin Gordon
Site Plan
The location of our bench is placed on a large patch of grass in the courtyard adjacent to the Murphy Hall Courtyard Fountain. We wanted our bench to be surrounded by nature and for our users to be able to hear the sounds of the fountain, immersing themselves in the space we have created.
