This book is a collection of my best works while attending Thomas Jefferson University’s 5-year Bachelor of Architecture program. With the community driven studios and my pursuit of a Sustainable Design Minor, I am skilled in effective understanding of design principles, construction techniques, and materials that meet environmental standards.
As a future leader in the field of architecture, I possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and as a result, this creates a shared team balance and an all-inclusive motivation that helps mitigate tasks and achieve high-quality standards. I’ve personally been interested in the creativity and technical combination that Architecture offers which helps create innovative, sustainable, and functional structures that improve people’s lives while positively impacting the environment.
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Modeling/Drafting
Revit 3D
Rhino 3D
Sketchup
AutoCad
Vectorworks
Archicad
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LONDON LINES
Design 9 | Fall 2024 | Prof. Edgar Stach
Smart and Healthy Cities: Ai High Rise Studio
London Lines is set to address the ongoing housing crisis, lack of public green spaces, and failure to connect these spaces to public transportation. Located along the thames river just west of the Tate Modern museum in London, U.K., the nearly 15,000 m2 site entangles the Blackfriars Railway creating direct access to the larger London metropolitan area. The main objective of the design was to integrate a multi-functional program within a two-towered multi-structure fluid design that connected residents, working people, and the main public to one gathering space. The overall form originally derives from a set of organic curves inspired by the site’s circulation, views, and natural flow. The expressed lines have driven both the internal and external circulation, and within that set of parameters, the building form was created between those curving lines. The mixed-use spaces are set to focus on the work, play, live phenomenon house residential single and multi-family units, retail, workspaces/offices, entertainment, residential amenities (daycare, gym, etc.), and large public green spaces for those who are and aren’t inhabiting the site. Through the fluid forms and the molten programs, London Lines aims to become the solvent to blend the people together.
With the use of midjourney, adobe firefly, prome ai, chatgpt, and other ai softwares, the start of the design came from a very well-scripted prompt to generate ideas for potential design interventions. The main ideas came from multiple towers inspired by Zaha Hadid’s architecture firm located in the heart of London over the very active railway. The design includes various green roof levels for residents and office spaces and direct connection to the ground floor.
HIGH TRAFFIC INTERSECTION
BLACKFRIARS RAILWAY
Design 8 | Fall 2023 | Prof. Anton Germishuizen
Schulykill River Trail Grand Stand
The Schulykill River Grandstand design included spaces to enjoy scenic river views, optimal sight to watch the river races and implemented an aesthetically pleasing structure to ease the eyes from the busy roadway of Kelly Drive. The main idea for our design included prominent timber structure to be seen throughout our site, un-interrupted views of the Schulykill River and provide multi-use spaces for those trying to enjoy a nice afternoon on the Schulykill River trail. Through our process, we incorporated sustainable design strategies such as sloped roofing and bio swales for rain water collection and vertical louvers to decrease the amount of heat gain inside the building.
Programs Learned: Revit, BIM, Lumion
Group Project: Reagan Cope & Emma Detter
The history of the Schulykill River, intertwined with the legacies of William Penn and Jack Kelly, holds significant importance in the world of rowing and the broader cultural heritage of Philadelphia. The river’s role as a prime venue for rowing competitions dates back centuries, making it a pivotal site for the sport’s development in the United States. William Penn’s establishment of Philadelphia and his vision for a city with navigable waterways laid the foundation for the river’s enduring significance. Meanwhile Jack Kelly’s exceptional rowing career and Olympic success in the early 20th century elevated the sport’s status in Philadelphia and inspired generations of athletes. The confluence of these two historic elements exemplifies the rich tradition and lasting impact of rowing both in the river and the city, underscoring its cultural and sporting importance.
Located between the bustling Kelly Drive and the Schulykill River, the site provides challenges with noise, major wind flow, circulation, lack of sunlight and excessive water build-up especially located in both the 100 and 500-year flood plain. Utilizing these key factors, the site guides circulation around the building to create uninterrupted views and leisure while engaging with the elements.
SCHULYKILLRIVER
SCHULYKILL RIVER TRAIL
KELLY DRIVE
FAIRMOUNT PARK
1. GRANDSTAND
2. WOMENS OLYMPIC ART DISPLAY
3. SECURITY OFFICE
4. CONCESSIONS
5. MAIN ENTRANCE
6. RESTROOMS
7. GRANDROOM
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11. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
12. MECHANICAL ROOM
13. TELECOM/AV ROOM
GRANDROOM SUPPORT KITCHEN
GRANDROOM RESTROOMS
PRESS BOXES & COMMENTATORS BOX
NORTH ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
ROOF OVERHANG BLOCKING SUN WOOD LOUVERS ON WEST FACADE TRANSLUCENT POLYCARBONATE REDUCING HEAT LOSS/GAIN
THE BIOSWALES CHANNEL WATER COLLECTED FROM THE THREE LOWEST POINTS ON THE ROOF, THROUGH THE GUTTERS THAT SPILL OUT ONTO SCULPTED FANS FOR RAIN COLLECTION.
POLYCARBONATE
VERTICAL WOOD LOUVERS
MAIN ENTRANCE
WOMEN’S OLYMPIC ART DISPLAY
MINDFUL MOVEMENT
Design 6 | Spring 2023 | Prof. Amy Kassler-Taub
Mixed-Use Adaptive Reuse: Rock Climbing & Residential Units
Group Project: Reagan Cope & Lydia Shaw
Located in West Philadelphia, the once auto shop was prompted to become a welcoming addition to the already established community. With ideas for the adaptive reuse starting with mixed-use space, the discovery of a commerical space to provide the residents and people of the community a space to improve mental and physical health arose. With the program choice of rock climbing, the design incorporated elements of nature to enhance the quality of life by providing an “urban greenspace” to gain peace and growth. Our design weighed heavily on natural elements to achieve the full effect of our concept.
Programs Learned: Grasshopper, Rhino
SPRINGFIELD AVE
BALTIMORE AVE
ROCK CLIMBING FLOOR PLAN
APARTMENTS LAYOUT FLOOR PLAN
MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
ROOF PLAN
DETAILED WALL SECTION
DECONSTRUCTION TO RECONSTRUCTION
Design 5 | Fall 2022 | Prof. Ryan Glick Human Taphonomy & Recomposition Center
The design of the human composting center came from the precedent of sky burials which take place in Tibetan cultures. Similarly to human composting, the Tibetans viewed the human body as a mere vessel of raw material understanding the connection between parts to the whole. The deconstruction of one thing to be reconstructed into something similar or entirely different. After reviews and conversations about the design at Gensler in Phildelphia, it assigns the complex and intricate parts of the deconstruction process to the programmatic parts that leave the human mind with intricate and loss of control emotions. The design takes the deconstruction of the community, and reconstructs it.
The sky burial process takes place in primarily Tibetan cultures and has been pracited for centuries. The process involves worship, the breakdown of the human body, the cutting to raw material, the deconstruction and digestion of vultures, and the reincarnation of human remains in the form of the vultures’ returning them to the life cycle. At first, I saw this process as a linear path, but the path is far from it. Instead, the path makes many paths, varying in size of growth and importance.
Documenting the sky burial process helped me align the parts of the program to the steps. The starting steps including the body as a whole, the worshipping and the initial breakdown, created spaces in our program that felt calm, grounded and whole. The following steps act like a gradient in intensity and emotion which is represented in the forms of my spaces.
For the layout of the programs on the site, an analysis of the site’s history building layout and occupancy helped carve away formerly used space. The deconstruction of the pre-exisiting building locations led to the reconstruction of the new spaces with the more intense programs occupying parts of the site which held multiple prior functions.
