“Let him be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music, have some knowledge of medicine, know the opinions of jurists, and be acquainted with astronomy and the theory of the heavens.”
~ Vitruvius
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
-Paolo Coelho
2022·
Page, Southerland, Page - Austin, TX
Member· Member· Student Senator·
American Institutes of Architecture Students
National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
I appreciate the work-life balance at Page as well as the support in order to pursue licensure. Here I was supporting in CD’s for a 20 story tower next to our soccer stadium. After expressing my interest in residential, I was placed on a team currently in SD for a multifamily project. I appreciate the open communication between designers and principals as well as the variety of information I learn on a daily basis.
2021·
Member & Mentor· President· Mentor·
Kansas State Graduate School Hispanic American Leadership Organization Planning + Design Student Org
2021· 2017·
M. Arch Kansas State University BA Urban Planning & Design University of MissouriKansas City
Outside of School
Volunteer· Member & Volunteer·
Assoc of Latin American Students Multicultural Student Assoc.
Women of Color Leadership Conference
The emphasis was on the process of the team. I loved working in a high-end residential studio. The smaller team (6 total) allowed for me to take leadership over a $4mil house and $1.5mil athletic court. We established design principles as a team and all agreed on the overall direction. As I led these projects, I was put in charge of bringing the teams vision to fuition via drawings and client presentations. I loved the direct communication with the client. I believe high-end residential is an excellent way to embody a client in order to create a space for their needs with the studio’s high standard and developing expertise.
Architecture
Member & Volunteer· Volunteer·
American Planning Association
RevolveKC Bike Shop
2020· 2019·
HOK Tampa, FL
Student Architectural Intern
At HOK, I was quickly put on a team and was one of three women on this team. We worked on a project for a cruise line, working on the construction phase on the project. This was heavily Revit oriented for hard deadlines and revision with quick turn arounds. I also executed renderings on other projects.
Student Architectural Intern
Here I was able to learn how an architectural team works. With an established hierarchy, I learned to be an asset as an intern by making myself available to whatever team needed assistance. Our focus was primarily Data Centers, and Revit was preferred.
Urban Planning + Urban Design
2017·
Gould Evans, Kansas City, MO
Urban Design Intern
2016·
Unified Government of Wyandotte County, KS
Urban Planning Intern
2020· 2019· 2018· 2017· 2016· 2015·
Kansas City Architectural Foundation Scholarship Recipient
Kansas City Architectural Foundation Scholarship Recipient
Kansas City Architectural Foundation Scholarship Recipient
Zimmer Internship Award Recipient
Joy D. Swallow Scholarship Recipient
Chancellor’s Historically Underrepresented Minority Scholarship Recipient
I got lucky. I always thought I was going to go to college to break my family’s cycle of poverty; find a well paying job to bring my generation up. Instead, I found architecture.
Illustrated in Juhani Pallasma’s Eyes of the Skin and Peter Zumthor’s Atmospheres: architecture sings.
My designs are driven by embodiment, empathy, philosophy, music, law, policy, mathematics and writing.
This portfolio is my attempt to dignify humans with great designs.
We design human habitat which influences human habit.
REQUIRED NATURAL AREA: 174,022 SF
AREA:
PROVIDED NATURAL AREA: 182,083 SF
AREA: 182,083
ALLOWED IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE: 217,528
IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE
BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING 1 (PARTIAL 5 STORY)
BUILDING 1 (PARTIAL 5 STORY)
PARKING 8,464
85,418
22,726
26,163
GARAGE 33,750 SF SURFACE PARKING 8,464 SF RESIDENTIAL 85,418 SF PAVING 22,726 SF COURTYARD 26,163 SF TOTAL 179,051 SF UNIT ASSUMPTIONS 80% EFFICIENCY 950 SF AVERAGE 85,418 X .8 = 68,334 950 = 71 UNITS PER FLOOR APPROX UNITS: 71 X 4.5 = 319
LOW POINT: 1074 HIGH POINT:1093 AVERAGE:1083.5 MAX: 1136.5 LEVEL 1: 1076 LEVEL 2: 1087 ROOF (5 STORY): 1131
LOW POINT: 1074 HIGH POINT:1093 AVERAGE:1083.5 MAX: 1136.5 LEVEL 1: 1076 LEVEL 2: 1087 ROOF (5 STORY): 1131
BUILDING 2 (4 STORY)
BUILDING 2 (4 STORY)
LOW POINT: 1092 HIGH POINT:1097 AVERAGE:1094.5 MAX: 1147.5 LEVEL 1: 1093 ROOF (4 STORY): 1137 ROOF (5 STORY): 1148
LOW POINT: 1092 HIGH POINT:1097 AVERAGE:1094.5 MAX: 1147.5 LEVEL 1: 1093 ROOF (4 STORY): 1137 ROOF (5 STORY): 1148
PROTECTED
PROTECTED
CITY
CITY
RETAIL
RETAIL
GARAGE
AMENITY SPACES
AMENITY SPACES
LEASING
LEASING + MAIL
Schematic Design Project
Schematic Design Project
Project Number 122062
My role in this Tower project was primarily as a technical designer. I assisted in CD’s and CA. I also produced some renderings when asked. A lot of the design work had been completed when I jumped on the project. I added terraces to three corners of this tower on every level, assited with submittlas and RFI’s, talked with the client and consultants in meetings and made sure to keep up with design changes in the documentation.
Before presenting the clients with precedent images which may skew their perception, we get to know them. We present them not of images of other work, but of the lifestyles architecture can afford them. After we get to know the client a bit, and analyze the site for strengths and weaknesses, we are able to discuss design principles that are found in both lifestyles resented to the client. If they agree with A or B, we proceed, If not, we create a C option. We knew our client likes a clean modern look which is easily achieved by the SUNNY PLATEAU, the SHADY OASIS also provides this, with more of an emphasis on family life. We presented these options because of our steep site. Our clients with their 2 children chose THE SHADY OASIS
This opportunity presented itself because of the extreme terrain of the site. In order to make this site driveable we had to cut a long curve on the site and situate the house on the sliver of topography that was most manageable. Still, a large quarry block wall was necessary and created the beautiful procession to the main entrance.
In Austin, our West facing sun is brutal, but to not maximize views in Hill Country would be such a waste. In order to embrace these views while not baking our clients, we dropped the soffit and carried it into the space by dropping the ceiling in a small portion of the great room. This way we could get air ducts into the space without interrupting the ceiling which adds to the grandeur of the great room.
After the plan sketches and quick renderings are approved by the client, it is time to bring the teams vision to the netxt level. In Archicad, a 3D modeling software, I set up and drew the floor plans. After these floor plans are approved by the client we send them to the engineering team and builders for pricing.
Better images are then created by exporting the Archicad Model, placing it in Sketchup, and rendering it with VRay Chaos Cloud. For the most efficient process, we deleted all of the materials from the Archicad model. Then we set up cameras, adjusted the sun in each view. After, we added materials and entourage from the Chaos Cloud and made sure the best rendering settings were placed in order to produce these images.
In Austin, we have a code that does not allow us to cut down the Heritage Trees, which are trees with trunk diameters that are greater than 19”. We had a few large heritage trees on site which presented the opportunity for this non-traditional shape for the footprint of the house. This footprint afforded a grea variety of spaces as wll as wings for the house to contribute to the public v private aspects of the house.
Where this is an institutional building, this design prioritizes rehabilitation over institutionalization.
The facility will house female Native American youth that have committed misdemeanors, drugrelated, and first-time offenses. The site in Parker, Arizona sits on the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) reservation. The purpose of this facility is not to teach youth how to live in a cycle of institutionalization,rather to promote healing, rehabilitation, and break the cycle of institutionalization.
From the maximum space available, the ends were tapered horizontally to denote Entry.
In a detention facility, the public are not legally allowed to see the residents. Non-Secure v. Secure had to be addressed in the beginning. Non-Secure is on the West next to the public parking lot.
Access to green space is a great asset to the rehabilitation process. Permanent access to green space via this Courtyard Scheme allows residents to see out while visitors cannot view in.
Access to Natural Light also contributes to rehabilitation as well as allows the residents to always be in tune with their circadian rhythm. Staff also has access to natural light as keeping staff happy allows for better resident treatment.
North and West are double height in order to protect the courtyard from the most harsh desert sun.
screen protects the staff from the staff as well as improves their view and denotes entry vertically.
is where all design factors of rehabilitation meet.
“The primary economic activity on the Reservation has always been agriculture.” As a meditative activity, residents have the option to garden. Space is allocated for corn as well as beds for plantings of their choosing.
The hardscape divides the outdoor rec space into separate zones. This way the residents have choice in what they do each day.
Allows for natural light to enter the bedroom so that the residents always have a sense of time, thereby keeping them in tune with their circadian rhythm.
The Tribal Seal has a sunburst design. The riverside mountain, the Colorado River, and a shaft of wheat which is why these symbols are painted on the doors of the bedroom of the residents.
The soffit was designed to form the transition space between living and socializing. It also serves as a good space to add mechanical services for both the living room and bed rooms.
All programmatic elements of the day program meet in the center creating a common space.
The youth first impression of the inside of the building allows glimpses of the meditation room, courtyard, day room, and stairs to educational spaces.
Floor to ceiling windows allows staff and admin views out.
The library faces the courtyard to create a dynamic reading environment.
An Art Museum in New York City
Making art is approaching the
real sense of things.
The study for this design included reducing the classical window to an arch and the modern window to the perfect square. The in-between lives on a spectrum dictating the proportion in the spaces creating 4 different gallery conditions.
Location: New York City, NY
MODEL: Crescent board, mounted foam core, + black museum board
Art
Support Entrance
Variety in galleries provides dynamic experiences. In on you may feel the Grand Central Station effect, a large space you share with many. In others walls are higher and closer together to create a personal intimacy with the art.
1. Permanent Collection 2. Main Stair + Elevator 3. Freight Elevator 4. Mechanical + Telecomm Room 5. Registration Office 6. Exit Stair 7. Lecture Room
CHOREOGRAPHY
People look at art on walls, on pedestals, as sculpture. They look out of windows forming relationships. People on the street become art, while windows frame the people inside as art.
1. Portraits 2. Special Collection 3. Main Stair + Elevator 4. Freight Elevator 5. Conservation Lab 6. Restroom 7. Education Program Coordinator 8. Administration 9. Custodial Closet 10. Development + Membership 11. Conservator’s Office 12. Fellow’s Office 13. Public Relations + Marketing 14. Break Room 15. Exit Stair
1. Reception 2. Member Services 3. Coat Room 4. Gift Shop 5. Collection Storage 6. Fire Stair 7. Custodial Closet 8. Restroom 9. Freight Elevator 10. Main Stair + Elevator 11. Loading Dock
1. Sculpture Collection 2. Main Stair + Elevator
Freight Elevator 4. Restroom
Librarian’s Office
Custodial Closet
Exit Stair
Sixth Floor Program 1.
Library
Outdoor Cafe Space/ Reading Space
Program
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IMPACT OF ART
2. 1.
2. 4. 6. 12. 13. 10. 11. 7. 8. 9.5.
Like architecture, Art is subjective; it cannot be measured by skill alone. Art is measured by impact.
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People love New York City for a variety of reasons, but often people go in anticipation to visit a museum. This museum is on a corner and the intent was to contextualize it enough for the New Yorker while being spatially intriguing enough for the tourist.
The spaces in this gallery start linear and become organic so as to exemplify the fluidity of the post-war modern era.
Possibly my favorite studio project. Tasked with an art installation to do with our hands to appreciate the craftsman.
Art installations are site specific, so
I chose site first. A willow tree I became acquainted with in my first year resonated with me. I did try to give other spots a chance but this was the spot.
recreating
Willow
The branches of the willow are reminiscent of a woman’s mane moving in the wind. Inspired by Diego Rivera’s piece, she is Woman Controller of
Art is everything to the artist until it is realized, then it belongs to whomever experiences it.
The woman is a metaphor for the willow, she is also the part of myself that will always be here, working on this project. A self portrait, and a part of myself to give to the person experience the installation.
Inspired by the stickwork of the master, Patrick Dougherty and the way humanity is exemplified by the work of Alberto Giacometti, my stick enclosure and woman came to life.
After a few failed iterations, welding 29 custom stakes, tying 596 branches together with 312.5ft of twine, came together. I saved the fallen willow branches to weave through the Woman’s welded frame so as to have the woman seem as she is made of the tree itself. The goal was to transcend the material, and in achieving that goal, atmosphere was created.
The opportunity to be this expressive for a studio project was a gift To see the final product after working like a craftsman, with only my hands, in the sun, rain, and snow, was gratifying, but seeing others in it, that was the magic.
