Vinci Construction, Internship - 2019 Paris, France
Plumbing assistant - 2019
Bourg-en-Bresse, France
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENT
Davis UWC Scholar Program - 2022-2026
Merit scholarship
University of Oklahoma Dean's List Recipient 4 times, 2022-2023
University of Oklahoma President's List Recipient 4 times, 2022-2023
ACTIVITIES & PASSIONS
VOLUNTEERING
Volunteer at a Ukrainian Refugee camp - 2022
Blagaj, Bosnia
Volunteer for the French UWC Comittee - 2022-present
Fundraising campaigns 2023, 2024
Application reviews 2023, 2024
Integration weekend organization 2023, 2024
Angel Program coordinator 2024
Member of OU NOMAS NOMA Student design competition 2024
BISMUTH DANCE COMPLEX
Oklaopry renovation into a Performance space
Located in the heart of Capitol Hill (Southwest Oklahoma City), the Oklaopry historical building and the adjacent site are used to build the Bismuth Dance Complex. The area being Hispanic for the majority, the project offers a space to practice, teach, and perfom hispanic dances: bachata, slasa, merengue, and so on. The complex is a place of gathering for the community, also providing spaces to get traditional food, practice open air karaoke, or simply enjoy the view on downtown OKC.
The concept is visible in different parameters. The parti diagram shows light moments created by the bismith fractal roof pattern. It also demonstrates the rotation expreinced by the occupants through the different paths induced.
The sections shows the stepping up and down and the intersections of volumes happening in space, inspired by the geometry on the bismuth crystal. The ball room is tall and wide while the rest of the building feels more intimate, playing with the sense of compression and release of the occupants. Historical brick is used, mixed with concrete, to emphasize the interractions of volumes in space.
RENEGAGE STUDIO
Building and Landsape for Ecological Regeneration
Located on the site of the Prairie House designed by Herb Greene, renegage studio is meant to be a modular space, accomodating two artists at the time for several months. These artists could enjoy the quiet and nature of the site to work in any visual media that they are specialized in. When completed, they will use a dedicated space to display their work.
The second floor is the living area, connected to a terrace. The first floor hosts the studios, which offer different spaces, water access, and light features, to allow to practice photography, painting, sculpture, and so on.
BUG HABITAT
The perfect nest for Carpenter
Ants Carpenter Ants are insects who are capable of incredible things. They live in highly hierarchical systems, which is reflected on the habitats they build for themselves. This project required to study the specific needs and habits of insects as occupants to be able to design a habitat offering them the perfect environment while allowing human observers to enjoy and study them.
The networks of tunnels created by the colonies were studied in space, plan, and section, to come up with a habitat distinguishing dwelling cabins and circulation tubes.
The wood to create the cabins had to be moist, since it is favored by ants. Some scrap wood taken from the Prairie house was used to make the cabin envelops. They are connected by red tubs hanging from the structure. The color red was chosen for the translucid elements because of the ants vision range not encompassing that color.
OU BLER LAB
Building and Landsape for Ecological Regeneration
BLER is a lab complex located in Norman, OK. This lab is focusing on studying the bug chosen to develop the Bug project. It is focused on educational purposes and reducing the human experience to the one of the bug through architectural strategies. Part of the Norman campus of the University of Oklahoma, it is located on a site adjacent to Highway 9, on which the study of the widelife and site conditions will be essential to develop the design.
The form was developed by studying carpenter ants habits and translating them into patterns and grids that could be distorted. Because of that, the structural system became a major design element used to enrich the project.
Wood from the site is used for the structural frame. They can then be inhabited by carpenter ants. The building is approached through a bridge or following the terrain sloping down. It is percieved from the highway, through the trees, thanks to its tower, acting as a great sunwell.