PROJECTS
ACADEMIC AND FREELANCE
LPC HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
THEORETICAL PROJECT LOCATED IN MANHATTAN, NY
CLASS: Architectural Design VII|ARC 408
WORK TIME: 2 Months
GROUP WORK | Individual Work Selected SOFTWARE|Rhino, Adobe Illustrator
The LPC Headquarters is an adaptive reuse project that utilizes monumental massing in order to protect and display a historical site. Built around the Northern Dispensary building in Greenwich Village, the LPC headquarters levitates above the old building. This allows for the circulation up to the main space of the building to double as a historical exhibit. The paths allow for a close examination of the Northern Dispensary’s facade, showcasing views that were previously unattainable. The space above utilizes a glass floor to allow light to continue to illuminate the original facade. This building examines the ways in which the LPC’s current preservation rules freeze buildings in time for their facades to be displayed to the world.
Main Elevation and Historical Facade
ELDRIDGE STREET SYNAGOGUE
DRAWING STUDY OF BUILDING LOCATED IN MANHATTAN, NY
CLASS: Architectural Design VII|ARC 408
WORK TIME: 2 Weeks
INDIVIDUAL WORK
SOFTWARE|Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop
This drawing seeks to investigate the relationship between Eldridge Street Synagogue, a historical landmark preserved by the LPC, and its changing historical contexts. The synagogue is a vestige of the old Jewish community that used to be one of the more prominent demographics of lower Manhattan. This is represented by the old tenement building to the left of the synagogue. This architectural style is contrasted with the Buddhist temple to the right of the synagogue, representative of the current demographics of Chinatown where the synagogue is situated. This drawing is an exercise in representing architectural detail, as it is important to the story of architectural and cultural preservation.
Stained Glass Window Representing the Twelve Tribes of Israel
Front Entrances Representing the Two Tablets of Stone
225 BLEECKER ST. RENDER
RENDERING STUDY OF BUILDING LOCATED IN MANHATTAN, NY
CLASS: Architectural Design VII|ARC 408
WORK TIME: 2 Weeks
INDIVIDUAL WORK
SOFTWARE|Rhino, Photoshop, V-Ray
225 Bleecker St is a building under protection by the LPC, declared apart of the Greenwich Village historical zone in 2010. Previously this building had undergone many ahistorical alterations, but after incorporation these changes were removed leaving a texture of plaster and dirt on the brick. This render showcases that often times historical preservation requires buildings to reflect their surroundings while allowing their interiors to be divorced from the surrounding context.
SAV LEARNING BOARDWALK
THEORETICAL PROJECT LOCATED IN CATSKILL, NY
CLASS: Architectural Design IV|ARC208
WORK TIME: 4 Months
INDIVIDUAL WORK
SOFTWARE|Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop
Catskill, NY is located along the Hudson River and as a result is home to incredible aquatic biodiversity. The SAV Learning Boardwalk is designed to allow for the observation, experimenting, and cooking of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAVs). The site is located on a man made peninsula, that has now become a frequent flood plane due to water levels rising from global warming. Rather than designing facilities that would float or rise above flood waters, the SAV Learning Boardwalk is designed to be flooded. This allows for a more intense connection between architecture, users, and aquatic vegetation. The upper floors of the buildings are still able to be used, as the bottom floors become living exhibitions, picking up the remnants of the Hudson River flood waters. The boardwalks are laid out in reference to the ground, framing the different conditions: concrete, grass, and man made swamps.
Typical Building Module Model
SAVTest Kitchen
Structure Axon Drawing and Section Perspective
Second Floor Plan of Typical Building Module
MICRO HOME
THEORETICAL PROJECT LOCATED NEAR SKANEATELES, NY
CLASS: Building Systems Design I|ARC222
WORK TIME: 2 Months
GROUP WORK|Individual Work Selected SOFTWARE|Rhino, Adobe Illustrator
The 200sqft Micro Home is designed to be a vacation cabin in the Finger Lakes region. The house is designed down to the systems level, including construction details. Along with construction plans and sections, zoomed in drawings are made for the most important details of the house including: foundation, window, roof, and ventilation details. The systems are designed above NY standards, in order for the home to be passively heated and cooled. The windows of the house are placed in order to let in a large amount of passive light throughout the day, while the roof curves in to block direct light.
Section B
Section A
Plan B
FACADE STUDY
THEORETICAL PROJECT
CLASS: Architectural Design II|ARC108
WORK TIME: 3 Weeks
INDIVIDUAL WORK
SOFTWARE|Rhino, Adobe Illustrator
This study is an exercise in creating inhabitable facades, based on the geometric and spatial reasoning behind a precedent facade. The facade contains a grid that influences the geometric devision of the interior space. The grid has a hierarchy defined by the placement and color of the metal panels, and continues down to the street level and creates an inhabitable space within the facade.
Study Model Exterior
Study Model Interior
Facade Grid Study
Elevation and Panel Design
THE SALT CITY COLONNADE
THEORETICAL PROJECT LOCATED IN SYRACUSE, NY
CLASS: Architectural Design III|ARC 207
WORK TIME: 2 Months
GROUP WORK | Individual Work Selected SOFTWARE|Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, V-Ray
The Colonnade is a community center and urban space located next to Columbus Circle in downtown Syracuse. The space is designed to be free use, with columns allowing for the indoor space to be divided into different programs. The space is divided into two corridors, with one blending the indoor and outdoor space with retractable facades. The corridors are aligned with common circulation paths that already existed on the site, and their glass facades open up towards the street to show off the inviting colonnade.
Perspective B
Section
Interior Render
Section Model
FREELANCE DESIGN WORK
UNTAMED ACRES GAME PIECE PROTOTYPES
FREELANCE DESIGN WORK
CLIENT: Holt Gray | Gray Forrest Games
WORK TIME: 1 Month
SOFTWARE|Rhino, Bambu Slicer, Bambu 3D printer
Gray Forrest Games is a small board game studio which funds and designs strategy board games for U.S. markets. Their current working project, Untamed Acres, is in the first faze of prototyping, which required preliminary designs for board pieces and tiles. These designs were developed over the course of a month, with weekly progress meetings. 3D printing was utilized to create full scale models of pieces for instant feedback during meetings. These designs will be compiled and sent to manufactures for further edits and test prints.
Section A Section B