BOLIVAR BORDERLANDS

HOMES AT HARRISBURG South Elevation

Port Bolivar is at the frontier of humanity and nature. It is only a 20 minute ferry ride from the bustling tourist island of Galveston and is located at the entry to the Port of Houston.

When you step off the ferry onto the Bolivar Peninsula, the energy is totally different. You are greeted with mud flats, salt marshes, uplands, and beaches. It feels quite undisturbed.

Bolivar Borderlands brings the beauty of the nationally recognized Bolivar Flats to a broad audience by rehabilitating the natural landscape near Port Bolivar.

The Market Hall and Nature Center act as a beacon to introduce, educate, and entertain an inclusive population. The building is easily accessible by pedestrian, public, or private transit via the ferry from Galveston Island.

The Ferry Hall and Market extends out over the marsh while the Climate Observatory is built into the sand dunes. Skylights in the Terminal Market, draw in natural light further connecting human to nature at the Borderlands of Port Bolivar.

Climate Observatory Terminal Market East West Section

The outdoor classroom incorporates active environmental design to promote learning in an outdoor setting.

During school hours the structure acts as an outdoor class room. During rain events it helps with rain water retention. In the morning and evening it can act as a gathering place for pre or post school activities.

My personal responsibilities on the Design | Build included generating site diagrams, renderings, and the physical execution of the project. This inlcuded surveying for placement of the shaf piers. Prefabricating and installing the wooden deck and walls. Attaching the roof panels to the galvanized steel structure.

Thank you to Professor Patrick Peters for managing the project, and the GDB 2019 team for doing the initial design and construction documentation.

Steel Install Aug. 2022

Wood Install: Sept. 2022

Completed: Oct. 2022 Opened: Nov. 2022

Going Green At Hope Farms

Site Survey: Jan. 2022

Hope Farms is located in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Houston and is part of the nonprofit organization Recipe For Success.

The farm aims to reconnect children to food sources to combat childhood obesity and other life threatening chronic diseases.

We had the opportu - nity to design a compost bathroom for the farm, substantially reducing their carbon footprint.

My personal responsibilities on the project included design the profile of the roof, the foundation and floor framing plan, and creating construction documents for these items.

Opened: July 2023