Hannah is passionate about solving problems and helping people, and hopes to use her skills to explore how housing can become more affordable, sustainable, and human-friendly.
Her current research includes PassiveHaus and climate responsive design, and she is curious about what makes good streets and places to live in so we can shape the future of our cities.
She is also interested in the theory and pedagogy of architecture and has enjoyed interacting with students in a mentorship role.
Outside of architecture, Hannah is a freelance pianist and vocalist in the DMV area. Catch her singing with the Capital Carollers every December!
Hannah actively volunteers with Appalachia Service Project, a home repair organization making homes “warmer, safer, and drier”. Through this she has gained hands-on experience in residential contstruction, team leadership, and building relationships with homeowners.
In summer 2023 for her ninth trip she was asked to lead a team of eight youth and adult volunteers through replacing siding on an 1860’s home. Hannah was instrumental in diagnosing and repairing a water damage problem on the front facade (right side of first photo). Removal of the rotted cladding revealed a sound wall with stunning traditional timber framing, which was then re-insulated and covered.
Hannah’s architectural training was a key skill that helped set up successful work for the program for the rest of the summer.
four corners, re-established ARCH 700 -
urban design studio
Created in collaboration with Adrian Mora, Jose Gomez, Maggie Boland, and Omari Watson.
Four Corners is located at the intersection of University Blvd. and Colesville Rd. in Montgomery County, MD. Its heavy traffic volume and lack of pedestrian infrastructure makes it unsafe, but it is home to a thriving community nonetheless.
The goal of this project was to create safe pedestrian Places and to reknit the community around the original Four Corners intersection. The main move is creation of a pedestrian street and diversion of traffic to the south. Micromobility, street frontages, and adaptive reuse were also central goals.
Parti, showing pedestrian street and typology groupings.
Phases of Four Corners: Far left is the original intersection (1951), then a bypass is built in the (1960’s); far right is proposed intervention to center the community on the original intersection.
Illustrated site plan showing vegetation, building figures, and 5min walking radius.
Before and after views of “Vendor Plaza” (key next page). This space gives the students of Blair HS a safe place to hang out and get food so they don’t feel the need to cross dangerous University Blvd.
From left to right: existing figure-ground, buildings to be demolished, proposed new figure ground.
Proposed bike lane connecting nearby linear parks. New street additions reconnecting the urban fabric.
Top: detailed plan including building ground floors.
Top Far Right: places diagram outlining the gathering spaces and their connection to the pedestrian plaza.
Right: “travel poster” view of the Market District, which also features adaptive reuse of an abandoned building.
Below: program diagram for adaptive reuse of church building into a community center, library, and beer garden.
Bottom Far Right: before and after view of beer garden.
aggreg8
ARCH 601 - thematic studio
The prompt for this project was to design a modular apartment made of woodfastened mass timber panels and with indigenous building techniques in mind.
‘aggreg8’ is intended to let families and communities grow organically. One can choose modules that suit their family, allowing multigenerational living.The units are prefab and delivered via truck.
model of timber joint design - in 1x4” lumber, it could hold my body weight.
study model of fire-hardened timber nails.
concept diagram (krita).
plans of living, bed, kitchen, and bath modules (CAD, Ai, krita).
ventilation diagram of module (krita).
climate diagram - ideal module position by sunlight (krita).
3bed + “grandparents unit” joined 3beds
“rowhouse” arrangement
aggregations diagram (krita).
view - aerial axon (SketchUp, krita).
This page is all of the typical construction detailing (CAD, Illustrator, SketchUp) for the section perspective of
the kitchen module (CAD, Illustrator, SketchUp, Krita).
bridge the gap
ARCH 600 - technical design studio
Created in collaboration with Brianna Riffle.
This project is a net zero ‘building science’ museum that acts as a community example for emerging sustainable building technologies. The building celebrates exposed trusses and ducts, recycled finishes, geothermal, an ERV, and a featured green atrium. For this we were asked to delve deeply into structure, material choices, lighting, and mechanical systems.
building plans (CAD, Ai).
circulation and promenade diagram (krita).
section perspective (Revit, CAD, Krita, Ai).
sectional parti (hand drawn).
view - event space, east wing (revit, krita).
view - research space, west wing (Revit, krita).
bridge the gap
Approach from South, highlighting material testing feature. Panels of materials can be hung on the facade to test for fading and weathering.
mini split piping plan (CAD, Ai).
lighting and ducts plan (CAD, Ai).
Below: initial concept sketch of atrium space. We were very proud that this image carried through to the final iteration, as well as the way the original sectional parti still resembled the final building section.
Right: interior 5-point perspective of atrium space, facing north. Space features seating space, exposed trusses, and interactive green wall (krita).
wall assembly (CAD, Ai).
eco-chunk
front
This project is for a building showcasing sustainable strategies on Baltimore Avenue where people can meet to plan future projects. It adaptively reuses the existing restaurant into a public space and creates private ones in the ‘containers’.
This is the first in a two-project semester where we were to work with a partner, and the second project is livinglattice . The process saw both of us develop our personal styles as well as our interpersonal communication and group design skills.
Created in collaboration with Gavin Harrigan.
- courtyard (twinmotion, krita).
view - section perspective (twinmotion).
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parti (krita).
view -
(twinmotion, krita).
This project is an environmental science center located next to Georgetown Resevoir. My portion of the work primarily focused on site design. The concept was to pull the street grid into the site by turning it into trees, and show that nature is dominant by having the trees appear to slice through the building. It also shows a return to nature by creating progressively more natural tree formations as we move towards the woods to the west, keeping built intervention to the east.
Created in collaboration with Gavin Harrigan.
living lattice
view - lobby (twinmotion, krita).
view -building aerial (rhino, krita).
site parti (krita).
site plan (rhino, krita).
july house
Personal project
- front (lumion).
Every year since 2016 I have done a design for my ideal future house as a way to both track my architectural skills and my personal growth. This design is from July 2023.
view - back porch (enscape).
view - main space (enscape).
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view - front (lumion).
A quick design for a low impact ADU providing an unhoused person privacy and an address to help transition to a permanent residence. The idea came after hearing group shelters suffer from theft and no ownership of space.
- bed nook (enscape).
view - kitchen nook (enscape).
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drawings From academic and personal projects. Freehand, digital drawings and collages.
process work for bridgethegap,~350 SF of paper space.
