Designing space, and experiences, is when I’m at my best.
My design process blends human-centric principles with interactive collaboration.
I enjoy creating workable solutions for clients, and enriching people’s lives, through architecture.
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January 2021 - November 2023 | Revit, Adobe CS
At AMA, I developed residential and mixed-use projects, including Co-Housing, multi-family, and heritage proposals. Since most of my growth at the firm involved construction admin tasks, I am showcasing pictures taken during site visits, RFIs/SIs, and high-level meetings with others in the design team.
Top Left: Early field review photo before first slab pour.
Bottom Left: Field review of third floor slab.
Top Right: Site Instruction inolving detailed revising of standpipe locations. When putting together a building permit set, we placed the stairwell standpipe at in-between landings. This location allowed the standpipe to remain out of the way of any clearance requirements. However, upon further review by the fire department, they requested the standpipe be at main landings. Therefore, I worked with my supervisor to devise a new standpipe location, which required redesigning the surrounding storage rooms, vestibules, and more. These designs had to be done before the imminent third floor slab pour. Our new design was swiftly accepted and put into place.
This Design-Phase project required I meet regularly with the client and city officials to discuss riparian area clearance requirments. I worked with parties to developed various solutions, and I was also in charge of logging these changes; changes which had large repurcussions for the client’s property value.
August 2020 - November 2020 | Vectorworks, Adobe CS
I had the pleasure to work on a contract basis with the team at Evans Architecture to develop a couple BC school projects. Working under a tight CP deadline, I learned Vectorworks within a weekend and assisted with overall drawing production; especially renderings and interior/exterior elevations.
Top: Lobby sketch I developed for the client using Vectorworks, hand drawing and Photoshop.
This school will double as a social centre for a First Nations community. I developed exterior elevations seen to the right, as well as more conceptual colour schemes like the one down below.
The art I included needed to be culturally appropriate, so I did a fair amount of research and coordination with my team to ensure this need was met.
Mar 2017 - Feb 2020 | Sketchup, AutoCAD, Adobe CS
My first architecture job was with RLA in 2017. I learned what goes into the typical office set and how to follow firm-wide standards of the highest quality. My focus was producting drawing sets (working drawings, permit drawings, etc.) for primarily large-scale, mid-rise part 4 and part 9 construction.
I assisted in full set documentation, ranging from early schematic phasing to field admin. From high-fidelity details to schematic sections, I gained valuable experience pushing projects through tight schedules. I’m excited to continue developing my professional expertise.
Jan 2015 - June 2015 | Revit, Sketchup, AutoCAD, Adobe CS
Oregon boasts countless farms, breweries, and restaurants, but one key element has been missing for decades: a flagship public market to showcase the best of local food and products. The chosen site was prime waterfront realestate, which was bisected by the iconic Morrison Bridge.
The market’s design responds to the bridge’s form in its design and layout, while prioritizing public support spaces over privatized ones.
The biggest design challenge was keeping a cohesive market hall on a site bisected by a bridge; connecting through the bridge was important. Instead of building over the bridge, or having two independent market halls on either side, how could I integrate the structure into my design? I decided to mimic the bridge’s column spacing and material pallette.
Stalls march through one side of the market, pass beneath the concrete belly of Morrison Bridge, and reconnect to the market’s other building. Wide, tree-covered sidewalks hum with activity on both sides of the market hall. Between the bridge’s on-ramps is a plaza filled with movable chairs and tables. This bustling living room hosts holiday events, protests, and family gatherings.
A gradual, landscaped incline leads visitors between the bridge market to the MAX tram line below. Lights and flags run between the built environment and the bridge, forming ‘ceilings’ for outdoor ‘rooms’. Portland’s artists decorate the concrete underpass in colour and murals.
Apr 2014 - June 2014 | Revit, Adobe CS
I designed a fire station for Medford firefighters and the greater community. Their existing station was falling into disrepair and didn’t address their needs anymore. My design simultaneously acted as a second home for its volunteers and paid staff, and as a beacon of public safety.
Developing these spaces was a balancing act between essential travel distance and aesthetic considerations. The station needed to be inviting, comfortable, and calming. At the same time, every second wasted exiting the building jeapardized citizens in crisis.
The station split into three general design components. The first housed community outreach spaces, a courtyard and a gym; the second, a grand hall housed all residential activities; the third, the apparatus bays with support spaces. Together, these areas served the community, while backing the couragous fierfighers and their tireless staff.
An early axonometric sketch of the spaces in context. This kind of excercise helped me get a sense of scale and placement within its context.
This great hallway is an all-in-one living room, kitchen, dining room, and rec room.
Light reflects off the warm wood ceilings and walls, filtering its glow throughout the space. Large glulam beams accentuate the room’s size while adding to the space’s warmth.
Morning coffee’s smell wakes up the early shift sleeping in the adjacent bunk rooms. A firefighter turns on the news while another fighter starts cooking an omlette in the kitchen nearby.
Well-rested and fed, the group is ready to serve Medford.
Public groups and firefighters take orientations in this classroom. Fire engines wait restlessly in the background.
A vibrant maple grows in the courtyard, providing shade and a place to rest for a weary firefighter.
At night, lights from the firehouse put the trucks on display; a visual sign that these firefighters never stop protecting their community.
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