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2019 Huntsman Architectural Group San Francisco Workplace design, visualization, 3D and 2D drafting, presentation creation, permit set submittals

2020 King Medal Award for Excellence in Architecture and Environmental Research

2018 Pohlar Construction Cincinnati Mixed-Use Development, Project management, 2D drafting, visualization, permit set submittals

2018 University of Cincinnati Department of Architecture Community Engagement Award

education 2020 M. Arch. University of Virginia School of Architecture delivered commencement speech 2018 B.S. Arch. University of Cincinnati School of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning Graduated Summa Cum Laude 2014 Chesterton High School Ranked 13 out of 490 students

academic 2020 ARCH 7100 Design Research Methods Teaching Assistant to professor M. Jull helping graduate students write research proposals and grants 2019 ARCH 3500 20th Century History of Ideas Teaching Assistant to professor W. Sherman instructing undergraduate students on contemporary architectural theory 2020 Contributing Writer to LUNCH, Journal for the UVA School of Architecture with piece called “Industrial Thick� written while pursuing thesis

2017 Simeone Deary Design Group Chicago Hospitality design, visualization, library and office management, 2D drafting, finish selection and curation 2016 Timbre Architecture Oakland Residential design, client contact, code research, 2D drafting, permit submittals, visualization 2016 Tillotson Design Associates, New York City Lighting design, electrical drawing sets, full scale mock-ups, office management, 2D drafting

2020 University of Virginia Faculty Award for Design Excellence

2018 University of Cincinnati Honors Program Graduate

exhibitions 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale with Arctic Design Group Build team for canceled Biennale exhibit about dwellings in the Arctic 2019 Smithsonian Exhibition Hong Kong Kinesthetic Montage 2017 Holz und Stein Design and build team for travel studio final project

competitions

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2018 Iceland Northern Lights Hotel Competition Shortlisted entry with fellow architecture student while at the University of Cincinnati

Physical Modeling and Mock Ups Hand and Digital Drafting Sketch and Digital Visualization Computer-Aided Fabrication Adobe Suite Permit Management Presentation Generation

table of contents projects ordered largest to smallest untitled power plant project

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NYC surPLUS

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LADAF

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iceland northern lights hotel

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Untitled Power Plant Project This project examines the future of the machined landscape of Northwest Indiana. The region as a whole, with its deep history of steel production and industry, is a vital area of study in order to understand future scenarios of post-industry in the ‘Rust Belt’ of America. After a century of producing steel, power, and capital, we need to think of a future where this altered and machined landscape can create renewable energy, rejuvenate the commons, and build a new social economy based on transformation instead of growth.

The NIPSCO Michigan City Generation Station was announced to be closed by 2028 in 2018. Its proximity to Michigan City, the Indiana Dunes National Park, Michigan City’s Washington Park, and Lake Michigan make it an ideal testing ground for these ideas.

Implementing concepts from the Green New Deal such as carbon sequestration, renewable energy generation, localized food production, and pollutant mitigation will retain the site’s identity as a place of production.

Public programs centered around community culture and arts will also energize the site and cross pollinate with the infrastructural scale production.

The goal is to create a site that is a true hybrid of social, economic energetic, ecologic, and engineeringpossibilities: a retooled landscape machine.

Michigan City, Indiana This power plant is set to close in 2028 and inspired this thesis project

Composite Collage of all I know about Northwest Indiana

speculative collage of Inland Steel, a prominent site on Lake Michigan

U.S.. Steel Garyworks spatial projection

View looking North on Site

View Looking South on Site

Site inventory

Collection of agencies and organizations that have stakes in area transformation

The New Landscape Machine diagram

Existing Plan and Flow where the landscape is used as a machine to process coal, natural gas, and water into power and pollution: a limited conception of land

Proposed Plan and Flow with a more complex web of inputs and outputs, where energy, food, clean air, and a new relationship to a machined landscape can form with the people of Michigan City

New Wetland

Constructed Wetland Water Cycle

Containment Field

Containment Strategy

Walkway and section of mechanical Storage

Mechanical Energy Storage Interior

Mechanical Energy Storage Section

Data Center Adaptation

Data Center Section

Carbon Sequestration Field

Food Production and Farmers Market

Food Production Section

Visitor Center Interior

Visitor Center Section

Central view

Railroad adaptation

Carbon Sequestration Field from Highway

Beach Development

NYC surPLUS This project pushes the idea of public space to a level worthy of New York’s vibrancy and odd quirks. Within the context of the High Line, Hudson Yards, and other massive projects that court the interest of tourists and the wealthy, we wanted to create a space that uses the block scale to tie together the surrounding community and the daily influx of new people.

By raising the residences and creating an extension of Chelsea Park, an opportunity to bring people to and through the site emerges. This open land, mixed with programmatic and sensory experiences of The Exploratorium NYC, presents an incredible opportunity to show how public space can be more than a luxurious surplus.

Using the structure of a public private partnership as a starting point, our intention was to maximize the public use while also providing an interesting and connected setting for Public School 33 elementary students.

Our proposal is to be an architecture that lives in the gray scale of figure-ground of the city plan. It seeks to bring an alternative to gated parks and blank lots. This project was completed with friend and colleague, Sam Feldman (UVA 20).

Chelsea Neighborhood in New York City, with the new Highline and Hudson Yards.

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1. Mapping study of differential 3 Dimensional zoning densities of Manhattan to locate sites for public private partnership.

2. Chelsea Public School 33 3. View from the High Line 4. Detail of Mapping study

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1. Program breakdown 2. Model iterations to find mix of high density and openness with surroundings 3. Collage iterations of various constructed elements to create blockscale articulation of public space

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1. Massing Operations 2. Final Axon 3. Site Plan where the design is not quite figure nor ground

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Service UP

Natural Sciences

Museum Administration

Storage

Biology and Physics

Gym

Living Systems Area

BR 2 Tactile Dome

BR 1 Exit

Mech.

Mech.

BR2 Lightwell

BR1

Alternate Entrance/Exit

Human Phenomena Tinkering Studio Space

Light Experience Room

UP

basement/exploratorium level

Storage

Cafeteria UP

Museum Store

Serving Counter

Lobby

Kitchen

BR2 DN

Exit Ramp

BR1

Service

Admin

Gated Drop Off

Admin

Residential Lobby

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Student Service

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Principal's Office Open To Below

Lobby

Open To Below

Open To Below

Entry Stair DN

ground/entry level

UP Class

Kindergarden

Playground BR2

Kindergarden DN

BR1

Kindergarden

Kindergarden Playground

Small Class

Storage Storage

Small Class

Small Class

Small Class

mezzanine/roofscape level

Classroom

Classroom

Classroom BR2 DN UP BR2

BR1 Classroom

BR1

Art

Storage

Cafe Gym / Lounge

Gym

transfer level

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typical unit level

roof level

School Entry

Section through PS 33 and Exploratorium Fountain

Transfer Floor

Typical Unit Living room

Section through Units and Exploratorium

Exploratorium NYC

Primary Section through Exploratorium NYC

Section detail of Typical Unit, each given double height spaces and multiple layouts

1:200 Model with unique, interlocking Units shown

1:200 Model, a block over a sculpted mezzanine

1. 1:2000 jewel model, the horizontal quality of the design compliments the open space park next door 2. Roofscape over the Exploratorium NYC 3. Street level means of interacting with different levels of the design 4. Unit details and fountain 5. From park side

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View from highline side

Los Angeles Disaster Advocacy Center Using Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls and a radial site strategy, the goal of the project is to create a public square that can act as a center for relief efforts when disaster strikes Santa Monica. The core program for the interior built space will be the Los Angeles Disaster Advocacy Foundation, where residents can come for professional legal and insurance advice as well as community workshops on disaster response and awareness. The public exterior square will serve many functions throughout the day, from farmers’ markets to transit connector or a place to get out of the sun.

By connecting the four corners of the site and incorporating it with the neighboring open spaces like City Hall and the Santa Monica Pier, an extended network of public space will be created. As one of the largest tourist hubs of the Los Angeles Area, this type of non-corporate public space is a necessity to build an atmosphere of place and enjoyment.

Santa Monica, less than half a mile to the pier and at the end of the mall.

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1. Tectonic Concept Model 1 :100 2.Tectonic Concept Model 1:100 3. Retaining Wall Concept Model 1:20 4. Retaining Wall Concept Model 1:20 5. Tectonic Concept Model II 1:100

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corner connection

roof

program

structural systems

mechanical systems

circulation

Ground Floor Plan

Upper Ground Plan

Second Floor Plan

Section Perspective 1:20 showing retaining wall

Architectural Axon, a wide shed

Building Section, a new covered arcade

Central Court Entry

Central Court

Bus Waiting Area

Office Entry

Architectural Model, 1:200

Building Elevations

Architectural Model, 1:200

Architectural Model, 1:200

Architectural Model, 1:200

Iceland Northern Lights Hotel This competition was for a hotel in eastern Iceland. The brief required movable cabins for guests and amenities such as a sauna and communal eating area, a main house for the owner’s family, and a barn for the owner’s horses. This project was completed in partnership with dear friend, Shanna Sidell.

She worked mostly on the individual cabin designs and landscape alterations while I worked on the main house complex.

The overall concept organized the three principal programs (home, guest amenities, and stable) into three volumes connected by covered walkways protected by gabion walls filled with local stone. Each volume’s entrance has an ‘air lock’ area for storage and buffering the cold Iceland air from reaching the main living area. Clad in corrugated steel and inset on a small hill on the site, the complex punctuates views to the lake and nearby hills. The interiors of the buildings are clad in plywood with radiant heated concrete floors. Thick walls allow for the windows to serve as seating. The movable pods around the site mirror the main living complex and have an angled glass portion of the roof to maximize views of the Northern Lights.

Our design was shortlisted by the jury.

northeastern iceland The competition site is on a hill next to a lake with beautiful views of the landscape

Isometric of hotel compound with separate areas for the family, guests, and horses

Section of guest common house and stable

Section of guest common house and family quarters

Compound plan

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1. Living room for family quarters 2. Living area for visitor common area 3. Interior of sleeping pod 4. Walkway connecting family quarters, visitor common house, and stables

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Site plan with hotel compound and guest sleeping pods

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1. Night time view from lake 2. Exterior of portable sleeping pod 3. Section of sleeping pod 4. Mechanical berm for electric and waste hookups for sleeping pods

View looking towards the lake

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