Graphic Designer and Architect with the goal of obtaining a license. I strive to design visually appealing, balanced work that betters the community and people it serves. I continuously immerse myself in my work, striving to become the best designer and architect that I can be. I pride myself as a quick learner, and a natural team leader with strong work ethic and attention to detail. I strongly believe that architecture is a means of bringing people and communities together.
DLA Architects Intern/Architect (Summer 2023)
• Prepare construction documents for contractors. 3d modeling for rendering of projects. Design wall graphics for interiors.
• Design graphics for presentations.
• Primarily worked on the expansion to Oak Lawn Community High School.
Amit Upadhye Architects Intern/Architect (Summer 2022)
Prepare construction documents for contractors. 3d modeling for rendering of projects
• Design graphics for presentations.
• Primarily worked on Bars and Bridges home project.
Knight Engineers and Architects, WSP Intern/Architect (2021-2022)
• Design and prepare graphics for all projects. Design and layout of buildings and landscape. 3d modeling and rendering of projects.
• Worked on many projects such as: Kenneth Moy Dupage Care Center renovation, Chicago Metra: Clybourne Station remodel, LeClaire Courts redevelopment.
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
• Anticipated Graduation of April 2025
• 4.0 GPA
2x Design Excellence Award recipient
Webster University, St. Louis, MO.
• Presidential Scholarship Award (4 years) Degree: Bachelors of Fine Arts 2021 Major: Graphic Design
• SLIAC All Academic Team 2021
• Baseball Team Captain
SOFTWARE SKILLS
REFERENCES
2D Software AutoCAD Adobe Suite
• Bluebeam
3D Software Sketchup Rhino
• Revit
• Jon Cournoyer - jon.cournoyer@slam.org Head of Design, St. Louis Art Museum
• Phil Horton - horton2@asu.edu Clinical Associate Professor, Arizona State University
• Felipe Mesa - jmesaric@asu.edu Architect, Plan B Architects
CONTENTS ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION
ENGINEERING CENTER G
COURTS BY THE FALLS
LIVING MESA
DESERT OASIS
LOOK OF THE GAMES
01
DESERT OASIS SAHARAN FLORA GREENHOUSE
Task:
Design an experimental and experiential greenhouse based on the assigned desert. Consider tectonics, shading, topography, floating circulation, and additional programming. Focus on creating a unique and memorable experience for the user.
User Needs:
The needs for this project were relatively limited, as the project is intentionally open ended. There is not a set site, only a context assigned by the professor. Among the user needs are accessibility, spaces for rest, and spaces for meditation. Professor Felipe Mesa of Plan B Architects pushed for a very unorthodox and creative project that was free of typical programming such as mechanical and bathroom cores, or traditional pathways.
STRUCTURE FRAME SYSTEM AND FOUNDATIONS
Foundations & Framing
The concrete foundations extend deep underground in order to effectively support the bed of sand in the greenhouse. The reinforced concrete foundations effectively create a giant sand box that allows for proper drainage. The gabled CLT frames were chosen to highlight the wooden structures of many Saharan cultures. The repeating frame system allows for flexible load bearing capabilities and design opportunities. They support the trellis shading system that fit between each frame.
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TRELLIS FRAMING
PHYSICAL MODEL
Trellis Design & Shading
The design of the trellis makes use of triangles for their structural stability and because it is a common motif found in the patterns and designs of Saharan cultures. The slats are designed to allow for shadows to be cast onto the ground in the greenhouse, creating dazzling patterns of light that are similar to Stahl’s hologram. The wooden trellis system allows for a lightweight yet structurally sound building envelope that adds to the interactivity of the greenhouse.
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION PLAN
STRUCTURAL PLAN
TOPOGRAPHY PLAN
BOTANICAL PLAN
CIRCULATION PLAN
Topography & Programming
The topography mimics the dune seas that are commonly found throughout the lower Saharan desert. It recreates the experience of discovering an oasis in a sea of dunes. The oasis brings life to the desert, so it became the focal point of the greenhouse. The botanical collection is local to the Sahara, and explodes as you approach the oasis. The circulation provides access points at all levels to the botanical collection, bringing interactivity up to the bridge.
BOTANICAL COLLECTION SAHARAN FLORA
SALTBUSH
COLOCYNTH
OLEANDER MARIGOLD
DATE PALM
PRICKLY PEAR
DOUM PALM
ABDELKURI
TAMARISK
SPURGE ACACIA
DESERT THYME
RESURECTION PLANT
Desert Oasis Greenhouse provides an entirely unique and interactive experience that recreates the experience of traversing dunes, creating unique opportunities to interact with local flora commonly found throughout the vast Sahara Desert.
SCOTTSDALE
PHOENIX
TEMPE
South Mountain Park & Preserve
02
ENGINEERING CENTER G ADAPTIVE REUSE AT ASU
Task:
An adaptive reuse design of ASU’s Engineering Center G. Precast concrete panels and columns are an integral aspect of the existing structure, and the design team was required to introduce a new precast element to complement the existing panels and columns.
User Needs:
ECG is a host to a myriad of different activities and classroom types requiring flexible and adaptive learning spaces for engineering students of all levels. Located on the iconic Palm Walk and Tyler Mall, ECG is the posterchild of engineering buildings on campus, showcasing work done by students and faculty. The building also hosts ASU’s EPICS program (Engineering Projects in Community Service). EPICS recieves outside funding and promotes community interaction, combining multiple academic disciplines into one program, encouraging collaborative efforts to better the community.
ASU TEMPE CAMPUS
ENGINEERING CENTER G
1954
The College of Applied Arts and Sciences is established at ASU.
1956
The first bachelor’s degree program for engineering was approved, Engineering Center A constructed.
1958
The School of Engineering officially established. First class of engineers graduate from ASU.
1963
Engineering Center G is constructed.
2003
Ira A. Fulton establishes $50 million dollar endowment. Engineering college gets named the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering in his honor.
IRA A. FULTON
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
EXISTING CONDITIONS
& LEVEL 1
WALK
TYLER MALL PALM
ENGINEERING CENTER F
Pedestrian Malls
Tyler Mall and Palm Walk, two of the most heavily trafficked walkways on campus, meet at the Northwest corner of the site. This presents an opportunity to showcase student work. Many students do feel that being in class this close to the mall creates a “fishbowl effect” that can be very distracting during classes.
PROPOSED EXPANSION MASSING
Courtyard
A south facing courtyard provides minimal shade for students to work outside should the weather permit. Currently the courtyard does not see much use from the student body and is underutilized especially in the summer months.
Generator Labs
Workshops and laboratories in which students can learn, create, and build ideas for the future. The labs are used as classrooms throughout the day, but are open to all academic disciplines to advance innovative collaborative efforts with engineering students and staff. Generator Labs also has spaces at Engineering Center F.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
Maintain visual identity through panel design.
• Engage pedestrian malls through courtyard.
• Enhance collaborative environment through studio and open design.
• Create a connection to courtyard and nature from the upper levels.
Decongest cramped and dated spaces.
• Design flexible spaces for a diversifying community.
Vertical Circulation
There is currently one elevator and a severely underutilized staircase inside of the ECG, two exterior staircases help to relieve only some of that burden. While there are no code violations with the existing circulation, there is significant room for improvement.
Classrooms
Classrooms on upper levels are more standardized learning environments when compared with the labs on the first level. Many classrooms do not see the same use that they once had in the past. While standard learning environments are important, these rooms have not quite evolved with the nature of higher learning within the field of engineering.
LEVELS
EXISTING CONDITIONS UPPER
SITE PLAN
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Connecting Pathways
The existing courtyard is uninviting and mostly blocked off. This design opens up the courtyard to the west toward Palm Walk, inviting passers by into the school. Easier acces to the North and East areas of the site will invite other students into the courtyard and increase collaboration amongst different academic disciplines. The ECG has plenty of amazing student project to show off to the population at ASU, this will allow for those projects to be properly displayed to students of all disciplines, helping them to understand what the engineering students do.
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Connecting to Nature
There is a plethora of natural features to help create a pleasing environment for engineering students. Date Palms and Japanes Red Pines provide tall shading, while shorter Mesquite and Ironwoods provide extra shade. Over 25 different plant species can be found on site. More plant life will on site help to keep air quality up and the heat down, extending the usage of the courtyard nto the hot summer months. Maximizing shading the courtyard with a shading structure as well as though trees will increase the amount of students usin the courtyard.
Interior & Exterior
The first level is all about creating connections and interactivity with the site and courtyard. The courtyard serves as a central hub in which students have access to a myriad of activities and facilities that showcase the engineering school’s work, inviting students from different academic disciplines to enter the space and interact with the engineering school.
The upper levels of the ECG host different kinds of classrooms for the varying functions that are required by engineering. Pictured is the new EPICS studio center which allows for academic collaboration while also providing students a space for recreation, building up the community within the ECG.
Studio Classrooms
Engineering can be a collaborative and creative field. Providing flexible spaces to foster creativity will better prepare students for more innovative practices as the program continues to grow at ASU.
Ehibition Space
With innovative programs and clubs operating inside of ECG, it was vital to provide a space in which student designs and accomplishments can be showcased. The fourth floor acts as a multi-use space that can open up to the roof garden through sliding glass panels. This is a much quieter space that could host activities such as guest speaker lectures, informational meetings, or any other large gatherings.
EXPLODED AXON
Elevators Stairs
Cooling Towers
NORTH
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SOUTH
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EAST
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Elevations
Each face of the building is carefully designed to preserve the iconic look of the original precast concrete work of the ECG. Connections to the nature around the building have driven the design. New precast panels were added onto the South, East, and West faces in order to provide better shading strategies. These panels were carefully designed and placed so as to not overtake the original precast panel design while also looking to the future of the growing and innovative School of Engineering.
WEST
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Precast Panel Design
All new precast concrete panels are self shading, allowing for light to permeate the upper levels while resisting heat gain from the harsh desert sun throughout the year. The design intends to fit in with the grid created by existing precast panels. A series of 3 panel types were created to strategically allow varying amounts of light into each level.
Arboretum at ASU
Over 25 plant species native to the Sonoran desert exist on site at ECG. Spreading the biodiversity throughout the 4 levels of ECG increases a connection to nature, and helps to blur the line between interior and exterior spaces. The enhanced plant life also aids in creating shade for passively cooled outdoor spaces that can be used at all times throughout the year.
Passive Cooling
Three cooling towers reduce heating load. These cooling towers extend the comfort zone and help transform the courtyard into an “outdoor room” that can comfortably be inhabited throughout the hot summer months.
The renovation to ECG provides new flexible spaces that maximize site conditions in order to provide innovative and collaborative learning environments for students of the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU.
03 COURTS BY THE FALLS PHOENIX COMMUNITY CENTER
Task:
To design a community center for teens that incorporates the concept of a tree canopy throughout the design. The focal point of the structure should be the canopy or shading system, fitting all programs underneath or around the designed canpopy system. Conduct a site analysis to in order gain a better understanding of who uses the existing programs on site, and how the new design will effect the surrounding neighborhood and it’s inhabitants.
User Needs:
Teens and young adults need spaces to discover themselves. They need community spaces to socialize and interact with people. They need private spaces to study, create, and think. They also need places to compete, to let off steam, and to exercise. In order to accomodate these needs, Courts by The Canal was built to maximize the site, fitting as many programs as possible to allow for maximum usage. A major goal was to design to accomodate as many groups of people as possible within range of the project location.
Site Design
The design of the site aims to create safe spaces for people of all ages be able to freely traverse the site and make use of all of the ammenities available.
A large community of middle aged to elderly adults flock to the Falls to play tennis and pickle ball, so those courts are nearest the parking lot to create ease of access. Louder, more potentially boisterous activities like basketball and skateboarding are tucked further back to promote interaction with the rest of the site facilities and to build a sense of community.
The main structure serves as a bridge between the different outdoor spaces, while focusing toward Camelback Mountain, while mitigating noise from Indian School Road to the immediate south of the site.
PLANS AND PROGRAMMING
INTERIOR PROGRAMS
The interior spaces on the first floor host the noisier and busier programs and provide a hub of easy access for users. The first floor features aerobics studios, storage lockers, cafe, climbing wall, racquet ball courts, and reception.
The second floor hosts quieter spaces for more specified and private uses. The programs on the second floor includes break rooms, group study rooms, private study rooms, soundbooths, a convention space, and two balconies.
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 1
CANOPY DESIGN
The canopy has been designed to mimic the shadows cast by tree branches which are so vital to the survival of natural life in the Sonoran Desert.
The slatted beams cast linear shadows on the ground while the supporting wooden columns act as trunks with their own branches reaching out to support the canopy structure.
A transluscent water screen rests atop the beams to allow for some light to pass through and be refracted, creating interesting shadows and patterns on the ground below.
The use of triangular forms allows for a geometric and easily constructible design while also allowing for more organinic and fluid forms to be achieved to more effectively control light that enters the interior structure.
Level 1
The first level contains noisier public spaces intended for group activities and recreation. A north facing courtyard hosts a foodcourt as well as a rock climbing wall on the eastern edge. The courtyard provides scenic views to Camelback Mountain while connecting the east and west sides of the site without requiring interior entry.
Level 2
The second level is designed with quiet spaces in mind. There are multiple private study rooms for individual or group studying. Additionally soundbooths and a larger convention room highlight the second level. A balcony provides elevated views of Camelback Mountain and comfortable outdoor spaces to work in public or private.
Courts by the Falls seamlessly function in order to provide Mountain and creates safe spaces community of Indian School
seamlessly integrates form and scenic vistas to Camelback spaces for recreation for the School Road and north Phoenix.
04
LIVING MESA MIXED USE HIGH RISE
Task:
To design a mixed use high rise with the goal of approaching net-zero status. Align design with the goals of the municipality of Mesa, Arizona. The site of Fiesta Mall has been abandoned and demolished. This project is intended to serve as a catalyst for a revitalization of the Fiesta District. Hypothetical site context was created in order to help provide better guidance for design decisions. Incorporate the goals of Mesa’s 10 and 50 year plans for future urban development within the city.
User Needs:
Flexible spaces and high end retail is a stated goal of Mesa for the new Fiesta revitalization. Mesa Community College, and Banner Desert Health Center are both to the immediate west. Connections to the site surroundings, connections to nature, accessibility to public transport, parking, entertainment, and designing for the human scale are all stated goals of Mesa for the future. Multi-family apartments and office/retial spaces are the desired programs for the high rise. Sustainable strategies are of utmost importance in order to keep energy use down.
DECLINE OF FIESTA MALL
Fiesta Mall officially opens with Sears and Goldwater’s.
1979
Fiesta Mall is acquired by General Growth Properties.
1992
Fiesta Malls peaks in sales, placing in the top 15% of malls in the the country.
CONCEPT PROPOSAL MIXED USE MULTI-FAMILY HIGH RISE
MECHANICAL PENTHOUSE
SINGLE FAMILY LEVELS
MULTIFAMILY LEVELS
AMMENITY LEVELS
OFFICE LEVELS
RETAIL LEVELS
Economic recession drastically affects sales.
2007
2001
Arizona Mills and Chandler Fashion Center draw customers away.
2018
Fiesta Mall closes due to anchor stores vacating and a 72% decline in overall value.
LIVING MESA
A mixed use high rise development that breathes new life into the mall and serves as a beacon for the revitalization of the Fiesta District.
Inspired by buttes and mesas being hubs of life and providing shade for the life that surrounds them. Living Mesa seeks to do the same, reinvigorating the mall’s empty space and providing multiple opportunities for desert life to thrive not just at the human scale.
Building Information
• 24 Stories
• Height of 330’
• Construction Type 1-A (Concrete)
• Mixed use (Group B and Group R2) 761,000 Square Feet
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• Occupant Load 1,080 (Parking)
(Retail)
SITE
Transportation
Build out a highly functional, safe, and well maintained bycycle and shared-use path network, encouraging micromobility options as well as public transit rather than personal vehicles. Connect the site to this developing network.
Accessibility
Create compact, pedestrian scaled, mixed use developments that place an extra emphasis on walkablility, bikeability, and transit access. Designing for easy access to the varying needs of people in an urban environment.
Commercial Spaces
Bring in high end retail, restaurants and enterainment in order to improve recreational life and keep people in Mesa and Fiesta District, rather than going to other cities in the valley. Design for retail access and parking for that access.
Develop new standards for multi-use areas. Look for opportunities for redevelopment and apply multi-use standards to ensure that they are flexible for future change and growth. Create flex spaces that can evolve over time.
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SUSTAINABILITY & SAFETY
PASSIVE AND DIRECT STRATEGIES
Passive Cooling
Living Mesa integrates 4 cooling towers with a 400 ton capacity into the 4 core stair cases of the high rise. They help to disperse passively cooled air down to the office and retail levels.
Solar Energy Collection
Over 1,800 solar panels oriented for optimal sunlight reception line the different rooves and terraces of the Living Mesa development, fully powering the systems required by residents.
Water Collection
Underneath the structure are two 6,000 gallon water tanks that are utilized for the resuse of greywater that is collected on site.
Fire Safety
A wet pipe sprinkler system and glass curtain boards lend additional protection against fire and the spread of smoke within the office levels of Living Mesa. Wet pipe system is ideal for the desert environment and the high risk of fires.
Rainscreen Facade
The copper rainscreen facade adds to the sustainable approach of Living Mesa. Copper has long shelf life and is recyclable. It is clean and easy to maintain, as well as being lightweight flexible, and natrurally resistant to weathering and corrosion. It helps to reduce the carbon footprint and the imporve the thermal performance of the structure.
Structural Material
Post tensioned concrete slabs, as well as concrete columns and beams are utilized for their fire resistance and efficiency for construction. All primary structural elements have a 2 hour fire rating.
PERFORATED RAINSCREEN
HORIZONTAL SUPPORT ASSEMLBY MINERAL WOOL
SHEATHING LAYER
VAPOR BARRIER
MTL WALL STUDS
GYPSUM BOARD
Living Mesa breathes new life into the Fiesta District, serving as a beacon for the revitalization of the mall. It provides unique opportunities for users to interact with nature, bringing it up to all levels and through the site.
05
AND+ DESIGN FOR DISASTER
Task:
To design a product, service, or tool that will help people through a natural disaster. Identify a communtiy or group that this design will serve and create packaging and branding for the design.
Design Concept:
FEMA identifies that 60% of Americans are inadequately prepared for a natural disaster. The goal was to create kits for people in communities that are more inclined to be affected by natural disasters. The idea being that when someone buys the product for themselves, another one will be donated to a person in the same community. There are different kits for different ecological regions, each with specific tools for that region.
OSLO LOOK OF THE GAMES BRANDING
FOR 2030 WINTER OLYMPICS
Task:
To design a look of the games concept for a selected city for the 2030 Winter Olympics. The design must draw from the host city or country and reflect it’s characteristics.
Design Concept:
I selected Oslo Norway for the winter games. The form, pattern, textures, and color selection all draw from the elements present throughout the city. The pattern can be interpreted as both tree tops or mountain tops, as the aurora borealis accentuates the patterns peaks. This ambiguity is intentional as both forms are prevalent throughout the Oslo area, and greatly define the natural surroundings.Cool but bright colors bring the excitement and life of the games into the graphic design.
ILLUSTRATION PAPER AND DIGITAL
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