Kristen
Bokker
About.
Kristen Bokker
I’m an architecture graduate trained in the American School of Architecture, with a design approach rooted in place, climate, and everyday human experience. My work emphasizes resilient, ecologically responsive strategies shaped by social research, prioritizing safety, dignity, and spaces that support belonging.
+ C.O.M.M.A., Design-Build
+ Haven Crossing, Design Studio
+ Infill 6-Plex, Design Studio
C.O.M.M.A.
Noble, Oklahoma, USA | Expected Completion May 2026
WHO IS WILDCARE?
WildCare is a non-profit organization dedicated to wildlife rehabilitation located in Noble. WildCare was started in 1984 by Rondi Large, O.T. Sanders, and Dr. Nancy Harrington as a home-based wildlife rehabilitation facility, was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1995, and has now grown to become the largest wildlife rehabilitation center in Oklahoma and one of the largest in the U.S.
A design-build wildlife rehabilitation facility developed in collaboration with WildCare, supporting the shared recovery of birds and bats. The project progressed from concept through construction, allowing material, structural, and detailing decisions to evolve through direct fabrication. A spiral form organizes airflow, daylight, and circulation, while a porous envelope of breathable mesh, translucent polycarbonate, and synthetic cedar supports passive ventilation and filtered light.
Since opening, over 112,000 wild animals have passed through WildCare’s doors. Starting with just a few patients in 1984, WildCare now admits 7,500 patients representing over 240 different species annually thanks to thousands of willing rescuers and dedicated supporters.
Recipient of the Animal, Wildlife & Marine Mammal Welfare Award (2nd Place, Disney & Land Rover).
COMMA
WHAT IS C.O.M.M.A.?
Nestled in Noble, Oklahoma, the COMMA Rehabilitation Center is the first in the country devoted to the shared recovery of birds and bats. Designed as both a place of healing and innovation, COMMA reflects the American School of Architecture’s belief that design should serve life. Its spiral form, inspired by the curve of a wing, encourages light, air, and movement to flow naturally. Materials such as synthetic cedar, breathable mesh, and translucent panels echo Oklahoma’s landscape and connect craft with nature. More than a building, COMMA helps position WildCare as a leader in ecological design and wildlife care. It stands as a quiet act of compassion and renewal—a place where humans, animals, and the land coexist and restore one another.
Nestled in Noble, Oklahoma, the COMMA Rehabilitation Center is the first in the country devoted to the shared recovery of birds and bats Designed as both a place of healing and innovation, COMMA reflects the American School of Architecture’s belief that design should serve life. Its spiral form, inspired by the curve of a wing, encourages light, air, and movement to flow naturally. Materials such as synthetic cedar, breathable mesh, and translucent panels echo Oklahoma’s landscape and connect craft with nature.
C.O.M.M.A.
CONSERVATION OF OKLAHOMA’S MAMMALS & MIGRATORY AVIANS
More than a building, COMMA helps position
WildCare as a leader in ecological design and wildlife care It stands as a quiet act of compassion and renewal—a place where humans, animals, and the land coexist and restore one another.
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA GIBBS COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AMERICAN SCHOOL DESIGN BUILD 2025
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Haven Crossing 02
Meadows, Dallas, Texas, USA
Haven Crossing is a mixed-use housing and community program integrating a safehouse, clinic, and shared civic space within a layered courtyard framework. Spatial organization separates secure residential zones from public functions while maintaining visual continuity and shared access to landscape.
Passive strategies, including north–south orientation, operable wood screens, and integrated courtyard ventilation, reduce mechanical reliance and enhance environmental performance.
Vickery
Second Floor + Integrated Pedestrian Bridge Plan
1. Computer Room
Multi-Purpose Room
Daycare
Playground
Community Vegetable Garden
3x2 Units
Safehouse
A protected pedestrian spine links the train, library, school, and park, transforming the site into a safe, carfree connector that can extend the public space and strengthen everyday access to community resources.
South Elevation
Infill 6-Plex 03
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
A small-scale urban housing project exploring how density can strengthen the public realm while maintaining individual identity. A deliberate solid–void strategy shapes courtyards, loggias, and transitional thresholds that mediate between private living and shared urban space.
Ground-level commercial space activates the street, while layered residential volumes establish vertical community through light, ventilation, and landscape. Façade depth and material transitions express structural logic, reinforcing density as both human-scaled and spatially generous.
Landscape Diagram
Solid-Void Diagram
Ventilation Diagram
Midtown,
Thank you.
