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about me Throughout my 4 years in CU’s Environmental Design, I have been able to expand my ability to serve people, and my identity as a designer has changed to reflect that. My goal is to be able to use venue design to serve the surrounding communities. I am passionate about architecture, sports, faith, world history, and live music.
education University of Colorado Boulder Program in Environmental Design Emphasis in Architecture May 2024 Grad Studios in Planning, Product Design, Landscape Architecture, Architecture 3 Full Semester Architecture Studios Dedicated work in Rhino, Revit, CAD, Adobe, Twinmotion, Lumion, Grasshopper
work 7 month intern at Interior Design Firm with experience in CET and Photolab 7 Years Caddying 2 Years Athletic Administration 4 Years Food Services Merchandise Graphic Design Commissions On Campus Ministry 4 Year Colorado Evans Scholar
envd 3rd floor redesign
the curve
folsom campus entrance
basalt tower
art gallery design
environmental (re)design is your environmental design studio as powerful of a space as possible? The CU Boulder Environmental Design Building has seen very few upgrades since the late 1960’s , and while the amenities still hold up well, the arrangement of the space is disjointed and dated - some of the last things a designer would want said about their space, which is painfully ironic given that this is the space that efficient, friendly, and accessible design is taught in. We were tasked with proposing a new 3rd floor - one that used ‘environmental design’ to make it more usable.
The first task of this project was to recreate the whole building in Revit. This was hard as some of the most current construction documents are hand drawings from 1953 and 1968. CAD files for floorplans and column schedules were available but everything else was up to us to interpret. We were able to completely outfit the building.
Some fun quirks included a spiral staircase as the main ciurculation to the 3rd floor, no less than 6 different windows with a differences of inches between them on one floor alone, and an inconsistent column system due to the 3rd floor being a later addition. DLF Studio 1060 18th St, Boulder, CO
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My goal for the 3rd floor redesign centered around something that lacks in our end of year routine: our pin up space. It lacks outlets, character, and the walls hinder the ability to showcase final studio projects the way a design school would want. With no budget boundaries and the ability to kick out the grad school and Comm. school (as shown above), I was able to flex out the space in a way where a new, better pin up space was possible.
On top of that 3rd floor was an opportunity to create a fun deck that stood out from the rest of campus through lights, panels, and monolithic blocks. It also has a set of glass panels buried bheind the deck to provide diluted natural light directly over the new gallery space - as natural light is another thing that the current pin up space simply does not have.
I kept most of the floor open, including garage doors to hang open and complete glazing around the gallery space, so the entire floor could almost function as one open studio and gallery space. When studios have natural light and open plans, they seem to function better and I do not want to disrupt that rhythm.
the curve making government relations more accessible to the public Sitting low and hidden in the middle of a dozen acres of concrete and industrial overflow, Boulder Government Ops is not positioned to welcome the community as much as Boulder Government wants it to. The city leaders’ intention is to have it as a place where citizens can approach and be in dialogue with leaders, but with a hidden and inconvenient entrance, that is not currently the case. Our assignment was to envision a new government complex that was cutting edge in citizen accessibility, workplace health, and maximum efficiency for citywide emergencies.
Designed with as many “college campus” amenities as possible, The Curve provides employees and visitors alike the opportunity to gather and accomplish their goals but also have access to lifestyle amenities and not feel closed off from the outdoors. Two shaded but open air atriums and meticulous arrangement mean no hallways without open overlooks and at no point is the user more than two doorways away from the outdoors. A two story gym, multiple cafes, and multiple decks accompany an assortment of private, bullpen style, and warehouse workspaces.
Two shaded but open air atriums and meticulous arrangement mean no hallways without open overlooks.
The Curve provides employees and visitors alike the opportunity to gather and accomplish their goals but also have access to lifestyle amenities.
Our government buildings have an amazing opportunity to welcome the community and serve the citizens with open doors rather than being closed off and intimidating.
folsom campus entrance taking a proactive and student based approach to campus design For our interdisciplinary studio, our task was, as a group of 3 to pick an intersection in Boulder to increase equitability between walkers, bikers (among other non motor vehiclists) and cars. Currently dominated by cars, each intersection had its own opportunities to serve the community. The prevailing problems include two perpendicular wind tunnels that collide at the intersection and a complete lack of sidewalks running east to west. Despite some harsh conditions, the intersection remains one of the primary ways for students to walk to campus, given its proximity to student housing and commuter parking lots. The motivation of our project quickly became creating a true ‘entrance’ to campus that was friendlier and easier to use for pedestrians.
The north end of Colorado’s campus is one of its most used entrances. But there are some glaring holes when it comes to equitability for those who use it.
Our final decision included four main components: an archway over the street to dictate a barrier for cars but welcome pedestrians, a natural ampitheater to maintain the function and shape of the drainage area but give people a reason to spend time there, and most visually notable, an elevator and skybridge to take away the hill and wind, and redirect pedestrians to another corridor that is much easier to use.
The motivation of our project quickly became creating a true ‘entrance’ to campus that was friendlier and easier to use for pedestrians.
basalt tower where minimal living and active lifestyles collide In our first full architecture studio, the task was constraint management. RiNo is a tight district of Denver, and the resulting plot of land we had to work with was 40 feet by 50 feet, with a 70 foot height restriction. Within that volume needed to be 8 microhousing apartments, with full storage for kayaks (the plot was directly on a river) and communal space.
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River North is the new place to be in Denver, but space is limited. New living spaces need to accomodate exceedingly active lifestyles - minus the square footage.
“Because the constraints were so tight and the requirements so specific, I felt that most of my personal desire on how to build the building or any ‘agenda’ I had needed to be discarded.”
winter park stage having fun with rhino and grasshopper To finish our Rhino tutorial course, we were given free reign over the design of a small folly. We were told to pick a setting, place a small structure, and justify why it was there. With the support of Grasshopper, the design was meant to be without boundaries, including physics. We were given the ability to explore forms and have fun as we used these different Rhino functions.
My idea was to put a music stage on top of the highest lift in Colorado, Panoramic at Mary Jane and Winter Park. Inspired by Cercle’s international influence and increasing popularity, Cercle brings electronic music to the most exotic and off kilter locations. Panoramic as a location is very primal in nature, and seems more joined with nature than with civiliaztion, so I wanted to create a stage that was equally mystic and and primal in aesthetic, while also providing amenities that modern electronic music has pivoted towards: a platform that is very protected from the elements and LED screens that maximize the allotted space.
“Panoramic is very primal in nature, and seems more joined with nature than with civiliaztion, so I wanted to create a stage that was equally mystic and and primal in aesthetic”
ar t galler y design exercises in professional documentation Like the Winter Park Stage design, in this assignment we were given a no holds, no constraints prompt to design an art gallery. My goal was to make something interesting out of a very basic massing: a set of squares and rectangles. Using a curtain wall front and a room arrangement that put the gallery up front and private offices back and on higher floors, my art gallery seemed to build itself.
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