FOLLY
FALL 2023
A folly designed for the UWM SARUP Marcus Commons began with a precedent analysis of The Esherick House by Louis Kahn. Working in abstraction and iteration through different mediums, a concept for the folly was developed.
ELEVATION - SCALE: 1/8" = 1' - 0"
ABSTRACTED/SUBTRACTED
AXONOMETRIC
The regular, orthagonal volumes found in The Esherick House pictured left are abstracted and evenly spaced into a cube. The edges are subtracted to obscure the reading of the object.
OBJECT & ARMATURE
3 AXIS CNC, INSULATION FOAM
The abstracted and altered volumes from the Esherick house become a sculptural object with attached armature.
OBJECT & ARMATURE
PLASTER OF PARIS, PINE 2 X 4
The corresponding armature compliments the abstracted cube, a supportive extension of its form.
CONCEPT/ITERATION
AXONOMETRIC, PLAN, ELEVATION
Slicing and scattering multiples of the cube moves the project further from an orthogonal reading. Plans and sections introduce scale and speculate at inhabitable space.
ITERATION/MODULE
AXONOMETRIC, ELEVATION
Moving back toward regularity, a piece is selected and simplified into a symmetrical module.
MAKING SPACE
ELEVATION
A final move from heavy to light, the module becomes a frame and tensile membrane structure, repeating, stacking and is placed inside the Marcus Commons at UWM SARUP.
URBAN INTERFACE
SPRING 2024
The Sovereign Apartments building at 1810 W. Wisconsin Ave, designed by Bruce Uthus is an h-shaped Art Deco Building completed in 1929. An interface is designed to sit be tween the front-facing facade and street.
URBAN INTERFACE
SPRING 2023
At the scale of the neighborhood axial and bi-lateral symmetry is complimented by a terra cotta foliated frieze along the roof line. With the help of brick piers, the 9 story south facing facade sits proud and regal on the gently sloping site along W. Wisconsin Ave.
URBAN INTERFACE
SPRING 2023
The overt axial and bilateral symmetry at the scale of the street is called into question at the scale of the hand. Mis-aligned brick coursing and irregularly sized portions of granite belting are found throughout
URBAN INTERFACE
SPRING 2023
At pedestrian scale, the bold granite entrance with tarnished brass lettering and lights is visually dominant.
URBAN INTERFACE ELEVATION
URBAN INTERFACE
SPRING 2024
The interface’s dramatic, oversized brick coursing allowed to run parallel to the sidewalk with asymmetrical openings works, by contrast to reinfroce found conditions. Functionally, the interface serves to screen pedestrians from traffic.
URBAN INTERFACE
FINAL MODEL
chipboard, musuem board, textured spay paint, acryllic paint
READING THE ROOM SPRING 2024
After modeling the interior of one iconic room, models were combined to create interesting spatial adjacencies. Modifications to the original room were made to better integrate into the model pile and make specific connections to neighboring rooms
READING THE ROOM
UNFOLDED ELEVATION
The Luis Barragan reading room is anchored by a long bookshelf running along the east wall. Across from the bookshelves lies the iconic cantilevered wood staircase, folding into the wooden door at the top. An implied fold from the door to the overhead beams further emphasizes continuity.
READING THE ROOM
MODEL PILE 01
Models were arranged anticipating adjacent connections.
READING THE ROOM SPRING 2024
The iconic stair was moved back, peeled around the corner and extended vertically to meet adjacent spaces. The roof is lifted with tension cables to gain necessary head height. The oversized window is angled out proportional to the stair, maintaining consistent geometry and introducing a framed visual connection.
READING THE ROOM
MODEL PILE 02
A second round of modified rooms were built and arranged exploring new found connections.
READING THE ROOM
FINAL MODEL: INTERIOR VIEW
Scale: 1/8” = 1’0”- cardboard, chipboard, basswood, drywall spackling, latex paint, upcylced clothes
BIKE SHELTER
FALL 2024
Inspired from backcountry lean-tos and their ad hoc, irregularly sloped and proportioned roofs, a one way frame and truss system is used to support the overhead roof. CMU block walls define bathrooms and changing areas, creating a buffer from the path facing entrance.
BIKE SHELTER
FINAL MODEL
Scale: 1/8” = 1’0”- plywood, basswood, bristol, chipboard, acrylic paint
PART 01 - WAREHOUSE
PART 02 - LIBRARY
FALL 2024
The first of two parts began with designing the structural skeleton of a 50,000sf warehouse focusing on site and structure. Next, the warehouse would be converted to a library.
PART 01 - WAREHOUSE
FALL 2024
Located at the SW corner of E. North and N. Oakland Ave in Milwaukee’s Lower East Side, the site has direct connection to the Oak Leaf Trail and Milwaukee Greenway making the current open field invaluable green space to Milwaukee’s East Side. In fact, it’s one of the last remaining.
PART 01 - WAREHOUSE
PLAN; MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS; TRANSVERSE SECTION
The warehouse leverages a structural diagrid to allow a triangulated green roof to fold along the site, activating it and maintaining open green space. Clearstory windows allow dramatic light to penetrate below.
PART 01 - WAREHOUSE
TECTONIC MODEL
Scale: 1/4” = 1’0” - birch plywood, basswood, cork
PART 02 - LIBRARY
INTERIOR CONEPT + PROGRAMMING
The interior concept began as a long wedge, starting below grade, from the Oak Leaf trail extending up to E. Windsor Place. Step by step the wedge is modified and subdivided reflecting overhead structure. A program diagram was developed and applied to the modified form.
PART 02 - LIBRARY
INTERIOR MASSING; FINAL INTERIOR MODEL
In parallel to drawings, interior massing models were developed and refined. A final interior model closely reflects concept development.
PART 02 - LIBRARY PLANS
From left to right, levels 1, 2, 3 and a roof plan.
PART 02 - LIBRARY
CONTEXT + GREEN ROOF: AXONOMETRIC
A semi-intensive sedum tray system is used to reestablish open green space.
CONCRETE ANCHOR
NEOPRENE THERMAL BARRIER
SUPPORT POST
FLOOR PLATE
INSULATION
ROOF MEMBRANE
PROTECTIVE FABRIC
ROOT BARRIER
DRAINAGE BOARD
SEDUM TRAY
CAP FLASHING
ROOF MEMBRANE
SEALING WASHER/BOLT
STRUCTURAL Z-GIRT
GLASS MULLION ASSEMBLY
PART 02 - LIBRARY
GREEN ROOF DETAILING
The sedum tray system ties in directly to the cast-in-place concrete structure. A structural steel z-girt holds the system in place at the edge of the roof and provides a connecting point for glazing to reach up to meet the vegetation for a seemless appearance.
MODIFIED 1/4” TECTONIC MODEL
