ARCHITECTURE
PORTFOLIO
“Every building must relate to its natural context—not just in appearance, but in spirit.”
“We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us.”
“To build is to dwell.”
“A space must invite curiosity if it is to inspire learning.”
— Glenn Murcutt
— Winston Churchill
— Martin Heidegger
Ecological Speculation
Education
INTERSECTION
Transitional Housing
MESOCOSMS
Recycling Center
“As the second installment of a three part spring studio, the Feral Dellta Studio II examined the multiple entangled narratives of Baytown Natural Center produced by Feral Delta 1 and developed a new set of narratives to define new potentials for resettlement where a former suburb of Brownwood was placed and is still readable and whose footprints will be the departure point for speculative designs.”
ECHOES OF THE DELTA
Nursery + Housing
Feral Delta (II) Baytown, TX
Rafael Beneytez-Duran
Echoes of the Delta is a speculative ecological infrastructure project that proposes a long-term strategy for land regeneration along the sinking and storm-battered coastline of Baytown, Texas. Rooted in research and environmental urgency, the project repositions the Bald Cypress tree as both a biological agent and architectural element capable of catalyzing the restoration of lost land. Over the past several decades, the Baytown shoreline has suffered severe degradation due to subsidence, sea level rise, and storm surges. Once-solid ground has disappeared beneath water, leaving fragmented ecosystems and vulnerable communities. In response, Echoes of the Delta proposes a phased, 30–60 year intervention where the Bald Cypress—known for its sediment-trapping roots and tolerance to flooding—becomes a tool for ecological healing.
The architecture is designed to age with the environment—structures shift from support scaffolds to embedded systems. The project rethinks time as a design material, and sees resilience not as permanence, but as adaptive transformation. Echoes of the Delta is not a fixed form, but a living narrative. It envisions a future where nature and design co-author the recovery of lost terrain—where forests reemerge from floodwaters, and land once given up to the sea becomes a site of renewal, rooted in patience, care, and imagination.
“The most resilient landscapes are not preserved—they are transformed.”
— Kate Orff
Demonstrates vertical integration of ecological systems (water flow, vegetation, soil) and human use
A lightweight, modular system is integrated into the growing landscape. Made of recycled steel and locally sourced Bald Cypress, this framework includes housing, catwalks, irrigation systems, and structural scaffolding that adapts as the land regenerates.
“ARCH4510 seeks the integration of the architectural idea and building materials and systems that express that idea at a conceptual level. Spatial qualities and architectural form must be informed by the selection of structural, environmental, material assembly systems, and the character of natural light as influenced by the context, site, and program early in the design process. Design determinants include egress and life safety, accessibility, and building regulations all of which must be understood at the beginning of the design process.”
GARDEN OF LIGHT
Education Library Houston, TX
Jose L. Ayala
Garden of Light is a children’s library designed to nurture intellectual development, emotional well-being, and a deep connection to place. Set within a layered urban context, the project responds to the growing need for environments that support early childhood learning—not just through resources, but through atmosphere, light, and spatial experience. At its core, the design stems from the belief that libraries are not just containers of books—they are containers of wonder, discovery, and transformation. Garden of Light embraces this potential by creating a space where natural light, greenery, and architecture merge to create an immersive learning environment for children.
A double-height library space functions as the heart of the building, flooded with natural light filtered through carefully oriented louvers. These elements respond to solar angles—blocking harsh summer sun while welcoming in soft winter light. The result is a luminous, comfortable reading environment where architecture becomes a gentle partner in learning.
In every child there is an inner garden that needs light, air, and time to grow.
The Ground Floor features a central courtyard that acts as both a green anchor and a breathing space. Reading rooms, art classrooms, behavioral support rooms, and administrative areas frame this courtyard, ensuring that every interior space remains visually or physically connected to nature.
GROUND FLOOR
3/64” = 1’
FIRST FLOOR
The Upper Level introduces a terrace garden—a space for informal learning, outdoor reading, and free play. This green roof condition is not only a thermal and visual asset, but a pedagogical one: children are given space to explore, observe, and interact with their environment.
3/64” = 1’
COMPREHENSIVE AXON
The use of sun-shading devices, high-performance glazing, and passive ventilation strategies helps reduce energy consumption, while promoting thermal comfort and daylighting. Materials were selected not only for durability and cost-efficiency, but also for their visual warmth and tactile quality—aluminum panels, low-E glass, and recycled structural elements
“This studio project seeks to discover the spatial and social possibilities of how to improve the experience of the urban landscape at the “less desirable” non-developed flood prone areas. The forgotten landscapes near and along the bayou and freeway system have become a place of congregation for many of the homeless in our city. The goal of this studio project is to provide a place of refuge to escape the malaise and despair that pervades the daily lives of the homeless community in our city.”
INTERSECTION HOUSE
Housing
Transitional Residence for Homeless Houston, TX
Jon K. Story
Intersection House a transitional housing project situated within one of Houston’s most overlooked yet spatially potent urban conditions—an underutilized floodplain adjacent to Buffalo Bayou and major highway infrastructure. The project reframes “drosscapes,” or neglected urban land, as sites of radical care, architectural possibility, and social healin. This proposal responds directly to the city’s homelessness crisis, recognizing the entanglement of infrastructural neglect, social displacement, and environmental risk. Rather than erasing or displacing this reality, the project intervenes with empathy and intent—offering temporary refuge that fosters stability, dignity, and a path toward reintegration.
Drawing from Houston’s Bayou Greenways and ongoing redevelopment strategies, the architecture weaves together light, vegetation, and service-oriented programming to create an environment that supports the full spectrum of human needs—from hygiene and health to rest and community. Its massing respects site constraints like flood risk and access, while its programmatic core centers around modular units, shared services, and moments of brightness—symbolically and literally—that suggest renewal.
BEDROOM UNIT
= 1’
MASSING DIAGRAM
“Displaced waste is contributing to substantial social, political, economic, and environmental injustice. By 2050 oceans are expected to contain more plastics than fish (by weight). Within this problematic frame, recycling is not merely an option, rather it is an ethical, aesthetical, and ecological necessity. During the Fall 2023 semester, 3500 studios sought to actively discuss topics about recycling to design an architectural response where recycling concepts will put together the proximate and remote human and non-human communities, ecologies, and territories.”
MESOCOSMS
Commercial Recycling Center
Houston, TX
Rafael Beneytez-Duran
Mesocosms is a speculative design project sited on the Texas City Dike—an artificial structure built for sediment control and port protection that has over time become a symbol of both environmental conflict and infrastructural necessity. The project investigates the ecological, industrial, and climatic challenges specific to Galveston Bay, including plastic pollution, land erosion, industrial impact, and tidal rise, while proposing a hybrid architecture that fosters ecological restoration and public engagement through recycling infrastructure.
The central concept is to transform the site from a point of ecological tension into a generator of biodiversity and education. By rethinking waste as a material resource and acknowledging the presence of multiple, overlapping ecosystems, the project proposes a Recycling and Meso-Ecology Center where plastic waste is collected, processed, and reused to create pods—architectural and ecological modules that serve as anchors for new habitats. These “pods” or mesocosms cultivate various biomes—marshes, marine zones, and wildflower gardens—while educating visitors about sustainability, the environmental impact of plastic, and the role of native flora and fauna. The project becomes a living laboratory—an interface between industry, ecology, and public knowledge.
RECYCLING CENTER 1/8” = 1’
The recycling center as the heart of the site—collecting, processing, and redistributing plastic into pods and dispersals.
PROFILE
EMEMABASI ODORO
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Bachelor of Architecture
University of Houston
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Rio Salado College
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