Program: The Tahoe Expedition Academy (TEA) is trying to change the traditional school system and how we teach children for the future. The Academy is focus around the values of constructive adversity, community integration and regenerating local traditions and culture, these values are what sets TEA different of the conventional public schools. The Tahoe Expedition Academy is already located on a property in Truckee, California and wants to expand to be able to grow with the increase in attendance
Location: Tahoe, California
Program: The Camelback branch library is a expansion project of the branch library system that spreads across the city of Phoenix. The site we were given was situated on the southwest corner of central and Camelback road with a Light-Rail station directly south of the site. It was are task to construct a library for are contemporary times. The Camelback library is a library is a desert, but also a library within metropolitan city. The library needs to benefit the surrounding community and make reasons for people to come to the library.
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Program: The 7th Ave Canyons was our first architectural design project in the undergraduate program. The design problem for the studio was to design a dense multi-family dwelling on a existing empty lot in the downtown Phoenix area. The empty lots have stood empty for years now and we were tasked to create a valuable design for the site that would enrich the community it was placed. The studio emphasizes personal development of our design process and how to implement from beginning to end.
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Program: This project was a semester long exploration into design operation and creating space. At the beginning of the project we were all given a column from an important architecture landmark ranging in all styles and types. The column I received was Oscar Niemeyer from the Three Power Square at Brasilia. The column was more of a monument that relates back to St. Peter’s Square and how significant square always holds pigeons. So his column was designed to bring pigeons to the Three Power Square in Brasilia, Brazil to make this a important and significant square in Brazil.
