Architectural Designer relocating to Chicago in July 2025.
EDUCATION
2025 | Master of Architecture
University of Nebraska -
Dean’s List 4 Semesters
2022 | Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy (Distinction)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Minors in Art, Religious Studies; Dean’s List 8 Semesters
SKILLS
AWARDS
• College of Architecture Future Practice Award
• Clark & Enersen Professional Scholarship
SGH/Dri-Design/Pella Merit Award
• Sean F. Mellon Scholarship Finalist
BVH Architecture Design Finalist
• Hemphill Memorial Fellowship
• Ed Hirsch Scholarship
• UCARE Recipient
• Vesper Science Scholarship
• Dewey and Kelley Scholarship
• Susan T. Buffet Foundation Scholarship
• St. Elizabeth Medical Center Scholarship
EXPERIENCE
HDR
Architectural Design Intern, 05.24 - 06.25
Collaborate across disciplines to complete assignments under the supervision of an Architect or Project Manager.
• Model digital twins, conduct easement analysis, contribute to schematic design, and develop iterative architectural solutions.
• Develop presentation graphics to communicate concepts to clients, design awards juries, and for agency approval.
• Lead centerpiece design and construction for HDR’s 2024 IMPACT A+BES Global Conference.
Cosmic Stew RPG
Managing Designer, 07.20 - Current
Oversee art direction and collaborate with visual developers and producers to deliver project assets and marketing materials.
• Develop visually cohesive systems and produce high-quality deliverables across digital and physical formats.
• Cooperatively set and manage schedules for product design, development, manufacturing, and marketing.
• Manage iterative design workflows and review visual and written deliverables to ensure quality and consistency.
UNL Building Operations
Student Recommissioner, 05.23 - 09.23
Calibrate and commission HVAC nanostat controls, VAV units, and occupancy sensors for psychrometric comfort.
• Conduct, record, and organize on-site air velocity, pressure, and humidity measurements using specialized equipment.
• Cross-reference environmental measurements and mechanical plans to identify, diagnose, and resolve HVAC issues.
UNL College of Architecture
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 01.23 - 05.24
• Provide critical feedback on student design work and lead computer applications tutorials for Architecture Core Studio II.
Lead drawing labs, demonstrate techniques, and deliver lessons on analog-to-digital media workflows for Design Drawing.
• Present introductory lessons on design fundamentals such as composition, perspective, projection, and color.
HDR IMPACT CONFERENCE
Design / Build Centerpiece
fall 2024
p. 1
FARNAM TRANSIT DISTRICT
Transit-Oriented Development
fall 2023
p. 9
CAPITOL NExUS
Transit-Oriented Reuse
spring 2025
p. 17
NExT COURTYARDS
Medium Density Housing
spring 2023
IMPACT CONFERENCE CENTERPIECE
OMAHA, NE | DESIGN-BUILD | HDR 2024 INTERN PROJECT
Area: 400 SF
Collaborators: Marty Amsler, Paula Brammier, Bill DeRoin, Landon Healy, Desiree Mervau, Rhiannon Strazdas
Every other year, HDR hosts the IMPACT A+BES Global Conference to bring together its Architecture and Building Engineering Services business groups to explore how their professional achievements can create a positive and long-lasting impact within the built environment. Our intern team was asked to design a centerpiece for less than $10,000 that embodied the 2024 theme, “People, Passion, Planet,” which focused on the interconnected nature of who HDR’s people are, what drives their passion, and how they instigate meaningful change in the world.
Concept Development
IDEATION
Free association diagram inspired by conference themes.
CONCEPT SKETCH
Sweeping action line toward central “IMPACT” zone.
INITIAL MODEL
Explore construction method and feasibility.
FINAL CONCEPT
Maintain action line with refined form and construction.
Design Development
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
Grasshopper script enabled rapid iteration and redesign.
EXPLODED AXON
KEY DIMENSIONS
Simple slotted construction allows for ease of assembly. Size was critical for an engaging spatial presence.
SINGLE BRANCH ELEVATION
Single spiral branches could be densified and arrayed as many time as necessary to meet budget.
Installation Setup (Left to Right: Landon, Marty, Rhiannon)
FARNAM TRANSIT DISTRICT
OMAHA, NE | ARCH 510 | TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
Area: 800,000 SF
Instructors: Bruce Carpenter, Tom Trenolone, Tim Williams
The Farnam Transit District is a mixed-use, transit-oriented development located east of Turner Park in Omaha, Nebraska that speculates on the future potential of urban agriculture and public transit in the city’s highly visible Midtown. The project builds on Omaha’s urban core redevelopment and envisions a nodal configuration where spaces for live, work, and play stack around a central transit hub.
Morphology & Program
1. SITE FILL
Maximize site use, general east-west orientation, TIFF informed elevations.
2. NODAL NESTING
Enveloped parking, adjacency to Douglas, central transit hub.
3. GLOBAL SUBTRACTION
Voids for Twin Towers views and gondola line, reinforce east-west axis.
Create elevated terraces, green roof potentials, conform to structural grid.
Spatial Organization
PLANS
The tower level includes a 40,000 sq. ft. greenhouse that can generate approximately 100,000 pounds of produce per year - enough to supply an attached grocery. Residential towers offer approximately 204 total dwelling units.
Programs vary widely in the mid level plan. The southwest lot offers residential while the northwest has a mix of residential and office space. The northeast consists of office and educational space while grocery and urban agriculture make up the southeast lot.
The ground level plan is primarily programmed for retail and workshare, which totals approximately 110,000 sqft. Highlighted at this level is the parking garage envelopment with access maintained via Douglas St.
GREEN
Exterior, Courtyard Facing Retail
Exterior, Gondola Courtyard
CAPITOL NExUS
LINCOLN, NE | ARCH 611 | TRANSIT-ORIENTED REUSE
Area: 430,000 SF
Instructor: Supasai Vongkulbhisal
Collaborator: Will Roarty
The Capitol NExUS envisions a civic tapestry that ties into and nourishes its surrounding context. The project is programmed with publicly funded childcare, streetcar stations, and an agriculture tower to teach, mobilize, and feed Lincoln’s central communities. Through its program, the Capitol NExUS gives the people of Lincoln the support they need to flourish and change the city from its overly commercialized existence to a locally defined place by and for the people.
Interior, Street Car Station
NE xT COURTYARDS
WAYNE, NE | ARCH 501 | MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING
Area: 36,800 SF
Instructor: Steve Hardy
NExT Courtyards provide the community of Wayne, NE accessible, medium-density dwellings to help alleviate their ongoing housing crisis while maintaining the area’s character. The Courtyards are the individual culmination of NExT Housing, a group programming and master planning project wherein teams engaged with community members to plan a 9-acre development that interfaces with diverse land-use contexts.
SITE PLAN
Unit Types
STACKED UNIT
Ideal for young families and student groups. Provides contextually comfortable spatial experience.
• 1200 sq. ft.
• 3 bed
• 2 bath
• high aspect / low footprint
ACCESSIBLE UNIT
Ideal for aging and disabled persons. Access points reduce travel distance to habitable zones.
• 1100 sq. ft.
• 3 bed
• 2 bath
• ADA compliant
PLANS
Units’ second floors consist of bedrooms and private balconies, all of which are accessed by interior stairs.
The first floor of stacked units is accessed from the ground floor via covered exterior stairs. This floor consists of a living room, dining room, and kitchen that circulate around a central core.
Ground floor units are ADA compliant, offering access at grade. Wide corridors provide greater circulatory comfort.
