Archtiecture and Design Portfolio

About me: I am a professional architectural designer who has designed and overseen the development of multifamily projects across Southern California, ranging from modular affordable housing to large multi-use developments. After growing up in Northern California, I moved to Southern California to attend Cal Poly Pomona and have lived in Los Angeles ever since. I have a passion for design and pushing the cutting-edge of contemporary architecture. In my free time I enjoy chess, hiking, and photography.

PROFESSIONAL WORK

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Hope on Alvarado

Culver City Apartments

MIXED USE

500 Thousand Oaks

Hillcrest Apartments

STUDENT HOUSING

STUDENT WORK

Scholar’s Vista

University Vista

Shoppes on Grand Home of the Blind

Nboder Library Home on a Switchback

Modern and Modular: I had the privilege to work on a series of affordable modular projects. Hope on Alvarado (pictured left) is one such project, providing. The strategy of utilizing modular construction cuts the construction time down rapidly. After the concrete podium had completed, the project transformed into a fully framed and finished building in only four weeks. Three additional projects utilizing the same construction techniques and similar programs have also been constructed across Los Angeles.

Rapid and Affordable: The critical need for affordable housing in Los Angeles has led to a variety of legislation further encouraging the development of modular housing projects. The elimination of parking requirements, fast-tracking of neighborhood reviews, and massive density and height bonuses have created a perfect environment for projects such as Sawtelle and Washington. But how far can affordable housing go on a small urban lot? This project envisions six stories of micro-unit studios above a small ground-level retail space. Balancing open space, community, and mixed-use requirements, this apartment building provides the maximum amount of affordable housing on a small urban lot.

Typical Unit Plan

ALLEY

SAWTELLE BLVD.

‘Place’ Oaks Thousand utilized as Christmas Tree

T.O. Blvd realized, citywide redeveloping the mixed-use destination. been sloping site create a promote Careful building park and street amenities for to the balance of blvd, create work, to the success.

Creating Community: A series of projects in the city of Thousand Oaks. One such project is 500 Thousand Oaks (pictured left). The project encompasses three separate four-story buildings with live-work units, ground level parking, and a full suite of amenities. These buildings incorporate a mixture of step-backs to blend into the suburban neighborhood, while still providing hundreds of new studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom units.

A new 1/2 acre park anchors the project along T.O. Blvd with 4 levels of residential flats and townhomes overlooking the activity

Generating a sense of ‘Place’ in Thousand Oaks

Paving the Way: I had the pleasure of working under KTGY’s Keith McClosky, who led the design for the first multifamily developments in Thousand Oaks, leading the way for a series of similar projects. Because city officials were new to the development of developments so large, a close relationship was formed between city planners, architect, and developer. Local building codes written to cater to single family or duplex developments were amended and stretched to make developments like 500 Thousand Oaks possible. Existing oak trees were either maintained or relocated, leading to the creation of the community park along Thousand Oaks Boulevard. Community input was also central to the development.

For decades the site at 500 Thousand Oaks Boulevard has been utilized as a Pumpkin Patch and Christmas Tree lot. Today, as the vision of the T.O. Blvd Specific Plan continues to be realized, this site will become part of the citywide transformation by redeveloping the property into an engaging mixed-use destination.

The new development has been carefully woven into the sloping site creating internal blocks that create a sense of neighborhood and promote walkability throughout the site. Careful placement of the residential building footprints has allowed for park and open space areas along the street edges that act as amenities for residents but also are a benefit to the

Defined by Negative Space: The masterplan for the expansion of the University of Merced is split into two portions: Scholar’s Vista (pictured left) to the South, and University Vista to the North. The two parcels are divided by native endangered plants, creating a unique twisting boundary between the two sites. This untouched marsh defines the space between the sites, while the open quads and semi-urban pedestrian paths define the interiors of the sites. Between the two sites, over one thousand beds are planned, between a series of phased developments.

Student Housing Student Housing

Campus Connectivity: One of the most important aspects of student housing design is paying special attention to the gathering spaces. The dining hall, gym, and rooftop terrace define University Vista. The building is designed as a traditional “wrap”; five stories of units around a central parking garage. Extensive bicycle and vehicular parking is envisioned to support future expansions west of the main campus.

ON SHOPPES GRAND

ADDRESS

1057 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90015

PROMPT

Reconceptualize retail space in response to the meteoric rise of online shopping on a dense, urban site.

OBJECTIVES

Identify strengths and weaknesses of physical retail spaces

Split retail strategy into two components: experience and distribution

Incorporate modern online shopping trends into architectural strategy

Employ structural strategies to maximize floor area

SOFTWARE

REVIT / SKETCHUP / LUMION / ILLUSTRATOR / PHOTOSHOP

Shopping malls are dying. The COVID 19 pandemic has accelerated the rapid decline of retail spaces across the world. What place does brick and mortar shopping have in a world of online shopping? This project is an exploration of how retail must adapt to accomplish what online shopping cannot. Traditionally, retail served as a means of distribution. However, with the advent of online shopping and delivery, retail has become two different programs with two different sets of strengths and weaknesses: distribution and experience. There are three elements to the project. Thirteen floors of an automated distribution center looms above three floors of experiential shopping, unified by two circulation cores. The space between the programs becomes an open plaza level, while a glass floor gives a glimpse into the distribution above.

Steel Columns in Tension

Heavy Timber Construction

MECH.

STAFF

OF HOME THE BLIND

ADDRESS

Kronprinsessegade 63, 1306 København

PROMPT

Create a single family home for a visually-imparied individual and their family

OBJECTIVES

Incorporate non-visual elements of architecture into design. Respond to historical and physical context. Create comfort and usability through architecture.

SOFTWARE

SKETCHUP / RHINO / ILLUSTRATOR / LUMION

Site Location

Engaging with the non-visual senses, “A Home for the Blind”, seeks to create a thrilling, dynamic space for a blind resident and their family. Following the heavily regimented form of the surrounding context, the two homes break from the typology with structures entirely of glass held by stainless steel frames. Privacy is achieved with a system of curtains, both surrounding the interior spaces and dividing the bedrooms. This creates a dynamic audio landscape; whether the curtains are open or closed changes how sound passes through the spaces. The grid holding the exterior glass shell is generated from the existing facades surrounding the site, while the interior spaces create contemporary, open spaces. The project shows how architecture can engage with its occupants on levels beyond the visual, but audibly, tangibly, and spatially.

GLASS SHELL

SECONDARY FRAME

PRIMARY FRAME

WALLS AND FLOOR

EXISTING TYPOLOGY NEW FACADE

RY LIBRA IN COPENHAGEN

ADDRESS

Kronprinsessegade 63, 1306 København

PROMPT

Design a multi-program community library.

OBJECTIVES

Establish cultural connections to the public through architecture Respond to historical and physical context. Establish comfort for reading and working.

SOFTWARE

SKETCHUP / RHINO / REVIT / ILLUSTRATOR / LUMION

Building on the same site as the home for the blind, the Nboder Library is designed to become a new landmark for the community in north-central Copenhagen. Requiring a considerable amount of program and square footage, this project inevitably became a dramatic departure from the existing typology. However, the context did directly lead into the new form. The row houses in Nboder use a simple, extruded gable system for their forms. By modifying this simple gable, arraying it, and extruding it, the library builds on the existing context while still creating a new, exiting structure. All of the primary structural elements run in the same direction as the extrusion, creating floor plates with varying heights and architectural identities. This allows for a separation between reading and browsing spaces, for example, which creates a dynamic spatial reality. The library serves as a unique,

EXISTING TYPOLOGY

SWIT CH BACK HOME ON A

ADDRESS

Mt Wilson, CA, United States

PROMPT

Design an observatory for two scientists to live and work.

OBJECTIVES

Create a balanced space for work, living, and lecturing. Adapt to surrounding enviorment at the summit of Mt. Wilson. Incorporate light and shadow while optimizing views.

SOFTWARE

RHINO / ILLUSTRATOR / PHOTOSHOP

Located on the incredible summit of Mount Wilson, this scientist’s retreat and observatory is an exciting architectural exhibition for structural dynamism. The form of the building is generated to cantilever between the existing trees on the site, requiring a structural system that considers forces in two directions. Because of the exclusiveness of its location, visitors are required to move along a twisting path through the existing trees to reach the lecture space, located at the most extreme point of the cantilever. The living and working spaces for the two scientists are spread throughout the rest of the structure. The rooms closer to the base of the cantilever are clad in GFRC to give an impression of structural solidarity, while further rooms are clad in multi-layered panes of stained glass, giving the spaces incredible lighting conditions without compromising the distinct views

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