REESE GILMORE M.ARCH PROGRAM

University Of Kansas

I’ve discovered how impactful architecture can be in practice. Rather than just shelter to provide positive mental and physical health, architecture can influence traffic, people, city planning and environmental elements to improve factors such as environment, needs for space, and functionality. Innovating ways of allowing sunlight into a room can change aspects of the environment to improve the interior use of the space. This is just one tool I’ve learned to contribute to my efforts toward architecture.

In my educational and professional career, I’m not looking to simply produce what is asked but cultivate a product that adds to the world with a positive impact. I do not want to be a part of new architecture, I want to be a part of architecture that actively reduces its building footprint or gives back to the community which it serves, through design and purpose. I’ve learned that architecture is a tool we can use to help each other and solve problems with many skills. My goal is to create art that leaves a positive impact on the community which surrounds and interacts with it, I look forward to where architecture takes me.