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CONTENTS 4 . . . . . . Pervasive Peripheries (Fall 2021)

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14 . . . . . . Flows and Transfers (Fall 2021)

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22 . . . . . . Jabel Mila (Spring 2019)

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32 . . . . . . Pankow Spielhaus (Summer 2018)

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Defining a new suburban Ecology

Networks of Urban Form

40 . . . . . . Lily Pads in the Forest (Summer 2020)

(VDMC Competition Entry)

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IN COLLABORATION WITH: CHONG HO PARK

PROFESSOR | STEPHEN GRAY

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01 PERVASIVE PERIPHERIES DEFINING A NEW SUBURBAN ECOLOGY

Determining that some downsides of this suburban region include the abundance of impervious surfaces and all-around homogeneity, we propose to allow for the messy, aggressive, fine textures and heterogeneity of nature to take over. Our main goals are to increase walkability through our mobility loop, create jobs with a new Startup campus, create a regional destination such as tulip and Christmas tree farms, and finally, improve access to fresh produce while reinforcing the sense of suburban community through communal and commercial plots and green spaces.

All this through the development of an ecological framework, which involves weaving, layering, and interconnection.

WESTWOOD, BOSTON

ELEMENTS CORE STUDIO (WITH DISTINCTION) | FALL21’

Ecological Systems Our reading of the site allows us to make an argument for the infiltration of the natural ecologies already existing.

From the hillside to the lower wetland, the yellow green ecological forces are distributed in horizontal and vertical elements along the topography. And eventually those elements go over the existing conditions: gray parking lot, rooftop of warehouses and big markets, creating new paces for Recreation in the forest park, and the site’s high water table allows us to take advantage of locations for planting and developing opportunities for irrigation of the Commercial and communal plots

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Programatic Functions By making way for the existing greenery of the Blue Hills, and the Neponset River, as well as taking advantage of the regions high water table, we believe our proposal will introduce a strategy for the reorganization of systems on the site making way for sustainable growth and the development of new ecologies overtime, prioritizing nature while giving new access at the human scale.

Thus developing a new suburban Ecology

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IN COLLABORATION WITH: CHONG HO PARK PROFESSOR | STEPHEN GRAY

02 FLOWS AND TRANSFERS: NETWORKS OF URBAN FORMS

Our proposal aims at representing the activity of the seaport through a series of dynamic networks. Networks of human interactions, networks of trade, as well as networks of infrastructure already existing on the site at various scales.

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SOUTH BOSTON

ELEMENTS CORE STUDIO | FALL2021

The site experience is driven by a series of spatial configurations. Using this new strategy we create a trajectory for reconciling and reconnecting the existing elements of networks. Pocket spaces serve as moments of pause, for the nodes which include focal or anchor points with key importance (including cultural connectors). The linear spaces serve as a network of connectors throughout the site, cutting through pocket spaces, finally the Porous spaces relate to the flooding overtime in which we vary our massing typologies to allow for an unobstructed flow of water at different scenarios; and outdoor public spaces that can be flooded temporarily.

Housing The site’s housing typology is transformed according to the physical condition of the site. This gentle transformation of housing typology introduces people to a continuous spatial experience from the land to the waterfront. And the individual public realm around the linear housing mass responds to the cruise terminal by letting the water come into the courtyard.

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Exhibition Hall The mixed use program includes a series of high density spaces with pockets of low density attractions tethered to the act of making and the maker’s spaces we developed.

The exhibition hall exists in the longstanding Powerplant; a main anchor point to which a series of site activities are focused.

Left (top to bottom):Exhibition Hall, Mixed use program Right: Maker space

PRIVATE MAKER SPACE

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The architecture becomes disorienting as it is a transition point from a dense urbanistic area that leads to an open space and the beach.

Left: Detailed plan Right: Campus plan

IN COLLABORATION WITH: THAI YASHAR PROFESSOR | CATHERINE DWYER & EVAN TRIBUS

03 *JABEL MILA: MOUNTAIN OF WORDS

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Considering the necessity for public services in the realm of public space to displaced populations and the ongoing Israel- Palestine conflict, we’ve designed a library for the spoken word. This library will not only allow for self education, (as libraries have done for centuries) but it will be devoted to the learning of Arabic and Hebrew, as language is key to communication, (and the understanding of cultures) particularly for two populations, that although are in peace, still carry resentment and distrust.

SITE

* Jabel Mila meaning “mountain of words” is derived from the Arabic word jabel meaning “mountain” and mila which is hebrew for “word”

TEL AVIV

THESIS DEGREEE PROJECT | SPRING 19’

Campus Plan The architecture becomes disorienting as it is a transition point from a dense urbanistic area that leads to an open space and the beach.

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Dome, Arch, Market, and Tent typologies/ mutations

Top left: landscape view Top right: performance space view Bottom left: market view Bottom right: interior library view

Library Landscape

Dome Mutation

Auditorium/ performance space

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Library Carousels

Library Stacks

Market

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SITE

IN COLLABORATION WITH: DIMPLE ZHENG PROFESSOR | DAGMAR RICHTER

04 PANKOW SPIELHAUS:

LEISURE NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS

The area of Pankow, Berlin consists of two neighborhoods separated by train tracks. Though the separation does not seem so grand, there is much difficulty traversing form one side to the other. In an attempt to unify the neighborhoods physically as well as socially, we propose a cultural center in which users of all ages and socioeconomic standing may come together in the form of leisure.

PANKOW, BERLIN

BERLIN TRAVEL STUDIO | SUMMER 18’

Kit of parts warehouse

Kit of parts platforms

Central net structure

Hybrid Comunty2S a

Turntable bike path

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Garden Terraces

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IN COLLABORATION WITH: EDDY ALBERTINI & OLIVIER DOUYON

07 LILY PAD IN THE FOREST VDMC PORTUGUESE SPA CAMPUS (COMPETITION)

The cabin design harmoniously combines the concepts of a lily-pad in the forest and the Portuguese aesthetic. Blending nature with architecture provides a distinct identity that engages and involves the meditation retreat experience. The 50’ diameter pad holds a wood cain with a walkway bridge, a pie-shaped cut-out cabin presents the occupant with panoramic views of the surrounding mountains, positioned within a circular landscape of local trees, plants, flowers, and terrace lookout point.

LISBON, PORTUGAL

VDMC COMPETITION| SUMMER 20’

Energy & Sustainability The strategies and incorporation of solar power, rgeay water reues, regional vegitation, adn the use of local recycled building materials contributes to the sustainability of the cabin. The interior flooring is cork, the curve panel is engineered wood and the fireplace is set within a slate pane sladding.

Left: Floor plan (left), wall detail (right) Right: Entryway metalwork (top), section through meditation room, lookout point, and water feature.

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