I AM AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND DILIGENT DESIGNER LIVING IN LOS ANGELES. MY EXPERIENCES IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN HAVE PROVIDED ME WITH THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE IDEAS THROUGH DIFFERENT MEDIA. AS WELL AS, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT SETS NOT SHOWN IN THIS PORTFOLIO. 808.250.5142
The traditional understanding of suburban and domestic boundaries no longer serves contemporary urbanism. The recurring domestic fabric of South Los Angeles clusters housing away from resources. The result leads to “dead” spaces in the community threshold condition. These ideas aim to add opportunity and ease the current burdens of residents, integrating a new urban landscape into the previously suburban neighborhood.
Music is baked into life in New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). NOLALA nurtures this love by offering performance spaces, music studios, and a grande stair that invites second lines to continue their street procession.
ARCH 3031 - ARCH STUDIO
RESILIENCE CENTER
LIBRARY
MEETING SPACES
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
CAFE + WORKSPACE
AUDITORIUM EXHIBITION
MIXED-USE
Proposal for a mixed-use office building for Prospect , the hosts of a triennial arts exhibition, in downtown New Orleans. The design creates a building that continually performs as an exhibtion space while meeting user demands. Pedestrians are offered a peak into the interior, invited into the building at the street level, and encouraged to meandor upwards toward the roof.
ARCH 3032 - ARCH STUDIO
Competition entry for an installation in Plaza Escuelas Trevijano, located in Northern Spain, constructed out of the wood materials provided by wood supplier that holds the competition. The design reimagines the typical visitor relationship to the plaza in terms of the two main objects in the square, the tree and the statue.
A theoretical competition entry for a library in Nerja, Spain. The project proposes a new street through the lot that connects the plaza and ocean view in a similar manner as the nearby meandering streets. The walls at the edges of the property hold the bulk of the program which allows the common areas to be flexible with their program. The archive at the bottom level reduces the need for dense shelving above.
ARCH 5051 - ARCH ELEVTIVE STARTING POINT
HOUSING ARCH 5051 - ARCH ELECTIVE
MULTI-FAMILY
Proposal for a housing competition in Sevilla, Spain. The design builds community around cooking and dining together. The semi-translucent facade envelops the three primary volumes, acting as the transition between the domestic and the public where members can gather.
public roof
shared kitchen
semi-public
public roof
shared kitchen
semi-public
shared kitchen shared kitchen
semi-public
shared kitchen units units units units
market
greenhouse
courtyard
restaurants
classrooms
AN OCCUPIABLE 2ND SKIN LIGHTLY WRAPS THE THREE VOLUMES TO CREATE ELEVATED COMMUNITY SPACES
ARCH 5051 - THESIS
THE SKIN, THE CUT, THE BANDAGE
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