University of Minnesota, College of Design, Twin Cities
GPA: 3.75
Master of Landscape Architecture May 2022
Bachelor in Environmental Design May 2020
l ASLA-MN Student Chapter President 2019-21
l Design Student & Alumni Board Student Member 2019-20
l Graduate Teaching Assistant Spring 2021-22
l University of Minnesota Olmsted Scholar 2022
l Capstone Award- Salovich Fellowship 2022
l ASLA Nationals Travel- Salovich Fellowship 2021
l UMNLA Undergraduate Student Excellence Award 2020
l Mote Marine Lab Staff Biologist Spring 2024 - Present
l Reefscapers Assistant Project Manager Summer 2023 - 2024
l Reefscapers Digital Content Creator Summer 2022 - 2023
l PEBL Design Intern Designer 2021 - Spring 2022
l PEBL Design Crew Lead/Foreman Summer 2021
l Biota Landscapes Crew Lead/Foreman Summer 2019-20
CERTIFICATIONS
SOFTWARE & SKILLS
l Advanced Open Water & Coral Restoration Diver PADI Certifications (>200 hours of working underwater)
l FAA Recreational Drone Pilot Certification
l AutoCAD Architecture
l Adobe Creative Suite
l Blender3D
l Rhino3D & Grasshopper
l Enscape/Lumion
l Unreal Engine
l ArcGIS Pro & Online
l Agisoft Metashape
l Reality Capture
l LIDAR & Photogrammetry
l VR Environment Creation
l Drone Imagery, Videography, and Mapping
l Python, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Three.js
l Digital & Physical Fabrication Tools
l Maintaining Salt Water Aquaria
l In-situ/Ex-situ Coral Husbandry
l Coral Propagation and Outplanting
Dedicated environmental designer committed to creating resilient solutions that prioritize equitable access, environmental awareness, rigorous research, and the preservation of natural ecosystems. Leveraging a skillset rooted in 3D graphics and cutting-edge technologies to make a positive impact in the conservation of our underwater environments. Actively seeking new opportunities to further enrich my skillset and apply my adept problem-solving abilities in an innovative, forward-thinking setting.
Work produced under Reefscapers for Van Oord India
l Mapping of over 75,000, or >2 Hectares, of relocated massive/submassive coral colonies in high resolution using orthomosaic imagery. Used to identify coral, genus, survival, health, and environmental variables across multiple sites.
l Quantifying the change in health and survival of relocated coral colonies over a 6 months period post relocation.
l Implementing 2D and 3D graphics to further communicate the method of coral frame propagation used by Reefscapers.
l Using orthomosaic imagery to refine old GIS maps of coral propagation sites in order to have more accurate geolocations as well as to re-organize over 20 years of coral frames used for propagation.
l 3D models of coral pyramids was used to track and identify exact species/colonies which were recorded for gametogenesis and spawning as part of a long-term study of coral spawning in the Maldives across several atolls.
Reefscapers Coral Relocation
South Palm Resort Site2
Addu Atoll, Maldives
Orthomosaic
1 Year Growth
Initial Attachment
Frame SPR-026 consists mostly of Acropora and Pocillopora sp. Most corals have already began to fuse to the frame at the time of monitoring. Slight color loss has been noted for many of the coral fragments, however this is typical behavior as the small fragments are in a period of high stress.
F1 - A. digitifera
F2 - A. digitifera
C1 - A. digitifera
C2 - P. damicornis
C3 - A. millipora
F3 - A. digitifera
C4 - P. verrucosa
F4 - A. digitifera
F5 - A. digitifera
3D Capturing Coral Restoration Trees- Bay Island Reef Restoration, Honduras
l Creating a VR environment of the coral reefs near Key Largo Based on my own Diving, 360 videography, and coral restoration work.
l My VR experience starts in my childhood bedroom where I created the Ocean around me through Art.
l Virtually re-living my memory as my first visit to the Ocean revealed a beach too polluted to swim in.
l By using my own story of wonder & grief around about our oceans, my goal with VR is to share a guided experience of the coral reef to inform and inspire others. Through empathy, care is born, for coral restoration and climate action.
l Capturing the complexities for organic reef forms through photogrammetry. (Pictured Below)
Artistic Representation for Virtual Environment Depicting Childhood Memory
Spatially Experiencing Projects using VR in the Studio
EXPOSING AN INVISIBLE ECOLOGY THROUGH VR
Bassett Creek, Minneapolis, MN Independent Studio Project, Fall 202
l Project Article Published: https://design.umn.edu/news/making-space-emotion
l Bassett Creek was buried beneath Minneapolis in the early 1900s, It has become a forgotten and degraded ecosystem.
l I create this VR experience to bring people into the creek; where it begins its descent underground and where it emerges through a pipe into the Mississippi River.
l Creating 360 videography to connect the visible world to the buried creek, brought back to light in a virtual world.
l Interactive virtual model of the surrounding city of Minneapolis, allowing users to see the site, and apply different GIS overlays in order to see the city from a different lens. (See image below.)
Bassett Creek Watershed
Selected Detail: Bringing Bassett Creek to the viewer- 360 Video &
Bassett Creek, imagined scene from the underground location at Fruen Mill
RESILIENT DESIGN & PARAMETRIC BIOMIMICRY
Applicable to coral reefs world wide Independent studio project Spring 2020
l With a studio focused on resilient materials and innovative problem solving, I examined the issue of coral reef restoration and the ability to apply a more sustainable approach.
l Inspired by the natural design of a sea sponge and interpreting the qualities in a designed element.
l Understanding the material life cycles: for sustainable sourcing, construction methodology, and environmental impacts for short and long term.
l Selected recycled CMU’s to create an easy to construct modular structure that has both ecological and aesthetic power.
l Helping the reef as it attracts and educates divers through the assistance of coral restoration.
l Creating hand models to further understand scale, space making, and lighting. (See image below.)
Concrete Manufacturing redesigned: Thinking through the process of capturing carbon, and seeding coral structures.
Dead Coral Causing Shore Erosion, and low fishing yields
Structures create space for resistant corals to develop, helping to re-establish shorelines and habitat
Coral eventually overtake structures, and habitat and coastlines are able to recover
Open top to allow for light and easy dive penetration
Holes to provide habitat for fish, and surface area for coral and algae to attach
Holes for divers to penetrate and explore
Concrete block structure
6” Concrete foundation
Min. 3’ foundation screws
Varied depth sand bed
Undisturbed bedrock
Healthy Coral Reef
Aerial Photography and Topographical Surveying
Anza Borrego, CA
ANALYZING & ADDRESSING ECOLOGICAL DISASTER
Salton Sea, California Independent studio project Fall 2021
l With this studio, my goals were to deepen my understanding of the site by exploring with on site fieldwork, LIDAR, Aerial Photography, 3D Scanning, and Photogrammetry.
l Created high detail models from satellite data and imagery
l Scanning objects with hundred of images to capture complexities across different scales of experiencing a landscape.
l Design moves were then able to inform a textural landscape reconnecting major points across the sea, to act as a node for the seas shrinking, as well as a future for programmable space which responds to the seas historical flood capacities.
l Design was in response to several ecological issues specifically around the decrease in water level, and issues for toxic sediment and dust that exposes as the sea rapidly shrinks.
Topography Model Representing Materiality and Eventual Shoreline
1500 A.D. Ancient Lake Cahuilla
Salton Sea, 2020
Salton Sea, 2040
Salton Sea, Photogrammetry Model of Abandoned Relics- Capturing Time and Space.
A Changing Datum of the Salton Sea. Recycling Abandoned Materials to act as a medium for space making & dust Capture.
Presenting to Local Designers Actively Working on the Site Design
INDUSTRIAL RELICS INFORMING A NEW PARK
Upper Harbor Terminal, Minneapolis, MN Independent design proposal & designer for class context model
l My design proposal for the abandoned terminal focused on making connection between the neighborhood and the Mississippi River.
l Key project for learning digital fabrication: CNC Routing, 3D Printing, Laser&Water Jet Cutter.
l Working between 2D and 3D representation helped me to see, design, and iterate space making
l Led to the creation of a professional level model in which the Landscape Architecture Firm working on the project was able to use for their own designs and public meetings.
l Site model was created using Rhino3D in reference to GIS topography data and Open Street Maps. (As pictured below.)
GREEN NEW DEAL SUPER STUDIO: DESIGN JUSTICE AND
EQUITY
Juxtaposition Arts, Minneapolis, MN Independent Studio Project, Spring 2021
l North Minneapolis is a community which has historically experienced strategic economic disinvestment based on class, race, and ethnic profiling of its residence.
l Juxtaposition Arts was founded by the community to work against the historic precedent and create a stronger community focused on its youth.
l Juxtaposition has a current plan for expansion, and with this creating an opportunity to capture storm water on site and within the surrounding community.
l Located in an area for high risk of storm water pollution, this project focuses on harnessing the power of art to educate and create awareness for storm water collection and retention.
Exploring the Broadway Corridor to find important points for public space and storm water capture.
Understanding the urban grids impacts on watersheds and flows.
Juxtaposition
DIGITAL DRAFTING & 3D REPRESENTATION
Technical & Construction Detailing
l Given hand drawn plans drawing by Richard Neutra, recreated in AutoCAD
l Constructed a 3D Model in Rhino3D
l Basic Textures were introduced and UV mapped
l Model was rendered in Enscape.
l VR tour of architecture and landscape created.
l The following page is from a separate project, design and development of a basic construction package for a University of Minnesota plaza space.
DETAILING & CONSTRUCTION
Asplund Residence, Woodland, MN
Professional work with PEBL Design, Summer 2021
l Construction foreman on this project. I was responsible for leading crews & subcontractors for construction of residential landscape.
l Knowledgeable and experienced in construction, materials, and methods.
l Operation of Machinery and equipment: skid loaders, excavators, chop saws, plate compacters, laser levels, and other small machinery.
l Ability to create and implement design details (as seen below.)
