“Will to Create”
More Life Nursing Home
Authentic Bernheim Cardboard
Half House
Foundation
Architectural Installation
Parkhill Projects
Infographic
Poetic Arch
Architectural Firm
Lebron’s Life: More Than An Athlete
Social Media Branding
Texture Mapping
Narrative Silhouette
Photography
Lexington, Kentucky 2021
The objective of this project was to design a Senior Living facility based off a site location in Downtown Lexington, Kentucky. I titled this project “More Life Nursing Home” to combat the stigma and stereotypes of nursing homes being a place where you go to just die. Although, like many others, I would prefer to not have to put my loved ones in a nursing home but if have to, I rather it be a place that makes life worth living even longer. With implementations of pivotal elements of life, such as poetry,reading, writing, exercise, games, music, healthy interactions, food, and more, I explored including a library, a gym, outdoor space as well as the necessities of cafeteria/diner, rooms, and such. The community a building is a part of plays a huge part in its development, therefore, I explored the idea of a porch and areas where the community can be very interactive with the residences. Just like the community, the workers are a major part of the lives of the residences, therefore, making sure they are in the best possible environment to be able to do their jobs well, was important.
Entire site floor plan
Longated surrounding porch
Three wheelchair ramps
Drop-off semi-circle
Lobby
Enclosed garbage
- Two dumpsters
Underground parking
6 floors of residence living
Hall of Activities
- Kitchen, Cafe/Dinner, Physical
Therapy, Art Studio, Library
Enclosed outdoor
Outdoor pavilion
Memorial garden
Solar panels
Front Right Left Back CHRYSALIS CT. S LIMESTONE ELKINS ALLEY WARREN CT.Lobby Floor plan
Receptionist
Offices
Livingroom/Waiting room Therapy rooms
Memorial garden area
Enclosed outdoor space
Library
- Multipurpose room for poetry, meetings, acting, classes
Physical Therapy Kitchen
Outdoor pavilion for concerts, performances, outdoor gathering
Fitness gym
- extended outdoor with turf
Art Studio
- extended outdoor
Cafe/Dinner
- extended outdoor
18 rooms
- 12 of them have a shared door
- 6 of them no shared door
Conference room
Workers lounge
- Restroom
- Kitchen
- Couches
- Dinning room table/chairs
Television
Private gym
Louisville, Kentucky 2021
OUTSCHOOLED was Bernheim’s new design competition for creating innovative, affordable, practical, and healthy outdoor learning spaces. This design emphasizes on the aspect of being eco-friendly and safe. From being made completely out of cardboard, with minimal sharp edges, versatility and ability to be made anywhere, 40 ft long x 30 ft wide x 9 ft tall with inclusion of social distancing, and a hybrid aspect of feeling secured inside and free outside at the same time.
Front Right Top Perspective
Interior
Top
Back Diagram
In this project, I was to be able to understand how a building responds to its site and goes together, as it is important to develop the ability to “see” and communicate design, environmental and construction intent in various ways. After being assigned a particular configuration of the geometries as well as variables in dimension and construction strategies, I was able to develop a unique 3-D model and set of drawings describing the construction of the Half House using different variables and construction materials.
This work explores the way architecture tells a story through words, sound, and installation figure. To be able know my story, the person I have become and strive to be, one has to know my foundation. I have lived at eight different places but the place that felt most like home, I lack in memory and information. Each place I have lived, has had its own set of architectural feel and impact on my development in life. It uncovers my passion as a creator whether through poetry or designing.
Front-Left side
Back-Right side
Front
Back
Worm’s eye View
Interior: Desk in corner
Top
Interior: Poem on right wall
Interior
Infographic
I created an informational infographic to creatively and appealingly display to viewers while informing them about a passionate topic. The architectural development of my neighborhood, Parkhill apartments, on the North Shore of Staten Island, has been a prominent establishment in New York City’s plan for urban renewal projects.
I titled this work 'Poetic Arch', Arch being short for architecture. I am not only a designer but I am also a poet and one of my aspirations in life is to be an architectural designer, therefore, I wanted to combine the two to show how much they resonate with each other. I used my poetry and design abilities to be able to tell a story within my life and architecture. I redesigned the projects of where I grew up, Staten Island, New York and wrote the poem that was applied on the front of the building creating a sense of unity and connection.
WTC Architecture (Will To Create) is a fictional architecture firm that specializes in the design and construction processes such as contracting to exterior and interior decorating. They are dedicated to bringing together multiple avenues of creativity and technicality to deliver design solutions, bridge gaps, inspire, motivate, and make an impact in this world.
The objective of this social media rebranding is to be able share a well-known person, specifically an athlete. LeBron James’ life was chosen to share with less focus on basketball and primary focus outside of sports, visually capturing the positive impact that is architecture has had for communities.
Personal view of profile
Public view of profile
In these designs, I focused on the creation and translation of 2D imagery to 3D form using Autodesk Maya with Arnold Renderer. I generated a series of thoughtful geometric representations with focus on texture, contrast, abstraction, layering and lighting.
Objective was to create a narrative out of only silhouettes using black construction paper. The fact silhouettes only give a view of an object or a scene consisting of just the outline of the subject’s contour with a featureless interior challenged us to think critically. I learned to convey a story using imagery, symbols and composition choices to reveal elements from a story while encouraging the viewer’s imagination. Influenced and inspired greatly by Kara Walker’s use of this style of art to tell captivating stories, specifically about African-American struggles.
I created a series of photographs ranging from film and digitals works exploring the idea of architecture in a variety of places; Bermuda, Cincinnati, NYC, Chicago, Kansas City. Some pictures including short poems as I explored the combination of poetry, architecture, and photography working together.
