Bridgewater Raritan High School Hillier College of Architecture and Design at
High School Diploma
GPA 4.1
Space Time Studio Researcher July 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Architecture
Minor in Communications
Minor in Sustainability
May 2025
Albert Dorman Honors College
GPA 3.85
NJIT
• Worked with the Dean of the College of Architecture to conduct research.
Newark, NJ
May 2023 - Sept. 2023
• Gathered and analyzed data relating to B. Arch programs across the country.
• Worked to find a correlation between organization and student’s ability to learn architecture.
• Created and submitted a final report to be used by the school for future decisions.
AIAS NJIT
President
• Reorganized the AIAS chapter to better involve volunteers.
• Worked with NJIT administration to better fulfil student’s academic needs.
Skills
Code Research
Peer Mediation
Public Speaking
Leadership
Ideation
Newark, NJ
May 2024 - Present
• Participated in regular meetings with NJIT administration to improve student life and culture.
• Facilitated communication and financial needs with AIAS nationals.
• Trained new Board members on their responsabilities and conflict resoluiton.
Vice President
• Organized and advised the committees under AIAS.
• Led meetings between AIAS and NJIT administration.
May 2023 - May 2024
• Created questions and interviewed candidates for the AIAS Chapter Advisor position.
• Oversaw and led weekly committee and Board of Directors meetings.
3D Lab Tech Manager
• Aided in organizing and running the 3D printing services of HCAD at NJIT.
• Maintained, fixed, and restored a number of 3D printers.
• Lead trainings of volunteers in how to work 3D printers.
Programs
Rhino
AutoCAD
Revit
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Fusion 360
May 2022 - May 2023
• Worked with customers and critics to facilitate NJIT’s 3D printing requirements.
F.I.R.S.T. Robotics, Team 752 Mentor
• Volunteered with a F.I.R.S.T. Robotics team in a Newark public school.
Newark, NJ
Jan. 2021 - May 2021
• Guided students in developing and executing a proposal for The Game Design Challenge.
• Worked with students to develop good technical writing skills.
• Led training of students in public speaking and interview performance.
The Urban Marsh
The Urban Marsh is a project to create a ecological community center along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Due to its urban context, a major goal of The Urban Marsh was to connect its occupants to the nature which has been developed over. To do so it reintroduced green space and natural topography into the site, as well as introducing boat launches to encourage a personal connection with the water.
Partial Enclosure
Spring 2023 Studio
With Elizabeth Macwillie
Shaded Areas Fully Enclosed
Raised Platforms
Filtering Runoff
Filtering the Canal
Connecting People to Nature
Resisting Flooding
Restoring the Site
The Gowanus Canal is one of the most contaminated sites in the US. Because of this, The Urban Marsh was designed around remediation the site, as well as preventing future contamination.
Lateral Piers
Support Piers
Connecting Walkways Site
Exploded Axonometric
High Tide 2100:
- Low Estimate (15" SLR)
- Mid Estimate (36" SLR)
- High Estimate (75" SLR)
The Gowanus Canal is in a low-lying part of Brooklyn. Because of this the site is prone to flooding, and is at risk of being underwater by 2100. Thus a project on this site must consider how flood conditions will affect the area, including the depositing of hazardous contaminates carried in the water of the canal.
M1(4)/R7X
M1(2) / R6B
M1(4) /
Expected vs Actual Flooding:
- Areas Flooded During Sandy
- A Zone, Flooded Areas
- A Zone, Outside Flood
- Shaded X Zone, Outside Flood
- Shaded X Zone, Flooded Areas - Flooded Areas Outside of Flood Map
Reintroduction of topography was important to The Urban Marsh, as it bridges the terrestrial and aquatic realms, as well as the natural and man-made. Topography allows for the water to invade the site as the tide changes, and flooding conditions arise, increasing the amount of water which will be absorbed and filtered by the green space. This also holds the additional benefit of creating a visual indication of the waterline, as flooding and sealevel rise will mean that obviously increasing portions of the green space will be submerged.
Final Topography
Open Green Area
Northeast Elevation
Southwest Elevation
Rostra
Rostra is a theater in Jersey City, NJ, at the exit of the Grove St PATH Station. Rostra utilizes the inclusivity of public stages and a fully accessible design in order to confer onto the public the percieved importance granted by Roman Architecture.
The full Eastern facade of Rostra is made of stairs and ADA accessable ramps, culminating in a public stage. In doing so Rostra reinforces the idea that it is a building which is for the public, rather than against them.
Galleggiante, floating in Italian, is a project to create a museum dedicated to the artist Canaletto on the Sacca de la Misericordia Marina on the northern edge of Venice Italy. Just as Canaletto’s paintings used architecture as a background for his celebrations of Venetian daily life, Galleggiante seeks to lift itself off of the ground to make room for the public. This maintains the use of the site as a marina, while introducing a number of gathering spaces for public use. In doing so Galleggiante seeks to celebrate the people of Venice, and their life on the water.
With Earl Jackson
Building Program Diagram
Exploded Site Diagram
East Elevation
West Elevation
Translucent Stone Arch Infill Stone Arch
EmptyArch Glass Arch
Istrian Stone Clad Arch
Istrian Stone Clad Column
Istrian Stone Clad String Italian MarbleVaporInsulationAirGap DrywallStructureBarrier Translucent Italian Marble TranslucentStructure Italian Marble Double Paned Glass Double Paned Glass
Freedom of Movement
Freedom of Movement is a library on Roosevelt Island to commemorate President Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms Speach. In his speach, FDR urged for the American people to overcome their fear to join the war against the Nazis, and create a more just world. To commemorate this, Freedom of Movement represents in its form the fear and want of the time being overcome by the hope for freedom. This is mirrored in its materiality, where the series of concrete cores are split and divided by the occupant’s desire to move through it.
With Dincer Savaskan
1. Original Mass
2. Defined Circulation
3. Masses Split
4. Glass Spans Added
5. Cores Squared
Section A
Section C
Section E
Section G
Section B
Section D
Section F
Building Structural Bay
Gneiss Stone Cladding
Model Photos
Freedom By Design Parklet
In 2022 I assisted the Freedom By Design chapter of AIAS NJIT to create construction documents and build a parklet structure on NJIT’s campus.
Space Time Studio
As part of the Space Time Studio Initiative at NJIT, I collected and analyzed data on the curriculum and studio organization of 45 B. Arch programs across the US.
