The gym has been an incredible outlet for me and The Museum faceted to welcome people into the gym and still attract gym and utilizing muscles whilst the guests progress through them be plateaus. By adding a gym to the program the museum many groups together all focused on improving their lives
Museum of Muscle is my way to introduce one of my great passions to others. The museum is dual gym rats with experiences they had never had before. The galleries break down the science of building them at different levels. This pays homage to how in any hard journey, progress is not linear and there will museum allows the information given in the galleries to be put to use in the same building. The gym also mixes and helping others with their goals.
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The site is located just on the border of the ever expanding Dallas Arts District. The district is marked by incredible works of architecture necessitating a thoughtful and well balanced design. The primary point of entrance to the site is on the western corner with the overflow parking lot being to the North and a bus stop being located at the corner of Lenard St. and San Jacinto St.
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The Zola Apartments
Lawrence, KS
Professor: Steve Padget
Fall 2024
The goal of the Zola Apartments from day one was to create designed recently is eye sore. I wanted this project to stand influence from the buildings surrounding it such as the historic ing the urban edge alongside Massachusetts Street and rounding 11th street marks the start of the Lawrence downtown entertainment grocer, bar, and two retail locations. Above the first level
create a beautiful and functional mixed use building. Most mixed use development around the country stand in contrast to those developments, by bringing a human scale to the building. The project takes heavy historic Douglas County Courthouse and Watkins Museum. The massing of the building is a result of keeprounding off the corner facing the intersection of 11th and Massachusetts Street. entertainment district. The project addresses the need for commercial investment by way of a restaurant, are 54 apartments catering to many different age groups and living situations.
As seen in the diagrams above and to the left the site is located within the Downtown Conservation Overlay District. Designing within the district is heavily governed by the City of Lawrence and Historic Resources Commission. The city provides guidelines on this district to promote an enhanced urban experience that retains the historic feel of the district. Buildings located on corner sites are considered anchor buildings and their building form should reflect this designation. Anchor buildings are directed to be larger in scale and massing, and more ornate than adjacent infill buildings.
With the guidelines in mind I looked to exceed the expectations of a design commission and create a building that would combine old world beauty with modern views on sustainable architecture. The design creates a multitude of spaces where people want to live, work, and play for generations.
Downtown Conservation Overlay District
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2-Hour Rated Stairwell
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Benny’s Block
Lawrence, KS
Professor: Todd Achelpohl
Spring 2023
Benny’s Block is a temple to food. The design allows patrons of Benny’s Block. The program includes office, and a shaded outdoor space to accommodate and provides ample square footage to support
allows for the program to shine through without interrupting the experiences of includes many unique areas; a food hall, a bar, a grocer, an indoor event space, a post accommodate the Lawrence Famer’s Market. The design elevates the activities of the site support those activities.
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The site is split by the downtown district of Lawrence. Both Kentucky and Vermont Streets are one way streets. With Kentucky running North and Vermont running South it becomes incredibly important to control the flow of traffic in an efficient manner.
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Programmatic Elements
I love food and everything that comes with it, if I didn’t love architecture more I would have continued working as a cook. Food can be more than a great meal; it is about the people that you share it with and the experiences that you have. For me it is the greatest way to show that I care for my friends and family. I love to share my passion for food and cooking with others. In this aspect I know I am not alone. The design celebrates food and cooking as a whole. With the complex program it was essential to the design process that the spaces be organized to maintain the highest levels of efficiency and stay out of the public area to allow for the food to show through.
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1. Bar
2. Food Stand
3. Cooking School
4. Event Space
5. Grocer
6. Deli
7. Butcher
8. Fish Monger
9. Post Office
10. Public Plazza
11. Loading Dock
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Prairie Park Pavilion
Lawrence, KS
Professor: Keith Van de Riet
Spring 2024
Design Build Studio
The Prairie Park Nature Center is home to the largest tasked with creating a pavilion for both summer frame we were able to create a pavilion that enhances
Project done in collaboration with: Paige Butterfield, Emma Hamer, Sara Luzio, Christopher Monarres,
largest remnant prairie within Lawrence, Kansas. As a design build studio we were summer camps, community gatherings, and weddings. With a limited budget and time enhances the nature center and surrounding community.
Butterfield, Naalkh Deasis, Ashley Decker, Emily Dulle, Matthew Garrett, Monarres, Sarah Montes, Madison Simons, Alayna Thomas, Melia Whitney
Individual Concept Work
The project started with the class working individually to come up with ideas. My design was based on biomimicry though blending the forest with the prairie. From the beginning I saw it as an opportunity to use repurposed telephone poles as the major structural elements. Through the design process the concept remains strongly visible.
Group Designs
Once we presented our individual designs some designs were pushed into the next stage of development. Four teams were assembled to prepare a presentation to the City of Lawrence Parks and Recreation and community. At this stage we began coordination with our structural engineer and contractor to make our design feasible. From this process our team was selected as the winning design that would be constructed.
Construction Documents and Fabrication
With the final design chosen we began working together as a whole class to produce the construction documents and acquire the materials necessary for the project’s construction. My role in the project was to coordinate the drawing set. This included working with the members of the team so details from one person matched those done by another, creating details when needed, and addressing redlines coming from our structural engineers. My role shifted into construction management where I was able to establish contacts to fulfill our need for aluminum street signs used in cladding and weld many of the steel connections. These signs were then inventoried and shaped based on our shop drawings.
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The Chapel
Desoto, KS
Professor: Thom Allen
Fall 2022
This project created the unique challenge of cutting a chapel out of an abandoned limestone quarry to meet the growing religious needs of Desoto, Kansas. The goal of the project was to better understand how to design through the use of subtraction within section view. The main rule of the project was that no external materials could be used in the construction of the chapel meaning that seating would have to be cut from the limestone and artificial light could not be brought in. This necessitated a careful study of how to add enough light to illuminate the space without blinding the users. Light plays an integral part in many religions due to it being used as a means to guide people to what is good. I looked to use it as a way to direct the circulation of the space. With this in mind, I painted the ends of hallways with light. Holes were also cut into the rock to further illuminate the stairs.
As I was designing a non-denominational Christian space, I found it important to place the cross in my design. I did this in two ways. The main one being the cross found cut into the ceiling of the chapel acting as a way to open a central avenue of the chapel and divide the paster from the congregation. The other cross is made from the negative space in the wall the congregation faces, this adds more ambient light compared to the direct light coming from above. Another important aspect of the lighting of the chapel is the holes cut in a geographic pattern that is then extruded into diamonds that defuse the light around the chapel.
