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CONTENTS:The works in this portfolio were accomplished during the 4 years I spent completing a Masters in Architecture at the University of Oregon, and gaining post-graduate building construction and fabrication experience..

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design/build1000 islands boathole

thesis studioa museum that walks the river

furniturea chair that makes chairs

competitionalley as armature

hand drawingplans, sections, axons and sketches

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DESIGN/BUILD

design, client contact, material sourcing, budgeting, construction clayton, new york 2011- 2012

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1000 ISLANDS BOATHOLE

SITE AND TRANSLATION

This design/build project is an intimate redesign, restructuring and renovation of a boathouse into a family guesthouse in Northern New York.

The dominant horizon line, just north-east of the boathole, was the major inspiration for the spatial arrangement, visual focus and design details of this project.

COLLABORATION

My collaborator and I have acted as designers, construction managers and builders of this 300 sq. ft. project.

Our design revolves around the simplicity of the structure and its form. Two new decks mark the end of the promenade from the main house on the hill above to the magnificent view of the river below.

DETAILS AND FURNITURE

The rough undersides and smooth working surfaces of the shelving, kitchen island, kitchen table and a pair of asymmetrical benches mimic while inverting landscape beyond.

The horizontal surfaces were made from a large cherry tree that was milled several years ago on the property. This comfortable and efficient space is now complete and ready for visitors!

THESISSTUDIO

thesis studio sampleuniversity of oregon2010-2011

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THE MUSEUM THAT WALKS THE RIVERarchitecture in six acts

Via del Museo

Float

Perch

Eddy

Sink

Meander

Drift

By constructing a series of architectural interventions in the river, The Walking Museum will establish the Tiber River within the catalogue of Rome’s significant urban artifacts.

This thesis considers how the relationship between urban watercourses and urban fabric can refresh biological processes, nourish vibrant social connections and stabilize economic interactions.

The six designs of these architectural acts are derived from distilled river experiences:

Float, Perch, Eddy, Sink, Meander, Drift

SITE ACCORDING TO NOLLI:

Zones of movement become nodes of pause as the follies are placed at the locations of historic Traghettos, ancient cable ferries that acted as secondary bridges.

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SITE ACCORDING TO GOOGLE:

The history of the river and the future of its evolution will play out on, in and around these architectural stages.

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

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RIVER ELEMENTS:

The Walking Museum envisions how a neglected path becomes the Museum of the Tiber River.

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ACT THREE:Eddy

In order to re-invigorate the river’s edge, this follie offers market stalls for seasonal vendors.

When the river is to high to allow people to walk along the lower embankment wall, three islands rise individually to the heights of the river’s most famous flood elevations.

Jump on in and swim!

movementbarrierurban fabric

Nolli’s Rome Current Rome

Follie Rome

Physical Models

section cuts

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Section: sloping up stair

This design imagines how the relationship between urban watercourses and urban fabric can refresh biological processes, nourish vibrant social connections and stabilize economic interactions.

FURNITUREfurniture design studioeugene, ormar. 2010

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THE CHAIR THAT MAKES CHAIRS

In this studio a chair was designed that acted as a dia-grammatic and formal jig for constructing other chairs.

The jig chair is constructed out of mdf board and would be powder coated while the chairs that could be sub-siquently constructre would be made of simple, off the shelf materials: 1” x 2” 3/4” ply screws

EXPLORING FORMS

HOW TO MAKE A CHAIR USING THE CHAIR

FINAL CHAIR

COMPETITIONthis was a collaborative competitionentry to ‘the urban landscape institute’s gerald d. hines competition’mt. baker, seattle, wa.fall 2011

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In this design propsal an under utilized alley becomes an armature for the economic and social life of the Mt. Baker neighborhood in Seattle WA.

As a basis for this neighborhood to support a diversity of interactions a network of paths and nodes configures a variety of desirable spaces.

ALLEY AS ARMATURE:

enabling stability through flexibility

ECONOMICMOBILITY

ECOLOGICALMOBILITY

SOCIALMOBILITY

the variety in scales of the alley economy allows for the process of small business development.

corridors and patches link parks in Olmstead’s 1903 landscape plan, and facilitate species movement between the sound and lake.

mom takes train to workafter school program at community library public performance

infiltration habitat patch alley corridor ecological anchor

freestanding cart in alley

efficient transport, affordable housing and community projects result in a liveable community.

DURABILITY THROUGH A PATCHWORK OF MOBILITIES.

tapping into infrastructure

mature storefront business

ECONOMIC, ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL EVOLUTION:

By identifying latent potentials embedded in the urban landscape a systematic approach was developed to empower current residents to form local and resilient interactions with economics, ecology and culture.

BUILDING TYPOLOGIES:

a variety of building typologies are developed to fit into the aggregate of paths and nodes.

apartments are composed of a patchwork of dwelling units that maintain the diverse demographics of the community.

walk-ups stand shoulder to shoulder, framing the movements of the alley and placing a variety of business and dwelling units on the ground floor.

mrkt. rate 771 510 ft²aff. 10% 99 090 ft²aff. 120% 188 000 ft²

mrkt. rate 155250 ft²aff. 10% 13950 ft²aff. 120% 28800 ft²

retail 129 870 ft²aff. retail 157 140 ft²lrg. retail 68 779 ft²

retail 23850 ft²aff. retail 23850 ft²lg. retail 78668 ft²

Existingcar scaled

Proposedhuman scaled

Existing0 units/acre

Proposed51 units/acre

FIGURE GROUND AND PATH VARIETY DIAGRAMS OF CURRENT BARIERS AND PROPSEDSOLUTIONS:

row houses are split into single family units or combined for larger family typologies. the main floor is a live[work] flex-space that evolves with the needs of inhabitants.

temporary structures both inhabit the stream of the alley’s flow as well as utilize its alcoves, niches and eddies.

mrkt. rate 209250 ft²aff. 10% 15750 ft²aff. 120% 36000ft²retail 47250 ft²aff. retail 15750 ft²

SECTIONS THROUGH FOUR MAIN NODES:

RESIDENTIAL COMMONS

- eyes on the street

- nestled into the hill (ecological

corridor)

- utilization of old buildings

- community/individual gardens

- playing field/ water remediator

- flex space: LIVE[WORK]

LIVE85%WORK15%

ECOLOGICAL ANCHOR

LIVE66%

- habitat: PATCH

- civic destination

- linkage to Olmsted Park

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- educational services garden:

‘stewards of urban ecology’

- park for water

- bio-gas

- district energy/ swale

- serves bikeable radius

- the way people get to this place

LIVE67%WORK33%

MOBILITY/ENERGY HUB

- a destination for the city

- 24hr center

- green walls/ roof gardens

- water infiltration swales

LIVE70%WORK30%

COMMERCIAL CENTER

WORK34%

HAND DRAWING

examples of my ability to think and work with a pencileverywhere2005-present

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Study sketches for thesis studio, 2011

Site plan and section: wall house, cube house, observation tower

Cube House: plan

Cube House: section and elevation

Exploded axonametric: observation tower with camera obscura, 2009

Study sketches for thesis studio, 2011

Left-handed contour line drawings

Sketches exploring different shading techniques

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