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Before establishing his own offi ce TZCO, designer Thaddeus Zarse worked for many nationally and internationally renowned architecture fi rms including offi ces in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. His experiences allowed him to work in all phases of design at a wide variety of scales, ranging from skyscapers in Paris to furniture in French Quarter courtyards.

His current work investigate several interests inclucing design as social activism, fi nding novelty in local typologies, investigating program as a means to create spatial complexity, and developing strategies for cost eff ective complex forms. Merging the ideals from the institutions where he has studied and taught his work seeks to pragmatically investigate new formal ideas within a social and cultural context.

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Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USAFirm: Eskew+Dumez+RippleStatus: completed 2012Type: adaptive reuse

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Lamar Advertising

This new corporate headquarters for a national outdoor advertising agency is a reaction against the standard issue offi ce environment. People require interaction in today’s workplace. They go to work to collaborate, to brainstorm, to do research, to “work” in the nontraditional sense of the word. Much of what we observe in creative environments involves informal interaction in atypical settings, such as chance meetings in corridors or conversations around the coff ee pot.

Our design is structured to reinforce that culture of openness. At its core, the design

is informed by these basic tenets: people like variety; they need places to congregate; casual interaction fosters teamwork and creativity; natural light is a good thing; and a little visual excitement can’t hurt. To accomplish this, we radically altered the internal confi guration of a 115,000 square foot 1970’s era data center while leaving the exterior almost entirely unchanged. In addition to the insertion of a large, interior light court dropped into the building, further structure was removed to connect the space between fl oors into one communicating whole – reinforcing the culture and identity of the company as a single creative community.

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SectionShows sectional connection between the courtyard, double-height stair, cantilevered conference rooms, and exterior gathering spaces under the live oak trees.

Photos(L) Interior seating / stair(R) Courtyard

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AerialShows existing and new sites.

DiagramsThe coring of the apple shows the strategy of the project of creating a central void for the new building, as opposed to their existing building which had an elevator and stair core at its center.

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PhotosNew visitor entryInterior courtyard

Site PlanShows existing building with new landscape and parking proposal.

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DiagramsAxonometric highlighting important components

Photos(L) Interior seating / stair looking out to the conference rooms and exterior porch(R) Wood paneled executive conference room with roof deck

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The employee dining and kitchen area was located on the fi rst fl oor with new cuts into the building taking advantage of the great exterior space under the live oaks native to

the region. The second fl oor houses two conference rooms that cantilver out from the existing building creating a deck space above.

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Awards2013 Good Design is Good Business Award2013 AIA National Honor Award for Interior Architecture2012 Interior Design Best of Year Merit Award2012 American Architecture Award

2012 AIA Gulf States Honor Citation2012 IIDA Delta Region Award of Excellence2012 Baton Rouge Good Growth Award2012 AIA New Orleans Merit Award2009 AIA Louisiana Honorable Mention

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Photos0) Entry hall w/ employee dining1) Stair running alongside the courtyard2) At the top of the seating / stair looking into the employee dining and cantilevered conference rooms

PlansShading used to depict program.Dark - storage / core / bathroomsMedium - private offi cesLight - circulation / open offi ce

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: Eskew+Dumez+RippleStatus: designed 2008Type: adaptive reuse and new construction

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Ochsner Cancer Clinic

The Ochsner Cancer Clinic was developed to utilize a strategy of repeating punctured voids into an existing warehouse building to organize a series of clinic spaces within the master plan. A bridge spanning the street connects buildings on campus leading into an area planned for a taller building.

Focusing on the initial parti for the renovation of the warehouse, I also developed skin / facade proposals for the bridge and executed the renderings for the project.

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: Eskew+Dumez+RippleStatus: completed 2010Type: residential new construction

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930 Poydras

Departing from the oppressive monotony of the commercial offi ce towers surrounding it, the design of the exterior envelope incorporates a highly articulated metal panel and glass-patterned facade. The proportion of windows and insulated metal panels are extended vertically over two fl oors, with vertical joints in the panels shifted a half module each repeat, giving the building a non-hierarchical pattern that reinforces the appearance of a monolithic skin.

My work on the project focused on the design of the elevation and the subsequent renderings during the SD and DD phases.

DiagramProgram shown in section

Rendering / PhotosDiff erent exterior views of the project

Awards2014 Architizer A+ Award Finalist2012 American Architecture Award2012 AIA Gulf States Award of Merit2011 AIA National Housing Award2011 Residential Architect Merit Award2011 AIA New Orleans Honor Award2010 AIA Louisiana Award of Merit

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: Eskew+Dumez+RippleStatus: constructedType: single family residential

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MAKE IT RIGHT PROTOTYPE HOUSE

The design of this prototype house developed out of the need to provide residents of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward aff ordable and sustainable housing options. While the fi rst generation of homes will likely be constructed on-site using SIP construction, this prototype is designed to anticipate furture off -site, pre-fabricated construciton allowing for increased quality and aff ordability while decreasing material waste and on-site labor. From a sustainable perspective, the design minimizes the use of non-renewable sources

of both energy and materials. A highly effi cient envelope is designed to maximize natural ventilation while providing window protection with an operable shutter system. The slope of the roof integrates both fl ows of air and water by directing water to the rear cistern while allowing hot inside air to rise and be exhausted out the front.

Awards2008 AIA New Orleans Honor Award

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DiagramsThis series of diagrams begins with the typological New Orleans house and proceed through both programmatic and environmental operations resulting in a more performative architecture.

Rendering / PhotoInterior living room view / exterior photo with construction soon to begin next door

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Elevations1) Front Elevation2) Rear Elevation

DiagramsThese series of diagrams speak to the sustainability of the project. From the top: rainwater harvesting, solar power collection, solar water heating, natural ventilation, and passive survivability.

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The house is raised 8’ from the ground to prevent future fl ooding. This situation then presents a new dilema of how to ground the design in a city so occustomed to front porch culture. Our response was to create a

front stoop at ground level before reaching the raised porch and front door. The stoop and stair are wrapped in a louvered screen blocking views of the rear yard while creating privitized spaces beneath the home.

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The interior is split into two halves anticipating off -site modular construction. This split also acts as a programmatic separation between the more public vs. private spaces of the house. This strategy also eff ectiviely

eliminates circulation space within the design allowing for a high level of spatial effi ciency. The public area is also open from front to back allowing for cross ventilation to occur from the front to rear porch.

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: Eskew+Dumez+RippleStatus: designed 2007Type: interior

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Idea Vil lage Offices

Utilizing a hybridized programming logic, this small offi ce and co-working space combines meeting rooms, private offi ces, open offi ces, and lounge spaces creating a casual and dynamic working environment.

The project, never completed, hinged on the development of fi xed-income housing to be built in the neighboring lots with the renovation of a historic warehouse building in New Orleans’ Warehouse District neighborhood.

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: Eskew+Dumez+RippleStatus: completed 2011Type: interior

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Jazz Theater at the US Mint

This 4,000 square foot theatre and performance venue, created for the for the National Park Service and State of Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, provides optimal acoustics for musical performances, cultural programs, special events and educational programs. It represents the fi rst phase of the development of a new permanent Jazz Museum in New Orleans’ Old U.S. Mint in the French Quarter, built in 1835. The fl at-fl oor, multi-use venue provides state-of-the-art performance, audio, and visual equipment as well as broadcast capabilities for live web streaming and distance learning programs. The design presents itself as a new insertion

into the historic shell of the original building and is lined with a collection of cherry wood panels, designed to provide the acoustical refl ection and absorption necessary for musical performance and recording. Certain panels slide open to provide access to storage spaces or reveal windows overlooking the river and the tremendous views of the French Quarter.

I worked as the designer for the project’s initial SD concept of the wood panel wrapper.

Awards2012 AIA New Orleans Merit Award

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: Eskew+Dumez+RippleStatus: completed 2008Type: temporary pavilion

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Prospect 1 Welcome Center

Prospect.1 New Orleans [P.1], the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in New Orleans, exhibited 81 artists in museums, historic buildings, and found sites throughout the city. The Welcome Center for P.1 was housed in one of these found spaces – the historic Hefl er Warehouse – and served to orient visitors and the press to the city and the biennial. The design was inspired by the shape and scale of shipping containers, a nod to the signifi cance of the port to the city’s economy and a reference

to the nature of delivery for much of the art exhibited for the biennial. Due to constraints of time and budget – the entire project was designed and constructed in 6 weeks at a total cost of $28,000 – a single construction material was selected that was both inexpensive and readily available. Utilizing construction-grade plywood as fl oor, wall, ceiling and structure, the internal form was manipulated to provide a hospitality desk, display counter, refreshment center and seating bench for visitors.

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DrawingsCNC milling profi les for the rib structure

PhotosL) Entry into the warehouse showing the Welcome Center and neighborhing artR) Interior of the Welcome Center

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Photos1) Overall view2) New entry door into warehouse3) Detail view of rib structure and desk

PlanShows the axial alignment of the ramp up to the Welcome Center desk with the front entry along with the other included art works and installations within the building.

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Awards2010 Wood Design Award of Merit2010 AIA National Small Project Award2010 Contract Magazine Interiors Award2010 AIA Louisiana Award of Merit

2009 Interior Design Best of Year Merit Award2009 AIA Gulf States Honor Award2009 South Central Construction, Best of LA Award of Merit

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PhotoOverall view of the Welcome Center

AxonometricExploded view showing individual components. A similar drawing was provided to the contractor as the primary construction document drawing.

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Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USAFirm: TZCOStatus: designed 2010Type: high school design competition

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Cultivating (agri)Cultures

In the process of re-imaging Cleveland, “Cultivate agriCultures” proposes an opportunistic and achievable future based in both pragmatic realities and utopian dreams. With a goal of architectural instrumentality the design strives to cultivate new educational goals through programmatic innovations, such as the Wellness Center, integrated Community Center, and edible schoolyard, which are organized to optimize connectivity internally between seemingly

disparate programs and people, but also externally with the neighboring university and the surrounding community and city. Utilizing three techniques, “Aggregated Assimilation,” “Networked Urbanism,” and “Generic Specifi city,” the project cultivates new ways integrating architectural work into its context, urbanistically repositions agriculture and sustainability in a city historically known for its industry, and develops new strategies of form making.

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RenderingsL) Interior view of student dining showing the stair that leads over the streetR) Exterior dining courtyard with garden

Diagram_ Aggregated AssimilationIn the steady decline of the population of Cleveland over the past 60 years the city’s fi gure ground has gradually developed an increasing number of voids. The technique of “Aggregated Assimilation” takes this seemingly negative urban issue as an opportunity to develop a massing strategy

that borrows this fi gure ground to create programmatically charged voids associated with neighboring interior programs. Avoiding both a suburban proposal of undiff erentiated openness or an overly deterministic urban proposal of hard street edges and privatized courtyards, the porosity of the scheme allows for water gardens, edible schoolyards, playgrounds, courtyards, and entry plazas with spatial defi nition and a blurred distinction between public and private the openly invites the community in.

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Night Render_ Generic Specifi cityThis strategy rejects Internationalism’s sterilization of local context and subverts Globalism’s colonization through hyper-specifi city. Beginning with primitive volumes, the technique “Generic Specifi city” is used to apply performative sustainable strategies creating a shape that is both familiar and foreign. Large scale roof subtractions create nodal

points of water runoff into specifi cally placed water gardens throughout the project while also unifying the aggregated agglomeration of generic boxes. The resulting plan arrangement creates a messy vitality that requires fi guring out through a process of discovery and participation rather than a reading of applied signs.

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RenderingsL) Night view looking into the sunken poolR1) View of edible schoolyard gardensR2) Proposed bus stop inserted into empty lots with sunfl owers for soil remediation

RenderingsPerformative shaping for rain collection

Diagrams_ Networked UrbanismWith over 3,300 acres of vacant land within city limits of Cleveland a strategy of “Networked Urbanism” repurposes some of these abandoned lots to create bus stop nodes throughout Cleveland’s neighborhoods for CIS students. The lots will be equipped with a covered shelter made from the former shipping containers of Cleveland’s once vibrant port along with recycling drop-off for the neighborhood. The sites, frequently brownfi elds, will be planted with plants such as sunfl owers which are known for their bio-remediation capabilities. While the project promotes the “It Takes a Village” ideology by bringing the community in, it also reverses the fl ow with a “Lead By Example” approach of creating a green space network that promotes productive use, ecosystem function, and remediation of vacant lots throughout the city.

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The house is raised 8’ from the ground to prevent future fl ooding. This situation then presents a new dilema of how to ground the design in a city so accustomed to front porch culture. Our response was to create a

front stoop at ground level before reaching the raised porch and front door. The stoop and stair are wrapped in a louvered screen blocking views of the rear yard while creating privatized spaces beneath the home.

“All education is environmental education. By what is included or excluded we teach students that they are part of or apart from the natural world” -David Orr, environmental educator

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: TZCO w/Tulane City CenterStatus: designed 2009Type: Phase 1, adaptive reuse

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New Orleans East Community Health Clinic

The design of the project looks to take advantage of the unique opportunities presented by transforming the space of a former post offi ce into a sustainably minded patient focused health clinic. Vietnamese patterns and landscape are used to add cultural specifi city to the project while staying inclusive to all community members.

With the mission to build a neighborhood-based Community Health Center for the medically underserved community of New Orleans East the Mary Queen of Viet Nam Community Development Corporation in partnership with

the Tulane School of Medicine are working with the Tulane City Center. The project entails the design and renovation of an existing former post offi ce building within the neighborhood to be utilized as a comprehensive primary care center for the areas’ largely Vietnamese-American community. The current facility lacks to space to accommodate a community that is gradually returning to the neighborhood and continues to grow, especially with the infl ux of the Latino workforce. The fi rst phase of the project includes the renovation of the existing building, while strategic visioning foresees a 10,000 square foot addition within three years.

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Exam Room Render / Ventilation DiagramThe exam rooms are nested in the center of the space, thus initially perceived to receive no natural light or view to the exterior. To counterbalance this spatial inequality the exam rooms extend to the full height of the center space creating small punctures in the roof that allow patients a small framed view of the sky above while allowing some indirect natural light into the space. The resulting space creates a visual funnel directing the attention towards nature. The room shape can also be designed to produce ventilation through the rooms through the stack eff ect pulling hot air to the top of the room releasing it through a small vent near the roof.

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Photos / RenderingsRenderings of the proposed exterior and interior are paired next to existing photos of the former post offi ce building.

Plan / SectionThese drawings focus on the centralized patient exam rooms surrounded by the clinic’s entry and support spaces

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Embedding Cultural Specifi cityAs part of the process of adapting the post offi ce building to a health center a new image of the building is created redefi ning its purpose. A metal screen is added to the front of the building which not only formally evens out

the mass, but also allows for cultural specifi c patterns to be embedded in the design. The pattern used is from an ancient Vietnamese brass drum named the Trong Dong, which holds historical importance for the local Vietnamese community members.

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: TZCO w/Tulane City CenterStatus: designed 2009Type: Phase 2, proposed addition

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New Orleans East Community Health Clinic

The design of the project looks to take advantage of the unique opportunities presented by transforming the space of a former post offi ce into a sustainably minded patient focused health clinic. Vietnamese patterns and landscape are used to add cultural specifi city to the project while staying inclusive to all community members.

With the mission to build a neighborhood-based Community Health Center for the medically underserved community of New Orleans East the Mary Queen of Viet Nam Community Development Corporation in partnership with

the Tulane School of Medicine are working with the Tulane City Center. The project entails the design and renovation of an existing former post offi ce building within the neighborhood to be utilized as a comprehensive primary care center for the areas’ largely Vietnamese-American community. The current facility lacks to space to accommodate a community that is gradually returning to the neighborhood and continues to grow, especially with the infl ux of the Latino workforce. The fi rst phase of the project includes the renovation of the existing building, while strategic visioning foresees a 10,000 square foot addition within three years.

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RenderingThis view shows the entry court into the new facility adjacent to parking and the existing facility.

Site PlanThe existing former Post Offi ce building sites along the street edge while an addition to the clinic is situated to the rear.

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AxonometricShows proposed addition to the rear of the fl at roofed existing building.

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RenderingEmbedded courtyard space allowing natural light and controlled views into patient rooms

SectionCentralized entry court fl anked by the existing building and the new addition

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: TZCOStatus: designed 2013Type: Landscape & Exterior Renovations

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The Dauphine Apartments

Working with a small local developer / contractor, TZCO provided pre-schematic design ideas, renderings, and presentation drawings for the renovation of both exterior and interior spaces of an abandoned apartment building located in the Bywater neighborhood in New Orleans. The work was used by the client for marketing and review by the city’s planning commision.

Entry CourtCreating an inexpensive, but visually striking entry located at the center of the three existing buildings.

Front GateA new gate separating the entry court from the parking allows visual porosity and security, while defi ning a new edge and threshold that hides the boldness of the entry court proposal.

LandscapeSimple painting and signage is used to inexpensively modify the existing building with the addition of small landscape features like seating and bbq / fi re pits for communal resident usage.

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: TZCO w/ Fievre Jones & TCCStatus: designed 2009Type: Landscape

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City Park Skate Park

The Skate Park for City Park looks to capture an under-utilized space below the interstate overpass. By giving the space this other program it gives the mono-functional infrastructure of the overpass another program acting as a sunshade and rain cover for the activities provided below. The project provides a level of recreational social justice within the city. While City Park has many sports (soccer, tennis, horseback riding, golf, etc.) they are frequently not popular with the inner-city youth culture. The Skate Park looks to provide the fi rst park of this kind in the city to the youth of New Orleans who are relagated to skating on the rough city streets under the

constant harrassement of law enforcement. The design utilizes a series of circles to delagate diff erent activities on the site and a variety of skill levels of skating. These zones are also interconnected to allow easy fl ow between the diff erent programmatic zones. Landscape is also integrated into the dynamic design allowing the natural to blend with the artifi cial topography of the hard skate surface.

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Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USAFirm: TZCOStatus: designed 2009Type: renovation and addition

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Common Ground Health Clinic

The Common Ground Health Clinic is a renovation project in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana that not only includes the renovation of an important building in the neighborhood, but also a small addition to the rear of the site. The design of the project focuses on creating quality spaces for both staff and patients while maintaining a productive and effi cientorganization based on maximizing usablilty. Both environmental and community sustainablilty are imperative to the design. The Newton Street building is a former music club of local prominence that was abandoned

long before Hurrican Katrina. Its return to thecommunity shows Common Ground’s commitment to assisting the neighborhood not only through health care but also through urban renewal.

Sustainable design solutions include shading devices, water retention methods that water plants and reduce runoff into the city’s infrastructure, and a roof garden that has a louvered pergola and gatheringspace for both the employees of the clinic but also the surrounding community.

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Diagrams_ From Typology to TopologyThe diagram to the left shows the diff erence in roof shape between the existing building and the new addition. Rather than maintain this formal opposition the pergola for the roof garden tries to blend between the shapes of these two roof forms while also blurring the distinction between the two buildings.

The louvers cover the street face of the addition which blocks light and heat gain into the large west facing window while giving the appearance that the addition grows from the framing of the existing structure.

Renderings / Photo1) Lobby rendering2) Street view of existing building3) Street view of renovation and proposed rear addition with new roof condition

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Diagrams_ Roof Surface1) Depth of surface determined by bearing walls below2) Void cut to allow rooftop deck, views at edges, and seating3) Planted in stripes based on root depth and quantity desired

Drawings1) Section2) First Floor Plan - lobby, clinic spaces, break room, offi ces3) Second Floor Plan - open offi ces, private offi ces, large fl ex space, teaching kitchen4) Roof Plan - conference room, exterior roof garden and deck

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: TZCOStatus: designed 2013Type: residential new construction

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M House

The M House is a new construction project located in the New Orleans neighborhood of Lakewood South. The large lot of 60’ x 200’ is backed by the 17th Street Canal. The 6,000 sqft house negotiates the desire for a client that sees the appeal of Modernist open space, though simultaneously sees each room as a separate space which is mono-programmed. While the project from the exterior appears to be a heavy private mass, through focusing views to exterior landscape moments creates

an interior condition where the spaces are light and open. A void runs through the middle of the house creating an internal central circulation space the opens to all other spaces in the home. The beginning and ending of this void are double height spaces that are expressed on the exterior as large glass strips. Detailing on the interior give the appearance that the heavy mass is actually a thin skin wrapping the house.

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RenderingFront of house showing garage and double height entry windows

RenderingRear of house showing lower patio extension from the living room and upper deck space accesible from the master bedroom

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Renderings1,2,4) Options for living room stairs and materials3) Wet bar tucked under the stair for the billiard room

Drawings1) First Floor Plan - entry, offi ce, guest suite, living, dining, kitchen, play2) Second Floor Plan - master suite, bedrooms, exercise room3) Section - shows connection of double height spaces at front and rear of house

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Wall Sections1) Rear - shows louvered panels in closed position that slide to block light into the master suite and contain the upper deck 2) Side - shown cutting through billiard room / dining room glass wall

3) Rear - upper deck section showing sloped roof for drainage with deck aligning with master suite fl oor height4) Side - typical wood frame construction with stucco fi nish

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Location: Tokyo, JapanFirm: TZCO w/C. Rodriguez & JP PacelliStatus: designed 2010Type: Museum competition

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Fashion Design Museum

Reversing the Metabolist’s defi ned relationship of creating fl exibility through plug-in program and permanent infrastructure, the Museum of Fashion Design accomplishes fl exibility through plug-in infrastructure and a relatively permanent program allowing for a multitude of interior narratives and paths to be created based on curatorial confi guration. With the permanent program consisting primarily of exhibition space dedicated to a specifi c decade’s fashion, the design of each fl oor attains a degree of design autonomy specifi c to that decade with chronological vertical connections created through interspersed voids. The building is then wrapped on all four sides with infrastructural circulation. The three elevations visible from Omotesando Street are wrapped by two dynamic

robotic stair systems that act simultaneously as programmable exhibition space. Following the cyclical logic of fashion design, where trends have a tendency to historically repeat, the stairs are confi gurable to create circulation and curatorial connections between generations. This allows visitors to follow a route where they can either proceed down the building through each fl oor or follow the curator’s route which only connects fl oors that pertain to the temporary exhibition of specifi c fashion ideas. This meandering logic of circulation mirrors the nomadic tendencies of the modern museum goer. Other pertinent programs within the building are represented through the unfolding of the mass allowing views into and out of the building at the lobby, runway, and skybar levels of the building.

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: TZCO w/ others listed belowStatus: multiple dates listed belowType: Furniture / Industrial Design

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PP5_FRAME w/Clare OlsenPP5_Frame is a seating element that utilizes a two-way frame system to create a complex curved form. Although the structural geometry utilizes a simple, repetitive grid, each component is uniquely diff erentiated in order to create a dynamic, fl owing form. The porosity of the material system produces a play between the physical sturdiness and the visual lightness of the seat.

Shown are both a full scale version with small scale prototypes in addition to the ribs shown in a cnc cut fi le for the prototype.

BIKE POLO MALLET w/Joseph KeppelThe design for the bike polo mallet head integrates a complex curvature and pattern creating a lightweight performative form. The gradient hexagon subtractions reduce the weight of the mallet head while the complex curvature allows from improved ball handling.

Shown are the elevation drawings provided for the patent investigation and a 3d printed prototype of both the head and cap.

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: TZCO w/Tulane City CenterStatus: completed 2014Type: landscape

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St. Claude Pocket Park

In support of the burgeoning arts and cultural community in a particular neighborhood, St. Claude Main Street (SCMS) applied for and received a major grant from ArtPlace, a national foundation whose mission is to support “creative place making” initiatives that increase community vibrancy. The Tulane City Center gathered community input about the desired uses and ideas for the space over the spring and summer of 2013. The team then used that community input to design a pocket park at the corner of St. Claude and Independence that will double as a space for the monthly SCMS night market.

The pocket park is along a major commercial corridor in the city, one of several projects SCMS has initiated to improve the streetscape. The park includes spaces for relaxing, gathering, gardening, and playing horseshoes and defi nes these through a series of low decks and earthen mounds. The park also includes infrastructure for the night market and is fl exible enough to accommodate other activities.

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PhotoAt the rear of the site looking out toward the busy St. Claude avenue

Site PlanEdged by two streets and by a row of growing bamboo, the park includes several seating decks and earthen mounds scattered throughout the site. Concrete strips cast into the ground allow for poles to be placed to hold overheard lighting during the night markets.

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DetailsPlan and axonometric construction details for the three types of deck and earthen mound structures

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Rendering / Photo1) Rendering showing initial design proposal with more complex benches2) Construction photo of mound

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Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USAFirm: TZCOStatus: completed 2010Type: temporary installation

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The Union

The Union creates combinations and hybridizations between systems often separated in architecture. While pattern is used as an application to the surface is also produces spatial eff ects through its perspectival blurring created by the gradual curvature of the geometry. In addition to assisting the production of spatial eff ects

the hyperbolic paraboloid geometry, most frequently seen in thin shell concrete structures, allows for thinness in the material allowing for the patterned panelization to work simultaneously as a structural strategy. Originally designed as a wedding arch, the name The Union also speaks to the event for which it was initially created.

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Photos1) My brother’s wedding!2) Detail showing binder clip attachment method for partial easy disassembly3) Installation in an abandoned building in New Orleans’ French Quarter

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1) Geometry - The Union’s geometry is based on a front and rear parabolic arch way that is lofted along hyperbolic curves on the ground plane.2) Structure - The structural logic of the arch follows the traditions and logic of traditional arches in that each panelis a separate unit that is structurally reliant on its neighboring units for support. The Union like an ancient Roman arch is built from the ground up using jigs to hold the

piece in place until the keystone is adhered and gravitional forces take hold.3) Panelization - A pattern was created that was able to be tiled across the overall piece blurring the distinction between each panel and the overall eff ect. The pattern was able to be stretched and manipulated in Grasshopper allowing it to adapt to diff ering panel sizes and shapes.4) Composite

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After the wedding ceremony in Indianapolis, The Union was transported back to New Orleans, where is was initially fabricated, to be displayed in the arts and architecture exhibition, DesCours, organized by the AIA New Orleans offi ce. Housed in an abandoned drug store, the site also included several other installations creating the primary hub for that year’s event.

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Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAFirm: TZCO w/Clare OlsenStatus: constructed 2008Type: temporary installation

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Petal Project 5

Petal Project 5 was developed for DesCours 2008, an AIA New Orleans sponsored event. When TZCO visited DesCours 2007, one aspect that we really enjoyed was the anticipation of visiting the courtyards—hidden pockets of green within the French Quarter that one doesn’t often have an opportunity to see. Petal Project 5 was developed based on a desire to assimilate with the existing courtyard through a subtle insertion to achieve our two programmatic

goals, which were seating and lighting. Given the durational aspect of the event, we also wanted the seating confi guration to be adaptable to individual and collective desires. When nested together (which was the formation during the CNC manufacturing process) the petal-form seating can be closely packed to create a petalscape for intimate conversation. But when distributed throughout the courtyard, they create a landscape of discrete pieces.

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DiagramsThis series of diagrams the progressional aggregation of the petal forms within a 4’x8’ panel dimension based on standard cnc milling beds and material dimensions.

PhotoOpening day of the Petal Project 5 installation within a French Quarter courtyard.

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Site PlanThe courtyard space is fi t between a series of French Quarter buildings

DiagramPlan drawing showing contoured surfacing.

PhotosThese series of photos show the construction process including cnc milling and the process of applying the epoxy resin fi nishing.

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Each petalform seat was embedded with its own solar panel that powers an LED light strand. During daylight, the petalforms were fl ipped over to allow the solar panels to recharge the embedded batteries. LEDs were employed for their minimal voltage

requirements and because of their fl exibility and durability. The LEDs were threaded through a hole in the foam that connects the solar panel battery cavity at the under side and the embedded LED strip at the top of thepetalform.

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Location: Pasadena, California, USAFirm: Rebeca Mendez DesignStatus: unimplemented, 2005Type: master plan

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Caltech Campus Way-Finding Master Plan

Architecture and urban design fi rm Cooper, Robertson & Partners was retained by Caltech to develop a series of Master Planning recommendations for the campus that included landscape, systemic sustainability, campus lighting, and graphics and way-fi nding. Rebeca Méndez Design (RMD) was commissioned to design and develop the way-fi nding and signage master plan.

The work performed by RMD included a site analysis, user identifi cation, a design concepts proposal including signage typology and a

cohesive way-fi nding system, and guidelines for third-party implementation of the signage and way-fi nding system.

While at RMD I worked closely with Rebeca Mendez to develop the physical signage proposals for both interior and exterior way-fi nding. Each was viewed systemically allowing for rule-based modifi cations to occur at each site placement. Additional team members developed the font and layout of both the information on the signage and the resulting booklet of RMD’s design recommendations.

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Renderings / Sample Booklet PagesExterior and interior renderings of corten steel signage proposals.Sample pages show specifi cations of each signage system.

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Location: Venice, California, USAFirm: pluscloverStatus: constructed 2003Type: interior renovation

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Wavecrest Recording Studio

The project occupies a wedge shaped building designed by Steven Ehrlich in 1987. The determinant and awkward shape of the plan provided a challenging site for a sounds studio that required specifi c spatial confi gurations due to the acoustical requirements. The composing and recording spaces are built as a series of loose fi tting rooms, fl oating within the existing structure. Negotiating and mediating between the restrictive existing envelope and the new spaces are wrappers and ribbons. Defi ned by color coded surfaces (ribbons) and back lit graphic panels (wrappers), these mediating surfaces and spaces obscure the objecthood of the “round peg” and the “square hole”.

The two graphic panel “wrappers” are covered in large scale scanned images of movie posters. One wrapper displays live action fi lms for which the composer has created the fi lm score. The other wrapper displays animation fi lms for which he has composed the score. Anthony Guida, of Lushlife LA, was hired to design the roof garden accessible from the space.

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Location: Beverly Hills, California, USAFirm: pluscloverStatus: constructed 2005Type: interior renovation

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Washington Residence

This renovation, for a couple with three children, works within the constraints of the existing space acting as a minimal intervention utilizing surface articulation as a means to create spatial zones and eff ects while controlling light into the space. Painted ribbons and curtain walls defi ne distinct zones within rooms simultaneously reducing the visual dominance of the punched picture windows present throughout the unit. Each room within the unit has a diff erent texture and color curtain to create a varied spatial experience while also controlling light in varying degrees for diff erent room functions.

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Location: New York, Paris, London, Milan, Coral Gables, St. MoritzFirm: Studio Sofi eldStatus: constructedType: retail interiors

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Bottega Veneta

Studio Sofi eld created a new design concept for Tomas Maier’s Bottega Veneta stores with luxurious tailored materials and a modern take on old world craft. The planning of each store is divided into individual rooms with custom millwork, rather than built-in pieces, to give the space a more residential feel for brand that focuses on fashion and home-goods. Design began on the fl agship stores in major cities, then proceded with smaller stores.

Working in a small team, I focused on material research and selection, millwork details, space planning for smaller secondary stores, and display methods for a variety of product types. The fl agship stores established a design system that was able to be quickly implimented within the smaller stores while not resulting in an exact replica. The design established a spatial brand identity that is fl exible enough to provide variation and specifi city per location.

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SketchesA series of options for front window display shelves attached to a half-height wall.

Stair / SketchesCurved leather tread steel-structureed stair leads up to the second fl oor.The sketches show a custom metal arm option for displaying handbags.

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Location: San Francisco, California, USAFirm: KPFStatus: constructedType: new construction

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555 Mission St .

Located in the heart of San Francisco’s rapidly developing Mission Street corridor, this 33-story offi ce tower is the fi rst LEED Gold-certifi ed speculative development in the city. The prominent site—a 34,000-square-foot, mid-block parcel on the south side of the street—along with the tower’s sustainable design program makes it a high-profi le addition to the downtown area.

One of the few fully glazed towers in the neighborhood, 555 Mission Street’s materials palette sets it apart from nearby structures, while the design’s setbacks respond to the local building context. The curtain wall has a

distinctive glass-and-metal fi n in its vertical mullion, and a lantern-like crown distinguishes the tower on the nighttime skyline.

My primary focus while working on 555 Mission was on the design of the building lobby and the ground level facade. I was also communicating our designs for these areas with Hargreaves who was working on the landscape for the building’s plaza.

Awards2009 San Francisco Chronicle ‘Best New Offi ce Building’

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R1Exterior photo and facade detailsR2Exterior entry photo and rendering optionsR3Street facade entry door optionsR4Building lobby

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Location: Paris, FranceFirm: KPFStatus: constructedType: reskin & renovation

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CB16

The CB16 project revisits one of the original offi ce towers at La Defense. Dating from 1971, the existing structure could no longer meet the requirements of modern fi nancial services, and site pressures from subsequent construction demanded a redesign of the interior and exterior of the building. From this brief, a two-part tower massing emerged, evolving into a series of more elongated and elegant proportions.

In contrast to the mass of the original pre-cast structure, the detailing of the aluminum and glass curtain wall refl ects a delicate sensibility. Pushing the curtain wall skin in

front of the existing structure increased light and fl oor area dimensions. The windows, at 9 feet wide refl ect the planning module of the building. The top of the building culminates in an illuminated crown, with a sculptural mechanical enclosure seen through the uppermost translucent glass panels.

A reconfi guration of the lobby takes advantage of the project’s enhanced natural lighting and increased fl oor areas - unwanted mezzanine space was replaced with a public-scaled stair serving a restaurant-club and the fl oors below.

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R1Lobby plan / CafeR2Exterior photo

R3Interior lobby and exterior entry renderingsR4Interior lobby and exterior entry photos

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