Portfolio of student work.

1. SUBURBAN LIBRARY &
COMMUNITY CENTER
washington university
saint louis, missouri
In an urban neighborhood where a
large majority of the plots are either va-
cant or empty, this project deals with
the issue of rebuilding when resources
are limited and the amount of avail-
able land far outways the demand
for it. What can we do to reclaim, and
make useable, the most amount of
space with the fewest built forms?
The project sits on an L-shaped par-
cel which occupies a small portion of
commercial street frontage and the
entire back half of a nearly quarter-
mile long block. The builing cuts across
the small leg of the L dividing the site
into two halves, an urban plaza fac-
ing the commercial street and a long
park along the back half of the block.
Set between these two public spaces,
the building responds by presenting a
more typical two story high face to the
urban plaza and a sloping green roof
to the park. Seen from a distance, the
roof appears to be a continuation of
the park stretching it into infinity.
Slanting concrete walls organize the
space beneath the roof as well as the
exterior spaces. This continuous ele-
ment begins to blur the line between
interior and exterior.

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1 Progression through new
park toward the library
2 Aerial view of the site from
the south
3 View from across commercial
street
4 Site plan
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2 View from courtyard looking
at library and restaurant
3 First floor plan
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8. View of libraryreading space 1
Section 4 thru site 2
View and section thru the 3
community center
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11. B E N C H
washington university
The assignment for this wood work-
ing class required at least one hand-
made dovetail joint and one mortise
and tenon joint. My inspiration for the
bench was to have it appear thin and
delicate from one angle and solid from
another.

15. INDOOR OUTDOOR HOUSE
washington university
saint louis, missouri
Located adjacent to a heav-
ily used parking lot near a
popular shooping area, the
house responds by looking
inward and utilizes a court-
yard space as an extension of
the interior. All public spaces
within the house are oriented
around the courtyard, and
fold-up glass doors open the
courtyard to these spaces.
The exterior facade is a reac-
tion to the parking lot as well as
the its long westward orienta-
tion. Long vertical wood strips
both screen view and deflect
sun during the afternoon.

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1 First and second floor plans
2 View of the deck from
the front exterior entrance
3 View from the entrance
looking into kitchen
4 View of the deck from
the connected living spaces
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20. Exterior view from parking lot 1
North and West elevations 2
Exterior view from east side 3
North-South section 4
Wall section 5
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23. R E A R A N G E A B L E S H E LV I N G
washington university
In this class we had to design a shelf
and have it locally fabricated. Three
goals were to use minimal fasteners,
modifiable by the user, and to be able
to divide up space. The end product
uses 3/4” wood slats cut from a sheet
of finish grade plywood that sit in two
2”x1/8” bar stock aluminum. This estab-
lishes a rythm for the moveable alumi-
num shelves to act against.

27. GREENSHIFT MIXED USE
townshift competition
s u r re y, b r i t i s h co l u m b i a
w/ partners
In a sprawling, car-traversed setting,
Greenshift, offers an alternative urban ap-
proach of density, programmatic diversity,
and sustainability in a single site. A 13-sto-
rey residential tower surmounts public retail
including a grocer’s and a bicycle shop. A
block of offices and studios sits adjacent
and rests upon a “green factory” – a com-
munity center dedicated to sustainable
design and lifestyles – offering guidance
in implementation to the public. Building
materials are recycled or regional, and the
structures are oriented to optimize solar
exposures. The tower is particularly signifi-
cant – photovoltaic folding panels act as
balcony screens on its south facade.
The buildings ring a ‘courtyard’ – a multi-
functional, public space with access from
152nd & 19th Streets. Integrated power &
structural socketing in the pavement serve
seasonal farmer’s markets and other pub-
lic events, while glass slits in the pavement
naturally light the parking below. Vegeta-
tion from the green center roof and plant-
ers around the high rise cafe grow along a
cabled lattice shading the space below.
To promote ecological transit to the site, a
bus stop is situated on 152nd Street, which
has been widened to include a bicyclist’s
lane. Entry to parking is located on 19th
Street, below the offices.

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31. 1 Material diagram
2 Program diagram
3 Aerial looking south along
main commercial strip
4 East-West section
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1 View from inside courtyard
looking at farmer’s market
2 Approach from the South
3 View from atop green building
center
4 View of outdoor cafe and
office building

35. MOVEABLE GREEN HOUSE
kinnikinnick organic farm
caledonia, illinois
I helped modify the design of a station-
ary greenhouse to allow for better ac-
cess for machinary to crops. The initial
design had the metal hoops anchored
in the ground. In the modified green
house we designed a metal bracket
that would accept the hoop and at-
tach to a 2x6 that runs the length of the
48’ long hoop house.
A second change in the original design
were the end walls. In order to pass over
crops the walls could not rest on the
ground as they did in the previous green
houses. We had to design a wall that
would hang from above and still have
the strength to stand up to wind.

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1 End walls with strecthed
plastic
2 Baseplate and construction
details
3 4 people can easily push the
48’ long structure
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39. PASA JE COMERCIAL
buenos aires, argentina
washington universit y
In Buenos Aires “pasajes”, or passages,
lined with shops tunnel through the lower
floors of the city’s densely packed blocks
creating a pedestrian network supple-
mentary to the sidewalks. However,
many of the pasajes are only open to the
elements where they meet the sidewalk
resulting in a cave-like experience after
walking more than a few yards inside. This
mixed-use project opens up the pasaje
from several angles while still maintain-
ing shelter from rain and direct sunlight in
many areas.
The organization of the project is based
off several specific site elements.

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Site plan 1
View along ramp towards 2
church
Second floor plan of gym & bar 3
Third floor plan of hostel 4
Fourth floor plan of hostel 5
Ground floor plan of stores 6
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1 Facade sketches
2 Exterior view from Cordoba
Avenue
3 View of pasaje off of Cordoba
4 View from hostel room
5 View of courtyard looking at
pool through store
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