A sampling of my design work, including conceptual architectural design, professional and built work, photography, and field sketches.

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Julia Carson left behind a legacy of love, perseverance, and strength which should be celebrated and honored in her own
neighborhood of Mapleton, Indianapolis, Indiana. The proposed Julia Carson Community Center utilizes characteristics
and program the large site: in which the built environment represents their
protection and strength, and the outdoor spaces symbolize their love. In order to provide this struggling neighborhood
with an identity that can be recognized by both the community and the city as a whole, the built is situated to the south
along Fall Creek Blvd in the form of an iconic tower. The vertical space created by the tower is left open, visually and
physically connecting each of the services provided by the Legacy of Love, while encouraging interaction within the
community. With much of the program focused to the south, the northern part of the site has been opened up as usable
community green spaces. The beauty of a mother is how these different characteristics, love and protection, become one.
This is represented in the center of the site where the landscape and the built meet, and where the Legacy of Love, the
rec center, and the landscape become one.
address
scale
offset
perform
approach
density is pushed south and oriented
to fall creek blvd.
neighborhood scale is addressed
while tower extends upward as a
beacon for the community
100% of excavated earth from
underground parking is kept on site
shifts within tower provide ample
daylighting while constricting atrium for
increased stack effect
offset earth provides intimate experience
into the heart of the complex
offset gesture blocks southwest sun and
the city

52. arch 301/j. shimizu [class/professor]
september 2010 [date]
wooden 1” x 2” [material]
personal/private use [type]
material exploration

59. growing space
elevated path
building
approach
0’ 5 10 20
RR
bioswale collection
RR
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Student Housing +
Community Learning Center
Ground Level Plan

60. Marine Research Center
Ground Level Plan
0’ 5 10 20
b
b

62. Community Learning Center
Section A
conference storage/
collections
learning
exhibits/
classrooms
group
meeting
storage/
clean up
community
market/
garden work
area
student
housing
communal
space
student
housing
student
housing
entry
grow
space

66. photo: Kit Kollmeyer
robert edson swain [architect]
november 2014 [date]
seattle, wa [location]
design team member [role]
Queen Anne Pavilion

67. photo: Kit Kollmeyer photo: Bob Swainphoto: Jordan Inman

68. photo: Ken Gutmaker
photo: Jordan Inman
photo: Jordan Inman

69. photo: Jordan Inman

73. We had access to a large stock of salvaged oak, which myself and a
partner used for the 6 farm tables to be used in the outdoor classrooms.