OVERHANG HOUSE 2 2019 architecture interior unfinished n1 HARBINGER BARN 10 2020 architecture unfinished r1 VINEYARD HOUSE 4 2019 architecture interior unfinished o1 JOSHUA TREE 12 2020 architecture interior q1a Renovation of a private residence in the high desert of Joshua Tree, California. q2 The existing home was entirely remodeled to open up and celebrate the sites view opportunities, with an emphasis on maximizing daylight and passive solar heating and cooling. q3 The comprehensive custom woodworking allowed each room and surface to serve as an experimental study of proportion and field systems. q4 Custom furniture and fixtures were employed to further emphasize the homes minimalist palate. q5 q1 q6 q7 q8 q9 RISE HIGH 9 2018 architecture interior research p1 XQ: The Super School Project was open challenge to America's educators and creative professionals to reimagine high school as we know it and, in doing so, to revolutionize the education of our nation's future. The principal of an unusual school that didn't exist when she approached me with an even more unusual challenge: build a school for transient youth that is itself transient - education on wheels. p5 Now a school, 'RISE High seeks to educate and provide a semblance of home for the thousands of young Angelinos whose lives have little of either, an innovative model designed to service students from a variety of backgrounds and learning needs, including homeless and foster youth. p6 Their website explains it best, “RISE High seeks to create a highly responsive, holistic, and integrated model that meets students who are disconnected from school where they are, geographically, academically, socially and emotionally, and will open up clear pathways to college and career.' p3 p4 p2 MEMORIAL 5 2013 architecture b1a This installation, comprised of 2200 wood composite vertical elements, was scorched with the most iconic images from the Vietnam War which dominated and defined the state-side impression of modern conflict. b3 As the viewer moves through the site, this billboard" becomes spatial while remaing an ephemeral experience. b1 The objective was to design a temporary installation at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC which would address the underrepresented impact of the Vietnam war and fundamentally change the spatial effect of the monument for a period of six months. b2 This proposal was selected by Krzysztof Wodiczko and Allen Sayegh for the print publication "Platform 5" documenting the best recent work from Harvard University. (2013) b4 This proposal was nominated by GSD faculty for the 2012 James Templeton Kelly Prize (2013) b5 The proposal was short listed by HUD for consideration as a temporary installation (2014) b6 b7 GUNKANJIMA 12 2009 architecture c1a This project attempts to develop a new, lightweight and highly kinetic design typology appropriate for "sacred ground" - those areas where all new construction must be both woven into existing landscape yet exist without disturbing the existing enviornment, be that enviornment rural or urban. c2 Extreme care was taken in documenting the given site, Hashima Island. This included exhaustive site visits and careful analysis of over 50 existing pre-war buildings on the densely urbanized (yet abandoned) site. c3 c4 c5 This typology of interlaced horizontal members stiffens flexible vertical casters and through the vertical weaving aquires rigidity without the use of any heavy structural support. c6 This proposal was awarded the Willam S. Downing Prize for the best thesis project of 2009 by the faculty of Cornell University. c7 SUSHI 5 2014 interior d1a Design for the first physical location for Sabi Sushi in Boulder, CO. d6 An interior was designed that would be both performative as well as spatial while satisfying strict contraints with regards to budget, speed of assembly, and sanitation guidelines. d2 d3 The design revolved around the reinterpretation of linear screening elements that would be both referential to Japanese architectural typologies while remaining modern and distinctly recognizable. d4 d5 Great care was taken to lighting, warmth, and tensile flexibliity to foster an experience not unlike the embrace of a womb. d1 HAMBURG 9 2015 architecture e1a This project, known as the IBA Soft House, was led by architecture firm KVA for the IBA in Hamburg, Germany. e2 Particular focus was placed on the 4 residences' use of emerging and exploratory methods of energy conservation and green building. e3 This included the use of advanced, flexible solar arrays as well as passive strategies. e4 Further care was taken in the materials of the building, employing a recently marketable Brettstapel system structural and insulation system. e5 e6 HIGHER ED 6 2014 research f1a This graphic series was developed as part of an interdisciplinary team of Harvard and MIT professors and PhD candidates collecting and illustrating an extensive research publication addressing the current state and future development of higher education in Armenia, with a particular emphasis on emerging digital information dissemination. f2 Commissioned by the Department of Education in Armenia, this work had directly informed the commissioning and selection of architectural proposals for future high schools and state colleges in Armenia. f3 The study culminated in a graphic "story" centered on two hypothetical high school students carrying out their lives in a near future educational enviornment - utilizing newly empowering technologies and educational systems. f4 PARTY WALL 4 2013 research architecture g1a This project, led by CODA (Caroline O'Donnell) won the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program Competition and was fabricated and constructed over the course of eight months almost exclusively by volunteers. g9 The objective of Party Wall was to design and construct an "enviornmentally friendly urban landscape for MoMA PS1's outdoor courtyard which, in ways both specific and broad, would imporve the quality of the space through the provision of shade, seating, and water elements. g5 The courtyard needed to be tailored to facilitating the visitors the Warm Up music series over the course of the summer but remain pliable enough to cater to guests in many other programs utilized by the museum. g6 The key feature of the project was the utilization of over 3200 donated, repurposed skateboard offcuts (the remainder after a laminated board is cut out) which consituted the project's signature facade. g8 The design takes its form as a vertical shading device, simultaneously accommodating those in the courtyard and rising above the walls of PS1 to speak as a "billboard" to the larger LIC community. g7 g2 g3 g4 ANISOTROPIC 11 2015 research h1 This project, began with an exhaustive study of the molecular composition of various widely available wood species and the physical capacities of each. h4 After this, a modular facade system was designed that would be open and close a field of 6" x 4" "gates" based on the humidity of the surrounding enviornment. h5 h6 Thus a mechanism was manifested whose threshold of opacity was defined by weather conditions. h7 h8 A large scale protoype of the field was then produced so as to demonstrate the effect and performance at scaleand test the structural independence of the rigid facade elements. h9 h2 This project was choosen for long term display at the Harvard GSD over the summer of 2011. h3 FUTURE OF WORK 8 2015 research i1 This project was completed as part of a multi year collaboration between Gensler and UCLA's thinktank CityLab. i8 The project began by charting the history of office work through the lenses of the City, Building, and Desk. Los Angeles was used as a petri dish to track the lineage of innovations on the evolution of knowledge-based work spaces. i4 Use of the research and gathered data from experts/practitioners on the points of resistance to innovation was used to illustrate the breadth of worker lifestyles present in contemporary, urban-centric work, and identify the opportunities . i2 Selection of a "site" and application of the various opportunities and strategies to develop a speculative vision for work in the future. Information gathered was leveraged to work with UCLA students in reimagining and constructing new ways of working using Downtown LA as a case study. i3 A week long exhibition, entitled "work on work" at the A+D Museum in Downtown Los Angeles was designed to celebrate the multi-year collaboration between practice and academic thought. A conversation lead by KCRW’s Madeline Brand and experts in the field as part of the event. i5 A large scale protoype of the field was then produced so as to demonstrate the effect and performance at scaleand test the structural independence of the rigid facade elements. i6 i7 i9 GENDER EQUITY 6 2017 research j1 Work was done as part of a team and awarded funds as part of Gensler Los Angeles's research program. This effort was carried out in tandem with a grass roots campaign to activate all players in the corporate design environment with speakers, design charrettes, mentorship events and workshops. j2 Women in architecture face a unique set of challenges to career advancement and development. Through this research we looked to uncover roadblocks, unconscious bias and breakdowns in communication that made slow career advancement for women designers and architects. j3 Through pointed research and interviews in the field we identified actionable strategies that rearranged existing barriers to empower not only women but all talent to develop their careers and grow into leadership. j4 DESERT 5 2019 research k1 This project proposes to overlay a taxonomy to understand the typologies and their evolution in the Californian High desert. k2 We will explore the build and un-built desert structures through five lenses: The forgotten, boom, canvas, bourgeois and the native. We will visit the locations, document existing and emerging architectural typologies and cultural milieus; collect and record testimony from locals. k4 This understanding will be used to quantify and clearly define prevailing characteristics and traits of each studied typology; map, diagram and study trends and forces shaping typologies and individual communities. k3 k5 PRIVATES 12 2013 research l1 Bathroom, water closet, loo, restroom, the john ... a long list of euphemisms semantically sanitize the dirty truth of a forgotten room - the toilet. l3 Neglected and ignored by society, this unsung space houses an integral part of the quotidian performance. l4 When public space is used for a private act - one marred by social stigmas and the politics of politeness, how do we negotiate the boundaries of public and private? l2 With Times Square as its stage this project delaminates the inherently gendered yet universal performances that define this public facility, in order to revise the current paradigm of a public containment of private behaviors. l5 l6 l7 REVERSE EFFECT 10 2015 research architecture m1 This project proposed to redesign the waterfront along the Chicago River between Pilsen and Bridgeport communities, and in doing so address and subsequently reverse the tide of foreign marine life invading the Great Lakes ecosystem. m3 "The central significance of this project rests in its unconventional and unexpected barrier construction method. The proposal points to the important material considerations that are becoming more and more necessary in a world choking on its own waste." - Jeanne Gang, Reverse Effect m4 This project was selected for inclusion in renowned architecture and thought leader Jeanne Gang's publication Reverse Effect, sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council. m2 m5 m6