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Architecture Portfolio

Columbia Sc hool of Arc hit ecture M.Arc h. I 2007-2008

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Arc hit ecture Por tf olio M.Arc h. I 2007-2008

Freehand Drawings
Drawings
Paintings
Studio Projects
Product Design

Freehand Sketches

Accessing Arc hit ecture Through Dra wing W int er 2006

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Drawings

Old Union Colored Pencil 18 x 24 Accessing Architecture Through Drawing Winter 2006

Tyler Residence--Rick Joy Pastels 18 x 24 Accessing Architecture Through Drawing Winter 2006

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Ostinato Charcoal 60 x 75 Drawing I Spring 2004

Paintings

Caballerisas Oil 48 x 60 Personal Summer 2006

Fortaleza de Santa Cruz Oil 24 x 30 Personal Summer 2005

1975 Oil 16 x 20 Personal Summer 2005

San Juan de Lima Acrylic 16 x 20 Personal Summer 2003

A House for a Couple of Couples

Career Discover y Program Summer 2004

Excavated Stair

Program: A house that accomodates two ownerships within a single volume------the Greens,
a conservative couple with child, and the Whites, a young and gregarious couple.
Site: An existing parking lot on Banks Street, a quiet residential neighborhood in Cambridge, MA.
Process: My initial idea involving intertwining units led me to imagine how two very different
families would circulate through these spaces while still maintaing their unique identities
and lifestyles. I began to explore how variations in specfic architectural elements could help
express the distinct identities of the inhabitants while creating the visual impression of interdependency.
Solution: The juxtaposition of stair types allowed me to convey this vision. The Whites would
intrusively carve through the Greens living quarters by means of an excavted stair, and the Greens
would be confined to ciruclating around the perimeter of the house by means of the objectified stair.

Objectified Stair

An Elementary School

Career Discover y Program Summer 2004

Program: An elementary school with thirteen classrooms, a gymnasium, an art room and a public library.
Site: An existing parking lot on Church Street, located on the northern edge of Harvard Square.
Process: In response to the complex program requisites, I searched for an organizational strategy that
would guide my final design. I explored the qualities of filtration, a process that separates and partially
obstructs, and translated this operation into a tectonic device that could be applied in plan and elevation.
Solution: When applied in elevation, this operation helped create a tall, dissipating facade, reflecting
a progression in academic grades. In plan, filtration spatially organized the program components
according to size and degree of privacy. The smaller, more private spaces placed at the street
entrance would gradually lead into larger, more public spaces as one moved further into the building.

A New Yard for Harvard

Career Discover y Program Summer 2004

Program: A thoroughfare and space for individual study, collective symposium, and mass oration.
Site: A yard that serves as a busy thoroughfare between Old Harvard Yard and the Science Center.
Process: My intent was to meet the program requirements while providing a visual link between two distinct areas of campus. In my site analysis, I observed existing surface materials from the surrounding built
environment, comprising a materials pallet for my final design. In my paper study, I discovered the tear as
an operation that could produce several layers-- an opportunity for exposing and wedding various materials.
Solution: Through the melding of the tear with an impulse to layer, I achieved topographical variation
that offered intimate spaces for repose and congregation. The incorporation of surrounding materials within
the layers of the scheme created a visual continuity that bridged the new and the old faces of campus.

Science Center

Old Harvard Yard

Rooftops

A groundless site

McCall Design Group Summer S tudio Summer 2005

Personal contribution to project:

Film producer and editor, card and pamphlet co-designer, and primary presenter.

Rooftops are integral components of the built environment that are often overlooked, and,
as a result, largely underutilized. In our original investigation of San Francisco rooftops,
three other McCall Design Group Summer Interns and I collaborated on the design and
presentation of The Box---a product that unveils the vast design potential of this groundless
site and promotes rooftop reclamation. In addtion to a short documentary, a groundless
advocacy bracelet, and exhibit designs, the principal component of The Box is a deck of
cards: a tool for inciting future dialogue and further exploration of this uncharted territory.

An advocacy
campaign for
rooftop design
interventions.

What if Alice Waters

began
championing
rooftop organic?

What if rooftop worship became

the latest new age trend?

What if history were

taken seriously?

Rooftops A Groundless Site McCall Design Group Summer Studio Summer 2005