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Surface Units,Big Bend TX

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The Big Bend Vacation Units are designed to be situated in the national park in Texas. The site was split into four zones on a sloping landscape which follows an existing stream. Each tiered zone holds two of the paired units and an accompanying pool area. The units themselves are connected by a metal mesh infrastructure which acts as a walking surface above, and as a shading device for people to occupy the space below.

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Public and private space converge under the mesh surface as stream access to the stream is openly available to all, as well as to the units through private recessed patio areas. The units are paired in three unique styles, focusing on design principles of core, surface, and cantilever. Methods of framing, ground conditions, envelope, and thresholds were integral to the unit design as well.

TWOProspect New Orleans Headquarters

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Prospect New Orleans is an art movement in the city of New Orleans. Currently their exhibitions are scattered throughout the city, and so they are looking at creating a more centralized headquarters for larger exhibitions and office spaces. The program calls for two large galleries, an auditorium (devoid of any columns), and three stories of shared incubator office spaces.

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This six-story proposal for a Prospect New Orleans Headquarters, is to be located downtown in an area of New Orleans known as the Central Business District (CBD). Recent architecture in the area set precedent for a new exploration of the office building in this CBD. The challenge of harsh climates took precedent, in the form of a hanging, fixed louver system.

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The diagram to the left exposes the HVAC system used to actively heat and cool the large offices and galleries. Included in the slab core of services along the far side of the building , is the main mechanical duct-work including the air circulation intakes and out-bound ducts. The HVAC system is enclosed in a drop-ceiling, and hidden by spandrel pieces. This system can be more closely evaluated on the facing page.

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The louver system of extruded alluminum pieces was designed to allow low winter light in to the office while repelling the harsh summer suns that plague an already humid disaster such as New Orleans weather. The louvers are suspended from the building in various curvatures, based on the interiors that they are enhancing. The robust system adds character to a major downtown project by alluding to fast, long-exposure lighting larger cities attract.

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Urban Build 07

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Section PerspectiveBird’s Eye

West Facade - 1/4thDouble Barrel

Facade Proportions

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1 bed 1 2 bed 2 3 bed 3 4 bath 1 5 bath 2 6 living 7 kitchen 8 laundry 9 front porch10 back porch

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Urban Build is a intense program at Tulane University in which a group of students submit design proposals, in paired groups, with the resulting ‘winning’ design, getting revised and built. Designed as prototypical New Orleans housing, Urban Build houses reside in the Katrina-ravaged lower-ninth ward, and serve as a beacon of hope in rebuilding the city of New Orleans. A variant of this proposal, Urban Build Seven, is currently under construction at 1909 Toledano Street New Orleans, LA 70115

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This proposal centered on the simplicity of life in the south , and how to impart that physically in a prototypical New Orleans house. Organizationally the plan is set-up into two zones, Public and Private. Within those two zones, space is divided into three more zones encompassing the kitchen, living, dining zones (public), and three bedroom zones (private). In terms of volume, this proposal used the study of existing adjacent housing facades. Finally, the large porch in front serves as the homes ‘Eye on the Street’.

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The Nelson Fine Arts Center is located on the mainTempe campus at Arizona State University. It was completed in 1989 by the hand of architect Antoine PredockPhotographs were taken from every angle of this post-modern structure as it interacts with several other landmarks in the immediate vicinity. The study also includes five small fifteen-minute charcoal sketches, as well as a 30 x 24 inch larger final charcoal drawing.

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Left: large 36 x 24 Charcoal Drawing

Right: Two smaller, fifteen-minute sketches with charcoal

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The final piece of the study is a large photo collage, hand-stitched from nearly fifty prints. The work was inspired by the art of David Hockney, most notably his work ‘Pearblossom Highway’. The distorted image plays with the abstraction of the space enveloped by several structural elements. If one explored the structure more closely, they would find numerous paths and destinations on which to be drawn toward. Paths and destinations include both above and bellow grade gathering spaces, including the ASU Art Museum

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Holly Grove Farmers Market

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HOLLYGROVE MATERIAL LIST ~ REVISED                           09.21.09 

angle      wpf    amt  length      total length  total weight 

2”x1 ½” x 3/16”    2.12#/’    2  8’‐0” (7’‐9 ½”)    16’‐0”    33.92   

          2  4’‐0” (3’‐9 ¼”)    8’‐0”    16.96 

          5  8’‐0”      40’‐0”    84.80     

3”x2”x3/16”    3.10#/’    5  8’‐0”      40’‐0”    124.0 

          2  6’‐0”      12’‐0”    37.20 

          2  8’‐0”      16’‐0”    49.60 

3”x1 ½”X1½”x3/16”  5.00#/’    2  6‐0”      12’‐0”    60.00 

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A framed enclosure designed for each of three individual pods. The parts were trimmed from a large, right angled, extruded steel pieces. The pieces were then welded together at an angle to allow for paneling on the sides of the pod. The paneling was to be designed as playful shading, and was to give the pods an agreeable definition of they are too visually interact with the existing site. The site consists of a single building and its gardens.

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By cutting and routing intomdf board, we were able toincorporate an abstract, locallyand globally based design. Thepanels were then painted andfit into tracks purposefully builtinto the metal framing. Lastly,wooden pieces were fit to allowfor shelving or seating space. Theproject was completed in 2010,and the pods sit comfortablyon tracks and wheels at theHollygrove Farmers Market.

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Treeloti Pavilion

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Punctured Currogated roof

Floor-board Drainage Holes

Structural Bamboo Columns

Located along the boardwalk path, the Treeloti Pavilion serves as a moment of pause on the Turtle Cove site. Panoramic views from the pavilion of the New Orleans wetlands are open and seen through the hollowed cypress tree skeletons that represent the once dense cypress marsh. The Treeloti Pavilion’s multi-member bamboo columns create essential programatic space,s, including a wash-room for cleaning off marsh debris and storage space for equipment, all housed within the structural cavities themselves. The multi-faceted nature of the pavilion’s structural skeleton allows for a large square footage of flexible classroom and open space. Occupants are encouraged to travel through, or sit enjoy a shaded seat in the adaptable seating area. As a centralized connection point, the pavilion is aimed at enriching the experience of environmental researchers and educators both studying the surrounding southern topography.

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Floor-board Drainage Holes

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Study in Parametric & Generative Modeling

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Mirco-Dorms at 1535 Freret St.

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Central to the planning for The Freret St. Micro - Dorm was using a courtyard typology.In strictly form, the four floors were stacked and shifted , while accommodating the open central space. Rooms adjacent to the courtyard were designed with the same exterior metal mesh to experience the fresh air, while having a veiled screen to keep out direct lines of sight. These rooms are also shifted in plan.

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The Freret St. Micro-Dorm was designed at an infill location in a revitalized area in uptown New Orleans. A The micro-dorm would house 36 students as well as a couple RA’s and graduate students. The initial design strategy emerge from stacking and shifting modules. These large modules would become the basis for the three floors of dorm rooms. By shifting single units, in conjuncture with stacked core bathrooms and elevators, a unique organizational strategy was achieved for each floor, maximizing the benefit of the central courtyard with adjacent private and public study nooks and lounge areas

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Freret Street

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2nd Level PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

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