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This figural design scheme features a glass rectangular prism form embedded within a concrete triangle. The heavy triangular figure encompasses the irregular site boundaries, setting the base for the glass volume that creates the regularity within the triangle. This regularity is generated both in shape and orientation, which also emphasizes the hierarchy of the pool area. Horizontality is accentuated through the use of shadows created by the layering effect of the pre-cast concrete facades and also by the mullion grid system of the glass entity. Various levels of translucent glass panes comprise the pool area, creating a visual pattern that allows privacy within the building and a glowing effect outside.

This elemental design system separates the five zones of program by assigning each its own building form. These buildings are unified by the use of overlapping and interlocking techniques. On the ground floor, thick, heavy brick elements are strung together by the light, thin glass volume. This creates a dynamic visual tension, implying that the frail glass is capable of maintaining the strong brick elements. The connective tissue between each of the buildings is formed by the intersection of the elements. Several occupiable exterior spaces are framed by the placement of the building forms. Lastly, the main library area rests above, generating a rain-covered entrance. The three brick masses are supported by a bearing wall system while the two glass volumes are composed of a two-way slab and column structure.

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This market contains four building masses that are arranged in a cloister form. The three largest volumes contain vendor spaces for the market and stagger in height. All three spaces are separate, but adjoined by a common roof. Glass is utilized from floor to ceiling along many of the

façades and through skylights, allowing natural daylight to reflect off of the white pre-cast concrete walls. The lower, common roof also regulates and reduces direct sunlight from the south. A public rest area with two trees and a water fountain is located in the center of the cloister.

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Located on the bluff edge of Lake Park, this visitor center includes a gallery that contains historical information, models, and maps of the park. The gallery is extruded higher than the rest of the building form and also offers exclusive views of Lake Michigan to the east. Circulation is also emphasized through the use of single-loaded corridors with glazed curtain walls, reminiscent of the navigation through the park.

A café with outdoor seating, auditorium, classroom, offices and a gift shop comprise the rest of the program, and a sunken courtyard accompanies the adjacent banquet rooms on the lower level.

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This project was a renovation of one of the first timber framed houses in Switzerland, dating from the 1950s. The main feature is the south façade which is entirely glazed and has a layer of open-spaced louvers that acts as a light-filter and visual screen. Given this project, I constructed both a physical and virtual detail model of the various components where the wall meets the roof.

The garden is the most important feature of the program as a place of recovery for veterans. It is a place of relaxation, contemplation, leisure and activity. To maximize garden and activity space, rooftops serve a dual function as a means for defining spaces at various elevations, sizes, and volumes. These series of spaces are connected by a number of pathways through the site, each having its own particular presence because of their adjacencies (both physical and visual).

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While buildings contain program, they more significantly ‘frame’ and ‘protect’ the gardens and other spaces from the noise and tumult of the city, while still offering selected openings and providing shaded regions for users. Like a Japanese stroll garden, multiple turns along the pathways take one on a journey through the spaces. By leading change in orientation, unique views are offered within, across and beyond the gardens. The changes in elevation also create moments of concealment and

reveal, and counterviewing becomes an inherent feature by recalling past moments of place from a distant vantage point. These individual areas create a range of privacy, allowing the user to choose their preference for a place of occupancy. The intent of this journey through the procession of zones is therapeutic for the patients, as well as everyone who encounters them, and perhaps even a narrative of their individual paths to their own re-configured world.

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As long as I can remember, art has always been a passion and hobby of mine. Drawing is what originated my interest of architecture. Graphic design has also been one of my concentrations, and was even my second major for a while. My ability to hand-draw, along with my graphic design knowledge, allows me to

better approach and present my architectural design. These are some of my drawings and logo designs I have created for various companies, including my own custom controller business I started in 2010. The various media used for these images include: charcoal, graphite, conté crayon, India ink, and digital.