An analysis of movement around one of the Manhattan schists transformed into a discovery of spatiality and form via the gradual introduction of three materials into the model-making process: wire, latex, and Rockite. Taking from the spaces and forms produced by these stubborn materials, the final program asked to derive a new apartment building located on W114 Street, a site also dominated by a Manhattan schist. The resulting model, combining all three materials, interprets the Rockite - formed via casting into latex and wire mini models - as the living space, while wire and latex struggle to balance the stacked concrete forms in a complicated series that also reinterprets itself as circulation space in the accompanying sections and plans. No apartment is alike, all are unique in their rounded and folded geometries as they spiral upward, uniting with the schist and surrounding edifices. The stairs also take a complex and exciting spiral shape, terminating at unforeseen terraces and twisting upward. An interesting public-community space manifests itself in an open-air floor just under the top apartment.

Michel Foucault wrote of Heterotopias in the late twenty-first century, yet architecture remains a divisive domain in which the mundane is overlooked for starchitecture. This project seeks to rehumanize the architecture of the everyday by pairing places such as a Nail Salon or a Motel with portraits of the human who inhabitant them. Originally printed on newsprint, the photographs evoke a traditional form of media, thus questioning why architecture of the everyday is never discussed in the news. Yet, the project also evokes a sense of irony via the Titles, which push certain stereotypes to the foreground.

Project for post-war housing in Syria that focuses on Aleppo and creating community spaces for families. Project was entered into Matter Better's competition. Worked in collaboration with Logan Capone, Victoria Chaney, and Savannah Wu.

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A split site in Provincetown, Massachusetts posed a challenge for Welsh photographer Mitchell Hewer. He wanted a dual home and studio that was modern while reflecting the traditional Cape Code style. In the end, the studio and home were split on the two parts of the bow-tie site and connected via a wooden bridge. The house is dominated by a large wooden tower that holds both the gallery and bathroom and filters light down into the gallery. Large windows are placed in the eastern and western facades to direct the sunlight - important to photography - throughout the day. Created for Architectural Drawing class at Boston University.

This project is a collection of traditional face portraits as well as non-traditional portrait subjects and angles (e.g. a portrait of a trash can named Edna, or portraits of people whose backs are turned to the viewer). Photographs were taken and assembled during summer rampages and adventures with friends in the Boston area, 2015.