INFORMATION
A globally practicing architect. This is a collection of my work and projects.
I have 10+ years of professional experience designing buildings and spaces, and working at renowned international design firms including Grimshaw Architects, Rockwell Group and Leeser Architecture. Those projects developed with other offices are displayed here as noted. I most recently joined Grimshaw in 2016 to lead the base building design and coordination for the Sustainability Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai.
A SCHOOL IN FIVE BLADDERS
Exploring Learning Space Through Morphological and Typological Variance
Rice University
w/ David Dahlbom and Rachel Dewane
Exploring Learning Space Through Morphological and Typological Variance
Rice University
w/ David Dahlbom and Rachel Dewane
A simple topological concept guided the development of this building, both morphologically and programmatically: the difference between the inside and the outside of a closed, orientable surface. This closed surface is referred to as a bladder, its inside condition 2 space, and its outside condition 1 space. Deformations of this bladder were permitted so long as its status as a closed, orientable surface was maintained.
Ultimately the deformations applied could be easily communicated with the use of three basic categories: columns (giving the bladder a waist), doughnut holes (holes that do not pierce the surface), and bulges. Using this simple topological concept and these basic deformations, we were able to satisfy a large number of demands with a continuous system. These concepts further demanded a careful reconsideration of learning environments in general, and particularly learning environments in a school devoted to media. Spatially, condition 1 and condition 2 spaces tend toward the creation of significantly different sorts of environments. The arrangements of the various deformation types are used to create a diverse range of affects thus producing interesting and useful spaces for engagement.
Ultimately the deformations applied could be easily communicated with the use of three basic categories: columns (giving the bladder a waist), doughnut holes (holes that do not pierce the surface), and bulges. Using this simple topological concept and these basic deformations, we were able to satisfy a large number of demands with a continuous system. These concepts further demanded a careful reconsideration of learning environments in general, and particularly learning environments in a school devoted to media. Spatially, condition 1 and condition 2 spaces tend toward the creation of significantly different sorts of environments. The arrangements of the various deformation types are used to create a diverse range of affects thus producing interesting and useful spaces for engagement.