INFORMATION
A globally practicing architect. This is a collection of my work and projects.
I have 15+ years of professional experience designing buildings and spaces, and working at renowned international design firms including UNStudio, Grimshaw Architects, Rockwell Group and Leeser Architecture. Those projects developed with other offices are displayed here as noted.
CERAMIC FACADE PROTOTPYE
Ceramic Facade Design and Fabrication
w/ UNStudio
Completed Aug 2024
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Ceramic Facade Design and Fabrication
w/ UNStudio
Completed Aug 2024
Design of a terracotta prototype that reduces urban heat island effect and the carbon footprints of buildings.
This prototype, developed for the Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop (ACAW) with Boston Valley Terra Cotta in Buffalo, New York, innovatively uses terracotta and glaze to passively cool facades. The design manipulates an extruded terracotta façade fin, 'the twist,' to enhance shading potential, while the experimental glaze aims to maximize solar reflectance and improve air quality through the photocatalytic property of titanium dioxide.
I developed a white paper as a collaboration with UNS and WPM on the application of terracotta for vertical shading and presented it at the Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) Conference, held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Here I showcased the research and prototyping conducted at the Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop in Buffalo. Building on the facade system developed for Wasl Tower in Dubai, this project explores innovative ways to advance ceramic facade systems to:
- Reduce solar heat gain
- Mitigate the urban heat island effect
- Lower embodied and operational carbon
Read more via at the UNS webpage:
Twisting Terracotta: UNS Explores New Frontiers in Vertical Shading Design
Download the paper here: "Two Methodologies for Vertical Shading Applications Using Architectural Terracotta”
This prototype, developed for the Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop (ACAW) with Boston Valley Terra Cotta in Buffalo, New York, innovatively uses terracotta and glaze to passively cool facades. The design manipulates an extruded terracotta façade fin, 'the twist,' to enhance shading potential, while the experimental glaze aims to maximize solar reflectance and improve air quality through the photocatalytic property of titanium dioxide.
I developed a white paper as a collaboration with UNS and WPM on the application of terracotta for vertical shading and presented it at the Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) Conference, held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Here I showcased the research and prototyping conducted at the Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop in Buffalo. Building on the facade system developed for Wasl Tower in Dubai, this project explores innovative ways to advance ceramic facade systems to:
- Reduce solar heat gain
- Mitigate the urban heat island effect
- Lower embodied and operational carbon
Read more via at the UNS webpage:
Twisting Terracotta: UNS Explores New Frontiers in Vertical Shading Design
Download the paper here: "Two Methodologies for Vertical Shading Applications Using Architectural Terracotta”