My portfolio is organized by most recent projects to earlier works.
This three story, seven bedroom, six bathroom home located in Ardsley Park in Savannah, Georgia was originally built in the early 1900’s. The owner wanted to keep the historic features of the home while incorporating some new traditional exterior elements including paint, new lighting and landscaping.
As for the inside, two of the bedrooms have been combined to create a large master bedroom with a redesigned master bathroom and closet. The entire third floor (attic), has been redesigned with two updated bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a kitchenette.
More updated features include a fully renovated kitchen (see renders below), all new bathrooms throughout the home, a renovated luxury laundry room on the second floor, as well as a wine cellar located in the basement space with floor to ceiling custom wine shelves with a seating area.
The backyard has also been reconfigured with all new landscaping, a new patio, and a lap pool.
I took measurements of the existing home and created a revit model from that data. I then created exterior renders using Lumion and photoshop. I used 3DS Max to create the kitchen renders and the bedroom render.
Ardsley Park House Renovation
Chattahoochee Brick Co. Museum & Memorial
This project was completed in Grad studio ARCH 747. The site for this project is the historic Chattahoochee Brick Company in Atlanta, GA.
We were asked to design a museum / memorial space to reflect the history and honor the imprisoned slaves the city of Atlanta had working at the factory at the time. These workers were beaten and worked till they weren’t able to work no more.
Our site had very little original structure remaining including an old brick wall. We researched different memorials and museums to get an idea of how to approach sensitive topics of discussion. I decided to base my building around that wall by setting it in a reflection pool to really highlight the wall and what it represents.
Seven Trails
This project was completed in Grad studios 727 & 737. These studios were combined across two quarters where we focused on comprehensive detailing and systems. Seven Trails is a facility that focuses on the culture and history of Dahlonega Georgia. Seven Trails offers different exhibits and gallery spaces that touch on many different topics for audiences of all ages. The facility has seven different hiking trails which connect the base of the site to the patio terrace and lawn. These trails are named after the seven clans in Cherokee Indian culture.
The first level and entry falls into a gift shop and corridor with an exhibit leading to stairs, risers, and an elevator. The second level holds a youth exhibit with experiential installations reflecting Dahlonega culture. Connected to that are balconies with optimal views of Lake Zwerner and the hills. Connected to that is the main gallery hall with many different exhibits flowing throughout the hall. A floor to ceiling curtain wall allows natural light to creep down the entire corridor illuminating the displays and hangings.
Union Pier
Revitalization
My peer Ben Cho and I collaboratively redesigned Union Pier in Charleston, SC. This was my first attempt at a Urban design project. This is from our Grad 717 studio.
This community includes a mix of residential, commercial, retail, hospitality, mixed use, civic, and dining spaces along with piers, docks, and islands offering experiential green spaces and nature.
A central park was designed with the intent to allow waterfront views from across the site and double as an event venue, creating a focal point for the overall development. A curved battery wall was implemented to soften the city’s edge along the Cooper River. Two new civic sites were also introduce, a history museum near the Bennett Rice Mill Facade and a library near the Customs House.
Earthbound
Ales
My senior capstone was a twenty week long studio. My peer Emily Vilas and I collaborated to design a brewery / makerspace in Leadville, Colorado.
This facility is fully equipt with a state of the art brewery, tasting room, a restaurant, welcome center, courtyard for activities and interaction, and a cool storage module.
There are also six residential cabins for the guests to lodge.
We modeled the modules that make up the building using Rhino, and created all the renders using photoshop.
I created my massing model using wooden dowels to mimic the wooden cladding seen throughout all six modules in the renders.
Atlantic
I designed this project in my Urban Context Design Studio.
For this project we were asked to design a skyscraper that gave back to the environment. The purpose was up to us. We could choose the square footage, program, number of stories and even the site. I chose to design my skyscraper at Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlantic Tower is a 70 story skyscraper that consists of commercial retail spaces, a library, gym, supermarket, restaurants, office spaces, apartment units ranging from one bedroom units to 4 bedrooms, and luxury penthouse units with five or more bedrooms.
My intent for this building was to design a space that could to pertain to many different crowds. Atlantic Tower pertains to students, families, locals, business men and women, along with visitors. Local universities like Georgia Tech, Emory, and SCAD are located within walking distance from the tower as well as office buildings and hotels that make up the neighborhood of midtown.
I designed this project using Revit, Illustrator, and Photoshop. The renders were created using Enscape through Revit.
Tower
Luxury
This home is a two level, modern/classic-traditional residence. The estate consists of six bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, a gourmet kitchen, mud room, vaulted office, library/study, vaulted wine cellar off the dining room with a wet bar and butlers pantry, large guest suite, media room, four car garage, front and back porch, three fireplaces, and a pool house with an additional full bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, living room, and fireplace along with a second story attic for storage.
I created the floor plans using Revit, then rendered the elevations using photoshop and illustrator.
Estate 2
Luxury
I designed this residence in my spare timer. I plan on focusing on residential architecture once I become licensed, and wanted to design a home just for fun. It was interesting to experiment with this type of design, as I have mainly been asked to design commercial spaces.
This home is a two level, modern - traditional residence. It consists of five bedrooms, five and a half baths, a gourmet kitchen, mud room, spacious & luxurious office, a vaulted living room, family room, dining room, a four car garage, spacious front porch, three wood burning fireplaces, and a pool house with an additional full bathroom, kitchen and fireplace.
I created the floor plans using Revit, then rendered the elevations using photoshop and illustrator.
Estate 1
Wall Section
& Details
I created these projects in my Construction Technology course. This class taught us about general construction approaches with wood, steel, concrete, metal, and masonry. It taught us how contractors go about building commercial and residential structures. It also taught us about roofs and foundations.
We were asked to create a wall section given the material we learned about insulation, masonry, dry wall, pipes, electricity, and space for wind circulation.
The wall section is made with trace paper, micron pens, and graphite.
Each week during this course, we were encouraged to pick a specific detail of a constructional element whether it was a stair detail, or a cantilever detail.
These details are made with graph paper and graphite.
Dovecot Studios
This project is from my ARCH 100 course. This class introduced us to floor plans, section plans, elevation plans, site plans, and perspective drawings. We also learned how to properly label plans with logos, scales, and titles.
We were asked to make plans of an already existing structure. Dovecot Studios is located in the United Kingdom and is known for its textile exhibitions, workshops, events, and cafe.
I created this project using bristol board, micron pens, graphite, and pigmented pencils.
Rush Hour
This is a piece I did when I was in high school. This piece really made me aware of how much I enjoy drawing buildings and discovered my skills with line work. This piece shows an arial view of a downtown scene with the commotion. of the busy time of Rush Hour.
I submitted this piece into a contest at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Ga. The contest was a summer exhibition called the Teen Team. about six hundred local teen artists in the metro Atlanta area submitted their pieces to be on display all summer. Only ten local artists were chosen. I was fortunate enough to be one of ten.
The Teen Team exhibition was on display at the High Museum during the time of the Andy Warhol exhibition. Everything from his Campbell’s Soup Can prints to his infamous Marilyn Monroe prints.
The High Museum made a label for my piece and intersected it to relate to Andy Warhol and his life as you can see in the photo below. Rush Hour was in display from June to September.
This mixed media piece is made on a canvas with news paper in the background and graphite for the buildings.
