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Table of Contents

Shifted Living

Research Center

Housing on River

Museo del Tango

Systemic Boundaries

Resume

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SHIFTED LIVINGFall 2010 Professor Pablo Moyano

The program called for a 30+ unit apartment complexsited in St. Louis, MO. The complex contained a mixture of 1, 2, & 3-bedrooms units. The challenge was to provide a unique living experience for every unit. To achieve this a set of rules were imposed allowing apartments to shift within the footprint of the site allowing no two units to be exactly alike and each having a distinct view to the surrounding neighborhood.

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Program OrganizationPattern Model

Concept DiagramRESEARCH CENTERSpring 2010Professor Heather Woofter

Sited in Phoenix, Arizona the Research Center was designed with concepts stemming from the sunflower. Ideas of the growth process and layered organization translated into the program arrangement and the skin of the building responding to various amounts of light.

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Plan

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Mesh Assembly

Light Refraction

Cell Model

Elevation

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Building Model

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St Louis’ relationship to the river dates back to the city‘s origin. Over time residents have neglected it’s importance and encased the River des Peres in concrete. The project hopes to restore a portion of the river by integrating natural back into the artificial. Healthy rivers have an uninterrupted connection to the natural soil of its banks and streambed. The River des Peres’ channelized portions do not allow for proper re-charging of the river. The concrete channels also prevent excess water during floods from being absorbed into the soil. Water then spews over the tops of the channels and floods the surrounding areas. In comparing various conditions along the river, there is consistently a tension between the natural and artificial. By strategically introducing the natural into areas of extreme artificial, the health of the river will be restored over time.

Housing on RiverSpring 2011Professor Catalina Friexas

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4 bedroom3 bedroom

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Museo del TangoFall 2011 Professors Gerardo Cabellaro and Gustavo Cardon

The concept for the design of the museum centered around the idea of the woman’s dress and how it corresponds to her movement. Each floor “dances” and shifts leaving only a trace of the floor below it. An analysis of fabric types worn during the dance provided a catalyst for varying degrees of transparency. The building plays with gradients of transparency and opaqueness depending on program and the layering of spaces both internally and externally.

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Tango Choreography Diagram

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Ground Floor Plan

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SYSTEMIC BOUNDARIESFall 2012Professor Elena Canovas

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1,471 people are living with HIV in St Louis City

1,691 people are living with AIDS in St Louis City

Between 1982 & 2011, 3,156 of St Louis’ residents have been diagnosed with HIV; the most of any other municipality in the state.

The idea of boundary exists most generically as barrier between objects. It is used to confine, define, and marginalize. Systemic Boundaries aims to holistically redefine the idea of boundary on the city, neighborhood, building and human scales. The buildings extend beyond the bounds of the site and create reciprocal relationships with programs within the neighborhood and surrounding city. The stigma of HIV & AIDS causes the non-infected to seclude themselves from the infected and vice versa. Systemic Boundaries, through various programming and technology, bridges the gap between these two groups to educate and ideally minimize the number of new cases within this area of St Louis.

immune systeminfections

immune systeminfections

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Boundaries of HIV - vs HIV+

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Unprotected IntercourseInjection Drug Use

Mother to Child

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Systemic Symptoms of HIV+ person

Systemic-Fever-Weight Loss

Central-Headache-Malaise-Neuropathy

Gastric-Vomiting-Nausea

Lymph Nodes-Lymphadenopathy

Liver and Spleen-Enlargement

Skin-Rash

Muscles-Myalgia

Esophagus-Sores

Virus Infecting Healthy Cell

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Program Concept Model Site Concept Model

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soulard farmers market

soulard-benton health center

bumbershoot aerial arts

mckinley leadership academymckinley middle school

st. michael the archangelorthodox church

full gospel assembly

kitchen fitness center

residential paths admincounseling meetingrooms

gardeneducation entry livingroom

health reception

Program Extensions

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Hodak

Restaurant

Polar Wave Ice & Fuel Co

Emmon’s Auto Body

Clearview

EquipCo

Bugsy’s

Pizza

ABBCO Service Corp

Western

Waterproofing

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St Louis Crisis Nursery

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Car Wash

Western Waterproofing

Supreme Grinding

American Vending Machines

Soulard Benton Park Health Center

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Environmental Strategy

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Structural Diagram

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Steel Tube

Gravel

Flashing

Waterproofing Membrane

Rigid Insulation

Steel Angle

Aluminum Decking

Curtain Wall

Green Roof

Concrete Paver

Wood Sleeper

Wood Flooring

Mechanical Equipment

Ceiling

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Roof DetailScale: 1’’ = 1’- 0’’ Scale: 1’’ = 1’- 0’’ Scale: 1’’ = 1’- 0’’ Scale: 1’’ = 1’- 0’’ Scale: 1’’ = 1’- 0’’

Roof Detail Roof Garden Detail Flooring Detail Foundation Detail

Details

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EDUCATION Washington University in St Louis, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts St. Louis, MO Master of Architecture | August 2009-December 2012 William A. Bernoudy Scholarship Recipient University of Virginia, School of Architecture Charlottesville, VA B.S. Architecture | August 2002-May 2006 Gates Millennium Scholar

PUBLICATIONS Contributor: Quale, John. Sustainable, affordable, prefab : the ecoMOD Project. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012.

WORK EXPERIENCE Summer Intern Hellmuth Obata Kassabaum, Washington DC Summer 2011 Ensured all changes made during the construction administration phase were revised on construction documents Participated in visits to construction site and consultant meetings Participated in Intern Design Competition Project Designer – DOD Studio RRMM Architects, Chesapeake, VA August 2007 –August 2009 Produced and coordinated construction documents according to Unified Facilities Criteria Coordinated LEED Accreditation Documents including projects certified LEED Gold and Silver Conducted field work Participated in Design Charettes

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WORK EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED) Americorp VISTA - Construction manager for Re-entry Program House Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries, Charlottesville, VA June 2006 –June 2007 Researched and completed grant applications securing over $1,000 for program funding Recruited and oversaw over 100 volunteers Compiled budget/cost estimate Acquired over $5000 in in-kind donations Construction Manager – ecoMOD 2 Studio University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Spring 2006 Researched, conducted inventory of and ordered tools and materials needed for construction process Produced cost estimate and budget for Habitat for Humanity House Ensured all students were trained in OSHA safety requirements and trained on required tools Summer Intern Burkhart, Thomas, Reed Architects, Norfolk, VA Summer 2003 Produced and filed construction documents Assisted with general office management duties

SKILLS Autodesk Autocad with Project Navigator, Revit, Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Rhinoceros.