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While studying urban design in Copenhagen, I was introduced to what makes a working public space. With an entirely different methodology than what can be seen here in the United States, I was challenged to create a space that relates at a human scale and fosters interaction while ditching the automotive driven city. The project became a study/design experience in a newer sector of Copenhagen known as Island Brygge. The process was cultivated by several colleagues from Gehl Architects, the Danish fi rm grounded on the examination and creation of cities based around people rather than buildings and roads.

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The project began with an analysis of the barren site sandwiched be-tween silos from the soy industry that once inhabited the site Now these buildings are being reused as towering residential buildings turning their back to the human at ground level. One of the biggest challenges became negotiating the mega scale of these structures. To create a comfortable human scale the space was fragmented into small hubs dictated by programming that became less rigid as it broke outwards toward the harbor.

We were then asked to focus on a smaller portion of the site to create a “talkscape” that would be a hub where people would go to social-ize. The design took the fragmented spaces of my previous work and broke them into several fi re pits that would offer an intimate outdoor gathering place. The space would also negotiate the height between the dock and the water connecting users with the harbor.

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Date: Spring, 2009Media: AutoCAD/Photoshop/

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Compressed in the woods on Miami University’s Western Campus, Cradle pa-vilion was designed to serve as a retreat for students to meet and socialize while immersing themselves within nature. The shelter will be self-sustaining while creating an intimate level of interaction between students and their sur-roundings reaching out into the preserved forest on the campus.

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Date: Fall, 2007Media: Hand/Photoshop/modelContribution: Design/Sketchesseen/ Drawings/Photoshop

Protecting users from the southern sun and surround-ing street, the shelter will blur the line between interi-or and exterior space with several levels of adaptability including the control of natural ventilation and shading. The pavilion will allow for a unique experience during every use with numerous layers of operation manipu-lated by the user. Additionally, the use of local and natural materials the pavilion will make as little impact on the site as possible.

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Located on the outskir ts of Cincinnati, Clifton has become locally known for its rich cul-ture and historical street front. The town is in need of a library to fur ther engage the expansive diversity of the community. With only few local public hubs, the program for the 20,000 square foot library will not only serve as a place of borrowing books, but also a community center with multipurpose rooms, educational facilities, and a exterior terraces to view the historical skyline of the Queen City.

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To adapt to the needs of the growing city an interlac-ing technique was adopted from early models to create the exterior skeleton of the library. Beginning with small sculptural studies of connection techniques, the idea was transformed to take the continuous facade of the com-mercial district of the town and rotate to allow an under-flow entrance to the facility.

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From the entrance of the library users slowly proceed through the space in upward winding slopes to different sections with the continuation of the strands visible on the interior as well as the exte-rior of the space. The strands act as structural cross bracing for the skin of the building wrapping continuously to form a rigid structure tying into the foundation. The staggered interior fl oor planes are supported by an independent column structure that is free from the exterior skin.

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From the entrance of the library users slowly proceed through the space in upward winding slopes to different sections with the continuation of the strands visible on the interior as well as the exte-rior of the space. The strands act as structural cross bracing for the skin of the building wrapping continuously to form a rigid structure tying into the foundation. The staggered interior fl oor planes are supported by an independent column structure that is free from the exterior skin.

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A group project beginning with an in-depth examination of Frank Lloyd and his Froebel spatial stud-ies, the studio pursued opportunities to expand and enhance the site of Springfi eld, Ohio’s Westcott House. The recently renovated residence is Frank Lloyd Wright’s only Prairie style house in Ohio. With a committee looking to expand the site onto several neighboring acres, the hope is to create an international destination modeled after other Wright sites. Including a conference center, in addi-tion to student housing and educational facilities, they expect to expand in phases of construction.

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As a group we fi rst analyzed the existing building and site of The Westcott House that had recently been remod-eled to its original design after deteriorating for the second half of the twentieth century. This included sketches of the site and initial design ideas that would be later developed into an overall site plan to accommodate the ex-tensive program that the committee planned to develop over time. One of our early goals was to adopt Wright’s style of procession to the house through the site by employing layers of walls and barriers to reveal the house through compression and retraction.

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Date: Fall, 2008Media: Hand/Photoshop/AutoCAD/IllustratorContribution: Full design/Montaging of Perspectives/Process done together

After examining the predominate warp and woof lines of the site, we developed a site weaving to determine existing strengths and conditions. From here an overall concept based upon a clus-ter interpretation of a Froebel block manipulation was developed into a separate paper weavings. With the layering of these different ideas a patchwork for the site was developed through several studies. Not only was this tied to previous manipulations, but also to the tapestry that is so evident in the rural areas of the Midwest. This patchwork would then be executed through the manipulation of the landscape and buildings on the site that could be easily added to over time.

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A design build project, Miami University’s Berlin Wall Studio worked as a full studio group with twelve students with the goal of creating an on campus memorial for the twentieth anniversary of The Fall of the Wall. With a generous eight thousand dollar donation from Miami’s Havinghurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, we were challenged to work as a cabal and create a single design that would encompass the scope of the wall’s four decades of infl uence. The unique process began with research as to what the wall really signifi ed leading to numerous schematic designs. I took the position as a group leader focusing on combining my own and several other designs into a project that could be realized and wouldn’t become over diluted with different meanings. The fi nal design held concrete characteristics to portray the meaning of the wall with individual panels that grew, solidifi ed, and later begins to split and disassemble. Finally it falls with the overtak-ing of the more abstracted people that were early restrained by the wall structure, but are fi nally able to overtake it as it begins to fall.

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After the design was fully realized, the proposition had to be presented to the University’s Campus Planning Committee for the construction permit. Once this was completed, construction began in the wood shop and continued over a three-week period beginning in October until early November. The installation was fi nished for the actual period of the fall of the wall from November 9 through December 1, 2009. During this period it took on individual expression from the students of the University with a panel design competition and openness to graffi ti.

Date: Fall, 2009Media: Design build constructed of wood with fabric detailsContribution: Sketches seen, Schematic design, detailed design of

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In cooperation with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, the Miami University Falling Wa-ter Studio was assigned to come up with propositions for adapting one of the Conservancy’s neglected buildings to be used as an educational facility on the site of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. The process was fi rst assessed with a series of drawings to be submitted to the Historical American Building Survey that detailed the existing schoolhouse that dates from the early twentieth century, followed by fi eld studies extending from a detailed analysis of Falling-water to a town meeting to understand the community’s feelings of the historical structure on the site.

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My proposition, The Hem at Bear Run, was designed to serve as a much needed tie from Bohlin Cywinski & Jackson’s Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Barn to Frank Lloydwright’s Falling Water. The sites would be linked through a series of paths stitched together by independent education facilities dispersed out-ward from the schoolhouse. These adaptable class-rooms and adjoining walls expand out in a pinnacle from the hearth framing views and creating niches for education along with exploration.

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Date: Fall, 2008Media: Photoshop/SketchUp/

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Constructed from reclaimed materials with low impact on the landscape, the classroom and wall pairs are designed to be con-structed in phases that will not only allow the units to be built at different times, but also evolve individually. Initially these pairs will begin as outdoor classrooms with the wall as educational backdrop eventually turning into full enclosures with multiple uses. This will not only accommodate the incremental budget of the nonprofi t, but will make each space unique, engaging the user subtle or drastic changes between each classroom.

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A t t e n d M a s t e r s P r o g r a m t o b e c o m e a n a c c r e d i t e d a r c h i t e c t .

M i a m i U n i v e r s i t y , O x f o r d , O h i oCurrent ly in 3rd year UndergraduateAnt ic ipated graduat ion date - May 2010Major : ArchitectureMinor: EntrepreneurshipWith a GPA of 3 .72 on a 4 .0 sca le

D a n i s h I n s t i t u t e F o r S t u d y A b r o a d , C o p e n h a g e n , D e n m a r kArchitecture focusSpr ing 2009

L i b e r t y H i g h S c h o o l , Y o u n g s t o w n , O h i oGraduate- May, 2006

G H A F A R I A s s o c i a t e s , C h i c a g o , I LArchitecture InternMay-August 2008Part ic ipated in severa l large projects as a team member and problem solverInc luded in schemat ic des ign & development of construct ion documentsSoftware used: Auto Cad, Photoshop, I l lustrator , & Revit

F a l l i n g w a t e r , B e a r r u n , P AArchitecture Educat ion InternJune 2009 - February 2010UNESCO World Heritage Drawings of 10 Frank L loyd Wright bui ld ings Redevelopment of century old school house on Fa l l ingwater s i teCata log of bui ld ings Software used: Auto Cad, Photoshop, I l lustrator , & InDesign

Auto CAD, Form Z, SketchUp, Adobe Creat ive Suite , Revit , model ing ,dra f t ing , and hand render ing

U n d e r g r a d u a t e A s s i s t a n tHistory & Phi losophy of Env ironmenta l des ign , Arc 221Fal l semester 2008Ass istant in Class , grader of projects and tests

W a l t e r C . P f e i f f e r A r c h i t e c t u r e S c h o l a r s h i pAwarded May, 2009Awarded by Miami Univers i ty Department of Architecture and Inter ior Design

R u t h E . N e w l a n d S c h o l a r s h i p , Awarded December, 2006Awarded by Miami Univers i ty Department of Architecture and Inter ior Design

Cara Armstrong, Curator of Educat ion at Fa l l ingwater312.984.####, CArmstrong@PaConserve.org

John Reynolds , Professor at Miami Univers i ty513.529.7058 , Reynol jm@MUOhio.edu

Steve Santucc i , Architect at GHAFARI312.857.2193, Santucc i@GHAFARI .com

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