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Urban Courthouse

Corporate Office Park

Ecuador

Models

Mixed-Use Urban Block

Live Work Center

London

Design/Build

Nature Center

Sustainable Housing

China

Photography

Art Museum Pavilion

Urban Park

Housing & Commercial Development

Undergraduate work

Graduate work

International experience

Design Interests

2About

Architecture has been a passion of mine since I was young. My architectural educa-tion has developed my understanding and appreciation of design and architecture throughout the world. The ability to design something and see it built in the world excites me. My goal is to be a licensed architect and design the world around us.

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University of Nebraska Lincoln Sustainable Village Design

University of Nebraska Lincoln

Sigma Tau Delta Honor SocietyPeer MentorStudent AmbassadorPresident - U.S. Green Builders CouncilStudent Advisory BoardChancellors Leadership Class

Rhinoceros 3DAutodesk RevitAuto CADAdobe Creative SuiteGIS (ArcMap 10.3)

University of Nebraska LincolnLondon Study Abroad

Extreme Water Sports

University of Missouri Columbia

Sustainable Urbanism

Menards

Masters - ArchitectureGalapagos Islands, Ecuador

Teaching Assistant

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Undergraduate - ArchitectureLondon, England

Operations Manager (2013-2016)

Undergraduate - Premed

China

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Cumulative GPA: 3.82

Cumulative GPA: 3.75

ResumeEducation International Experience

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Mixed-Use Urban BlockNature CenterArt Museum PavilionHousing & Commercial Development

Undergraduate work

6This urban block was designed to be mixed use and integrate on site parking, retail, and modular residential units. The primary tar-get for the project was student housing. The project was designed with six individual tow-ers in order to provide variety to the owner. Each residential tower is capable of convert-ing between a hotel, student housing, and apartments with a community space on second fl oor.

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Mixed-Use Urban Block

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8The design for Prairie Pines Nature Center was to encourage visitors to go outdoors and wander through the site. The design created views from the nature center to the surrounding area to view a natural prai-rie and a wetlands. Visual paths were sculpted through the forest, which provided a view from the great hall directly to these places throughout the site.

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This pavilion is de-signed to create a focal point for the sculpture garden at the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. The pavilion provides access on multiple levels and provides shade, seating, and a place for events. The multiple levels would provide a variety of spaces for visitors to sit and enjoy the sculp-ture garden as well as provide multiple op-portunities for circula-tion throughout.

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Art Museum Pavilion

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South Sioux City, NE was rapidly expand-ing because of new businesses locating nearby, the need for middle to high in-come homes was ris-ing. The proposed de-velopment provided space for 400 homes in a variety of price ranges. The adjoining commercial district became the center piece and connect-ed the residential and park system which fl owed throughout.

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The design is for an urban courthouse in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. The design was led by the views each user would have to the outside over looking downtown Lincoln. Users would have a different view and circulation path through each level throughout the build-ing.The project focused on creating high qual-ity hand crafted mod-els and designing drawings and images for presentation.

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Urban Courthouse

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Live Work Center

Sustainable HousingUrban Park

Graduate work

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As Chinas urban cities continue to grow rap-idly there is becoming an increased need for housing in the city. This project proposed developing schools, housing, and com-mercial into an urban block in Shouguang China. The project provided 1,000 afford-able housing units with the opportunity for all daily needs to be met on site. The site was designed to be Net-Zero for water and electricity.

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Sustainable Housing

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The Urban Park was a continuation of the housing project in Shouguang China. The park was designed to be a linking piece be-tween the affordable housing, market rate housing, and schools. The park provides rec-reation space, small commercial, a living machine for water fi l-tration, a lake, and a small mountain. The park design focused around several exist-ing relics on site includ-ing a large grain silo and concrete arches.

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The live-work center is an urban infi ll and multi-use project in the city of London. The building provided a public social space on the lower fl oors , small/start up business space on the middle fl oors and a residential space on the upper fl oors. The project was divided into public and private space for each function which was separated by a central core which also served as the atri-um into the building.

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This project began by taking an in-depth look at the typology of Mat (waffl e) offi ce buildings. The study looked at what made them successful, what qualities they could provide, and their potential uses as an offi ce building. The proposed prototype is a corporate offi ce park. It is intended to be a single headquar-ters for a business, but could be subdivided into multiple offi ces with various leasing depths and square footage.

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EcuadorLondonChina

International experience

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The experience be-gan by learning about the culture in Quito. Once on the Gala-pagos Islands our group worked with a small community to develop plans for a local park. The park was master planned and specifi c elements were designed using materials and build-ing capabilities on the island. All presen-tations and meetings involved the commu-nity and were given in Spanish.

Ecuador-Sustainable Village Based DesignQuito, EcuadorPuerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands

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The London Study Abroad was a se-mester long experi-ence which allowed one to be immersed in the culture. The program included a large amount of travel which provided the opportunity to experi-ence many different cultures and visit many historical and famous architectural sites. Studio classes were taught throughout the city and included cri-tiques and feedback from architectural fi rms in London.

United Kingdom-London Study AbroadLondon, United KingdomPrague, Czech RepublicBerlin, GermanyBarcelona, SpainParis, FranceDublin, IrelandRome, ItalyMilan, ItalyAthens, GreeceLisbon, PortugalCopenhagen, DenmarkAntalya, TurkeyIstanbul, TurkeyBudapest, HungaryDubai, United Arab Emirates

Time Clock, Prague, Czech Republic RER Train Stops, Paris France

Photo Essay

Mapping Exercise, Barcelona Spain Kings Cross Subway Station Diagram

London Skyline

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The China Sustain-able Urbanism study abroad was part of a studio experience which continued once back in the U.S. Visiting China provid-ed the opportunity to experience the cul-ture, building styles, transportation, life style, and food. The experience allowed us to understand how and why China oper-ates in a different way than the United States.

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China-Sustainable Urbanism

Advertisement, Hong Kong Yu Garden, Shanghai

Forbidden City, BeijingNational Stadium/Birds Nest

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ModelsDesign/BuildPhotography

Design Interests

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One of my interests throughout my archi-tecture degree has been building scale models. Models give a project a sense of being built and rep-resent a project in a way that drawings on paper can not always achieve.

The Lincoln Racquet Club was looking to expand their facilities and needed a model to show patrons their plans for the expan-sion.

Models

This model was built as a studio project and was a proposed expansion for campus housing while pro-viding a connection to ex-isting buildings.

This model was built for Ar-chitect Peter Hind in order to provide a visual propos-al for a new home East of Lincoln.

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A boat rental compa-ny at Lake Okoboji, IA was looking to invest in a new rental boat for their customers. In-stead of buying new, one of the existing boats was re-built. The boat was designed with the clients in mind providing maximum capacity for rentals, easy cleaning abilities, and a modular design which provides easy opportunity to repair or replace parts when damaged. The reno-vation fi nished within budget and required time frame.

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Existing Boat before renovation. The in-terior and exterior had been heavily damaged.

The existing console was re-purposed for the new boat. Each piece was painted and new switches and dials were in-stalled to accom-modate new tech-nology

The existing struc-ture was upgraded in order to accom-modate a heavier motor . The stern was also extended to create a swim deck.

The interior allows for 16 persons to be seated comfort-ably and provides a multi-channel speaker system and lighting package

The new fl ooring was marine grade plywood with vinyl decking which al-lows it to withstand the marine envi-ronment and be cleaned easily.

The exterior graph-ics were designed and printed on the inside of poly carbonate panels which provides long term durability and UV resistance.

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While traveling on study abroad trips my passion for photog-raphy has continued to grow. My goal is to capture the urban environments and na-ture at night. The early evening allows one to capture the city in a transition from day light to artifi cial light-ing at night. Each city provides a different atmosphere whether it is street lighting, lit buildings, or an active water front.

London Eye, London UK

Port Vell, Barcelona Spain

Photography

Dubai Marina, Dubai U.A.E.

Burj Al Arab, Dubai U.A.E. Tianjin River Front, Tianjin China

Pudong Skyline, Shanghai China

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