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Sara toga Sp r i ngs, New Yo rk

Sy racuse Un i ve r s i t y, Sp r i ng 2004

0 6 c i t y o f w o n d e ru rban des ign

Ups ta te New Yo rk

Sy racuse Un i ve r s i t y, Fa l l 2005

1 0 c e n t e r f o r r e f u g e e r e s e t t l e m e n teduca t i on cen te r

Sy racuse, New Yo rk

Sy racuse Un i ve r s i t y, Fa l l 2006/Spr i ng 2007

2 0 i t a l i a n s t u d i e sske tch s tud ies ab road

Nor the r n I t a l y

Sy racuse Un i ve r s i t y F lo rence, Sp r i ng 2006

2 4 w o m e n i n d e s i g nmul t i d i sc ip l i na r y o rgan i za t i on focus i ng on women and p ro fess ion

Sy racuse, New Yo rk

Sy racuse Un i ve r s i t y, co founded w i t h Ch i Lee 2005-2007

2 8 p i t t s b u r g h s t e p sA IA P i t t sbu rgh Hono r Awa rd and v i s i on p l ann ing

P i t t sbu rgh , PA

2011-2012

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In t he Ba th o f Sa ra toga Sp r i ngs, t he i n te rp re ta t i on o f t he phys i ca l and sp i r i t ua l p rocess o f B IRTH/REB IRTH

a re cons t ruc ted t h rough the man ipu l a t i on o f f o rm and l i gh t . The r i b [ c i r cu l a t i on ] and the womb [ba th ] a re bo th

rep resen ta t i ona l and func t i ona l e l emen ts i n t ended to revea l t he p rocesses o f t he body ’s phys i ca l and sp i r i t ua l r eb i r t h .

L igh t as a na tu ra l phenomenon i s used as a means o f r e i n fo rc i ng t he symbo l i c and ma te r i a l spa t i a l qua l i t i e s. As a

rep resen ta t i ve i dea , l i gh tness and da rkness de f i ne t he bounda r i es o f pub l i c space [u rban ga rden/d r i nk i ng ha l l ] and

p r i va te space [ba th ] .

Saratoga Springs, NY

Spring 2004

Syracuse University

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A C i t y whe re peop le l i ve w i t h t he unknown, w i t h t he unexpec ted . . . a da i l y l i f e f i l l ed w i t h su rp r i se. Exp lo ra t i on o f d i f f e ren t

wo r l ds becomes an i nd i v i dua l i zed expe r i ence. The i nd i v i dua l i n t he C i t y i s i ndependen t and i n te rac t i ve, ba l anced by

t he d i f f e rence o f expe r i ences. The pe rson dec ides when to be soc i a l l y i n t e rac t i ve o r pe r sona l l y r ec l us i ve, t hey appea r,

d i sappea r and reappea r w i t h i n t he c i t y by nego t i a t i ng movemen t be tween the two wor lds. L i ke A l i ce i n Wonde r l and ,

ou r i nhab i t an t s go down i n a t r ee to a mag ica l wo r l d , a lways unexpec ted , and uncon t ro l l ed wha t a l l ows bo th fo r good

and bad i n te rac t i ons, i n a way b ru ta l , i n ano the r f an tas t i c. The i nd i v i dua l i s f o rced to c rea te re l a t i onsh ips w i t h o the r

i nd i v i dua l s. The C i t y o f Wonde r i l l u s t r a tes ne two rks and connec t i ons w i t h i n u rban l i f e and space i n t he des i r e to

p rovoke soc i a l exchange - we p ropose b reak ing down the c i t y t o t he sca le o f t he i nd i v i dua l .

Upstate, New York

Fall 2005

Collaboration with:

Sarah Buffaloe & John Romano

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h igh dens i t y l ow dens i t y

p roposed re fugee re loca t i on cen te r

A Cen te r f o r Re fugee Rese t t l emen t i s an en t r y po r t t o re fugee ’s new p l ace and i den t i t y. I t i s a cen te r t ha t i n t roduces

one to an a new l i f e s t y l e, cus toms, and cu l t u re. Upon a r r i va l t o t he i r new loca t i on , a re fugee o r asy l um seeke r i s

p l aced on a t ime schedu le des igna ted by t he po l i t i ca l s ys tem o f t he i r new coun t r y i n o rde r t o be pe rm i t t ed to s t ay i n

t he coun t r y and ga in c i t i zensh ip. These i nc l ude cu l t u ra l ad j us tmen t c l a sses to hea l t h checkups to t empora r y hous ing.

The cen te r ac t s t he hea r t o f t he i r r e l oca t i on p rocess, hous ing t hese r i t ua l i s t i c ac t i v i t i e s. A rch i t ec tu re can p l ay a v i t a l

r o l e i n t hese ac t i v i t i e s by c rea t i ng an i n tu i t i ve space tha t a i ds i n t he rese t t l emen t p rocess. The Re fugee Re loca t i on

cen te r i s a l so pa r t o f a l a rge r i n s t i t u t i ona l commun i t y o rgan i za t i on se t t i ng, whe re i t mus t accommoda te t he sma l l sca l e

needs o f t he peop le w i t h t he l a rge r sca l e needs o f t he i ns t i t u t i on .

Syracuse, New York

Fall 2006 - Spring 2007

Syracuse University

e n t e r f o r r e f u g e e r e s e t t l e m e n t

c r e a t i n g i d e n t i t y a n d p l a c eP lace i s t o be seen as a spec i f i c l oca t i ona l po in t , whe re t he cu r ren t h i s to r i e s and the cu r ren t

s i t ua t i on o f t he c i t y o f Sy racuse can beg in to re f l ec t each o the r, no t homogen i ze t he s i t ua t i on . W i t h t he i nc rease o f r e fugee and immig ran t f l ows, Sy racuse can beg in to no t on l y r ecogn i ze t he s i t ua t i on , bu t add ress i t . No t i n a way o f e ras i ng cu l t u ra l d i f f e rences and i den t i t i e s, bu t

l a ye r i ng t he h i s to r i e s and fu tu res, c rea t i ng so l i da r i t y.

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Northern Italy

Spring 2006

Syracuse University

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Women i n Des ign (W ID ) was founded i n November 2003 to p rov ide a sys tem o f ne two rk i ng and suppo r t f o r t he f ema le

members o f t he des ign commun i t y. S i nce t ha t t ime, t he g roup has expanded to i nc l ude ma le a l l i e s i n t he f i gh t aga ins t

gende r s te reo t ypes. Women i n Des ign t r anscends t he gap be tween des ign d i sc ip l i nes, bo th fo rma l and i n fo rma l

d i a l ogues, be tween s tuden t s, f acu l t y, and p ro fess iona l s. W ID s t r i ves to c rea te oppo r tun i t i e s to coun te rac t gende r

ba r r i e r s w i t h i n t he des ign f i e l d t h rough e l emen ta r y des ign p rog ram, l ec tu res, and commun i t y ne two rk i ng even t s. By

go ing ou t i n to t he commun i t y, W ID beg ins a t t ack i ng gende r s te reo t ypes t h rough des ign consc ious i n i t i a t i ves.

Syracuse, New York

Fall 2002-Spring 2007

Co-founded with Chi Lee

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Obes i t y i s a huge ep idem ic i n t he Un i t ed S ta tes, and g row ing f as t . Exe rc i se C i t y i s an a t t emp t to reve r se t he i s sue

i n P i t t sbu rgh by empower i ng exe rc i se t h rough “We l l ness S ta t i ons ” l oca ted a long P i t t sbu rgh pub l i c s t a i r cases. The

“We l l ness S ta t i ons ” i nc l ude benches con tou red to t he body wh ich op t im i ze s t r e t ch i ng and yoga pos i t i ons, as we l l a s

s t r uc tu ra l e l emen ts t ha t c rea te op t ima l s i t ua t i ons fo r s t r eng th t r a i n i ng and workou t s. Fo r t hose b i k i ng, a wa l kab le b i ke

r amp a long the r a i l i ng o f each s t a i r case ass i s t s i n expand ing b i cyc l e rou tes t h roughou t t he c i t y, espec i a l l y i n ex t r eme

h i l l y cond i t i ons. F i na l l y, one o f t he more un ique fea tu res o f Exe rc i se C i t y i s t ha t i t comp le te l y d i sengages f rom g r i d

power t h rough the use o f p i e zoe lec t r i c s t a i r s ( s t a i r s t ha t c rea te / s to re power when peop le use t hem) and so l a r powered

roo f s, coup led w i t h t he use o f l oca l and sus ta i nab le ma te r i a l s.

Pittsburgh, PA

2011 AIA Pittsburgh Young

Architects Competition

Honor Award

A I A D E S I G N P I T T S B U R G H 2 0 1 1 Y O U N G

A R C H I T E C T S S T U D I O C O M P E T I T I O N

E X E R C I S E C I T Yreducing carbon footprint one step at a time

BY K ATHRYN WALSH

p o l i s h h i l l s t e p s

V i s i on p l ann ing w i t h P i t t sbu rgh S teps Co-Op RFP.