Winter Final Review
This Wednesday’s review went very well. One of the reviewers told me that I had made significant progress with the urban design of the Lloyd District and believes the direction taken was very interesting. It has taken me a very long time to get to this point in the design process and I was very […]
Interaction with Nature
Regional Concerns
Integration with Nature
Winter Midterm Review
After the review, I found that I needed to make the urban redesign of the Lloyd District more compelling, in order to even get critiqued on my building design. Thus as my next steps, I need to figure out how to integrate nature and the city better. I now have the idea of creating […]
The Expressive Potential of Steel – A Study in Material
The graduate students in this thesis studio were tasked with examining a material in depth and reporting on its design properties. I’ve been inspired lately by Victorian era greenhouses and conservatories like the one I grew up with in Pittsburgh, Phipp’s Conservatory. Because of this I researched steel and some of the structures that made […]
Scheming Review 8 | 10
Friday Jan. 28th – 3 scheme review We just pinned-up for a preliminary scheme review. The goal was to have this help us develop a direction to progress for the term. Three concept ideas were outlined for the pin-up. My three ideas were investigated based on my studies of the phasing of four steps to […]
Assignment-2: Site Design Schemes
Below are my current site design schemes that were presented on Friday the 25th. There are 2 schemes in particular. If you click on the photo you will be directed to more information on that scheme. Feedback overall of each scheme was very insightful. Looking into connection of my scheme, park and program to […]
Updated Pitch
Updated Pitch
This pitch was used in my last design review and contains all up to date information on my research.
Concept Review Notes
I found the review to be really helpful at this stage in the term because by the end of the third week we have just gotten to the building scale, and the choices made now will have many implications down the line. The most prevalent comment that I heard was in addressing the urban scale. […]
Site Plan Review Postmortem
This past Friday, January 25th 2013, our thesis studio had a pinup with outside reviewers; a great mix of architects and landscape architects. Often at a review the most helpful advice you get isn’t what is directed to your own work but something you hear during the review of someone else’s. Sebastian Giverneau, who is […]
New Direction, Same Purpose.
Program & Review Following the review we had last Friday I received positive feedback on the school proposal accompanied by questions and concerns over how a school would share the same footprint as a high rise, high density, housing facility. One of the biggest factors in question (among several others) was the issue of safety […]