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Inspirational Projects
Thematic Design in Action
Campus Restaurant, Ditzingen by Barkow Leibinger
What it's About
This facility uses a precisely CNC milled wooden cell structure with a more traditional metal frame to provide an
expansive and open dining hall for large gatherings of people. The structural wooden cells serve multiple purposes by acting as structural supports, acoustical dampers, and artificial lighting assets.
Why it matters
Wood is a dynamic building material which allows for both aesthetic beauty and functional value. How can new digital
fabrication processes provide novel opportunities for buildings of the future?
Magic Shed & Diamond Cloud by 4RM+ULA
What it's About
This firm, which specializes in Post-Industrial community renewal, uses design to create urban infill projects which foster
social engagement. This gathering space brings functional art into an underutilized plot of land, and provides a new
venue for the visual and performing art scene of this community.
Why it matters
Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana is very much a part of the Rust Belt of Midwestern America. As the prosperous
industries of the past fade to memory, designers must explore new ways of reactivating these once bustling social centers.
Vista Tower by Studio Gang
What it's about
This project destined for the historic Chicago Skyline and will be the third tallest skyscraper when completed. This elegant glass building will be LEED silver certified, and its footprint will help connect Lakeshore East with the rest of downtown.
Why it matters
During my internship in Chicago, I fell in love with the urban environment created by masterful architects over the last two centuries. I am very interested in working in this city again and hopefully contributing my design philosophy to this famous American destination.
Hotel Paris by Kengo Kuma and Associates
What it's about
This project celebrates an interesting dynamic wooden structure intertwined with Biophilic elements like green terraces. Bringing nature deep into the urban environment of Paris, this hotel will dazzle will still functioning as an example of effective green design.
Why it matters
Sustainable design is becoming the new norm in architecture, but projects often deviate in terms of their outreaching potential. Wood is a tremendously sustainable resource, and advancements in wood layering techniques offer a wide list of possibilities for future applications. I hope to be more involved with wood design solutions in my future career.
Reusing historic structures from a bygone manufacturing era allows creates a striking opportunity for cost saving while
still providing substantial design. Indiana and other Rust Belt states have many structures that are constrained by
similar challenges as global markets shift. How can these regions promote the adaptation of old facilities to
reinvigorate structures and turn identifiable liabilities into assets of the future?
Google, Spruce Goose by ZGF
What it's about
This project preserves a historic wooden hanger while transforming its interior space into an expansive open office.
Various amenities for employees stack vertically in the central open volumes which retain a material palette that's
respective of the natural feel present in the wooden superstructure
Why it matters
LUUM Temple by Co-Lab
What it's about
This nature retreat uses knowledge of traditional building practices associated with bamboo along with new
parametric modeling tools to create a destination very much connected to nature.
Why it matters
Bamboo grows incredibly fast and has a high strength to weight ratio. When combined with paramteric modeling tools,
bamboo can make complex structural networks that can compose incredible dramatic forms. A sustainable future will
undoubedly contain many structures made of this magnifiscent material.
Carbon Fiber Weave by University of Stuttgart
This experimental installation uses a light weight carbon fiber weave around a core metal structure to create a daring cantilever boasting a truly futuristic form.
Why it matters
What it's about
I discussed in my interests for design the concept of the Space elevator. Daring futuristic structures like the elevator would require super strong lightweight materials not yet invented. How can material science allow for new dramatic structures in the built environment?
Plug + Dwell by Framlab
What it's about
These adaptable pre-manufactured living modules use adaptable construction methods to allow for different
living assemblies to form in the shell of older structures. These living units would benefit from an integrated project
delivery approach that brings design and construction together to deliver a product respective of urban housing concerns.
Why it matters
Creating responsive and adaptable spaces for people searching for effective housing solutions in dense urban environments allows for more opportunity. How can designs like this reinvigorate brownfield super structures whos
confines could contain adaptable modular spaces?
Carbon Fiber Weave by University of Stuttgart
Plug & Dwell by Framlab
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