Posts Tagged 'Architecture'

USGBC HEADQUARTERS

Undergraduate Competition
Winner Houston Region
Summer 2008
4 weeks

500 FANNIN: A Conceptual Study for USGBC Houston Headquarters
At the heart of downtown stands a gem of Houston architecture that has remained vacant for the past two decades. The building …

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USGBC HEADQUARTERS

Undergraduate Competition
Winner Houston Region
Summer 2008
4 weeks

500 FANNIN: A Conceptual Study for USGBC Houston Headquarters
At the heart of downtown stands a gem of Houston architecture that has remained vacant for the past two decades. The building …

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SYSTEM FOR LIVING

Undergraduate work +

Spring 2008

14 weeks

profs: sam jacoby, monia de marchi

AA School of Architecture

 

 

The house as an architectural form and symbol is the one artifice where private worlds and public domains converge. Like all …

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SYSTEM FOR LIVING

Undergraduate work +

Spring 2008

14 weeks

profs: sam jacoby, monia de marchi

AA School of Architecture

 

 

The house as an architectural form and symbol is the one artifice where private worlds and public domains converge. Like all …

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FROZEN MUSIC

Undergraduate work +
4 weeks
Spring 2008
profs: toni kotnik, eugine han
AA School of Architecture

 

“I call architecture frozen music.”

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

Music can have profound emotional effects on their listeners. People have often …

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FROZEN MUSIC

Undergraduate work +
4 weeks
Spring 2008
profs: toni kotnik, eugine han
AA School of Architecture

 

“I call architecture frozen music.”

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

Music can have profound emotional effects on their listeners. People have often …

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POST VISIT: LA TOURETTE

The approach to La Tourette is very interesting and different than that of Ronchamp. With Ronchamp, you see the chapel first from far away perched up on the hill. You then loose the sight of it as you approach the …

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POST VISIT: LA TOURETTE

The approach to La Tourette is very interesting and different than that of Ronchamp. With Ronchamp, you see the chapel first from far away perched up on the hill. You then loose the sight of it as you approach the …

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E-FAB PAVILION

Undergraduate Work

Undergraduate Work
10 weeks
Fall 2007
Prof: Santiago Perez
Collaborators: Life Robinson, Fizza Hasan
University of Houston

 

As a semester long exploration of fabrication at the 1:1 scale, the 13 student efab studio was dispersed into 5 …

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E-FAB PAVILION

Undergraduate Work

Undergraduate Work
10 weeks
Fall 2007
Prof: Santiago Perez
Collaborators: Life Robinson, Fizza Hasan
University of Houston

 

As a semester long exploration of fabrication at the 1:1 scale, the 13 student efab studio was dispersed into 5 …

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ANTICIPATION

Undergraduate Work
10-weeks
Autumn 2006
Prof: Tom Diehl
University of Houston

 

“the racing driver’s mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation with the speed the car goes.”

– emerson fittipaldi

 

Anticipation becomes a primary factor …

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ANTICIPATION

Undergraduate Work
10-weeks
Autumn 2006
Prof: Tom Diehl
University of Houston

 

“the racing driver’s mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation with the speed the car goes.”

– emerson fittipaldi

 

Anticipation becomes a primary factor …

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SAILBOAT MUSEUM

Undergraduate Work
1 week competition
2nd place winner
Autumn 2006
Prof: Tom Diehl
University of Houston

 

The entire 4th year class of undergraduate students participated in a one-week charrette to design a sailboat museum along the American East coast. …

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SAILBOAT MUSEUM

Undergraduate Work
1 week competition
2nd place winner
Autumn 2006
Prof: Tom Diehl
University of Houston

 

The entire 4th year class of undergraduate students participated in a one-week charrette to design a sailboat museum along the American East coast. …

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LIVING… LEARNING… MUMBAI

Undergraduate Work
12 weeks
Spring 2006
Prof: William Truitt
University of Houston

 

Design living space combined with permanent exhibition and classroom space for open public use within context of Mumbai. The project became a creation of synthesized clusters of …

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LIVING… LEARNING… MUMBAI

Undergraduate Work
12 weeks
Spring 2006
Prof: William Truitt
University of Houston

 

Design living space combined with permanent exhibition and classroom space for open public use within context of Mumbai. The project became a creation of synthesized clusters of …

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BIG ASS BEAM PROJECT

Undergraduate Work

Fall 2005
11 weeks
Prof: William Truitt
University of Houston

 

Create an AIA Center for Houston to include exhibition, office and auditorium. Address threshold, hierarchy of actions, sequence of spaces and a big ass beam. Initial research …

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BIG ASS BEAM PROJECT

Undergraduate Work

Fall 2005
11 weeks
Prof: William Truitt
University of Houston

 

Create an AIA Center for Houston to include exhibition, office and auditorium. Address threshold, hierarchy of actions, sequence of spaces and a big ass beam. Initial research …

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SECOND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIO

Undergraduate
Fall 2004 / Spring 2005
Prof: Duke Fleshman
University of Houston

 

The Second Year Studio program continued investigations of architecture, this time in a design environment rather than analysis. Structure, view, light and modulation are explored.

Study of …

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SECOND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIO

Undergraduate
Fall 2004 / Spring 2005
Prof: Duke Fleshman
University of Houston

 

The Second Year Studio program continued investigations of architecture, this time in a design environment rather than analysis. Structure, view, light and modulation are explored.

Study of …

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