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PEDAGOGY AND PLACE: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

The University of Houston was founded in 1927 as a commuter school for the working class student. Its humble beginnings were proliferated at the closing of the Second World War and subsequent GI Bill. The university grew from the original…
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PEDAGOGY AND PLACE: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

The University of Houston was founded in 1927 as a commuter school for the working class student. Its humble beginnings were proliferated at the closing of the Second World War and subsequent GI Bill. The university grew from the original…
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CASTIGLION FIORENTINO

In 2006 I spent the summer in a small town in Italy called Castiglion Fiorentino as part of my undergraduate architecture program. A studio of us spent the semester at the Santa Chiara Study Center, using it as a base …

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CASTIGLION FIORENTINO

In 2006 I spent the summer in a small town in Italy called Castiglion Fiorentino as part of my undergraduate architecture program. A studio of us spent the semester at the Santa Chiara Study Center, using it as a base …

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AN EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE

I am very interested in experiences. Be it art, architecture, music or literature. I am most engaged into something when I feel as though I experience it. The architecture college in which I studied fascinated me. Most people were not …

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AN EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE

I am very interested in experiences. Be it art, architecture, music or literature. I am most engaged into something when I feel as though I experience it. The architecture college in which I studied fascinated me. Most people were not …

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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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MAIN STREET LIBRARY

Undergraduate Work
Spring 2007
13 Weeks
Prof: Donna Kacmar
University of Houston

 

CONNECTION:

a relationship in which an idea is associated with something else

connecting the city
connecting the users
connecting the information

program: develop a cultural center for …

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MAIN STREET LIBRARY

Undergraduate Work
Spring 2007
13 Weeks
Prof: Donna Kacmar
University of Houston

 

CONNECTION:

a relationship in which an idea is associated with something else

connecting the city
connecting the users
connecting the information

program: develop a cultural center for …

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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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