MCG ARCHITECTURE

OCTOBER 2010-JULY 2015

As a project manager in a studio currently focused on grocery stores and small shops development, I am involved in all phases of the design process from schematic design, through construction documents, and throughout construction administration.  

The following images document our work on a 100,000 square feet grocery store from facade design development, then construction documents and detailing, and through completion.

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

FALL 2009-SPRING 2010

LOCATION: GREENVILLE, SC

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

CLEMSON ARCHITECTURE CENTER IN CHARLESTON

FALL 2008

COLLABORATIVE STUDIO PROJECT WITH 13 CAC.C STUDENTS

LOCATION: NORTH CHARLESTON, SC

Designing an intermodal facility for the city of North Charleston, SC meant examining the importance of civic architecture for a city looking to create its own identity. This design studio was tasked with designing the master plan for the North Charleston Regional Intermodal Center.  The facility is to service as both a transit hub and city center, providing housing, office, and retail opportunities to the residents and commuters of the greater Charleston region. Our studio met with the City of North Charleston to determine the program and design goals of the facility, them completed extensive site studies and precedent analysis to drive the design process. We then outlined a set of design principles based off of our research, which we used to design three master plans. 

CLEMSON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

FALL 2009

2ND PLACE STUDENT PRIZE

WITH PARTNER AMY LEONG

LOCATION: SAN ANTONIO, TX

The chapel is characterized by a clearly ordered plan with a revelation of lighting within, through strong concrete forms and moments of reveal.  The program is divided into three main bars: the sanitary, the side chapels and sacristies, and the restrooms and administration.  The fourth bar of the narthex unites the three bars, in which the three main volumes are easily discernible and accessible.

Three gardens result from the placement of the three bars.  Th larger Fellowship Garden is accessed from the narthex and sanctuary and serves as a social gathering spaces.  It is bound by a series of rammed earth walls, reminiscent of the mission style architecture found in San Antonio.  Off of this space, a smaller Contemplation Garden overlooks the large reflection pin, which surrounds the sanctuary.  The third garden is located between the administration wing and the healthcare facility. 

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

CLEMSON ARCHITECTURE CENTER IN CHARLESTON

SPRING 2009

COLLABORATIVE STUDIO PROJECT WITH 13 CAC.C STUDENTS

LOCATION: OKURASE, GHANA

Project Okurase is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create a model sustainable center that will improve the economics, education, and welfare of the village. Dr. Cindy Swenson of MUSC came to the CAC.C with a program for 16 buildings that she and Samuel "Powerful" Yeboah, the project director in Okurase, had created.  The goal of this vertical design studio was to craft that program into a settlement woven together on several levels.  The 16 building facility, called the Nkabom Centre, will provide education and job training opportunities in an effort to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in Ghana. In addition to providing these education opportunities, the Centre will provide medical care, clean drinking water and bath facilities, and homes and communities for children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Way Forward Homes.

Since the completion of our semester at the CAC.C, we have been i touch with our project architect in Ghana and assisted in the permitting process.  The Centre is currently under construction. 

"True craftsmanship is more than a set of skills; it is a whole approach, state of mind, and mode of engagement with the activity of making."

-Robert Miller, Former Director of Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston

IMAGE 1: EXTERIOR RENDERING OF NEW MEXICO RESIDENCE

IMAGE 2: INTERIOR RENDERING OF NEW MEXICO RESIDENCE

IMAGE 3: GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART HAND DRAWING

IMAGE 4: FALLINGWATER SKETCH

IMAGE 5: BRICOLAGE BOXES

IMAGE 6: BRICOLAGE BOXES

IMAGE 7: BRICOLAGE BOXES

IMAGE 8: BRICOLAGE BOXES

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

KNOWLTON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

4TH PLACE IN DENMAN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FORUM: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY

SPRING 2008

LOCATION: AKRON, OH

Can neighborhood revitalization provide both low-income, native residents with innovative, architecturally appealing housing alternatives while also creating viable options for a middle-class wave of residents on the move?  Highland Square has seen a recent phase of neighborhood revitalization that had proved more consequential than beneficial.  The recent closure of local restaurants and the failure to lease commercial space has resulted in a loss of services in the community. This project aimed to create a urban design proposal that would increase the density of the neighborhood by providing viable housing options for residents with a range of incomes, while integrating public services. The goal was to examine and redesign housing typologies as they are relevant to the site while applying principles of urban design as well as principles already set forth by the Highland Square Development Association. 

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

KNOWLTON SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

SPRING 2007

LOCATION: ASCOLI PICENO & ROME, ITALY

The Italy Abroad Program at The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture is based in Rome, begins with a two week design charette in Ascoli Piceno in conjunction with architecture students at the University of Camerino, and encourages travel throughout the country. The design charette at the University of Camerino, named "Publi-City," is an on-going collaboration between OSU and UNICAM that focuses on the role of public space within architecture.  Groups of students from OSU were paired with students from UNICAM to design a master plan for an airport in the Marche region, near the Tronto River Valley.  The goal of our design was to bridge the gap between the airport and city center and establish a more connected urban fabric.