Original Poem

 Wise Hair Kid

I shaved your beard outside
snip and snip and then buzz.
Your dense facial storm clouds are surprisingly light
in their overgrown glory.
The wind licks them up and carries them to new lands
the dandelion seeds of a man's face

or just dead cell apostrophes
or a shotty hedge trimming by Lover's Landscaping.
I can peek through the holes
to your secret brain garden party
as my pigtails flop running through the corn maze

where we meet again as children faces.

Tribal Outreach Wellness Center

Completed Spring 2010
The Rio Grande Wellness Center is a space to help relieve the people of Santa Fe, New Mexico with their mental and physical difficulties and to encourage overall good health. The building will welcome the locals to learn new skills, relax in a comfortable environment, and improve their quality of life. The building will be designed in respect to the landscape using sustainable methods, materials and systems to also give back to the environment. The design will consider and conserve costs in regards to materials, systems and energy consumption.

The concept is the generational evolution of the pueblo dwelling. This people began their lives in caves at the base of the surrounding cliffs and then moved above land to adobe multistory complexes made out of baked clay bricks, which still stand after dozens of generations. They have gradually modernized over the eras by using more technologies and variety of skills and building materials, but have held onto the traditional structure of their cultural homes. They have kept a harmonious relationship with the earth in tact using variety and repetition of shape to fit new landscape, yet maintain unity. They derive relative size, texture, and color to compliment the Rio Grande and contrast to draw attention to architectural openings. This relationship that they have fostered throughout history will connect the community with past and future generations of the culture and enhance rejuvenation in the Rio Grande Tribal Outreach center.

Little Sister Records Studio Office Design

Completed Spring 2010 
This was a conceptual project focused on specification documenting for office systems. I selected furniture from the Patterns and Compose systems by Haworth. I completed a table document ready to be sent out for order with approximate total price with a key, legend, and an image to aid in visual comprehension.




 

Cultural Condominium Design

Completed Fall 2010

The focus of this project was to  connect two stacked condominiums in order to accommodate for a new member of the family to move in. We were instructed to choose a culture whose customs we were not familiar with.

First Floor Plan

Scale: 1/4"=1'-0"

Second Floor Plan
Scale: 1/4"=1'-0"

Dermatology Office Design

Completed Fall 2009

The Concept is the Action of Going In and Out.

It originated from the painting "One" by Alex Grey, which illustrates a person looking into their own being to discover truth and oneness of their body, mind and soul. To be content in life, a person must accept and love all parts of themselves; a dermatologist has the power to help people do this. They change the outside appearance of a person, but not without affecting their inner being as well. This motion of in and out comes to life in my design through the principles of gradation and repetition, while using the elements of line, shape, size, and value. The space will prompt both inner and outer healing at Quartz Dermatology.

Bubble diagram planning to visualize adjacencies.

Place the bubbles inside the space, staying true to adjacencies.

Spaces are more realistically shaped.

Floor Plan with applied Flooring Texture

Reflected Ceiling Plan

Rendered Floor Plan

Rendered RCP

Construction Document Set

Completed Fall 2010

Retail Kiosk Design

Completed Spring 2010

The Concept of The Under Stand kiosk is the versatility of the hemp plant. 

This flowering herb can be used to make many of the things that humans need to live and function daily, in lieu of petroleum based products, which are harmful to the environment. Hemp fills the space not only through the products, but the structure as well, which is reminiscent of the spreading of the leaves from the middle stem. Texture, variation and shape emit the aura of the seed. The Under Stand will educate shoppers about sustainable alternatives and show how they can improve the future of our world. 

The focus of this project was to design a kiosk and create renderings using 3Ds Max.