first three

ive been going to architecture school for a full year now and i know for certain that this is the career for me. architecture challenges me to be creative and yet realistic with elements in the always changing built environment. whether its becoming more green or keeping a project in a certain price range, i am challenged day in and day out.

the three major projects that i have completed in school introduced the concept of invoking emotion in people to work and live at their full potential. my first project was to build a reading room on top of NewSchool that would hold a famous manuscript of the great architect, Le Corbusier. the building had to stay on one roof of the school and we also had to create a design for the roof as well. i built my room entirely out of concrete in recognition of Corbusier's great use of the material throughout his career. my building was intended to be seen from the street as to catch the eye of a pedestrian or tourist that was walking on the nearby streets. therefore, i hung the room off the edge of the school to make the statement that the room was larger than its dimensions and that the manuscript wanted to be shared with the entire city.




my second completed project was to build a single unit studio room in an open field in San Diego. we were to build off of 12 pre-existing concrete columns. i chose to use wood as my only other material in adding onto these columns. i felt that wood had a great contrast to the concrete and was well established in the context the room was placed. i have realized that i have this great desire in using "shifting planes" in most of my early designs. i love the way the planes are simple and create a sense of motion.




my third and final major project that i completed in my first year of architecture school was a student housing project located in downtown San Diego. a hypothetical situation was created that utilized a pre-existing vacant site in downtown SD and a program to build 5 student housing apartments. the site was divided into 5 equal lots of 50' x 100'. using ccdc.com we were given our city limits/building restrictions and were off and running. each of the 5 students was to design an apartment building that would house (1) proctor unit with family, (2) married student units with children, and (4) single student units. below are pictures of my individual unit and the site as a whole.