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Interstice | Electrolux Tower
This project was undertaken as part
of the Comprehensive Studio in the
fall semester of the 5th Year BArch
program. Working with Candace
Brown, we completed the project
utilizing the following programs:
Revit, Rhino, AutoCAD, Dynamo,
and various Adobe Creative Suite
programs, such as Photoshop and
Illustrator.
Located in Uptown Charlotte,
Electrolux Tower features innovative
office systems and a dynamic
museum experience. The offices
work integratively with the Museum
of Household Appliances, which is
located within the tower and shares
public space with the office space
in order to foster a cross-pollination
of ideas between employees and
museum patrons.
Topping 650’ tall and holding
over 450,000 sq. ft. of offices and
museum space, Electrolux Tower
features an atrium strategically
shaped by natural daylight,
which is used to activate specific
programs at certain times of the
day. Entitled “Interstice,” this space-
in-between serves as a gathering
area for collaborative meetings
for employees and reflection for
museum patrons.
7. Wilmington Market facilitates
a program of eighteen grocery
stalls, four grocery stalls,
urban farming components,
administrative offices, as well as
amble public space.
What is Urban Farming?
Means of growing
and producing food.
Moves from the grower
to the consumer.
Increases public access
to locally grown produce.
Urban farming exists through three
variations within the design,
with varying degrees of
technological involvement.
Vertical Green Walls
Roof Terrace Garden
Learning Studio
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The premise of Wilmington Market
derives from the following inquiry:
How can a farmers’ market retain
its typological integrity
while diversifying
its programmatic capabilities?
It is a combination of two programs:
(1) traditional public market
(2) contemporary public space
A Case for Urban Farming
There are 6,100 farmers’ markets in
America today. 1,400 of them were
established in the last two years.
Food is so much more than business.
There’s great value found in the
story behind each item. There’s value
found in the interaction between
the farmer and the consumer.
While restaurants and bars are common,
sources of healthy food are scarce.
Downtown Wilmington shows a need for
healthy food venues within walking distance.
Farmers’ Markets increase community
cohesion and social capital–a quality
especially valuable to Wilmington, a
community in transition.
Residential
Commercial Grocery Store
Restaurant
Civic
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Splitting, Gordon Matta-Clark
Englewood, New Jersey, 1974
Wexner Center for the Arts, Peter Eisenman
Columbus, Ohio, 1989
National Museum of Roman Art, Rafael Moneo
Mérida, Spain, 1986
Großes Schauspielhaus, Max Reinhardt
Berlin, Germany, 1919
Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center, Thom Mayne
Los Angeles, California, 1988
Pasona Headquarters, Kono Designs
Tokyo, Japan, 2011
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Located along the French
Broad River in Asheville, North
Carolina, this project fulfills a
rather unique program of a
brewing institute, including a
large public bar, three gravity-
propelled brewing operations,
and six studio apartments.
Three brewmasters reside in the
apartments while tending to their
experimental brews, while three
additional brewmasters stay in
the remaining apartments and
serve their creations to the public
at the on-site bar.
The project is a design of two
distinct yet interactive flows:
brew and bar. This can be seen in
the diagram on the right.
The brewing process exists to
encourage public engagement,
which enriches the experimental
atmosphere of the institute. The
bottom diagram is the parti of
the design.
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To enable a gravity-fed brewing
process, the brewing machinery
is placed within a sloping truss,
anchored by circulation cores on
each end. To reaffirm the brewing
process as a public operation,
a parallel sloping truss holds
a public walkway. The public
can either view the process
alongside the brewmaster in this
second truss or directly engage
the brewing machinery during
guided tours.
The public bar is a large space
capable of holding community
events. The bar is envisioned as
a linear flow toward the river, just
as the linear flow of the brewing
process aims downward to the
bar.
14. As an active member of
Crosspoint Worship Center, a
local church in Charlotte, North
Carolina, I have the opportunity
to lead the creative and
production teams. I have much
experience in the Adobe Creative
Suite-Creative Cloud – from news
videos to innovative motion
graphics, from church marketing
materials to logo branding.
In the fall of 2013, I led a
rebranding effort and created a
series of logos that corresponds
to each ministry team or
department within the church,
such as Small Groups or Kids.
The additional artwork on the
opposite page provides examples
of event promotional materials
and message series art. Also,
for nearly three years, I have
produced weekly news videos
using Adobe Premiere Pro and
AfterEffects.
In the summer of 2015, I built and
launched a website from scratch:
crosspointworshipcenter.com.
I use Adobe Muse to consistently
maintain every aspect of the site.
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16. The Charlotte church inquiry
began in the summer of 2012,
as I became interested in the
dynamic nature of Charlotte’s
churches, cathedrals, and other
places of worship. It has been
said that Charlotte has the most
number of churches per capita
of any city in the world, as one
can be found on practically
every major street corner in the
city. Whether Catholic, Baptist,
Lutheran, or Methodist, the
churches of Charlotte contain
a wide variety of architectural
styles. During this ongoing
inquiry, I have been documenting
well over fifty places of worship
within the Charlotte area,
studying their organization, scale,
and relation to the surrounding
community. I have been
researching the subtle differences
in the architecture of various
protestant denominations. The
documentation has been realized
in both hand sketches and
photography.
Myers Park Baptist Church
Hickory Grove Baptist Church
Providence Baptist Church
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17. The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints
Myers Park Presbyterian Church
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Central Church of God
Calvary Church
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19. SoA – Northwood Ravin
Housing Inquiry
Design Competition
Grand Prize Winner
Spring 2015
With Rebecca Devlin
This weekend charrette was
prompted by Northwood-Ravin
to address the often unused
interstitial spaces between
multifamily housing blocks,
such as Morningside Village
near the historic Plaza-Midwood
neighborhood in Charlotte, North
Carolina.
UNC Charlotte AIAS
Photography
Competition
Spring 2014
Architecture + Color
First Prize
Avenue of the Americas, NYC.
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