The document appears to be a portfolio or resume that summarizes various design projects completed by a student during their time in architecture school. It includes projects from freshman through junior year ranging from small scale like cafes to larger scale like a middle school and hotel. For each project there is a brief description of the site, program, and design approach, along with diagrams, plans, and renderings showing the proposed design solutions.

3. CONTENTS
2 Villa Savoye Transformation
Freshman, Spring 2009
Fundamental Design
Instructor: Carla Ceruzzi
4 Weeks
6 Christian Science Center Outdoor Café
Freshman, Spring 2009
Fundamental Design
9 Instructor: Carla Ceruzzi
7 Weeks
10 South Boston Branch Library
Sophomore, Fall 2009
Studio 1: Site, Type, and Composition
Instructor: Sam Choi
7 Weeks
16 South End Middle School
Sophomore, Spring 2010
Studio 2
15 Instructor: Chris Genter
9 Weeks
22 Checkpoint Charlie Galleria
Middler, Spring 2011
Berlin Design Studio
Instructor: Bettina Kraus
9 Weeks
28 Worcester Hotel and Conference Center
Junior, Fall 2011
1960s Urbanism
27 Instructor: Amir Kripper
9 Weeks

6. Villa Savoye Transformation
The assignment was to re-configure the Le Corbusier’s
Villa Savoye onto a new site. The re-configured house had
to maintain the critical design concepts, elements and
organizational principles of the original structure. In addition,
we had the option to incorporate elements of the Carpenter
Center into the new design.
My site was an L-shaped lot containing an existing building on
the inside of the L. I approached the site by overlaying a grid
in order to determine spacing. The grid was also used in the
creation of the lung shaped form of the Carpenter Center within
the new design.
Villa Savoye Study Model
Carpenter Center Study Model Geometry Diagram
Villa Savoye Transformation | 3

7. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Step 4

9. Christian Science Center Outdoor Café
Boston, MA
The Christian Science Center is often empty and forlorn. In order
to invite more people to congregate on the Huntington Avenue edge
of the complex, the Church has decided to explore the possibility
of building a small seasonal café. This 1,000 square foot café will
primarily have exterior seating for fifty people, with a small interior
seating area enclosed by glass and a service counter since the food
preparation is located off site.
After studying the sites geometry and the placement of the linden
trees, I found that there were two distinct grid systems, orthogonal and
diagonal. Using the two grids as constraints, I created various study
models ultimately developing a structure that wraps around. I removed
Concept Study Model
several of the linden trees, to accentuate the diagonal grid. By doing
so, you are drawn into the café with its view of the Mother Church.

10. A
B B
A
Ground Floor Plan
Christian Science Center Café | 7

11. Section A

12. Huntington Avenue Elevation

13. South Boston Branch Library
Boston, MA
The assignment was to locate a new 12,800 square
foot branch library along with an outdoor space for
public use. The proposed site is adjacent to the
Broadway Red Line subway stop, on Dorchester Avenue
and Broadway Street.
For my design I proposed a V-shaped building that
reflected the attributes of the two surrounding streets.
Dorchester Avenue, a more residential area, verses
Broadway Street, a more commercial area. I divided
the building into three zones: reading rooms, book
stacks, and administration. As a branch library, I
viewed the reading rooms as a more public space than
in a normal library. Therefore, the main circulation
wraps around a void that connects the reading
spaces. Another aspect to my design is the book
stack area. This area is distinguished by its protective
shell that can be seen from the interior and exterior
of the building. Lastly, the administration area
overlooks Broadway Street expressing its shared public
characteristics.
Parti / Program Diagram
11 | South Boston Branch Library

14. Dorchester Avenue Elevation (Rendered using Revit and Photoshop)
South Boston Branch Library | 11

15. Dorchester Avenue Elevation

16. Section A

17. 3 Level Plan
14 | South Boston Branch Library

18. Library Courtyard (Rendered using Revit and Photoshop)
South Boston Branch Library | 15

19. South End Middle School
Boston, MA
I began this assignment with an in-depth study of an the Booker T.
Washington School for Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas.
Using the concepts learned through that analysis, we were then
asked to design a middle school to replace the existing Blackstone
Elementary School, located at the intersection of Washington Street
and West Dedham Street. We then were asked to develop a classroom
module that would be able to be plugged into our design.
My design consisted of a perimeter style building. Public program
would be located along West Dedham Street, leaving the Shawmut
Avenue and Washington Street exposed. Since these two streets are
the busiest, I decided to place my more public program, auditorium
and gym, on either ends. That way it could be accessed by the public
without the school having to be opened.
Booker T. Washington Study Model
16 | South End Middle School

21. South End Middle School | 17

23. Ground Floor Plan
Section A
South End Middle School | 19

24. Classroom Module Model
Classroom Module Plan
20 | South End Middle School

26. Check Point Charlie Galleria
Berlin, Germany
Working as a class, we were assigned to develop seven different
parcels located at Check Point Charlie. We were asked to come up
with a group logic as to how to fill the site. As a group, we decided
to a keep our designs separate, but create openings where buildings
touched. This would allow pedestrians access into the inner parts of
the parcels.
My design intention was to attract tourists into my parcel. I did so by
creating two separate buildings which housed an America Express and
Russian Art Gallery in the front, and a French Café and English Hotel
in the back. By creating the front building on an angle, it suggest
openness or transparency when you approach it from Check Point
Charlie, while closed when approached from the opposite direction.
22 | Check Point Charlie Galleria

28. Wall / Structure Diagram Apartment Zone Diagram
24 | Check Point Charlie Galleria

29. Ground Level Plan 3 Level Plan
ZIMMERSTRASSE ELEVATION SECTION A
Check Point Charlie Galleria | 25

30. Approach to Check Point Charlie (Rendered using Kerkythea and Photoshop)
26 | Check Point Charlie Galleria

31. Approach from Check Point Charlie (Rendered using Kerkythea and Photoshop)
Check Point Charlie Galleria | 27

32. Worcester Hotel and Conference Center
Worcester, MA
As a class we, developed a master plan which would replace the
existing Worcester City Center, 26 acres. We then focused on
developing environmental landscape performance systems that would
collect and store runoff water.
The main idea for my massing is to hide it within the mass of the
site. After looking at various boutique hotels during our precedent
analysis, I noticed that they often separated the public programs from
the more private hotel programs. I also included my landscape into
my site as seen by the green ramp that leads to the exhibition space,
and the basin, which surrounds the entire hotel. To keep with this
idea of hidden, I decided to hide the entrance as well. The lobby then
becomes this glass box floating atop a basin that can be seen from all
directions but not directly accessible.
Massing Study Model
Site Plan (Drawing produced as Class)
Massing Diagram
28 | Worcester Hotel and Conference Center

33. B
A
A
B

34. Ground Floor Plan
Entrance Diagram Hotel Diagram
30 | Worcester Hotel and Conference Center

35. Upper Typical Plans Landscape Diagram Program Diagram

36. 32 | Worcester Hotel and Conference Center