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1. RE-ENERGIZING CHICAGO, pg4

2. BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL CONNECTION, pg8

3. MERIT MUSIC CONSERVATORY, pg14

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PERSONAL STATEMENT

I am a student at the Illinois Institute of Technology and will graduate with a Master of Architecture in May 2014. My graduate work has included a variety of projects within Chicago with a consistent focus on the social capacity of contextualized architecture to foster new relationships between people and spaces. My undergraduate studies focused on Mechanical Engineering and have helped me gain a strong aptitude for the technical, structural, and environmental aspects of the built environment. I am seeking employment

design and visual communication skills, as well as an increased understanding of the technical and managerial side of the architecture industry.

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RE-ENERGIZING CHICAGO

Re-Energizing Chicago is a research-based proposal examining the city through the lens of Systems Theory. Research, mapping, and diagraming focused on the flow of materials, people, and money through urban systems. These included transportation infrastructure, data distribution networks, and the river ecosystem, with a particular emphasis on current trends such as Divvy bike sharing, the expansion of broadband cabling, and the invasion of the Asian Carp species. These flows were overlaid in a synthetic map and used to determine opportunity areas at points where the systems intersected and interacted. Finally, a proposal for intervention in these opportunity areas was created in order to optimize flows, increasing the use of local resources and decreasing waste.

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The Bloomingdale Trail Connection proposes multiple routes to connect the planned Bloomingdale Trail to the Lakefront Trail, including means to cross the highway, railroads, and river that mark its end. At the river crossing, a new recreation center is proposed to promote biking and kayaking, as well as water

former use as a steel-making plant and its prominent form cut by the river, the building takes shape through a sequential process of molding and carving. The

undulating exposed steel trusses and a standing seam cladding which is traditional for shed structures. Thus it is a modern take on industrial building types and a diamond in the rough of the industrial corridor.

BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL CONNECTION

BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL CONNECTION

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MOLDING+CARVING

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Western

N Central Park Ave

N Kim

ball Ave

N Kedzie Ave

N H

umboldt Ave

N California Ave

N W

estern Ave

N D

amen Ave

N Milwaukee Ave

W North Ave

W Cortland St

W Armitage Ave

W Wabansia Ave

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Lakeshore Dr

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North/Clybourn

N W

ood St

N Kingsbury St

Sedgewick

N H

udson Ave

Armitage

Clybourn

N A

shland Ave

N Elston Ave

N Sheffi

eld Ave

N Racine Ave

N Southport Ave

N H

alsted St

N Larrabe St

N W

ells St

N LaSalle St

N Lincoln Ave

N Clybourn Ave

N Clark St

W North Ave

W Cortland St

W Armitage Ave

W Dickens Ave

W Webster Ave

N Kingsbury St

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The Merit Music Conservatory is a proposed college for 200 students and an extension of the neighboring Merit School for younger students. The design intent is to foster a dynamic relationship between public users (concert- and café-goers) and private users (students, faculty, and administrators). This is accomplished in a central atrium, which separates but also links the private and public areas. The circulation through this space, consisting of a processional staircase with bridges to connect across the atrium, is inspired by

direction towards concert hall and rehearsal room. But just as valves in a horn open new pathways for air, the bridges allow opportunities for public and private users to interact and explore.

MERIT MUSIC CONSERVATORY

MERIT MUSIC CONSERVATORY

Public Spaces

Concert Hall - Audience

Coat CheckTicket BoothAnteroom

Cafe

Private Spaces

Concert Hall - Stage

ClassroomsS/M/L Practice RoomsFaculty/Admin Offices

Music Library

Rehearsal Room

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