PORTFOLIO

roof garden

TERRAC E F IRMA

prefab housing

FRAYED EDGE

SOL ITARY ARTstudio addition

kelp island

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TELEOLOGY OF REFUSE An uncertain future, an instable ground. This is an at-tempt to relocate species dis-placed by climate change and hab-itat depletion. Our ambition is great but our means are little. A barge island fashioned from the refuse of the land, built atop a cultivated kelp island, is home to, and stage for our in-habitants and collected species.We begin our journey in the Sea of Cortez, at the tip of Baja California and navigate our way up the coast to San Francisco where we will make our final port call, all the while embrac-

ing the currents and collect-ing specimens for transport.This is not just a design of navigation and means, but a critique of man and culture. Our ‘Ark’ is made of the strewn litter that floats within the Pacific Gyre and the flotsam that dots our coasts. The vessel evolves and adapts as our garbage and animal collections vary. This is our contemporary Argo. Along the way our island home is helped by both fishing boats (who have come to poach our schools of fish), and teams of yoked whales that find a safe

nursery in the protective shade canopy of the kelp. Our whale team is guided by sonar sig-nal produced by the borrowed submarine; The U.S.S. Pampa-tino, which harbors in the bristling north beach docks of the San Francisco Peninsula. The island is tracked by radar over its five year journey and offered as a site plan, the im-ages of the screen are keyed to the charted course indicated through the manipulated maps. The events and experiences of the journey are kept as a visual log in the series of drawings.

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PLAN

Migratory flocking birds.

School of tuna and other various fish, both raised and visiting.

U.S.S. Pampatino submarine from San Francisco’s North Beach Harbor.

Windmill array farm for power generation and navigation.

Yoked Grey whales.

Living container fashioned from land born flotsam.

Kelp island.

Barrel drum pontoons.

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Barrel drum pontoons, used for flotation and stabilization. Water is pumped through second and third skin for insulation and desalination.

Fish hatchery.

Scuba attendant.

Living container.

Kelp island.

Windmill array farm for power generation and navigation.

Whale nursery.

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Sewing the kelp; narrative section(drawing fromjourney log).Maintaining the island ark.From below; schooling fish.Narrative section drawing of life/ecosystems.Detail photograph of kelp and grass.

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Radar screen shots referencing locations, asnumbered, on MAP:01. Radar maps note; date,time, elevation and declination. Growth of the island, encounters as well as final port callare also indicated in the images through time.Blank screen shots indicate instances when theisland went missing or fell out of communica-tion.

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Nautical charts with course plotted and markedby hand (yellow dash) Related charts are markedin red as they overlap and intersect.Magnetic chart of U.S. Pacific Coastline.Baja peninsula and the Sea of Cortez.Arrival to the Port of Los Angeles and subse-quent islands.San Diego Bay.Port of Los Angeles.Bathymetric chart of Half Moon Bay.Run of Anacapa Passage to the Santa BarbaraChannel.Approach to San Francisco City and Bay throughthe Golden Gate.

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Roof before garden, with new openings cut intoexisting walls.Construction: planter box being lowered intoposition.Looking west into the lounge.Completed garden; awaiting planting of tree.

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studio addition

SOL ITARY ARTA small, 650 sf. free-standing ad-dition, programmed as an art stu-dio for an older yet very active, couple that occupy the house. Set in a historic residential neighbor-hood in the heart of Central Phoe-nix, the language of the studio bor-rows from the scale and gable roof typology of adjacent houses, but re-mains contemporary in its material-ity and execution. The north east corner of the studio is a system of custom, operable windows, recessed into the dimension of the studio, opening the small space to the ex-panse of both the pool and yard while gathering optimal light for paint-ing. When not used for creating, the space has been designed to convert

to a small guest house; shower, bath and a compact kitchen with custom milled cabinetry for storage allow for multiple programming. The stu-dio is currently under construction with an estimated completion date of September of 2010. This project was designed while under the employ of [merz] project as lead project de-signer and manager and includes a remodel of the main house.

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Bathroom.Elevations: clockwise form lower right hand cor-ner: North, East, West, South.Interior view south to kitchen and bathroom en-try.Interior view north; front entry and main house through windows.

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Night view rendering of studio from north west.Roof edge and zinc detail rendering.Bathroom window detail rendering.Sketch of proposed north elevation.

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Acting as a mediator between the urban street-scape and the in-fill living conditions the prefab-ricated living modules take shape in complementing contrast to their surroundings. The life and over-riding geometry, as well as gestalt are taken from the implementation of outdoor living space brought above the street elevation and breaking the line across the sky. As a design they have developed to adapt easily to the surroundings with an ease of configuration afforded by their modu-larity. In addition, the majority of built space is constructed off site with factory tolerances and then in-tegrated with simple on site masonry work. This dichotomy of construction

FRAYED EDGEprefab housing

offers a window into the speed of prefabrication with the connection to site afforded by one off proj-ects as well as a sense of place. The units include indoor parking an office/studio space for commercial opportunity, two bedrooms, 4 bath-rooms and well articulated living and dining spaces all tethered to an outdoor sky space that gives expanse to the condensed floor plan and con-nect from the street to inner court-yards.

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embled to specifica-Manufacturing: Pre-manufactured and ‘off the shelf’ building elements are assed construction begin tion in a limited time frame with factory precision. All dimensions of design anframed construction with standard flatbed truck delivery scale of 16’x 48’ and are combined with the main structuralstandards to allow for an fast and efficient build. Additional elements such as

vierendeel truss and galvalume skin are engineered and integrated.

k. Delivery: Prefabricated housing volumes are delivered on site via flatbed truck

asonry construction. Site construction and preparation: Level 01 consists of on site grading and maThis primary construction is a grounded base for delivered prefab elements.

and are secured inSite Assembly: Delivered elements are lowered into position via crane hoist position to cockle and weld points.

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Address: 168 W Roosevelt St. PhoenixZoning: TOD/UR/DCSite: 18,000 sfUnits: 06Total sf: 16,650 sfFAR: 0.925Site 01 sits on the south west corner of 1st. Ave.and Roosevelt St. adjacent to the light rail. Threeunits flank both the east and west sides of theplot and form a courtyard common area. The outter/public perimeter is faced with the studio/officewhile entry to the residence is turned inward.

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Sketch of forecourt and entry to studio.Entry from Roosevelt St. to the common courtlooking south.View south west.View east down Roosevelt St. showing studio en-try.

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Address: 706 E Van Buren St. PhoenixZoning: TOD/DCSite: 31,241 sfUnits: 06Total sf: 24,975 sfFAR: 0.799Site 02 is located on the south east corner of7th St. and Van Buren St. in the downtown centralcorridor. The 9 units edge along 7th st. forming athreshold between the thoroughfare and the adjacentneighborhood. The street edge is faced with thepublic/work function, while the private residenceentry and forecourt border the finer grain of theneighboring community.

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Public edge; view from 7th Ave facing east.Garage deck.Forecourt view facing west/ private entry.Perspective view from the deck/public edge.Sketches; allowing for view angles and facade.View south along 7th Ave. showing public edge.

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