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London Serpentine Pavilion

Prompt: On a team of 4, design a temporary pavilion for Londons Serpentine Park in one day at a local UK office, and present it at a local architectural school exhibit the following morning. Spaces to include are a serving/kitchen space table area and open floor for hosting events.

Solution: This design incorporates PV panels, rammed earth floors, local recycled wood, easily reconstructed steel/pcv tensile roof and tri-level zone separation with open circulation.

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Cal Poly Design Village 2008

Prompt: ‘Mission to Mars: Sojourn to Station’ as Team Leader of three

Solution: The dome has a hexagonal base that is split into three canvas diamonds for sleeping, any of which can be opened. The tripod support used several homemade brackets, tension cables,turnbuckles, and multiple extra holes at each joint in order to fit varying slopes. There is also a cap on the top that could be raised to allow ventillation. After sustaining temperatures under 40° and winds over 30mph, it was awarded Best Overall.

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Cal Poly Design Village 2007

Prompt: A prefabricated carried, and constructed weekend shelter within the theme ‘Living:Machine, Building the Space Between.’

Solution: On a Team of six I made the 1”-1’ scale model shown on the left and a logo for fundraising purposes. Constructed in my backyard with myself doing a large portion of the final structural design, cut, and build. It utilized wheels and pulleys for operable windows and curtains across a clear roof panel. This project received the Peoples Choice award for the 2007 Competition.

Solar Decathalon

Preliminary plans for a completely self suffecient sustainable home that could be pre- fabricated and transported via truck in two pieces with basic house features required. One was done per student and submitted to a local University for review and aide in design for the competition.