Projects
Belle Isle Shade Structure
Extreme heat is one of the most dangerous climate threats we face in Richmond. Some neighborhoods feel significantly higher temperatures leading to life expectancy gaps of up to 20 years. Addressing the rising heat is not only an environmental challenge but also a public health issue. One location affected by this heat is the James River park system, specifically Belle Isle. This small island is frequented by the general public, yet the current entrance feels placeless. With the city already working to landscape the current entrance, my design team was privileged to work with the James River Park & Trails & Greenways Superintendent to design a shade structure that mimicked the values and needs of the isle.
Bamboo Coffee Table
I designed and built this table utilising the same principles as my rehabilitation interior space exploration. This table integrates both natural materials and curved forms making it a perfect custom piece for my rehab facility space. The coffee table itself functions as a point of community building, fostering both openness and communication.
Gather Work
Gather Work reimagines 2104 E. Main Street, turning it into a space that encourages both personal and professional community experiences. With three floors tailored for unique purposes, this space is designed to offer variability for the many ways people work and unwind. Color also plays a crucial role in dividing each floor.
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The first floor utilizes soft colors and distractions are kept to a minimum. This is the quiet floor that doesn't allow talking and seating areas are rather private.
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The second floor uses bright colors and an open layout to encourage a collaborative, interactive, and creative work environment during the day while converting into restaurant seating in the evening based on client needs.
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The third floor offers a lively evening beverage and dining experience complemented by a subdued moody color pallet.
Quiet Between
Architecture carries an emotional weight that those who are in recovery feel more deeply. The unseen currents of space, their ability to shift thought, invoke feeling, and guide the inner being of those who enter deeply inspire my process. Continuously, I return to the idea of calm, not as emptiness but as something alive and present. I turn to nature as my guide, its forms softening and shifting, reminding us of what it means to be whole. In the exploration of these thresholds, design becomes less about what is seen and more about what is felt.
ARCH
This project explored structure and force through the construction of a full scale cardboard arch system. The structure was made entirely from cut cardboard boxes, glued together to form units with specific angles that allowed the arch to hold itself up through compression. It was anchored to an existing building with four exterior posts, with four stacked box units at each post, and a large center keystone that locked the two arches together. Along each individual arch side, three identical box units formed the arch profile, while the bottom box connected directly to the post through an inset that stabilized the structure against the wall. Assembling the structure required coordination, ladders, and collective effort. Multiple team members held pieces in place as both arches were constructed simultaneously, with the keystone placed last. My team was the only one to successfully complete and stand a double arch, representing how sound design decisions translate directly into performance.
