Rooms
kitchen - kitchen 2
children’s room - room 1
book bus - public space 1
*seasonal space - public space 2
Houses
forever tudor - house 5
blue ADU- ADU 2
*certain futures - house 1
*thick/thin - house 2
*northlight - house 3
lighthouse - house 4
*housing climate - multi-unit housing 1
student housing - multi-unit housing 2
*climate/housing/crisis - house + ADU kit
Etc.
print layouts - public communication 1
newsletters - public communication 2
branding - graphic design 1
*writing + exhibits - public communication 3
*sustainable climate adaptive systems
newsletters - public communication 2
branding - graphic design 1
*writing + exhibits - public communication 3
*lecture - public communication 4
*sustainable climate adaptive systems
Research Project
Professional Project - Challenge Detroit Fellowship Capstone
2014
Research, Writing
Detroit, MI
Professional Project - Challenge Detroit Fellowship Capstone
2014
Research, Writing
Detroit, MI
Here is a Home
An analysis of case study homes based upon average housing stock in Detroit neighborhoods and architectural conjectures for blighted homes.
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An analysis of case study homes based upon average housing stock in Detroit neighborhoods and architectural conjectures for blighted homes.
Exhibition
Professional Project
2020/2021
Research, Writing
Ann Arbor, MI
Professional Project
2020/2021
Research, Writing
Ann Arbor, MI
Cark Library Exhibition: “Buying a Home, Selling America: the House Catalog 1900-1960”
A historical analysis of House Catalogs (Pattern Books) from 1900-1960 reveals early technological and systemic approaches to a changing environment. During my graduate program at the University of Michigan, I led a three-person research team to create an exhibition about Catalog Houses (Sears Kit Homes and others) in the early 20th century. I read through primary source material, conducted historical research to understand the context of the documents, and designed and wrote exhibition materials synthesizing our findings. The exhibition outlined how these early affordable housing types responded to environmental concerns (air pollution and lumber shortages), a housing shortage, social changes, and technological advances (accessibility of indoor plumbing and the emergence of mechanical heating and cooling systems). The exhibition and my research became the source material for the Michigan Municipal League policy manual, "Pattern Books for 21th Century Michigan" which contained direct quotes from my research. This policy manual laid out zoning and policy suggestions as well as "Missing Middle" prototypes of 2 and 4-unit buildings that adapted catalog designs for modern conditions. These recommendations ensured that new, higher density infill maintains regional character and easier adoption by communities.
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A historical analysis of House Catalogs (Pattern Books) from 1900-1960 reveals early technological and systemic approaches to a changing environment. During my graduate program at the University of Michigan, I led a three-person research team to create an exhibition about Catalog Houses (Sears Kit Homes and others) in the early 20th century. I read through primary source material, conducted historical research to understand the context of the documents, and designed and wrote exhibition materials synthesizing our findings. The exhibition outlined how these early affordable housing types responded to environmental concerns (air pollution and lumber shortages), a housing shortage, social changes, and technological advances (accessibility of indoor plumbing and the emergence of mechanical heating and cooling systems). The exhibition and my research became the source material for the Michigan Municipal League policy manual, "Pattern Books for 21th Century Michigan" which contained direct quotes from my research. This policy manual laid out zoning and policy suggestions as well as "Missing Middle" prototypes of 2 and 4-unit buildings that adapted catalog designs for modern conditions. These recommendations ensured that new, higher density infill maintains regional character and easier adoption by communities.
Email Newsletter / Research Project
Professional Project
2016
Research, Writing
Ann Arbor, MI
Professional Project
2016
Research, Writing
Ann Arbor, MI
The Pursuit of Property
During the summer of 2016, on the cusp of the end of the Obama era and my own time living and learning in Detroit, I wrote a series of small newsletters chronicling the history of spatial exclustion in the city. The form of the city was frozen in time, shaped so violently by the political and economic events of the mid-century and the 2008 housing crisis, it felt ripe for some kind of chronicalling of those stories. Samples of the newsletters can be read here.
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During the summer of 2016, on the cusp of the end of the Obama era and my own time living and learning in Detroit, I wrote a series of small newsletters chronicling the history of spatial exclustion in the city. The form of the city was frozen in time, shaped so violently by the political and economic events of the mid-century and the 2008 housing crisis, it felt ripe for some kind of chronicalling of those stories. Samples of the newsletters can be read here.
Competition
Professional Project
2015
Planning + Architectural Design
Detroit, Michigan
Professional Project
2015
Planning + Architectural Design
Detroit, Michigan
Missing Middle Competition
Working on a team of 3, we developed a development model and architectural approach to mid-sized developement, specifically aimed at multi-generational and non-nuclear living arrangements. Stylistically, the architecture would blend into the exisiting urban fabric of Detroit, while introducing contemporary design.
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Working on a team of 3, we developed a development model and architectural approach to mid-sized developement, specifically aimed at multi-generational and non-nuclear living arrangements. Stylistically, the architecture would blend into the exisiting urban fabric of Detroit, while introducing contemporary design.
