TEACHING
Design 4 Final Presentation Critique
We have found teaching is a mutually beneficial exchange. Students learn from years of real-time experience and knowledge while the academic environment keeps design and ideas at the forefront of our practice. Continuous immersion in the thought process of uninhibited thinking and making allows us to push the boundaries of traditional industry standards. This time is sacred and helps keep our creativity fresh. In turn, these conversations envelope our mind-space and affect all that we touch. Our projects are the beneficiaries of this creative process and helps define the lens in which we shape the environment.
LIBRARY
SPRINg 2018 - Present
Program exploration: Medium Scale Neighborhood Library
This studio explores library as a vehicle to explore the place and role of architecture as an instrument of critical social engagement and cultural responsiveness. Students examine the role of history, precedent and site forces in order to manifest a conceptual design proposal. The role of material selection and execution of detailing is critical to demonstrate consistency and reinforcement of concept. (Design 5 Studio, University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning)
HOUSING
FALL 2017
Program exploration: Single Family Residence and Multi-Family Residence
Domestic space is the most common, and one of the most fundamental, architectural conditions. Humans, especially Americans, spend the majority of their time in domestic spaces. This ubiquity and commonality obscures the sophistication and complexity embedded in these types of spaces. We live in these spaces as much with our bodies as we do with our vision, and the proportions and configurations of these spaces are deeply ingrained in our spatial awareness. (Design 4 Studio, University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning)
SACRED SPACES
spring 2014-2017
Program exploration: Meditation, Restoration and Mourning
This studio is intended to become a means for organizing research, engaging structure, appropriate material selection, cultural specificity, and meaningful community gathering spaces. As creators of inhabitable experiences, a building or landscape should consider the totality of the habitation, phenomenological, textural, acoustical, and especially dynamic light. In the case of spiritual or sacred space, the possible sublime experience considers phenomenology including sight, sound, smell, texture and form. (Design 4 Studio, University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning)
SPA RETREAT
FALL 2010
Program exploration: Water and Cleansing
The ritual of self maintenance and the rejuvenating power of water are intertwined in this experiential program. Students design unique opportunities to transition from everyday routines and distractions to specific moments that encourage deeper connections to the self. Materials and light are the mediums explored to create places of distillation and serenity. (Graduate Studio, University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning)
DESIGN BUILD
SpRING - summer 2010
Program exploration: The Function of Agrarian Pavilions
The University of Colorado Design Build studio designed two pavilions for local non-profits Feed Denver and The Urban Farm at Stapleton. The studio produced the Learning Cube which marks the entry as an iconic open-air gathering pavilion and market. The Dairy House provides shelter for milking and shearing the animals. The pavilions were constructed by fundraising, material donations and found materials on site. (Graduate Studio, University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning)
URBAN BATHHOUSE
SPRING 2008 - 2009
Program Exploration: Community Bathing Center
The program of cleansing is extroverted in this exploration of architecture and water. Students research a European perspective of the daily ritual that brings community together. The project is purposely located on a dense urban site which requires a vertical response that promotes a distinct reconsideration of the properties of water and rejuvenation. (Design 3 Studio, University of Colorado Boulder College of Environmental Design)
ARTIST RETREAT
SPRING 2001 - 2004
Program Exploration: Live Work Residence and Gallery
Students select an artist and analyze characteristics of their work to inform the design of a gallery and residence. The display space incorporates three distinct types of experiences and how they intertwine into one cohesive live / work experience. (Design 2 Studio, University of Colorado Boulder College of Environmental Design)