Architecture
A subtractive form study in which the voids cut from a solid prism define the interior spaces and light wells.
An exploration of absence as architectural volume — the void not as empty space but as the primary generator of form. Orthogonal subtraction reveals layered interior light wells.
Architecture · Arch 100A
A redesign of Wurster Hall's courtyard, with the plan and section derived from two abstract paintings.
This proposal for the redevelopment of the courtyard at UC Berkeley's Bauer Wurster Hall derives its formal logic from a close analytical reading of two abstract paintings. The plan is generated by isolating and overlaying the construction lines implied by the painting's white organic brushstrokes, treating each stroke's edge as a circle to be drawn, traced, and layered until a coherent geometry of intersecting arcs emerges. The section, in turn, is developed from the painting's angular black passages, whose slanted lines are translated into a single diagonal cut through the building's mass. This cut materializes in the model as a sharp, wedge-shaped slit carved into the drum-like upper volume, admitting light and view along an axis that resists the orthogonal logic of the surrounding courtyard. The result is a building whose curved plan and incised section register, at the scale of the courtyard, as a deliberate counterpoint to Wurster Hall's rectilinear language.
Abstract paintings - plan left, section right
Site Plan, 1/16" = 1'
Sections, 1/8" = 1'
Architecture · Arch 11A
A drawing study of a Leatherman multitool through orthographic projection, motion diagrams, and unfolding.
01. Orthographic Projection
An orthographic projection of all six faces of the Leatherman, arranged to preserve view continuity across the tool's surface.
02. Kinetics
A kinetic motion diagram tracing the tool as it fans open, exposing stickiness at each joint as the object resists continuous motion.
03. Unfolding
The unfolded surface reads as symmetrical at first glance. Closer inspection reveals that each blade unfolds according to its own independent logic.
Architecture · Arch 11A
A hybrid drawing that overlays the anatomy of the hand with a section of UC Berkeley's School of Information.
This project constructs a hybrid form by overlaying two distinct systems of geometry. An orthographic projection of a column and wheel from UC Berkeley's School of Information isolates the architectural components at the base of the study, which are then overlaid with the angular components of a stair element drawn from a section of the hand, fusing architectural and anatomical logic into a single hybrid object. That hybrid is then unrolled into a continuous surface and layered back against a section of the School of Information itself, revealing the unexpected surface area compressed within the hybrid form.
