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Twist Pavilion

A pavillion twisted from a simple box to follow the site’s slope. The pavilion bends at a major path intersection with three defined zones; an accessible entrance, amphitheater-style seating, and a public bathroom. Its open, sunlit form becomes a natural extension of the landscape.

Year // 2025
Tools // Rhino, Adobe CC
Course // DES 202: Studio II @ UBC

Telescope House

A study of the home as an architectural instrument, designed for an ecologist conducting research on old growth trees in Deep Cove, North Vancouver. The building adopts the operative program of a telescope; receiving, focusing, and refining information, translating this into spatial form.

Year // 2025
Tools // Revit, Adobe CC
Course // DES 301: Studio III @ UBC

A New Urban Gound

A proposed development of an interconnected sequence of open spaces and circulation networks for humans and nonhumans on the edge of Fishermen’s Wharf at False Creek.

Year // 2024
Tools // Rhino, Blender, Adobe CC
Course // DES 201: Studio I @ UBC

*Group project

Dead Precedent

 A study of Resor House by Mies van der Rohe; The first model explores Mies’ exploration of grounded masses versus floating planes. The second model investigates reveals spatial porosity and transparency that reinforce the floating quality of the central volume within Mies’ rectilinear vocabulary.

Year // 2025
Tools // Handmade models
Course // DES 301: Studio III @ UBC

Groundwork

A site analysis of Oak Meadows Park to create an inclusive, vibrant, and sustainable community space. proposals include a picnic pavilion, a community garden, pollinator gardens, and bioswales. Together, these elements form a holistic approach to improving public spaces in Vancouver.
 

Year // 2024
Tools // Rhino, Adobe CC
Course // DES 231: Site Analysis & Planning @ UBC

Apparatus

An investigative prototype observing the flexibility and articulation of the human spine through a series of 10 modules, serving as a conceptual foundation for understanding movement in architectural form.

Year // 2025
Tools // Rhino
Course // DES 202: Studio II @ UBC

*Group project

The Oasis

A gecko terrarium prototype inspired by the dunescape of the Arabian Desert. Handmade architectural model made to true scale. 

Year // 2023
Tools // Handmade model, Adobe CC
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