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CHAPARRAL RESIDENCE

Personal Project - 2011

Residing three miles from the Texas-New Mexico border and twenty miles from Mexico, the bedroom community of Chaparral is in the crossroads of regional influence. As a result, the residence will absorb vernacular elements from these respective spheres of infulence.

MEXICO- Features: Internal courtyards, exoskeleton facade.

NEW MEXICO- Geometry: Squares & Rectangles- Features: Deep windows- Materials: Earth walls, Vega poles

TEXAS- Geometry: Rectangles & triangles- Features: Porch, exposed eaves.- Materials: Tin roof

Located near the southeast corner of a nine acre tract the residence will front south.To the east is a relatively heavy traveled road and to west are the Franklin Mountains.

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One programmatic constraint is the use of radiating circlesborrowed from Native American organizational layout, with a Cartesian grid superimposed to give logical order.Complimentary areas are placed diagonally across from each other to provide permeability (I & III, II & IV).

These walls serve in an exoskeleton manner,with heavy use on the north side to protect from the winter winds and in the east to provide privacy from the road.

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Due to the soil similarity of the ideal and what is on site soilno import of soil will be nessicary.Portland cement, will be added to act as a stabilizer, it shall make up 10% of the mix.

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CONTEXT:A diurnal temperature difference of around 30.

STRATEGIES:- High mass walls can delay and dilute the large change in temp. - Allow rising hot air to escape during the day and flush out surplus heat during the night.- Maximize internal shade.

CONTEXT:Even though the day offers ideal temperatures it is still cold during the night.

STRATEGIES:- Cross ventilating during the day.

CONTEXT:Cold throughout the daybut plenty of sunshine.

STRATEGIES:- Extracting heat from the greenhouse.- Open window shades to allow the sun to heat the internal mass walls.

NOTE:The listed temperatures only lists air ambient temperature and does not include the surface temperature as a result of sun exposure.

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BRYANS LIVING ROOM

School Project - Fall 2009; Partner: Jonathan Baily

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Divided into three separatecomponents: the Howell Bldg.,the library and the auditorium,they are connected by two separate glass atriums.

These atriums aid in the circulation and are the mixing grounds for this complex. The taken over Howell Bldg. services the community with a grocery, restaurant, meeting rooms and a hall.

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AGGIE ARK MEGASTRUCTURE

In the Bible, Noah built the Arkafter God had revealed to himof an imminent global fl ood that willwash away the sins of the world andallow for the human race to start anew. Well, much like the biblical story, there is prior knowledge of an inevitable collapse of our modern society due to ecological stress. Resting on the banks of the Brazos River the goal of the proposed megastructure is to house 250 families, it will not only serve to initially provide protection but will also serve as a testing ground for a novel blueprint on which society can rebuild from.

School Project - Spring 2010; Partners: Zachary Morris, Megan Parish

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CHURCH OF LIGHT

School Project - Spring 2010

AUXILIARY

There are parts of the Langford Bldg that give little hint to what is behind a wall, in this casethe second fl oor Mens bathroom is revealed.

Isometric of the Dome of the Rock.

Personal Project - 2009 School Project - Fall 2006

McKINNEY HOMESTEAD

Personal Project - 2012

The town of Mckinney is the next victimof the suburb growth of Dallas Metroplex,nevertheless, she still boasts a rich historyof residential architecture. The homestead will compliment her surroundings,borrow contextual typological elements,and incorporate supplemental elements.

Texas Vernacular: Dogtrot Honest use of Materials Crawl Space Porch

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Contextual: Compact Program Two-Floors Wood Construction Tall windows

Supplemental: Russian Fireplace Expansive Glass Indirect Access

Elevation Tectonics - Section Russian Fireplace

Premature elevation drawing

Romanticization?Guilty, but this project is meant to be a study ofthe typographic elements of the past.It however was not a total regression,the tectonics are to are modern.

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Primarily light wood frameover masonry stem wallswith timber on major axis.

Optimal Value Engineering (OVE)can reduce wood consumption by 15%. Spacing members at 2 O.C. also matches with the 2 grid layout of the house.This also has the added benefit of increasing thermal resistancecompared with standard construction through the reduction of thermal bridges.

*consideration thermal bridges of framing members.

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LOUIS EDWARDS

ROSAS STREET ELEVATION

... architecture [is] no longer a privileged form of reconciliation between man and his world,between the fluidity and evanescence of everyday life and the immutable and the eternal dimension of ideas.An architecture subjected to utopian ideas,to a technological process whose objectives had been uprooted from the reality of everyday life,would necessarily lose its essential symbolic dimension;it would become mere prosaic construction. Alberto Perez-Gomez

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Variability of places we reside in should reflect the natural variability of who it houses, people. Although the intention of this study was to explore Multi-Generational Housing, it has since grown in scope to include other capabilities. The crux of the project is in how to include a separate flexible space that is attached to a characteristic single-family residence while maintaining a proper respect of privacy and individual ownership. The need for such housing typologies comes from various trends present in the United States.

In the U.S., multi-generational families has been on a long historic decline, however there is a recent upward growth trend in these types of households. However, the issues is that nearly all new family housing construction in the U.S. is catered to Nuclear-Type Families. These types of housing does not support mutli-generational family structure and can have a negative effect on internal relationships.

It is well known that medical-care cost in the U.S. is mushrooming, having a negative effect on every cohort. This is especially true for the dependent elderly, who have incomes that are largely fixed-based. The growing energy needed to maintain survival often comes at the expense of other priorities, like housing.

Once secure financial instruments like pensions and social security are going through funding-strains by governments and institutions, the money flow is becoming unsustainable. This environment gives these institutions a perception of an uncertain future. This perception can also be said private retirement engines like the 401-K, which is susceptible to market volatility, as seen in the recent Great Recession.

Also tied to monetary, is the fact that housing-costs in the U.S. is going through rapid rise, this is due to housing increasing perception as a market-commodity. This is makes it harder for young families or first-time buyers to purchase their own home.

The United States is a nation of immigrants. At different periods in her history there have been waves of people coming from different parts of the world. The location of their settlement in the U.S. is also distinct, even in a single city.

Due to its can-do spirit and lack of regulations, Houston is, I believe, the most modern city in the U.S. The Citys ability to be current with the times and its ease to change clothes when needed gives it an advantage of adaption. This characteristic has been a lure to immigrants to the U.S., who see Houston as a favorable place to start their new life.

Finally , in the name of efficiency, we Americans have a culture of categorizing and segregating entities. These hyper-rational methods and means of our society often leads to sterile results. Often, we make abstract items like efficiency our main goal, confusing the Means with the End. Architecture serves people.

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Each individual residential unit has attached a Auxiliary Unit (AU). These AUs can serve the residents of the primary residence by either becoming a Second Dwelling, a Rental Habitat, a Business or can be simply absorbed by the main residence. The AU is a two-level structure, which, as separate entities could further increase the variety of possible mixes. However, the design adaption extends to the facade, each use begs for a different levels of privacy and communication with the public plaza.

Given that the residences have two public fronts and not a formal rear yard, the need for private outdoor-space is satisfied by having private courtyards. The conditioned spaces that surround these courtyards have wide sliding doors which can allow for accommodations to expand if there is to be a family function.

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Located at the prime corner of the development, at the intersection of Cavalcade and Fulton Street(s), the Hall is intended to serve as a gathering space for a variety of uses. A flea-market, food-truck destination, farmers market are some of the uses that could happen at a weekly schedule. In addition it could serve as a special-event center for both the development and the surrounding neighborhood. Rental income for development could be derived from the Hall.

LAND BREAKDOWN

AREA (acres): 6.45

HCAD LAND VALUE ($): 2,150,000

RESIDENTIAL UNITS (#): 17

COST PER UNIT ($): 126,500

RESIDENCE BREAKDOWN

CONDITIONED AREA (sqft): 3,540

OUTDOOR AREA (sqft): 1,360

AUXILIARY-UNIT BREAKDOWN

FIRST LEVEL (sqft): 590

SECOND LEVEL (sqft): 640

TOTAL AREA (sqft): 1,230

QUERETARO, MEXICOPUEBLA, MEXICO

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The internal space is a large open space and similar to the theme of the residences, the functionary footprint of the Hall can expand into the outdoors when needed; into the Plaza and/or the parking lot.

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