Relevant Courses

Series of projects done during classes other than studio. This includes both gaining skills in the field of architecture as well as my interest in sustainable science.

Cities at Risk: Professor Adriana Chavez

In this seminar course taught by Adriana Chavez, we learned about the infrastructure challenges that came from Hurricane Sandy in the New York area. We researched the social, economic and political damages that were caused to the city by listening to various guest speakers in their field of knowledge such as Kevin Gurley from the MTA, Amy Chester from Rebuild by Design, and even Frank Avila Goldman from Sea City that helped us understand the impact of resilience. From there we chose a neighborhood, ours being Spanish Harlem, and studied ways to mitigate the risks that come from stormwater flooding, sea level rise and extreme heat. This was done through mapping in ArcGIS. We also learned how to make a stakeholder map and generate a SWOT analysis in order to evaluate the aspects that go into designing a resiliency projects.

Take a look at our final project in ArcGIS Storymaps in the link: https://arcg.is/1rC480

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Introduction Building Systems Design: Professor Daekwon Park

The following project’s objective was to collaborate as a group of 4 and explore in detail how to build a microhome. Unlike some of my other studio projects, this one was more structrually focused. I specifically worked on a series of precedent studies while helping specify our design. In addition, I worked on the diagrams that help detail specific design choices and the site plan.

Buiding Systems Design: Nina Sharifi

This architecture course explored the design and performance of buildings by studying their light, air and sound systems. We started to learn about health and safety concepts within the organization and planning of a building. In this assignment, we chose a precedent building and analyzed it’s existing surroudning conditions and then how cetain elements of that project may have reacted to a different environment.

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Structures I: Robert Hubeli

For this introductory structure course, we learned about the basic physical concepts for structural system behavior. This included analyzing large structural forms and the performance of structural materials. This specific project, we designed and modeled a bridge and analyzed it’s performance.