Studio 804, Inc, Intern Architect
Participated in the research, design, drafting, and construction of the Center for Design Research, a 1.2 million dollar campus building for the University of Kansas. I personally led the steel fabrication and structural design team, as well as the design team for the interior trombe wall. Additionally, I was one of three students who designed and fabricated the 80' long, butt-glazed curtain wall system with panes of triple-glazed, argon filled, electro-chromic glass.
AIA Kansas City Design Excellence Awards - Merit Award, Award
The University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserve (KSR), located north of Lawrence, KS, serves as a unique place for university biological and ecological research. This privately-owned land acts as a valuable piece in the area as it contains one of Douglas County’s last native tallgrass prairies.
In an effort to make this nature preserve publicly accessible, KSR invited a studio of 3rd year architecture students to design and build the Rockefeller Prairie Trailhead, which will serve as an introduction to the site.
The project consists of a covered open deck, with benches, looking out to the landscape, and a shaded portion with maps and information about the reserve.
This was an intensive seven-week scope of work that included: site master planning, design, pre-fabrication and on-site construction. The lumber for the project came from recycled telephone poles.
Installation was accomplished in an eleven-day period, and completed in May 2009.
