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azhocarp@gmail.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER AT GANNETT FLEMING TRANSYSTEMS

Developed architectural drawings and coordinated multidisciplinary teams for transit, public works, residential, and commercial projects. Contributed to proposals, design development, LEED certification, and package submittals. Led multiple transportation design projects, directing team members, managing budgets, assigning tasks, and maintaining project schedules.

Led a first year architecture project studio, guiding them in model making, CAD and BIM software, graphic standards, and 3D printing. Provided hands-on instruction, fostering technical proficiency and design thinking. Supported faculty with course logistics and mentoring students, enhancing their foundational skills in architecture.

ARCHITECTURAL INTERN AT GRACE DESIGN STUDIOS

May 2025-Present

Produced architectural drawings and coordinated with multidisciplinary teams on healthcare projects ranging in scale. Supported architects through design development, code research, site planning, redline integration, and construction document completion. Developed detailed 3D models, including custom furniture components.

AWARDS

NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

SCHOLARSHIP 2019-2023

ASU DEAN’S LIST 2019-2023

SOFTWARE

HIDA DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD:

SPRING 2022, SPRING 2025

ARCOSANTI ARCHIVED DESIGNER SPRING 2025

EDUCATION

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

BSD Architectural Studies 2019-2023

Minor in Sustainability

M.Arch 2024-2026

AFFILIATIONS

AIAS American Institute of Architecture Students Fall 2021-Spring 2026

U.S. Green Building Council Green Associate

FABRICATION

Revit AutoCAD Forma SketchUp

Rhino Grasshopper Bluebeam

Enscape TwinMotion D5 Lumion

Illustrator InDesign Photoshop Adobe Xd CNC 3D Printing Laser Cutting LiDAR

works

RESONANCE

These selected works span my undergraduate and graduate studios and trace an ongoing investigation into architecture as a lived, embodied experience. Each project seeks to cultivate meaningful relationships between people, place, and material. Each project approaches design as an integrated system rooted in land and community.

01 KAIRA MATERNITY CENTER

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collaboration with LUIS BRITO & JACOB BICKERS

Spring 2024

The leaflet maternity center sits near a life-giving river, designed to celebrate life and culture. Its curved walls echo the river’s contours and the fluidity of new human life, and the use of rammed earth walls to convey motion and organic beauty through materiality.

Surrounding the maternity center, a lush garden with medicinal herbs and native plants offers beauty, sustenance, and healing, supporting the maternity center’s kitchen and nourishing mothers.

TAMBACOUMBA, SENEGAL

Upon entry, visitors are greeted by the moringa tree, symbolizing life, and healing. The layout ensures easy access for expecting mothers to consultation and maternity wards, with the north end dedicated to medical services and the south end for families, students, and staff.

1. RECEPTION AREA

2. RESTROOM 3. CHANGING ROOM 4. PERSONNEL AREA 5. WARD AREA 6. LABOUR & DELIVERY AREA

NEONATAL AREA

C-SECTION OPERATING

CONSULTATION AREA

STORAGE

KITCHEN

WAITING ROOM

MIDWIFE BREAK AREA

MULTIPURPOSE SPACE

FLAT / WOVEN BAMBOO STRUCTURE

BAMBOO BEAM

CURVED BAMBOO

VERTICAL BAMBOO

CENTRAL WALL SUPPORT

Using local and natural materials the main structural load relies on core rammed earth walls and supporting bamboo posts and beams to hold up the twin leaf bamboo roofs that provide water to the garden spaces on the occasion of rain.

MASSING

02 RESONANCE

MASSING STUDY

TO DIVIDE

TO CARVE

IS TO CREATE CIRCULATION

TO CONNECT

IS TO CREATE SPACE

TO BEND IS TO CREATE COMMUNITY

TO ELEVATE

IS TO BE COURTEOUS TO NEIGHBORS

IS TO ATTRACT

PROGRAM + CIRCULATION

PUBLIC SPACE PRIVATE UNITS

CREATIVE FLEXIBLE SPACE

VERTICAL CIRCULATION

GROUND FLOOR CIRCULATION

UPPER FLOOR CIRCULATION

FLOOR PLANS + ELEVATION

RECITAL HALL SECTION DETAIL

PIGMENTED CONCRETE PANELING

3/4” HAT CHANNELS

WATER RESISTANT MEMBRANE

8” POLYISO BOARD INSULATION

1/2” SHEATHING

STEEL TRUSS SYSTEM

1”=15’

03 A HOME FOR THE END

Spring 2023

AN ULTIMATE STATE OR CONDITION EVENTUALLY REACH OR COME TO A SPECIFIED PLACE, STATE, OR COURSE OF ACTION

A PLACE THAT IS LINKED TO ANOTHER BY A PHONE CALL, LETTER, OR JOURNEY

THE FURTHEST OR MOST EXTREME PART OR POINT OF SOMETHING

A PERSON’S DEATH

A GOAL OR RESULT THAT ONE SEEKS TO ACHIEVE

A FINAL PART OF SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY A PERIOD OF TIME, AN ACTIVITY, OR A STORY

A HOME FOR THE END IS A SPACE TO PROCESS ENDINGS OF ALL CALIBERS AS WELL AS FACILITATE NEW BEGINNINGS. IT IS AN EXPLORATION INTO HOW ARCHITECTURE CAN CONCEPTUALLY GUIDE TRANSITIONS, CYCLES, AND HOST IDEAL SPACES FOR RENEWAL.

CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM + WALL SECTION

3’0”

1”=20’

SECTION + EXPLODED ENVELOPE AXON

RELEASE

CONCRETE LAYER

CONCRETE IS SPRAYED ONTO THE TEXTILE LAYER IN A THIN LAYER OF A FEW INCHES, PROVIDING A LIGHTWEIGHT, ORGANICALLY SHAPED ROOF.

TEXTILE SHUTTERING

TEXTILE REINFORCEMENTS ARE STRETCHED OVER THE CABLE-NETTING TO PROVIDE A SURFACE TO APPLY THE CONCRETE LAYER AS WELL AS EXTRA

CABLE-NET FALSEWORK

CABLE-NETTING IS CONNECTED OVER THE FORM WORK, INFORMING THE ORGANIC SHAPE OF THE ROOF.

EDGE BEAMS

EDGE BEAMS ARE ATTACHED TO THE SCAFFOLDING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND A BASIS FOR THE FORM OF THE ROOF.

SCAFFOLDING

SCAFFOLDING IS CONSTRUCTED AROUND THE OUTLINE OF THE ROOF AND BASE ON THE HOME.

RAMMED EARTH WALLS

THICK RAMMED EARTH WALLS PROVIDE A SOLID BASE AND SUPPORT FOR THE LARGE CONCRETE ROOF STRUCTURE.

04 ARTA

COSANTI SITE

PHASE 1: + ARCHIVE STORAGE

PUBLIC VEHICLE ROUTE

SERVICE VEHICLE ROUTE

PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION

ECOLOGICAL CIRCULATION

NORTHERN COURTYARD

PHASE 2: + ARCHIVE EXPANSION

PHASE 3: + ACADEMIC CENTER

ACADEMIC SPACES

BURROWED DESIGN

ARTA includes a large-scale material experimentation and production warehouse (A), material science labs (B), classrooms (C), an auditorium (D), and an archival center for works from Arcosanti and Cosanti sites (E). The subterranean spaces blend into the suburban context of the neighborhood and allows for the natural desert landscape to remain in the back of the site. Cascading terraces and courtyards provide plenty of shaded and cool exterior spaces for all to enjoy on site (F).