Year: Spring 2021
Site: Springfield, Missouri
Recognition: Librarium Merit Prize Recipient
To revitalize and reconnect the West Central Community area, the “20-minute neighborhood” concept was implemented, creating mixed-use, affordable housing where residents have convenient access to many places and services they use daily, including restaurants, grocery stores, schools, and parks, without relying heavily on vehicular transport to access these places.
walkability
safe cycling networks
public transport
affordable housing
ecological preservation
parks and recreation
compost collection
community garden
local schools
lifelong learning opportunity work opportunity
Parking is removed from the street view and is instead placed behind, facilitating pedestrian circulation and allowing opportunities for local art, graphics, and other methods of artistic representation to be displayed along the frontal area of the community complex.
Allowing residents the flexibility to expand their housing program to accommodate to their individual needs (as these may grow and change in correlation to their familial growth and development) creates a sense of ownership over their space, providing an incentive to identify with, develop with, and connect to their community.
Year: Fall, 2020
Site: Suzhou, China
Inspired formally and conceptually by the bonsai tree, this project bridges together two low-income areas in Suzhou, China, currently separated by a part of Suzhou’s unique canal system. In hopes of connecting both physically and socially, a community garden and urban farming program was implemented along the bridge, creating a gathering space with a shared responsibility that benefits the entire local community and creates an incentive to connect.
Year: Fall, 2022
Site: Springfield, Missouri
Recognition: Librarium Nomination
This Ozark Jubilee theater looks to become a contemporary, inclusive, and cultural cornerstone of downtown Springfield. The informal concert space in the lobby engages with the northwest corner of the site and along the street, creating a welcoming, approachable, and inclusive space for all to congregate and connect. The theater design’s goal is to highlight and celebrate the contributions and history of the former Ozark Jubilee theater.
