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Brentwood Phase One | renovation

Brentwood Phase One | renovation

This project was in many ways, my introduction to Stantec. This project had been ongoing for nearly two years when I joined and the Revit environment was one of the worst ones I had ever seen. It was a huge project, which is always hard to do "right" in Revit but worse, the entire project was in one Revit model. Over forty thousand people hours had already been put into model and attempting to optimize proved to be my primary goal. 

I ended up remolding many of the complex facades and sectional geometry to help with the detailing effort. Ultimately, I made use of the Enterprise Agreement between Autodesk and Stantec and commissioned the first ever Autodesk Project review for Stantec. This was a great introduction into the process of Autodesk enterprise service options and what could be done for a project. 

Ultimately, the project got patched as best as it could but limped to the finish line going from Revit Server, to the main network hosting and breaking out as much of the work as possible. As for the architectural efforts, I modeled parkade ramps, glazing and performed renders with Autodesk's A360 Cloud.

800 Bell

800 Bell

A Houston, Texas skyscraper renovation I worked on at ZCA in 2013. 

Capital Market Authority Tower

Capital Market Authority Tower

I was the lead technician for this project at HOK. I managed all of the BIM models, assisted the designers with Rhino modelling and helped render images for client meetings with Aramco. HOK was the design architect for Omrania Architects who delivered the Construction Documents and managed the Construction Administration. 

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I was laid off by HOK during the economic crisis in 2009 and received a call four weeks later from Omrania asking me to join them in Bahrain. I would have taken it had I not already accepted the job at FKP as a BIM Manager for the Equipment Collaborative Team. 

Inverted Chair | Full Scale digital fabrication

Inverted Chair | Full Scale digital fabrication

While taking a furniture course during my architecture college years, I was heavily influenced by my course in Digital Fabrication. Designing parametrically changed my overall approach to design and I explored complex fabrication concepts with multiple planes of construction reference. 

This "chair" was intended to sit upside down in to have blood circulation flow quickly through the brain and recharge the mind. An idea I was hopeful would help with sleep deprivation, something all too common in architecture school.

The design process involved researching ergonomic principles, measuring my own body via photographs and then modeling in Rhino. I output the model into CNC files for wood fabrication.

LITE Beam | UH full scale project

LITE Beam | UH full scale project

LITE Beam was a semester long class project in a first of its kind in the architecture curriculum. Digital Fabrication was an emerging concept for architecture as digital design modeling became more parametric and easier to manage manufacturing criteria. Our class was lead by Andrew Vrana and Joe Meppelink and this was the first iteration of this class that still exists today. 

Our aim was a small studio, was to make a modular ceiling unit. Our materials were architectural foam, metal, acrylic and metal wire. I did work in Rhino, CNC file creation, electric wiring and assembly labor. 

It was this class that sparked my love of parametric design and digital fabrication that primed me for BIM work and a life enriched with what could be done if better merged with technology.