Kalevala-kehto

Design+Build

Catholic University: 2010

Prof. Travis Price, FAIA

The Kalevalakehto was designed in collaboration with classmates at the Finnish embassy in Washington DC. The retreat folly evokes the poetry of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. Together my classmates and I participated in the construction process for two weeks in Helsinki, Finland. The projects completion kicked off Helsinki design week 2010 and in 2011 it was honored the AIA DC Award of Merit.

PLACE   MATTERS

Women, Gender & Architecture

City College of NY: Spring 2013

Prof. Marta Gutman, PH.D

This paper is written on the Manhattan Village Academy, a high school located in Chelsea. The academy grew out of the small schools movement in 1996 and was a collaboration pioneered by three women pushing for social change. Beverly Willis became the first architect outside the board of education to renovate leased space for a New York City public school. 

digital   fabrication

Parametric Design

City College of NY: Fall 2013

Prof. Jonathan Scelsa

The blog contains writing and exercises on the role of parametric design in architecture.