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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
WOODBURY
3-7
alifornia Studio 3B
Pacific Beach, C
Oceanside, California Studio 3A 8 - 14

fe Studio / 5A 15 - 18
Design Build Studio
Chihuahua, Mexico Studio 4A 19 - 23

Thesis 24 - 35
Kathmandu, Nepal

Internships
36 Introduction

37 IQ Haus

38 Salem Hous
e
DiCom Center studio3B

Project: Pacific Beach Digital Community Center

Purpose: Programming site from site context
Date: Sept. 2007
Digital Media: Archicad, Photoshop, Illustrator
DiCom Center Site

Currently Zoning is an obstacle no property owner can get away from

especially in Pacific Beach, California. The site in this project is
accessible by all public and private modes of transportation, and
located at one of the busiest intersections in San Diego. West to
East it starts with the Crystal Pier which takes pedestrians and
automobiles 100 yards out over the Pacific Ocean, then opening up
to the commercial and bar district up Garnet Ave. from the
boardwalk. North to South Mission Blvd is a main thoroughfare
which parallels the coastline.

A central graffiti wall was the focus of the original design

Connection to Mission Blvd makes this site and the rest of the lots
on this side of the road differ in their zone from the buildings out
their back door. CV-1-2 and CV-4-1 are commercial visitor zones
and intended for areas located near employment centers and areas
with recreation resources or other visitor attractions. RM-2-5, multi
residential weaves its way around this area as well.

I exploded the wall

DiCom Center sustainabledesign

Systems
This project was my first introduction
into green building materials and
systems. Cost was not a concern
during the progression of this
assignment so I decided on making
most of the green elements of this
building structural. The southern
facing slope of the roof is made out of
Solar Glass, this retains the energy
that the constant clear weather of
southern California brings. Throughout
the project recycled shipping
containers are used in many different
aspects.

Glass
Triangular trusses support the
photovoltaic glass and copper roof
elements

Containers
First a series of staggered stacked containers create a two story activity space and then
again containers are used as a transforming coffee shop that is placed outside of the
building in the pedestrian traffic of Garnet to showcase the container uses.
DiCom Center floorplan

Second Floor
Scale: NTS

1. Activity Room
2. Restrooms
3. Conference Hall
4. Elevator 5
5. Swimming Pool
6. Hot Tub
7. Gym
2
8. Digital Lab

1 6
4

First Floor
Scale: NTS

33
 DiCom Center urbanplacement

COMMERCIAL
Pacific Ocean

Mission Blvd.

Grand Ave.

COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL
Habitat Community studio3A

Project: Habitat For Humanity Community

Purpose: Affordable Housing
Date: Feb. 2007
Digital Media: Archicad, Photoshop, Illustrator

Inspired by the organization Habitat for Hummanity this project was meant to deal with affordable housing. The projects first concern
was the site. To truly be affordable we could not set the site on a piece of premium land, so we chose an odd shaped left over piece
of land in Oceanside, California. Using pre constructed modules and SIPS I designed a community that could be built for little cost to
accomodatge low income families.
Habitat Community siteplan
In Oceanside the median price for a home is Number of units: 20
$516,000. This has more than trippled since Number of occupants: 48
1998. The average income for a family is Avg. number of occupants per unit: 2.4
$32,000. And nationally 12 million people Avg. size of units: 1300 SF
spend more than 50% of their wages on Number of parking spaces: 36
% of lot coverage: 72%
shelter.
That means if in a household only one person
is working it is impossible to make ends meet.
And if two parents are working then who is
taking care of the children?

Triplex

Each unit is oriented to

the North West so it may
take advantage of what
little views there are

There are a number of reasons why this site

is considered left over. The main is the Single Units
shape, long and narrow with little views in or
out of it. The view to the east is blocked by a
cement block wall which stands one story
high. To the west is a trailer park which is
separated by a chained link fence. The entry
located on the south end of the site is only
accessible by driving through a community
center parking lot. Parking
Habitat Community material

SIPS Units
There are several aspects of my plan that make this project affordable. By using the SIPS
FIBERBOND construction on the first floor, costs are cut down by a third. The customized panels also
ORIENTED STRUCTURAL
STRUCTURAL TYPE X
eliminate job site theft. This product combines five material and labor steps. The framing
STRAND
BOARD POLYSTYRENE SHEETROCK crew is more productive and the work can be done by volunteers rather than skilled
professionals. The savings are sustainable because of the better
insulation, it will continue to save the home owner money for years to come. As reported by
Consumer Reports, December 22nd, 1977, the energy "off-sets" will allow the homeowner to
STANDARD ROOF make a 13th principal payment each year, with this a thirty year mortgage will be able to be
paid in 20 year period.
In addition to the savings from the lower floor, I plan on having the top floors built off site.
These will be built out of FCS cedar for the framing and siding. This way both stages of
construction can be done at the same time. As soon as some first floor units are complete
ORIENTED STRAND then the top units can be brought in and placed by crane.
BOARD

STRUCTURAL Advanced Construction Systems, International Ltd.

P.O. Box 35541, Richmond, Virginia, 23235 USA
POLYSTYRENE Phone/Fax: (804)-378-3742 E-mail: info@acs-sips.com

PERIMETER WALLS
Habitat Community floor plans/sections

Section AA

Legend
1. Living Room A
2. Dining Room/Kitchen
3. Half Bath 7
4. Bedroom
5. Master Bedroom
6. Bathroom
7. Balcony 5
A 3

1 6

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First Floor Second Floor

Habitat Community renderings

Two Bedroom
Habitat Community floor plans/sections

Section AA

Legend 5
1. Living Room
2. Dining Room/Kitchen 5 4
1
3. Bedroom 1 3
4. Bathroom 3
5. Patio/Balcony

2 2
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Habitat Community renderings

Triplex
Canopy & Bike Rack fe studio/studio 5A

Project: Structural Canopy / Architectural Bike Rack

Purpose: Design Build Studio
Date: Dec. 2009
Digital Media: Rhino, AutoCad, Photoshop, Illustrator

This project was a combination of two semesters work. The original project was an artistic bike rack which was built from ten pieces of 10ft long
steel tubing. It is installed on Woodbury University’s Barrio Logan Campus, just south of Downtown San Diego. There is a trolley stop and bus stop located
a mile away, so students and faculty ride bicycles from those locations. Before the bike rack there was no place to lock up the bikes so people
had them laying around the interior of the school. The campus had an open space in the back of the school where the wood-shop was located. The
problem was that this was the southern facade so it was always very hot and sunny. These conditions led to the perfect placement of both projects.
Canopy & Bike Rack designconcept

Member Matrix Stencils Shifting Matrix

Shifting Matrix Compilations

Taking ten pieces of steel tubing, my class and I bent each member with the rule that no two members were
to look similar. This was to prevent similar movements when compiled together. Once all members were
bent we created a matrix to see the possible connection outcomes. We then made cardboard stencils of
each piece and assigned each student a color. With our stencils and our colored spray paint in hand we
painted a connection collage on the wall till we had each stenciled each piece on the wall.
Canopy & Bike Rack designmodules
40 ‘

Single Unit Attempt 1 20 ‘

Variety Attempt
Single Unit Attempt 2 Our main focus for the design of the canopy was to waste zereo amount of
aluminum from our 4’ x 8’ sheets, due to our small budget. After numerous attempts with
sizes and shapes of cuts and cutouts we decided on the single unit layout below. Each
cutout was taken to a break and bent along its x-axis in different ways. Each bent cutout
was then rivited to the top of the canopy frame giving texture to the panels and creating
dynamic lighting situations.

Bent Cut Out Bend Lines

Single Unit
Canopy Layout
Canopy & Bike Rack progresspics pics

fe Studio Sound Wall Intervention fe Studio Steel Bending Art Piece

Chris Bord 2009 fe Studio Spring Class 2009

fe Studio Architectural Bike Rack

Chris Bord 2009

Studio 5A Canopy Studio

5a Sring Class 2010
Chihuahua, Mexico Vertical Farm urbanstudio

Current City Limits

Prospected City Growth
Current Agricultural Fields
Prospected Agricultural land
needed to support city growth
using conventional methods
Project: Farms Reach
Area of land needed
Purpose: CIty of Chihuahua Urban Intervention
multiplies to four times its
original size during the Date: Spring 2009
prospected city growth Digital Media: Rhino,AutoCad, CS3 Suites

Using conventional methods to keep up with the needs of an ever expanding population would take up more land than we have to offer and
devastate the water resources that we are dependent on. Using a Vertical Farming (V.F.) method instead is a way to relive the stress on our
land and other natural resources. You can farm four vertical acres to every one acre of conventional methods. The city of Chihuahua is
having difficulty deciding how to deal with the city edge. If these V.F.’s are implemented then the current agricultural fields will slow down in
growth helping with the sprawling effect. Also Chihuahua is a very horizontal city, and if they can get used to the idea of farming vertically then
the jump to living vertically will follow naturally
Chihuahua, Mexico Vertical Farm siteoutreach
SITE SITE S.F DENSITY PER HECTOR # OF SUPPORTED
DWELLINGS
A 200,000 36-45 741
B 192,500 36-45 712
C 276,000 26-35 1022 (INDUSTRIAL)
D 175,000 13-25 648
Site A E 68,640 13-25 254
SITE 45,000 26-35 427

NUMBER OF DWELLINGS TAKEN USING A PROTOTYPE OF A FOUR

STORY VERTICAL FARM AND DWELLINGSCONSISTING OF FOUR
PEOPLE PER HOUSE HOLD.

D CURRENT ROADWAYS
Site B (PROVIDED BY CITY OF CHIHUAHUA)

SQUARES ON MAP
REPRESENT POTENTIAL
OUTREACH OF EACH V.F. SITE
BASED ON THE SQUARE
FOOTAGE AND DENSITY

Site C C

B
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MAIN SITE
A -Close to arterial road
-Education center in close proximity
-Situated at bottom of slope for easy
water rainwater collection
-Medium density occupation
Site E

RULES OF SITE SELECTION 10 YEARS 20 YEARS 50 YEARS

- Vacant Site
- Neighboring Existing Infrustructure
- Located In Medium to High Population Density
Chihuahua, Mexico verticalfarm

Exploded Axon Diagram A: Diagram B:

The roof structure of this building is shaped to take Example of a system set in place two utilize the
two streams of water to two different storage vertical fall of the water used in the hydroponic
tanks. system. The slabs are slightly slanted to assure
the proper flow of water.

B
SECTION A SECTION B
Chihuahua, Mexico Vertical Farm sitediagram

Open Land
Site Perspective

Site Lines
Sun Reflection
Reflection Intersection Nodes
Structural Nodes
Building Profile

Southern Perspective
Chihuahua, Mexico Vertical Farm landuse

Area of land needed for proposed city growth with conventional Area of land needed after city growth can actually be reduced
methods of farming from current condition using vertical farming
Kathmandu, Nepal thesisprep

Project: Thesis
Purpose: Cultural Investigation and Intervention
Date: Fall 2009
Digital Media: Rhino,AutoCad, CS3 Suites
Kathmandu, Nepal is in crisis; with government regulated blackouts and a culture centered around candlelight operations, it was my first intention to
create a city center for portable light. Creating a change using solar energized fabrics to illuminate the city . After further investigation there was a
more pertinent problem at hand.
Water
Geographic Location thesisprep
Nestling at the foot of the Himalayas, Nepal is among the world's Kathmandu Valley
poorest and least-developed countries with almost one-third of its
population living below the poverty line.

Nearly half of the population - 44% - are children, and in Nepalese

culture child labour is the norm. Child labour is fundamental to the
economy, particularly as Nepal is trying to recover from a draining
10-year civil war that ended in 2006

Kathmandu Valley’s topography is

dominated by the former
lake-bed, believed to be created
by a comet, and the channels cut
by the Bagmati and its tributaries. West to East (3 km grid points)
The lake was formed by the
techtonic uplift of the Mahabharat
Range at the southern rim of the
Valley, and the Bagmati was
ultimately able to cut its way
through the limestone hills a
Chobhar, draining the lake. Many
people visit this portion of the
world to travel The Tibetan Trail
which is a religious journey that
startrs in the city of Kathmandu

South Asia Nepal Kathmandu Valley Kathmandu Metropolitan City

Kathmndu, Nepal thesisprep

FLOODING

CROWDING

ISSUES FACING REGION

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CIVIC 4
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1. Khula manch [amphitheater] 2
2. Bir Hospital 1
3. Rani Pohhan (sacred water)
4. Valley Police
5. National Assembly Hall 5
6. Squatter Station
7. Dasarath Rangasala Stadium 2 9
8. Durban Square
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9. Tundikhel [site]

EDUCATION
1. Durbar High School
2. Tri-chandra College 8
3. All NepalNational Free
Student Union 7
4. Katmandu Model College
5. Padma Kanya Women's
College
city spine
aerial view [MICRO]
Kathmandu, Nepal sitedeployment
In the center of the city there is an apparent spine that is
flanked by the cities past design and the present condition.
This transition area is the ideal location for an intervention in
the city.

URBAN DENSITY DIAGRAM COMMUNAL URBANISM

The Great Lawn,
Manhattan, NY

UNITARY URBANISM
The path of least resistance which
is automatically followed in
aimless strolls, has no relation to
the physical contour of the ground
-Guy Debord

LANDSCAPE URBANISM
Olympic Sculpture Park,
Seattle Art Museum,
EXISITNG DENSITY USA by Weiss/manfredi Architecture
VEHICULAR EDGE
PEDESTRIAN EDGE

CURRENT CONDITION NEW URBANIST

Zhang Jiang Hi-Tech Park,
Shanghai, China, 2000 - 2001

SUSTAINABLE URBANIST
Square makes, Twinbrook Station,
To try and attempt an urban intervention on a site that is activated by so many Rockville, MD
different influences I needed to understand the different types of urbanism and
how other architects have deployed these theories onto sites.
URBANISM TYPE CASE STUDY
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USA AND ROYAL INFLUENCE

ROYAL PALACE

PEACE CORPS
SACRED RUNING OF THE HORSES
MILITARY PARADE GROUND

Rani Pokhari MONUMENT

Ratana Park

Existing Pedestrian Bridge

Running of the Horses

PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION
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Military Pathway
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Military Pathway
Tundikhel
SITE LINES

KINGS PALACE
Kathmandu, Nepal sitedesign
It is not by accident that this site is in the center of the city, but it is
still undeveloped. There is a story told by the Nepalize that on this
site thousands of years ago, their ancestors had slain an ancient
demon on this very ground and upon their victory they trampled the
beast with their horses into the earth burying him underneath the soil.
So every year there is an annual running of the horses to honor this
memory. When looking at a picture of the site you can see the
marks left from the horses.
I used these lines to guide my design.
Design Criteria
- Majority of ground-plane must be available to public
- Grounds within sacred lines shall be raised and
undeveloped
- Pathways shall be derived from adjacency diagram
- Structures shal be located by result of hidden geometries
diagram to ensure avoidence of sacred ground SACRED ADJACENCIES

Ribbon Rules

- ground plane

- ground plane at sacred knolls

- ribbons pass completely over sacred lines

Canopy Perimeter
SACRED SITE LINES

Water Storage and Access

- ribbons pass partially over sacred lines

Grassy Knoll

- ribbons pass over walkway

- ribbons meet low structure

HIDDEN GEOMETRY
- ribbons meet high structure
Adi Herpher Center canopydesign

SITE MASSING CANOPY RIBBON LINES

Sanctity: Shape: Form:

The quality or condition of being considered sacred
Designing on sacred ground has a fundimental
responsibility to enhance that quality of life and to pay
respect to the symbol that this ground represents to a
group of people. I needed to find a design constraint
within the culture with witch I could go by. The octogon
has appeared as a major influence in one of the most
important exports coming out of Nepal; Tibetan Carpets.
Octogaons shape has the ability to shad and diffuse light
when tiled together adding to the sanctity of the site
As the ribbons move north to south across the
canopy sector they react to the ground plane by
shifting direction in the Z-axis. As the ribbons
pass over sacred lines they beak, opening up
the ground to the sky
Each ribbon follows the same
rules but the non linear pattern
of the groundplane creates a
beautiful variation in the ribboon
forms , which make up the
cannopy
Adi Herpher Center rainwaterharvesting

CANOPY SYSTEM

Currently the residence have to collect water as a Roof surface and canopy supports
daily task at public water distribution fountains to carry rainwater to reservoir FILTERING SYSTEM
acquire the water they need to survive ROOF SYSTEM through harvesting techniques WATER TRAVEL

TO RESEVOIR

Canopy surfaces carry

TO RESEVOIR
water into the support
structures which then filter
FROM ROOF SYSTEM the water and disperse it
Adi Herpher Center siteplan
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SITE PLAN 
1. RESEVOIR 
2. PUBLIC ACCESSIBLE WELL
3. CISTERNS
4. MATERIAL FABRICATION STUDIO
5. LIBRARY
6. SCHOOL BUILDING 1
7. SCHOOL BUILDING 2
8. SACRED KNOLL
Adi Herpher Center explodedaxon

Public Well

Sacred Knoll

1. GROUNDPLANE
2. CISTERN / WELL
3. STRUCTURES
4. CANOPY SUPPORT SYSTEM
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5. CANOPY SURFACE

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Adi Herpher Center thesis
 Introduction

In addition to my academic requirements I was also required to obtain internship hours in order
to obtain skills that academia could not provide. I obtained my hours working for a local design
firm located in Little Italy.
Custom contemporary interior design was the main focus of the firm. We were also developing
an affordable upscale modular home system framed with recycled shipping containers.

As the project progressed the clientele expanded, the affordability of the containers attracted
other uses such as a winery in Baja, Mexico.
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