Projects
I Collaborated with a cardboard company in Los Angeles that provided me with cardboard boxes. USEDCARDBOARDBOXES.COM is named literally after its company mission: To provide used cardboard boxes. The business model is simple and effective in terms of both environmentally friendly and economically. The collaborative furniture design began as a way of showcasing the two narratives, one being using …
Mother Nurture Center started as an idea years ago by Stephanie Morales, MFT. Bringing on board, Christine Brinton, the two of them explored the design potential locating themselves in the South Bay of California. As part of the preliminary phase consulting, we addressed the feasibility of their headquarters located on the Redondo Beach Pier and the design. The main goal …
In an effort to help the community where I grew up, I am exploring the opportunities to help facilitate the engagement between the Old and the New / the Rich and the Poor. Cities are important in collaborating different walks of life. It is important to understand the community and the many layers that create the City of La Puente …
On May 3, 2014 more than 40 people gathered to make a house in one day for a very deserving and special family in Tecate, Mexico. The slab on grade was existing and rough electrical and plumbing were installed prior to the framing and assembling of the house. The square footage is roughly +500 square feet with a loft space. …
The season of spring gives new life and that feeling exudes in the relationships we have with our environment and nature. It is architecture that helps frame these seasons and especially capturing simple moments that far too often in our tech savvy world do we lose sight of. The design of the 1000 SF outdoor hillside deck lends itself to …
There are patterns of a city that give importance to the identity of a city and it is not all colored green. Los Angeles is the new contested site for a better bicycle city. However there are issues such as way finding, etiquette, and infrastructure to be improved for the bicycle community. Bicyclists at this point are a dangerous asset …
At the moment architecture fits into social media and technological devices as a reactive experience. There is the virtual space which enables people to access information. This for example is someone deciding on a place to eat using a social media platform to decide. The second space is the physical space and is the architecture. An example of this is …
Visual space that functions on two levels, visual literacy and renewable energy. Advertising and energy companies can merge on the same footprint to collect energy and disseminate information. Mono-functional graphics can have an improved impact on the Assembly Bill 32: Global Warming Solutions Act. Perhaps as a society we can think about every dollar spent on advertising is a …
Old Town La Puente : Start Theater:: Built after WWII, This historic theater has the bones of an airplane hanger. It suited its purpose over the years in creating a gathering space for the city of La Puente, CA. Developers have tried to demolish this building and proposed a parking garage, housing element, offices and other ideas. This theater should …
Rethinking the typology of parking garages during off hours. PARKING GARAGE meets PARK | MUSEUM | EVENT SPACE