college for creative studies

a cabin on lake ovid

inspired by familial memories, the cabin on Lake Ovid intends to take visitors on a journey toward wellness through complete immersion within the natural environment. Location, building materials, and design concept tackle all five senses to inspire wellness through humanities deep rooted need for intimacy with ones self, loved ones, and nature.

ENVIRONMENTAL EVOCATION

collaborators

lasean marie

madi ritenburgh

k. liebau

This collaboration with communication design students was planned for the 2022 Detroit Cumulus Conference: Design for Adaptation. Illuminated semi-transparent paneling guides visitors through a historical timeline of human ingenuity toward climate adaptation.

CUMULUS DETROIT EXHIBITION

Sycamore Terrace is a contemporary adaptation of the antiquated townhouse. Primary focus concentrates on passive temperature control in a humid-subtropical climate. This involves implementing cross ventilation, insulating building material, natural light exposure, and a balanced integration of interior and exterior spaces within the residence.

Sycamore Terrace

This sponsorship with the electric automotive lifestyle company, NIO involved collaborating with transportation design students. The NIO Off-Road Retreat is a usonian complex located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Here, there is opportunity to rediscover the enrichment of unplugging and reconnecting with the natural environment.

NIO OFF-ROAD RETREAT

collaborators

peter durak

cedric olivier joseph

The Intersection of Queerness & Early Modernism is explored on a journey with queer creative figures of the early 20th century in the dawn of the modern era. A contemporary perspective is placed on this historical conceptual research-based interpretation.

VISUAL STORYTELLING

Katherine Mansfield

Elsie de Wolfe