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ARCHITECTURE
Project type: Abstract Precedent & Wood Tectonic Study
Date: Fall 2026
Primary precedent: Senior Hall, Berkeley, CA
Course: ARCH 100C / Studio: Robert Scott & Casper Mork-Ulnes
Fragment to Graft is not a building, but instead, an exploration of log and lightwood frame construction derived from an analysis of UC Berkeley's Senior Hall. The first project, Fragment, takes a corner of Senior Hall and aims to emphasize the precedent's unique tectonic strategies through spatial abstractions. The following project, Graft, weaves the aforementioned strategies with lightwood construction, inspired by the 1906 SF Earthquake Shacks, to compose an accumulation of varying spaces that could inspire future projects.
Project type: Public Gallery & Municipal Service Center
Date: Spring 2026
Area: 43,400 sq ft / Location: 2801 Adeline St, Berkeley, CA 94703
Course: ARCH 100B / Studio: Kei Takanami
Cavern is an 43,400 square foot two-story public gallery and municipal service center located across from a bustling super market and surrounding residences. The program includes public galleries, a cafe, lobby, three municipal services, offices, and classrooms. The project's core design utilizes a pair of three interconnected, folded interior voids to establish a programmatic hierarchy between the polarizing gallery and municipal elements. These folded voids expand beyond the structure via fenestration and envelope extrusions.
Project type: Multi-Purpose
Nominated: CED 2025 Design Excellence Award
Featured: TRACE Issue 5
Date: Fall 2025
Area: 8,000 sq ft / Location: South side of Bauer Wurster Hall
Course: ARCH 100A / Studio: Adam Miller
Concealment is an 8000 square foot detached addition to Bauer Wurster Hall on the south side. Programmatically, this project features a four-story structure containing enfilades of a public lobby, auditorium, office core, and pin-up space. The central design concept explores how a simple rectangular envelope conceals a complex interior through multi-heighted spaces and arcs.
Project type: Auditorium Addition
Date: Fall 2025
Area: 4,000 sq ft / Location: Courtyard of Bauer Wurster Hall
Course: ARCH 100A / Studio: Adam Miller
U Annex features a 4,000 square foot attached addition to the courtyard of Bauer Wurster Hall. For the program, the building is a combination of a lobby on the first floor with an open air ceiling that intersects into an auditorium above. The goal of this project is to create a spatial journey that smoothly transitions between two rooms stacked onto each other through the formalistic qualities of a "U".
Project type: Adaptive Reuse Housing & Art School
Winner: CED 2025 Bakewell, Brown & Weihe Prize
Date: Spring 2025
Area: 12,000 sq ft / Location: 1403 Carleton St, Berkeley, CA 94702
Course: ARCH 11B / Studio: Rudabeh Pakravan / TA: Mike Ren
Gridvolution is a 12,000 square foot adaptive reuse of an existing multi-housing residence in Berkeley, California into an art school combined with residential spaces. The program consists of student housing, gallery spaces, studios, classrooms, and a cafe. This project aims to use the direction and form of a trapezoidal grid to unify the pre-existing structure with its new adaptation.
