2023 Ceramics
Clay in Context
A series of vessels showcasing the distinct clays found in Jordan and reflecting subtle gradations in color that are characteristic of its diverse geography. Harvested and processed by hand, the clays tell stories of the terrain and carry a history of the land and civilizations that inhabited it.
2019 Ceramics
Reshaping the Vessel
Drawing on ceramic traditions in the region, this project aims to rethink the water vessel and explore new applications for age old techniques. The modular screen is inspired by the mashrabiya, a hollow perforated wall system. This project engages in a dialogue between the handmade, digital and industrial techniques.
2019 Architecture
Brooklyn Public Library
During my time at Toshiko Mori Architect, I worked as part of a team on the renovation of the Brooklyn Public Library in Grand Army Plaza. The goal was to expand the range of public services offered to its diverse community of users by introducing new programs and restoring the existing 1941 art deco building.
2018 Exhibition Design
Bob Greenberg Selects
During my time at Toshiko Mori Architect, I worked on the design of an installation at Copper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum which exhibited a range of significant works selected by Bob Greenberg illustrating how technology has propelled design innovations in form, style and function over the past 65 years.
2019 Mapping
Urban Imaginaries
A collection of intaglio prints exploring the role of the imaginary as a means for gaining insight into the way each individual perceives their physical surroundings and envisions aspirations for the future. The prints are seen as a tool for turning the city’s architectural and urban concerns into opportunities for reinvention through the reversal of modern top down visions of the city, with the goal of understanding urban life through the lens of the everyday actions of inhabitants.
2019 Community Engagement
United Nations - My Mark My City
Design of a community mapping exercise with the aim of giving participants the opportunity to take a further look at the impact of green space on the city of Amman. By looking at the city through several architectural and planning scales the participants are provided the platform to re-imagine the city and generate innovative ideas for integrating green space into our living environment.
2018 Architecture
Woven Roots
Along the border of Jordan and Saudi Arabia is a series of agricultural towns depending on deep reserves of groundwater to grow crops in a climate not usually conducive to farming. The towns host supportive infrastructure and cultural institutions, however they are still without a community library. The proposed library is intended to function as a hub for research on arts and textiles encouraging new development and supporting longstanding traditions of textile weaving.
2016 Community Engagement
Deciding Interventions
This project offers guidelines for deciding interventions in urban development, given conflicting and often competing aspirations amongst stakeholders. Its objectives are threefold: to ensure that the social and economic development of place is integral to its spatial development. To establish criteria with which to decide and evaluate the broader strategic value of urban projects. To develop a set of guidelines for practitioners.
2016 Research
Affordable Housing Institute
Conducted and summarized a research publication as part of the Instant City research initiative. AHI intends to shift the paradigm of intervention in post-disaster communities so that humanitarian and relief organizations approach their work as investment in city-building for uprooted populations.
2015 Architecture
A Lisbon Story
Located by the Tagus river in Lisbon, a boat house is designed underground creating a plaza above, allowing views out into the horizon. The plaza is covered by a large canopy - announcing the entry into the boat house and creating a shaded area for gathering. The ground is perforated with large openings allowing light to come into courtyard spaces within the submerged building
2015 Mapping
Jakarta
The research examines the scale and distribution of the most prominent urban development types throughout Jakarta. Illustrating a city with developmental models that rely heavily on large scale, single footprint buildings with little or no connection to adjacencies. The research highlights rapid construction of global capital enclaves which has created an extended and highly fragmented urban landscape with little or no street life.
2015 Urban Design
Collective Space for the Extended Metropolis
The project aims to create a shared space inviting the communities from two sides of the canal to interact, by introducing a school bridge that doubles as a transit hub. The bridge brings public amenities to a monolithic scale, and generates with its dramatic presence a sense of urbanity within its depleted surroundings. Sectional changes allow private and public spaces to coexist. The bridge takes the form of a single gesture.
2015 Architecture
Imprecise Tropics
Colombia is one of the most prominent coffee producers in the world, yet the country lacks the culture of drinking high quality coffee. This project aims to promote coffee drinking by bringing together coffee production, consumption and education in one building. The architecture follows the unique topography of the site. The roof is a gesture bringing together different wings and creating shaded areas for social activities to occur underneath it.
2015 Architecture
Byblos Town Hall
As an intern at Hashim Sarkis Studios, I worked as part of a team on the design of a new town hall for one of the oldest cities in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In an effort to bridge the divide between the tourist-heavy historic core and the suburbs where most residents live, the town hall is situated at the interchange of the highway separating the two areas, within a public park. The building is divided into three large blocks each housing a different component, all connected at the ground level.
2011 Exhibition Design
Luminous Washi Lanterns
As part of a Rhode Island School of Design team I took part in designing "Luminous Washi Lanterns" installed at Japan Society in New York. Inspired by traditional paper lanterns typically found at Japanese festivals, the collective piece grew over the course of the day as the visitors wrote earthquake relief wishes on paper and contributed to the making of the work.