Competition Work
Heart.Beat
Design Leadership Competition, Perkins+Will, 2015
Design Partner: Nathan Mattson
Our project seeks to improve the wellness and experience of persons on the site through a spatial reconfiguration that increases density while enhancing the site’s existing resources. This is achieved through vertical layering of program and transit to improve flows and the overall transit experience, and activating the Chicago River through programmatic and spatial interventions. In this way, Heart.Beat addresses global issues with local solutions.
The massive superstructure at the heart of the project is an elevated surface, touching down strategically at key locations throughout the site. Transit and biking/pedestrian networks provide efficient circulation, embodying a living pulse supplying vitality to key spaces.
Move // Me
Design Leadership Competition, Perkins+Will, 2017
Design Partner: Nathan Mattson
Move // Me is a modular building framework that creates a mobile environment where people and their skills are the resource, and buildings are the container and transit. Within an established framework, modules - including housing, commercial, research, training, and collaboration units, among others - are transported to connect best within a Hub of matching programs. As industries shift and economies boom and bust, the career retraining facility provides workers with the new skills they need to adapt and thrive, pairing them with University staff, researchers, and other professionals who provide mentorship and instruction.
Reclaiming Rising Waters
Design Leadership Competition, Perkins+Will, 2014
Design Partner: Nathan Mattson
The site of impact is far greater than the building’s footprint. Through flood mitigation, drought prevention tactics, and irrigation systems with adjacent sites, water can be effectively retained and redistributed as seasons require.
Zone 1: Dry Season
The lowest of the three river inlets, this zone is always activated and lets water in year-round.
Zone 2: Rainy Season
The river inlet diverts some water during the rainy season and higher water levels.
Zone 3: Flood
A cactus zen garden during the dry season, Zone 3 also acts as an emergency inlet and flood mitigation system during exceptional storms.
