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Client // Lutheran Church of Boedigheim
Location // Boedigheim, Germany
Date // Summer 2009
Project Team // Ecker Architekten, Prof. Frank Flury, IIT Design/Build Studio
Personal Role // Conceptual design, Detailing
Materials // Local lumber & stone
Photographs // Brigida Gonzalez
Website // Flurkapelle Buchen/Bödigheim

“We’re not able to contain our enthusiasm… it’s such an honest building.” – AIA Chicago Awards Jury

The result of an international collaboration between students of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, and Father Moser of Boedigheim, Germany, this field chapel is an extraordinary place for quiet repose and worship.  Typical of the German countryside, field chapels are often built as a memorial, or as a destination for pilgrimage.  Built of local materials by volunteer labor, this small chapel serves as a testament to the hard work and effort provided by so many.  Once inside, pure light fills the interior, both physically and metaphorically.

Sponsors // CTBUH, RoMF
Location // C-Ward, Mumbai, India
Date // Spring 2010
Project Team // Seth Ellsworth, JaYoung Kim, Prof. Antony Wood
Materials // Concrete, Steel

By the year 2030, 25% of the land area of Mumbai will be covered by parked cars.

The TATA Tower is a project which addresses the serious infrastructure issues currently found in Mumbai.  The city’s energy and transportation networks are at maximum and experience frequent problems.  This urban parking development aims to remove several vehicles from local streets, allowing for increased public transportation and open space at the ground level.  It also generates sustainable energy for its vehicles, itself and its neighbors.  Total residences: 930.  Total vehicles: 4050.

Experience //
Design // 6 years
Management // 4 years
Physical Craft // 10 years

Education //
B.Arch, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL // 2010
Major: Architecture;  Minor: Management; cum laude

Skills //
Analog: Freehand Rendering, Sketching, Model-making; wood, metal, concrete, acrylic
Digital:  Windows & Macintosh // MS Office, iWork, Adobe CS5, AutoCAD, Revit, 3DS Max, SketchUp, ArchiCAD

Awards //
AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award // 2010