DESIGN

Iowa City Passive House

An all-electric, low-carbon Passive House by Sol Design + Consulting. Winner of the 2023 Phius Passive Building Design Competition.

Moothart Residence

Net positive, LEED Platinum deep energy retrofit of an 1895 home by Sol Design + Consulting. Winner of 2023 USGBC Leadership Award and 2023 Cincinnati Design Award.

Cincinnati Deep Energy Retrofits

Decarbonization of two 150-year-old homes by Sol Design + Consulting, looking at how to minimize 30-year carbon emissions.

Iowa Nest Residence

A Net Zero Energy passive solar house in Southeast Iowa built at near-conventional cost. Winner of the 2020 ICF Builder Award.

Over-the-Rhine Net Zero Infill

Sol Design + Consulting’s winning entry to the Over-the-Rhine Infill Design Competition sought to chart a pathway toward Net Zero Energy for Cincinnati’s iconic historic district.

Boathouse

This design for an unconditioned kayak house is an experiment in how many months can be made comfortable through passive measures alone.

Sefaira

An early-stage energy and daylight analysis tool for architects. I served in multiple roles, helping to create and grow one of the most widely-used analysis tools in the world.

Meadow Farm

A net positive energy LEED Platinum residence and small organic farm in California by William McDonough + Partners. Architectural Record House of the Month, May 2015.

Reclaiming Nature's Metropolis

This dramatic re-envisioning of Chicago as a regenerative, Net Zero Energy city won a top award in the Living City Design Competition. With Rollerhaus Pictureworks & Design Co.

American University School of International Service

A LEED Gold academic building by William McDonough + Partners. Contributed toward exterior design.

The Sewer is a Mine

A proposed neighborhood-scale waste system mines existing sewers transforming wastewater to energy, fertilizer, food, and clean water.

Forest Park, Reimagined

A proposed transformation of a 1970s suburb to a diverse, walkable community via a "sustainable pattern language." Part of a Masters of Architecture thesis.

Cincinnati Park Comfort Stations

Restrooms designed to instruct by rendering visible flows of water, waste, and energy. Regional winner of the 2007 Emerging Green Builders design competition.

Imago Earth Center

A proposed education center expresses the tension between human intervention and natural forces; an exploration of "building as pedagogy."

Shaker Spa

A movement against man/nature and spirit/body dualisms. The building takes an open approach to thermal comfort, relying on thermal mass, shading, and surface temperature to provide a varied and visceral experience.

Privy at Pleasant Hill

This open-air privy utilized the architectural concept of the "reveal" to make visible flows of water, waste, and weight, establishing a connection with natural processes.

Flight 93 Memorial

A proposed memorial for the Flight 93 tragedy of September 11, 2001. The design concieves of the memorial as an experience rathan than an object: a four-mile trek from apparent disorder to clarity and catharsis.

Waldorf School

A series of classroom pods among the trees for an unconventional school. An experiment in decentralization.

Autonomous House

A concept for an "autonomous house," completely self-sufficient in terms of energy, water, and waste management.