i'm a student at columbia gsapp (graduate school of architecture, planning, and preservation) currently in my first year (of three) of earning my master of architecture degree. in undergrad, i studied physics and studio art photography — an unwieldy yet incredibly rewarding duo.

my passion for architecture and design has meandered about for my entire life. at a young age, i had an obsession with attics. i’d like to chalk it up to the notion that an unfinished attic is perhaps the most honest portion of a house. it does not lie or cover up any hint of how its corresponding structure stands or why it stays warm downstairs, even in the winter. but as a lifelong lover of the old and the forgotten, perhaps at least part of this interest stemmed from the fact that people typically use their attic to store just that: the old and the forgotten.

today I find my passion for design in all kinds of places in my work, from small-scale material studies to asking large-scale questions on architectural theory and urbanism. i take pride in the world that we share and build together, and every day understand more wholly how intertwined design and the human experience really are…

aside from work, i am an avid film photographer (analog or bust!), love to play the guitar, read, listen to music (also analog or bust!) and, most of all, tinker with my 1989 jeep and minimize my time waiting for tow trucks. right now, i'm enjoying perusing facebook marketplace for old junk and playing the new york times games on the subway.