SF Public Parklet: Bamboo and Concrete

Location: Cafe Abir at Divisadero and Fulton St. SF, CA. Materials: Pressure treated lumber with compressed bamboo decking and concrete pavers. Designed and built in collaboration with Ron Stanford. In 2010 the city of San Francisco began issuing RFP’s (request

SF Public Parklet: Bamboo and Concrete

Location: Cafe Abir at Divisadero and Fulton St. SF, CA. Materials: Pressure treated lumber with compressed bamboo decking and concrete pavers. Designed and built in collaboration with Ron Stanford. In 2010 the city of San Francisco began issuing RFP’s (request

Steel Standing Desk

Intent: Educational piece to teach a friend how to weld. Materials: Steel and wood

Steel Standing Desk

Intent: Educational piece to teach a friend how to weld. Materials: Steel and wood

GH#1-2: Reuse

In April 2011 I helped construct three, 20’ long structures over the course of a very hectic weekend. All three structures were built using off the shelf components and combined to form a continuous 60’ room. The structure, table, and benches

GH#1-2: Reuse

In April 2011 I helped construct three, 20’ long structures over the course of a very hectic weekend. All three structures were built using off the shelf components and combined to form a continuous 60’ room. The structure, table, and benches

Bricks

“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.” Mies van der Rohe

Bricks

“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.” Mies van der Rohe

“Always design …

“Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context – a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.” Eero Saarinen

“Always design …

“Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context – a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.” Eero Saarinen

GH#3 Glass and Steel

Greenhouse Number3: Glass and Steel. Location: San Francisco, CA. Designed and built in collaboration with Ron Stanford. Materials: Greenhouse structure: 100-year-old reclaimed lumber (planed) Siding: Green plywood, extruded aluminum T-track, and 15 custom glass panels. Exoskeleton (platform structure): Raw Steel

GH#3 Glass and Steel

Greenhouse Number3: Glass and Steel. Location: San Francisco, CA. Designed and built in collaboration with Ron Stanford. Materials: Greenhouse structure: 100-year-old reclaimed lumber (planed) Siding: Green plywood, extruded aluminum T-track, and 15 custom glass panels. Exoskeleton (platform structure): Raw Steel

Kahn

“All material in nature, the mountains and the streams and the air and we, are made of Light which has been spent, and this crumpled mass called material casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.” – Louis Kahn

Kahn

“All material in nature, the mountains and the streams and the air and we, are made of Light which has been spent, and this crumpled mass called material casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.” – Louis Kahn

Light Transmitting Concrete

Continuing my obsession with concrete I’ve been experimenting with the idea of producing cast concrete lamp shades and lights. Right now I am very much in the preliminary stages of testing different materials and methods to see what has the

Light Transmitting Concrete

Continuing my obsession with concrete I’ve been experimenting with the idea of producing cast concrete lamp shades and lights. Right now I am very much in the preliminary stages of testing different materials and methods to see what has the

90 Degree Table

The 90 Degree Table was a year in the making, and designed to replace the two dilapidated $7 Ikea tables currently in my living room. Its design was incubated from a desire to experiment with both concrete and carbon steel. Ultimately

90 Degree Table

The 90 Degree Table was a year in the making, and designed to replace the two dilapidated $7 Ikea tables currently in my living room. Its design was incubated from a desire to experiment with both concrete and carbon steel. Ultimately

About

Perfect: Excellent or complete beyond practical or theoretical improvement. Entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings. The thought that anything can exist without flaws or shortcomings is irrational and frankly, impossible. Having said that, I do consider myself a perfectionist.

About

Perfect: Excellent or complete beyond practical or theoretical improvement. Entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings. The thought that anything can exist without flaws or shortcomings is irrational and frankly, impossible. Having said that, I do consider myself a perfectionist.