72” X 36” ink on vellum

Space is political. What design, aesthetics and construction all conspire to produce is the assertive presence of a ‘self’ within an environment. Our buildings oblige us to exist within the protection of our formalized systems of power. This condition is both solace and prison: Solace from the exposed indifference of a blind and unending universe, but also imprisoned by the concrete shaping of a “self” no longer in flux, bound and limited by the spaces we’ve created.

Architecture is both the monument of our fear and the evidence of our meaningfulness.  Despite all its decorations, it is featureless; sanded down by the influence of the political body (even the most intricate of details are just ripples in the vast, flat ocean of the collective will).  This project proposes an architecture that exists in between the political and physical superstructure of power, an expression of the beautiful chaos that we exchange for the comfort of culture. It is both a cautionary and inviting fantasy of the individual handprint.

The sectional drawing cuts through a portion of three loosely programmed structures: A mausoleum, a library/museum and a residential/commercial tower.  A large, entirely unprogrammed structural grid fills the space between.  It proposes an ad-hoc architecture of disparate, totalizing moments that exist just outside the obligations of predesigned space.  In this way, each space becomes a feature in the cultural collage of the informal city

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Renderings of a permanent exhibit at the Leonardo museum designed by Mark Hofeling with Creative Services Bureau.

Renderings of a bar designed by Mark Hofeling with Creative Services Bureau.

Renderings and design of a high school with VCBO Architecture.

Designed and animated while working with Design and Architecture in Beijing.

Renderings for VCBO Architecture.

UCLA student work.

Renderings and design of a bus maintenance facility with VCBO Architecture.

Renderings of a retail space for architect Nathan Webster.

UCLA student work

UCLA student work.

Micron drawings of desert landscapes. More to come...

Speculative design and renderings of a soccer and tennis stadiums. (not commissioned by the University of Utah)

Design and renderings for VCBO architecture.