How can we design and build a skyscraper in New York City using timber? Learn more about the early stage thoughts on a residential timber skyscraper in NYC in this post.

After two months of working on the Sky Mausoleum project, I’ve completed the design and proposal ahead of schedule! From last week to now, I’ve taken these renderings and post processed them in Photoshop. I also asked a good friend of mine if he could visit the site and take some photographs for a street view rendering. Here are the final renderings for the project.

We’re at a very exciting part of the Sky Mausoleum project - visualizing the project through architectural renderings. Check out the initial renders straight out of Revit in this post.

What kinds of materials should be used for the interior finishes of a Mausoleum in a skyscraper? Learn more about the design progress and material selections for Sky Mausoleum in NYC.

For the past week, I’ve been focusing on the interior layout of Sky Mausoleum, the reflected ceiling plan, and setting preliminary materials to prepare the Revit model for rendering. The interior layout has gone through several iterations and I’m proceeding with a design option that has curved interior walls and ceiling. Here’s a quick update on my design progress with Sky Mausoleum.

How do you separate the public ground floor from the private floors of a Mausoleum in a skyscraper in NYC? Learn more about how the design of the Sky Mausoleum creates public storefronts and an outdoor terrace for families and friends visiting their loved ones.

From a simple facade sketch to creating a BIM model of the Skyscraper Mausoleum, the project is really beginning to take shape. Learn more about how a sketch influenced the facade pattern and design of the Skyscraper Mausoleum in this post.

In a hyper dense city like New York City where there’s a lack of space and land to bury and store our loved ones, how can we design a building to allow us to visit our family and friends who have passed away? Learn more about my latest project, which is a proposal for a mausoleum skyscraper in NYC.

Combining a street image of the project’s site with a basic rendering from Revit and finessing them in Photoshop, a photo realistic visual of Micro Housing Project comes together in a comprehensive image. Learn more about my process for developing renderings for the project in this post.

How can we design tiny living units with ample storage and to be perceived as a larger space? Learn more about how Micro Housing China uses built-in cabinetry, a Murphy bed, and a refrigerator for personal food storage to create living units for the homeless in Hong Kong, China.

With a single primary facade for a skyscraper that shares its other walls with its neighbors, how can the facade be designed to be dynamic? Learn more about how the facade at Micro Housing China changes throughout the day based on the needs of the occupants in this post.

How can we efficiently design and build a temporary pop up exhibit that gives form to light? Learn more about our proposal as finalists for the Amsterdam Light Festival 2017 that uses a combination of shipping containers, pallet storage framing, and transparent threads in this post.

How do you fit two residential units, emergency exit stairs, and an elevator in a skyscraper with a 1,000 square foot floor plate? Learn more about how this skyscraper proposal to house the homeless population in Hong Kong does it in this post.

In a hyper dense city like Hong Kong, China where the cost of living is above what the lower class is able to afford, where does the growing homeless population go? The rooftops. Learn more about the next project for Journey of an Architect in this post.

A step by step tutorial on how to take a basic rendering and post process it in Photoshop and Topaz Labs Adjust. Learn more through my NYC Net Zero Public Housing project that I’ll use as an example for developing an interior architecture rendering.

During the beginning of the architectural visualization process, there’s always multiple iterations of renderings that get refined over and over again. See my process of developing draft renderings of the NYC Net Zero Public Housing Project here.

From developing various residential unit types to different floor types, it often becomes a design puzzle where the pieces need to come together to create a comprehensive residential building. Learn more about the schematic design development process of the NYC Net Zero Public Housing project here.

After designing the top floors of a residential building in NYC, how do you transition to designing the ground floor that has both public programs and a private entrance for residents? Learn more in this update on the Net Zero Public Housing Project in NYC.

How could we design highly efficient buildings with affordable units in New York City? Is it possible to construct a net-zero building that could alleviate the costs of utilities for all residents? Learn more about the brainstorming process of a potential net-zero public housing project in NYC.

How can we give light form that is visible to the eye? What does a fast paced international competition proposal develop look like? Learn more about my proposal for the Amsterdam Light Festival 2017 competition here.