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.

Just like any design phase of an architecture project, seeing all of our hard work come together in a complete set of graphics makes all of our trials and tribulations worthwhile. Check out our final design proposal for renovating One Seneca Tower here!

How do architects take a simple computer model, generate basic graphics, and turn it into a beautiful rendering that depicts the space and composition of materials? Learn more about my process of taking a Revit (BIM) model of One Seneca Tower in Buffalo, NY and develop realistic renderings of the project in this post.

Learn more about my process of determining perspectives for architectural renders in this post where I use my current project, One Seneca Tower in Buffalo, NY.

There’s always an overwhelming feeling of excitement and happiness that every Architect has when they finish any digital model. This week, my friends and I finally completed our Revit model of project 3x30 One Seneca Tower! Check out some exterior views of our model in this very brief post.

This week we focused on refining our schematic design for One Seneca Tower's boutique clothing stores, brainstormed several rain screen systems for the façade of both the tower and adjacent building, and refined the museum layout to include secure areas. Learn more in this post.

As my team and I continue designing a theoretical renovation of One Seneca Tower in Buffalo, NY, we focus on coming up with a design for the mix use programs on the lower level of the building. We discuss current trends in fashion retail and decide to design an experience for shoppers. Learn more in this post.

What happens after a conceptual architecture project is complete? It’s time to gather all the drawings, graphics, photographs, and final files into one folder to be used in the future. Check out the final set of images from the NYC Micro Dwellings project in this post.

How do architects take photographs of their project’s site and combine it with their 3D models to create a realistic visual to present to their clients? Learn more in this post where I take the photographs for the NYC Micro Dwellings from last week and combine it with 3D renderings of the project to create a visual to present to clients.

How do architects decide on the materials that will be used in their projects and visualize it to share with clients? Learn more about how the NYC Micro Dwellings’ exterior materials were selected and see some of the initial photographs that will be used to visualize the building within its site context in this post.

When architects determine the best building form and layout of a project, their next step is to refine it to work with the various constraints of the built environment; codes, systems, structure, and so on. Check out the development of the NYC Micro Dwelling’s design in this post.

How do architects take a concept and turn it into a potential building form, layout, and comprehensive project? Learn more about the process in this post where I share the initial schematic design of the NYC Micro Dwelling project.