Alcatraz Island has been home to a fort, military prison, Federal prison, Native American Occupation, and is now a National Park Preserve and tourist destination. The gashes respond to the layers of suppression and injustice that have taken place on the island. Remnants of the gashing become bridges and paths for individuals to explore. Visitors take a short trip through the main prison structure, witnessing the destruction and debris of the past events, and leave empowered to instigate change elsewhere. Occupiers who chose to stay on the island longer and explore the many levels of the intervention become organizers of future protests and occupations against human rights injustices.

Transgressive Architecture as the Catalyst for a New Social OrderAlcatraz Island, San Francisco, CA

Graduate ThesisSpring 2013Prof. Bruce MacNelly

The brutalist, enclosed nature of Boston City Hall rejects the notion of a government for the people, of the people. The public movement from the subway station located below the plaza of City Hall drives upwards creating a direct connection to City Hall. This movement rises up to the former Mayer’s Office, cuts open the unused courtyard in the center of the building, and ends in the former courtroom. The public is now free to enter City Hall and has “Occupied” the building, opening up the government to the people once again.

Occupy City HallBoston, MA

Graduate StudioFall 2012Prof. Bruce MacNelly

Mixed-Use TowerMission Hill, Boston, MA

Community Design StudioSpring 2012Prof. Manuel Delgado

Proposing a mixed-use tower to bring housing, small business offices, and a performance hall to the Mission Hill Neighborhood. The ground floor has a green roof park for the public, as well as a private park for the residents. The residential units house small families in two or three bedrooms, with a private balcony and vertical garden screen system. The “archway” between the two residential towers allow for maximum natural lighting and views out. The cross bracing floors allow sky parks on the green roofs for residents.

GROUND FLOOR

1:200

PROGRAM:EntryInformation deskCafeKitchenCoat checkHydrolic roomExhibition hallWCMechanical shaftEgress

N

Haus am Kleistpark

Music School Addition

Angel WelpWentworth Institute of TechnologyFall 2011

Located in a residential neighborhood, adjacent to a community music school, the addition connects to the primary hall of the old building, bringing students new rehearsal space, an exhibition hall, and a performance hall. The space supports the program needed for the music school as well as provides for the fine arts, theatre, and dance. The community is drawn in by the front amphitheater stairs and the open interior space used for public events. The building skin facing residential buildings is made of tightly woven panels allowing light to the interior, but few views out, retaining the neighborhoods privacy. The scale of the building connects to the intimate feel of the area, while the performance space is raised up, referencing the importance of the space within the greater urban context of Berlin.

Music School AdditionHaus am Kleistpark, Berlin, DE

Comprehensive Design StudioFall 2011Prof. Rolf Backman

ELEVATION 11:200

CUT THROUGH:Exterior entry space (lowered 1m)

Haus am Kleistpark

Music School Addition

Angel WelpWentworth Institute of TechnologyFall 2011

ELEVATION 31:200

CUT THROUGH:Exterior ramp

Haus am Kleistpark

Music School Addition

Angel WelpWentworth Institute of TechnologyFall 2011

This installation was created by Japanese Ice Ray geometries dictating the location of each triangulation. The Lattice pattern was followed within each component and also dictated the manner in which each component met. The installation began with a structural base and was built upon as the angles of the base were adjusted to allow for new pieces. Each component was fastened by zip ties which allowed the angles between pieces to maintain the structural integrity of the entire installation. The installation acted as a gateway into the architecture studios as well as a sunlight filtration screen, casting complicated shadows throughout the day.

Ice_Ray Lattice InstallationWentworth Institute of Technology Boston. MA

GeomatterSpring 2011Prof. Shani Shariff

The private residence and photographic studio designed by Hurzog & De Meuron has limited documentation available to the public. My project team was required to submit full construction documentation as well as specifications and detail drawings. The following are examples of my contribution to the construction drawing set.

Studio Frei [Herzog & De Meuron]Weil am Rhein, DE

Professional PracticeSpring 2012Prof. Meliti Dikeos

Bujalski Welp

Frei Photography Studio

Weil am Rheine, Germany

Frei

Herzog & De Meuron

1981-1982

SCALE: 1:100

ROOF PLAN

A 104

0 1m 3m

Bujalski Welp

Frei Photography Studio

Weil am Rheine, Germany

Frei

Herzog & De Meuron

1981-1982

SCALE: 1:100

RCP

A 103

0 1m 3m

Bujalski Welp

Frei Photography Studio

Weil am Rheine, Germany

Frei

Herzog & De Meuron

1981-1982

SCALE: 1:100

NORTH ELEVATION

A 201

0 1m 3m

Bujalski Welp

Frei Photography Studio

Weil am Rheine, Germany

Frei

Herzog & De Meuron

1981-1982

SCALE: 1:100

WEST ELEVATION

A 202

0 1m 3m

Bujalski Welp

Frei Photography Studio

Weil am Rheine, Germany

Frei

Herzog & De Meuron

1981-1982

SCALE: 1:100

NORTH SECTION

A 301

0 1m 3m

Bujalski Welp

Frei Photography Studio

Weil am Rheine, Germany

Frei

Herzog & De Meuron

1981-1982

SCALE: 1:200

WALL SECTIONS

A 304 and 305

0 2m 6m