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Kitchen Rack

2014

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Description: Design/Build wall rack

Date: Autumn 2014

Cost: ~$50 (including labor)

Features: Solid walnut construction, steel angle, holds ~75lbs

Finish: Danish Oil

CITY GARDEN

CITY (BROOKLYN) GARDEN

Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Date: April 2013 - September 2014

Client: undisclosed
Cost: ~$2500 (material, time, ancillary)

Compost Bin, made from recycled lumber was the first landmark of the yard

Diagram for the Compost Bin

The space was completely overgrown with rhizomes and weeds.

The cleaned up Garden.

List of plants:

Herbs
Chives
White Onions
Scallions
Garlic
Rosemary
Basil; Thai and Italian
Dill

Fruit & Veg
Kale
Tomatoes; Zebra (green), Cherokee, Roma, Tomatillo
Cauliflower

Tubers
Radish; French and Traditional
Beets
Carrots
Turnips
Zucchini
Pumpkins (mini)

Flowers
Sunflowers
Rose

ACherokee and several Zebra tomatoes harvested

KHOBAR PARK: update 2014

KHOBAR PARK

Khobar, Saudi Arabia

2012-2014

Khobar Municipality has nearly completed the construction of the park.

Included here are as-built (construction) photos, as well as additional design sketches and renderings that we produced during design development.

Central shade canopy is successful in providing a less sunny space for people to sit.

Photo credit: Lulu Almana

Xeriscaping in full gestation. photo credit: Lulu Almana

Final Planting List

ORIGINAL DESIGN CONCEPTS

(not built)

An original proposal for a walled space that was rejected by the municipality. (2012)

FURNITURE Ib: Cabinet

Cabinet

2012

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Description: Design/Build multipurpose cabinet

Date: Autumn 2012

Cost: ~$300 (including labor)

Features: Solid Pine construction, brass hinges, secure amplifier location, seating

Finish: Danish Oil

FURNITURE I: Table

Kitchen Table

2012

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Description: Design/Build Kitchen table

Date: Autumn 2012

Cost: ~$1000 (including labor) + butcher block (donated)

Features: Maple Butcher Block top (2"), 4" Douglas fir supports, Full width drawer, Object storage below, Locking wheels

Finish: Danish Oil

DRAWING: quarantine building study

Q-City sketch
8x14 inches, colored pencil, done with Front Studio, 2010

PRECEDENT: (H)ADRIANS VILLA

MATERIAL STUDIES

(H)ADRIAN'S VILLA

Brick and Marble

(2012)

Restored brick arches.
In the foreground, the arch is very shallow, with an approximately 1:12 arch and a full soldier course above to support the weight.

Original wall section with pumice and mortar at the center and brick face.
The wall is nearly 1m thick and has 5 visible layers across the depth.

Detail of lichens on a brick column base

Second detail of the column base. Visible use of brick as both a structural and decorative element.

Marble floor.

Three visible materials in a wall. The restored wall is to the top and left of the image and includes a completion marker.
Original brick, in a deteriorated state, can be seen in the lower right.

Client: Emperor Adrian

Time: the First Century AD

Location: Tivoli, Italy