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The projects are a testament to my interests in design, materiality, culture, and spatial changes over time. They emphasize my obligation to fulfill professional growth. With this desire, knowing why I engage in design testation reinforces my commitment to meeting goals while creating new relevance to the space used by those whom I create for, and for the recognition of the presence of the unobserved.

Urban Forestry Workshop Studio
The Hull, Gatineau, QC

MoCreebec Eeyoud
Moose Factory, ON

Factory of the Future
Barcelona, Spain

Garden in the Machine
Ottawa, ON

Golden Retreat LTC
Ottawa, ON

Desert Futures
Israel & Palestine

Africville Part 1
Halifax, NS

Africville Part 2
Halifax, NS

Shaare Shalom Cultural Centre
Kingston, Jamaica

Design and the Public Realm Sparks Street,
Ottawa, ON

Architecture has moved away from preconceptions, and so have I. Now equipped with new tools to establish my goals in design, project management, and conservation, I can translate my significant experience with the new contemporary theories learned and more advanced technical training I’ve acquired into the performance of activities for a wide range of situations. Complimentary to this the opportunities I have to now rationalize historic consecration methods within the Canadian and wider North American context.

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Below is a preview of selected projects that demonstrate recent explorations and my emerging abilities.

Africville Part 1

Halifax, NS

Africville is a two and half acre lot that is home to a northerly park in Halifax, N.S. It was a community that was razed for fifteen years, starting in 1964 after administrators of the Halifax City Council decided to rezone the land for industrial use in 1947. This decision eventually became psychologically hostile and regressive to the black citizens as it took shape enacting dispossession and spatial injustice that brought with it several forms of racial marginalization strategies. Eventually this seaside country village would cease to exist after its original formation in 1848.