“Design can be art, Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it’s so complicated.” -Paul Rand

Residential Design

Nourish Cafe

Garden and Patio Design

Surf Shop

Located in the Bernal Heights District, 39 Santa Marina Street resides two hard work-ing couples. In order to change their way of living in a relaxing atmosphere they in-tend to move forward towards a more sustainable and ecological way of living.

The clients have chosen to alter their living environment where both their private and public space are merged into a functional and comfortable space. The public space will be the client’s massage therapy space called Back to the Future accessable to

the powder room. The goal for these cli-ents is to maintain the same structure of the building with little or no walls being torn down. The ultimate challenge is working around existing objects of the area and Bernal Height’s weather conditions.

Residential Green Design39 SANTA MARINA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA.

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The Solar Azmuith chart (determining the sun’s angle during the seasons is represented to the

right for the Bernal Heights district.

Above is the site Climate Analysis respresent-ing the sun’s direction during the summer and

winter days.

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Top Floor Street Level Bottom Floor

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GREEN PLUMBING PLANLEGEND:

FRESH WATER

GREYWATER

RAIN WATER

HOT WATER

BLACK WATER

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LEGEND:

FRESH WATER

GREYWATER

RAIN WATER

HOT WATER

BLACK WATER

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Summer - 15 deg. AngleWinter - 75 deg. Angle

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Front Facade Back Facade

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The Master Bedroom has the best natural lighting in the house

where it emitts from the North-East and North-West blocking

the summer heat while gaining a good view of the winter sun set.

Here is the relaxing Lounge area with a clear view of the street. Right behind the seating area, the Radiant Thermal wall stands in order to insulate the heat’s sum-mer sun from entering the Master bedroom behind it.

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Nourish Cafe

Nourish cafe, branched from the founder Mary Jane Marcus’s Glob-al Commons. She envisions a com-munity affecting social exchange locally and globally. Nourish Cafe is intended to be an international coffee and tea house bringing in different cultures to inspire one

another through dialogue, edu-cation, and community based on old fashion values. This project is designed in a green and organic composition with a cozy Bohe-mian warmth. Faces of happy women from all over the world are represented through paintings on

the wall, while an illuminationg tree light structure is branching out throughout the ceiling of the entrance representing the cafe’s idea in branching out through dif-ferent communities.

COMMERCIAL DESIGN

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Adjacencies: - Coffee Bar adjacent to Entrance - Office adjacent to Restrooms - Storage adjacent to Office - Janitor Closet adjacent to Entrance & Coffee Bar

Program Requirements - Coffee Bar - Eatery - Lounge - Kitchen - Office - Service Area

Square Footage: - Lot - 4,000 S.F - Seating & Dinning Area - 2,000 S.F - Activity Area - 761.6 S.F - Womens Restroom - 53.96 S.F - Mens Restroom - 53.96 S.F - Utility Room - 100 S.F - Storage - 227.2 S.F - Office - 88 S.F

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Garden and Patio Design

Located in Fremont California, this newly constructed residence is in need of a backyard remodel. Consisting of about 500 square foot in lot, it is inspired by the Japanese gardens with its use of bamboo, cherry and blossom trees. The complete

upgrade for the design had no budget in mind other than creating this amazing en-vironment for this elder couple. The back-yard is separated into three sections con-sisting of the pool area, vegetable garden and entertainment area. The entire idea

for this backyard remodel was in order to display the client’s cultural background of the Japanese gardens. Known for its amaz-ing bonsy trees, the Japanese garden in-corporates this zen like feeling in order to achieve bliss.

BACKYARD REMODEL IN FREMONT CA.

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East Elevation

North-West Elevation

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Represented to the right is the pond structure from the back entrance of the yard.

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The beach’s of Central California (Pismo) inspired the concept of this project. The assignment was to design a retail store that also serves the “typical San Francis-co lot” measuring up to a 2,500 square foot space with 30-foot ceilings. I wanted to create a unique surf shop that differs

from all the ordianry shops with a modern feel, using sleek lines and organic shapes that remind us of the beach. As you walk into the shop the first thing that strikes you are the two column palm trees decorat-ed with rope lighting and this large open space. A majority of the shop is repre-

sented in the shape of a surfboard, (the ceiling light fixture and the chashier table) while different shades of aqua/blue are used as the color scheme. The entire idea is to create this beach theme with the use of different textures as waves and sand in different forms.

Surf Shop2,500 SQUARE FOOT LOT

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The surfboards are displayed like an art gallery where light is shining above them.

The wave like figures are where swim suits are hung, while the shelves between

them are displays of sandals and other accessories.

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Front Facade

To the right is the interior perspectives from the entrance’s

view where it’s sepa-rated into two levels;

first level is dedicated to all of the cloth-

ing and accessories while the second lev-el is a gallery display

of surfboards from different brands.

The intention was to design a high-end

retail store where a minimum of products

are exposed.

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