My Portfolio

Shannon's Place is a dementia facility located in Qualicum, BC. This facility will be a place where people with dementia and Alzheimers can be met with daily activities on behalf of Shannon Place's skilled, caring, and qualified staff who provide sensitive care. The activities and care will be provided daily and will range depending on the guest's interest. The available activities based on the design are wheelchair and walker-accessible wander paths, sensory rooms, gardening facilities, a workshop kitchen, a hair salon, and flexible rooms for physical and cognitive activities. The facility will incorporate natural, biophilic emphasis - using light and connection to nature to foster safe, calm feelings in a space that could feel sterile, dreary, and monotonous.

In Collaboration with Theresa Scully. This redesign focuses on bringing natural textures into the outdated and mismatched current VIU cafeteria area. There is a focus on wayfinding and accessibility - especially in the servery.

Hotel 1905 is a boutique hotel located in downtown Edmonton, Alberta that will provide a space of tranquillity for travelling entrepreneurs, executives, and business people while on professional trips and excursions. Named after the year Alberta became a Canadian Province, Hotel 1905 will blend old and modern. As a reflection of the nature of satin, some aspects of the design will be curvilinear forms that elegantly dance around the space - mimicking the effect of satin. The design will be a mixture of dark greens, blues, and greys with dark features. there will be wood tones, marble stone, and soft leather. Contrasting textures and colours will be at the forefront of the design, which will create a dramatic feeling. The circulation will be circular in public spaces and linear along the private corridors to rooms.

HiveMedia is a Canadian multimedia design and advertising company breaking into the Albertan market from their Vancouver start point. The company is medium sized, and wanting a boutique-type experience for their team and clients. The characteristics of HiveMedia are fun, vibrant, and responsible within the community.

A renovation project of an apartment kitchen. Size restraints limited the design, but the rehab enabled a more functioning kitchen area and updated appliances.

A collection of technical drawings by use of Autocad and Revit programs.

Appliqué sewing library is a community program located in Port Au Prince, Haiti. They are venturing out as this is their first library of this kind in their portfolio. Its mission is to bring the art of textile crafts to the people of Port Au Prince. This will ensure that any community member who wants, or needs, to learn, explore, refine, or enjoy their craft can do so without an investment of supplies. This library will bring revenue and learning enrichment for the community, as it holds programs like children and adult lessons, group knitting, and crocheting, as well as quilting guilds, handbag, and shoemaking lessons, and weaving lessons. This will ensure that the community of Port Au Prince will have their needs met in the way of everything textile.

A collection of hand drawn design elements and historical artifacts.

Naked Fish is a seafood specialized, fine dining restaurant and bar located in downtown Halifax Nova Scotia. The east coast of Canada is abundant with seafood, so this restaurant will fit in, but the design and luxury menu will stand out. The concept is derived from nautical influences and seaworthy character. The vibrant colour scheme of Naked Fish is inspired by the downtown Halifax mural by Jason Baxtin.

A renovation of a 70's styled cabin, into a nautical, rustic, and more functional space. The clients had wanted unobstructed views out of the windows and to the ocean, so upper cabinets and shelving were limited.