Cal Poly Architecture

My Bachelor of Architecture Thesis at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo is a humanitarian project with Journeyman International, a humanitarian[...]

I am volunteering with Journeyman International (JI) to design a humanitarian agricultural training center for my thesis and I got[...]

This quarter, I got to design a mixed use homeless housing project in Los Angeles. This project is based on[...]

Some teenagers fangirl over celebrities or musicians. Me? I fangirl over architects. Peter Zumthor, the Pritzker Prize winning architect of[...]

The fall quarter of my third year, I decided to take a studio that focuses on massing and designing in[...]

As a warm-up project my fall quarter of third year, and to introduce us to Grasshopper, an algorithmic modeling software[...]

This was my third year working as an RA for the Cal Poly Summer Architecture Career Workshop. I attended the[...]

Spring quarter of my second year, I designed a nature-focused elementary school. We started the quarter by designing one element[...]

Fall quarter of my second year studying architecture at Cal Poly, I designed a bakery and community center in Guadalupe,[...]

The initial excitement of getting into Cal Poly has worn off and now you are faced with a long (and[...]

Beautiful sunset over day 2 of the architecture workshop. Tried to capture it in a watercolor - almost there but[...]

I'm back at Cal Poly as an RA for the Summer Architecture Career Workshop! I attended the workshop when I[...]

Here's my wall on display. I wanted to share some of my peers' work too. I was amazed by the[...]

The final project of freshman year: a wall. While it was a bit anticlimactic, this was still an interesting project.[...]

For a nice change of pace after Design Village, our next project this quarter was a research project about a[...]

Design Village 2016 was a success! You can read about my project inTENTse here. I wanted to share some of[...]

“You have three weeks to design and construct a structure for you and four other people to sleep in for[...]

Drawing Haus was the last project of Winter quarter. It was all about creating a space where you could relax,[...]

My finished paraSITE project:Viewports to mountain peaks:Joints: Check back soon for more about my process and to see the other projects!

Also inspired by the primitive shapes, we made a sheet metal model of a shape that had been sliced to[...]

After making our primitives, we were put into groups to construct a cube with a "secret compartment" inside. The cube[...]

For our first project of the quarter, we went back to the basics, modeling the "primitive" shapes: a cube, a[...]

Here's my portfolio from fall quarter on Issuu.

We finally finished the pier! We tied all the sections together and hung them from the ceiling.This is my final[...]

Okay so you remember the original model of my group's section of the pier. Now it's time to design something[...]

After measuring the pier, we built a scale model of it.Our section of the pier had a road down the[...]

 A right of passage here in the Cal Poly architecture department is the pier project. One bright Sunday morning, the[...]

Want to learn how to create a folded-paper sculpture like my Interpolated Void project? Check out my newest YouTube tutorial:

We hung all our interpolated voids up for the Parents Weekend Showcase. They turned out really incredible with the lights[...]

Just a refresher, we started with two photos and extrapolated lines between them. Then, we made that paper into a[...]

For my final model, I experimented with folded paper. I chose a glide reflection pattern that I found in the[...]

A collection of study models for my final Interpolated Void project: a full model with an LED light inside it.Playing[...]

Our second big project of the year is called interpolated void. The concept of the project is to take two[...]

For my environmental design class, we created a camera obscura in our classroom by covering all the windows in the[...]

For the final part of the gamespace project, we created a slightly larger model that was a combination of three[...]

After finishing the models for each game, we picked our favorite 3 to redo with the added parameter that you[...]

For the second part of the Gamespace project, we made models based on our diagrams. My first model is for the[...]

It's my first project as an architecture student at Cal Poly! It still feels like a dream to be here. The[...]

I am two weeks into my second internship at an architecture office. My first internship was during the end of[...]

Last weekend, I visited San Luis Obispo for Cal Poly's Open House.I went to Farmer's Market Thursday evening and checked[...]

I have officially been accepted early decision at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo! I will be studying architecture there[...]

This past weekend, I visited Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. I had a wonderful time exploring the beautiful campus[...]

As all "visual people" would know, the NAAB (National Architecture Accreditation Board) list of architecture colleges is not very helpful[...]

It's National Architecture Week, the perfect time to take a moment to appreciate the architects and architecture around us! The[...]

Remember my Final Project from Cal Poly's Summer Architecture Career Workshop? Well I finally got around to modeling it in[...]

The wait's over! The video of my TED talk is finally up! Photos by Cassie Triplett and Isaac Cook I[...]

I've been blogging about architecture for almost four years now, and asked a lot of walls why they're dreaming, but[...]

This Thursday, I’m throwing it back to just about a week ago, introducing you guys to the last two RAs[...]

I can hardly believe that it's already been a month and that my time at Cal Poly's Summer Architecture Career[...]

Hello everyone! I can't believe it's already the end of the architecture workshop here at Cal Poly. I've met some[...]

For the last Throwback Thursday post, I'll be reminiscing on my very first post... Back in 2009, I designed this dining[...]

On Saturday, we hiked up into Poly Canyon. In addition to seeing some of the old architecture projects up there,[...]

Good morning everyone!It's the last week of camp and I can't believe how far we've all come. After pushing ourselves[...]

This morning, we constructed high-rises that we put on an earthquake simulating shake table in the afternoon. We worked in[...]

Wednesday, we had another Architectural Engineering project. The professor showed us different methods of making spans, like with trusses or suspension,[...]

On Tuesday, we started Architectural Engineering with another cube project! Given a number, 1 to 5, we had to design[...]

It's Throwback Thursday once again!I'm throwing it back to one of my personal favorite designs this week...the Warm Great Room! What's your favorite[...]

Today I have another wonderful RA to introduce you to, Ariana. She’ll be a fourth year architecture student studying in[...]

Today we had another guest professor, JoAnn, introduce us to sustainable design. We focused on sun and shade in our[...]

These past few days we've had a guest professor, Umut , teach us some basics of Urban Design. We started with[...]

Hello everyone! I’d like to introduce you to another of my wonderful RA’s today, Chip! He’s a third year architecture[...]

Good morning everyone!It's sad to think that camp is halfway over, but we've learned a lot and make some great[...]

It's Throwback Thursday number two!Remember this?My Prefab House Design!What are you reminiscing about today?This post is part of a series[...]

Hello everyone! I had a fun first weekend in San Luis. On Saturday we went downtown to sketch and on[...]

Saturday morning we went to downtown San Luis Obispo. Mark talked about how climate can influence architecture and how cities grow[...]

After our photo safari on Friday, we printed out two of our pictures and mounted them on cardstock. Then we[...]

Good morning everyone!We made it through the first week and that fearless creativity sure did help! Now that we're settled[...]

Today we had a watercolor lesson! Yay! I've been wanting to learn how to do watercolor for a while now[...]

Yesterday our drawing lesson was on shading. We played with value and texture in art and architecture.  Our homework was to add shading[...]

We had a guest professor today and he talked to us about photographing architecture by focusing on details and composition.[...]

Yesterday we worked on a project in pairs to make something inspired by the rhythm and emotion of music. My partner[...]

Welcome to my first Throwback Thursday post!If you aren't already familiar, "Throwback Thursday" is a social media "tradition" to post[...]

Mark and the RAs loved my double cube. I think what made it so successful is how you could tell[...]

For my homework tonight, I drew the outside corner of my dorm room. 

For our drawing lesson today, we learned about perspective! Yay my favorite! Our homework assignment was to draw our dorm[...]

Our second assignment was to make a cube. We talked about cubeness, the parts and characteristics of a cube, and[...]

Mark gave us our first assignment Sunday night: to draw a towel. I went for a simple approach, drawing the[...]

Good morning everyone!We made it through an eventful first night in the dorms complete with a power outage and a[...]

Hello everyone!I have very exciting news to share today!! Over the next four weeks I'll be participating in Cal Poly's Summer[...]

So you want to be an architect?Well there are a few steps you have to fulfill before you can practice[...]

Philadelphia University is a leader in the fields of architecture, design, engineering, business, textiles, and health and sciences. They offer[...]

Another architecture program I found interesting was at University of Idaho. It offers a Bachelor of Science in Architecture as[...]

Another wonderful New York architecure university is Syracuse. It's a private school in the mid-sized city of Syracuse, New York.[...]

Another university with an amazing architecture program is Rice University. It's a private university located in the large city of Houston,[...]

I attended National Portfolio Day at the San Francisco Art Institute this past weekend. I wasn't sure what to expect and[...]

It's my second college review! Last time I introduced Cal Poly. Today I'll be telling you a little about Cornell.[...]

New to If Walls Could Dream, college reviews! First, I'll introduce you to Cal Poly. It was one of the[...]