The building utilizes a straightforward mass timber structural system in a modular manner to simplify construction and internal spaces. Prefabricated brick balconies are assembled around the perimeter of the buildings. They provide solar control and provide more living space to each unit by having exterior doors which can close the balcony from weather.
The main idea for this project was to explore a new CLT structural typology for the residential development inspired from stacking the surrounding residential and warehouse forms, to create a modular biophilic design that both actively and passively restores the site to its native beginnings.
This project aims to both celebrate and critique Milwaukee’s agricultural, transportation, and industrial history. The PORTAGE draws inspiration from nearby grain silos, former connecting bridges, and other industrial architecture, all while contributing to the vitality of Milwaukee’s current thriving community in a unique and innovative manner.
The Clique on the Kinnickinnic is a versatile and multi-functional building located in the industrial Harbor District of Milwaukee constructed at zero cost. It’s designed to evolve and expand as the surrounding area develops and grows over time.
The new College of Business Administration at this prominent midwestern university energizes the campus community as a state-of-the-art and student-centric destination for learning and innovation. The 109,000 square foot, four-story facility is home to the university’s nationally ranked College of Business Administration programs, the Graduate School of Management and Leadership programs. Immersed in daily activity...
Family-owned jeweler’s shop, Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers in Whitefish Bay, WI, decided on a second story addition while maintaining their existing 1900s building. This addition exemplifies how small-scale projects can have an outsized impact on their urban contexts. Situated along a typical American main street, the rooftop project creates an inviting place for social connection and commerce...
The genesis of this project was the convergence of two disparate interests within the community. A developer had purchased the historic 1921 Underwood Log Home constructed by a founding family of Wauwatosa Wisconsin. He was orchestrating its demolition to utilize the PUD zoning of the property. Meanwhile, a professional service firm nearby was analyzing the...
Located at the outskirts of Cedarburg, a rural town 30 miles north of Milwaukee, this small orthodontics clinic that revisits the exhausted typology of conventional medical offices and their introvert, fluorescent-lit ambience. The client, a young orthodontist, decided to relocate her rapidly growing practice to a new state-of-the-art facility on an empty lot at the...
The Curtain House is a private residence on a long-vacant, narrow parcel embedded in Milwaukee’s Lower East Side, a dense, demographically diverse neighborhood known for affordable housing options and its lively mix of young families, blue-collar workers, students, and artists. The client, a lifelong urban dweller looking for a buildable lot in the central city...
The building at 347 Ward Street in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood was the type of structure that is nearly invisible to the undiscerning passerby. Windowless, and last renovated in 1973, the building disappeared into the context of the more vibrant neighborhood surrounding it. The multi-generational family book bindery inside had slowed production and was closing...
