Projects
Our work integrates architecture and disaster recovery policy research to advance resilient, affordable, and environmentally responsible housing and fabrication across Houston.
Our practice bridges technical expertise and innovation with public-sector collaboration to deliver moments in the milieu that support research-driven, integrated, climate responsive design that strengthens neighborhoods.
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Hurricane Ike Back Home
The Back Home Rapid Housing Recovery Pilot Program tested whether modular, phased-construction homes could provide a faster, more resilient alternative for housing residents after disasters like Hurricane Ike. The program designed a core unit that could be rapidly deployed and later expanded as funding became available, ultimately constructing 20 pilot homes across Harris and Galveston counties. Extensive community outreach, design iteration, and prototype testing shaped a durable, energy-efficient, and accessible home tailored to local needs. While the pilot proved modular housing can be high-quality and quickly built, the final Houston-Galveston Area Council Back Home report concludes that policy, permitting, and funding bottlenecks not construction speed remain the biggest barriers to rapid post-disaster housing recovery.
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Micro Grid House 360
The micro-grid house project is a high-performance, solar-ready, battery-integrated home prototype designed to deliver resilient low carbon solar energy for Houston-area homeowners. It combines passive design, all-electric systems, optimized roof geometry, flood plain elevated foundation, and code-compliant solar-ready requirements to support PV and storage, protecting residents from outages and predatory solar contracts. The design aligns with Houston’s climate, HOA and permitting constraints, while remaining adaptable for accessory dwelling units, off-grid cabins, and both market-rate affordable housing partners. Ultimately, the micro-grid house demonstrates how single-family homes can function as decentralized energy assets and micro grid power plants that strengthen community resilience and reduce long-term operating costs.
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Digital Fabrication Workshop
The 2022 Prairie View A&M University HOPE Crew Fellowship project focused on documenting, preserving, and interpreting historically significant heritage sites on and around the PVAMU campus. Participants conducted archival research, historic mapping, and digital documentation using tools such as drone-based LiDAR & digital imaging to study PVAMU’s evolving campus landscape and its historic cemetery. Their work supported two intertwined research paths: creating a layered “palimpsest” map of the university’s growth over time, and developing a preservation and digitization plan for the historic Prairie View Cemetery, including headstone documentation, family histories, and long-term restoration needs. The project laid the foundation for a mini series of hands-on digital fabrication workshops to strengthen cultural stewardship within the campus and the broader Houston African American heritage network. The sessions introduced participants to digital fabrication methods for creating signage prototypes for the sacred Prairie View Cemetery site. Using digital tools such as LiDAR, 3D modeling, and laser-cutting/CNC workflows, architecture and digital media students received hands-on training to translate historic research into interpretive place making and wayfinding that could guide visitors, share ancestral narratives, and respectfully activate the site. This integration of preservation research with contemporary fabrication technologies strengthened the campus' ability to document, communicate, and protect culturally significant landscapes through both analog and digital means.