PUNTACANA - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Spring 2009 Architecture Options Studio
Instructors: Danny Forster and Sam Latsky
*This project was in collaboration with Monica D. Franklin MAUD
The studio critics nominated this project for the Harvard GSD Studio Works publication.
landscape architecture
punta cana
baldwin hills
baldwin hills framework
fields point
downtown concord
selections
photographs
i’ve dreamed of this house
irish rubbish
hip shots
irish countryside
suburban splendor
drawings
indexing movement
lichen drawings
nude drawings
installations
wax tent
cones
wallets for stealing
thank you shoes
teabag sketches
rain catcher
publications |pdf | journal
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PUNTACANA Resort in the Dominican Republic requested that the studio place a significant number of private homes and a range of hotel rooms on an undeveloped ocean front parcel in the heart of the resort. They were stressing a sustainable approach to the project to enhance the marketability of the product. I had the unusual opportunity to work cross discipline in conjunction with Monica Franklin a MAUD student to devise an appropriate strategy for the site as a whole and project details. Monica and I worked in collaboration to strategize the architecture with overall landscape objectives which include: Indoor/outdoor design, enhancement of habitat potentials, integrated storm water management and landscape systems. We devised a lagoon strategy that allows for views, active landscape systems, habitat possibilities and higher density. The homes were designed with a varying green wall system that changes along the boardwalk pathway as the ocean influence increases and salt content rises. The green wall which residents would actually benefit most from is their neighbor’s. The green wall becomes a pier system which carries storm water to the lagoons. The pier leads to a private space for lounging and sunning. The studio critics nominated this project for the Harvard GSD Studio Works publication.