Studio Project - April 2025
The National Museum of American Religion is a proposed civic museum on the National Mall, positioned across from the Washington Monument. The project explores how architecture can present the history of religious freedom in America without favoring any single tradition. The design avoids overt religious typologies, instead proposing a neutral civic form organized around a grand interior hall and a chronological sequence of exhibition spaces.
Early schematic work focused on massing, site relationships, and spatial hierarchy appropriate to a national institution, balancing monumentality with clarity and accessibility. The project emphasizes procession, legibility, and the use of architectural order to frame public gathering, exhibition, and research spaces.
This was a collaborative group project. My primary responsibilities included developing the building floor plans and elevations, producing analytique drawings to study organizational logic and proportion, and completing hand-drafted drawings and watercolor renderings to communicate spatial intent and material character.
Elevations rendered in Procreate based on Revit elevation views
Elevations rendered in Procreate based on Revit elevation views
Over the windows in the research center I designed a stain glass transom to give appearance of the inside of a book shelf. Elevations rendered in Procreate based on Revit elevation views
View of Upper Floor main exhibition circulation space.
