DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

Cara is a licensed architect with five years of experience in the field of architecture. She is passionate about building healthy and sustainable community spaces and she cares deeply about good visual communication in all phases of design. The featured projects below represent her design philosophy of sustainability, community building, and good visual communication.

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey

FEATURED PROJECTS

Architecture Portfolio
GLASS CITY
PROFESSIONAL WORK
GLASS CITY
PROFESSIONAL WORK

Revamp the entrance to the ballroom while trying to keep costs at a minimum.

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PROFESSIONAL WORK
SEISMIC SLIP
CONCEPTUAL, SCHOOL WORK
SEISMIC SLIP
CONCEPTUAL, SCHOOL WORK

Design a resiliency center in Portland that will prepare the community for the next big earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.

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CONCEPTUAL, SCHOOL WORK
URBAN STITCH
SCHOOL WORK, URBAN DESIGN
URBAN STITCH
SCHOOL WORK, URBAN DESIGN

Design a master plan that will bring life into a underutilized but growing neighborhood on the border of Copenhagen.

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SCHOOL WORK, URBAN DESIGN
SYMBIOTIC STRUCTURES
CONCEPTUAL, SCHOOL WORK
SYMBIOTIC STRUCTURES
CONCEPTUAL, SCHOOL WORK

What role does the built environment play in the creation of a civic identity?

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CONCEPTUAL, SCHOOL WORK
CLT PARKING
SCHOOL WORK, SUSTAINABILITY
CLT PARKING
SCHOOL WORK, SUSTAINABILITY

Design a parking structure using new mass timber technology to reflect and support the civic identity of Springfield, Oregon.

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SCHOOL WORK, SUSTAINABILITY

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