Approximately ten years translating complex programs, existing conditions, stakeholder priorities, and technical requirements into coordinated, buildable design solutions.
Three team-authored project narratives examine distinct relationships: program and public use, old and new fabric, and repeatable systems with lived variation.
01
Civic · Community-serving
Riverline Community Library
Scale
Approx. 42,000 SF · $18.6M reported construction value
Role
Project Architect · 2022–present
Status
In construction
Program as adjacency, not a list.Swipe or scroll to inspect the complete diagram →Authorized reconstruction · Elena compiled the source comparison from the approved program. Publishing approval remains pending.
Elena’s contribution
Movement organizes the reading of space.
Under principal oversight, Elena led programming synthesis, circulation and daylight studies, design development, consultant coordination, drawing/model coordination, and active construction-phase support. She co-facilitated stakeholder workshops.
Supported design facts: the approved plan increased public program area by approximately 31% within the established scope and retained roughly 68% of the existing structural frame.
Adaptive reuse of a 1924 industrial building into approximately 58,000 SF of office, maker, and community-event space. Reported construction value: $14.2M.
Retain / insert / connect.Authorized reconstruction · This is a new explanatory graphic, not a historical project artifact.
03
Mixed-income housing
Mesa Commons Housing
126 apartments in two buildings plus shared community space · $35.8M reported construction value · substantial completion 2024.
Unit studyRelationshipStatus
A
Compact organization around a clear internal threshold.
Reconstructed
B
Related planning logic adjusted for a different proportion.
Reconstructed
C
A variation study preserving the same organizing rules.
Reconstructed
18 types → 11, approved unit mix maintained.Authorized reconstruction · Elena led the rationalization with the developer and interiors team. Affordability data is not shown.
Led unit-plan rationalization, common-space and site-circulation studies, design development, Revit coordination, permit responses, and selected construction-administration work with the project manager, design principal, landscape architect, interiors team, engineers, and contractor.
Site reading→Access→Circulation→Unit logic→Coordination
03 / Evidence register
Six ways the work is made visible.
Evidence is identified by type and status. Reconstructed items are presented as explanatory studies, never as original project records.
01
Program-area comparison
Riverline · supports the 31% design fact
Reconstructed
02
Structure: retained / new
Riverline · supports the 68% design fact
Reconstructed
03
Circulation + daylight
Riverline · Elena-created source diagrams
Reconstructed
04
Intervention logic
Foundry 12 · Elena-created under project architect
Reconstructed
05
Unit-type rationalization
Mesa Commons · maintained with developer + interiors
Reconstructed
06
Coordination workflow
Interdisciplinary · generic process
Illustrative
04 / Working process
Carry the idea through.
A project moves through repeated acts of reading, testing, and coordination. The sequence is iterative rather than strictly linear.
01
Understand
Read context, constraints, program, and existing conditions.
02
Expose
Make relationships and unresolved questions visible.
03
Test
Compare options through drawings, models, and focused studies.
04
Coordinate
Connect architectural intent with interdisciplinary information.
05
Carry forward
Preserve the governing idea as resolution increases.
Swipe or scroll to inspect the complete workflow →Illustrative material · Generic interdisciplinary workflow; no project-specific facts implied.
05 / Contact
Civic · Adaptive reuse · Community-serving
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Denver, Colorado · Open to roles in Colorado and hybrid opportunities