Leads a cross-disciplinary team to manifest cutting-edge research into real-world applications. This involves directly engaging with messy project realities, strategic objectives, design constraints, and opportunities inherent in prototype demonstrations.

I've initiated and delivered on a number of projects. My goal is always to strive for clarity, synthesizing complex topics into actionable steps of the "what" and the "how."

In addition to built prototypes, this work has resulted in a number of published papers, conference symposia, patents and ROI’s.

A highlighted selections of projects include:

A record of photographic work, updated semi-regularly with how I see the world.

This community-driven installation—developed in partnership with Columbia University, Uptown Grand Central, and emerging sound artists—transformed the underutilized space beneath the Metro-North tracks at 125th Street into a sustainable, technology-enhanced performance venue. By repurposing reclaimed materials and integrating sound-activated LED systems, the project reimagined urban infrastructure as a platform artistic innovation.

Modular "speaker pods", constructed from upcycled components and embedded with adaptive audio-reactive lighting, created an immersive environment where music dynamically interacted with visual elements. Powered by solar-charged batteries and optimized via generative design algorithms—exemplified a scalable model for eco-conscious public art.

The initiative’s success—achieved at minimal cost through cross-sector collaboration—highlighted the potential for adaptive reuse of transit infrastructure to serve as catalysts for cultural sustainability, technological experimentation, and neighborhood identity formation.

An inflatable classroom, film screening venue, and music performance space installed inside a standard roll-off dumpster. This project exploited a NYC zoning loophole, enabling legal occupation of street parking spaces for extended durations. The project was installed and activated multiple times across New York City between 2014-2016.

The Inflato includes 165 square feet of enclosed space with maximum dimensions at 17’ height by 12’-6” wide and 24’ long. Working closely with local communities around programming, over 2500 people interacted with the installations. The total project budget was a crowd sourced $4,200.

This project reimagines obsolete phone booths as vibrant, hyper-local community hubs, embodying a tactical urbanism approach rooted in sustainability, technology, and innovation. By creatively reusing and adapting neglected urban infrastructure, the initiative minimizes waste and fosters a culture of resourcefulness within the neighborhood.

Through a series of playful, human-scale installations, the project demonstrates that urban design can prioritize delight, community connection, and bottom-up planning over transactional or market-driven imperatives. It succeeds in capturing public imagination and paves the way for innovative, participatory models of urban transformation.