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Butterfly Theater
Butterfly Theater Site Plan

Butterfly Theater

Site plan of the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park on Miami Beach showing the canopy and the columnsSite plan of the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park on Miami Beach showing the canopy and the columnsSite plan of the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park on Miami Beach showing the canopy and the columnsSite plan of the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park on Miami Beach showing the canopy and the columns

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Concept diagram combining butterfly habitats, flamingos and architectural componentsConcept diagram combining butterfly habitats, flamingos and architectural componentsConcept diagram combining butterfly habitats, flamingos and architectural componentsConcept diagram combining butterfly habitats, flamingos and architectural components
Section diagram of the construction of the butterfly canopy component for the Butterfly TheaterSection diagram of the construction of the butterfly canopy component for the Butterfly TheaterSection diagram of the construction of the butterfly canopy component for the Butterfly TheaterSection diagram of the construction of the butterfly canopy component for the Butterfly Theater
Mood diagram of a lush tropical habitat with natural butterfliesMood diagram of a lush tropical habitat with natural butterfliesMood diagram of a lush tropical habitat with natural butterfliesMood diagram of a lush tropical habitat with natural butterflies
Overall aerial view of the Butterfly Theater in Miami Beach’s Flamingo ParkOverall aerial view of the Butterfly Theater in Miami Beach’s Flamingo ParkOverall aerial view of the Butterfly Theater in Miami Beach’s Flamingo ParkOverall aerial view of the Butterfly Theater in Miami Beach’s Flamingo Park
Interior perspective of visitors observing the butterfly habitats within the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo ParkInterior perspective of visitors observing the butterfly habitats within the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo ParkInterior perspective of visitors observing the butterfly habitats within the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo ParkInterior perspective of visitors observing the butterfly habitats within the Butterfly Theater in Flamingo Park
Exterior perspective of the Flamingo Park Butterfly Theater pavilionExterior perspective of the Flamingo Park Butterfly Theater pavilionExterior perspective of the Flamingo Park Butterfly Theater pavilionExterior perspective of the Flamingo Park Butterfly Theater pavilion
Concept image of a flock of flamingos showing the density of the flamingo legs like architectural columnsConcept image of a flock of flamingos showing the density of the flamingo legs like architectural columnsConcept image of a flock of flamingos showing the density of the flamingo legs like architectural columnsConcept image of a flock of flamingos showing the density of the flamingo legs like architectural columns
Concept image combining butterflies and flamingos as a dense natural ecosystemConcept image combining butterflies and flamingos as a dense natural ecosystemConcept image combining butterflies and flamingos as a dense natural ecosystemConcept image combining butterflies and flamingos as a dense natural ecosystem
Underside forest made of the columns of the Flamingo Park Butterfly TheaterUnderside forest made of the columns of the Flamingo Park Butterfly TheaterUnderside forest made of the columns of the Flamingo Park Butterfly TheaterUnderside forest made of the columns of the Flamingo Park Butterfly Theater
Aerial view showing the terraced stacking butterfly habitats in the Butterfly TheaterAerial view showing the terraced stacking butterfly habitats in the Butterfly TheaterAerial view showing the terraced stacking butterfly habitats in the Butterfly TheaterAerial view showing the terraced stacking butterfly habitats in the Butterfly Theater

OTHER PROJECTS

Coney Island will remain a MUTANT appendage at the farthest shore of New York City. Coney is an agglomeration of all of its histories and should continue to simultaneously move each agenda forward. Coney will continue to evolve through mutations— this vision will accelerate its hybridity.
Framework: Inverted Square Pyramid (FW:ISP) reimagines the traditional pyramid by flipping it upside down, shifting its focus from the cosmos to the people. The structure’s apexes become seating points within a flexible, interactive framework that encourages public engagement and play.
The Craft School is a participatory design and construction initiative that places students at the center of creating their own learning environment. It recognizes that education is not only about what happens inside the classroom, but also how the classroom comes to be.
The YELE music studio competition, underway before the earthquake, must respond now, but plan for the future of the community. Music is relief in a time of tragedy. The goal is to meet the most basic survival needs now while leaving spaces for future growth through self sustaining phases.
The Urban Test Object (UTO) serves as a large-scale intervention that accelerates our relationship with the future city. Rather than solving issues like density, infrastructure, or access, the UTO heightens awareness of the rapid urban transformations shaping our future.
The Butterfly Theater is a living pavilion—part sculpture, part habitat, part playground. It takes inspiration from the elegance of flamingos and the presence of butterflies in Miami Beach, transforming the park’s open center into a place of movement, color, and quiet spectacle.
In Tempe there are two pedestrian axes: Mill Avenue and Palm Walk. Mill Avenue is successful and Palm Walk is not. Is there a way to make the palm trees useful to the students? The PEP structure is powered by buried hydraulic pressure systems giving vertical movement to the layer/palm interface.
University Island is a swirling shapeshifter, in both the landscape and the architecture, that offers it’s undefined field of opportunities to the students and anticipates that each will discover and produce their own individual relationship with the island and their education.

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