I believe that harmonizing opposites is an important aspect of life that architecture should study and understand. From my understanding of the Bambara proverb “What is not harmonious is conflict; and what is conflict is destruction.” I come to the conclusion that any given culture can make opposites harmonious, and architecture being a form of “culture” should be able to meet that challenge. As an educator and a practitioner, I endeavor to condition opposites through Harmony.

Individuality as the confirmation of the very existence of the larger community, the recomposition of the traditional, the coexistence of simplicity and complexity, conservation and reorganization, being and becoming, unity of opposites are some key elements in my approach to studying, teaching and practicing architecture.

I received my Masters of Architecture at Sci-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture), where I studied under architects and educators such as Michael Rotondi, Eric Owen Moss, after receiving a B Arch at Pratt Institute where I studied under Raimund Abraham and a Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture at Southeast University in Nanjing, People’s Republic of China.

My architectural training also took me to the offices of Frank O Gehry, Edward C. Barker and Associates, Cuningham Group, Martinez-Amador Architects, and Prats/Coffee Architects.

I was an Adjunct Instructor at Santa Monica College and the recipient of the Special Achievement Award in Design from Pratt Institute. My work was published in “Into the Oven” and included in an exhibit in Torino, Italy.