Architecture / Digital Experiences / Immersive Environments / Visualization & Animation

Georgetown University — Walsh School of Foreign Service

Washington, D.C.2026 · Competition win / phased implementation

Aerial visualization of Georgetown's campus and the proposed Intercultural Center renovation. — Competition visualization of the campus and Intercultural Center.

Concept rendering of a spiral stair surrounding a digital globe in a light-filled atrium. — Competition visualization: a shared symbol of global connection.

Concept view through the multilevel atrium with informal seating and a central stair. — The atrium as a place for connection and exchange.

Rendering of a broad timber learning stair beside a digital screen. — Learning-stair design: media integrated into the architectural composition.

Concept rendering of students in a domed learning space with a projected image of Earth. — Global Vision Dome proposal, developed around a geography curriculum.

Nighttime concept rendering of a luminous glass addition beside the brick Georgetown campus buildings. — Competition visualization: a new campus presence for the School of Foreign Service.

Concept rendering of a conference gathering beside expansive windows overlooking Washington, D.C. — Proposed conference environment with views toward Washington, D.C.

A rendered upper-level lounge looks across the open atrium. — Proposal rendering: informal collaboration along the atrium edge.

A rendered café occupies a bright, glazed communal space. — Proposal rendering: the café as a place for everyday exchange.

A rendered reception space opens to tall windows and campus views. — Proposal rendering: a flexible setting for events and conversation.

Existing Georgetown atrium with white balconies and brick floor. — Existing condition before the proposed renovation.

Existing enclosed brick stair at Georgetown. — Existing condition before the proposed renovation.

Project animation

Georgetown University / ICC

Georgetown University ICC — architectural animation

A vision for the Intercultural Center that makes the School of Foreign Service’s global mission visible through shared learning spaces, digital storytelling, and architectural interventions.

My contribution

Working within Yann Weymouth’s overall design direction, I led key elements of the design vision, experiential strategy, storytelling, and technology integration for PBK’s winning proposal.

How can global affairs become an immersive learning experience?

Explore the stair

Interactive 3D

Movement around a luminous globe.

Explore the spiral stair, clear glass balustrades, illuminated treads, and central LED globe. Turn the model around and follow the movement between levels.

Choose an exhibit, then open the 3D view.

Keyboard: focus the model, then use arrow keys to rotate and + / − to zoom.

Architectural model

Spiral stair & LED globe

Clear glass, reflective metal, and illuminated treads frame a slowly turning LED globe. Scale figures trace the route between levels.

Design model · Georgetown / Walsh SFS

Opening the atrium

Stair as a gathering place

A symbol of global connection

A suspended digital globe and central spiral stair make the school’s relationship to the world visible. Media becomes an architectural element and a platform for geography, global events, and institutional storytelling.

Circulation as shared learning

The atrium is reimagined as a place to gather. An early learning-stair phase connects informal teaching, digital content, and spontaneous exchange to the wider vision.

A visible campus presence

The competition vision gives the School of Foreign Service a luminous new presence on campus. The glazed addition makes the shared academic life inside visible from the public realm, extending the project’s ideas of connection and dialogue beyond the atrium.

The D.C. connection

A conference setting takes advantage of views toward Washington, D.C., connecting the school’s academic work with the institutions where foreign policy is shaped. The view becomes part of the experience of gathering and dialogue.

A room shaped by a curriculum

The proposed Global Vision Dome responds to Maps of the Modern World. Geography and storytelling unfold at an immersive scale, linking the room’s design to the school’s academic mission.

Collaboration & credits

Practice: PBK.
Overall design direction: Yann Weymouth.

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