Architecture

Interfaith Ministries / Plaza & Offices

Houston, Texas2019–2020 · Design studies

Rendering of an office building with an orange upper facade and transparent ground floor. — Design study for the administrative office building.

Street-level rendering of the office building and pedestrian entrance. — The office renovation establishes a clear presence on the street.

Rendering of an audience seated beneath a white canopy for a presentation. — The plaza arranged for a speaker event.

Rendering of round banquet tables beneath the plaza canopy. — The same canopy supports a banquet arrangement.

Evening rendering of people gathering beneath a canopy with string lights. — An informal evening gathering beneath the canopy.

A new administrative setting and shaded plaza for Interfaith Ministries. The project pairs an office renovation with a canopy that supports several ways of gathering at the organization’s headquarters.

My contribution

I served as design lead for the office renovation and plaza canopy, developing the architectural approach and exploring how the outdoor space could accommodate presentations, banquets, and informal events.

How can a shared outdoor room support many forms of gathering?

An identifiable home

The office studies combine a distinct upper volume with a more transparent ground floor, connecting the organization’s working spaces to the street.

A canopy with many uses

Speaker and banquet layouts show the plaza adapting to different forms of gathering. The canopy provides a common architectural setting across those arrangements.

Gathering beyond the meeting

An evening event study explores a looser arrangement of people, tables, and light, extending the plaza’s use beyond formal presentations.

Collaboration & credits

Practice: PBK.
Design Lead: Michael Zepeda.
Design visualizations from the project archive.

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