Researcher & architect.

C Concourse Expansion

@ Miller Hull
2023

Currently under construction, the C Concourse Expansion project is a major addition and alteration to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Throughout three years, my primary role was to champion sustainability on the project - first through proposing and evaluating a wide array of possible design options, then by collaborating with airport stakeholders to select and "bake in" the most effective ones, and finally by seeing their implementation through in drawings, specifications, and during construction. This included, among others, a 500+ MW rooftop photovoltaic array (the first of its kind at the Port of Seattle), new specifications for low-carbon concrete and steel procurement, and the coordination of a high-performance building envelope. All images by author. Credit to Miller Hull and Woods Bagot teams for architectural design.

Aerial rendering of the C Concourse Expansion.
The project combined multiple program types with diverse requirements distributed across ~300,000 square feet.
Diagram of the decision-making and stakeholder engagement process to establish the project's Sustainable Design Strategy the completion of schematic design. Gradually bringing in new information streams - such as a constructability evaluation and total cost of ownership calculations - positioned a broadening field of stakeholders to buy off on sustainability features for the project.
Sample one-page summary of energy-related sustainability features that were evaluated and presented to airport stakeholders.
Sample of a Revit-based workflow to quantify thermal envelope performance.
Exterior view, static tinted glass
Exterior view, static tinted glass
Exterior view, electrochromic glass
Exterior view, electrochromic glass
Summer sunset on the concourse, static tinted glass
Summer sunset on the concourse, static tinted glass
Summer sunset on the concourse, electrochromic glass
Summer sunset on the concourse, electrochromic glass
Winter overcast day on the concourse, static tinted glass
Winter overcast day on the concourse, static tinted glass
Winter overcast day on the concourse, electrochromic glass
Winter overcast day on the concourse, electrochromic glass
Renderings to compare the aesthetic consequences of static tinted glass (left) to electrochromic glass (right).
Study of spatial daylight autonomy (sDA) allowed by installing electrochromic glass versus static tinted. Generated using a combination of Revit, Rhino, and ClimateStudio.
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