academic
cooper union b.arch thesis & continued individual study
advised by acting dean ben aranda
awards:
+ william cooper mack fellowship
+ idc foundation scholarship
avalanche typologies
instability framework
speculative archive
backcountry skiing
granular simulations
lidar scanning
snowgrain drawings
false - color mapping
historical slide paths
strava movement data
failure as method
skier vs avalanche
nostalgia and erasure
vanishing terrain
non-resolution
witnessing collapse
designing absence
limits of representation
professional
projects:
+ making home: cooper hewitt design trienniale
+ the delle
tohono o’odham nation
indigenous knowledge
desert ecology
exhibition design
architectural models
cultural continuity
sovereignty & land
the delle
ecological restoration
sanctuary master plan
topographic integration
environmental responsibility
academic
taught by professor behnaz assadi
villa borghese
villeggiatura tradition
productive landscape
cultural ecology
historical layering
addaptive reuse
moretti’s garage
wwater infrastructure
passive collection
microclimate planting
drought resilience
piet oudolf influence
contemporary grotto
ecological heritage
landscape adaptation
academic
taught by previous dean nader tehrani
vertical mixed -use
natural light
25-meter pool
structural trusses
cantilever
park
public promenade
studio units
concrete cores
facade articulation
program-driven windows
phenomenal transparency
structural expression
contextual response
academic
taught by professor sam anderson
work is in collaboration with angela simoniello and alexandraa casasco-lucarelli
award:
+ aace lab materials grant
building construction
agri chapel
momoeda yu
3/5 scale detail
fractal structure
tree grid system
mathematical scaling
cnc fabrication
hydraulic crimper
timber joinery
wire rope tension
pendentive domee
vernacular geometry
material precision
expired film photography
academic
taught by professors guido zuliani, daisy ames, and nader tehrani
work is in collaboration with jasper townsend and alexxandra casasco-lucarelli
courtyard typology
visibility and privacy
circulation hierarchy
internal community
street in the sky
open ground level
urban interface
housing framework
professional
projects:
+ blanchard vennemann
+ calfee
residential architecture
material pallettes
finishes and furnishings
client-driven design
architectural context
physical modeling
archicad drafting
construction documents
client presentations
twinmotion renderings
professional
projects:
+ rock’n’house
+ brooklyn carriage house
residential design
brooklyn
client presentations
design development
custom fabrication
sunken living room
judd-inspired furniture
raw materials
construction logic
carriage house
leslie is a multipotentialite with a deep dedication to architecture, combining strong design sensibilities with an athlete’s discipline. trained at the cooper union and awarded for academic and design excellence, she has experience in architectural design, exhibition curation, and terrain-focused research. her work ranges from national museum installations to speculative cartographic studies of avalanches, with a focus on landscape, infrastructure, and the relationship between built form and environment. she works across digital modeling, material exploration, and cross-scale project development, and is drawn to projects that engage ecological systems, material processes, and spatial storytelling.