Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

New York, New York

Oct 2009 - Current // Architectural Designer in the SOM Education Lab

The New School University Center . New York, NY

Part of the design team from Concept Design through Construction Documents on a 354,000sf University Center for the New School. Program elements include new academic spaces, an auditorium for public programs, servery, cafe, a central university library, and a 612-bed dormitory. The project is aiming for LEED Gold and scheduled for completion in 2013.

Randall Stout Architects

Los Angeles, California

May 2004 - June 2008 // Project Designer

Art Gallery of Alberta . Edmonton, Alberta

I specialized in design, 3D modeling, drawing production and enclosure details from project inception and competition winning entry until end of construction documents phase on an 80,000sf museum. Main responsibility included the precise design of curvilinear geometry elements while generating ideas and coordination with DeSimone Structural Engineers and A.Zahner metal cladding to ensure integrity of design and fabrication aspects of the project. Project built in January 2010.

Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum . Michigan State University, Michigan

I was the project designer and led a team of four, meeting tight design and presentation deadlines in an international competition for a 50,000sf museum on the MSU campus.

Taubman Museum of Art . Roanoke, Virginia

During the Schematic and Design Development phases I was tasked with digital design, geometry refinement for ease of fabrication, and graphic content. Project built in November 2008.

The Living

New York, New York

February 2009 - May 2009 // Consultant

Living Light Pavilion . Seoul, Korea

I created a parametric model in catia that was linked with optimization software modeFrontier and FEA software AutoCad Robot to use genetic algorithms to quickly optimize the amount and location of columns of an interactive pavilion in Seoul, Korea. Over 2600 separate iterations were evolved with the most efficient design chosen for fabrication. Project built in August 2009.

Lion in Oil

New York, New York

February 2007 - Current // Designer / Co-Founder

Freelance design work in web and graphic design, architecture + travel photography, clients include:

Robb Report Magazine, Luxury Home Magazine, Platinum Publications - Academy Awards Preview Magazine, Travel+Leisure Magazine, Vacation Homes, Art & Antiques Magazine

Columbia University

New York, New York

2009 - 2010 // Assistant Critic

course: Advanced Architecture Studio VI, Studio Title: Cryptoform, Polytics, Noise: Taking the Post-Empire Pulse

I provided weekly desk crits in a third year design studio led by Ed Keller.

2008 - 2009 // Teaching Assistant

courses: Intro To Digital Fabrication + Advanced Fabrication: Component Systems

I provided help with student projects, conducted software and machine tutorials, pursued research into materials and structural analysis as well as holding weekly lab hours in the digital fabrication shop using the cnc router, metal mill and waterjet.

University of Texas

Austin, Texas

2004 // Teaching Mentor

Provided weekly advice, tutorials, and design crit sessions for first year architecture students.

honors and awards

2009 Recipient of the William Ware Prize for Excellence in Design / Saul Kaplan Traveling Fellowship

      The highest Honor Award given by Columbia for design work

2009 Awarded the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize

      Awarded for the best final semester design problem in each studio section

2009 Granted a school-wide William Kinne Traveling Fellowship:

      Project Title: Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (Without Architects), or: Why Infrastructure Won't Save Us

2007 Process and Promise of a New Museum, Exhibit of the Art Museum of Western Virginia, with Randall Stout Architects

2005 Undergraduate Research and Travel Fellowship from the University of Texas Co-Op Society

publications and affiliations

US Green Building Council LEED® AP Building Design + Construction V3

Department of Urban Betterment

Published in GSAPP Abstract 08-09

Represented Columbia at the AIA Center for Architecture, ARCH SCHOOLS: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE exhibit

      Global Panopticon, studio critic Ed Keller

Portfolios and Website published in Designing a Digital Portfolio, by Cynthia Baron, published by New Riders Press.

      Chapter 5 . John Locke: Left Brain Right Brain

Portfolios and Website published in Portfolio Design, Fourth Edition by Harold Liton