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Alex is an architecturally-trained designer with experience in a variety of design environments. While at Goldenvoice, Alex worked on site plans and drawing sets for large scale music festivals like Coachella, Stagecoach, Desert Trip, and Arroyo Seco Weekend. Before that, he worked on fabrication drawings and project coordination for sculptor Cliff Garten. His prior experience also includes software programming for research project about dust control at Owens Lake for Landscape Morphology Lab, researching and prototyping airform concrete construction techniques for housing with Douglas Stanton, and construction work on low-income, LEED certified housing for bcWORKSHOP in Dallas, Texas.
Alex has proficiency using the following software: Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Vectorworks, Cinema4D, Processing, Adobe CS
Goldenvoice, Los Angeles, CA, US, Production Manager
• Designed site plans for music festivals with attendance ranging from 10,000 to 125,000 people
• Worked with engineers and outside vendors to develop drawings for stage designs & artwork to submit for city approval
• Created 3D prints and scale models of various elements used in festivals for interactive meetings
2019
Coachella—Empire Polo Club, Indio, California
Stagecoach—Empire Polo Club, Indio, California
ODESZA: A Moment Apart—Los Angeles State Historic Park, Los Angeles, California
ZEDD In the Park—Los Angeles State Historic Park, Los Angeles, California
Rüfüs Du Sol—Los Angeles State Historic Park, Los Angeles, California
Harvest Moon: A Gathering—The Painted Turtle, Lake Hughes, California
2018
Coachella—Empire Polo Club, Indio, California
Stagecoach—Empire Polo Club, Indio, California
KROQ Weenie Roast—StubHub Center, Carson, California
KIIS-FM Wango Tango—Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles CA
Arroyo Seco Weekend—Brookside Golf & Country Club, Pasadena, California
ALT 98.7 Summer Camp—Queen Mary Events Park, Long Beach, California
Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival—Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Coachella—Empire Polo Club, Indio, California
Stagecoach—Empire Polo Club, Indio, California
KROQ Weenie Roast—StubHub Center, Carson, California
ALT 98.7 Summer Camp—Queen Mary Events Park, Long Beach, California
2016
Coachella—Empire Polo Club, Indio, California
Stagecoach—Empire Polo Club, Indio, California
Desert Trip—Empire Polo Club, Indio, California
2015
Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival—Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA
http://www.goldenvoice.com
Cliff Garten Studio, Venice, CA, US, Designer / Project Coordinator
• Translated sketches and concepts of artwork into 3D models, drawings, and details
• Refined geometry and details to meet both artistic vision, budget, and feasibility
• Designed and managed several projects individually
2015
Quadras—Los Cerritos Center, Cerritos, California
Liliales—Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek, California
Monarch—Kaiser Permanente Mission Bay Medical Offices, San Francisco, California
Land and Sky Bridge—Brookwood Overcrossing, Hillsboro, Oregon
Ethereal Bodies 8—Zuckerberg General Hospital, San Francisco, California
Middens—Clearwater Downtown Boat Slips & Promenade, Clearwater, Florida
2014
Illuvium—Moffett Place Office Park, Sunnyvale, California
Los Angeles Opens its Heart of Compassion—The Vermont, Los Angeles, California
Infinity—Cerritos Sculpture Garden, Cerritos, California
T2—Sunnyvale Marriott, Sunnyvale, California
Agora Collection—site furnishings including benches, planters, bollards, waste bins and more.
http://www.cliffgartenstudio.com/
Landscape Morphologies Lab, Los Angeles, CA, US, Research Assistant
• Developed a software interface to interact with and visualize dust control strategies for Owens Lake
• Also helped create an “arcade”machine that made a playable game from the software environment for public engagement through events and exhibitions
http://lmlab.org/owens-lake-machine/
Douglas Stanton Architects, West Hollywood, CA, US, Intern
• Researched application of airform concrete construction technology to residential housing
• Made digital and physical models of various concrete dome home typologies, including renderings and animations.
• Helped construct an 8’x10’ mockup of airform concrete construction at the AltBuild Expo in Santa Monica, CA
http://www.dstantonarchitects.com/
bcWORKSHOP, Dallas, TX, US, Construction Worker
• Learned LEED building principles and applied them to earn Platinum certification
• Helped deconstruct existing structure and salvaged material in good condition for later re-use in reconstruction
• Assisted installing helical support piers for new building foundation
• Worked on various aspects of construction from structural framing, to drywalling, flooring, tiling, installing cabinetry, detailing, painting, and specifying finishes.
http://www.bcworkshop.org/posts/congo-street-initiative
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA, US, Masters, Architecture
The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, US, Bachelors, Architecture
