MIT Rapid Prototyping Lab, Cambridge, MA, US, Head Monitor
Help organize and continue supervising workflow and safety protocols for different RPL tools, including training of monitors.
Help students and faculty fabricate models and prototypes, through both process design and physical fabrication.
WOJR, Cambridge, MA, US, Student Researcher
Projects Include: Thickness and Poche: Aesop Storefront
Housing: Large-Scale Single Family Home
Worked in groups to research design methods and typologies related to the projects.
Applied different studies to create a comprehensive understanding of the design techniques.
Presented developed proposals for each project using plans, sections, models, and renderings.
NADAAA, Boston, MA, US, Junior Architect
Project: Bamiyan Cultural Centre
Worked in a group with two interns, a firm principal and project manager to produce a proposal for the Bamiyan Cultural Center competition, including design development and final production for the proposal.
The proposal, which was one of over 5000 submissions, is an award-winning design.
KMD Architects, San Francisco, CA, US, Summer Intern
Projects: Dallah Hospital
AlMaarefa University and Hospital
MOH Hospital
Worked on three major healthcare projects with the design team on interior and exterior architecture and design.
Advised on cultural requirements for the three projects, influencing the design of the hospitals.
Collective-LOK, New York, NY, US, Design Team Member
Project: PS1 Young Architects Program
Proposal was one of five finalists for the summer 2014 installation.
Worked on computation, design, image production and fabrication aspects of the proposal.
Worked on several different model aspects that allowed for an intricate final model.
Matter Design, Cambridge, MA, US, Student Researcher
Project: Helix Stair
Worked under Professor Brandon Clifford, within a group of architecture students at MIT and structural engineers at SGH to fabricate the pre-cast concrete steps.
Group assembled and disassembled staircase for BSA Biennale 2013 exhibit.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Chicago, IL, US, Summer Intern
Summer Intern in the James Michaels/Gabriel Wong studio
Projects: Grand Hyatt Hotel
Park Hyatt Hotel
KACARE (King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy) Competition
Worked on two major hotel projects with the design team on interior and exterior architecture and design.
Helped design and illustrate different exterior wall and shading options, including curtain wall frit patterns and steel shading structures.
Advised on cultural requirements for the three projects, influencing the urban, interior, and exterior design.
MIT Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Cambridge, MA, US, Student Researcher
Studying the development of university campuses in the Islamic World, with the driving factors for the institution booms.
Studying the community's views on the development in education.
Analyzing the architecture of the Middle Eastern campuses. Work is being edited in with published paper goal.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Chicago, IL, US, Summer Intern
Summer Intern in the James Michaels/Eric Zachrison studio
Projects: Beijing CBD Competitions (Master Plan / Parcel Z5 / Parcel Z6)
Santander Bank Competition
Was the youngest intern admitted to the program, and asked to return the following summer.
Work included both creative and organizational work - designed district buildings and shading devices, was in charge of diagrams, drawings, renderings and model making, and putting together many different presentation materials.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, US, Bachelors, BS Architecture
Hobson Award for Unbuilt Architecture, Award
Award granted for NADAAA's Bamiyan Cultural Center project.
BSA 2015 Unbuilt Award, Award
Award granted for NADAAA's Bamiyan Cultural Center project.
