document.write('<div class="post" style="border: 1px dashed #2F1F0E;"><div style="padding: 10px;"><strong>Jason Ivaliotis</strong> began his professional journey as a designer and educator at Miami University in 1999. Over the last decade he has gained a wealth of experience as a project designer and team leader for various architectural firms, completing a wide range of diverse international projects and competitions which include large scale urban planning, high rise architecture and commercial development, cultural and educational projects, civic spaces, retail and corporate interiors and product design. Jason holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Miami University where he graduated with Departmental Honors in 2003, and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University where he graduated with an Honor Award for Excellence in Design in 2007. He is currently working toward LEED professional accreditation and NCARB registration. Jason is also a partner and cofounder of VERSA, a design, visualization and research collaborative based in New York and Bahrain. In recent years, he has been employed by various design firms including: HLW International, Samoo Architecture PC, FXFowle Architects and Rafael Vi&ntilde;oly Architects.<br><br>He is currently a design associate at Tsao & Mckown Architects in New York City working on large scale urban development in the far east. Jason is particularly interested in exploring architecture&rsquo;s role in the choreography of human experience through the establishment of physical parameters and spatial relationships and their effect on social interaction.<br><br>In 2008, Mr. Ivaliotis was appointed to the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation where he currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture. Jason&rsquo;s ongoing research and experimentation at Columbia University explores the interplay between generative software platforms, physical modeling, virtual analysis and automated digital fabrication techniques to create variable, folded component systems that function simultaneously as both structure and envelope. Throughout the course of his academic and professional endeavors, Jason approaches architecture as both a fine art and an applied science that remains fluid and versatile to serve the needs of an ever-changing society.</div></div>');