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Justin Halsey

Justin Halsey

Brooklyn, NY, US

 

About 

I am a recent M. Arch I  graduate of Syracuse University's School of Architecture.  

Through my professional and academic experiences, I have developed a robust set of quantitative, analytical, and creative capabilities. The organization, planning, and adaptability required for my ecological research projects at Bard College continues to shape my approach to design.  The collaborative studio environment at Syracuse encouraged curiosity and fostered my rapid development of new skills, enabling me to adapt to emerging techniques in mapping, diagramming, and rendering.   My most recent thesis work reveals a latent social + economic platform in support of urban agriculture in Brooklyn and engages one of the borough’s most pervasive infrastructures: the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.  I pursue research-based design through the identification and critical imaging of potentials, and I look forward to challenging new methods of visual communication and design in my professional career. 

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Employment 

Rafael Viñoly Architects, New York, NY, US, Intern

Coordinated multiple consultants including lighting and structural. Assisted in the development of CD set for townhouse in Manhattan.

Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
 

Rafael Viñoly Architects, New York, NY, US, Intern

Responsibilities included general project management and DD work on an academic/research facility in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
 

Education 

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, US, MArch, Architecture

Teaching assistant to both undergraduate and graduate level theory courses. Thesis ("Platform Urbanism") reveals a latent social + economic platform in support of urban agriculture in Brooklyn and engages one of the borough’s most pervasive infrastructures: the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Aug 2009 - Dec 2012
 

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, US, Bachelors, Biology

Designed and conducted multiple independent ecological research projects, coursework in chemistry, biology, and political science.

Sep 2004 - Dec 2007
 

Bard College at Simon's Rock, Great Barrgi, Liberal Arts

Received Associate of Arts degree, coursework in writing, mathematics, biology, and Chinese language.

Aug 2002 - May 2004
 

Awards 

the HuB Competition, Charelston, Honorable Mention

Received Honorable mention for nodal transit proposal in Charleston, South Carolina. Work emphasized small-scale, networked interventions.

2010
 

Tibor T. Polgar Fellow, Grant

Awarded competitive research fellowship to conduct research on impacts of road salt pollution on tributaries to the Hudson River.

2006
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills