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Karen Shakman is the principal of Iconic Architecture and Design.
Graduated in Industrial Design in 1992 (Brazil) and Architecture and Urban Planning in 1993(Brazil), she immigrated to the United States in 2000 where she has obtained her American Professional Registration (2006) and LEED Accreditation (2007). Just recently she has received her Master of Science in Design degree with a concentration in Design of Healthcare and Healing Environments at Arizona State University. The title of her thesis was "An Exploraty Study: Exploring Emergency Department Design-Layout and Nursing Physical Fatigue".
Karen Shakman has a diverse and multi-national background in the field of architecture and design. The scope of her experience involves numerous projects both in her native country of Brazil and in the United States. This enables her to “problem-solve” through a variety of provincial and diverse socio-economic scenarios. In addition to training in Architecture and Urban Planning, her bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design has been instrumental towards generating creative solutions for many projects, specifically within the field of Interior Design.
Karen Shakman expresses herself in the rethinking, reinvestigating and reinterpreting of all project details and options, while still maintaining high-efficiency in the creative process and ’setting the bar’ for client satisfaction. She believes in the social responsibility of architecture for when design is accomplished, it reverberates in space and time reaching infinite possibilities and affecting the way people will live and interact.
Specialties
Architecture and Interior Design | Space Planning | Evidence-Based Design | Heatlhcare and Healing Environments | Environmental and Sustainable Design | CAD | ARCHICAD
Iconic Architecture and Design, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ, US, Principal
Responsible for: Formation of the company from its inception, including business planning, branding and marketing strategies; Development and implementation of administrative protocols, business development initiatives, staff training and management, project delivery systems and legal and financial procedures; Direction, coordination and management of small scale projects from programming to completion.
Projects: Retail, healthcare, corporate, educational.
Clients: Paradise Valley Hospital [Outpatient and Main Entrance Lobbies Remodel]; Bechtel Corporation [General Management Sector Space Planning and Remodel]; St. Joe’s Hospital [Surgicenter Lobby Area Interior Design]; Superstition Mountain Mental Health Care Interior Design; We Care Urgent Care Remodel; Neighborhood Pharmacy Tenant Improvement; Thunderbird Global School of Management Tenant, Improvement; Banner Home Health Interior Design; Southwest Kidney Institute [Headquarter Space Planning], Express Urgent Care; Estrella Time-Share Medical Suites.
Consulted for: Orcutt Winslow Partnership participating in healthcare related jobs such as Cigna Medical, contributing to schematic and design development phases of a 90,000 SF Tenant Improvement Project which included Urgent Care, Vision Center, Radiology, Women’s Center, Lab, Pharmacy, Diabetic Center, General and Outpatient Surgery, Podiatry, Family Practice along with administrative and building support areas.
Vertical Design Studios, LLC, Phoenix, AZ, US, Principal
Responsible for: Management of the company assuring the completion of entitlements including determining project criteria, assembling project team and completing work; Development and implementation of office procedures, performance metrics and drafting standards for efficiency and quality assurance; Directing the planning and coordination of projects through all phases including creation of proposals, contracts, programming and appropriate documentation.
Projects | Retail; Corporate; Industrial; Storage Facilities; Shell/Vanilla Bldgs; TI’s; Educational, Multi-family.
Clients: Life Community Church [Life Community Teen and Church Education Center Remodel]; Foursite Development [Scottsdale Peak Office]; Bombay Spice and Wine Restaurant; VIVO developers [Wabi Sabi Asian Restaurant; C3 Storage, The Mission Luxury Apartments].
Deutsch Associates, Inc, Phoenix, AZ, US, Project Manager
Responsible for: project delivery protocols from conceptual design to completion. This included but was not limited to: schematic design, construction administration, client interaction, space planning, assembly of presentation boards, coordination among consultants and technical team members, processing of construction documents and city submittals [Scottsdale, Goodyear, Phoenix, Surprise, and City of Glendale].
Project types: municipal, retail, corporate, industrial, storage facilities, shell/vanilla bldgs; TI's and educational.
Internal Projects: Design Contest [Tempe Boat House].
Clients: PFG Construction, Inc. [Anthem Industrial, Estrella Industrial Center]; Desert Development, Inc. [WestPoint Plaza Strip Mall and Homeland Furniture Gallery], LLC Holdings [Windmill Plaza Revitalization]; Shamrock Foods [White Box and Expansion of Production Building]; Harvest Baptist Ministries [Harvest Baptist Church in Phoenix]; Pump it up, Ironwood Urology Clinic; City of Marana [Fire Station], “Maricopa Grooves Water Treatment Plant”; City of Phoenix [Central High School Security Offices].
Gabor Lorant Architects, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, Job Captain
Contributed to: Development of projects from schematic design through construction documents; Interaction with clients in programming, development and construction administration phases; Coordination with product vendors and suppliers in researching and presenting finish materials; Preparation and assembly of finish sample boards for client approval; Participation of project interviews.
Projects: Municipal, institutional, commercial, educational, residential and retail.
Clients: ASU West, ASU East [Matthew Center]; ASU Central; Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport;
Phoenix Deer Valley Airport; Jan Lorant [Willo District Historic District houses]; Phoenix Community College; ADOT [Ehrenburg Port of Entry]; City of Scottsdale [Granite Reef Senior Center].
Arizona State University, Tempe Camp, AZ, US, Design of Healthcare and Healing Environments
Karen has just received her Master of Science in Design at Arizona State University. Her thesis looked into how evidence-based design and lean processes can promote operational efficiencies and consequently increase staff satisfaction and retention in healthcare settings.
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, BR, BArch, Architecture and Urban planing
American Institute of Architects | Arizona State Conference " Impact Your World" event, 1st Place
An evidence-based designed "Telemetry Unit Patient Room Mock-Up" which was considered one project to impact one's world. The old anecdotal ways of designing have being substituted by new research-based design protocols.
