I'm a designer, originally from California, living in New York (after a one-year stint in Chicago), working at Handel Architects.
I've worked at a wide range of firms, from boutique offices (Parallel Design), to some of the largest (SOM and Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill). Also experienced on a wide range of projects, from furniture design to skyscrapers.
I have an M.Arch from Berkeley, undergrad in business. I worked in real estate before grad school, my intention is to use knowledge from my previous career to enhance my design work: seeing the constraints of the market as a spur - not an impediment - to better architecture. I also believe in using sustainable design strategies and digital tools to enhance the design process.
Currently taking my AREs, I anticipate finishing the exams and becoming licensed by spring 2012.
See my website at www.qstanton.com for a more complete background and portfolio.
Cook + Fox Architects, Designer
- Schematic design of large mixed-use project in Downtown Brooklyn
- Construction documents for adaptive reuse of apartment building in Greenwich Village, first project documented in Revit in office
Parallel Design, Designer
- Construction documentation, detail development and renderings (using Rhino, VRay and Maxwell) of home in Switzerland
- Concept design of table for high-end office furniture company
Smith + Gill Architecture, Designer
- Worked on the Masdar Headquarters, first project documented in Revit in office
- Joined project in schematic design, worked through construction documents, developied details on several key elements
- Net positive-energy building, built above LEED Platinum standards in a zero-carbon development outside Abu Dhabi
University of California, Berkeley, MArch, Architecture
- Thesis: “Choreographing Congestion” Committee: M. Susan Ubbelohde (Chair), C. Greig Crysler and Walter Hood
- Graduate Student Instructor: design studio, ED11b (first undergraduate design course) with Professor Walter Hood
- Developed concrete structural components using fabric formwork with Berkeley classmates
- Worked on maintenance and supervision of laser cutter and 3d printers in student-run CAD/CAM lab
- Designed and constructed a 400 sq. ft. project with classmates outside Berkeley (see portfolio archive at www.qstanton.com/archive.pdf)
San Diego State University (SDSU), Bachelors, International Business
- Studied the cultural and practical aspects of conducting business on a global scale, internship at cross-border manufacturing firm
- One semester abroad at the Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile and one summer abroad at the Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid
Revit, AutoCAD, Grasshopper, Rhino, Sketchup, Adobe Creative Suite, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, LEED AP BD+C
