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Aaron Willette

Aaron Willette

Ann Arbor, MI, US

 

About 

Aaron is a designer and technologist in Ann Arbor, MI. His current investigations relate to the practical application of computational tools and their intersection with traditional interpretations of craft and technique. He's currently  pursuing a Masters of Science in Architecture at the University of Michigan with dual concentrations in Digital Technologies and Material Systems. Additionally he is a research assistant in the school's Digital Fabrication Lab where he plays with CNC machines and gives robots high-fives.

Holding a Bachelors of Architecture from Wentworth Institute of Technology along with Associate degrees in both Civil Engineering and Architectural Engineering, Aaron is an associate with the global collaborative Live Architecture Network and is a partner in the media-arts installation collaborative Artforming. Prior to his recent return to graduate school he worked at Wentworth where he managed the fabrication facilities and taught undergraduate courses dealing with the application of computational tools in the design process. He likes his music loud, his coffee black and his whiskey neat.

Full project selection available at pixelwhore.com

Elsewhere:

Aaron's Design Blog on Archinect:

Tangential Fabrications : or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Computer

An in-the-trenches view of digital fabrication, academic research, post-hardcore music and whiskey. Not necessarily in that order and often in combination.

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Aaron's Featured Articles on Archinect

MIT, Going FAST After 150 Years, Fri, May 6 '11

In 2011 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology celebrates the 150th anniversary of its founding, an occasion marked with 150 consecutive days of activities commemorating its long history of technology innovation. The most prominent of the exhibits, performances and symposia making up the ...

MIT, Going FAST After 150 Years
 

Employment 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, Graduate Student Research Assistant

Sep 2011 - current
 

Artforming, Principal

Jul 2008 - current
 
Oct 2008 - Sep 2011
 

Wentworth Institute of Technology, Model shop supervisor

Jan 2006 - Aug 2011
 

Dietz & Co. Architects, Intern architect

Nov 2004 - Jan 2006
 

Education 

University of Michigan, Masters, MSArch, Digital Technologies & Material Systems

Sep 2011 - current
 

Wentworth Institute of Technology, BArch, Architecture

Sep 2000 - May 2004
 

Wentworth Institute of Technology, Architectural Engineering

Sep 2000 - May 2004
 
Sep 1998 - May 2000
 

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