Alayna Davidson currently resides in Los Angeles working as a freelance designer and photographer.

She is a graduate of SCI-Arc’s MArch II program, graduating with distinction and receiving a thesis merit prize. Her thesis titled “DOPE SH*T” was on display at the architecture and design museum (A+D museum) and the SCI-Arc gallery.

In the past she received her undergraduate degree from Ball State University where her work has been shown at the SIGraDi conference in Brazil and received numerous awards in several competitions. Here she focused her time in architectural research, including topological optimization in densified urban locations with Peter Macapia. Most recently, her research on latent opportunities within an additive manufacturing process, done with James Kerestes and Ben Slightom, has been recognized at the 2018 DCA conference in Ithaca, published in the International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing as well as recognized and published at the TxA Emerging Design + Technology Conference in Fort Worth, TX.

Her professional history includes a wide variety of jobs and positions centered around contemporary culture and spans many disciplines, from branding and marketing for the entertainment industry to high end architectural and interior design for a major fashion label. She recently held a project manager position at Florenica Pita and Co. leading the design of a 5th avenue retail store, while also instructing classes and camps at the Southern California Institute of Architecture

Her interests within the architectural discipline include mixing pop-culture references within social media and fabrication techniques used today, melding the digital and physical into an entirely new architectural experience.