Current
Richard is working at Adamson Associates Inc. in Downtown Los Angeles a BIM Manager supporting multiple teams and as a Job Captain on a large commercial office Project in San Francisco. He worked here previously as a Designer with responsibility for a HQ building curtainwall system model and documentation and Annex design development.
Previously
Prior to AAI Richard worked at Disney Imagineering as a Show Set Designer. He lead the show set design and coordination effort on an E-Ticket attraction in the Tokyo Disney Sea expansion. Working past 2 years from feasibility through design development into production. Primary responsibilities coordinating all the trades and internal groups as well as manage and maintain Revit and Maya models, take lead of documentation and manage the team for producing the project’s documentation deliverable. This has also included travel to Japan to coordinate with and meet with the client to review the final deliverable and discuss coordination issues.
Additional responsibilities at Disney include participating in the development and update of their Revit standards. This includes weekly meetings, developing and testing various aspects of the standard and providing input. He also did beta testing for apps that have been development internally and presented at the company’s BIM summit as a speaker on work flows, documentation and data/ model management.
Prior to Disney Richard worked at AECOM on projects that ranged from large master plans, mixed use developments, transportation, institution, civic, commercial and entertainment. Part of his work also included industrial design and planning for the Olympic bid, research & development for project proposals, model making, presentations and construction documents.
Richard also has experience as a Project Manager/ Designer at ORA a small boutique Architecture firm in Downtown Los Angeles. Working on core & shell/ interior TI for a creative office space in Chinatown, a new construction vacation desert cabin in Yucca Valley and fourplex renovation & addition in Highland Park
Support
Over the years Richard has enjoyed the support side of the practice managing data, documentation and models. Also over the years he has tended to take on building and developing standards, work flows as well as instructing/ teaching when needed to help build the team skills to better aid projects. All his practical experience over the years include fabrication, building, modeling, drawing through various software and experience in the field have aided me to develop a unique skill set that will be a great value to the team and projects.
School Years
Richard graduated with distinction from SCI-Arc, Southern California Institute of Architecture, with a Professional Bachelors Degree of Architecture.
For the year before prior to his thesis he worked as the Project Architect on the SCI-Arc Caltech Solar Decathlon team. He lead various designs proposals and was key to the development of various aspects of the project. One of which was the design of the exterior skin structure and the production of a full scale mock-up to test the design.
In the summer of 2011 Richard worked at Oyler Wu Collaborative. The first two months he worked closely with Dwayne Oyler developing one of three schemes for a residential tower proposal in Taipei. This consisted of development and production of presentation drawings and images. His scheme was favored and chosen by the client and went into construction documents; it is currently going into construction. The last two months of the summer he was instrumental in the steel fabrication on the SCI-Arc graduation pavilion. 11 hour days cutting steel precisely, assembling, painting, rope knitting and installing. He was charged with training proper technique when required and developed time saving methods during production.
In Richard's early days at SCI-Arc he work under Gary Paige conducting research that varied from graphic techniques, developing study models, documenting urban and building typologies. Some of this work eventually be incorporated into the LA Forum for Arch & Design Dingbat 2.0 Competition and would win a 2nd place.
Walt Disney Imagineering, Glendale, CA, US, Show Set Designer
Tokyo Disney Sea E Ticket Attraction: Feasibility, SD, DD, CD/CA
3D design, Coordination & Documentation Lead, Support other project
teams, Supervise design staff, Japan Travel to Coordinate with Client
BIM Standards: Consult, Advise, Develop & Test New Revit Standards
Revit, Maya , Rhino, Sketch Up, Bluebeam, AutoCAD, Navis Works, Adobe
AECOM, Los Angeles, CA, US, Designer II
Colburn School Program Concept Design, Rhino, ID, AI, PS
Metro Eastside Goldline Extension, Station Design, Rhino, AI, PS
LA2024 Media Model: Design and Production Oversight, Rhino, V-Ray
7th Street: Master Planing, Entitlements, SD, Budget, Revit, PS, ID, AI
City of Irvine Pedestrian Bridge: SD, Rhino
ORA (Oonagh Ryan Architects Inc.), Los Angeles, CA, US, Designer, Project Manager
Responsibilities:
Ave 56 4 Unit Housing, SD & Code Analysis, Autocad 2015
Yucca Cabin: SD to Permit, Revit 2015, SketchUp 2015, PS, ID, AI
Spring Street/ Windish Agency: Core & Shell + TI, Code Analysis,
SD, DD, CD, Budget + Price, Permit, CA, Autocad 2015, Revit 2015, PS, ID, AI
Orosco Residence: Revit Standard Development, Modeling, Documentation
Segil Residence: CD, Revit 2015
Adamson and AAI, Pacific Palisades, CA, US, Associate Designer
Responsibilities:
Simplot Office Headquarters and Annex: Design Dev./Construction Docs, Curtain Wall Design and Documentation, Store Front Design,
Parametric Family Development, General Modeling & Rendering
Revit 2013, Photoshop + Illustrator
Broad Public Space: Construction Documents, AutoCAD 2013
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA, US, Project Architect, Web + Communications Dev. Lead
Responsibilities:
DALE: Exterior Facade Dev., Mock-Up Design + Fab., Structure + Logistics
Sail Dwelling: Facade + Structure Dev., MEP Coord., Int. + Ext. Moving Sys.
PIP: Core Design + MEP Coord., Pneumatic Exterior R+D
FRED: Concept / Structure Dev., MEP/ Structure Coordination
Revit /Rhino / Maya + V-Ray / Maxwell Rendering, Photoshop + Illustrator
Wood / Metal Fabrication, SD, DD, CD + Presentation Documentation,
Oyler Wu Collaborative, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architectural Designer
Responsibilities:
Taipei Tower #3: Rhino/ Maya Schematic Design Modeling,
V-Ray/Maxwell Rendering, Photoshop + Illustration, Presentation Drawings
IAC: Rendering, Photoshop + Illustration, Presentation Drawings
SCI-Arc Graduation Tent: Model Building, Steel Fabrication, Knitting
Technique Development and Coordination.
Gary Paige Studio (GPS), Los Angeles, CA, US, Architectural Designer
Responsibilities:
Dingbat 2.0 Competition: Research, Iterative Design, Photography and
Photoshop, Digital and Physical Modeling, Illustration, Rendering,
Presentation and Board Production
Car Washes of Los Angeles: Research, Schematic Design, Study Models +
Drawings, Color Studies and Diagram Studies,
McClur Short Film: Shooting and Editing
Wells Fargo Bank, Los Angeles, CA, US, Family Wealth Group Technology Liaison
Responsibilities:
Developed a Trust Dept. Database for Client Servicing and Administration,
Website Development, Create + Maintain Hyperion Database and Reports.
Gary Paige Studio (GPS), Los Angeles, CA, US, Intern
Responsibilities:
Hometta Project, JA Competition and Office Proposal in Venice:
Schematic Design, Rhino Modeling, V-Ray Rendering + Drawings and
Presentation Materials
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA, US, BArch, Architecture
2013 Solar Decathlon Architectural Project Manager
1 year Student Union Vice President
2 years Student Representative
3.8 GPA
Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA, US, Architectural Drafting and Design
Residential and Commercial Construction Drawings
Thesis Selected for Los Angeles Art Walk Exhibtion, Other
SCI-Arc Solar Decathlon Europe Trip Scholarship, Scholarship
SCI-Arc COntinuing Student Scholarship, Scholarship
SCI-Arc Solar Decathlon Summer Scholarship, Scholarship
3A Project nominated for Rotterdam Biennale Submission, Nomination
SCI-Arc Continuing Student Scholarship, Scholarship
LA Forum for Architecture and Design Dingbat 2.0, 2nd Place
SCI-Arc All School Exhibtion, Other
Deans Honors Rio Hondo, Other
Deans Honors from 2003-2007 at Rio Hondo College
