Hello! My name is CJ Spring, and I'm an architectural designer/conceptual designer who has spent their last few years helping people make their designs and creations become a reality through Digital Fabrication. In my personal architectural and conceptual design work, I am heavily invested in using design to solve and/or offset social problems, using it as a tool to right historical wrongs, and to begin speculating what a better future looks like RIGHT NOW.
Aside from my interest in using architectural design as a tool for social justice, I am also interested in exploring how design and visual media can intersect to craft new experiences and atmospheres.
My experience in digital software includes Rhino 3D, Enscape, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier Pro, Adobe Lightroom, V-Ray, and Aftereffects.
Weeksville Archive, Brooklyn, NY, US, Research Associate
+Conducted a number of interviews , archiving them in a database, with the focus of documenting the experiences of Weeksville's residents as a means to illuminate the lost histories of one of the first free Black communities on the East Coast.
+Sourced, retrieved, analyzed, and manipulated map data for an Interactive map project using GIS and Rhino3d.
+Presented new developments and progress using videos and gifs, created using Adobe Premier Pro, After Affects, and Illustrator.
Pratt Institute-SoD Fabrication Labs, Brooklyn, NY, US, 3D Printing Specialist
+Maintained small studio scale operation.
+Corresponded with student designers new to the 3D Printing process and worked with them on a one on one level to make their projects come to fruition.
+Screened files for printability using Autodesk Net Fab Premium
Pratt Institute - Digital Labs/ITL, Brooklyn, NY, US, Digital Fabrication Technician
+Responsible for the operation of all 3D printers, which included SLA (resin & wax) and FDM (PLA/specialty filament) processes, as well as the operation of laser cutters for appointment based laser cutting.
+Screened files for printability using Materialize Magics / Autodesk Net Fab Premium.
+Maintained a large database / learned to use Salesforce (case based digital customer service application) to provide customer service during the pandemic.
+For lasercutting services, exemplified a high level of knowledge about accepted
materials, workflows, safety protocol, file preparation, and file screening.
+Served as Shift captain on Saturday closing shifts in the managers absence, overseeing quality control, monitoring printer workflows in the back, and assigning tasks.
Pratt Institute-IDC Hidden Heritage, Brooklyn, NY, US, Project Assistant
+Prepared necessary materials for undergrad student led workshops held for students at Medgar Evers Highschool.
Best Degree Project Award 2022, 1st Place
This award was given to the 2 best senior thesis projects in the undergrduate class of 2022. A selected group of outstanding senior thesis projects were chosen by professors in each thesis studio to present in the "Thesis Show". Winners were chosen by a panel of judges after a day of "Thesis Show" presentations.
