I am an architectural designer with 5 1/2 years of experience. I am originally from New York City, a place which has provided a strong foundation for my love of architecture.
I have a liberal arts background in addition to a professional architecture degree, and thus bring a critical mind to the practice of architecture. Both analytic and committed to beauty and excellence, I believe in bringing architecture into the the world which is both provocative and enduring.
My most formative experiences have been in Europe, where I worked for Xaveer de Geyter Architects in Brussels, Belgium, and Herzog and De Meuron in Basel Switzerland. I believe architecture is most powerful when material and structure come together to form a clear unity, something which both of these offices do very well. It was these experiences, combined with the enduring history of European architecture that have formed me into the kind of architect I am today.
Frederick Fisher & Partners, Los Angeles, Designer
- completion of DD and CD drawing sets
-continuous communication with contractor and client
- RFI and submittal responses/shop drawing review
- BIM coordination/clash detection
-coordination with consultants
- filing for permits
- rendering
- presentation material drawing and compilation
Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, CH, Junior Architect
- completion of DD drawing sets
- development of presentation materials
- coordination with consultants
- coordination with manufacturers
- development of presentation materials for internal external review (sections, plans, diagrams, renderings, models)
- programming and feasibility studies
Christian Kerez, Zürich, CH, Architect
I worked for Christian Kerez on an entry for the extension to the Beyeler Foundation in Basel, Switzerland. My responsibilities including model making (both study models and final presentation models), diagramming, plan and section drawing, programming, massing, and graphic organization and refinement of the final presentation to the jury.
Xaveer De Geyter, Brussels, BE, Architect
During my studies at Rice University, I took 1 year off to work for Xaveer de Geyter. During this time, I managed the production of a monograph on his work and managed the production of and designed a retrospective exhibition on his work.
Tasks included making new models for the exhibition, re-drawing many key drawings of various project for the book and exhibition, developing the concept of the exhibition through model making, drawing, and writing, coordinating and presenting material to the museum where the exhibition was held, working with various manufacturers and craftsmen for the production of the exhibition, managing budget and schedule for production.
Rice University, Houston, TX, US, MArch, Architecture
The Rice University school of Architecture is an accredited degree program. At the time that I was there, Sarah Whiting was dean, (now dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Design) who promoted a healthy reciprocity between theory and the practice of architecture.
