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Serena Stedeford

Serena Stedeford

Brooklyn, NY, US

 
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Employment 

JAM Architecture, Brooklyn, NY, US, Junior Architect

Projects: High-end Residential apartments and single-family homes
• Managed multiple projects through Schematic Design to Construction Administration
• Conducted initial site surveys, drafted floor plans, 3D modeling, and renderings
• Organized material palettes and prepared mood boards to pair with rendered interior elevations
• Collaborated with our team to curate design presentations
• Produced drawing sets for bidding, construction documents, and Municipal approvals

Apr 2022 - Nov 2022
 

Batliboi Studio, Brooklyn, NY, US, Architectural Designer

Projects: Mid-level residential apartments and single-family homes
• Conducted initial site surveys and drafted preliminary design floor plans for clients
• Completed construction administration phase for an interior apartment renovation
• Produced drawing sets for bidding and approval

Dec 2021 - Apr 2022
 

MAD BSM, Brooklyn, NY, US, Architectural Drafter

Projects: Mid-level residential apartments and commercial projects
• Conducted initial site surveys and prepared plan drawings for demolition and construction
• Drafted preliminary design floor plans for clients
• Produced Interior Design drawing sets and finish schedules for design proposals

Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
 

E2M Architects, Brooklyn, NY, US, Architectural Intern

Projects: Mid-rise new-construction apartment buildings and single-family homes
• Drafted preliminary design floor plans for clients
• Modeled and rendered design proposals for a mid-rise housing complex
• Coordinated meetings with mechanical and structural engineers and the Contractor

Jan 2020 - Oct 2020
 

CTA Architects, New York, NY, US, Architectural Intern

Projects: Building restoration and rehabilitation for commercial and residential projects
• Prepared drawing sets for submittal to LPC and the DOB.
• Participated in weekly site meetings and site surveys, completed water tests, initial survey measurements, and observations

Feb 2018 - Oct 2019
 

Education 

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, US, BArch, Bachelor of Architecture

Minor in Interior Design

Selected Pratt Projects:

Collusion Dilemma, Degree Project - Free-time, Work Retreat
• A satirical approach to the “work hard, play harder” within a building that capitalizes on gamification and the psychology behind the production of each employee and their boss

Borders to Boaters, 403 Project - Border Crisis Approach, Boat Design
• A proposed boat solution to the Mexico and US border crisis that does the opposite of divide and conquer but instead builds, connects, and gives opportunities to those waiting

Transparent Belonging, 402 Project - A New Civic Building, Community Center
• A new civic building that promotes connection and community by the visual transmission of the profane and the sacred of each user to create a more just form of collectivity

Aug 2016 - May 2021
 

Awards 

Best Overall Drawing for 2021 Michael Hollander Drawing Excellence Award, 1st Place

Each student from every year can submit one drawing from their fall and spring semester to this competition. Michael Hollander's faculty panel selects one drawing from each year in school, so there is a first-year winner, a second-year winner, a third-year winner, a fourth-year winner, and a fifth-year winner, and each year has an honorable mention. In addition, they select the best overall drawing that is the best of the entire school. My drawing won the Best Overall.

2021
 

Degree Project Design Award 2021, 3rd Place

Our project won top honors, placing third overall for our degree project. Our degree projects present during final reviews with our studios and then if selected by our Professors, we present to a selected panel. Each studio chooses 2 teams to present at the additional review. The selected panel votes for the projects to win, and we placed third for our Collusion Dilemma project.

2021
 

Pratt Institute's SOA Social Justice Award 2020, Nomination

My professor nominated my project Transparent Belonging to the Social Justice Award that Pratt Institute held allowing graduate students and undergraduate students to participate.

2020
 

Presidential Merit- Based Scholarship from Pratt Institute, Scholarship

This scholarship was for 2016-2021 years.

2016
 

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