Shane Jezowski is a South Florida-based designer with a practice focused on ecologically driven design, sustainable building methods, and emerging technologies.
Shane left a career in the custom fabrication industry in New York, where he was a Senior Project Manager, to return to his native South Florida and pursue his graduate degree in Architecture at the University of Miami.
He recently graduated at the top of his class and has earned numerous awards including the AIA Henry Adams Medal, AIA Palm Beach Foundation Scholar Award, The Graduate Core Student Design Award, and the Alpha Rho Chi Medal awarded to a student whose leadership, personality and attitude foreshadow exceptional professional worth.
Freelance Design + Fabrication, Designer, Design Engineer and Fabricator
- 2D/3D Design
--- Rocco Ceo AIA, Design Assist Services, Miami, FL
--- The Ocean Conservancy, Community Action Plan Visualization, Miami, FL
--- Patrick Reuter Architecture (PR A) + Veruska Vasconez, Design Assist Services, remote
--- Shulman + Associates AIA, Design Assist Services, remote
--- The Factory NYC - Design Assist Services, remote
--- A. Zahner Architectural Sheet Metal, Design Assist Services, remote
--- P.E.D.G., 3D Set Design Visualization, Lancaster, PA
- Fabrication
--- A. Zahner Architectural Sheet Metal, New York, NY Erica Prince, Artist, New York, NY
--- MIO, Philadelphia, PA
--- Now Tradition, Philadelphia, PA
--- University of Delaware, Newark, DE
The Littoral Urbanism Lab, Coral Gables, FL, US, Research Assistant
- Researcher and Designer, All That is Solid: Platforms for Wood, 2019 - 2021
--- Conducted extensive research to provide meaningful insights into the history, active uses, and future possibilities of Mass Timber products in the fields of architecture, construction, and development. My skills in Rhino 3d drafting, parametric scripting, Ladybug tools, GIS, and varying design tools allowed me to produce dynamic presentations, maps, and supplemental imagery for publication and public presentations.
- Grant Co-Writer and Lead Designer, Fluid Environments: !e Space We Live In, 2020
--- This grant was proposed to Epic Mega Grants and was awarded $25,000 for the research and development of visualization tools for perceiving the effects of sea-level rise on neighborhoods. !e core idea was to use Epic’s Unreal game engine and AR/VR technology to provide viewers with a visceral experience of sea-level rise and to elicit a meaningful and action-oriented response.
The Factory NYC, Brooklyn, NY, US, Senior Project Manager + Design Engineer
- Senior Level Duties: Trained staff in the use of project management software (Podio); Supervised junior to mid-level project management staff; Oversaw the CNC department and cut production queue; Managed staffing for junior to mid-level project management projects; Designed bespoke project management software; Spearheaded new general management strategies; Oversaw company-wide efficiency in digital and physical production.
- Project Management; Initiated and cultivated client relationships; Led technical consultations with clients; Calculated estimates and invoicing; Determined material take-offs; Organized material ordering; Corresponded with vendors; Delegated tasks and disseminated information for production; Coordinated shipping logistics; Supervised on-site installation and assembly; Formalized project documentation and archiving
- Design Engineer: Compiled product measurements Drafting; CAD-CAM; Designed project build schematics; Oversaw quality and structural control; Designed bespoke Grasshopper scripts
Erector Sets Inc., Philadelphia, PA, US, Assistant Project Manager + Design Engineer + CNC Operator
- Assistant Project Manager: Initiated and cultivated client relationships; Calculated estimates and invoicing; Determined material take-offs; Organized material ordering; Corresponded with vendors; Delegated tasks and disseminated information for production; Coordinated shipping logistics; Supervised on-site installation and assembly; Formalized project documentation and archiving.
- Design Engineer: Compiled product measurements; Drafting; CAD-CAM; Designed project build schematics; Oversaw quality and structural control.
- CNC Operator: Configured CNC tool paths; Ensured CNC cut efficiency and machine safety; Managed and conducted general; CNC maintenance and troubleshooting; Oversaw quality control of cuts.
University of Delaware, Newark, DE, US, Instructor of Record + Shop Monitor
- Instructor of Record
--- Introduction to Sculpture
--- Digital Printmaking (Vector patterns and rendering with Rhino3d)
--- Design II (Foundations Department)
- Design Advisor to senior engineering majors.
- Shop Monitor: Monitored proper use of metal and wood machinery Reinforced shop safety; Provided private metal and woodworking instruction; Tool maintenance; Fabricated custom tools and shop fixtures.
A. Zahner Architectural Sheet Metal, Kansas City, MO, US, Designer + Marketing Intern
- Designer in the Design Assist Group: Produced and designed assembly packets for Zahner Engineered Profile Paneling System (ZEPPS).
--- Basra Sports City Stadium in Basra, Iraq, 2011
--- Sidra Medical Center in Doha, Qatar, 2010
- Marketing Intern in the Design Assist Group: Produced marketing materials to explain Zahner methodologies Assisted with web marketing strategies; Rendered project proposals; Answered client calls; Assisted with calculating material yields; Prepped and shipped product samples.
The Kansas City Arts Institute, Kansas City, MO, US, Bachelors, Sculpture
The Villagers Scholar, Scholarship
The Villagers awarded a total of $18,000 for scholarships to ten deserving students with interests in architectural historic preservation. The ten students were each awarded $1,800. They were selected from a field of applicants based on scholastic standing, recommendations, samples of their work, and statements of interest in the preservation of past architecture.
AIA Palm Beach Foundation Scholar, Scholarship
The AIA Palm Beach Foundation for Architecture and the AIA Palm Beach Chapter along with funding from AIA National have created a scholarship fund available to Architecture students whose primary residence is in Palm Beach County. Recipients will be invited to attend the AIA Palm Beach Design and Honor Awards Banquet on October 12, 2022 at the Breakers to formally receive the award.
Alpha Rho Chi Medal, Award
The graduating student whose leadership, personality, and attitude foreshadow exceptional professional worth
AIA Henry Adam’s Medal, Award
Graduating student with the highest GPA
Graduate Core Student Design Award, Award
McLamore Scholar, Scholarship
$ 4,500 per year stipend, to be paid $ 2,250 in Fall and $ 2,250 in Spring. This award is separate and in addition to your tuition scholarship. The Scholarship will begin in August 2019 and continue yearly to May 2022, your anticipated date of graduation.
As a requirement of this award, at least one design project completed during your tenure at UM should address issues of landscape design as a meaningful concern. The landscape proposal may be part of any studio project and may be embedded in the larger concerns of site, program, form, structure, systems, and general identity of an architectural project. The intent of this requirement is to advance some focus on issues of landscape in architecture.
2019-2022
Dean’s Fellow, Grant
The Dean’s Fellowship carries an additional 25% scholarship and offers other benefits. As one of your honors, Dean’s Fellows meet once a month with Dean Rodolphe el-Khoury in a seminar format to discuss relevant issues in contemporary architecture.
2019-2022
