From Oakland, California. I am in pursuit of a future in which more peoples, cultures, ecologies and movements are able to cultivate a collective endeavor for adequate representation, leadership, and necessary change. I hope to positively influence the built environment alongside creative designers through interdependent, intelligent, and sympathetic acts of design.
CAHA Design Group, Oakland, Project Designer
Jayco Hawaii, CA, Oakland, CA, US, CAD Draftsman
Designed and drafted custom assembly details and extrusions for architectural metalwork. Managed data, resources and schedules to ensure project milestones are met on time and under budget.
Jayco Hawaii, CA, Emeryville, CA, US, Metal Fabricator
Fabricated a variety of custom architectural details with rapidity and precision. coordinated small teams in the fabrication of large projects.
Cal Poly Corporation, San Luis Obispo, CA, US, Teaching Associate + Design Instructor
co-led an architectural design workshop for high school students. Conversed and collaborated with students on key architectural, urban, and social ideas.
Contracted Work, Oakland, CA, US, Commercial Photographer + Retoucher
A collaborative effort of thorough consultation with marketing teams to design, produce, and improve creative visual content for media campaigns.
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Oakland, Learning Assistant + Discussion Leader
Organized and led discussions regarding architectural theory. Worked with students to promote success in a survey of Modern Architecture.
Philip Williams IT Support, Oakland, CA, US, Technology Support Apprentice
Accelerated the planning, research, and installation processes of over 3,000 devices across two schools to create a synchronized computer network.
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA, US, BArch, Architecture
I leave my undergraduate education with more questions than answers, yet I also leave with more tools to address them than I have ever possessed before. In five years, I learned to fabricate at both small and large scales, to transform analog experiments into complex and parametrically computed structures, and to theorize, speculate, and practice radically humane and ecologically sympathetic acts of design. Through teaching architectural history, collaborating on projects, editing my college's publication, and living abroad, I learned to be skeptical of dogma and of my automatic dispositions - to be a truth seeker, not a truth teller.
Thesis :: autoconstruction and material repurposement as viable approaches to emergency low-cost urbanization and interdependent democratic design.
California State University, Florence, Firenze, IT, Minor in Italian Studies
An immersive education into various aspects of Italian language, culture, design, and lifestyle. Achieved Intermediate Proficiency in writing and conversing in Italian.
Cal Poly Thesis Award, Award
Architectural design thesis winner for the class of 2020 - selected by the thesis advisor board.
CAED Leader of Tomorrow, Award
A recognition of CAED students that have demonstrated leadership in a variety of ways within the College of Architecture and Environmental Design.
Cal Poly Best of Show - 2018, Nomination
Architectural design project nominee in the annual 3rd year best of show
pin-up and jury review.
Emily N. Alstot Memorial Scholarship, Scholarship
A recognition of ‘academic talent and personal skills’, ‘academic diligence’, ‘overall helpfulness and generosity to
design lab peers’.
ACSA 2018 Steel Competition, Honorable Mention
‘the competition recognizes projects that explore a variety of issues related to the use of steel in design and construction’.
