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Andrew received his B.Arch degree from SCI-Arc in 2018, and later worked as a junior designer for HKS Architect's in their Sports practice. There he worked in a variety of roles supporting the design, documentation, and C.A. efforts for Sofi Stadium in Inglewood, CA, and the adjacent YouTube Theater. In tandem with these projects, Andrew also assisted in over twenty competitions for sports and entertainment venues around the world. The digital, design-oriented, and formal nature of his education made it a smooth transition into the demands of venue design. In his day-to-day work, Andrew is passionate about leveraging BIM, parametric modeling, software development, and data wrangling, to create workflows that make it easier to design, optimize, and document more complex, and sustainable architecture. Andrew is motivated by the influence architecture can have on the greater A.E.C industry to push the formal, social, and environmental possibilities of the built environment.
To further develop his computational skillset, Andrew is currently enrolled in the Computation in Architecture masters program at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, DK, with a look to graduate in July 2023.
Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, DK, Metal Shop Tutor (Part-Time)
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the safety and cleanliness standards are met for the university's metal shop after-hours.
- Provide architecture and design students with assistance on student projects after-hours.
- Have working knowledge for the operation of metal shop equipment including sheet-metal brakes, electric mechanical sheet shearing cutters, lathes, arc welders, and more.
HKS, Inc, Los Angeles, Design Professional II
Project Responsibilities:
- Carried out computational design methodologies including advanced environmental simulation workflows and generative design solutions
- Developed computational design tools and libraries for spatial analytics and generative design
- Worked within a team to develop advanced workflows for the control of 3D geometry, techniques for design modeling, techniques for digital fabrication and techniques for simulation and analysis
- Assisted project teams as needed in all stages of design, documentation, and fabrication
- Developed new toolsets for modeling techniques, software platform interoperability and, environmental simulation/analysis
- Modified and created architectural documents, applying standard architectural techniques and procedures and according to written and verbal specifications with general supervision
- Produced graphic presentations, 3D renderings, and architectural documents
Assists in preparing schedules and reviewing implementation documents and samples as needed
- Compiled data and performed design computations in collaboration with my project team
- Collaborated on design and technical resolution and coordination for a defined portion of a project
- Worked with senior designers and project teams on conceptual designs, presentations, design development and production to deliver projects on time and within budget
- Assisted in preparing client presentations and presents project design intent
- Performed product research; assists project designers with material selection and system research
- Communicated with other disciplines, vendors and contractors to incorporate information into design, project requirements and documents as needed
- Understood select industry standard construction techniques, building regulations and engineering principles to apply to project plans
- Collaborated on the development of design throughout appropriate phases of the project
- Participated in project proposals to develop design solutions
- Supported design efforts and client presentations to develop client relationships
- Assisted in the research of material requirements and costs for projects
- Prepared presentation/design drawings and built physical models for client/project team review
- Coordinated with consultants and contractors to meet overall project objectives
- Collaborated to resolve complex design issues with innovative and practical solutions
- Worked with the team to manage communication and consultant coordination
- Attended site visits, field reviews and client/project meetings and documented these visits.
- Participated in team meetings to discuss project issues, design and technical issues and coordination with other disciplines
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture., Copenhagen, DK, Masters, Computation In Architecture
Computation in Architecture is an established two-year Masters level program that focuses upon examining architectural issues through critically situating computation and digital technologies in the processes of thinking, forming and producing architecture.
It places particular emphasis on the intersection between computation, fabrication, material and performance. The program equips students with core knowledge and understandings for addressing questions of site, complex building program and related architectural issues through computational design methods, physical prototyping, and related theoretical concepts.
The program fosters a dynamic, creative, intellectually rigorous and design-led environment that stimulates critical inquiry into the spatial, theoretical and technological consequences of digital design practice. More broadly, the program aims to stimulate thinking on what it means to be a practicing architect through exposure to research led modes of design practice which prepare our students to engage with the urgent challenges of sustainability and the expansion of roles within our profession.
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA, US, BArch, BArch
The design culture of the B.Arch program is focused both on the discipline of architecture, regarding its history, theory, and techniques, as well as on the profession of architecture itself, in terms of building technology, innovations in design and construction, and professional practice. The project-based curriculum of the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) program is centered around the design studio, where students develop visual literacy, learn design skills, test ideas, and receive continuous, personal feedback from faculty and peers.
In contrast to long-standing vocational models of architectural education, SCI-Arc’s B.Arch curriculum educates students to address contemporary challenges and emerge as architectural leaders of the twenty-first century. Today, architects must be adroit and prepared to articulate and defend ideas to a broad array of audiences with clarity, confidence, and perspective. At SCI-Arc, we believe this is achieved through concentrated exposure to different forms of knowledge and a keen understanding of the ways in which various disciplines can disrupt one another, revealing new ways of seeing, thinking, and making.
AEC Hackathon @ BLOXHUB 2023, 1st Place
Best Overall Project
Open Material Data: (as part of a team of 7)
The ultimate goal of the OpenMaterialData project is to enable all stakeholders in the construction industry to perform their workflows on the same product specific datasets, regardless of which software tools they use. This results in significant benefits that are critical to a greener and more productive construction industry. Firstly, evaluating and comparing a much broader range of materials / products becomes significantly easier through holistic filtering (quality, performance, sustainability, cost), especially for less experienced stakeholders. Secondly, transparency increases. Among other things, the impact of a material on the performance of a building can be much better visualized, innovative products can enter the market more easily and assessing the circularity index of a building becomes much simpler. Thirdly, manual labor and inaccuracies in planning are drastically reduced based on digital, user centric services, which directly addresses the shortage of experts.
Texas Architect Magazine: 2021 Studio Award, Award
HKS Design Fellowship: Andrew Smith and Ryan Griffin
From the Jury:
“Turning potentially prosaic infrastructure into a memorial or monument through the gesture of the large vertical elements and repetition is an incredibly strong way of taking what could be a fairly pragmatic response to a very pressing problem and turning it into something more.”
— Roy Cloutier
The Texas Society of Architects Studio Awards recognize unbuilt projects that demonstrate excellence in design. Real or theoretical projects that go beyond the boundaries of architecture to address current critical issues are encouraged. Submissions from students and practitioners are judged on equal footing, and projects of all types are considered together. The jury looks for entries that: embody strong ideas critical to contemporary practice; resolve these ideas thoroughly; and present them clearly.
