While I was completing my thesis on Surrealist Architecture for my B.A. in Art History from Washington and Lee University, I knew that I would be most satisfied with a career that allowed me to synthesize different disciplines. Completing my Master’s of Architecture has allowed me to pursue my love of history, theory, the weird, the colorful, and the creative. PennDesign has challenged me to think about questions of representation and digital media.
As I’ve continued to develop my own aesthetic, the flat colors on earlier projects have developed into real materials and textures in my two most recent projects. The terrazzo in the “Havana Vernacular” project and the model embellishment in “Diabolik” are two instances where these ideas become reality.
This portfolio illustrates the skills I have honed while studying, and I am excited to continue developing these tenants of my designs outside of an academic setting. I am currently serving as an Adjuct Lecturer for a third year Master’s degree studio at PennDesign with Inaki Echeverria.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, US, Assistant Lecturer
Working with Inaki Echeverria to co-teach a section of a third year M.Arch Studio. This includes curating and coordinating an exhibition in Berlin of collaborative student work as well as studio leadership in critiquing and instructing.
PennDesign Faculty Award, 2017, 1st Place
Awarded to the graduating student by Faculty nomination and vote for who showed the most growth and development during the Masters of Architecture degree program.
E. Lewis Dales Fellowship, 2nd Place
Second Place portfolio contest award for contest held during the second year of the M.Architecture program at PennDesign.
Will W. Melhorn Scholarship, 1st Place
Scholarship awarded to the first year M.Architecture student with the best work in the first year History and Theory sequence.
