Archinect - Features 2024-05-03T15:45:03-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150214014/how-jeffrey-montes-pivoted-from-terrestrial-architecture-to-becoming-senior-space-architect-at-blue-origin How Jeffrey Montes Pivoted From Terrestrial Architecture to Becoming Senior Space Architect at Blue Origin Alexander Walter 2021-01-13T09:00:00-05:00 >2021-01-15T18:33:42-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/14/14ae60c27de9582f309bff0b1b5da91a.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="http://archinect.com/features/tag/1149/working-out-of-the-box" target="_blank"><strong>Working out of the Box</strong></a> is a series of features presenting architects who have applied their architecture backgrounds to alternative career paths.</p> <p>In this installment, we're talking with a design professional who hasn't left the profession by definition but pivoted from conventional, terrestrial architecture to a whole new environment: <a href="https://jetportal.net/" target="_blank"><strong>Jeffrey Montes</strong></a> is a Space architect and technologist with a keen interest in designing ever-better extraterrestrial habitats that, one day, will shelter human missions. <br></p> <p>Jeffrey currently works at <a href="https://www.blueorigin.com/our-mission" target="_blank">Blue Origin</a> as Senior Space Architect. He is also a research fellow at <a href="https://www.openlunar.org/" target="_blank">Open Lunar Foundation</a> and has previously been a driving force behind the widely published and NASA Centennial Challenge-winning proposal for a Martian habitat, <a href="https://jetportal.net/Marsha" target="_blank">Marsha</a>.<br></p>