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Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty

Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty

New Orleans, LA, US

 
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About 

Giuliana is an architectural designer and researcher. A recent graduate from Tulane University’s M.Arch program, she received the 2022 Robert A. M. Stern Travel Fellowship, which supported her graduate thesis research on the adaptive reuse of Sicily’s tuna fisheries. A native of the northeast, Giuliana holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago, where she studied art and architectural history. She lives and works in New Orleans.

Employment 

Office of Jonathan Tate, New Orleans, LA, US, Architectural Designer

Jun 2023 - current
 

Kiss + Cathcart, New York, NY, US, Research Intern

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022
 

Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners, New York, NY, US, Project and Marketing Assistant

Jun 2017 - Jul 2019
 

Education 

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, US, MArch, Architecture

Aug 2021 - May 2023
 

City College of New York (CCNY), New York, NY, US, Architecture

Aug 2019 - Jun 2021
 

The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US, Bachelors, Art History

Oct 2012 - Jun 2016
 

Awards 

Graduate Design Excellence Award, Tulane University, Award

2023
 

M.Arch Thesis Commendation, Tulane University, Honorable Mention

2023
 

Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society, Tulane University, Award

Honor society that acknowledges outstanding students who rank in the top 20% of their class.

2023
 

RAMSA 2022 Travel Fellowship, Grant

The RAMSA Fellowship is a $10,000 prize awarded annually by Robert A.M. Stern Architects for travel and research. The fellowship seeks to promote investigations into the perpetuation of tradition through invention and is given to an individual who has proven insight and interest in the profession and its future, as well as the ability to carry forth in-depth research.

I completed my travel in the summer of 2022 and presented my research to RAMSA’s office in New York City in March 2023.

2022
 

Vernacular Architecture Forum Ridout Fellowship, Grant

Received $1,000 from the Vernacular Architecture Forum to support my field-based thesis research.

2022
 

Tulane University School of Architecture Merit Scholarship, Scholarship

2021
 

Areas of Specialization