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Jordan Micham

Jordan Micham

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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About 

Jordan Micham is a recent graduate from the Southern California Institute of Architecture obtaining his master’s degree (M.Arch II ‘22). He previously received his bachelor’s degree (B.Arch ‘20) from the University of Cincinnati. During his time at Cincinnati he took part in three different co-operative internship experiences each lasting one semester: Choeff Levy Fischman (Miami, FL), GBBN (Cincinnati, OH), and Hennebery Eddy (Portland, OR). After his third year, he traveled to Siyang, China for a design-build competition in which his team, paired with a team from Beijing (BJTU), placed top 10. He also received the Organizer’s Choice Award for his design submission for the Breaking Work Competition in 2019. Additionally, during his time at Sci-Arc, he took part in two internships: PATTERNS (Los Angeles, CA) and Oyler Wu Collaborative (Los Angeles, CA), along with winning the Merit Graduate Thesis Award. He sees himself in the future working across multi-disciplinary fields in mixed-media in pursuit of an unconventional design practice.

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Employment 

RIOS, Los Angeles, CA, US, Designer

Entry level designer as a part of the Terra Interior Architecture studio.

Nov 2022 - Nov 2023
 

Oyler Wu Collaborative, Los Angeles, CA, US, Design Intern

Design Intern working as part of a team to develop and produce the physical model for the Neom Line competition

May 2022 - Jul 2022
 

Patterns, Los Angeles, CA, US, Design Intern

Conceptual design development
Construction documentation and permitting

May 2021 - Aug 2021
 

Hennebery Eddy Architects, Portland, OR, US, Design Intern

Construction documentation and detailing
Redlining construction documents

May 2019 - Aug 2019
 

GBBN Architects, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, US, Design Intern

Construction documentation and development
Installation and physical model build

Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
 

Choeff Levy Fischman, Miami, FL, US, Design Intern

Design phase modeling and visualization

Jan 2018 - May 2018
 

Education 

Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA, US, MArch, M.Arch II

M.Arch II program at SCI-Arc is geared to propel speculative design exploration and new modes of communication, while advancing formal experimentation that expands the boundaries of contemporary architectural practice.

Sep 2020 - Sep 2022
 

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, US, Bachelors, B.S.Arch

The BS Architecture major creates the foundation in the field of architecture as preparation for continued education in a NAAB accredited degree program. Architecture at DAAP provides students with a comprehensive education that combines design principles, technical skills, and critical thinking.

Aug 2016 - May 2020
 

Awards 

SCI-Arc Merit Thesis Award, Award

The SCI-Arc Merit Thesis award is granted to students that display exemplary thesis work in their final semester.

2022
 

Breaking Work - Singularity - Organizer's Choice, Award

Organizer's Choice Award

2019
 

UIA - CBC International Design Build Top 10 Finalist, Honorable Mention

Students designed an installation that they then spent 3 weeks constructing the installation to exist permanently in a pear orchard in Siyang, China.

2019
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills