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Nicolas Losi

Nicolas Losi

New York, NY, US

 
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About 

Originally from Seattle, I have spent the last six years living in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan, and in 2020 received my Master of Architecture from the Spitzer School of Architecture at City College, where I currently co-teach a 12-credit graduate design studio. I’m proficient in Rhino, Revit, AutoCAD, V-Ray, Grasshopper, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, and SketchUp, with an additional 6 years of carpentry and fine woodworking experience in professional cabinet and furniture shops.

My education, both from school and living in New York, has catalyzed a deep and relentless curiosity in the ecology of the city, the complex forces and invisible infrastructure that affect us, and how architecture can define its role in society. I try to use architecture to question, investigate, and respond to these forces, constantly aspiring to a process that meaningfully engages those around me and the community at large across a multitude of scales.

Prior to moving to New York I served as the purchasing agent for Residential and Dining Services at the Evergreen State College, where I was a key member of the project management team for large scale remodels and residential maintenance, controlled spending, maintained relationships with dozens of vendors, and was a point person between different departments.

Across the board, professionally and academically, I cherish and prioritize communication and collaboration, both because I enjoy working with other people and because I am a better architect and thinker when I do. With architecture as a lens to constantly engage with and ask questions about the world, I’m excited to continue to learn from and with others far into the future.

Employment 

Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, New York, NY, US, Adjunct Professor

I teach Unit 25—a 12-credit, graduate-level design studio for second- and third-year students—alongside architect Nandini Bagchee and anthropologist Vyjayanthi Rao. We’re interested in the agency and role of architecture in practices of culture-making, using central Queens as a site of immense complexity that cannot be adequately addressed with traditional research and design methodologies. My role is to assist students in developing rigorous investigative methods and concepts that can be translated into effective drawings, instruments for further iteration, and, ultimately, new types of architecture and collectivity.

Aug 2020 - current
 

City College of New York (CCNY), New York, NY, US, Teaching Assistant

Jan 2018 - May 2020
 

Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, New York, NY, US, Adjunct Lecturer

Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
 

AMPOPS, New York, NY, US, Project Assistant

May 2019 - Dec 2019
 

Uhuru Design, New York, NY, US, Woodworker

Mar 2016 - Jul 2017
 

Freelance, New York, NY, US, Woodworker

Apr 2014 - Mar 2016
 

The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, US, Purchasing Agent

Jun 2012 - Jan 2014
 

Education 

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

Aug 2017 - May 2020
 

The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, US, Bachelors, Bachelor of Arts

Sep 2009 - Jun 2013
 

Awards 

AIA Henry Adams Meda, Award

Highest ranking student in the professional Master of Architecture Program.

2020
 

Alpha Rho Chi Medal, Award

For leadership, service for the school, and promise of real professional merit through attitude and personality.

2020
 

Faculty Technology Award, Award

For achievement in building technology coursework.

2020
 

City College Graduate Symposium, 1st Place

Baruch Commons Vertical City group project representing the Masters of Architecture Program won the best project at the City College Graduate Symposium.

2019
 

Best Architecture Student - First Year, Award

2018
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills