2021 Graduate from The Cooper Union School of Architecture and William Cooper Mack Thesis Fellow.
Thesis project: “The table is set: Reimagining the Dinner Party for Architectural Play”
Deeply motivated by spatial experiences that promote performance and collective engagement. Have been informed by undergraduate courses such as Performance Art, Opera studies, and Sound Art to influence my own design practice and ideas about architecture.
Working with the performing arts extensively in architectural design as a way to expand on what it means to occupy and influence space has been critical for my development as an architect. Before attending the Cooper Union, attended extra-curricular art school where I was academically trained as a fine artist in drawing, painting, and installation work.
My primary motivations and interests in designs are play, performance, and food preparation, distribution and spatial integrity.
My undergraduate thesis investigated the social frameworks of the kitchen table and how collective gathering around a space for a meal or game can influence larger social and structural frameworks.
I believe that my talents and design background ensure that I’d be a great fit for your team.
I look forward to collaborating with you and trust that my resume and portfolio will give you a
greater understanding of my qualifications and skills
SKILLS:
■ Hand drafting ■ AutoCAD ■Rhino ■Grasshopper ■ArcGIS ■Lands Design Rhino ■Lumion Digital Rendering ■Fine Arts (painting, sculpture, drawing, etc.) ■Squarespace website design ■Revit ■V-Ray ■Autodesk Inventor Pro ■Adobe Creative Suite ■ On-site Installation ■Microsoft
Office ■ Fabrication (woodworking, metal, casting, etc.) ■Machine Learning Data Analytics
Studio DuBois (Previously Ohlhausen DuBois Architects), NEW YORK, Architectural intern
Assisted in brainstorming designs along with all 3-D modeling, drawings, and digital renderings. Finalized floorplans and red marks. Worked primarily in Rhino, Lumion rendering, AutoCAD and Adobe Suites. Created and launched company's new website and set up re-direct links and manage domains. Aided in the rebranding of the firm; creating newsletters, postcards, and finalizing their show book.
Visual Millwork Inc., Deer Park, NY, US, Project Manager & Head Designer
Design team member for multiple projects including custom cabinetry, kitchen interiors and fixtures for stores and galleries.
Lead designer and project manager: Gaiam’s new display for Lord & Taylor in Midtown, NYC (finished construction early November, 2017)
Main contact and on-site liaison for head of their creative department. Developed chosen designs for all products manufactured.
Surveyed projects on-site, measured out spaces and drew floor plans/ elevations for clients.
Advanced proficiency; Autodesk Inventor Pro. Designed fixtures for ready assembly through development of parts inventory generated from a bill of material (BOM) database as well as culmination of design work through the assembly level, complete with assembly instructions.
Proficient in Revit and SketchUp; Created shop drawings, developed bids, quoted prices for materials, rendered for clients in Revit
Member: Advertisement and Social Media Team: assisted in the redevelopment of the company’s new website
Mechanical Drawer Freelancer, Huntington, NY, US, Drafter
Drafted plans in AutoCAD to show the placement of rebar and expose the reinforcements and writing submittal logs on their specifications
Became acquainted with RebarCAD
Anthropologie, New York, NY, US, Sales Associate
Assisted customers in personal shopping and styling
Worked hands-on with clients and worked sales
Huntington School of Fine Arts, Huntington, NY, US, Studio Assitant and Head Apprentice
Assists in teaching live figure drawing, sculpting, and painting classes
Guides high school students in applying for colleges using Common App and uploading portfolios onto college portals
Heads critiques based on students’ work and has assisted in building gallery spaces for shows
Ted Moudis Associates, Manhattan, NY, US, Architectural Intern
Collaborated as the sole intern on a team of project managers and project architects in retail and commercial projects by helping select samples, write submittal logs, draft, etc.
Drafted multiple layers of floor plans in AutoCAD
Digitalized paperwork, scanned documents, plotted floor plans. Familiar with technology
Basic knowledge of Architectural illustrator, Rhino and Grasshopper, and Indesign
BAE Systems / Marconi Aerospace (f/k/a Hazeltine), Greenlawn, NY, US, Women in Technology (Internship)
Engineering modules in software engineering and mechanical engineering.
Stressed problem-solving skills and taught basic approaches to coding and mechanical analysis
Worked on a collaborative team to help brainstorm common problems faced by every-day oversea militia
Helped design and code watch prototype for military
William Cooper Mack Fellow, Grant
I was awarded a grant of $800 to fabricate my thesis intervention and develop my designed module at 1:1 scale and 1:12 scale. My single setting module could be aggregated at an infinite scale to create unique tablescapes and fabricate social scenarios.
DuPont Challenge: Senior Global Division Essay Competition, Honorable Mention
Essay focused around my own extended research in 2014-2015 on urbanism and incorporating the environment into architectural structure
Entitled: "Using Environmental Sciences and Urbanism to Build a Greener Future"
Proclamation from the Suffolk County Legislature, Award
Proclamation reading: "...The Suffolk County Legislature takes pride in honoring those special individuals whose accomplishments are deserving of praise and admiration by our local community....[Stella Blue Porzungolo] successfully participated in The DuPont Challenge, North America's premier science essay competition...in recognition of the foregoing, I, Steve Stern Legislator for the Sixteenth Legislative District and the citizens of Suffolk County, do hereby honor and congratulate Stella Blue Porzungolo..."
3rd place in Mechanical Engineering Andromeda Division at NYSSEF, 3rd Place
Won award on project: Difference Between Analog and Digital Sound Waves
I have conducted research on this topic and sound engineering all throughout high school and continued to compete in fairs until graduation
