Viktoria Usui-Barbo

About

I am interested in the reciprocal stimulation of the digital and the natural, exploring the overlaps between natural, built and digital ecologies and how architecture can become an agent of new thinking, designing and fabricating of environment.

Elsewhere:

Employment

Resonant Matter LLC, Brooklyn, NY, US, Principal

Jan 2020 - current

Caplan Colaku Architecture, New York, NY, US, Architectural Designer

Aug 2019 - Jul 2020

LEESER ARCHITECTURE, Brooklyn, Project Designer

Mar 2019 - Aug 2019

STUDIO V Architecture, New York, NY, US, Designer

May 2018 - Mar 2019

Gensler, Tokyo, JP, Junior Designer

May 2016 - Aug 2017

SCHEMATA ARCHITECTS, Tokyo, JP, Junior Designer

Dec 2014 - Mar 2015

Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Tokyo, JP, Architectural Designer

Sep 2014 - Nov 2014

D.I.G Architects, Nagoya, JP, Architectural Designer

Jan 2013 - Mar 2013

junya.ishigami+associates, Tokyo, JP, Architectural Designer

Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

Weinmiller Architekten, Berlin, DE, Architectural Designer

Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

Education

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, US, MArch, Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

Aug 2015 - May 2018

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, DE, BArch, Bachelor of Architecture

Oct 2009 - Feb 2014

Awards

AIA - Henry Adams Medal and Certificate, Award

The AIA Henry Adams Medal
Awarded for academic excellence to the highest standing in the graduating class and excellence throughout their academic career.

2018

Pratt Merit Scholarship, Scholarship

2015

German National Merit Foundation, Scholarship

2009

Areas of Specialization

Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, Urban Planning, Photography, Interactive Design, Graphic Design / Signage, Furniture Design, Computer Programming

Skills

(+6 years ) Autocad, (+ 4 years ArchiCad), (+10 Years) Photoshop, (+5 Years) Photography, (+8 years) Illustrator, (+6 Years) InDesign, (+4 years) Rhino, (+4 Years) Grasshopper, (+2 years) Revit, (+3 years) Cinema 4D, (+2 years) Maxwell, ( + 1 yr) Maya, Languages: German (native) English (fluent) Japanese (good commands)