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Kokeith Perry II

Kokeith Perry II

Oakland, CA

 

About 

Designer. Tech and printmaking enthusiast. Chicago native. 5th year design student at Syracuse University pursuing a Bachelor's of Architecture (B.Arch) with minors in philosophy and visual culture. Member of the Syracuse University Division I Track and Field team. 

Employment 

Adobe Systems, San Francisco, CA, US, Workplace experience and strategy intern

Developed a strategic, research-based play-book for adaptive workplace growth across the company’s global portfolio. Conducted benchmark studies - including interviews, office tours, focus groups, and desk research - to assess peer organizations’ workplace growth strategies. Contributed to ongoing workplace strategy and design initiatives and projects. Participated with architecture, furniture, technology, and design firms in collaborative design efforts. Utilized Adobe’s software suite and future technologies to develop architectural schemes, graphic designs, ux prototypes, and models in virtual and augmented reality.

May 2018 - Aug 2018
 

Alt Architecture + Research Associates, Chicago, IL, US, Architectural design intern

Designed several iterative physical models and digital Revit models, renderings, orthographic drawings, and construction drawings for various projects. Produced documents for presentations, attended client meetings, and updated the design and content of the office website. The majority of the work utilized research and subject matter interviews to design complex healing environments with the perspectives of those afflicted at the center of the propositions.

May 2017 - Aug 2017
 

Education 

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, US, BArch, Architecture

Syracuse University School of Architecture | 2019
Bachelor of Architecture; Philosophy Minor; Visual Culture Minor, college of Visual and Performing Arts.

Syracuse University Florence, Italy Study Abroad Program | Fall 2017
Studied architecture under coordinator Assistant Professor Kyle Miller as well as Italian and oil painting. Participated in design workshops with visiting architects Jimenez Lai of Bureau Spectacular and Lorenzo Guzzini of Lorenzo Guzzini Architecture.

Aug 2014 - May 2019
 

Areas of Specialization