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Talia Moretti

Talia Moretti

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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About 

I recently completed my Masters in Architecture at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, graduating in May 2022. I have spent the past year and a half working at Stayner Architects in Los Angeles on residential, hospitality, and non-profit participatory work. I am currently working towards licensure, having completed the ARE for practice and project management respectively this fall. 

Throughout graduate school, my work emphasized appreciation of the natural environment before designing any built additions to it. Environmental justice, social equity, and specific context are of equal importance in my approach to design. My design process begins with research across cultural, social, economic, and built factors that compose the local context. To me, the most environmentally sustainable buildings are the ones that already exist. Within sustainable design, I am passionate about passive building design, building reuse, and deconstruction. I hope to become a licensed architect, LEED AP, and Living Future Accredited.

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Employment 

Stayner Architects, Los Angeles, CA, US, Project Designer

Leading the design and project management of an ADU, a private home renovation, and a hotel renovation
Contributed as a secondary designer to three projects: a non-profit food service space, a private hillside residence, and a non-profit youth music school.
Cumulatively have contributed to all major phases of design through these projects

Aug 2022 - current
 

Kounkuey Design Initiative, Los Angeles, CA, US, Summer Design Fellow

Contributed to the design development and graphics of community-centered parks in under-resourced areas of Los Angeles and the Coachella Valley

Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
 

Neumann Monson Architects, Iowa City, IA, US, Architectural Intern

Created graphics for AIA award submissions and assisted with schematic design of residential, mixed-use, and corporate projects

May 2021 - Aug 2021
 

Taubman Public Design Corps, Ann Arbor, MI, US, Researcher

Collaborated with a community organization to conduct interviews with staff and families about virtual programming, then used individuals’ insights to propose changes and improvements

Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
 

Education 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, MArch, Master of Architecture, 3-year

Jul 2019 - Apr 2022
 

McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CA, Bachelors, Honors Bachelor of Arts & Science

Interdisciplinary studies encompassing math, science, social sciences and the humanities with a minor in Business

Senior Thesis -- Beyond Partisanship: Climate Policy in California and Texas Evaluated the nuances which partisanship overlooks and the significant impact subnational political actors can incite

Sep 2014 - Apr 2018
 

Awards 

Dow Sustainability Fellowship, Scholarship

Selected to participate in a year long fellowship project, in collaboration with an interdisciplinary group of graduate students from the University of Michigan

Our project focus was developing a sustainable method to manage the manure supply of a new urban equestrian center for youth education in downtown Detroit

2021
 

Taubman Scholar, Scholarship

Awarded to exemplary incoming architecture and urban planning students at Taubman College

2019
 

Dean's Honor List, Scholarship

2018
 

Charon Burke McCain Memorial Scholarship, Scholarship

To be awarded to an Honours Arts and Science student who has completed Level III and has demonstrated exceptional qualities of leadership and service at McMaster University or in the community, as well as notable academic achievement.

2017
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills