Merrick Castillo is an Architectural Designer and project lead at Archi-Tectonics NYC, LLC, with over five years of professional experience specializing in Residential, Mixed-Use, and Hospitality design. He holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, where he received the F. Schenk-Henry Gillette Woodman Scholarship and The E. Lewis Dales Traveling Fellowship.
In addition to his work in project management and design research at Archi-Tectonics NYC, Merrick serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University and as a Part-Time Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. His design work has been featured in the CityX Venice Virtual Pavilion, Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, The Chicago Architecture Biennale, Nature, Art and Habitat, New Art City, and Pressing Matters.
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, US, Adjunct Assistant Professor
4331: Ecological Infrastructure in the Erie Basin (Fall Studio 2024)
2122: Architecture Foundations (Spring Studio 2023)
4331: Reforming Systems and Environments (Fall Studio 2023)
CRÈME Jun Aizaki Architecture & Design, Brooklyn, Junior Designer
Hume Architecture, New York, NY, US, Designer
SuckerPunch Daily, New York, NY, US, Editor and Social Media Coordinator
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, US, Bachelors, Arts and Architecture
E. Lewis Dales Traveling Fellowship, Award
E. Lewis Dales Traveling Fellowships established under his will in 1963 for travel abroad during the summer prior to the student's final year as a candidate for the first professional degree in architecture
Pressing Matters 9 | 10 | 11, Award
Published in Design Book by University of Pennsylvania and ORO
F. Schenk-Henry Gillette Woodman Scholarship, 1st Place
F. Schenk-Henry Gillette Woodman Scholarship in architecture awarded for travel abroad on the basis of competition.
Design Merit Scholarship, Scholarship