I like good places. I studied architecture to design hospitals. I wanted to make better places for patients. Over time, I have become more interested in public spaces & public interest design, passive & high-performance design, mass timber construction, and environmental justice. I have worked on multi-family apartments, hotels, hospitals, and civic architecture with an emphasis on the public spaces in those typologies. I have completed all AXP hours and am currently taking ARE tests for licensure in the State of Georgia.
Salazar Architect Inc., Portland, OR, US, Architectural Staff II
Part of the design team from Pre-Design through Construction Administration (CA). 2023 Chair of internal Sustainable Design Lab (SDL), focusing on high-performance building design and environmental justice. Part of the internal Revit training team for maintaining ongoing office training and standards. Created internal Revit Standards Manual and assisted with developing onboarding/training for new employees.
Gunn Meyerhoff Shay Architects, Savannah, GA, US, Design Associate / BIM Manager
Integral part of design team from Pre-Design through Construction Documentation, working on projects ranging from Hospitality to Civic to Multi-Family Housing. Responsible for office Building Information Modeling (BIM) standards and training.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, Graduate Student Instructor
One of two graduate student instructors, working alongside two professors, assisting with the teaching of ARCH 583 - Professional Practice, a class of 80 students, during the Fall Semester of 2020.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, MArch, Architecture
Master of Architecture degree from the University of Michigan. Graduate summa cum laude. During my time at the University of Michigan, I developed a strong interest in high-performance buildings, passive design strategies, and public interest design. My thesis work focused on the relationship between public water infrastructures and fixture accessibility. This research delved into the history of public water infrastructures in the city of Savannah, Georgia, with a particular focus on the ways that access to or restriction from these fixtures has been used to pursue social and health outcomes. In response, my thesis developed a network of publicly accessible showers, bathrooms, and drinking water refill stations to be deployed throughout the city as small, adaptable stations that could meet the needs of a particular location, easily tie into existing infrastructure, and adapt to changing needs over time.
