My Intent
To continually improve my knowledge of design and fabrication in order to better
understand how the parts and pieces can fit together to form the spatial experience.
I would summarize myself as a very detail oriented person, a perfectionist, if you will. I have a passion for making things with my hands, tools, and being able to fabricate anything I need. I love boats and being near or on the water, it's something I was brought up around as a kid and something that will always be with me. Although I was born and raised in Florida, I'm a Tennessee boy at heart. I have a lot of family in the Nashville, Tennessee area and eventually want to work and live in either the Nashville or Knoxville areas. After completing my Masters in Architecture, I want to learn the working side of architecture and eventually get my license to practice.
Smith Gee Studio, Nashville, TN, US, Senior Designer
As a senior designer, I work closely with a project architect and our clients to provide thorough design services from concept through construction administration. Recent project types include custom single family, townhomes, multi family apartments, retail, breweries, and self storage facilities.
Bauer Askew Architecture, PLLC, Nashville, TN, US, Project Director
As a Project Director, I worked on all phases of design from conceptual to construction administration, handling anything thrown in my direction. Projects ranging from custom single family client driven homes to K-12 and college campuses.
University of South Florida, School of Architecture + Community Design, Tampa, FL, US, GA Shop Advisor
As a Graduate Assistant Shop Adviser, I helped out fellow students with woodworking projects, often offering advice on techniques and tools to use to accomplish many different tasks. I also helped trouble shoot and maintain some of our digital fabrication equipment such as the Universal Laser systems and CNC router.
University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL, US, Assistant Dockmaster
As an assistant dockmaster at the St. Pete campus, I work closely with our fleet of sail and power boats to repair and maintain them. Recently we did a complete overhaul of a J24 which is a 24' day sailor/race boat, inside and out. Fabricating parts, building intricate sail racks, maintaining small outboard motors and inboard gas and diesel engines, fiberglass repair, general dock maintenance, and power boat operation and rescue (FL state and Federally certified) is most of what I do at the USFSP Waterfront.
University of South Florida (SACD)/ Team Florida FLeX house, Tampa, FL, US, Student Internship
As part of Team Florida, I worked on a design build program for he school of architecture in which we designed and built a net zero house for the 2011 Solar Decathlon put on every 2 years by the US department of energy. I worked more closely with building systems in designing the prototypes of shading devices for our house, as well as, a big role in the entire construction of the house during the summer of 2011.
University of South Florida, School of Architecture + Community Design, Tampa, FL, US, Graduate Research Assistant
During this time period I worked closely with one of my professors Levent Kara on a submission to a museum competition in Turkey for the ancient city of Troy. Myself, along with a small group of elite students and professor Kara worked tirelessly to produce many drawings, renderings, models, etc. to ship overseas for the competition.
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, US, MArch, School of Architecture + Community Design
Worked on a solar house as a design/build project for the 2011 U.S. Solar Decathlon as part of Team Florida. As a four year masters program, I've taken six design design studios (three core, three advanced) plus a full year masters project in which I developed a new program for city hall as a more involved community center in which the local government is more transparent and allows for better engagement from the community.
SACD Construction Specifications Institute Award, Award
Awarded for my work on the FLeX House design build project/
AIA Florida / Caribbean Theoretical & Design Award of Merit, Award
This award was received for the work on the Museum of Troyia competition.
S.A.C.D. Contractors Masonry Scholarship Award, Nomination
For highest overall GPA in structural design 1 & 2, and material and methods courses.
S.A.C.D. Outstanding Core Design Portfolio Award, Nomination
Award for the top Core Portfolio in the 2010 submission.
