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Sean McGadden

Sean McGadden

Bedford, NH, US

 
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About 

I come from a lineage of real estate developers, journeyman and general contractors. I’ve grown up in the woods. I have traveled the world and seen the wonders of human achievement. The life blood of building theory and construction practice run through my veins like fuel. I have paired my architecture education with on site training as a pipe fitters apprentice and recently a licensed journeyman. I have drawn much inspiration from the likes of Thomas Eddison, Isaih Rogers, Reynar Banham, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, Ray and Charles Eames, Renzo Piano, and Lebbeus Woods. I have collaborated in designing and constructing many projects across the greater Boston area. Despite the diverse real world projects I have been involved in, the following body of works are the projects I have been most inspired by. These studies and proposals are the best examples of my attempts at formulating and curating a personal architectural language. My perspectives on architecture are as nuanced as they are violent. Sustainability, materiality, the importance of being a builder and hand drawing as the ultimate process tool are of vital importance to me. I believe deeply in the power that handiwork has on the physical realization of ideas. I am seeking a space where my broad skillsets can be most effectively utilized in the same way a many armed machine has its space in a factory producing parts for a submarine or a fighter jet or a rocket. In my case, I am producing architecture.

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Education 

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, US, Bachelors, Architecture

Aug 2016 - Dec 2021
 

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