| WXY Architecture + Urban Design, Associate Multidiciplinary practice focused on innovative approaches to public space, structures, and cities. |
New York, New York June 2011 – Present |
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| The Drawing Center, ReDraw Renovation of SoHo space expanding galleries, bookstore, offices; Project manager for Construction Documents/Administration (11,900 sf) Built, 2013 AIA New York Honor Award Battery Bikeway Comfort Station Renovation of limestone structure; DPR/Battery Conservancy (700 sf) Built East Rock House Renovation of ground floor, new central stair, terraces; Private client (4,400 sf) Built Noguchi Museum Storage and Archive Use analysis, access strategies for Preliminary Design (7,500 sf)Passerelle and Porpoise Bridge Pre-Scoping Urban and architectural strategies, NYC DDC/DPR (200,000 sf) Brooklyn Tech Triangle Masterplan for developing tech sector, project manager for placemaking and transportation components (2.75 sqmi) 2013 APA New York Honor Award, 2013 IPA Innovation Awards Brooklyn Cultural District Streetscape Plan Urban design with local cultural organizations and developers, unified paving/scoring strategy, planting, lighting, and wayfinding with Pentagram (100,000 sf) In construction Brooklyn Strand Urban Design Action Plan Community process to re-imagine series of disconnected parks, plaza, and greenways between Downtown Brooklyn and its waterfront (1.5 sqmi) 2016 AIA Brooklyn Award Seaport City Feasibility Study Urban design with FXFowle, creating a multi-purpose levee to protect 1.5mi along the eastern edge of Lower Manhattan; Project manager for waterfront programming and edge strategiesZoning Studies Long Island City (5M sf), Lower East Side (3M sf), Hudson Square (2M sf), Weehawken (1M sf), Forest Hills (320,000 sf), Greenpoint (120,000 sf), East Williamsburg (80,000 sf), South Street Seaport, Hudson River Park, Port Authority Bus Station, Inwood, Far Rockaways, Grand Concourse Planning Studies East River Blueway, NYC Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency, Noguchi/Socrates Sculpture Park Innovation District, Detroit Eastern Market, Westchester Affordable Housing |
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| Harrison Atelier, Intern Architecture and design works exploring the impact of technology on culture. |
New York, New York June – Aug 2010 |
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| Pharmacophores: Architectural Placebo Storefront for Architecture and Art, set construction, photography Anchises Set design and construction for dance performance, choreographed by Jonah Boaker Talisman Beach, Fire Island Masterplan with the U.S. National Park Service for sustainable programming |
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| AV62 Arquitectos, Intern Exhibition and civic projects modeled on overall sustainability and interdisciplinary collaboration. |
Barcelona, Spain June – Aug 2008 |
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| Public Library, Sant Pol de Mar Renovation and addition to Modernisme school north of Barcelona with vegetated screens over new reading deck; Schematic Design and Design Documentation (9,200sf) Museo Balenciaga, Guetaria New museum for Cristóbal Balenciaga in Basque region (64,500sf) Built Independent Research Project, Post-Dictatorship Barcelona and Contemporary Place Analysis of public space development in Barcelona from 1980 to present |
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| KieranTimberlake Associates LLP, Intern Practice-based architectural reseach and sustainable buildings, focused on education, housing, and civic work. |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 2006 – May 2008 |
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| Morse and Stiles Colleges Renovation and Addition, Yale University Underground addition and common spaces, reconfiguring residential units; involved in all phases from Feasibility Study to Construction Documents (263,000 sf) Built, 2013 AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture, 2011 AIA Philadelphia Gold Medal Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE), University of Calgary Site selection and concept design for wet/dry labs and collaboration space; Schematic Design, LEED Platinum proposed Center City Building, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Pre-design environmental report Residential Housing, University of California, Los Angeles Preliminary design Sculpture Building, Yale University Research team pursuing Next-Gen curtain wall study |
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| Paul Arnold Architects, Intern Conservation Architecture Firm specializing in adaptation of buildings. |
Dublin, Ireland June – Aug 2005 |
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| Clonabreany Stables, Co. Meath Conversion of 18th century estate and stables into new hotel and conference center; Assisted in surveying existing building, Schematic Design, Built |
| Yale University, School of Architecture Master of Architecture I Master of Architecture I Parsons Memorial Medal – Yale Architecture graduate with top promise in city planning (2011) James Gamble Rogers Memorial Fellow – Second year award (2009-2010) |
New Haven, Connecticut Sep 2008 – May 2011 |
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| University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Bachelor of Science in Architecture Bachelor of Science in Architecture Albert Kahn UG Scholarship – Highest GPA (2006) Siegal Scholarship – Top portfolio applicant (2004) College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Regents Merit Scholar, James B. Angell Scholar |
Ann Arbor, Michigan Sep 2004 – May 2006 Sep 2002 – May 2004 |
| Cornell University, MSc Urban Planning, Urban Design Studio and Workshop Brooklyn Strand: Equity, Disconnection, and Innovation, WXY Principals Claire Weisz and Adam Lubinsky Addressing the need for local and regional infrastructure in response to urban renewal in Downtown Brooklyn, this studio explores the potential of urban design to make a value case and take on larger thematic issues facing the city today. Coordinated all aspects from assignments to reviews. |
New York, New York Sep – Dec 2015 |
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| Allen Street Night Market, with Asian Americans for Equality and Robert Balder, Cornell Exec. Director This workshop explores the potential to reinvent the median of Allen and Pike Streets, a mile long corridor through Chinatown and the Lower East Side through observation and surveying local vendors toward framing a night market. |
Sep – Dec 2015 | |
| Integrated Urbanism: Platforms for Engagement, WXY Principals Claire Weisz and Adam Lubinsky Developing a tool for the New York City Housing Authority to use in engagement. Simulation platform for various stakeholders to imagine opportunities for Baruch Houses on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, balancing architecture, urbanism, policy, and public housing. All aspects from assignment writing to reviews. |
Sep – Dec 2014 | |
| Splintering Urbanism: The East River and Hudson River Waterfronts, WXY Principals Claire Weisz and Adam Lubinsky Paradigms of waterfront neighborhoods, comparing east and west sides south of 34th Street. Developed techniques to address challenges of sustainability and resiliency with metrics of intensity, accesibility, affordability/mobility, infrastructure, and management. All aspects from assignment writing to reviews and book publication. |
Sep – Dec 2013 | |
| Noguchi Museum / Socrates Sculpture Park Innovation District Workshop, with Robert Balder, Cornell Exec. Director Working with a team of five students to support and organize a new planning framework for this Long Island City neighborhood. Evaluated existing land use through detailed on the ground surveys, precidents, current real estate market, key stakeholder outreach and engagement. |
Sep – Dec 2013 | |
| The City College of New York, Masters of Architecture, Design Studio 1.6 Calumet Collaborations: Chicago Autonomous, WXY Principal Claire Weisz Economic and ecological underpinnings of post-industrial sites in the Calumet River area south of Chicago. Research and design proposal for selected site area. Collaborative studio with CCNY, IIT, and the GSD with students of urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture. |
New York, New York Jan – May 2015 |
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| Yale School of Architecture, Teaching Fellowship Introduction to Planning and Development, Architecture 4021a, Professor Alexander Garvin (Fall 2009, 2010) Head teaching fellow for 60 person graduate level course, communication and critic |
New Haven, Connecticut Sep 2009 – May 2011 |
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| Study of the City, 176b, Professor Alexander Garvin (Spring 2010, 2011) Critic for assignments, direct student involvement and guidance |
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| University of Michigan, Architecture Independent Study Professor Anselmo Canfora Visual Studies Course Booklet (Winter 2004) Created graphic analysis worksheets as teaching tool Design/Build Modeling Team (Fall 2003) Campus computing site design, renderings and animations |
Ann Arbor, Michigan Sep 2003 – May 2004 |
| East Lansing 2030: Collegeville Re-Envisioned, Broad Museum WXY Architecture+Urban Design Comissioned speculative urban and architectural strategies for the Michigan/Grand River Avenue corridor |
2014 – 2015 | |
| Next New York, Forum for Urban Design with Claire Weisz and Mark Yoes Ideas for the new NYC mayor, included supercharged transit corridors with bus and bicycle priority, extending the Roosevelt Island tram to Central Park and Queens, and ferry bridge network; with Claire Weisz and Mark Yoes |
2013 | |
| Grand Central Terminal – The Next 100, Municipal Arts Society WXY Architecture+Urban Design Project manager for one of three teams invited by MAS to create a vision for the future of public areas around the terminal and in the surrounding East Midtown District, presented at 2012 Summit, published widely |
2012 | |
| Foreclosed – Rehousing the American Dream, MoMA with Alexander Felson Urban + Ecology Design lab consultant for sustainable strategies on Zago Architecture/Rialto, California team |
2011 | |
| H.I. Feldman Nominee, Yale School of Architecture Fall 2010 Advanced Studio nominee, top project in studio; Professor Alan Plattus, China/Shanghai Studio |
2010 | |
| Andy Warhol Museum Exhibit, University of Michigan TCAUP Design/build gallery of Fall 2005 studio at Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Professor Keith Mitnick |
2006 |
| American Planning Association (APA), AICP Member | 2015 – Present | |
| American Institute of Architects (AIA), Member New York Chapter, Urban Design and Planning Committee Member Philadelphia Chapter; Canstruction team leader, organized Technology series “re-writing fabrication”, coordinated a competition for design and fabrication of display units in the new AIA bookstore |
2006 – Present | |
| Forum for Urban Design / Institute for Urban Design, Fellow Forefront fellow committee member, involved in Next New York publication and lectures/events |
2012 – Present | |
| United States Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED AP with BD+C Credentials Urban Green Council NY Chapter, Delaware Valley Green Building Council Emerging Green Building Member |
2006 – Present | |
| Yale Urban Design Workshop Fort Trumbull, New London masterplan community meeting and analysis, compiled background research for project in Chongqing, China; Professor Alan Plattus and Andrei Harwell |
2010 – 2011 | |
| Dixwell Corridor Community Partners / Dixwell Plaza Merchants Association, Yale Law School Community and Economic Development Clinic Partnered with local community group to build their resources and vision, coordinated tree planting event with the Urban Resources Initiative, completed asset mapping of community and preparations for future redevelopment |
2009 – 2011 | |
| Stiles College Graduate Affiliate Mentor for undergraduate students, organized career development events for the college |
2009 – 2011 | |
| Yale Building Project 2009, Project Manager and Intern Design and construction of a two-family accessible and affordable house in New Haven. Member of the winning design team, one of two student project managers, and chosen as a summer intern executing all trades seeing construction through to completion. |
2009 |
| Renewing Architectural Typologies Yale Visiting Professorship Publication Spring 2011 studio work | 2014 | |
| FAR ROC Design Competiton Finalist With Lateral Office / WXY Architecture+Urban Design | 2013 | |
| Why Stop Competition Honor Award Proposal for Fall River, Massachusetts with Elihu Rubin and Chris Aubin | 2011 | |
| Metropolis Magazine Yale Building Project Blog Writer and photographer for weekly progress postings | 2009 | |
| Retrospecta Yale Annual Journal of Student Work Studio and elective projects chosen all six semesters | 2008-2011 | |
| Metropolis Magazine ISEEE, University of Calgary July/August 2007 | 2007 | |
| Dimensions 20 Univ. of Michigan Architecture Annual Journal Final semester studio, Dequindre Cut, Detroit | 2006 | |
| AIA Huron Valley Chapter Award Top project from second semester undergraduate studios | 2005 | |
| AIAS Design Review Competition Top prize, published in Crit, Spring 2005, Issue 59 | 2005 |
| Tripolis Allure Advanced Studio to Syria/Lebanon, Makram El-Kadi and Ziad Jamaleddine of L.E.FT Concept to stregthen regional governance by activating third city center, balancing mosque design between programmatic functions, recapturing the mosque’s function as a commmunity gathering space |
2011 | |
| Off the Grid Urban Research and Representation seminar project with Chris Aubin, Instructor Elihu Rubin, Documenting and deciphering trends of leftover irregular sites off the New Haven nine-square grid |
2011 | |
| Interchange Incubator Advanced Studio to Hong Kong/Shanghai, Alan Plattus and Jonathan Solomon Hybridizing formal and informal activities based around infrastructure to cultivate locally based production and consumption patterns. A new suprastructure as subway interchange connecting superblocks and market areas. |
2010 | |
| Situated Interface Globalization Space seminar project, Professor Keller Easterling 21st century technopoles and their effect on the urban/architectural edge – analyzing human-centric technology centers, postulating new forms of urbanism around the integration of the digital |
2010 | |
| Toward a New Urban Interface Sustainability for Posthumans, Professor Ariane Lourie Harrison How the edge between architecture and public space is being transformed by technology; theories from static to situated – informational/device-centric, service-oriented/object-centric, ambient/human-centric |
2010 | |
| 21st Street Corridor Intermediate Planning and Development seminar project with Samantha Carter, Nicholas Gilliland, and Kee Lew, Professor Alexander Garvin Transforming the regional transportation spine of Ravenswood, Queens into a hub and neighborhood center through a new Bus Rapid Transit system and high density mixed-use development with elevated greenway |
2010 | |
| Urban Stage Set Yale Rome Drawing Studio, Stephen Harby and Alexander Purves Hand drawing study of three public spaces from the Baroque, Roccoco, and Neoclassical periods. Progression of ideas about urban experience through how each translated planes to theatricality. |
2010 | |
| Traces and Trajectories of Urban Design Arch Theory, Professors Emmanuel Petit and Marta Caldeira Traces of Urban Design – From Garnier to Sert, through Le Corbusier’s take on the CIAM IV Athens charter Postmodern Urbanism – From Collage City to Multi-National City, development and divergence |
2008-2009 | |
| Post-Dictatorship Barcelona and Contemporary Place Analysis of public space development in Barcelona from 1980 to present, collected during internship in Summer 2008, personal project developed with Pedro Azara (Professor at UCB/ESTAB) and further in seminar with muf architecture/art (Liza Fior/Katherine Clarke) |
2007-2008 |
| Software Revit, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, 3D Studio Max, Adobe Suite, ArcGIS, Ecotect/Weather Tool | ||
| Hardware MasterCAM, experience with 7-Axis Robot, CNC Mill, Waterjet Cutter, Z-Corp Rapid Prototyping 3D Printer, laser cutter, various woodworking equipment, basic welding |
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| Virtual Intermediate html coding, CMS experience with setting up and maintaining WordPress and Drupal, Flash integration |