Education
Harvard University, Master of Architecture in Urban Design with distinction 2009Honorable Mention: ULI Student Urban Design Competition, team leader 2/2009
University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Master of Architecture 2004
Best Thesis: Collective Domesticity Urban Dwelling for Battered Women and Children
Alpha Rho Chi Medal: Leadership Service Merit Award, GPA: 4.0
University of Louisiana-Lafayette, B.S. in Architectural Studies 2003
Outstanding Graduate for College of the Arts
A. Hayes Town Travel Scholarship: Paris 2002 and Mexico City 2003
Design Excellence Award: 2003, 2002, 2000 GPA: 3.98
Work Experience
2013 Architect, Lothan Van Hook Destefano Architecture: Chicago, IL, (July 2013-present)
- UIUC Davenport Hall Masterplan
- Planning/Pre-design and Schematic Design for NU Kresge Centennial Hall Renovation
2013 Research Fellow, Chicago Expander at Archeworks, (February 2013-present)
2013 Project Manager, Harding Partners: Chicago, IL (May-July 2013)
- Construction documentation and construction administration for CPS school renovations
2009-2012 Full-Time Faculty, International Program in Design and Architecture (INDA), Chulalongkorn University: Bangkok, Thailand
- Third Year Coordinator (2010-2012): managed 10 instructors and 80 students, wrote project briefs, organized grading, course scheduling, record keeping and handled administrative issues
- Design Build for Communities: designed and constructed two pavilions and one kitchen/restroom facility, organized community meetings and construction participation, managed budget and schedule
- Studios: taught third and fourth year undergraduate architecture studios
- Transformative Urbanism Studio- Urban Think Tank: organized and cotaught parallel studio with ETH Zurich
- Lecture Courses: Architecture Community and Ecology, Design Tools and Skills
- Workshops: Digital Modelling for Urban Design International Workshop in Hong Kong, Japan Study Abroad
2009 Instructor, Career Discovery, Harvard University: Drawing and Design Representation, Summer 2009
2008 Intern Architect, Gensler: Boston, MA
- Generated presentation material for public community meeting for conceptual design for 1.5 million sq ft sustainable film studio complex in Plymouth, MA
- Design development for financial office center in Puerto Rico, Summer 2008
2004-2007 Designer, WRT Planning & Design: Philadephia, PA
- Construction documentation for affordable housing, senior living, high-rise residential and educational facilities
- Construction administration for community center in Hagerstown, MD and senior living in Peabody, MA
- Project Architect for Lincoln Park Housing and Community Redevelopment in Springfield, OH
- Interdisciplinary team member for urban design/planning projects in China, India, Italy and United States
2002-2004 Designer, Community Design Workshop: Lafayette, LA
Joint partnership with Metropolitan Planning Organization to help cities, small towns, and neighborhoods visualize their potential as communities
Software Skills
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AutoCAD, Revit, Ecotect, Sketchup, Rhino, ArcGIS, ExcelProfessional Development
3/2013 RA: Registered Architect, Louisiana and Illinois7/2006 LEED® Accredited Professional: USGBC exam passed
Public Service
2012 UL Lafayette, School of Architecture: Fletcher Hall Renovation Final Design Committee2006-2007 ACE Mentor Program: Philadephia Affliate Green Building Council Mentor
after-school program to introduce high school students to architecture, construction and engineering
2005 Habitat for Humanity: construction documentation for two houses in Hagerstown, MD in collaboration with WRT
2004 Acadiana Outreach Center: Lafayette LA design consultant
2003 St. Joseph Dinner, Lafayette LA: documentation of existing building for feasibility stud
Publications
"Resistance and Resilience: The Ecology of Bangkok." S.L.U.M. LAB Magazine Asian Mode. Edition 7, 2012"Bangkok Water and Urbanism." S.L.U.M. LAB: Last Round Ecology. Edition 6, 2011
GSD 09 Platform: Authorship New Ways, Diridon Station San Jose, CA
Transformation Olympic Infrastructure in Barcelona 2009
A View on Harvard GSD: publication documenting the work of students and faculty at the Graduate School of Design, produced in collaboration with TANK publishers in London 2009
Visionary Drawing: publication of drawings envisioning speculative architecture and website under the theme of Nature/Habitat www.drawingbuilding.org 2009
Studio Works: Harvard Design School, Elements of Urban Design, Fall 2007 and New Ways: Diridon Station, Spring 2009
Maastricht Urban Surplus: publication of research and student work edited by Joan Busquets, GSD 2008
GSD 08 Platform: Geography Home + Depot in the Contested City, Fenway 2008
Collective Domesticity: Urban Dwelling for Battered Women and Children. Thesis document archived as part of the permanent collection of the University library system and selective research and design work on SOAD Louisiana website 2004
Ideogram: University of Lousiana Lafayette student work and essay, 2004
FormZ Joint Study Report: online and printed document is a thematic collection of articles relating to the use of FormZ and other digital tools. 2000, 2002
Exhibitions
GSD 09 Platform Exhibition: New Ways to San Jose and Olympic Infrastructure in Barcelona 11/2009-12/2009A View on Harvard GSD: selection of graduating student work 05/2009-07/2009
Visionary Drawing Building: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art 03/2009
Connected Isolation, part of exhibit of drawings envisioning speculative architecture
GSD 08 Platform Exhibition: Geography 1 Strip Search, Newton Highland 10/2008-01/2009
Commencement Exhibition: Best Thesis, UL School of Architecture and Design 05/2004
Education of a Designer: interdisciplinary exhibition at Artist+ Architects Gallery, Lafayette, LA 12/2003
