EDUCATION
2014-2017. Princeton University School of Architecture. M.Arch. History and Theory Prize, Pidgin Editor, KPF Paul Katz Fellowship.
2005-2011. Cambridge University. PhD, Oncology. Marshall Scholar, NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Thesis: Regulation of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis in Xenopus laevis and mammalian cells.
2000-2005. Brown University. AB/ScB : Mathematics, Comparative Literature (Honors), Biology (Honors). Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
REGISTRATION
Licensed Architect, Georgia. NCARB Certified.
ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
08.2022 - present. Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, Chicago. Assistant Professor.
- ARCH 305: Architecture Studio V - Hybrid. Fall 2022.
08.2019 - 06.2022. Georgia Tech School of Architecture, Atlanta. Visiting Assistant Professor (NEXT Fellow).
- ARCH 3017: Architectural Design Studio (Junior). Spring 2022.
- ARCH 6039: Advanced I Graduate Studio. Fall 2021.
- ARCH 4016: Mechanicsville 2030 (Senior Studio). Spring 2021.
- ARCH 3017/4016: Repetition and Difference: Part-to-Part Relationships in Mixed-Use Architecture (Junior/Senior Studio). Summer 2020.
- ARCH 4833/8833: Representing Renovation. Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
- ARCH 2854: Architectural Design Studio (Sophomore). Spring 2020.
- ARCH 1854: Fundamentals of Architecture I (Freshman Studio). Fall 2019, Fall 2020.
- ARCH 1060: Introduction to Design and the Built Environment. Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021.
01.2019-04.2019. Rice University School of Architecture, Houston. Visiting Studio Critic.
- ARCH 202: Sophomore Studio (Housing). Spring 2019.
08.2017-12.2017. KPF Paul Katz Fellowship. London. Research into historic preservation and urban planning in London.
03.2016-05.2017. Prof. Monica Ponce de Leon. Princeton University School of Architecture. Research Assistant to Dean.
08.2015-05.2017. Assistant Instructor, Princeton University.
- ARC 204: Introduction to Architectural Design. Prof. Paul Lewis and Prof. Annie Barrett. Spring 2017.
- CEE 102B: Engineering in the Modern World. Prof. Michael Littman. Fall 2016.
- ART 250: Architecture, Globalization, and Environment. Prof. Esther da Costa Meyer. Spring 2016.
- CEE 262B: Structures and the Urban Environment. Prof. Maria Garlock. Spring 2016.
- ARC 403: Undergraduate Thesis Prep. Prof. Alejandro Zaera-Polo. Fall 2015.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
02.2018-12.2018. LTL Architects, New York. Architectural Designer.
- Schematic design and design development, Ithaca Lake House
- Design development and construction documents, Avenue of the Americas Lobby Renovation
- Pre-schematic design, Brownsville Library expansion and renovation
- Publication design, Four Corridors: Design Initiative for RPA’s Fourth Regional Plan
11.2017-01.2018, 08.2015-09.2015, 08.2013-07.2014. First Office, Los Angeles. Designer and Researcher.
- Editing and advising on Andrew Atwood’s book Not Interesting and other writings
- Exhibition design development and construction management for the installation “Paranormal Panorama” at the MAK Center Mackey Garage, November 2013
- Design development, models, and drawings for “Possible Table,” part of Possible Mediums, 2014
05.2016-08.2016. Belzberg Architects, Los Angeles. Design Intern.
- Concept and schematic design, Ezequiel Farca home
- Early concept designs for a coworking facility
06.2015-07.2015. Young & Ayata, New York. Design Intern.
- Full set of technical drawings for Bauhaus Dessau competition (1st place)
- Responsible for space planning and ensuring design met all Bauhaus brief requirements
- Designed structure and partial surface of “Cône de Cadavre Exquis” for Harmen Brethouwer
NATIONAL AWARDS
2017. Kohn Pedersen Fox Paul Katz Fellowship.
2008-2011. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
2005. Marshall Scholarship.
2004. Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
OTHER AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2022. Teacher of the Year, Georgia Tech College of Design.
2019-2021. Ventulett NEXT Generation Teaching Fellowship, Georgia Tech SoA.
2017. The School of Architecture History and Theory Prize, Princeton SOA.
2017. Henry Adams A.I.A. Certificate, Princeton SOA.
2005-2008. St John’s College Benefactors’ Scholarship.
2004. Brown University Faculty Scholar Award (for top five students in college and grad school).
EXHIBITIONS
MECHANICSVILLE 2030: A proposal for an urban plan and 14 adaptive reuse projects along two blocks of Whitehall Street in Atlanta, partially based on a spring 2021 Capstone studio at Georgia Tech, exhibition at the Atlanta Preservation Center, Sept-Nov 2021.
PUBLICATIONS
2021
‘Curating Solitude: The Intimate Interiors of Writers’ House Museums,’ Pidgin 29, 2021.
‘The Afterlife of Dying Buildings: Ruskin and Preservation in the Twenty-First Century’ in Ruskin’s Ecologies, Courtauld Books Online, 2021.
‘Representing Renovation: Pedagogical Tools for Design Interventions’, 2021 Design Communication Conference Proceedings, Ed. M. Saleh Uddin et. al. October 2021.
‘Permanence and Permeability: Intervention Architecture and Cellular Botany’, UIA2021RIO Research Proceedings, Paper Proceedings Vol. II, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, October 2021.
2020
‘The Aftermath of the Human: Forays into Colonial Landscape Painting, Luminism, and Cell Biology’ in LIFE FORMS: Essays on the Artwork of Andreas Greiner, and the Display, Synthesis, and Simulation of Life, ed. Carson Chan, Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2020.
‘London’s Early Modern Gardens and the Performance of Solitude’, Early Modern Literary Studies, Special Issue 29: Door-Bolts, Thresholds, And Peep-Holes: Liminality And Domestic Spaces In Early Modern England, 2020.
2019
'The Piñata: A Treatise', with Laura Salazar and Weiwei Zhang, Lunch 13: Mischief, 2019.
'"Below the Surface of These Unliving Husks",' Pidgin 25, 2019.
Managing Editor, Four Corridors: Design Initiative for RPA's Fourth Regional Plan (Berlin: Hatje Cantz), 2019.
2018
‘Stonehenge in the Mind and Stonehenge on the Ground: Reader, Viewer, and Object in Inigo Jones’s Stone-Heng Restored (1655)’, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 77, No. 3, September 2018.
‘Spectacular solitude, city, and self in Père-Lachaise Cemetery’, Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscape 38, No. 2, 2018.
‘Cloudstore’, Plat 7.0: Sharing, Rice University School of Architecture, 2018.
Editor, Not Interesting: On the Limits of Criticism in Architecture, by Andrew Atwood, Applied Research and Design Publishing, October 2018.
2007
Editor, The Mays 15: An Anthology of New Writing from Oxford and Cambridge, Varsity Publications, 2007.
LECTURES
2022
‘Dystopia, Climate Change, and Heritage Conservation in the Late 19th Century’, Ngā Pūtahitanga / Crossings: A Joint Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (39th annual conference) and the Australasian Urban History / Planning History Group (16th annual conference), Hosted at the University of Auckland, 25 Nov 2022.
‘A Different Song of the South: Lost Cause Leadership and Civil Rights Icons at The Wren’s Nest’, co-authored with Danielle Willkens, Southeast Society of Architectural Historians 40th Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, 3 Nov 2022.
2021
‘How can adaptive reuse promote urban revitalization without erasing and replacing local culture?’ A Panel Discussion of Research Questions at SIGraDi 2021 Designing Possibilities Ubiquitous Conference, Moderated by Russell Gentry, 10 Nov 2021.
‘Trick or Treat: Safe Streets Halloween Block Party’, hosted in Mechanicsville by the Urban Advocate, presentation of Mechanicsville 2030, 31 Oct 2021.
‘Representing Renovation: Pedagogical Tools for Design Interventions’, Design Communication Association Biannual Conference: Perception to Execution, Atlanta, 22 Oct 2021.
‘Mechanicsvsille 2030 Phase 2’, Atlanta Preservation Center, 15 Oct 2021.
‘Mechanicsvsille 2030 Phase 1’, Georgia Tech School of Architecture Fall Lecture Series, 8 Sept 2021.
‘Climate Change and the 19th-Century Roots of Heritage Conservation’, Southeast Society of Architectural Historians 39th Annual Meeting, Natchez, Mississippi, 30 Sept 2021.
‘Permanence and Permeability: Intervention Architecture and Cellular Botany’, UIA 27th World Congress of Architects, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6 Jul 2021.
‘Cells, Walls, Selves: Enclosure in Early Modern England,’ a talk for the panel ‘Sorting Out Scientiae’ at the annual Scientiae Conference on Disciplines of Knowing in the Early Modern World, hosted virtually by Scientiae organizers in Amsterdam. 11 June 2021.
‘Permanence and Permeability: What Architects Can Learn from Leaves,’ a talk for the panel ‘Thinking with Plants’ at the 52nd Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Languages Association, sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania’s Romance Languages Department in partnership with the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo. 12 Mar 2021.
‘Curating Solitude: The Intimate Interiors of Small House Museums.’ Interior Provocations Symposium. Hosted by the Ryerson School of Interior Design and Pratt Institute. 27 Feb 2021.
‘Mechanicsville 2030’, in Projecting Fellows, a panel discussion with fellows Karen Kubey, Piergianna Mazzocca, and Young-Tack Oh, moderated by Sylvia Lavin and Jason Young. Panel organized by Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann and hosted by the University of Virginia School of Architecture. 19 Jan 2021.
2020
‘Authorship and the Anthropocene’, Roundtable discussion with Edward Becker, Jessica Colangelo, and Charles Sharpless, organized by Kyle Schumann and Katie MacDonald at the University of Tennessee Knoxville School of Architecture, 6 Mar 2020.
2019
‘Permanence and Permeability: Old Designs, New Buildings’, Georgia Tech College of Design New Voices Forum, 11 Nov 2019.
‘Plant Biology and Architectural Intervention.’ ConCave Talks, Georgia Tech School of Architecture, 18 Sep 2019.
2018
'"Below the Surface of These Unliving Husks" : On the representation of boundaries, structure, and organization in 19th-century cellular biology and architecture.' 51st Annual Conference: Visualizing the Victorians: Objects, Arts, and Artifacts. Victorian Studies Association of Ontario, Toronto, 28 Apr 2018.
'The Roots of Preservation: John Ruskin and Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc on cyclical time and what to do with old buildings.' Nineteenth-Century Time: A Symposium. Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto, 9-10 Mar 2018.
‘Telling Stories: Retention and Intervention in London’s Historic Buildings.’ Urban Design Forum. Hosted by Kohn Pedersen Fox. New York. 11 Jan 2018.
2017
‘The Afterlife of Dying Buildings: John Ruskin and preservation in the 21st century.’ New Approaches to Ruskin on Art and Architecture. Hosted by the Ruskin Society and UCL/ The Courtauld Institute of Art. London. 1 Dec 2017.
PUBLICATION DESIGN AND EDITING
2019. Four Corridors: Design Initiative for RPA's Fourth Regional Plan (Berlin: Hatje Cantz). Managing Editor.
2014-2016. Pidgin Magazine. Princeton University School of Architecture. Editor.
2007-2009. The Cambridge Student (TCS). Founding Editor, Thursday Magazine (2007-2009). TCS Editor-in-Chief (May Week 2009).
- Founded and edited a weekly magazine for five terms (a total of 26 issues)
- Created design templates, trained design staff, oversaw and finalized weekly design, led a team of 8-12 section editors, recruited writers and artists, and commissioned feature articles and artwork
- Was named one of the 100 most influential students at Cambridge in 2009 for this work
2005-2006. BlueSci. Cambridge Science Magazine. Production Manager.
2000-2005. The Catalyst: Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities. Layout editor (3 yrs). Editor-in-Chief (2 yrs).
SKILLS
3D Modeling AutoCAD Architecture, Rhino 3D, Grasshopper, Revit
Drawing Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Hand drafting and rendering
Languages French (proficient), Spanish (proficient), Italian (reading), Swedish (reading)
Other Digital photography, Model making, Sewing, Ceramics, Adobe After Effects
Not Listed: Design Projects (See Design) and Service.