Curriculum Vitae Education Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA 1996-1998 Master of Architecture degree MArch II Program, 1 ½ year post-professional degree Letter of Commendation Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 1987-1991 Bachelor of Architecture degree Professional degree program, 5 year 1986-1987 Engineering foundations, acceptance to Chemical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 1985-1986 Biochemical research program through scholarship; studied the reactivity of cytochrome c Honors and Awards 2008 I-Cares Grant,, $10,000 1 of 12 grants awarded by the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability Funding in support of research for the exhibition Metabolic City 2008 Outstanding Teaching Award, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, WUSTL, $2,500 Teaching award open to all tenure and tenure-track faculty in the Schools of Art and Architecture 2004 University Level Certificate of Teaching Excellence, Virginia Tech Teaching award open to all tenure and tenure-track faculty in the University (of 1,300) Award granted to two faculties within the College of Architecture and Urban Studies (of 130) 2003 Faculty Development Grant, Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Design ACSA International Conference, Helsinki and the Alvar Aalto Symposium, Jyvaskyla Case study research and travel to Finland 2003 ACSA National Conference Selection from SW ACSA Regional Conference Essay: Technology and Landscape 1998-2001 Design Awards for Fisher Science and Academic Center Project Manager in Programming, Schematic, Design Development and Construction Document phases Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects 2001 Honor Award, AIA Northeastern Pennsylvania 2000 Honor Award for Design, AIA Pennsylvania 1999 Excellence in Design, AIA New York 1998 Design Award, AIA Massachusetts 1998 Honor Award, AIA Eastern New York 1998 Design Award, American Wood Council 2000 Published in Architectural Record, February 1997 Harvard University Studio Works selection, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Representation of studio work; faculty: Paxti Mangado, project location: Pamplona, Spain 1991 Pella Award, Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Design Excellence in Senior Thesis; highest award granted one student for architecture thesis research project (of 118) 1991 Selection for SOM Traveling Fellowship Competition Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Design 1986 Excellence in Scientific Research Honors granted from NASA, the American Chemical Society, US Air Force and US Marines Page 1 of 8
1986 Scholarship for research at Naval Surface Weapons Center, Department of Defense Professional Certification 1997 Registered Architect, NCARB license Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Intern Development Program 1999 RIBA Parts I and II, Royal Institute of British Architects, United Kingdom ARB/RIBA Joint Assessment Panel Board interview of academic and professional equivalency to British architecture licensing standards Academic Positions 2005-current Tenure-track Assistant Professor Graduate and Undergraduate programs Coordinator Graduate Program Core Studios 2004-2005 Visiting Professor 2001-2005 Virginia Tech Tenure-track Assistant Professor Professional Program in Bachelor of Architecture sequence Leave of Absence 2005, Visiting Professor at 1999-2001 Roger Williams University Adjunct Faculty, Foundations Program in Bachelor of Architecture sequence 1998 Boston Architectural Center Adjunct Faculty, Foundations Program in Bachelor of Architecture sequence 1997 Harvard University Graduate School of Design Teaching Assistant, Graduate Program, second year studio 1997 Harvard University Graduate School of Design Career Discovery Instructor, Architecture Professional Practice 2003-current Axi:Ome LLC, St. Louis, Missouri Design Partner and Architect, see Recent Professional Practice 1998-1999 Marks Barfield, London, United Kingdom Project Architect and Project Manager Hackney London Recreation and Environmental Learning Center at Stoke Newington Reservoir Project budget: 3.3 million pounds 1993-1996 Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Project Manager and Project Architect Fisher Science and Academic Center (Schematic, Design Development and Construction Document phases) Simon s Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, Massachusetts Project budget: 3 million dollars Team member (Programming, Schematic and Design Development phases) Scranton Federal Courthouse, Scranton, Pennsylvania Page 2 of 8
Project budget: 34 million dollars Team member (Design Development and Construction Document phases) Project Architect (Construction Administration phase) Dwight Englewood Bede Lower School, Englewood, New Jersey Project budget: 5 million dollars 1999-2001 Robert Luchetti Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts Part-time employment, various projects Project Architect Cap Gemini Ernst and Young (Construction document and Construction phases) Recent Professional Practice 2004-current Axi:Ome LLC, St. Louis, Missouri Design Principal and Architect Digital Fabrication Lab Project Budget: $70,000, status: in construction Multi-Media Building Grand Center, St. Louis, Missouri Project Budget: 4 million, status: in preliminary design phase Bellville Cineplex Bellville, Illinois Project Budget: 8 million, status: in preliminary design phase Grand Center, Media Arcade St. Louis, Missouri Project Budget: 8.5 million, status: design proposal unbuilt Office Space, Locust Avenue St. Louis, Missouri Project Budget: $85,000, status: unbuilt Amonte House St. Louis County, Missouri Project Budget: 2.5 million, status: pending development Women s Shelter St. Louis, Missouri Project Budget: $150,000, status: unbuilt Media complex Los Angeles, California Status: design proposal unbuilt Art St. Louis, Art Gallery St. Louis, Missouri Status: design phase Design Principal Carbon Fiber Tower Bangkok, Thailand Status: design research development Design Principal Glass House Catawba Valley, Virginia Page 3 of 8
Status: design research development Publications 2003-current Author, Specular: Between Practice and Speculation publisher Damdi (manuscript development) Editor, Spatial Practice (Works of Axi:Ome llc) publisher Chelsea Square Press (in production) 2003 ACSA 2003 National Design Conference Conference Proceedings; Louisville, Kentucky Essay: Technology and Landscape 2002 ACSA SW Regional Conference: Technology and Landscape Conference Proceedings; Houston, Texas Essay: Technology and Landscape 2002 ACSA 2002 National Design Conference Conference Proceedings; Havana, Cuba Essay: Globalization and Regional Architecture in Havana between Homogenization and Local Creativity, co-authored with Kay Edge and Joseph Scarpaci 2006 Mapping and designing Havana: Republican, socialist and global spaces, in Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, April, 2006, pages 85-98, co-author with Edge, K.F. & Scarpaci, J. 1998 Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Pamplona, Spain Art Museum Studio compilation with Professor Paxti Mangado 1997 Harvard University Graduate School of Design Studio Works selection Essays and Presentations 2006 Essay: The Media Arcade Science Literature Art Conference Close Encounters The 4 th Biannual Meeting of the Society for Science, Literature and the Arts Amsterdam, Netherlands 2006 Essay: Freedom of the Technological Image Utopian Studies Society Conference Looking Forward to the End The 7 th International Conference Tarragona, Spain 2005 Essay: Transparencies Introduction on the Graphic Design and Architecture of Rengin Holt Aedes Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2005 Essay: Representation of Fiction and Fact Paper acceptance: ACSA International Conference Crossing Borders Mexico City, Mexico 2004 Essay: Observation and Imagination Philosophy of Architecture / Architecture of Philosophy Conference University of Leeds, United Kingdom 2004 Essay: More Aesthetics More Ethics Paper Acceptance: Utopian Society Conference University of Porto, Portugal Page 4 of 8
2003 Essay: Technology and Landscape ACSA National Conference Louisville, Kentucky 2002 Essay: Technology and Landscape ACSA Southwest Regional Conference Land Culture and Practice 2002 Essay: Globalization and Regional Architecture in Havana between Homogenization and Local Creativity Co-presentation with Kay Edge and Joseph Scarpaci ACSA International Design Conference Havana, Cuba Invited Lectures 2007 Gallery Talk; Axi:Ome Works University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2004 Works in Progress 2003 Works in Progress Roger Williams University 2003 Chasing Shadows Virginia Tech Professional Program Lecture Series 2003 Imagination Virginia Tech Foundations Program Lecture Series 2002 Technology and Landscape Virginia Tech Professional Program Lecture Series 2001 Works in Progress Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies Exhibitions 2007 Axi:Ome Works University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2006 Axi:Ome llc Current Works Voices: Architects as Artists, Diverse Cultures College School through Art St. Louis 2006-current Exhibition: Metabolic City Guest Curator, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Invited Design Juries 2006 University of Michigan 2003 Roger Williams University 2003 Page 5 of 8
2000-2001 Massachusetts Institute of Art 1999-2001 Rhode Island School of Design Academic Service 2008 Graduate Admissions Committee 2007 Governance Committee, Sam Fox School Policies for Tenure Sam Fox School Core Curriculum Committee 2007 Freshman Reading Program Curriculum Committee Lecture Committee 2006-2007 Co-Chair, Ecologies Committee 2006 Dean Search Committee 2006 Fellowship Faculty Search Committee 2006 Tenure-track Faculty Search Committee 2005-2006 Undergraduate Task Force Committee 2005-2006 History / Theory Subcommittee 2006-2007 Graduate Drawing Orientation 2006 Writing Intensive Course Seminar 2005-current Advising, Undergraduate and Graduate 2002-2003 Virginia Tech Lecture Committee 2002 Virginia Tech Third Year Design Competition author Community Service 2006 St. Louis Follies Competition Juror and participant in organization 2005 Student Design Charrette Building Community Participant, 2003 Low-Income Housing Design Studio Additional independent study studio in preparation for national competition 2002 Roanoke Low-Income Housing Competition Steering and Technical Committee 2001-2004 Faculty Advisor AIAS American Institute of Architects student organization Virginia Tech 2001-2004 Faculty Advisor for Habitat for Humanity Coordinator for fundraising events for house construction Page 6 of 8
Virginia Tech 2003-2004 Vice Chair of the Board New River Valley Habitat for Humanity, Virginia Administrative Appointments Graduate Core Coordinator 2008 Graduate Second Semester Core Studio Coordinator 2006-2007 Undergraduate Second Year Coordinator 2006-current Case Studies in 20 th Century Architecture Coordinator Writing intensive history/theory lecture and seminar course 2004 Co-director Extern Program Optional architecture internships, Virginia Tech Recent Teaching 2005-current Tenure-track Assistant Professor Graduate Core Coordinator Coordination of first to third semester studios Research of Graduate Core programs 318 Studio Coordinator, Architectural Design II 211 Studio Coordinator, Introduction to Design Processes III Third semester core architecture studio, fall 212 Studio Coordinator, Introduction to Design Processes IV Fourth semester core architecture studio, spring 212A Issues in Design Coordinator History/theory lecture course parallel with 212 Studio 333 Case Studies in 20 th Century Architecture Coordinator of writing intensive course, lecture and seminar format, fall Primary person responsible for history and theory lectures 402 Measured Representation Measured drawing and theory seminar course, spring 464 Drawing and Urbanism Seminar researching Metabolists, Archigram and Constant, fall Independent Study Advisor for various independent study proposals 2004-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor 419 Third Semester Core Graduate Design Studio, fall 333 Case Studies in 20 th Century Architecture History/theory lecture course, fall Page 7 of 8
312/412 Architectural Design II and IV Advanced option studio, spring 402 Measured Representation Measured drawing and theory seminar course, spring 2001-2004 Virginia Tech Tenure-track Assistant Professor Architecture I, fifth semester design core studio, professional program, fall Architecture II, sixth semester design core studio, professional program, spring Building Assembly Lecture course concurrent with Architecture I, fall and spring Sources in Architecture Building Case Study course, lecture and project based, spring Modes of Vision Co-taught with Kay Edge Digital representation and modeling seminar, spring Professional Practice Three-week module as visiting lecturer, fall Undergraduate Thesis, primary advisor, fall and spring Graduate Thesis Committees, fall and spring Low-Income Housing Design Studio Co-taught with Scott Gartner Fourth year design studio, fall and spring 2002-2003 Individual to team-designed house, preparation of construction documents with local architecture office Preparation for National Design Competition Page 8 of 8