Portfolio & C.V.

2018

2019

2020

2021-2022

2023-2024

 

qualifications

  • 13 years of experience in engineering consulting industry incluing drafting, BIM coordination, and contract administration.

    Strong design skills and communication through analog and digital mediums.

    Diligent attentention to details and awareness of overall contexts.

    Familiarity with OBC Part 3 (commercial and industrial projects), and Part 9

    Ability to negotiate and resolve disputes without unnecessary escalations.

    Naturally foster cordial relationships.

EXPERIENCES

2023 - Present Intern Architect Medina Architects (Toronto, Canada)

  • Project management for commercial projects for Oxford Properties.

    Improvement & establishment of drawing standards, specifications, and CA/business practices.

    Development of standard drawing details.

    Responded to RFP and drafted proposals.

2023 Architectural Designer (Contract) Hariri Pontarini Architects (Toronto, Canada)

  • Fabrication shop technician and designer developing concepts & drawings into diagrammatic models for coordination, and for presentation purposes.

    Developed floor plan/facade studies for SD and DD for SPA.

    Coordinated internal drawings with city comments.


2008 - Present Gold & Silversmith MiesMo art & design (Toronto, Canada)

  • A discursive practice based on the relationships between materials, ideas, and processes, with a secondary focus on intrinsic and market-based values of materials.

    Draws on digital and analog methods of production as a means for exploring new techniques and materials.

    Collaborator-oriented over client-oriented practice serves to seek value(s) between material-process-concept-experience.


2019 - 2022 Teaching Assistant Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (ASAU), Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)

  • Advised Instructor on curriculum development for a pilot drawing course for non-architecture students.

    Supported other TA’s for first year level multimedia course.

    Invited on several occasions, in various courses and studios, to present my own model-making practice and thesis research, and as a guest critic.

    ARCN2106 (Introduction to Multimedia), ARCS1005 (An Introduction to Drawing: Seeing Through the Hand, ARCS4107 (Sacred Space, Sacred Place)


2013 - 2018 BIM Coordinator & CAD Technician Hammerschlag & Joffe Inc. (Toronto, Canada)

  • Drawing management (DD, Working Drawings, Permit, SPA) and CA.

    Coordination with Consultants for electrical, lighting, and life-safety design.

    Established in-house drawing prototypes for client-specific projects in CAD and Revit 

    Notable Projects: Union Station, Rideau Centre, Square One (SW Expansion)


2005 - 2013 CAD Technician Mulvey & Banani International Inc. (Toronto, Canada)

  • Draftsperson initially for tenant and base building departments, eventually transitioning to the communications department.

  • Involved with larger and complex projects, including a new data centres for TD Bank and Royal Bank of Canada.

OTHER EXPERIENCES

2020 March Delegate for ASAU Canadian Architecture Forums on Education (CAFÉ) (Calgary, Canada)

  • Selected by the Director for ASAU to represent the school at CAFÉ-West

  • Presented with an undergraduate delegate on the research and pedagogy at ASAU.

  • Participated in round table discussions on the forums themes and questions: Place, People, Prosperity & Potential, with student and faculty delegates from Ryerson University, Université de Montréal, and the University of Calgary.

  • Subsequently invited to participate as a jury member for a manifesto competition in 2019 September.


2018 June Solo Art Exhibit (Toronto, Canada)

  • Organized a single-day retrospective exhibit at Artscape Youngplace documenting my work over the past decade.

  • Developed detailed layout and installation plans, coordinating the design and production of custom signage and millwork with third parties.

  • Coordinated three teams of volunteers for the set-up and strike-down of the exhibit.

EDUCATION

2018 - 2022 M. Arch Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada)

2014 Revit Architecture Fundamentals Seneca College (Toronto, Canada)

2008 - 2012 Undergraduate & Graduate Seminars Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (Canada, United States)

2005 - 2012 Hon. B.Sc University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)

  • Chemistry (minor), Biology (minor), Fine Art History (major)

AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

Awards & Nominations

2022 May Carleton University Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement – Graduate (Nomination)
2022 May ASAU Faculty Choice Award “The Nine Valleys - Towards Embodied Experience” (Nomination)
2020 December 2020 Studio Prize Architect Magazine (Winner)
2019 February Design Competition: Water Feature for the Vimy Foundation Centennial Park, Vimy Ridge, France (Shortlisted)
2019 September Ottawa Urban Design Awards “Park and Black Box Theater at Nepean Point” (Winner: Student Category)

Publications & Mentions

2019-2022 ASAU Building 22 ed. 19-22 Various Projects
2021 Spiller, Neil. "Emerging Talents: Training Architects." AD no. 4 vol. 91, pp. 52-59. “Urban Dovecote” (Mention)