EDUCATION
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, 2018
Master of Architecture II
PD Soros Fellow
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2014
Bachelor of Architecture, cum laude
Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, Italy, 2013
Anthony A. Marnell, II, Italian Architecture Study Abroad Program
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
University of Kentucky, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Lexington, KY, Spring 2023 - present
+ ARC 151 First-Year Undergraduate Studio (Fall ‘23)
+ ARC 101 Architectural Visualization & Representation I (Spring ‘23, Spring ‘24)
+ ARC 152 First-Year Undergraduate Studio (Spring ‘23, Spring ‘24)
+ ARC 405 Digital Visualization I, 2-week Workshop (Spring ‘23, Fall ‘23)
Syracuse University, Harry der Boghosian Faculty Fellow, Syracuse, NY, 2021 - 2022
+ “LESS IS…” Harry der Boghosian Fellowship Exhibition (Fall ‘22)
+ ARC 408 / 609 Visiting Critic Studio (with Gary Bates), NYC / SYR (Summer ‘22)
+ ARC 505 Undergraduate Thesis Preparation (Summer ‘22)
+ ARC 508 Undergraduate Thesis (Summer ‘22)
+ “Debris, Constellations, and Counter-Histories,” Harry der Boghosian Symposium (Spring ‘22)
+ ARC 407 / ARC 608 Visiting Critic Studio: Counter-Mies (Spring ‘22)
+ ARC 500 Debris: Myths, Minutes, and Materials (Spring ‘22)
+ ARC 500 Excavating the University Campus (Fall ‘21)
Princeton University, Assistant Instructor, Princeton, NJ, 2016 - 2017
+ ARCH 501: First Year Graduate Studio; Ellie Abrons & Michael Meredith
+ EGR 381: Design for Understanding; Sheila Pontis
+ McGraw Digital Learning Lab Software Instructor
USC School of Architecture, Teaching Assistant, Los Angeles, CA, 2011- 2014
+ ARCH 102b: First Year Design Studio; Dr. David Gerber
+ ARCH 105: Fundamentals of Design Communication; Kris Mun & Mina Chow
+ Anthony A. Marnell, II, Italian Architecture Studies; Kim Coleman & Diane Ghirardo
+ ARCH 214: History of Architecture; Dr. James Steele
+ ARCH 415: Asian Architecture & Urbanism; Dr. James Steele
+ USC Summer Exploration of Architecture Program; Valery Augustin & Reid Cigolle
PROFESSIONAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE
Marvel, New York, NY, USA, 2020 - 2021
Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis (LTL) Architects, New York, NY, USA, 2018 - 2020
McEwen Studio, Princeton, NJ, USA, 2018
Peter Marino Architect, New York, NY, USA, 2015 - 2016
OMA*AMO, New York, NY, USA, 2014 - 2015
MADA s.p.a.m., Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2014
Gensler LA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2013
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA, 2011
ESKCO Construction, Potomac, MD, USA, 2010
RESEARCH & EDITORIAL
Pidgin Magazine, Editor, Princeton, NJ, USA, 2016 - 2018
Issues 22-24
Lucia Allais, Research Assistant, Princeton, NJ, USA, 2016 - 2017
Howard Crosby Butler Traveling Fellowship, Princeton SoA, 2017
Jordan: Amman, Zaatari Refugee Camp; "Refugee Economic Zone: A Proposal to Develop a Pilot Program that Transforms the Perimeter of Zaatari Refugee Camp into a Special Economic Belt"
Proposal exhibited at 2017 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, awarded Honorable Mention in 2017 IDeA Competition, and published in Bracket no. 5
Princeton SoA, Archive Assistant, Princeton, NJ, USA, 2016 - 2017
William and Neoma Timme Traveling Fellowship, USC School of Architecture, 2014
China: Thames Town, Tianducheng, Yujiapu Financial District, Kang Ba Shi New Area
Report published in Pidgin, no. 19 Magic
Dr. David J. Gerber, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2014
Dean Qingyun Ma, Assistant, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2014
George H. Mayr Traveling Fellowship, USC School of Architecture, 2013
France: Paris, Aulnay-Sous-Bois, Saint Denis, Clichy-Sous-Bois
GRANTS & AWARDS
UK OVPR Conference & Workshop Grant, 2024
UK College of Design New Faculty Award, 2023
UK College of Design CURATE Research Support Program, 2023
MacDowell / National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 2022
Syracuse University Harry der Boghosian Faculty Fellowship, 2021
Howard Crosby Butler Traveling Fellowship, 2017
L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Fontainebleau Full Funding, 2017
KPF Traveling Fellowship, Finalist, 2017
International Development in Action Competition, Honorable Mention, 2017
Hult Prize, Regional Finalist, 2017
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, 2016
Princeton University Graduate Fellowship, 2016
William and Neoma Timme Traveling Fellowship, 2014
USC Discovery Scholar Prize, Finalist, 2014
USC Global Scholar, 2014
A. Quincy Jones Memorial Scholarship for Exceptional Promise in Architecture, 2014
Robert Allen Rogaff Memorial Award for Excellence in Delineation, 2014
Thesis Faculty Award for Excellence in Design, Finalist, 2014
Robert Allen Rogaff Architectural Delineation Thesis Award, Finalist, 2014
USC Undergraduate Research Associates Program Grant, 2014
George H. Mayr Traveling Fellowship, 2013
Concrete Masonry Unit Design competition, Top 3, 2011
National Concrete Masonry Association competition, Honorable Mention, 2011
International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) recipient, 2009
Advanced French Competition, Marshall University SCORES, 2nd Place, 2008
Diplôme d'études en langue française (French proficiency diploma), 2006
LECTURES & TALKS
"Excavating the Urban University Campus." Paper Presentation. Symposium of Urban Design History and Theory. Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Delft, Netherlands (November 2023).
"Excavating the University Campus." Paper Presentation. Reparations & the Right to the City Conference. Urban History Association 10th Biennial Conference. Pittsburgh, PA (October 2023).
"Another Mies." Invited Lecture. ARC 317 Third-Year Undergraduate Studio (taught by Omar Ali). Syracuse University School of Architecture (October 2023). Virtual.
"Town & Gown—a Pop Up Archive." Invited Lecture. Fall 2023 Lectures Series, Table Manners Session. University of Colorado Denver. Denver, CO (October 2023).
"Excavating the University Campus." Paper Presentation. 2023 Annual Conference. Southeast Society of Architectural Historians. Little Rock, Arkansas (September 2023).
"Less is Negative." Paper Presentation. Designing Urban Universities Conference. Trinity College Dublin. Dublin, Ireland (June 2023).
“Less is Negative.” Paper Presentation. MacDowell Fellowship. Peterborough, NH (October 2022).
“LESS IS…” Gallery Talk, Harry der Boghosian Fellowship Exhibition - Syracuse University (Sept 2022)
“Debris, Constellations, and Counter-Histories,” Harry der Boghosian Symposium. Organizer & co-moderator with Dean Michael Speaks - Virtual (April 2022)
Invited Speakers:
Azra Akšamija
Gaston Gordillo
Sylvia Lavin
Jorge Otero-Pailos
Salvage Art Institute
USC Architecture Generation NEXT - Virtual (March 2021)
"On Archiving Rubble" Moving Monuments. Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage - UK (April 2018)
"On Archiving Rubble." Re/Collections. University of Calgary Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference - Canada (March 2018)
"Monument on Monument." Guest lecture, Rutgers University Dept. of Anthropology (Feb. 2018)
Pecha Kucha Night, Soros Institute - Open Society Foundations, NY (Oct. 2017)
"Refugee Economic Zone." Guest lecture, Rutgers University Dept. of Anthropology (March 2017)
EXHIBITIONS
“Reparations: The Other Mies Archive.” Lexington Art League 2024 Exhibitions. Loudoun House, Lexington, KY, February 9 - March 29, 2024.
“LESS IS…” Harry der Boghosian Fellowship Exhibition. Slocum Hall, Syracuse University, September 8 - December 9, 2022.
"Rubble Archive." Nine Constructionists. Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY, 2018.
"Rubble Archive." Princeton Research Day. Princeton University, 2018.
"Refugee Economic Zone." Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Seoul, 2017.
"Made in China" USC Verle Annis Gallery, Los Angeles, 2014.
"Gridshell," Architecture + Design Museum, Los Angeles, 2014.
"Paris 2060," USC Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly Work, Los Angeles, 2013.
"Continuous Surface," University of Southern California, SoA Student Exhibit, 2012.
- Exhibitions Assistance -
"Zaha Hadid: Pedagogy as Practice," Princeton University SoA Gallery. Exhibition and symposium. 2017.
"Facing East: Chinese Urbanism in Africa," Storefront for Art & Architecture. Installation. 2015.
"We Are Here: Art & Design Out of Context," Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Installation. 2011.
PUBLICATIONS (Peer-reviewed, Conference Proceedings, and other)
(forthcoming) "Field Coordination: A Curatorial Pedagogy”
(forthcoming) "Counter Compositions”
(forthcoming) "Excavating the University Campus: A Pedagogy of Deconstructing Architecture’s Myths”
"On Archiving Rubble," Future Anterior: Journal of Historic Preservation, History, Theory, and Criticism, vol. 15, no. 2 Ex-Situ: On Moving Monuments, 2020. Columbia University, GSAPP.
"Proposal for a Rubble Archive," Room One Thousand, no. 7 Materials, 2019. UC Berkeley, CED.
"Refugee Economic Zone," Bracket, no. 5 On Sharing, 2018.
"Made in China: the Rise of the Mimetic Suburb," Pidgin, no. 19 Magic, 2015. Princeton University, SoA.
"Comonument," La Provincia Editoriale Spa Newspaper in Como, Italy, 2013.
"Continuous Surface," Archinect.com's Top Ten Student Projects for 2013.
"Housing Typologies," INDEX 2011-12. 2012. University of Southern California, SoA.
"Linear Skewed Dimension," IDWRKS 2010-11. University of Southern California, SoA.
SELECTED BUILT WORK
“Orchard Beach Pavilion Historic Renovation” in Bronx, NY. Marvel. Construction Completion 2023.
Design Development.
“Carnegie Mellon University Residence Hall” in Pittsburgh, PA. LTL Architects. Construction Completion 2021.
Programming - Construction Documentation.
“Louis Vuitton Place Vendôme” in Paris, France. Peter Marino. 2016.
Schematic Design - Design Development.
“Louis Vuitton SoHo” in New York, NY. Peter Marino. 2016.
Design Development. Design of Freestanding Units and screens.
“121 E. 22nd Street” in New York, NY. OMA. 2014.
Concept Design - Design Development.
DESIGN COMPETITIONS
Bernheim Forest L+A+N+D, 2023.
Individual submission: "Bring the House Down (a.k.a Second Nature)."
Competition: L+A+N+D (Landscape + Art + Nature + Design)
AHRC Heritage Priority Area, 2020.
Individual submission: "Rethinking the Climate Museum"
Competition: Reimagining Museums for Climate Action.
International Development in Action, Honorable Mention. 2017.
Individual submission: "Refugee Economic Zone"
Competition: Place and Displacement: Marketplace in Refugee Settlements.
Hult Prize, Regional Finalist. 2017.
Group submission with Pelin Asa and Sharon Deng: "arcConnect"
Competition: Refugees—Reawakening Human Potential
SKILLS
Digital
Advanced: AutoCAD, Rhino, VRay, Adobe CS
Intermediate: Revit, 3D Max, Sketchup
Basic: Processing, Arduino, Final Cut Pro
Analog
Laser cutting fabrication, physical model making, foam cutting, casting (plaster, silicone, rubber, concrete), sketching, oil painting, watercolor painting, ceramics.
Languages
English (Native), Arabic (Native), French (Intermediate)