// Education


[ Class of 2007 ] [ MIT ] [ Cambridge, MA ]

[ Course 4 – Architecture ]


[ Fall 2006 ] [ TU Delft ] [ Delft, The Netherlands ]

[ Graduate Faculty of Architecture ]


[ Class of 2003 ] [ McDowell High School ] [ Erie, PA ]

[ Valedictorian ]

[ 1600 SAT I ]


[ Summer 2002 ] [ Princeton University ] [ Princeton, NJ ]

[ Junior Statesmen Summer School ]



// Employment


[ 02/2007 - 06/2007 ] [ Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program ]

[ Department of Architecture ]

[ Cambridge, MA ]

[ Data visualization for John Ochsendorf’s Guastavino tile book ]


[  01/2005 - 08/2006 ] [ Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program ]    

[ Cambridge, MA ]

[ Project for Erik and Martin Demaine ]

[ Creating Java Applets to model and analyze folded structures ]


[ January 2006 ] [ Epstein-Joslin Architects ]

[ Cambridge, MA ]

[ Architectural Internship ]

[ Model making and site assessment for residential and theater projects ]


[ 06/2005 - 08/2005 ] [ Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program ]

[ Department of Architecture ]

[ Cambridge, MA ]

[ Project for Larry Sass ]

[ Development of a system of bricks for a non-standard concrete wall ]


[ Summer 2004 ] [ Firm of Michael Grab ]        

[ Erie, PA ]

[ Architectural Internship ]

[ 3D computer modeling for the Erie County Courthouse renovation project ]


[ 10/2003 – 12/2004 ] [ Ping Ping Chai Café ]   

[ Cambridge, MA ]

[ Opening manager ]


// References


[ Alan Joslin AIA ]

[ Principal ]

[ Epstein Joslin Architects ]

[ 12 Arrow Street ]

[ Cambridge, MA 02138 ]


[ T +1 617 868 1766 ]

[ C +1 617 306 6943 ]

[ F +1 617 661 1148 ]


[ http:/www.epsteinjoslin.com ]

[ http://architecture.mit.edu/people/bg/cvjoslin.html ]



[ Axel Kilian ]

[ Ph. D.Computation and Design, Dipl.-Ing. ]


[ akilian@media.mit.edu ]



[ John Ochsendorf ]

[ Associate Professor ]

[ MIT Department of Architecutre ]


[ jao@mit.edu ]

// Course Work


[ Spring 2007 ]


4.156 Beijing Studio – Jan Wampler

MAS.672 New Paradigms in HCI

21L.434 Science Fiction


Fall 2006 - at T.U. Delft


Hyperbody Studio – Kas Oosterhuis

Data Exchange

Research + Design

Media Studies


[ Spring 2006 ]


4.126 Studio – City Fabric – Juan Du

4.440 Introduction to Structural Engineering

4.562 Architecture in Motion Graphics

21F.304 French IV


[ Fall 2005 ]


4.125 Studio – Object Building – Alan Joslin

4.501 Architectural Construction/

Computation

7.012 Biology

21F.303 French III


[ Spring 2005 ]                      


4.104 Studio – Intentions – Joel Turkel

4.206 Introduction to Design Computing

4.401 Introduction to Building Technology

21F.302 French II


[ January 2005 ]


4.194 Skills Intensive


[ Fall 2004 ]


4.302 BSAD Foundations in the Visual Arts

4.411 Building Technology Laboratory

4.42J Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings

4.491 Gaudi Workshop

4.605 Intro to the History of Architecture


[ Spring 2004 ]


4.101 Experiencing Studio – Bill Hubbard

8.022 Electricity and Magnetism

18.02 Multivariable Calculus

21L.011 The Film Experience


[ January 2004 ]


21F.301 French I


[ Fall 2003 ]


3.091 Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry

8.01 Physics I

18.01 Single Variable Calculus

21L.421 Comedy

portfolio        resume         technical skills        portfolio source

// Goals

I want to help expand and refine the design and construction process through computerization.  I believe the computer can and should be used both as the genesis for design and as a tool to make existing practices more efficient and better able to handle complex and varied geometries.