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ARCHITECTURE | INDUSTRIAL DESIGN


2017-Present

SmithGroup

Caltech Chen Neuroscience Building - Pasadena, California. Laboratory Planner and Revit BIM Lead for 150,000 sqft. Neuroscience Research Facility and Vivarium.

Caltech Resnick Sustainability Center - Pasadena, California. Laboratory Planner and Programmer for 79,500 sqft. Environmental Sustainability Research Laboratory.

U.S. Department of Energy BioEPIC - Berkeley, California. Laboratory Planner for 73,000 sqft. EcoPOD Lab, Cryogenic Electron Microscopy Laboratory, and Soil Sample Facility.

Rivian Automotive - Tustin, California. Laboratory Planner and Programmer for 500,000 sqft. Research, Development, and EV Battery Cell Testing Laboratory.

TaylorMade Golf Global Headquarters - Carlsbad, California. Laboratory Planner and Programmer for 130,000 sqft. Research & Development laboratory.

Edwards LifeSciences - Irvine, California. Laboratory Planner and Revit BIM Lead for Various Campus Projects Surrounding the Design and Manufacturing of Transcatheter Heart Valves. Projects Include: Building B, Building D, and Building E.

UCSF Joan and Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building - Mission Bay, California. Laboratory Planner and Revit BIM Lead for 282,000 sqft. Neuroscience Research Facility and ABSL-2 Gnotobiotic Vivarium.

USC Translational Research Hub - Los Angeles, California. Laboratory Planner and Programmer for 220,000 sqft. Research Hub Laboratory.

San Diego State University NLS - San Diego, California. Laboratory Planner and Programmer for 130,000 sqft. Feasibility Study.

SFSU New Science Building - Daly City, California. Laboratory Planner and Programmer for 179,000 sqft. Civil Engineering, Chemical Research, and Chemical Teaching Laboratories.

Sterling Bay Lafayette Corporate Campus - Denver, Colorado. Laboratory Planner and Programmer for 80,000 sqft. Chemical Research Laboratory.

UC Riverside MRB1 - Riverside, California. Laboratory Planner for 50,000 sqft. Vivarium Annex.

***Extended project list available upon request


2015-2017

Clark Richardson Biskup

NASA/Boeing Satellite Facility S-50 -El Segundo, California. Detail Specialist for 97,000 sqft. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). 

Boeing DETAC Laboratories - Long Beach, California. Junior Lab Planner and Revit BIM Lead for 9,000 sqft. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF). 

Boeing S-13 Laboratory- Long Beach, California. Revit BIM Architectural Designer for 21,000 sqft. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).

Pfizer Biological Clinical Manufacturing Facility Andover, Massachusetts. Revit BIM architectural designer for 10,000 sqft. facility expansion.

Shire Bio-Technologies  - Glendale, California. Revit BIM Lead and Architectural Designer for 200,000 sqft. tenant improvement proposal.

Atara Biotherapeutics - Thousand Oaks, California. Revit BIM Architectural Lead for 91,000 sqft. research and development facility.

***Extended project list available upon request


2015-2017

The Mural Experiment

[Philanthropic Enterprise]

Innocent Bystander - Executive Director of annual art charity fundraiser in conjunction with Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall.

Dyer St. Elementary Mural- Executive Director and Creative Assistant for 400 sqft. mural.

Dyer St. Elementary Mural- Executive Director and Creative Assistant for 400 sqft. mural.

Monroe High School Mural- Executive Director and Creative Assistant for 200 sqft. mural.


2014-2015

STIR Architecture

NOHO West - North Hollywood, California. Architectural Designer for 25 acre mixed-use redevelopment proposal.

DTLA Urban Parklets- Los Angeles, California. Product Designer for Parklets in former roadside parking spaces within Downtown Los Angeles.

Del Amo Fashion Center- Torrance, California. Architectural Designer for retail redevelopment proposal.

South Bay Galleria- Redondo Beach, California. Architectural Designer for retail redevelopment proposal.


2011-2014

Ensso Design

Parabola Chair - Beverly Hills, California. Industrial Designer for the Parabola Chair.

Evolo Products- Beverly Hills, California.  Industrial Designer for Evolo Products and Packages.


2010-2012

Evolo Magazine

Evolo Sky Scrapper Competition - Beverly Hills, California. Graphic Designer for Evolo Magazine.


Education

University of Southern California - Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch.), Architecture

Meiji University - Architecture and Landscape Urbanism

The University of Hong Kong - Architecture and Landscape Urbanism


Accomplishments

Interdisciplinary Award - Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work - 2015. 1st place- Awarded to an academic research project that combines social behavioral theory, economics, and architecture.

Thomas O. Byerts Fellowship - 2015. Fellowship recognizing outstanding architectural thesis in social and behavioral theory.

Good Design Award - 2013. Parabola Chair Co-Designer

Red Dot Design Award- 2013. International design competition aimed at recognizing innovative product design work. Parabola Chair Co-Designer

International Contemporary Furniture Award - 2012. Parabola Chair Co-Designer

Norman Topping Scholar - 2010. Scholarship awarded to undergraduate students who demonstrate strong academic merit and community activism.


Professional Affiliations

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation -2009-Present. Alumni Scholar and Research Fellow.

American Institute of Architects (AIA) -2015-Present.

International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) -2015-Present.