Professional

–Aranda/Lasch

—Computational Design/Build firm – New York – 2008

Matthew Ritchie’s Evening Line. Documentation, visualizations, CD.

Venice Biennale. Geometric configuration, DD, visualizations.

Design Miami. RhinoScripting of skin, plan origination, DD.

–Front inc.

—Façade Consultants – New York – 2007

385 West 12th Street by FLAnk. Management of a CATIA model of the super-structure into which the copper facade ties.

Pritkzer House by Tod Williams Billie Tsien. Fully custom detailing of glass curtain wall.

–Grayling Design.

—Carpentry Focused Hospitality – New York – 2005-2006

Ago/Greenwich Hotel. Drawing Management, CD, CA.

Morandi. Drawing Management, DD, CD.

–Rdesign

—Small Design/Build – New York – 2005

Various Residential Projects. Furniture, CD, CA.

Academic

–Massachusetts Institute of Technology

—SMArchS, 2009 – 2011

Des-Comp is a small research group focusing on the intersection of computation and design in architecture and elsewhere.

My research is in nonlinear computation as a means of formal generation.

–Princeton University

—Master of Architecture, 2006 – 2009

Alpha Rho Chi Medal, recipient.

Information in Formation. A thesis done with Ron Witte on the nature of architectural design in the information age.

–Brown University

—Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with Honors, 1997 – 2001

David Howell Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, recipient.

Iterated Functions in the Complex Plane. A thesis in discrete non-linear dynamics, specifically quadratic iterated functions and computational models for the Mandelbrot Set.

Skills

—Software

Rhino/Grasshopper, Adobe Suite, AutoCAD, MAYA, 3ds Max, etc.

—Languages

Java, flash, HTML, Perl, RhinoScript, etc.

—Mathematics

Geometry, dynamics, topology, analysis, etc.

—Fabrication

Analog architectural models, laser-cutting, rapid-prototyping.