Undergraduate Portfolio

Nicholas LoCiceroUniversity at Buffalo School of ArchitectureMArch 2.5 Candidate

Nicholas LoCicero62-51 Alderton St. Rego Park, NY 11374cell: 347.853.4642email: [email protected]

MArch 2.5 Candidate

University at Buffalo School of ArchitectureFall 2009 - Spring2013

Plant to Plate

Beacon of Learning

The Living Wall

Expanding a Community

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Plant to Plate is an apartment building designed as an advertisement for the growth and development of urban farming in a commercial district of Buffalo. The project incorporates terraced farming as well as a culinary institute to teach locals how to cook sustainably.

Beacon of Learning is a library specializing in rare books. The library is to be located at the University at Buffalo's North Campus. The library is to be a fixture on the campus to be seen and identified as a place for learning and study.

The Living Wall is a collaborative project in the freshman year. It consisted of taking a 6'x6'x8' box and transforming it into an inhabitable space that could provide 6+ sleeping spaces. After a number of iterations 7 students worked together to build the project full scale and then installed at Griffis Sculpture Park outside of Buffalo,NY.

Expanding a Community is a design proposal scheme for the Buffalo-Erie County Botanical Gardens. The gardens acted as a client during the semester and provided a design challenge. The Expanding a Community scheme looked at incorporating the gardens into Olmstead's South Park to create a greater community presence.

In Construction Technology two projects were analysed for their construction methods. Using the information available a section of each building was chosen to be reproduced as a detailed axonometric drawing.

The project is an expansion on the Strip District in Philadelphia. The expansion was designed to include a market and an office building to the strip. A natural and man made pattern were chosen and abstracted. These two abstracted patterns were superimposed on one another and used to derive a rhythmic form for the building.

A collection of art pieces created using a variety of techniques and mediums. Comple-teted as part of an art minor at the University at Buffalo. A variety of classes were taken including, figure drawing, thematic drawing, typography, lithography as well as digital media classes.

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Table of Contents

Fall

2012

1.2 Acres

To Feed One PersonHalf of the Diet of One PersonArea of the Site

0.2

0.6 Acres

Queen City Urban Farm

CommonRoots

Farm - CSA


CommonRoots

Farm - CSA

Massachusetts Avenue Project

Wilson Street Urban Farm


Common Roots Farm-CSA

The mission of the Massachusetts Avenue Project is to nurture the growth of a diverse and equitable local food system and promote local economic opportunities, access to a�ordable, nutritious food and social change education.

Wilson Street Urban Farm is a family-operated urban garden. Their goal is to make fresh, local, naturally grown produce readily available to residents on the East Side. We encourage community participation and desire to help people in the neighborhood.

QCF has been growing vegetables to increase the availability of healthy, fresh, and a�ordable foods to children and families in the neighborhood. Crops are cultivated primarily on vacant land where homes once stood.

Common Roots is a new 2012 upstart farm in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood of Bu�alo’s East Side. They are just starting out, and looking for some members of a full-season CSA.

The goal of Plant to Plate is to Change The Way We Cook. By the year 2050 we, as a planet, will need another landmass the Size of Brazil to support how we eat today. We need to be conscious about what we cook and where our food comes from. Urban Farms are becoming more common; we must be conscious of this and take advantage of it. Buying mass-market produce comes from a great distance versus the locally grown organic produce we can get.

Derived Rhythm

Fall

2012

1.2 Acres

To Feed One PersonHalf of the Diet of One PersonArea of the Site

0.2

0.6 Acres


CommonRoots

Farm - CSA


CommonRoots

Farm - CSA

Massachusetts Avenue Project

Wilson Street Urban Farm


Common Roots Farm-CSA

The mission of the Massachusetts Avenue Project is to nurture the growth of a diverse and equitable local food system and promote local economic opportunities, access to a�ordable, nutritious food and social change education.

Wilson Street Urban Farm is a family-operated urban garden. Their goal is to make fresh, local, naturally grown produce readily available to residents on the East Side. We encourage community participation and desire to help people in the neighborhood.

QCF has been growing vegetables to increase the availability of healthy, fresh, and a�ordable foods to children and families in the neighborhood. Crops are cultivated primarily on vacant land where homes once stood.

Common Roots is a new 2012 upstart farm in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood of Bu�alo’s East Side. They are just starting out, and looking for some members of a full-season CSA.

The goal of Plant to Plate is to Change The Way We Cook. By the year 2050 we, as a planet, will need another landmass the Size of Brazil to support how we eat today. We need to be conscious about what we cook and where our food comes from. Urban Farms are becoming more common; we must be conscious of this and take advantage of it. Buying mass-market produce comes from a great distance versus the locally grown organic produce we can get.

HOUSING

SCHOOL

BROCCOLI CABBAGE CARROTS CORN

CUCUMBER EGGPLANT GREEN PEPPER

PEAS STRAWBERRIES TOMATO

Plant Height: 2 feetGrowth Period: 2 monthsSoil Depth: 1-2 feetSun requirement: Full exposure

Plant Height: 3 feetGrowth Period: 2-3 monthsSoil Depth: 2 feetSun requirement: Full exposure


Plant Height: 3 feetGrowth Period: 3-4 monthsSoil Depth: 2-3 feetSun requirement: Full exposure

Plant Height: 3 feetGrowth Period: 4 monthsSoil Depth: 1-2 feetSun requirement: Full exposure

LETTUCEPlant Height: 2 feetGrowth Period: 2-3 monthsSoil Depth: 2-3 feetSun requirement: Full exposure

Plant Height: 1 footGrowth Period: 2-3 monthsSoil Depth: 1-2 feetSun requirement: Full exposure


Plant Height: 1 footGrowth Period: 2-3 monthsSoil Depth: 1-2 feetSun requirement: Full Exposure

Plant Height: 6-8 feetGrowth Period: 2-3 monthsSoil Depth: 4 feetSun requirement: Full Exposure

Plant Height: 2 feetGrowth Period: 2 monthsSoil Depth: 1-2 feetSun requirement: Full Exposure

SQUASHPlant Height: 3 feetEstimated time to grow: 3 monthsMinimum soil depth: 2 feetSun requirement: Full exposure

Grow

Food Cycle Harvest

Cook

Compost

Fall

2012The entire top layer of the building is oriented to the south to have maximum sun exposure.

The shifts back allow for the creation of terraces and the shifts under the building allow to keep the existing parking on the site. The shifts demanded an angled structure that allows for a lighter amount of structure that provides lateral bracing.

Passive Solar Shading

60º SummerSolar Design Angle

85º 75º

Thermal Mass Gives off Heat at Night

Cisterns Collect Rain Water Runoff

Solar Hot Water Collector

Vents Close to Reatain Heat

30º WinterSolar Design Angle

Measure 1: Design and Innovation

The entire top layer of the building is oriented to the south to have maximum sun exposure. The sun is used to passively heat the building and allow a small amount of crops to be grown on terraces

Measure 4: Bioclimatic Design

The entire top layer of the building is oriented to the south to have maximum sun exposure. A second Double skin was developed to allow for stack effect ventilation in the summer, and passive heating of a pasive solar water collector as well as passive solar heating of thermal masses to offset heating costs in the winter.

Measure 2: Regional/ Community Design

The building site is on the main Elmwood avenue Bus Line. The site is on a main commercial strip that allows for foot traffic exposure for the Culinary Institute and the Restaurants within. Measure 3: Land Use and Site Ecology

The site is a mild Brown field or alternately a “Tan Field.” The building site re-uses an exisiting parking lot. The program of the building provides a live work environment for the students and staff of the Culinary Institute. The building increases the residential density from about 10 homes per acre to 16 households with a a maximum occupancy of 115 people in 0.2 Acres increasing the density about 10 times.

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Measure 5: Light and Air

The building is oriented to the south to allow the most amount of sunlight for gorwing surfaces. The skin system allows for natural ventilation of the entire mass.

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Measure 6: Water Cycle

Water is collected through a gutter system and fed through the structure into a series of cisterns. The cisterns provide water to individual floors using gravity. The water collected is used for flushing toilets and watering plants.

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Measure 7: Energy Flows and Energy Future

The double skin system is used to create a bubble effect that allows for the mass to be brought to a termperature that is easily heated or cooled from within each unit

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Measure 8: Materials and Construction

The concrete used contains recycled fly ash. All steel used in the project was recycled. The building louvers and rain screen use boston valley terra cotta a locally sourced material.

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Measure 9: Long Life, Loose Fit

The double skin provides a sustainable feature that can be reused if the buildings are converted. The structure is towards the exterior providing non load bearing interior walls. The buildings could be retrofitted as offices or other apartment configurations.

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The skin closes in the winter to create a protective bubble that can be heated through a hot water solar collector that can radiate heat and heat into the space. The units are partially heated by passive solar gain using a thermal mass. The east and west facades have a terra cotta rain screen. The west facade has terra cotta louvers that track the sun to provide shading.

Fall 2012

Passive Solar Shading


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The skin closes in the winter to create a protective bubble that can be heated through a hot water solar collector that can radiate heat and heat into the space. The units are partially heated by passive solar gain using a thermal mass. The east and west facades have a terra cotta rain screen. The west facade has terra cotta louvers that track the sun to provide shading.

Fall

2012The building’s skin self adjusts keep itself at an ideal temperature, opening up on a warm

night or closing itself off in the rain or snow. The culinary Institute takes cues from many modern institutes and incoporates them such as state of the art kitchens, modern media techniques of performance cooking and out door grilling stations.

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Fall 2012

Double Skin Skin System

Structural Beam- Connects Skin to Structure

Fritted Glass Sliding Screens

Cisterns

Concrete Waffle Slab-5’x5’ Units

Growing Space Inverted Waffle Slab Units

3 inch Concrete Topping

Site Cast Concrete Beams Create Moment Connections at columns

Grade Beam

Caissons

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Radiant Heat Through Floor

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WATER

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WATER

METERS

FLUES

MAINS: GAS + WATER

UNIT 1

UNIT 2

UNIT 3

METERS

Fall

2012

The building’s main heating system is a decentralized radiant floor system. Each unit is served through the main services core. The ground floor plan consists of two ramps as the main access points to the buildings both bridge gaps that allow the form to pass into the earth. The culinary institute has a staggered floor plate part of it hitting grade with a public cafe the other par being 5’ below grade.

Beacon of Learning

Fall

2010 The goal of this project is to create a fixture on campus that represents a center of learning

that focuses the attention on the rare book collection and provides ideal spaces for study. The site is a central location on campus that has sites to the lake and other campus locations. An ideal solution had to be derived from precident study on and off campus.

Paths of Circulation Desired Views Circulation & Entry

Types of Traffic

Motor Vehicle

Pedestrian

Types of Traffic

Motor Vehicle

Pedestrian

oetry

Rare Books

Books

Special Collections

Beinecke Library

Proposed Library

Rare BooksOffices

Archives

Archives

Cyber- Cafe

Study Space

Poetry

Study Space

Poetry

Book Core Circulation

Beinecke

Book Core Circulation

Proposed Library

Fall

2010

The land around the building was graded to be a walkable surface. The program was arranged so as to have a large amount of study space, ample storage and display space for books and a large number of office spaces. The cafe and exhibition spaces were added to enhance what could be done in the library such as poetry slams, presentations and other events.

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Book Core Exhibition SpaceOfficesIndividual Study

Communal StudyComputersCafeStorage

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First Floor Ground Floor

Fifth and Sixth Floor Second Floor

Basement

Fall 2010

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The image above shows the main campus approach to the library. The Section shows the walkable surface of the building as well as outdoor terraces that can be used by the students. The current site on the campus is a large open green space where many activi-ties are held. Part of the goal of the library was to replace much of these communal spaces.

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10 The inital two precedent forms that were chosen, completed by myself and Sergio Taveras, were then combined into one project. This project was then considered structurally and broken up into modules weighing less than 250lbs each. Each module would be assem-bled on site at the Griffis Sculpture Park.

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Completed in collaboration with:Rebecca Brower, Nathaniel Heckman, Franz Heine, Sergio Taveras, Christa Trautman, and Lauren Walsh

Derived Rhythm

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10 The inital two precedent forms that were chosen, completed by myself and Sergio Taveras, were then combined into one project. This project was then considered structurally and broken up into modules weighing less than 250lbs each. Each module would be assem-bled on site at the Griffis Sculpture Park.

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Fall

2010Structural plans and elevations were drawn up to determine the amount of material each

module would require. Studies of specific connection details were required to understand how the modules would be assembled. The modules were built and transported via flatbed and pick-up trucks and brought to the site for aseembly.

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12 The Buffalo-Erie Country Botanical Garden resides in Olmstead’s south park. The gardens are very divorced from the park which has been converted into a golf course. This proposal analysed different locations within the park for expansion and what programs could reside within these areas of expansion based on time.

Radial Expansion Perimiters

1000 ft 500 ft

Main Facility Radius

Existing Botanical Gardens

New LEED Certified Building

Existing Public Library

Library Extension

Field Facility & Garden Lake Facility Radius

250 ft200 ft

150 ft100 ft

50 ft25 ft

Living plant Exhibits/ The Meridian

Mechanical Equipment21,498 sqft

Maintenance11,829 sqft

Changing Exhibits2,782 sqft

Bathrooms420 sqft

Entry350 sqft

Gift Shop137 sqft

Tickets / Info Desk213 sqft

Event Space2,326 sqft

Classrooms3,501 sqft

Staff Work Space5,900 sqft

Permanent

Moveable

Due to the nature of the park and the need to be able to change and grow temporary structures would be used within the park and more permanent structures used within the gardens. The park facilities had a lifespan of approximately 6 months with units that could be changed within a week or a month. The Structures have a light intervention with the ground and ould be changed with the seasons. Sp

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2012

BuffaloYangtze

Thailand Florida Cuba Malaysia

Mongolia Peru Galapagos Panama

Humid Climate Annual Flowers

Temerate Climate Annual Flowers

Tropical Climate Annual Flowers

Demonstration Garden Planting

Field FacilityLake FacilityLibrary Facility

Fall 2010

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North- South Section

East- West Section

Summer Arrangement Autumn Arrangement Winter Arrangement

Operable Skin:Entry-Exit

Portable Classroom with chair modulesPortable Structure with WheelsDue to the nature of the park and the need to be able to change and grow temporary

structures would be used within the park and more permanent structures used within the gardens. The park facilities had a lifespan of approximately 6 months with units that could be changed within a week or a month. The Structures have a light intervention with the ground and ould be changed with the seasons. Sp

ring

2012

BuffaloYangtze

Thailand Florida Cuba Malaysia

Mongolia Peru Galapagos Panama

Humid Climate Annual Flowers

Temerate Climate Annual Flowers

Tropical Climate Annual Flowers

Demonstration Garden Planting

Field FacilityLake FacilityLibrary Facility


U n i v e r s i t y o f W a s h i n g t o n C o n i b e a r S h e l l h o u s eT h e M i l l e r H u l l P a r t n e r s h i p

1. Foundation 6 1/2” Structural Concrete slab on Grade Beams on Pilecaps & Piles per Structural W/ 2’-0” R-10 Rigid Insulation at Perimeter on vapor retarder sheeting on granular fill to B.O. grade beam on prepared Subgrade. Rebar Places 16” o.c.

2. Wall Type 5/8” Protection O/R-10 Rigid Insulation on drainage mat on Fluid Applied Hot Rubberized Asphalt Membrane on C.I.P. Concrete Wall

3. Floor Assembly 4” Concrete Topping Slab on R-21 Rigid Insulation (Sloped to drain where structural slab is level) on drainage composite on protection sheet on hot rubberized asphaltic membrane with fabric reinforcement on composite metal deck on steel structure

4. Wall Assembly Rainscreen Metal Wall- Metal Siding on vertical 1” ‘Z’ channels on breathable wall membrane attached to studs with screws and disks on continu-ous 5/8” R-3.8 Minimum Insulating Sheathing on 8” or 9” metal studes at 16” o.c. at braced frame location sto cover steel w/ R-13 Batt insulation on 5/8” GWB W/ Vapor Retarding PVA primer at interior

5.Floor Assembly Floor Finish Materal on 3” Composite Metal Deck W/ 2 1/2” Concrete Topping on Steel Structure W/ R-19 Batt Insulation W/ Cementitious Soffit board on Furring Channels

6. Roof Assembly Single-Ply PVC Membrane on 1/4” Overlayment Board on R-21 Rigid Insulation on Vapor Barrier on 1 1/2” Metal Deck on Sloped Steel Structure (w/hung ACT ceiling where scheduled)

7. Roof Assembly Single Ply PVC Membrane on 1/4” Overlayment Board on R-21 Rigid Insulation (Tapered to Slope Unless Structure is Sloped) on Vapor Barrier on 1/4” Underlayment Board on 1 1/2” Perforated Metal Deck on Steel Structure Exposed


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1. Footing(1) 9’ x 13’ x 10” with 10 #6 Bars in the long direction and 10 #6 Bars in the short direction (2) 36” x 12” Continuous Site Cast Concrete with 3 #5 Bars in the Long Direction (3) 1’ x 4” x 1’ with 2 #5 Bars (4) 4’ x 3” x 5” Follows Shape of Steps

2. External Wall Below Grade12 x 16 x 8 in outer Wythe

3. External Wall Above Grade8” x 16” x 8” CMU inner Wythe with 3 #5 reinforcing 48” o.c. Vertical Reinforcement at corners and openings and horizontal reinforce-ment at 16” o.c.Vapor Barrier2” rigid insulation2” Air Space8” x 8” x 4” CMU outer Wythe

4. Fire Place16” x 8” x 8” CMU 2 #5 in grouted cavity with 9 gauge wire ties 16” o.c. vertical

5. WindowsGround Window- Two 8” lintel 2 course high with 2 #5 reinforcement beyond grout solidTwo 12” lintel 2 course high CMU, with reinforce-ment in bond beam 12 inch bond beam with 2 #5 reinforcement passing through, Through wall flashing with length of lintelWeep 32” o.c. Cast concrete sill, steel sash windows with insulated glass

6. Ground Floor Assembly4” Thick concrete floor slab wire mesh reinforce-ment Vapor barrier4” Compacted sand fill

7. Second Floor Assembly4” Gypsum board3” x 5” edge beam for joist to rest on2” x 10” joists at 16” o.c.¾” plywood subflooring¾” finish wood flooring 1 x 6 tongue and groove

8. StairStair landing slab reinforcement clearance ¾” from sides Stair Site cast concrete with #5 at 12” spacing

9. Clerestory1/8” Glass set in sealent in sash blockMET Sash cutBond Beam continuous 8” lintel block with 2 #5 bars grout solidLintel 2 course 8” CMU lintel block with 2 #5 grout solid, extend 8” past each side of opening

10. Celing2” x 4” joists at 16” o.c.Batting insulation ¾” Gypsum Board

11. RoofBuilt up roof on 5/8” decking¾” Bolts at 16” o.c. through 2 x 8 with ledger2” x 8” joist 48” o.c.

12. Porch Roof2” x 6” wood tongue and groove deckingBuilt up roof on 5/8” plywood decking2” x 8” joist

Derived Rhythm

Fall

2011 A natural and man made pattern were chosen and then abstracted. These abstracted

elements were overlaid on one another and visualized in a model. This repeating and formulaic form was then rotated and stretched to create the rythmic form of the building.

Nature Pattern Abstraction Application

AbstractionTextile Pattern Application

Applied Form Transformation

The building slopes at a 1:20 grade over the site. The entry to the building is split. The market place slopes down into the ground and the roof of the market becomes a walkable surface. A grid system of windows was used to create places for natural light to enter the market. Each of the floor plates in the building is walkable and the angled form becomes the service system

Fall

2011

Caffe / Bar

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Building Systems

Structure Egress Program

Fall 2011

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Fall

2011

Caffe / Bar

Office

Restaurant/ Lobby

Market

Building Systems

Structure Egress Program

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Second Floor Plan

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The image above shows the main campus approach to the library. The Section shows the walkable surface of the building as well as outdoor terraces that can be used by the students. The current site on the campus is a large open green space where many activities are held. Part of the goal of the library was to replace much of these communal spaces. Fa

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Ground Floor Plan A

B

North West ElevationNorth West Section

North East Section North East Elevation

A View to the Arts is an interactive wall mural that consits of 31 differently sized "chalk boards". The project began as a proposal to the managers of the Center for the Arts Building at the University at Buffalo. The piece was proposed as a way for the students of the building to express themselves. The art piece is located in a high traffic location that attracts many different types of students, ranging from visual artists, to muscians, actors, dancers, as well as non art majors. These chalkboards provide a surface for expression that is not typically common within a school setting.

Art Work

Nicholas LoCicero62-51 Alderton St. Rego Park, NY 11374Cell Phone: (347) 853-4642 E-Mail: [email protected]

EducationUniversity at Buffalo, School of Architecture and Planning Fall 2009 - Spring 2013Anticipated Bachelors of Science in Architecture with a minor in Art, May 2013

F.H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and the Performing Arts Graduated June 2009Graduated with a Regents Dipoloma with a major in Visual Arts

Extra Curricular Actvities

Work Experience Summer Intern, Stonehill & Taylor Architects and Planners June-August 2009 - 201231 West 27th St, 5th floor, New York, NY 10001

Model building for clients, Site visits with architects to survey existing conditions for projects, Designed signage for a restaurant, Detail Drawings in AutoCAD, Designed renderings for bid presentations in Photoshop and Rhino using VRay, Responded to Field Inquiries during construction with Construction Sketches, Was responsible for the management of project submittals and Scheduling Meetings, Creating Industrial Design prototypes in Rhino3D, Creating Public Assembly Plans for Restaurants & Worked with State Building Codes. Significant Projects: Jumeirah Essex House - New York, NY, J 130 Medical Center New York, Presbyterian Hospital, NoMad Hotel - New York, NY, & New Yorker Hotel - New York, NY.

Print Lab Technician, Digital Media Group University at Buffalo School of Architecture February 2012 – Present

Running Plotters, Printers, Scanners, Answering technical questions regarding printing & other problems

American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) January 2012 - Present I am a member of University at Buffalo Chapter of the AIAS. I served on the Executive board as the Special Events Chair. I helped organize the annual Beaux Arts Ball, a joint fundraising event between the Architecture and Planning departments. I also created other fundraising and membership raising programs.

Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity, Senenmut Chapter January 2010 - April 2012Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity is the only national co-ed professional fraternity for architecture and the allied arts. I was responsibile for the creating and maintaining of our chapter’s webpage, and as Publicity Chair, I was responsible for holding and running weekly meetings, creating advertising material, and speaking on behalf of the fraternity in a manner that promotes the chapter’s professionalism.

Skills Software & Crafting Experience Drafting: AutoCad for Windows and Mac, Autodesk Revit, 3D Modeling: Rhino 3D, Sketchup, Autodesk Revit, Rendering: V-Ray for Rhino and Sketchup, 3DS MAX, Parametrics: Grasshoper 3D, Design: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch Book Pro, Analysis: Ecotect, Autodesk Revit, Office: Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Sound: Audacity, Video: Flash, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Website Creation: HTML, Dreamweaver, Rapidweaver, Power Tools, Wood Working tools, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing, & CNC Routing.

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