Architecture

1990

Interim dean, School of Building Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia; architecture department chair, Savannah College of Art and Design; teaching/research assistant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; internship practice, Integrated Building Design, Cairo, Egypt; practical training in architecture, DAAD, Landbauamt, Munich, Germany

Building Systems Integration and Performance (BSI+P) Studio, a nationally recognized NCARB Prize-winning studio; achieved two full-term NAAB accreditation reviews of the B.Arch. professional program and an additional successful review of the M.Arch. program in collaboration with other academic units at SCAD; Pei-Ling Chan Garden for the Arts, a collaborative, innovative design/build project; doctoral dissertation: "Hybrid Environmental Control Systems: Thermal Performance of an Integrated Double-Envelope Building Model"

ASHRAE Student Branch Faculty Advisor of the Year Award; NCARB Prize for Creative Integration of Education and Practice in the Academy, awarded by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards; numerous regional and national awards for ASHRAE student project competitions, including one first place and one second-place winner at the international level; AIAS Awards for student project competitions; Visiting Scholarship, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

Society of Building Science Educators, American Solar Energy Society, American Institute of Architects, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers, United States Green Building Council

"University teaching is the art and science of shaping the future of the profession. It is the foundation of a strong, sustainable society and an investment in the future human wealth of a nation. It is from this perspective that I approach teaching architecture to the future designers and builders of the world. Science and technology have advanced exponentially with computer and information technology opening new ways of advancing human achievements. Yet design is one of the core human endeavors that will continue to be in need of innovative development and refinement through education."

• ARCH 361 Environmental Control I
• ARCH 404 Architectural Design Studio IV
• ARCH 405 Architectural Design Studio V
• ARCH 406 Architectural Design Studio VI
• ARCH 461 Environmental Control II
• ARCH 495 Special Topics in Architecture
• ARCH 779 Graduate Teaching Internship
• DRAW 115 Graphics for the Building Arts

"I have applied my teaching philosophy over a good part of my more than 20-year career as an educator, creating the Building Systems Integration and Performance Studio at SCAD. The BSI+P studio is set up to bridge the professions of architecture and engineering and to create and test innovative and unprecedented design ideas. The studio includes solutions that implement promising renewable energy technologies such as PV-solar, wind, hydropower and geothermal. Pushing the envelope of conventional wisdom, studio projects further explore the expressive architectural potential for such technologies in building and site design with focus on building performance. The BSI+P Studio was recognized in 2008 by the NCARB-Prize for Creative Integration of Teaching and Practice in the Academy, awarded by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards in the United States."

2003

Owner, BKDW LLC., Savannah, Georgia; associate, Dunay & Associates, Blacksburg, Virginia; assistant professor, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, West Virginia; associate, Brown Drafting Services, Blacksburg, Virginia; teaching assistantship, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia; associate, WYK & Associates, Clarksburg, West Virginia; job supervisor, Bartlett Building Co., Benwood, West Virginia; apprentice carpenter, Leonard Construction Co., Charlotte, North Carolina

Designed and built an outdoor classroom with SCAD students for Kennedy Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia

Innovation Award, Virginia Tech Solar Decathlon 2003, Washington D.C.; Best in Show Trade Booth, Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity, Southern Home Show, Savannah, Georgia; City of Lynchburg, Virginia, Design Charette Award; Bachelor Award, Fairmont State University; West Virginia AIA Scholarships

U.S. Green Building Council, International Living Building Institute, American Institute of Architects, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Savannah Solar, RhinoFabLab, Education Community, Autodesk

• U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon: Request for proposal to National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado
• Design Methodologies: Teaching Digital Design Fundamentals, ASCAAD 2006, abstract accepted
• Design Methodologies: Teaching Fundamentals of Electronic Design, ACADIA 2005, conference workshop

"My inspiration for teaching stems from the act of making. At an early age I was awed by the power of constructing something with your own hands; inspired by the capabilities of the tools nature has given us. When I was training to be an architect this passion guided my design process and I learned the value of a close connection to the physical world. Architecture has two faces, one is the construing or thinking about the making and the other is the actual making. I believe that connecting the two is a critical act in the teaching of future architects."

• ARCH 241 Construction Technology I
• ARCH 300 Architecture Design Studio I
• ARCH 302 Architecture Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architecture Design Studio III
• ARCH 341 Construction Technology II
• ARCH 404 Architecture Design Studio IV
• ARCH 405 Architecture Design Studio V
• ARCH 406 Architecture Design Studios VI
• ARCH 480 Master Builder
• ELDS 225 Electronic Design I
• ELDS 325 Electronic Design II
• ELDS 330 Visualization in Electronic Design I
• ELDS 445 Digital Prototyping and Fabrication Methods
• ELDS 704 Electronic Design
• ELDS 708 Communication in Electronic Design
• ELDS 745 Digital Prototyping and Fabrication Methods

"Though never free of our impulse to satisfy our needs for beauty and wonder, making architecture requires one to be able to work at the level of pragmatics and problem-solving, taking into account not only the most basic physical needs, but the real economic, environmental and political parameters that influence them.

"Beyond the pragmatic challenges architecture encounters, it must also be considered as an experiment. Can a design process dedicated to essentials still yield architecture? In the end, an architect is evaluated not only on his or her results, but also on how vibrantly they stage the experiment itself. If one were to temporarily suspend a personal aesthetic of style and taste, fashion and excess by focusing efforts instead on the vital matters at hand, it is my certitude that architecture can derive at a more honest conclusion."

2008

Principle, C.E.D. Architects and Interiors, Savannah, Georgia; project manager, Cogdell and Mendrala Architects, Savannah, Georgia; design architect, Fowler Design Associates, Atlanta, Georgia; intern architect, O'Neil Architects, Washington, D.C.

Named to the International Board of Hospital Art

American Institute of Architects, America Institute of Architecture Students faculty advisor, U.S. Green Building Council

"I teach because I care about the future of architecture and the world we live in. The students of today have an enormous responsibility not only to design and build inspiring buildings but also to be great stewards of the environment. The process of teaching is not a linear one, but has taught me, kept me current in the industry and made me a better architect."

• ARCH 241 Construction Technology I
• ARCH 341 Construction Technology II
• ARCH 361 Environmental Control I
• ARCH 404 Architecture Design Studio IV
• ARCH 405 Architecture Design Studio V
• ARCH 406 Architecture Design Studio VI
• DRAW 115 Graphics for the Building Arts
• DSGN 225 Architectural Fundamentals III

"I am passionate about architecture and the built environment in which we live. I want to create, teach and inspire people to be better stewards of the environment through their architecture."

2010

Senior associate, Sottile & Sottile Urban Design, Savannah, Georgia; designer, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Chicago, Illinois; construction testing manager, Applied GeoSciences, Chicago, Illinois

Contributing to the design and development of landmark civic architecture and public spaces throughout Savannah and the United States

AIA National Honor Award for Urban Design, East Riverfront Civic Master Plan, 2010; Congress for the New Urbanism; Charter Award, East Riverfront Civic Master Plan, 2009; Government Finance Officers of the United States, Excellence in Government Finance, 2009; Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Best Design Program in State, 2008; Historic Savannah Foundation, Urban Preservation Award, East Riverfront Civic Master Plan, 2008; Georgia Planning Association, Outstanding Planning Initiatives, 2008; The Creative Coast Alliance, Techfest 2008 competition, first place, 2008; Alpha Rho Chi national professional fraternity for architecture and allied arts, Bronze Medal, 2008; Tau Sigma Delta national honor society, 2006

The Young Architects Forum, Savannah Chapter; American Institute of Architects, Savannah Chapter

"Witnessing the delight and pride on students' faces as they step back from a beautiful drawing and realize that their hand produced that expression of their built world, that with a pencil and a piece of paper they can take part in the eternal conversation that is our built environment, drives me to engage students in the studio and inspires my own questioning of working methods and philosophy in professional practice."

DRAW 115 Graphics for the Building Arts

"Frank Lloyd Wright once described architecture as 'the great art,' the art that all other forms of art flowed from. However, in an era of ever-increasing globalization, technological innovation and digitalization, the role of the artist-architect has become increasingly confined to the digital and the virtual spheres of practice methodology. Inspired by the masters of 'the great art' throughout history, my professional work seeks to establish a balance between the measured use of the wide array of technological tools available to the designer today and the visceral sense of one's own humanity achieved through the craft of traditional working methods, such as hand-drawn graphics and physical modeling. By striking this balance of humane expression and digital efficiency we can open ourselves up to the cultural memory that flows from the intuitive use of the eye and the hand working in concert, transcending the virtual and creating architecture and cities that are keenly linked to their place and culture, but live on past their time with enduring dignity, humanity and delight."

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2010

Senior associate, Sottile & Sottile, urban analysis and design, Savannah, Georgia; design manager, Lominack Kolman Smith Architects, Savannah, Georgia; designer, CMSS Architects, Virginia Beach, Virginia; designer, Architectural Graphics Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia; designer, The Yates Group, Portsmouth, Virginia

Advocating for and implementing sustainable urbanism and developing landmark civic architecture in and from Savannah, Georgia

American Institute of Architects National Honor Award for Urban Design, 2010; Congress for the New Urbanism, Charter Award, 2010; Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Best Design Program in the State, 2008; AIA Georgia, Award for Excellence in Architectural Design, 2005; AIA Savannah, Award for Excellence in Architectural Design, 2004; Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Excellence in Adaptive Rehabilitation, 2004; Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Magnolia Award for Affordable Housing, 2004; Historic Savannah Foundation, Outstanding Achievement in Historic Preservation, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008; Tau Sigma Delta, honor society for architecture and allied arts, Bronze Medal for Design Excellence, 1997; Savannah College of Art and Design, Outstanding Achievement in the Liberal Arts, 1997

American Institute of Architects, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, Savannah Development and Renewal Authority, U.S. Green Building Council, Young Architects Forum

"In a healthy and vibrant academic setting, students and teachers challenge and learn from each other in a symbiotic relationship. Balancing a career in professional practice and teaching at SCAD allows me to share the knowledge and experience gained from continued engagement with the ever-changing design profession while being enriched by the exuberance and creativity of students who are adept at questioning assumptions and challenging conventions. This relationship pushes both student and teacher to continuously view the world with fresh and inquisitive eyes, which is fundamental to fostering innovation and reform within the built environment."

• ARCH 302 Architecture Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architecture Design Studio III
• ARCH 707 Architecture Design Studio VII
• URBA 709 Urban Design Studio I

"Buildings and cities are a reflection of culture and place. In a culture of mass media, hyper-consumerism and placeless corporatism, is there an expression of architecture and urbanism that responds to the urgent need for responsible human settlement patterns while embracing the humanity of craft and the meaning of context, place and culture? These are the fundamental design challenges of the 21st century. Through my work as an architect and urban designer, I seek to participate in this ongoing dialog by creating urban development strategies and built work that endeavor to be at once of their time and timeless. Of their time in that they reflect the materiality, technology and formal expression of their period, place and context; timeless in that they leave behind a durable, adaptable platform that can be valued and reinterpreted by successive generations. We are the inheritors of such a platform in the plan of Savannah, which has endured nearly 300 years and remains a compact, efficient and humane urban growth module that supports architecture from all eras and of all styles and scales. This is the essence of true sustainability."

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2011

Assistant/chief executive officer for local government(s) in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina; city manager for the city of Beaufort, South Carolina

Congress of the New Urbanism, International City County Management Association

"A desire to help to shape tomorrow's urban designers with the tools necessary to understand the public good, the financial implications of design and the behavior of households and firms in urban, rural and regional economies."

2003

Graduate coordinator, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia; principal, Dietz Consultant Group Inc., Gainesville, Florida; designer/project manager, facilities planning and construction, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; intern architect, Karl Thorne Associates Inc., Gainesville, Florida

AIA Award of Excellence, Savannah, Georgia Chapter; Julia and Malcolm Butler residence addition and renovation in association with Dawson Wissmach Architects Inc.

Preservation Award, Historic Savannah Foundation, Roy and Deborah Williams residence addition and restoration; Traveling Fellowship, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Foundation

National Council of Architecture Registration Boards

Articles

• "Levels of Territory: Defined and Defended," ACSA Regional Conference on Territorial Practices
• "Plastic Dialects," Architrave Magazine, University of Florida, Fall 2003
• "Swipe Space," Architrave Magazine, University of Florida, Fall 2003
• "Occupation and Observation," Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Traveling Fellowship Archive

Presentations

• Parametrics: The Bottom Up, NOMAS Presentation, 2011
• Panelist, Integrating BIM into the Architectural Curriculum Today, ACSA Administrators Conference, 2008
• BIM & Sustainability, Georgia Association of Educators Conference, 2007
• Exquisite Corpse, Smart Architecture Conference, ACADIA, 2005

"To provide students with the knowledge and insight to become innovative professionals."

• ARCH 404 Architecture Design Studio IV
• ARCH 708 Architecture Design Studio VIII: Thesis I
• ARCH 709 Architecture Design Studio IX: Thesis II
• ARCH 714 Advanced Parametric Design and Generative Modeling Strategies for Building Arts
• ARCH 791 Postprofessional Architecture Design Studio: Thesis I
• ARCH 792 Postprofessional Architecture Design Studio: Thesis II
• ELDS 727 Electronic Design Practice and Project Management
• ELDS 740 Digital Applications for Building Performance
• ELDS 745 Digital Prototyping and Fabrication Methods

2007

Board member, The Global Studio Project, 2010-present; Danforth Scholar, Washington University, 2005-07

Board member, The Global Studio Project, 2010-present; Danforth Scholar, Washington University, 2005-07

Paper presenter, International Conference on the Arts in Society, Sydney Australia, August 2010; paper presenter, IDEA Symposium, Brisbane Australia, February 2010; co-chair, ACSA Southeast Conference: "ARCHITECTURE is a thing of Art", October 2009; paper presenter, Art & Design for Social Justice Symposium, January 2009

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

• "Fortification and the Increasing Interior Realm," IDEA Journal, Winter 2010
• "ARCHITECTURE is a Thing of Art" Fall 2009. Edited book in collaboration with Alexis Gregory
• "Revista Pós" número 20, December 2006
• "Best of College Photography," Photographers' Forum. Summer 2005

• ARCH 300 Architecture Design Studio I
• ARCH 302 Architecture Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architecture Design Studio III
• ARCH 490 Portfolio Preparation and Presentation
• DRAW 115 Graphics for the Building Arts
• DSGN 223 Architectural Fundamentals I
• DSGN 224 Architectural Fundamentals II

2008

Assistant professor, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota; lecturer, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; freelance registered architect, Egypt

"For more than 20 years I have been teaching and practicing architecture with persistence on excellence in teaching and commitment to research and scholarship. It is in response to such challenges that I have excelled during my career."

Academic in 70th percentile, Rating the Architecture Professors in Research; EPA Environmental Education Grant, U.S. Energy Protection Agency; Honorable Mention, Interfaith Sacred Space, International Design Competition; Faculty Development Grant, Bush Foundation, North Dakota State University; Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarship, The University of Adelaide; Special Training Scholarship Award, Darmstadt University of Technology

ACSA representative on NAAB visiting teams, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, American Institute of Steel Construction, American Institute of Architects, Society of Building Science Educators, The Masonry Society, Society of Egyptian Architects (UIA Egyptian National Section), Syndicate of Engineers - Egypt

• "Urbanization Effects on Building Energy Simulations," Proceedings of BESS, 2011
• Integrating Design & Building Practices, Kellogg West Conference center, Pomona, California, April 29-30, 2011
• "Interdisciplinarity for Innovation: A Case Study in Architecture," presented at Curiouser: The Joint Meeting of SECAC and MACAA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, Oct. 20-23, 2010.
• "Campus Sustainability Programs; A Case Study of Historical Fragmented Campus," abstract accepted for presentation at AASHE 2010 Conference, Colorado Convention center - Denver, Colorado, Oct. 10-12, 2010
• "Reconfiguring Traditional Studio: Responses to Concerns expressed in Traditional Design Studios," Ain Shams Univ., Faculty of Engineering Scientific Bulletin, Vol. 43, No. 3, 2008
• "Problem-Based Learning (PBL) as a Teaching Approach at Design Studio," Ain Shams University, Faculty of Engineering Scientific Bulletin, Vol. 43, No. 3, 2008
• with K. Nassar, "Occupant Dynamics: Towards a New Design Performance Measure," Architectural Science Review, Vol. 50, pp. 100-5, 2007
• with K. Nassar, "Digital Form-Finding: A Case Study in Complex Geometry," Proceedings of 2006 Architectural Engineering Conference: Building Integration Solutions, Omaha, Nebraska, March 29-April 1, 2006
• with K. Nassar, "Means of Egress Building Code Compliance Diagrams," Proceedings of 2006 Architectural Engineering Conference: Building Integration Solution, Omaha, Nebraska, March 29-April 1, 2006
• with K. Nassar and B. Morad, "Space Design & the Lessons of Experimental Architecture," Proceedings of 2006 Earth & Space: 10th ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference, Houston, Texas, March 5-8, 2006
• "The Potential of Photovoltiac Roofs in Northern Climates," presented at Eco Wave 2006: A Global Interdisciplinary Conference on the New Generation of Green Architecture, San Francisco, California, Jan. 13-15, 2006

"I see teaching not as telling students what they need to know, but as doing something that will inspire them to become motivated and actually learn. My main goals of teaching are to inspire students to learn and exposition of content.

"Teaching design studios is oriented toward bridging the gap between technical courses and design studio by integrating other classes in studio projects. The idea is to balance creativity and technical aspects of design (e.g., structures, environmental controls and construction technology). Teaching lecture courses is problem-based, which is emphasizing concepts that can be used in design decisions, as one can show implications on building form or fabric."

• ARCH 300 Architecture Design Studio I
• ARCH 302 Architecture Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architecture Design Studio III
• ARCH 361 Environmental Control I
• ARCH 760 Sustainable Design

1999

Architect, Lott + Barber, Savannah, Georgia; project manager, Dawson + Wissmach Architects, Savannah, Georgia; department manager, Fred Williams Homebuilder, Savannah, Georgia

Registered Architect, Georgia State Board of Architects, 2009

2002-05, Historic Presentation Awards, Historic Savannah Foundation

American Institute of Architects, Baldwin Park Neighborhood Association

"Timeless Savannah: A Southern City Believes in Maintaining its Historic Reputation," Eco-structure (July/August 2004): 14-17

"I find it rewarding to forward information and insight that benefit others, and I enjoy assisting in helping reach to a solution."

• ELDS 425 Electronic Design Practice and Project Management
• ELDS 727 Electronic Design Practice and Project Management

"I have been involved in various types of projects, including production and high-end residential and development planning, historic commercial and residential renovation, higher education, government and commercial work. I recognize the advantages of building information modeling and implement this technology as standard practice for better building performance analysis and simulation, clearer communication with clients, consultants and (pre)construction teams, and the advantage of shifting resources from documentation to design and visualization. I am currently managing projects using the integrated project delivery method, and find that the early contribution of knowledge from all team members, a consistent collaborative approach, and the use of building information modeling and other new technology provide better workflow and value throughout the life cycle of a project."

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2006

President, Hoffman Engineering Group Inc., Savannah, Georgia; senior construction manager, Hill International Inc., Willingboro, New Jersey; project engineer, Northeast Utilities Service Co., Hartford, Connecticut

Starting and growing an engineering firm that currently has offices in Georgia and Texas; starting a new orchestra in Savannah after the previous orchestra went bankrupt-the orchestra is now into its fifth season and thriving

Registered Professional Engineer in Delaware, Georgia and Pennsylvania; member, American Society of Civil Engineers

• PHYS 201 Applied Physics
• ARCH 252 Structures I
• ARCH 352 Structures II
• ARCH 735 Site Plan Design and Development
• ARCH 753 Structures III

"The ability to see beneath the skin of a structure and figure out how to make it work."

1998

Electronic design consultant, G. Hall Architect PC, Cashiers, North Carolina; design visualization consultant, Mo-Ko-Po-Ro Design, Taiwan; project manager, Ou & Architects Planners & Engineers, Taiwan; Kaichuan Engineering Consultant Co. Ltd., Taiwan

Visiting team/chair - National Architecture Accrediting Board visiting team

Service to the Profession Award, American Institute of Architects; Who's Who Among America's Teachers; Lexington Who's Who Business Leaders and Professionals

U.S. Green Building Council, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, American Institute of Architects, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, Chinese-American Academic and Professional Association in Southeastern United States

• "The Garden City Principles and Public Housing Development in Savannah's Victorian District," Making Cities Livable Conference 2001, Savannah, Georgia
• "Online distance learning in 3D modeling, interactive vs. non interactive instruction," InterSymp2000 Conference, Baden-Baden, Germany
• "Computer daylight simulation systems: An experimental evaluation," SIGRADI 1999 Conference, Montevideo, Uruguay
• "Acoustic representation, Computer visualisation for architectural design and presentation," InterSymp97 Conference, Baden-Baden, Germany

• ARCH 490 Portfolio Preparation and Presentation
• ARCH 707 Architecture Design Studio VII
• ARCH 708 Architecture Design Studio VIII: Thesis I
• ARCH 709 Architecture Design Studio IX: Thesis II
• ARCH 712 Graduate Seminar in Architecture
• ARCH 770 Graduate Architecture Portfolio
• ARCH 771 Architectural Practices
• ARCH 791 Postprofessional Architecture Design Studio: Thesis I

2002

Associate professor of engineering, physics and technology, Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York; associate professor of environmental and resource engineering, State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

National director, American Institute of Constructors, New York State chapter founding member President, member, New York State Engineering Technology Association Founding member and member, Council of Engineering Technology in New York State Northeast Regional Director and member, Associated Schools of Construction

Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society; Sigma Lambda Chi National Construction Honor Society; "Pioneer in Engineering Technology Education in New York State," recognition of Founding Members by the Council of Engineering Technology in New York State at 25th Anniversary Dinner; "Outstanding Educator Award," recognition by the Central New York American Institute of Constructors for teaching; "American Institute of Constructor's Award," recognition by the Central New York American Institute of Constructors for professional practice

American Society of Civil Engineers

"The professions within architecture, engineering and the building arts engage in both creative arts and mechanical sciences to design, construct and maintain the built environment in which we live. I have been fortunate to study and later work as an engineer and builder in the New York City metropolitan area. I have had the opportunity to witness great building design and follow the latest construction techniques. As a professor of architecture and engineering, I am pleased to share my field experiences with my students and hopefully inspire them to be creative and improve building materials and methods. My inspiration for teaching comes from the many successes my former students have shared with me about their lives and their careers in architecture and engineering."

• ARCH 241Construction Technology I
• ARCH 252 Structures I
• ARCH 341Construction Technology II
• ARCH 352 Structures II
• ARCH 452 Structures III
• ARCH 715 Construction Management
• ARCH 753 Structures III
• ELDS 225 Electronic Design I

1995

Photography instructor, Cape Fear Technical College, Wilmington, North Carolina; editor/manager of communications for international architectural associations, Berne, Switzerland; planner/architect, Suter + Suter International Consultant Corporation, Basel, Zurich, and Berne, Switzerland; architectural intern, F. Carter Williams Architects, P.A., Raleigh, North Carolina; architectural intern, National Park Service Internship Program, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; architectural intern and project renderer, Suter + Suter International Consultant Corporation, Basel, Switzerland; photographer/owner of photography studio, Wilmington, North Carolina

"The relationships that have grown out of the work done in the Gulf Coast communities since 2005 - when Hurricane Katrina destroyed buildings, neighborhoods and whole towns - have contributed meaning and life-long value to the architecture, interior design, historic preservation and industrial design students who have accompanied me on annual visits to the region affected. Students have played significant roles in the recovery and rebuilding processes, working very closely with various neighborhood associations and community leaders, as well as individuals who were in urgent need of design services such as housing, community centers, schools, fellowship church halls and more. The integration of SCAD design students into the vast network of organizations who are engaged in the rebuilding of these communities has been especially rewarding and has led to a number of employment opportunities for graduates."

Vulcan Excellence in Teaching award; nominated for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement and Support of Education "U.S. Professor of the Year" Award; AIAS "Most Valuable Foundations Teacher" Award; AIAS "Most Valuable Teacher" Award; AIAS national award for community service project "ArchiPetTure"; Who's Who Among America's Teachers

U.S. Green Building Council - Savannah Chapter, American Institute of Architects, Georgia Historical Society, Christ Church-Savannah Building Committee

• Hurricane Katrina Relief Design Studios, exhibited New Orleans, Louisiana
• Eight student works published in "Architectural Drawing: a Visual Compendium of Types and Methods," Rendow Yow, 2007

"For teaching, I am inspired by every great teacher I have had in my past.
"For art, by every artist, known and unknown, whose work I have seen, touched, tasted, felt and experienced.
"For design, by nature."

• ARCH 300 Architecture Design Studio I
• ARCH 302 Architecture Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architecture Design Studio III
• ARCH 404: Architecture Design Studio IV
• ARCH 707 Architecture Design Studio VII
• ARCH 708 Architecture Design Studio VIII: Thesis I
• ARCH 709 Architecture Design Studio IX: Thesis II
• DRAW 115: Graphics for the Building Arts

"A natural critical learning environment is essential in the educational process of an architect. When students can engage with the design problem on a level that is personal, they begin to learn to think critically: make decisions, defend those decisions, receive feedback, rethink their decisions, in a repetitive looping cycle. They learn to reason using evidence, to critically examine the quality of their reasoning, to ask the questions that matter, and to make improvements all along the way. In developing an interesting problem, I take into account that the design question is the essential first step. It becomes part of my job to help the student put that question into a larger, broader context, how it relates to some issue that already interests you. The engagement of the student in some higher-order intellectual process comes in the form analyzing, comparing, assessing, and synthesizing: questioning always. Through this process, the student is empowered to answer the question. And when that particular design question is answered, it should leave the student already asking the next one."

1988

Graduate assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, College of Architecture, Blacksburg, Virginia; designer/draftsman, Fred H. Curlin and Associates, Statesboro, Georgia; Buckley & Associates, staff architect/office manager, Edwin P. Akins, Architect and Associates, Inc., Statesboro, Georgia; principal/owner, Fernando A. Munilla, AIA Architect, LEED AP, Statesboro, Georgia

President, South Georgia Chapter, American Institute of Architects, 1994

American Institute of Architects

"I am inspired by the challenge of giving students a complete understanding of every aspect of architecture-its history, its design, its making and its way of communicating with the world."

• ARCH 241 Construction Technology I
• ARCH 341 Construction Technology II
• ARCH 707 Design Studio VII
• ARCH 708 Design Studio VIII: Thesis I
• ARCH 709 Design Studio IX: Thesis II
• ARCH 771 Architectural Practices
• DSGN 223 Architectural Fundamentals I
• URBA 729 Urban Design Studio II

2003

Visiting assistant professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; freelance architect intern, BJAC, PA, Raleigh, North Carolina; Olin Residential Design, Raleigh, North Carolina; architect intern, Innovative Design Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina; architect intern, Cherry Huffman Architects, Raleigh, North Carolina

Professional licensure as a Registered Architect

North Carolina American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award

LEED Accredited Professional; Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture; U.S. Green Building Council, Savannah Branch Leadership Group

Articles

• "Texas Sustainable School Design Guidelines," 1999 - co-author
• "Guidelines for Energy-Efficient Sustainable Schools, Clark Co. Nevada," 2000 - co-author

Presentations

• ACSA SE Regional Conference, Savannah, Georgia, Fall 2009: Topic Chair and author: "Landscape as Canvas"
• ACSA NE Regional Conference, Hartford, Connecticut, Fall 2010; Seventh Savannah Symposium, The Spirituality of Place, Winter 2011: Paper presentation and author: "The Suburban Land(scape) Accordance"

"Both the profession and academia of architecture demand the highest of standards - it would be a disservice to the students not to require only the best of their effort and assist them to reach these high standards. Students are encouraged to go further with their work through suggested readings and input from all professors and peers. The professor should inspire and lead the student into taking on their own responsibility to critically learn, have ownership of their projects and challenge themselves."

• ARCH 101 Introduction to Architecture
• ARCH 300 Architecture Design Studio I
• ARCH 302 Architecture Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architecture Design Studio III
• ARCH 404 Architecture Design Studio IV
• ARCH 405 Architecture Design Studio V
• ARCH 406 Architecture Design Studio VI
• ARCH 465 Sustainable Design
• CULT 160 Fundamentals of Cultural Landscape
• CULT 210 Historic Landscape Design
• CULT 305 Culture of the Landscape
• CULT 320 Cultural Landscape Seminar
• DRAW 115 Graphics for the Building Arts
• DSGN 223 Architectural Fundamentals I
• HIPR 717 Preservation of the Cultural Landscape
• HIPR 732 The Cultural Landscape of Petroleum
• HIPR 780 Special Topics in Historic Preservation
• URBA 705 Political Economy of Urbanization

"Architecture has the ability to connect people to their environment, ecosystem, place and each other in meaningful and healthy ways. Cultural landscape provides a greater opportunity to understand these complex relationships and inform the architecture."

2006

Structural engineer II, Hargrove Engineers + Constructors, Savannah, Georgia; structural engineer, Hussey, Gay, Bell, & Deyoung, Inc., Savannah, Georgia

Becoming a professor at an internationally recognized university and having the opportunity to teach architecture students about structural concepts while maintaining a professional career on a part-time basis

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Steel Construction

"Flexural Response of Masonry Elements Strengthened with Epoxy-Bonded Elastomeric Fiber Reinforced Films," Georgia Institute of Technology, Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection

Invited speaker, National Engineers Week Technical Training Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers, Savannah, Georgia - "The Use of Elastomeric Films to Strengthen Unreinforced Masonry against Blast Loads"

"While in graduate school, I had the opportunity to teach several laboratories and really enjoyed the experience. I developed a great passion for teaching and hoped to find a place to teach structural concepts where the focus would be on the students and not on the professors' research. I had several experiences with professors in school that were clearly more interested in their work outside of the classroom than in making sure the students really understood what they were teaching. This drove me to become a professor, and particularly one who taught for the joy of breaking concepts down and helping students learn. Because of this, the focus on teaching at SCAD makes it the perfect place for me."

• ARCH 252 Structures I
• ARCH 352 Structures II
• ARCH 436 Applied Structures
• ARCH 736 Applied Structures
• ARCH 753 Structures III

2008

Principal and designer, StudioGAP (design consulting services), Savannah, Georgia and Raleigh, North Carolina; project manager/architect intern, Ron Cox Architecture RA, Raleigh, North Carolina; design consultant, O'Brien/Atkins Associates, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; architect intern, Bobbitt & Associates Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina; project manager, Designed to Build, Fayetteville, North Carolina; design intern, Goetz-Privette Architects PA, Fayetteville, North Carolina

2010 National Educator of the Year, American Institute of Architecture Students; 2010 Committee chair - AIA Savannah Thesis Award: Taylor R. Sill; 2010 Committee chair - Outstanding Thesis Certificate: George Donkor Jr.; 2009 Committee chair - USGBC Savannah Thesis Award: Kirk Hamilton; 2009 ACSA/AIAS New Faculty Teaching Award - nominee; 2008 Committee Chair - Outstanding Thesis Award: Jim Bischoff; 2007 OPENSpace People Space Conference - doctoral travel scholarship; 2007 doctoral candidate - research stipend, College of Design, North Carolina State University; 2002 NCARB Award team member; 2002 Jenkins Peer Architectural Fellowship

American Institute of Architects, American Society of Landscape, Savannah Young Architects Forum, Society of College and University Planners, U.S. Green Building Council, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

• Fourth World Conference on Design Research, International Association of Societies of Design Research. Delft, Netherlands
• OPENSpace: People Space, Conference on Universal Design, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Presenter, INCLUDE 2011 Conference on Inclusive Design. "Simulations: Hands-on Education As A Spatial Learning Tool," London, England
• Presenter, Third International Conference on Universal Design - "Simulations: Hands-on Education As A Spatial Learning Tool," Hamamatsu, Japan
• Fifth Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology - short paper accepted, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Presenter, INCLUDE 2009 Conference on Inclusive Design, "Way-finding cues acquired by visually impaired users through the change in footpath materials," London, England

"Interest and focus on the process itself is a strategy employed to allow for exploration by the students as a means for self-discovery since design is an involved process that cycles around the users. Designing by trial and error can be a successful process when supported by in-depth investigations into users, use and context."

• ARCH 241 Construction Technology I
• ARCH 428 Craft and Tectonics
• ARCH 707 Architecture Design Studio VII
• ARCH 708 Architecture Design VIII: Thesis I
• ARCH 709 Architecture Design IX: Thesis II
• ARCH 712 Graduate Seminar in Architecture
• ARCH 728 Craft and Tectonics
• ARCH 771 Architectural Practices
• ARCH 791 Postprofessional Architecture Design Studio: Thesis I
• ARCH 792 Postprofessional Architecture Design Studio: Thesis II

1991

Assistant professor of architecture, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee; assistant professor of architecture, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama; lecturer in architecture, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California; architecture designer, Dan Dworsky Associates, Los Angeles, California; job captain, Gelman and Greenberg Architects, Venice Beach, California; designer and draftsman, Charles Kober Associates, Los Angeles, California; design draftsman, Urban Innovations Group & Charles Moore, Los Angeles, California; architecture designer, Lange Architecture Designs, Los Angeles, California

Curriculum revision of two year Masters of Architecture program and Architecture Fundamentals Design at Savannah College of Art and Design, in compliance with 2015 NAAB requirements, goals and outcomes; director of Master of Urban Design including authorship of curriculum for Master of Urban Design, Post-professional Masters of Architecture in Urban Design, and undergraduate minor in urban design, Savannah College of Art and Design; coordination of Fifth Year Architecture (10 years) including authorship of Architecture Thesis Guidelines, Savannah College of Art and Design

Selected participant in Executive Seminar at Harvard University Graduate School of Design; "AIA National Urban Design Honors" for Savannah College of Art and Design excellence in urban design, with Christian Sottile, Manfred Thoms and Lee Meyers, AIA; ACSA South East Special Projects Fund: "Sustainable Infrastructure For Southern Cities," with Dr. Joseph Burton, Clemson University; Who's Who Among American Educators: 2003, 1998, 1996; School of Architecture Nominee for University of Tennessee Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award; University of Tennessee Faculty Development Grant: 20th Century Metamorphosis of Los Angeles Architecture; University of California at Los Angeles Regents Travel Grant: North American Indian Dwellings

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Savannah Development and Renewal Authority, Montana State University Promotion and Tenure Committee Member, John Wiley and Sons Publishers, City of Santa Monica, California Citizens Committee for Revitalization of Third Street Mall

• "Constructing Beginnings, A Role for Technology in Architectural Education," Journal of Architectural Education, Volume 45; National ACSA Technology Conference, San Francisco, CA; 8th National Conference on the Beginning Student, Arizona State U., Tempe, Arizona.
• "The Otherside of Seaside," Foundations in Architecture: An Annotated Anthology of Beginning Design Projects, with Michael Kaplan, editors: O. Cappleman and M. Jordan, Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers; 5th National Conference on the Beginning Student, U. of New Mexico.
• "Metamorphosis of Cultural Dreams in the Los Angeles Avant-Garde House: Innovation and Consumption in a Capitalistic Economy," The Harvard Architecture Review, Issue 11; IAPS 12 Conference Proceedings, Thessalonica, Greece; National ACSA Technology Conference, U. Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
• "Reclamation: Designing Pedagogy Stimulating the Recycling Bi-products of Mass Consumption," Making Environments: Technology and Design10th Annual ACSA Technology Conference Proceedings.
• Beaufort Government Center: presentation at USC Beaufort Gallery; exhibit; facilitation of three workshops for New Government Center Master Plan at Beaufort, South Carolina City Hall
• "Shifting the Paradigm: Rethinking Urban Planning and Policy in Mega City Settlements" with Drura Parrish, International ACSA Conference, Havana, Cuba.
• City As Farm House/Villa/Plantation, with Dr. Joseph Burton, International Making Cities Livable Conference, Savannah, Georgia; ACSA SE Regional Conference, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina.
• Continuity of Community Through Metamorphosis of Use, 1998 International Making Cities Livable Conference, Carmel, California.
• The Phenomena of Science and Art: Interactive Metaphor as Technology, National ACSA Technology Conference, Washington, D.C; University of Tennessee Journal of Architecture 11.

Academic mentors included two Pritzker Award recipients, Thom Mayne of Morphosis and Rem Koolhaus of OMA and AIA Gold Medallion recipient, Dr. Charles Moore, FAIA

• ARCH 404 Architecture Design Studios IV
• ARCH 707 Architecture Design Studio VII
• ARCH 708 Architecture Design Studio VIII: Thesis I
• ARCH 709 Architecture Design Studio IX: Thesis II
• ARCH 712 Graduate Seminar in Architecture
• ARCH 765 Emerging Urban Issues
• DSGN 223 Architectural Fundamentals I
• DSGN 224 Architectural Fundamentals II
• DSGN 225 Architectural Fundamentals III
• URBA 759 Urban Design Studio III
• URBA 791 Urban Design Studio IV: Thesis I
• URBA 792 Urban Design Studio V: Thesis II
• URBA 769 Urban Design Research Seminar

"Landscape, city, and building are inter-connective components of sustainable cultures. Creativity is a product of risk taking within a supportive environment."

2003

Private practice in architecture, graphic design and photography; associate professor of architecture, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan; director, European Programs Abroad, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan; project architect and consultant, Allegretti Architects, St. Joseph, Michigan; draftsman/designer, structural department, Middough Associates, Cleveland, Ohio

Developing European program abroad

Registered architect, State of Michigan; Registered architect, State of Wisconsin; nationally certified by NCARB

Savannah Chapter, U.S Green Building Council; American Institute of Architects; European Association for Architectural Educators; Phi Theta Kappa architectural honor society

• Kalamazoo Institute of Arts solo exhibition of architectural paintings, graphic works and furniture design, Kalamazoo Michigan
• Krasl Art Gallery solo exhibition of architectural paintings, graphic works and furniture, 1998
• Three Point Perspective Construction Method, student graphics studio work, drawing and text published by Wiley and Sons Inc. publishers, in book by Rendow Yee: A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods, 1997 and 2002 editions

Presentations
Thinking and Making, lecture at Norwich University Department of Architecture, 2004

• ARCH 241 Construction Technology I
• ARCH 252 Structures I
• ARCH 707 Architecture Design Studio VII
• ARCH 708 Architecture Design Studio VIII: Thesis I
• ARCH 709 Architecture Design Studio IX: Thesis II
• ARCH 490 Portfolio Preparation and Presentation
• ARCH 771 Architectural Practices
• DSGN 223 Architecture Fundamentals I
• DSGN 224 Architecture Fundamentals II
• DSGN 225 Architecture Fundamentals III

"As the body, mind and soul of a human person and society are interconnected in an inseparable and intimate way, so I see architecture and its parts: though distinctly recognizable, they form a whole in which each part depends and affects the other and the whole. While the designer may directly only contribute to some aspects of the building art, an understanding and appreciation of the other parts will be necessary to participate in the creative process in a wholesome way."

• blog.scad.edu/aronasze
• ronaszegi.com

2004

Visiting professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; associate and project manager/designer, Burke Hogue Mills Inc., Lake Mary, Florida; project manager/designer, Nudell Architects, Detroit, Michigan; intern architect, Stevenson Architects Inc., Sarasota, Florida

Florida Trust Historic Preservation Award: Daytona Beach Bandshell

Assessment grant: Developing A Collective Theory of Architectural Education; Florida Trust Historic Preservation Award: Tarragona Arch

American Institute of Architects; DOCOMOMO Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites, and Neighborhoods of the Modern Movement

Articles

• "Collaboratively Crafting a Unique Architecture Education through MODEL Assessment," ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2009
• "Designing Stewards: A collaboration based outreach course offering," ACSA Southeast Fall Conference Proceedings, 2007
• "Designing Cities: Designing Students," ACSA Central Fall Conference Proceedings, 2007

Presentations

• Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Conference. Portland, Oregon, Paper: "Collaboratively Crafting a Unique Architecture Education through MODEL Assessment," 2009
• Measuring Unique Studies Effectively (MUSE) Conference. Savannah, Georgia, Paper: "Collaboratively Crafting a Unique Architecture Education through MODEL Assessment," 2009
• 7th International Workshop on Social Intelligence Design. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Paper: "Collaboratively Crafting a Unique Architecture Education through MODEL Assessment," 2008
• Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Southeast Fall Conference. Washington, D.C., Paper: "Designing Stewards: A collaboration based outreach course offering," 2007
• Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Central Fall Conference. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Paper: "Designing Cities: Designing Students," 2007

"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle." - Ernest Hemingway

• ARCH 101 Introduction to Architecture
• ARCH 341 Construction Technology II
• ARCH 404 Architecture Design Studio IV
• ARCH 405 Architecture Design Studio V
• ARCH 406 Architecture Design Studio VI
• ARCH 495 Special Topics in Architecture
• ARCH 707 Architecture Design Studio VII
• DRAW 115 Graphics for the Building Arts
• DSGN 223 Architectural Fundamentals I
• DSGN 224 Architectural Fundamentals II
• DSGN 225 Architectural Fundamentals III

1999

Design principal, Sottile & Sottile, Urban Design and Civic Architecture, Savannah, Georgia; urban research fellow, Florence, Italy; city architect, City of Beaufort, South Carolina; professor of architecture, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia; apprentice, John C. LeBey, FAIA, Architect, Savannah, Georgia

Establishing Sottile & Sottile as an international, award-winning urban design and civic architecture practice with its primary focus on civic design and master planning, emphasizing historic research, urban analysis and community-wide engagement. Most recently, Sottile led the design of the new SCAD Museum of Art, a historic preservation project that revived the freight sheds of the Central of Georgia Railroad complex, a National Historic Landmark and the only extant antebellum railroad complex in the United States.

• National Council of Arts Administrators, Art Leadership Award, 2011
• AIA National Honor Award for Urban Design, 2010, 1998
• Congress for the New Urbanism, Charter Award, 2009
• Government Finance Officers of the United States, 2009
• AIA Georgia Honor Award, 2008, 2005, 1996
• Georgia Department of Community Affairs, 2008, 2005
• Historic Savannah Foundation, Preservation Award, 2008, 2004, 2002, 2001, 2000
• American Planning Association, 2008, 2005, 2004
• Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, 2003
• USA Today, Top 100 Academics in the Nation, 1998

Preservation magazine: "New Life for an Old Depot: Remnants of an 1853 railroad depot contribute to a major expansion of a Savannah Museum"

SCAD press release:

• SCAD names Christian Sottile as dean, School of Building Arts

American Institute of Architects; National Council of Architectural Registration Boards; National Council of Arts Administrators; National Charrette Institute; Veritas Academy Rhetoric School; Savannah Development and Renewal Authority; Creative Coast Alliance; Congress for the New Urbanism; American Planning Association

• TEDx Conference, Recovering Humanity in the Built Environment
• China, Jiujiang City, US Planning and Historic Preservation
• Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, The New City
• Georgia Conservancy, Blueprints for Successful Communities
• New York Project for Public Spaces, Livability Forum
• Urban Land Institute, The Next Big Ideas
• United States Urban Forestry Program, Savannah's East River
• American Planning Association, National Conference, Human Design Principles
• International Making Cities Livable Conference, Design Districts
• National Public Radio, History of Ellis Square
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Sustainable Urbanism

"To engage in discourse about our collective future, to dissolve perceived boundaries between design disciplines and to re-establish art as the shared language of the built environment. The future is the city. It is the place where all design disciplines come together and where all design disciplines are needed at the same time. At SCAD, we are doing nothing less than preparing students in the School of Building Arts to be the designers of the new city."

• ARLH 306 Reading Urban Form
• ARCH 302 Architecture Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architecture Design Studio III
• ARCH 421 Advanced Architectural Presentation
• ARCH 765 Emerging Urban Issues
• INDS 321 Interior and Exterior Illustration

"Make it so beautiful it breaks their hearts; fills their minds with wonder; and awakens their soul to awe."

2003

Partner, Concentric Design Architects, Bucharest, Romania; designer, Bazemore Mastrianni Wilson Architects, Savannah, Georgia

Accepted to the doctoral program in urbanism, University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu," Bucharest, Romania, 2010

Fulbright Scholar

International American Institute of Architects, International Council on Monuments and Sites, American Planning Association, Romanian Architects' Association

"The Road Along the Bluff," oral history group project, Savannah Historic Foundation, small series publication, Isle of Hope presentation, May 1996

"Embarking with my students on a learning and exploration adventure is my main drive for teaching. I enjoy being a part of an environment where my formal education in architecture-related fields can find direct application in preparing students to be instrumental in preserving and designing the buildings and cities of tomorrow. I believe a solid academic base can only be laid through a continuous, focused exposure to the theory and philosophy of design, expected in high standard academic education. Formal education instills in students the knowledge and confidence to succeed in their future professions."

• ARCH 300 Architecture Design Studio I
• ARCH 302 Architecture Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architecture Design Studio III
• ARCH 404 Architecture Design Studio IV
• ARCH 405 Architecture Design Studio V
• ARCH 406 Architecture Design Studio VI
• ARCH 765 Emerging Urban Issues
• DRAW 115 Graphics for the Building Arts
• HIPR 402 Preservation Planning
• HIPR 425 Downtown Revitalization
• HIPR 501 Communication for the Preservationist
• HIPR 502 The Technology of Historic Buildings
• HIPR 721 Preservation Planning in the Built Environment
• HIPR 726 Revitalizing Downtowns
• HIPR 779T Graduate Teaching Internship

2007

Lecturer, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado; adjunct instructor, Front Range Community College, Westminster, Colorado; contract drafting at Christopher Carvell Architects, DM Design, JW Miller Associates and William Warhola, Colorado

Creating a program for the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where students formally participated in the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site in New York City. The students wrote the first set of comprehensive development guidelines for Ground Zero, and envisioned how those guidelines might be implemented in the development.

Leading Edge Design Competition; Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers; Master of Boulder Lodge #45 A.F. & A.M.; Project Nominated for Log Home of the Year, Log Home Illustrated Magazine; second place, University of Colorado traffic engineering design competition

American Institute of Architects; Boulder Masonic Lodge #45, A.F. & A.M.; Rebuild Downtown, Our Town

"Dreaming of a Flat Earth, The Challenges of Eco-Awareness in a Disconnected Age," presented at "Teach-In on the Environment and Global Warming," Savannah, Georgia

"I teach my classes with a strong intent to help the students understand the interlocking aspects of their education. I help them understand the comprehensive role that architects must play in today's rapidly changing professional environment. This commitment to an integrated and innovative education is a cornerstone of my pedagogic approach."

• ARCH 241 Construction Technology I
• ARCH 341 Construction Technology II
• ARCH 404 Architecture Design Studio IV
• ARCH 405 Architecture Design Studio V
• ARCH 406 Architecture Design Studio VI
• ELDS 225 Electronic Design I
• ELDS 775 Electronic Simulation and Communication

2009

LEED-accredited professional; intern architect, Daniel E. Snyder, Architect P.C., Savannah, Georgia; intern architect, Ogletree Design Inc., Savannah, Georgia; co-principal, designer, Thagne & Bering Design, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Addition and renovation of 4 W. Taylor St., Savannah, Georgia

Juan Bertotto Memorial Scholarship, 2002; the following were awarded to the firm Daniel E. Snyder, Architect, P.C., for projects in which Thagne played a significant role both in the design and in the management through completion of construction: Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Excellence in Rehabilitation Award, Tybee Island Light Station, Second Keeper's Cottage, 2009; Historic Savannah Foundation, Historic Preservation Award, Tybee Island Light Station, Second Keeper's Cottage, 2008; Brick Industry Georgia Competition, President's Award and Scholarship, Harris residence, 2008; AIA, Savannah Chapter, Honor Award, Brooks residence, 2007; Historic Savannah Foundation, Preservation Award, Brower residence, 2007; AIA, South Atlantic Region, Special Commendation Award, Matthews residence, Tybee Island, Georgia, 2006; The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Excellence in Restoration Award, First Assistant Keeper's House, Tybee Island Light Station, 2006; Historic Savannah Foundation, Preservation Award, First Assistant Keeper's House, Tybee Island Light Station, 2005

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited professional, U.S. Green Building Council of Georgia, Chatham Area Rowing Association

Exhibited two original art works in the Creative Force Artist Collective & Friends Small Works Show

"To be engaged in and to provoke engagement with the contemporary discourse on architecture."

• DSGN 224 Architectural Fundamentals II
• DSGN 225 Architectural Fundamentals III
• ARCH 300 Architectural Design Studio I
• ARCH 302 Architectural Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architectural Design Studio III
• ARCH 485 Undergraduate Independent Study
• ARCH 490 Portfolio Preparation and Presentation

 

"My strengths are in understanding architectural concepts and in bringing these to fruition in the concrete as well as a developed understanding of contemporary construction technology and practice.  Having the unique opportunity to practice in the field as well as to teach has allowed me to impart in my students a more thorough understanding of design process and practice both from an academic perspective as well as an empirical one."

snyderarchitect.com

1999

Clinical assistant professor, department of architecture, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; visiting assistant professor, department of architecture, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; architectural design and construction, Savannah, Georgia; architectural design and construction, Buffalo, New York; architectural designer and owner, Datum Design & Construction, Inc., Masssachusetts and New York; design consultant and presentation team member, Hamilton Houston & Lownie; Buffalo, New York; architectural designer, B.O.A., Buffalo, New York; architectural designer, Fahy Engineers and Designers, Rochester, New York; architectural designer, William O'Neal Architect, New York, New York

Receiving an educational grant for studies at Harvard University in liberal arts, architecture and visual arts

• Presidential Fellowship Grant, "Interdisciplinary Research of Japanese Architecture, Materiality, Space and Design: Translations of the Traditional into the Contemporary," Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008.
• Presidential Fellowship Grant, "Choreography of Space," Savannah College of Art and Design, 2003.
• "Homogenization"; installation and performance along with Joel Varland, ARTillery Punch and RenaZance, for the STARland Arts Complex, Savannah, Georgia; Fall 2004.
• "Amphibious" exhibition for Main Street/Art Street (competition winner). Installation in downtown Buffalo, New York, storefront; 1998. Exhibition 1998-2000.
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers. Faculty Award, voted by AIAS - State University of New York at Buffalo, 1994.

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, U.S. Green Building Council, Southeastern College Art Conference, Creative Coast Alliance, Savannah Citizen Advocacy Project, Coastal Heritage Society

Articles

• "the SPACE of Robert Wilson's Theatrical Works," Intersight, Spring 1997
• "The Qualitative and Quantitative World of Robert Wilson's Theater," Conference Proceedings, Bridges 2010, Pecs, Hungary
• "Homogenization", Drain Magazine, Issue 01: Silence, 2004

Presentations

• "Story Savannah: Ethnography + Design," SECAC, Southeastern College Art Conference, Richmond, Virginia, October 21-24, 2010
• "The Qualitative and Quantitative World of Robert Wilson's Theater," Bridges 2010, International Conference, Pecs, Hungary, July 23-28, 2010
• "Engawa and More: Japanese Concepts and Architectural Behaviors of Liminal Spaces," SECAC 2009 Annual Conference, Mobile, Alabama, October 22-24, 2009
• "The Color Room: A Phenomenological Approach to Color," at the Annual College Art Association Conference (CAA), Toronto, Ontario, February 25 - 28, 1998
• "The Electronic Sanctuary," at the Sixth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Built Form & Culture Research, Making Sacred Places, the University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, October 16 - 19, 1997

"Teaching is also learning, and is both a career and practice of curiosity and pursuing the questions of 'why' and 'what if.' Teaching connects one with perpetual hope, quest, and energy from the students. It is a career of promise of what the world can be, rooted in creative evaluation and wisdom of what the world has been.

"Among the benefits of teaching, such as being inspired by the students' perpetual youthful energy and the spirit of hope, it is the added benefit of taking such care with information and discernment of the world around that perhaps is most important because I am a college teacher as well as a designer. I pay attention to things in the world, from its past history, to current events and the present, and think about implications and possibilities for the future in keen ways, because this information is my teaching material. In short, teaching motivates attentiveness to life and all of its facets. I strive to pass on these skills to my students, as individuals, citizens and designers."

• ARCH 300 Architecture Design Studio I
• ARCH 302 Architecture Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architecture Design Studio III
• ARCH 404 Architecture Design Studio IV
• ARCH 405 Architecture Design Studio V
• ARCH 454 Architecture Seminar
• ARCH 703 Advanced Story Savannah: Designing Relationships
• ARCH 707 Architectural Design Studio VII
• ARCH 708 Architectural Design Studio VIII: Thesis I
• ARCH 709 Architectural Design Studio IX: Thesis II
• ARCH 712 Graduate Seminar in Architecture
• DSGN 224 Architectural Fundamentals II
• DSGN 225 Architectural Fundamentals III
• URBA 709 Urban Design Studio I
• URBA 759 Urban Design Studio III

"As an architectural designer, I am keenly interested in the medium within which we dwell: space. Space is delineated and given meaning and characteristics through its symbiotic relationship with material -- its form and its context. Humankind and most species on this planet construct their environs. The ways in which humankind designs its environs and life are complex, contextual, and in direct relationship with decisions made in its architecture. The many disciplines that are relevant to the study and practice of architecture are vast and multi-, even trans-disciplinary. This fascinating array of relationships is never exhausted, and is constantly in a dynamic state of development with new technologies and studies of the human condition. The questions and possibilities associated with architecture are inexhaustible."

2004

Professor, Art Institutes International Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; teacher specialist, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; intern architect, Ellerbe Becket Architects, Minneapolis, Minnesota; architect, ARCHIBAT, Paris, France; teacher assistant and research assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; PhotoShop instructor, Paris Center of Formation, Paris, France; intern architect, DOMOS MASSIV HAUS, Dresden, Germany; intern architect, AirBus, Paris, France

Installation at the event "There is a Field," a collaboratively created journey through the Middle East guided by Sonja Kuftinec, presented in Rarig Center University theater, University of Minnesota; architectural work exhibited at the art gallery of The Art Institutes International Minnesota; screen show at the Weisman Art Museum; presentation of short movie to the public for the Digerati event

International Student Work Opportunity Program Award, International Tuition Assistance Fund, two years full scholarship to Dresden Technische Universität, Best thesis award

U.S. Green Building Council, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, "Order of Architects," Paris, France

Publications

• Art Institutes International Minnesota's Quarterly Newsletter, Vol 4, Issue 1, Feb. 19, 2003
• University of Minnesota's record book of the study Port Cities' abroad program
• Thesis book for M.Arch., architecture library, University of Minnesota

"As a life-long learner, I am fascinated by the excitement and creativity of each individual student. Interacting with creative minds is one way that I find myself learning and sharing my experience and background. My inspiration for teaching comes from the uncovered mystery that exists in every lesson I teach to an individual student. I find it amazing that each time I think I am teaching a student something, I am learning something new, something that is unique to the moment of interaction with the student. For someone who has always been fascinated with the digital world and its contrast with the natural and man-made world, I view my role as of the gap filler because architecture is a lifelong movie, one that unfolds and unveils new truths.

"Year after year, my passion for teaching has grown through my daily interactions with my students; their innovative and pure way of thinking reinforce my dedication to the learning, teaching and study of architecture. I see myself as an eternal student who is constantly learning, re-evaluating and challenging ideas.

"Teaching the elements and principles of architecture alone do not generate excitement; it is rather the innovative mind of the students, their risk-taking attitude and the speculative nature of their interventions that make my job inspiring: an architectural context that is transformed and framed by the human intervention within it."

• ARCH 101 Introduction to Architecture
• ARCH 300 Architectural Design Studio I
• ARCH 302 Architectural Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architectural Design Studio III
• ARCH 404 Architectural Design Studio IV
• ELDS 225 Electronic Design I
• ELDS 330 Visualization in Electronic Design I
• ELDS 335 BIM For Interior Design
• ELDS 425 Electronic Design Practice and Project Management
• ELDS 704 Electronic Design
• HIPR 716 Building Assessment Strategies I

"I see architecture as an ongoing story, a living book or a life movie. It is a story that gets told a thousand different ways with an underlining truth, a book message that evokes different reactions, emotions and interpretations from its readers of the same and/or different backgrounds, and finally a movie that has the power to engage, comfort, excite, surprise, impress, stimulate and evoke all of our five senses resulting to the most unique feeling in each individual. It is something that should engage the users; it is a stage where we are actors and viewers at the same time."

1992

Professor of architecture, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina; professor of architecture, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; assistant professor of architecture, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana

Most recently, my "Moon River" house was featured in a Rizzoli publication titled Southern Cosmopolitan and Metropolis Magazine, and my LOCI MODular house was published in Natural Life magazine and Savannah Magazine

Who's Who Among American Teachers and Educators; American Institute of Architects Education Honor Award for a paper titled "A Layered Approach to Critical Discourse"; Charles A. Lindberg Foundation Certificate of Merit for the Arts and Humanities supporting research in Africa under project "'Ujamaa' Made Manifest: Balancing Culture, Country and Technology"; Beaux Arts Video, award winner at New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, shown in New York, Los Angeles and London; c2c-home Competition; Installation, "Glossolalia" for "Reflections on Jane Fonda"; Installation, "Walls from Invisible Cities #4″ for "Functional Follies" competition; Design Competition for the president's house at the University of South Florida, Honorable Mention, published in Florida Architecture magazine

• Paper for ACSA Southeast Regional Conference, "Between First and Third Worlds," titled "The Village Caught Between Three Worlds"
• Paper for ACSA Southwest Regional Conference, "Internationalism, Culturalism, Regionalism
• Paper presented at Preservation Institute: Nantucket Seminar, titled "The Preservation of a Tri- cultural Building Tradition: The Act of Construction as an Anchor for the Evolution of House and Village in Rural Tanzania"

"I have always maintained a practice that includes architectural design, industrial design and installation art and fine art in the United States, Honduras and East Africa. I feel that practicing design inspires my teaching and teaching inspires my designs."

• ARCH 300 Architecture Design Studio I
• ARCH 302 Architecture Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architecture Design Studio III
• DSGN 223 Architectural Fundamentals I
• DSGN 224 Architectural Fundamentals II
• DSGN 225 Architectural Fundamentals III

"Design is intentional doing and intentional doing is design."

locidesigngallery.com

2010

Project architect, Corgan Associates Inc., Dallas, Texas; designer, Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Los Angeles, California; designer, Foundation Communities, Austin, Texas; studio instructor, Summer Academy in Architecture, University of Texas at Austin; designer, Page Southerland Page, Washington, D.C.; lead designer, GreenHOME, Washington, D.C.; illustrator, Historic American Engineering Record, Roebling, New Jersey

Finalist, Freegreen Who's Next 2.0 Competition, 2011; first place, La Reunion TX Make Space for Artists Competition, 2009; first place, Temporary Outdoor Gallery Space Competition, 2008

Texas Exes Teaching Award, 2006; School of Architecture Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2005; Integrated Design Award from Peaks to Prairies, GreenHOME II, 2003

Registered Architect, Texas; LEED AP

Articles

• Columns Magazine, "Critique: Zaha Hadid Complete Works," Spring 2010
• Texas Architect, "Paperwork: A Little Room," July 2008

Presentations

• American Planners Association Conference: Presentation, "PSP Greens Arlington," 2004
• Arlington Green Building Forum: Presentation, "The Navy League Building," 2004

"Great ideas occur at every age and every day. My goal is to help students discover and develop their great ideas in order to create beautiful architecture."

• ARCH 404 Architecture Design Studio IV
• ARCH 708 Architecture Design Studio VIII: Thesis I
• ARCH 709 Architecture Design Studio IX: Thesis II
• ELDS 225 Electronic Design I
• ELDS 704 Electronic Design

"I believe that great architecture and design make life more delightful. Each new project is a unique design adventure, and I strive to create work that is beautiful, thoughtful, fun and clever."

studioleveno.com

2003

Partner, Concentric Design Architects, Bucharest, Romania; designer, Bazemore Mastrianni Wilson Architects, Savannah, Georgia

Accepted to the doctoral program in urbanism, University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu," Bucharest, Romania, 2010

Fulbright Scholar

International American Institute of Architects, International Council on Monuments and Sites, American Planning Association, Romanian Architects' Association

"The Road Along the Bluff," oral history group project, Savannah Historic Foundation, small series publication, Isle of Hope presentation, May 1996

"Embarking with my students on a learning and exploration adventure is my main drive for teaching. I enjoy being a part of an environment where my formal education in architecture-related fields can find direct application in preparing students to be instrumental in preserving and designing the buildings and cities of tomorrow. I believe a solid academic base can only be laid through a continuous, focused exposure to the theory and philosophy of design, expected in high standard academic education. Formal education instills in students the knowledge and confidence to succeed in their future professions."

• ARCH 300 Architecture Design Studio I
• ARCH 302 Architecture Design Studio II
• ARCH 303 Architecture Design Studio III
• ARCH 404 Architecture Design Studio IV
• ARCH 405 Architecture Design Studio V
• ARCH 406 Architecture Design Studio VI
• ARCH 765 Emerging Urban Issues
• DRAW 115 Graphics for the Building Arts
• HIPR 402 Preservation Planning
• HIPR 425 Downtown Revitalization
• HIPR 501 Communication for the Preservationist
• HIPR 502 The Technology of Historic Buildings
• HIPR 721 Preservation Planning in the Built Environment
• HIPR 726 Revitalizing Downtowns
• HIPR 779T Graduate Teaching Internship