D a n i e l N a y l o r. EDUCATION
Wentworth Institute of Technology Masters of Architecture, May 2010.
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Graduated from Wentworth’s Architecture’s Masters program. GPA requirement of 3.0 for enrollment while currently holding a 3.5. Awarded Merit Scholarship which provides tuition and housing funding.
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, August 2009.
architecture
Awarded Merit Scholarships 2005 – 2010
sustainable design urban design and planning
THESIS
Creating Architecture Through Emotion: Designing for Runaways Wentworth Institute of Technology | Spring 2010.
spatial planning
The thesis deals with emotions and phenomenology as the basis for design. How
graphic design
one perceives a space has direct involvement and the power to foster healthy
map design
human development. Through a matrix based on architectural archetypes one
transit design
considers what makes a household a home for the developing youth that has
house design
been displaced from their family. Emotional mapping based on the feeling of
healthcare design
Comfort, Privacy, Togetherness, and Safety determine the adequate site that assists the designed facility. STUDIO
Urban Design Studio: Transforming Mission Hill, Boston MA. Wentworth Institute of Technology | Fall 2009
cultural heritages
exhibitions drafting computer rendering physical modeling
A Graduate studio centered around urban design with visiting Fulbright Scholar Philip Revault. Approached designed intervention in three ways: Neighborhood analysis through intuition; how a newcomer experiences the site. Temporality;
SOFTWARE AutoCAD
using history as a method discovering the unchanging, rhythmic, and fast
Revit
history of the site. Finally, mathematics; examining the city and site through
Vectorworks
relationships of streets, neighborhoods, and important elements. The finished
FormZ
intervention was a one mile mixture of parkland and subsidized housing for
SketchUP
college students intended to draw people from the area through Mission Hill.
Artlantis
Senior Studio: Transforming the Barrios of Caracas, Venezuela Wentworth Institute of Technology | Summer 2009 Located in the Barrios on the eastern foothills of Caracas, Venezuela is the Casa Borges a refurbished house intended to provide enrichment for the youth inside the Barrio. The studios objective was to create contemporary architecture that
Illustrator Photoshop InDesign Lightroom Acrobat Dreamweaver
encourages the same enrichment in the dense and under-appreciated barrio
Fireworks
for other user groups. The designed space is a vocational school for adults
Office
which specializes in architecture / house design with woods and metals with the
Keynote
intention of creating stronger homes in the now unstable barrios.
Mac OS X
Comprehensive Design Studio: Boston Public Library, Boston MA Wentworth Institute of Technology | Fall 2008 Designed a branch library facility from pre-design, through schematic design, design development, and construction documentation. Worked in plan, section, and 3D physical models to create a library that included an adult book section, children’s book section, spaces for after school programs, as well as a public ground floor intended for a cafe and neighborhood art showings provided by the artistic South End residents.
Windows XP/Vista/7
D a n i e l N a y l o r. EXPERIENCE
Facilities Manager at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA. Paid Internship. Spring 2009.
CONTACT
Worked as an intern at MITs Department of Facilities working on various projects,
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which included the new Media Lab Extension designed by Pritzker Architecture
Michael Parkin
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Prize winner Fumihiko Maki. Shadowed Contractors and Project Managers with the construction of the Media Lab. Assisted and created computer aided drawings for the MIT campus. Researched with American Disabilities Association to improve MITs buildings. Created drawings of technical specifications for inhouse Project Manager. Organized the departments drawing archives.
Intern Architect at TRO | Jung Brannen Boston MA. Paid Internship. Spring 2008.
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Worked with principal architect and design team on The Valley Hospital
Tom Kuczynski
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project located in Ridgewood, New Jersey during design development phase. Collaborated with design principal and project team on the design of the hospitals main entrance and atrium. Responsible for the development of models for schematic and design development stages. Created presentation quality drawings and diagrams for client meetings. Attended design and client meetings weekly dealing with planning, landscape, materials and design.
Assistant to Construction Manager with Niskayuna Campus Life Alplaus, NY. Volunteer. Summer 2004.
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Worked on Samuel’s Restaurant Conversion Project. Collaborated in a team
Tom Hopkins
environment with the local community to restore and rebuild a cafe. Volunteered to demolish existing interior of restaurant design and construct coffee shop for local teenagers.
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D a n i e l N a y l o r.
Creating Domesticity in Architecture The thesis deals with emotions and phenomenology as the basis for design. How one perceives a space has direct involvement and the power to foster healthy human development. Through a matrix based on architectural archetypes one considers what makes a household a home for the developing youth that has been displaced from their family. Emotional mapping based on the feeling of Comfort, Privacy, Togetherness, and Safety determine the adequate site that assists the designed facility.
D a n i e l N a y l o r. Urban Design Studio: Misson Hill Boston, MA A Graduate studio centered around urban design with visiting Fulbright Scholar Philip Revault. Approached designed intervention in three ways: Neighborhood analysis through intuition; how a newcomer experiences the site. Temporality; using history as a method discovering the unchanging, rhythmic, and fast history of the site.
Finally,
mathematics; examining the city and site through relationships of streets, neighborhoods, and important elements.
The finished intervention
was a one mile mixture of parkland and subsidized housing for college students intended to draw people from the area through Mission Hill.
D a n i e l N a y l o r. The Valley Hospital
TRO | Jung Brannen
Worked with principal architect and design team on The Valley Hospital project located in Ridgewood, New Jersey during design development phase. Collaborated with design principal and project team on the design of the hospitals main entrance and atrium. Responsible for the development of models for schematic and design development stages.
Created presentation quality drawings
and diagrams for client meetings.
Attended
design and client meetings weekly dealing with planning, landscape, materials and design.