david g nix education
3131 Walnut Street #547, Philadelphia, PA 19104 904.705.5547 dnix@design.upenn.edu davidgnix.com University of Pennsylvania, School of Design (PennDesign) July 09 – present Master of Architecture Candidate, 2012 Prowler Fellow + PennDesign Student Council Chair + Real Estate Club PennParis, Paris, France May – July 10 Advanced Design Studio Norten-Verona, Havana, Cuba Sept – Dec 11 Advanced Design Studio Kieren-Timberlake, Dhaka, Bangladesh Jan – May 12 Tohoku University, School of Engineering, Sendai, Japan Fulbright Scholar; Sustainable Environment Design Lab (Yoshino)
Aug 08 – July 09
Aug 04 – May 08 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC BA, Studio Art; Second Major in East Asian Studies Magna Cum Laude + Phi Beta Kappa + Open Curriculum + Men’s Lacrosse July – Aug 07 Richter Grant Study, Berlin, Germany Can Tho University, Can Tho, Viet Nam May – July 07 Kansai Gaidai University, Hirakata, Japan Aug – Dec 06
Harvard University, School of Design, Cambridge, MA
experience
June – July 06
Redevelopment Specialist Intern, Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority Sept 11 – present Prepare market analyses, GIS studies, and Request for Proposal documents Graduate Teaching Assistant, PennDesign, Philadelphia, PA As Prowler Fellow, teaching Environmental Systems core curriculum
Aug 10 – May 11
LEED Coordinator, Stellar, Jacksonville, FL June – Aug 08 Coordinated LEED documentation for 285,000 sq. ft. distribution center expansion (firm’s first in-house LEED project) + Aided in systemizing in-house LEED certification process Jan – Apr 08 Intern, WRCP Architects, Winston-Salem, NC Contributed research to local architecture book project + Created three-dimensional computer study models for firm projects
Teaching Assistant, Wake Forest University, Berlin Led workshops in photographic technique and digital workflow
achievements + awards
skills
June – Aug 07
Special Mention, d3 Natural Systems International Design Competition Sept 11 Donald Prowler Fellowship Award, PennDesign May 10 – present Awarded to a student whose work advances sustainability in architecture Irving Miller Memorial Scholarship, PennDesign Sept 09 – present Fulbright Scholarship, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Aug 08 – July 09 LEED BD+C Professional Accreditation July 08 Faces of Viet Nam Oct – Dec 08 Three month solo photography exhibition held at the WFU Beethoven Art Gallery Richter Scholarship Grant July 07 King Family Art Scholar Award Aug 06 – Aug 07 Software
AutoCAD, Rhino, Grasshopper, Rhinoscript, Revit, SolidWorks, modo, Maya, 3DS, V-Ray, Maxwell, Ecotect, Vasari, Adobe Creative Master Suite, Final Cut Studio, Processing, ArcGIS, Excel (Pro Formas) Languages Japanese (advanced), French (intermediate)