DIANA OSSA LEED Green Associate ossasierra.d@wustl.edu 314.825.6308
EDUCATION Washington University in St. Louis Edward Hubbard Pelton Scholarship Recipient Gyo Obata Scholarship Recipient
St. Louis, MO M. Architecture | M. Construction Management Expected Dec 2016
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, with honors May 2013
EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP Perkins Eastman
Chicago, IL May 2016 - Aug 2016 Worked on the schematic design of a senior residence to be built in London, and made a Design Guidelines book about senior living standards for future projects. Assited with WUFI analysis of multiple ongoing project’s facades.
Graduate Application Review Committee
Washington University in St. Louis Feb 2016 Selected to work alongside faculty, program chairs and dean to review Graduate student applications for the upcoming class
Exhibition Coordinator
Aug 2015 - Present Organization and set up of internal and external exhibitions
Digital Fabrication Lab Monitor
Aug 2015 - Present Assistance with laser cutting
Facilities, Planning and Management
Washington University in St. Louis May 2014 - Jun 2015 Designed renovation of 5 residential computer labs Proposed 4 designs for service pavers on campus Egress maps updates in GIS
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Building Systems Aug 2016 - Present Assistance in class coordination, critic student work Environmental Systems II Jan 2016 - May 2016 Guidance on passive and active building systems Critic student work Architectural Representation I Aug 2015 - Dec 2015 Advised and helped first year graduate students with analog drawing techniques and work Graduate Core Design Studio 318 Jan 2015 - May 2015 Advised and helped first year graduate students
Research Assistant | Catalina Freixas
Aug 2016 - Present Research on segregated neighborhoods in the US
Graduate Architecture Council
Washington University in St. Louis Apr 2014 - Apr 2015 Graduate Professional Council Representative
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS Selected for Approach Student Work Publication
Option Studio III Prof. Robert McCarter | Fall 2015 Option Studio I Prof. Elena Cánovas | Spring 2015 Core Studio 419 Prof. Sung Ho Kim | Fall 2014 Core Studio 318 Prof. Catalina Freixas | Spring 2014
Core Studio 318 Selected Work Exhibition Washington University in St. Louis Prof. Catalina Freixas Spring 2014
International Seoul Exhibition
Washington University in St. Louis Prof. Sung Ho Kim Fall 2014 Exhibition to take place in Seoul, South Korea for work done during housing core studio 419
Digital Representations Exhibition
Washington University in St. Louis Prof. Lavender Tessmer Fall 2014
SKILLS AND LANGUAGES Rhinoceros | AutoCad | Revit T-Splines | Grasshopper | DIVA | V-ray Drawing | Sketching | Painting English, Spanish
GIS | Climate Consultant | WUFI Passive Adobe Photoshop | Adobe Illustrator | Adobe InDesign Modeling | Laser Cutting | 3D Printing Italian
REFERENCES Robert McCarter
Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture Washington University in St. Louis rmccarter@wustl.edu
Elena Cánovas
Assistant Professor of Architecture Washington University in St. Louis ecanovas@wustl.edu
Sung Ho Kim
Associate Professor of Architecture Washington University in St. Louis sungho@wustl.edu
Catalina Freixas
Assistant Professor of Architecture Washington University in St. Louis freixas@wustl.edu