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DAVID STAMATIS 1605 S. Wooster St. Los Angeles, CA 90035 m. 303.550.8137 dstamati@gmail.com EDUCAT I O N M. Arch II Candidate, UCLA, (Expected June 15, 2013)

GPA 3.9/4.0

B. Arch, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, 2009

GPA 3.5/4.0

Study Abroad Travel Scholarship, CSUIP Firenze Study Center, 2008

GPA 3.75/4.0

EXPER I E N C E DESIGN DIRECTOR, AUG. 2011- AUG. 2012 compMatter [TA] Architecture, Design, and Research

Private funding granted to set up a research and design office in Downtown Los Angeles that also acts as a satellite to Trahan Architects. Research takes an inter-disciplinary approach to emerging technologies in architectural design and fabrication including robotics, scripting, computation, and advanced work in contemporary 3D modeling and visualization platforms.

+ Design Direction on Bengbu Opera House Competition + Led management of partner relations with Shanghai TONJI University Design Institute + Led conceptual development ranging from industrial design to large scale stipend international competitions + Managed opening of office_ found and rented office space, registered software, admin

SENIOR DESIGNER, 2009-2011 Tom Wiscombe Design (formerly Emergent Architecture)

Worked in close collaboration with Priciple, Tom Wiscombe, on a variety of scales of design projects, from speculative research prototypes to large scale competition-winning building designs.

+ Lead role in design for over 19 projects in less than 2 years + Project and office management with as many as 12 people in my design teams + Experience as Senior Designer and Project Manager on multiple private development and governement contract competition wins based in China + Travelled to China for project presentatoins and meetings with client and government officials

Prototypes_ Los An g e le s , C A (2 0 0 9 ) Research Prototy p e , Pro je ct De s ig n e r

H unnan Cul t ur al Com pl ex_ H unnan P r ovi nc e, Ch ina ( 201 0) S hor t Li st Com pet i t i on, S eni or D esi gner

Yeosu Oceanic Pa v i li o n _ Y e s o u , Ko re a (2 0 0 9 ) Competiti on, Le a d De s i g n e r

201 3 N at i onal G am es S por t s Com pl ex and A r en a_ S henyang, Chi na ( 201 1 ) 1 st P l ac e Com pet i t i on W i n, Conc ept i on-D D , S eni or D esi gner

Public A rt Piec e o n Sa n ta Mo n i ca a n d L a Bre a_ Los A ngeles, CA (2 0 0 9 ) Competiti on, Le a d De s i g n e r Kaohsiung Pop M u s i c C e n te r a n d Ma ritime Mu s eum _ Kaohsiung, Taiwa n (2 0 10 ) Competiti on, Le a d De s i g n e r a n d C o m p e ti ti o n Manager Kaohsiung Port Te rmi n a l_ Ka o h s iu n g , Ta iwa n ( 201 0) Competiti on, Lead De s ig n e r a n d C o mp e ti ti o n Manager

B ei j i ng N at i onal H ot el _ B ei j i ng, Chi na ( 201 1 ) Comm i ssi on, O n-H ol d, S eni or D esi gner S emi -R i gi d Car _ Los A ngel es, CA ( 201 1 ) S pec ul at i ve D esi gn P r oj ec t , S eni or D esi gner A R CT I C-Mass P ai nt i ng_ A nahei m , CA ( 201 1 ) P ubl i c A r t Compet i t i on S hor t l i st , P r oj ec t D esi g ner B usan O per a H ouse_ B usan K or ea ( 201 1 ) Compet i t i on, S eni or D esi gner

DESIGNER, AUG 2012- MAR 2013 Stephen Phillips Architects + Worked part-time on CDs for new construction residential duplex in San Francisco

+ Corrected red lines for details and schedules

+ Corresponded with manufacturers and fed information back into design

+ Rendered and visualized project for client and neighborhood council approval DESIGNER and RAPID PROTOTYPING MANAGER, 2009-2011 Crystalline-RP + Designed and modeled for high end commercial projects

+ Managing and Engineering rapid prototyping jobs of multiple scales

+ Client base raned from high-end production houses, to industry leading car companies,

to international architecture firms CARPENTRY APPRENTICE, 2004-2008 Timberline Construction + Worked in most phases of Type V construction from framing to finish work of single family homes

ACAD E M I C E XP ER IEN CE Technical and Design Workshop Instructor_ 2010-2011 California Polytechnic State University SLO Los Angeles Metro Program Cal Poly

+ Taught series of 2-3 day digital workshops on digital design based around platforms that include Autodesk Maya, Rhino 3D, Zbrush, Maxwell Studio, and Grasshopper 4th Year Undergraduate Vertical Teaching Assistant_ Fall 2010 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

+ Travelled to Troy, NY to teach technical workshops and sit on design pin-ups throughout the semester in Tom Wiscombe’s undergraduate vertical studio called “Shells and Branes” focusing on composite shell and membrane interaction through contemporary design platforms.

Tom Wiscombe 2010 Sci-Arc Vertical Studio Teaching Assistant_ Spring 2010 Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc)

AWAR D S / D I S T IN CT IO N S _UCLA AUD Graduate Fellowship Full Scholarship (2012-2013) _ Multiple projects chosen for UCLA AUD Currents Exhibition (winter 2013) _MARCH II Class Representative (chosen by colleagues and professors) _Accepted and recieved scholarships (but will not attend) from Harvard GSD MARCHII, Yale SOA MARCHII, and SCI ARC ESTM

_Thesis Project exhibited at LA Forum for Architecture and Design (Spring 2009) _CSUIP Travel Scholarship: Florence, Italy (Summer 2007- Spring 2008) _Cal Poly Deans List Honor Roll (Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Spring 2009)

PUBLI C A T I O N S _Dezeen.com, Inhabitant.com, Suckerpunchdaily.com _Personal website Featured on CARGO COLLECTIVE “cargo gallery” (2012) _Studio Ambition: Design Research Laboratory (2010) _Research Practice Symposium (2009) _ Architecture+Design+Discourse 10 (2010) _Architecture+Design+Discourse 9 (2009) _Rise and Run (2009)

C OMPE T E N C I E S DIGITAL SKILLS _ Professional Proficiency in the following : AUTODESK MAYA 2013, RHINO 3D 5, GRASSHOPPER, MAXON C4D R13, ZBRUSH 4.2, MAXWELL RENDER 2.6, AutoCad, REVIT 2014 (beginner), ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 6, MICROSOFT OFFICE, MAC OSX, WINDOWS PHYSICAL PRODUCTION_ CAD/CAM, LASERCUTTING, RAPID PROTOTYPING, COMPOSITE LAYUP, BASIC WOOD CONSTRUCTION

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL THEATER HOLLYWOOD, LA, CA

Suprastudio UCLA Advisor: Greg Lynn Chosen for UCLA Currents Winter 2013 Exhibition

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PERFORMANCE SPACE TYPOLOGIES conpares the Opera vs Circus because they are on opposite ends of the typology spectrum. Cirque Du Soliel non-travelling shows are a kind of hybrid of the two.

The Opera In the plan of Paris Opera House, the figure-ground of performance space to back of house, amenities, and procession is a really small proportion.

The Circus This Barnum & Bailey Big Top plan has the opposite affect with almost all of the plan devoted to performance space.

The ambition was to figure out a way to use a moving element to fluidly transition between these typlogies.

The first move was a typology shift as well as a formal idea. Called the TRI FLY. So, here we take the traditional theater setup with flytower side and back stages and perform a series of operations. The first of which deletes the side stages and splits the flytower and backs stage into two.The second operation cants the flytowers and lifts the backstage chunks up in the air. The last operation cants the substage to create a third diagonal fly that comes from below the ground.

This gives the performance hall the advantage of three separate multi-use backstage areas with direct diagonal access to the hall.

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Suprastudio UCLA Advisor: Greg Lynn Ongoing Project Spring 2013

The Omni Hotel is a redesign that sits adjacent to California Plaza, MOCA, Grand and Olive streets.

The massing idea is to raze the existing lobby and create a connection between Grand (the cultural thoroughfare) and Olive (connection to the rest of DT), as well as adding 4 floors of rooms to the top for more views of the city.

The hotel idea is to inject 4 California landscapes into the hotel which all create new types of rooms that all have a new relationship to the city and hotel ameneties.

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LANDSCAPE/ TOPOGRAPHICAL PANELLING SYSTEM

The investigation takes place in Long Island City in a site harboring multiple highline train systems along with storage for the adjacent Sunnyside Railyards. With Manhattan maxed out and Brooklyn growing rapidly, LIC is experiencing influx of new development. With art and creative culture in its roots a school of design and new 7 line train stop connected by an urban park will help establish new systems for development that maintain and enhance cultural identity.

Architectural exploration includes development of systems regarding variations in patterning, porosity, paneling, and texturing within structure and landscape.

BENGBU

OPERA HOUSE

WITH CompMatter-TA and Trahan Architects Awarded 2nd Place in Competition behind P. Scott Cohen Architects

Bengbu, Annhui, China ROLE: +Design Director +Concept Development +Massing and Form +Managed partnership and shared work with TONJI Design Institute +Managed relation with Chinese PR partner +Worked on all Plans, Sections, Diagrams, and Deliverables +Rendering and Vis

The new Opera House sits along a newly developed coastline and public park integrating existing and natural landscape with a new sphere of public space and iconography.

The Opera House and Music Halls are embedded into the building like pearls of a clam; It is made up of layers. These layers echo the complexity of the site and its own make up (the people, the new city, the natural landscape, the beauty of the views).

BEIJING

NATIONAL HOTEL

WITH TOM WISCOMBE COMMISION Beijing, China ROLE: +Senior Designer +Developed Parametric Skin Apertures +Negotiated Massing with Parametric Room Layout +Rendering and Visualization

At 1,500 rooms, this hotel will be the largest hotel in Beijing. It is located near the Beijing International Airport in the 5th Ring, and will be used to host international conferences. The building is 303 meters long and is intended to become a major landmark, visible to landing aircraft.

The building is organized around three volumetric rings fused together by surfaces draped from the top and bottom. The rings create atriums which are enclosed by ETFE domes, housing a 10,000 m2 interior rainforest as well as the conference center and hotel amenities. Rooms, radiating out along each ring, are oriented both outwards and inwards, creating views out to the city as well as down into the rainforest.

The droop of the rings towards the perimeter of the building also allows views outward from the interiors of the rings. Structural bays are flexible and can be broken down into standard, business suite, and presidential types.

A sky restaurant is located at the highest level of the building, with views out to the city in all directions.

The skin is also embedded with a second system of solar thermal pipes and grey water capture grooves which hybridizes the base diamond pattern with a sporadic weaving pattern.

INTERIOR LOBBY(below), SOLAR THERMAL(side)

2013 CHINESE NATIONAL GAMES JUDO ARENA

WITH TOM WISCOMBE DESIGN FIRST PLACE COMPETITION WINNER

Shenyang, China ROLE: +Senior Designer +Project Manager +Traveled to Shenyang to work with our partner SADI and meet with government officials and client +Developed Fishscale Concrete Panel System +Solar Array Pattern +Massing and Form +Managed Drawings & Competition Submittal

The site for the Chinese National Games Arena is located in a Shenyang University courtyard lined on three sides by University buildings and on one side by major arterial street which features the new 300kmh Shenyang High-Speed Rail line. The design is a simple volume which becomes increasingly articulated and transparent towards public spaces and its main entry.

The arena will house 3,000 fixed seats above the mezzanine level

2013 CHINESE NATIONAL GAMES SPORTS COMPLEX

WITH TOM WISCOMBE DESIGN FIRST PLACE COMPETITION WINNER

Shenyang, China ROLE: +Senior Designer +Developed ETFE system +Managed Diagrams & Competition Submittal

ARCTIC MASS PAINTING

WITH TOM WISCOMBE DESIGN COMPETITION ENTRY

ANAHEIM, CA ROLE: +Project Designer +Developed Parametric Tracery +Formal Development

Fiber Composite Sculpture and landscaping_ This public art installation, located in front of the Anaheim Transit Terminal, is the result of intersecting the realms of structural engineering, computation, and painting.

A loopy mass is analysed as a composite shell structure, revealing areas of low and high stress. The resultant color-gradient map is transferred to a digital paint environment where it is manipulated to produce specific visual effects-- such as loopiness and spottiness-- but also broken down into layers of variable thickness and material strength. Areas of very low stress become transparent infill, creating deep views inside the inside of the manifold.

In the end, color and pattern only partially index material forces; the piece exceeds simple material expression towards something which correlates nature and culture.

Layers of super-thin technology are embedded into the structurally sedimented fiber composite shell. Thin film solar tape is tucked beneath the outermost layer of the shell, while organic-LED lighting film is embedded on the inside, in light colored layers. The solar tape creates micro-patterning which breaks down large surfaces and generates energy to power the lighting of the piece.

At night, the lighting creates mysterious graphic and silhouette effects, heightening the dimensional play of the piece.

SEMI RIGID CAR speculative vehicle

WITH TOM WISCOMBE DESIGN Speculative In-house Design

ROLE: +Lead Designer +All 3D modeling +Rendering & Vis

Concept cars in the history of the automotive industry, though often produced for brand marketing purposes, constitute an avant-guarde. The evolutionary development of that industry has always depended on the deterritorialization of domesticated forms of transportation through the introduction of mutations into the system. There are several biases in concept car design, of course, ranging from those which focus on advanced material applications, drive-train, fuel, safety, and other performance dimensions, such as in Formula One, to those which focus on contemporary body styling on a relatively indifferent, if not conventional chassis.

These biases are also evident in contemporary architecture, in the current split between discourses of synthetic materiality and effects vs. approaches based on the behavior of physical matter.

In car design, however, this split has not become so academically entrenched, and the vast majority of successful concept car designs leverage crossovers between formal features and material behaviors. It is this kind of synthetic thinking which drives our design for the Semi-Rigid Car (SRC).

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[001 HRR] Concept

WITH Luis Quinones & Jon Stahl Speculative In-house Design

ROLE: +Lead Designer +3D modeling +All Rendering & Vis

[001.HRR] is a revolutionary concept motorcycle using the cutting edge of material science and technology. A hybrid in some parts, this race replica uses not only thin film solar and paint to harness solar energy but also uses a kinetic energy recovery system [KERS] as a secondary source of power.

Our goal was to rethink not only linear manufacturing processes but also evolve a riders experience and safety through the use of technology and materials. The concept from a mechanical/racer perspective was consulted by Bob Miller (DesmoValves Racing) & Luis Quinones (Ducati 848evo WERA Racer). The idea was to maintain a fairly normalized engine package and transmission while innovating in the areas of systems, technology, material research, and manufacturing processes.

Embedded within the front cowl is a network of custom sensors + “circuit” boards which provide feedback to the helmet HUD [VISON]. The lower front cowl houses the “Cerebro”, a series of high precision optic lenses and sensors which process iwnformation for the rider [VISON]. [VISON] allowed us to create a safer motorcycle experience, not only on the street but also on the track.

Traditionally “safer” motorcycle concepts involve enclosing the rider inside a shell or protective layer, this is contrary to the spirit of motorcycle riding and racing. Instead [VISON] provides safety in information which is normally not provided as well as eliminating the need to look down at you dash, causing further distractions. This system is powered by a series of “painted” thin film solar sheets embedded in the upper front cowl. These systems along with the emerging circuit board network not only provides power to the sensors but also adds a tectonic quality uncommonly seem in motorcycle fairings.

RELUXO

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WITH LUIS QUINONES + JON STAHL *3RD PLACE 2012 Anonymous.D Design Competition

RE-LUXO is a revolutionary lighting concept using state of the art materials and technology. Zero ‘from the grid’ electricity is required to power this ultra compact desk light.

Its usage is simple: 1. During the day, stick the closed lamp to any window. Thin film solar sheets embedded in the silicone suction cups will charge an array of microbatteries.

Boost converters allow voltage to be stepped up, or amplified, to power the OLED lighting elements.

2. At night, simply remove the fixture from the window and reattach it to any surface: a desk, the back of your computer, the wall.

3. Press anywhere on the OLED array and the armature unfurls while the light turns on. An armature actuated by spring loaded and gas struts unfurls, while the boost converters are switched on and activate the light itself. An embedded photometric light sensor monitors the ambient light conditions, and adjusts the light output accordingly to preserve battery life, and provide the most balanced and pleasing light quality.

SUPRA SURFACE

Suprasurface Tech Seminar UCLA Advisor: Julia Koerner Chosen for UCLA Currents Winter 2013 Exhibition

TOOL DEVELOPMENT/IMPLEMENTATION_ comprehen-

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CURVATURE ANALYSIS_ analyzing curvature

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MOVE BISECTING POINT ALONG PLANAR SURFACE

FIGURE GROUND OF PLANARITY/PANEL

DISTANCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL SURFACE AND PLANAR SURFACE FILL IN FRAME

SUNLIGHT ANALYSIS_ analyzing avg. daily sunlight exposure

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TOTAL DISTANCE POINT CAN MOVE WITHIN PLANARITY

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POINT OF PLANARITY APERATURES CREATED OUT OF FILL FRAME INCREASED SURFACE AREA OF FILL IN FRAME

PANEL APERATURES BASED ON SUNLIGHT ANALYSIS

VARIABLE SWITCHING OF WHICH POINT IS PULLED PLANAR DEPENDING ON POINT SOME PANELS RECEDE INTO THE SURFACE

SWITCHING OF PANELS TO ORIENT VARIABLY _85% North Facing

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Masses In Motion

Suprastudio UCLA Advisor: Greg Lynn