ELLIOT MI STUR elmistur11@gmail.com
518.961.1618
E D U C AT I O N September 2007 - May 2012 March 18th-24th Febuary - June 2011
September - December 2009 September - October 2009
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Bachelor of Architecture, Cum Laude, GPA: 3.66 / 4.0 Smart Geometry 2012 - Material Intensities (simulation, energy, environment) Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Performance Based Architectural Design Studio and Research Assistant Rensselaer Italian Studies Program - Torino and Rome Italian History, Architecture Theory, and Architecture Design Studio Urban Design Workshop: Turin Olympic Village Revitalization Collaborative Parametric Scripting and Urban Design Workshop
WORK EXPERIENCE September 2008 - May 2012 September 2011 - January 2012 Summer 2011
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Digital Fabrication Shop Teaching Assistant/Shop Assistant - Responsible for assisting with Laser Cutters, 3D-Printer, 3-axis Mill, and Woodshop Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1st Year Design Studio Teaching Assistant - Professor Anthony Titus 3xn - Gxn Research and Development NOMA Foodlab Project - Copenhagen, Denmark (worked with one colleague under Kasper Jørgensen, Principal) Responsible for design, fabrication, and construction assembly. [http://www.3xn.dk/en/#//home/projects/projects_year/40008_noma-lab]
Summer 2010 + January 2011
Ellinger / Yehia Design, llc Teton Boulder Project, Vertical Harvest Greenhouse, and Rose Tree house - Digital Modeling, Site Measurements, Site Analysis, Graphic design, Schematic Design, and Construction Documents
Summer 2009 + January 2010
Envision Architects, pc St. Peter’s Hospital Emergency Department - Existing Conditions, Library Cataloguing, Construction Documents
Summer 2008
John Chupka Boat Restoration Shipbuilder’s Assistant - 1938 Wooden Hull 42 Foot Trawler Keel and Hull Reconstruction
AWARDS 2012 2012 2012 2011 2010
2010 - 2012 2010 2009 2008 2007 - 2012
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2012 Ricketts Prize for a senior who has demonstrated outstanding ability in academic work and gives promise of outstanding professional success Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2012 School of Architecture Pella Scholarship, for the student whose Design Development project is selected as outstanding and demonstrates the most compelling integration of systems, materials, and technology Smart Geometry 2012 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Student Team Captain for Gridshell Tectonics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2011 Robert S. Brown ‘52 Fellows Program Student Travel Fellowship for Architecture NORDICSCAPES - An Investigation of Phenomologically Driven Architecture: Contemporary Norwegian Design Practices Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Founders Award of Excellence The highest honor awarded students at convocation, to those who embody qualities of creativity, discovery, leadership, and the values of pride and responsibility at Rensselaer. Dean’s Student Advisory Council - Selected by Student Body RPI School of Architecture Design ‘86 Field Charette Team Co-Captain, Professors Jefferson Ellinger and David Riebe Second Year Faculty Award - “For General Academic Achievement and Promise of Excellence in Architecture” First Year Faculty Award - “For General Academic Achievement and Promise of Excellence in Architecture” Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean’s List
EXHIBITS September 2010 March 2008
“Blindfield” - A Soundscape Installation by Arts and Architecture Students with International Artist Francisco Lopez Chris and Marcia Jaffe Production-Installation-Performance Initiative. The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center “Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Architecture So Different, So Appealing?” Arts Center of The Capital Region in Troy, NY “re-Materialize” - A Material Techtonic Assembly and Re-Utilization of Plastic Bottles
SKILLS Digital Fabrication, Parametric Design, Photography, Graphic Presentation, Woodworking Rhinoceros, RhinoCAM, Grasshopper, Bentley Microstation, Bentley GC, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite 5
REFERENCES Kasper Guldager Jørgensen, Architect - 3xn Partner and Head of Gxn, e - kgj@3xn.dk, t - +45.3264.2314 Jefferson Ellinger, Ellinger / Yehia Design Partner, Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer, e- jefferson@eye-des.com Demetrios Comodromos, Architect - Method Design Partner, Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer, t - 212.203.5524