JUSTIN FOSTER 1551 N Killingsworth St. Portland, OR 97217 720.237.2693 m justfoster@gmail.com
EDUCATION New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture Newark, NJ Bachelor of Architecture, May 2007 magna cum laude Albert Dorman Honors Scholar
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE GRO Architects, PLLC Project Designer New York, NY 2008-2012 § JACKSON GREEN: 2012 Jersey City, NJ 22 Modular-Construction Townhomes for a non-profit developer Design Development, City Planning Presentation, Project Management, Construction Documents – Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite § THE LOFTS AT ASBURY PARK: 2008-2010 Asbury Park, NJ 55,000 SF 32-Unit Warehouse-Loft Conversion Construction Documents, Project Management, and Construction Administration – Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite § PREttyFAB: 2008 Jersey City, NJ 1,600 SF High-Performance Low-Cost Precast-Insulated-Panel Single-Family House Construction Documents and Administration – Revit, ECOTECT § BEST PEDESTRIAN ROUTE: 2007 New York, NY CNC-Milled Plywood Sidewalk-Installation for re:Construction sponsored by LMCC / ADNY Fabrication and Installation - Rhinoceros, RhinoCAM, 3-Axis Mill § Mo-C Mo-C JAPANESE CUISINE: 2009 Princeton, NJ Sushi Restaurant and Bar organized by CNC-Milled Wood Slats forming Ceiling and Walls to create multiple Scales/Experiences of Dining Design, 3D Modeling, Rendering, Presentation, Fabrication Preparation, CDs, CA – AutoCAD, Rhino, RhinoCAM, V-Ray, Adobe Suite § DOCKING STATIONS: 2009 Metropolis Next Generation Competition Entry Modular Floating Docks with Vertical Turbines to harness Tidal Energy of NYC Rivers, extend City Piers, increase Public Space Design, Presentation Drawings, Renderings – AutoCAD, Rhino, V-Ray, Adobe Suite KIT Design Collective Partner Brooklyn, NY 2010 § HOOPS Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, NY Design-Build Low-Budget Temporary Outdoor Children’s Space for NY City Explorers Carnival sponsored by Arch League and SUPERFRONT Fast-Track - Design, Presentation, Cost Estimation, Construction Management, Construction, Maintenance Brawer & Hauptman Architects, LLC Intern Philadelphia, PA 2006 § CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL of PENNSYLVANIA Construction Documents – AutoCAD § PLANNED PARENTHOOD Construction Documents – AutoCAD § DIVERSIFIED COMMUNITY SERVICES Rendering, Presentation – AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator
TEACHING EXPERIENCE New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture Adjunct Professor Newark, NJ 2009-Present § First Year Architecture Design Studio Intro to Design, Urban Pedestrian Zone § Second Year Industrial Design Studio NYC Sidewalk Shed Competition and Urban Furniture § Parametric Design/Digital Fabrication Parametric Design using Grasshopper and Fabrication using 3-Axis CNC Mill § Modes of Architectural Representation I & II Architectural Drawing, Modeling, Animating using Rhino, 3DS Max, Adobe Suite, AutoCAD, Revit
HONORS AND AWARDS Winner, The Architectural League of New York: Sketch 120 – Temporary Publics Charrette 2010 KIT Merit Award, AIA NJ Design Award: PREttyFAB 2009 GRO Merit Award, AIA NYC Design Awards: Best Pedestrian Route 2008 GRO Recipient, AIA: Henry Adams Medal awarded to the top-ranking graduating student of an NCARB accredited program 2008 NJIT Notable Mention, Metropolis: Next Generation Design Competition 2009 GRO Participant, VITETTA’s Best & Brightest Architectural Student Competition & Exhibition 2008 NJIT Finalist, Dean’s Design Award, Spring 2007 NJIT Recipient, ARCNET Scholarship 2006 NJIT Recipient, Christopher W. Monsees Memorial Scholarship 2005 NJIT
WORK CITED IN PUBLICATIONS “Big Idea, Small Package” by Suzanne LaBarre, Metropolis Magazine, May 2010 “Garden Statement” by William Lamb, Dwell Magazine, Dec/Jan 2011 “This Walkway’s an Off-Broadway Hit” by Ana M. Alaya, The Newark Star Ledger, January 18, 2008 “Science and Technology: NJIT Architecture Lab” by Patrick Regan, NJN News (on PBS channel 13), December 21, 2007 REFERENCES Richard Garber: Principal, GRO Architects / Assistant Professor, NJIT; (212)-346-0705, richard@groarc.com Robert Svetz: Assistant Professor, Syracuse University; (917)-208-5405, rsvetz@syr.edu