JUSTIN PAUL WARE
NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES + VENICE, ITALY US (+1) 603.313.0786 / justinpaulware@gmail.com / www.justinpaulware.com I am an architectural designer focused on contributing to the built environment in ways that promote social justice, human dignity, and long-term resilience. My approach is centered around the belief that architecture can provide sustainable solutions to the challenges facing a rapidly growing and increasingly mobile population threatened by a changing climate. With over seven years of professional experience, I have designed and managed projects around the world, from initial concept through to construction, and across a wide range of project types and scales. I seek opportunities to collaborate with communities on the creation of cities and spaces that cultivate equity and generate an enduring positive impact.
MAPOS ARCHITECTS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
URBAN NOUVEAU
I currently work as a project manager, designer, and brand strategist; have been involved in projects across the world, from concept through construction, in sectors including hospitality (The Maker, ‘Wichcraft), adaptive reuse (Wireworks), retail (Innisfree), workspace, residential, mixeduse (Long Island City Campus), and more; and have developed and maintained long-term multi-project client, consultant, and partner relationships on work that spans architecture, interiors, branding, and creative strategy.
I am currently a member of the non-profit architecture and design collective that I cofounded in 2019 along with an international group of architects as a platform for our first project, which we are developing in partnership with Copenhagen-based non-profit organization Emergency Architecture and Human Rights and Nepal-based non-profit organization Lumanti Support Group for Shelter, to be implemented in Kathmandu, Nepal in May of 2020.
I worked as a designer and researcher on multiple urban and residential projects with the Swedish design studio; worked on various aspects of a bid to save and reenvision Gamla Lidingöbron, an historic bridge in Stockholm that was slated for demolition—the proposal: to transform the deck into an urban park and convert the structure into apartments to fund the work; and participated in the preparations for “Connecting Stockholm,” an exhibition presented at the city’s Arkitekturmuseet in 2010.
GRIZFORM DESIGN ARCHITECTS
ARCHITECTURE FABRICATION SHOP
STUDIO THEM [LYNCH + CREMBIL]
I worked as a designer on numerous fastpace projects in the hospitality, retail, and residential sectors; worked closely with chefs and restaurateurs on projects including Farmers Fishers and Bakers, Doi Moi, Bon Chon, Agua 301, and the DNV Rooftop Lounge at The Kimpton Donovan Hotel; and had responsibilities that included the development of design drawings, concept renderings, construction drawings, millwork drawings, and physical models.
I worked as a monitor, assistant, and fabricator in the School of Architecture’s wood shop, digital fabrication lab, and ceramic studio; gained experience with a wide range of tools and techniques across various media; and worked as project manager of the design team on the design, fabrication, assembly, and installation of “Building Futures: Re-envisioning the Hyde at Rensselaer,” which was featured at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York in 2012.
I worked as a designer and research assistant on a number of projects and competitions, including “Pseudospheric Surfaces,” an entry to the 2011 ACADIA/FLATCUT_ Design + Fabrication Competition, which was selected for Second Place in the “Partitions” category and “Tres Oculos Que Se Cruzan,” an entry to the 2011 Premio Arnet: A Cieolo Abierto Competition; and worked on multiple material research explorations with ceramics and paper.
UNIVERSITÀ IUAV DI VENEZIA
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
CEPT UNIVERSITY
I am currently in the process of earning the Master in Emergency + Resilience degree, a unique Italian post-graduate specialization program established in partnership with the Copenhagen-based non-profit organization Emergency Architecture and Human Rights to improve the professional response of architects within the context of humanitarian emergencies (conflicts and natural disasters), rapid urbanization, and poverty.
I earned a five-year Bachelor of Architecture professional degree alongside supplementary studies in Anthropology and Political Science; was awarded the Faculty Award for Outstanding Service to the School; was selected as a student representative to the 2012 Smart Geometry Conference; was selected three times to receive Plan New Hampshire’s Alfred T. Granger Fellowship; and worked on Blindfield, a sound/ light installation featured at Troy’s Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in 2010.
I participated in a semester-long exchange program at the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology’s Schools of Architecture and Urban Planning; and volunteered with local non-profit organization Manav Sadhna and Australian non-profit organization Architects Without Frontiers on the design of Bholu 8, a school for underprivileged children living in the city’s largest informal community, which opened in the Spring of 2010.
SOFTWARE
FABRICATION
CREATIVE STRATEGY
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, VRay, SketchUp, Revit, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Acrobat Pro, Lightroom, QGIS
General Woodworking, 3-Axis CNC Milling, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Vacuum Forming, General Ceramics
Graphic Design, Branding, Brand Experience, Visual Merchandising, Creative Strategy, Creative Direction, Creative Content, Marketing
NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES 2013 - PRESENT
WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES 2012 - 2013
VENICE, ITALY 2019 - PRESENT
SKILLS
VENICE, ITALY / KATHMANDU, NEPAL 2019 - PRESENT
TROY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES 2011 - 2012
TROY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES 2007 - 2012
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 2010, 2018 - 2019
TROY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES 2011
AHMEDABAD, INDIA 2009