LEIF
ESTRADA
artist.
designer.
researcher.
14 centre street #8, cambridge, ma 02139 | http://scholar.harvard.edu/leifestrada | 808 . 214 . 2173 | lestrada@gsd.harvard.edu
EDUCATION Master of Landscape Architecture AP
Harvard Graduate School of Design | Cambridge, MA Fall 2014 - Spring 2016 (expected)
Master in Design Studies
Urbanism, Landscape + Ecology Concentration
Harvard Graduate School of Design | Cambridge, MA Fall 2013 - Spring 2016 (expected)
Bachelor of Architecture - High Distinction California College of the Arts | San Francisco, CA Graduated as Rank 1/34 Fall 2007 - Spring 2012
PRACTICE Professional Registrations NCARB: 641571 | AIA: 38239177
Architectural Designer
GYA Architects | Maui + Honolulu Aug 2012 - Aug 2013 (1 yr.)
Volunteer Designer
Architecture for Humanity | Port-au-Prince May 2013 (1 mo.)
Landscape Architectural Intern SWA Group | Sausalito Spring 2012 (5 mos.)
Architectural Intern
Visible Research Office | San Francisco Summer 2009 (5 mos.)
PEDAGOGY Research Lab Manager | Harvard GSD
Responsive Environments + Artifacts Lab Summer 2015 - Present
Teaching Assistant | Harvard GSD
GSDigital Media: Animation + Video Editing VIS-2241: Representation III Spring 2015 - Present
Researcher | Harvard GSD
Urban Theory Lab: Urbanization in the Amazon Spring 2014 - Present
Teaching Assistant | Harvard Summer SPAN S-Aab 31365: Intro to Spanish Summer 2014
Teaching Fellow | Boston Arch. College
Architecture Summer Academy Summer 2014
Teaching Assistant | CA College of the Arts
ARCHT-201 01: Architecture Studio I ARCHT-331 04: Structures Spring 2012
Lecture Organizer | CA College of the Arts
Philosophy + Visual Criricism Division Spring 2011
PUBLICATIONS + EXHIBITIONS selected Platform 7 (exhibition + publication)
Harvard Graduate School of Design | Cambridge, MA | Spring 2015
Operational Landscapes: Towards an Alternative Cartography (exhibition) Melbourne School of Design | Melbourne, Australia | Spring 2015
Highschool Students Design for the 21st Century (co-taught course feature) Boston Architectural College | web article | Summer 2014
Intervention - ‘Thinking/Making Geographic Representation’ (co-authored essay) Antipode Foundation | web article | May 2014
“Common Ground” at the 2012 Venice Biennale (exhibition) La Biennale di Venezia di Architettura | Venice, Italy | Fall 2012
AFFILIATIONS selected Harvard Philippine Forum | Fall 2013-Present
Graduate Representative
Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucaus | Fall 2013-Present
Graduate Representative
Venice Architectural Association | 2013-Present International Student Ambassador
Alpha Rho Chi - Cossutius Chapter + Alumni Association | 2009-Present
National Co-Ed Architectural Fraternity Pledge Educator (appointed) | Spring 2012 Chapter President (elected) | 2011-2012 Chapter Secretary (elected) | 2010-2011 Fundraising Chair (appointed) | 2009-2010
Queer-Straight Alliance | 2009 Co-Founder of the California College of the Arts Chapter
Equality California | 2009-2010 Repeal Prop 8 Advocate
ACCOLADES selected Ayala Foundation Grant
Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Spring 2015 + Fall 2015
Eugenio Lopez Foundation Grant
Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Spring 2014 + Fall 2014
National Geographic Award in Mapping (Honorable Mention)
National Geographic + Association of American Geographers | Tampa, FL | Spring 2014
Howard T Fisher Prize for Excellence in Geographic Information Science Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis | Cambridge, MA | Spring 2014
Peter Brooks Saltonstall ‘43 Memorial Grant
Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Spring 2014
American Institute of Architects Scholarship
AIA Washington DC + AIA Maui | Maui, HI | 2008 + 2013
Tall on the Water Design Prize
Università IUAV di Venezia | Venice, Italy | Summer 2012
AIA Henry Adams Medal + Certificate (Awarded to the highest-ranking graduate) California College of the Arts | San Francisco, CA | Spring 2012
AIA San Francisco Design Awards (Citation Award for the Unbuilt Category) AIA San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | 2012
CCA - All College Honors (Dean’s List)
California College of the Arts | San Francisco, CA | 2008