Marysia LaRosa 5862 Brookstone Trace Acworth, GA 30101 marysiawlarosa@gmail.com 678-650-5509 (Cell)
RESEARCH INTERESTS Ecological Resilience, Biophilic Urbanism, Urban Morphology, Rust-Belt Cities
EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture, 3.78 GPA (Magna Cum Laude), May 2020 – KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, Marietta, Georgia PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Panelist, Hunter Undergraduate Research Symposium: We The People , Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee, March 29, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19) Topic Presenter, Less Talk, More Action: Conscious Shifts in Architectural Education , Stanford University, Stanford, California, September 2019 RESEARCH • • • • • •
RESILIENCE THEORY, C.S. Holling, 2019-2020 THE ADAPTIVE CYCLE, Lance H. Gunderson & C.S. Holling, 2019-2020 URBAN RESILIENCE, Resilience Alliance, 2019-2020 THE RUST-BELT, 2019-2020 RUST 2 GREEN, Cornell University & Rust 2 Green, 2019-2020 UTICA, NY, 2019-2020
PUBLICATIONS 1. LaRosa, Marysia, "The Model Holistic: The Application of the Adaptive Cycle to Rust-Belt Cities" (2020). Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year. 131.
HONORS / AWARDS • • • • • • • • •
“Moving Forward” Grant Recipient, 2020 AIA Henry Adams Medal Short-List, 2020 Kennesaw State University’s Research Symposium for Student Scholars First-Runner Up, 2020 ARCC King Student Medal Recipient, 2020 3-Minute Thesis Competition Finalist, 2019 URCA Scholarship Recipient, 2020 Dorothy Spence Memorial Scholarship Recipient, 2019 AIA COTE Competition Applicant, 2018 4th Year Integrative Studio Competition Semi-Finalist, 2018
MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS • • • •
The American Institute of Architects Associate Member (AIA) The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Tau Sigma Delta Honors Society in Architecture and Allied Arts (Chi Alpha Chapter) NSCS Honor Society
VOLUNTEER WORK • Jeremy Smith Napkin Sketch Auction Set-Up Crew, AIAS, 2017-2018 • Summer Workshop Greeter, 2017-2018 • CANstruction Builder, AIAS & Atlanta Foodbank) 2016-2017