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CURRICULUM VITAE
ACADEMIC MUSEUM CLOUD IRIDESCENCE I FEAR IT MAY BE SENTIENT PIXEL RESONANCE RE-INVENTING THE JONES LIBRARY UN | COMMON
PROFESSIONAL MAXI | MINI DESSINE MOI DES CERCLES ECOLOGICAL MEDIATORS RISING MEASURES DETAILS
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EDUCATION MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JUNE 2018 - EXPECTED MAY 2021 BS , ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIES ; MINOR, HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST JANUARY 2017 - MAY 2018 AS , ARCHIECTURE AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE AUGUST 2014 - JUNE 2016 ACADEMIC DIPLOMA WILBRAHAM AND MONSON ACADEMY AUGUST 2011 - MAY 2014
FIELD-RELATED EXPERIENCE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST JULY 2017 -JANUARY 2018 DESIGN ASSISTANT PARI RIAHI ARCHITECTS MAY 2017 -JANUARY 2018 DESIGN ASSOCIATE-INTERN CAOLO AND BIENIEK ASSOCIATES INC. DECEMBER 2015 - SEPTEMBER 2016 INTERN-ENGINEERING SNE BUILDING SYSTEMS INC. JANUARY 2015 - FEBRUARY 2015
COMPETITIONS 2019 STUDENT DESIGN CHARRETTE , BLT ARCHITECTS SECOND PRIZE JUST BIG ENOUGH | AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL FINALIST 2018 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JARDINS DE METIS PARTICIPANT RÊVONS NOS RIVIÈRES - VILLE DE QUEBEC FINALIST
EXHIBITIONS RISING MEASURES PARI RIAHI ARCHITECTS | IMAGING AND RESEARCH - 2018 AIAS|UMASS SELECTED WORKS PARTICIPANT ACSA 106TH ANNUAL MEETING | DENVER , COLORADO PARTICIPANT
LEADERSHIP SOCIAL MEDIA / PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS - UMASS AMHERST CHAPTER MAY 2017 - MAY 2018 CAMPUS ACTIVITES BOARD CHAIRPERSON SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE MAY 2015 - JUNE 2016 STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE AUGUST 2014 - MAY 2015
HONORS EDWARD P. GARVEY AWARD, MAY 2016 ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY FACULTY AWARD, MAY 2016 STEPHEN D. LUCKRAFT MEMORIAL AWARD, MAY 2014 MCDONALD’S MCSCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD, APRIL 2014 BERUBE PRIZE, MAY 2013 EAGLE SCOUT, JULY 2014 DEAN’S LIST - 7 OF 7 SEMESTERS (FALL 2014 - SPRING 2018)
SOFTWARE REVIT ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE RHINOCEROS AUTOCAD GRASSHOPPER MICROSOFT OFFICE
FABRICATION LASER CUTTING 3D PRINTING CNC MILLING VACUUM FORMING
MUSEUM FALL 2018 | CRITIC : GISELA BAURMANN | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DESIGN WHY CAN’T PRECIOUS VESSELS BE RETRIEVED AT AN INSTANT? WHY CAN’T A MUSEUM BE MORE OF A ROLODEX OF OBJECT D’ART THAN A MAUSOLEUM? A MUSEUM IN WHICH CURIOSITY REPLACES BOREDOM OF A SET CURATORIAL MANIFESTO, A PNEUMATIC CLUSTER OF ALUMINUM ARMATURES TRANSPORTING ANTIQUITOUS ARTS TO THEIR TEMPORARY GLASS ETUI FOR THE CALLER TO CANVASS. A BRAIN IS WHAT THE PENN MUSEUM’S PATRON DESERVES, WHICH CREATES A NEW CIVIC RIGHT TO VIEW THE COMPLETE BREADTH OF THE COLLECTION INSTEAD OF ONLY VIEWING THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG THAT IS PLACED ON-DISPLAY WITH THE CURRENT CURATORIAL IDEOLOGIES.
CLOUD IRIDESCENCE FALL 2018 | CRITIC : GISELA BAURMANN | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DESIGN CLOUD IRIDESCENCE WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE VIEWERS WITH AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE ANTIQUE VESSELS EMBEDDED WITHIN. INSPIRED BY THE METHOD OF CROCHET, THE PAVILION TRANSFORMS THE IDENTITY OF A SIMPLE STITCH AND USES IT TO CONSTRUCT A VESSEL FOR VESSELS. APPROACHING THE PAVILION, THE APPARENT OPENINGS ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE THE SPECTATOR CURIOUS. AN OCULUS IS PROVIDED FOR SPECTATORS TO BIREFLY LOOK DOWN INTO THE PAVILION AND GET A PREVIEW OF WHAT IS UNDER THE CANOPY. EACH VESSEL IS ILLUMINATED BY MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES COVERED BY A DICHROIC FILM.
I FEAR IT MAY BE SENTIENT SUMMER 2018 | CRITIC : EZIO BLASETTI & DANIELLE WILLEMS | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DESIGN THERE’S SOMETHING OFF WITH THIS THING . . . THE MONSTROSITY SEEMS TO BE LEANING FORWARD TO HEAR THE BAND’S MUSIC . IT MOVES EVEN WHEN THE WIND IS NOT BLOWING , ALMOST AS IF IT HAS A BRAIN . THE HAIRS JERK AND REACT TO THE HUMAN TOUCH . HOPEFULLY THE CATERING COMPANY HAS CLOSE TABS ON THEIR CUTLERY , I WOULD HATE FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN . DID IT JUST STEAL THAT GUY’S WALLET ? THIS INSTALLATION HAS A MIND OF IT’S OWN , AND I AM SORTA OKAY WITH IT . . . IMAGINING A MOMA PS1 YOUNG ARCHITECTS PROGRAM INSTALLATION.
PIXEL SPRING 2018 | CRITIC : STEPHEN SCHREIBER | UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST PIXEL IS AN EXPLORATION IN CREATING A SUSTAINABLE MIXED-USE BUILDING FOR THE TOWN OF GREENFIELD , MASSACHUSETTS THAT WOULD INCREASE URBAN DENSITY FOR ITS DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND CREATE A LIVE-WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR GREENFIELD’S LOCAL ARTISTS.
RESONANCE SPRING 2018 | CRITIC : ERIKA ZEKOS , AJLA AKSAMIJA | UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST RESONANCE IS AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROJECT WITH THE INTENT TO CREATE PHYSICAL WORK(S) THAT GENERATES A SENSORY EXPERIENCE FOR THE USER AND VIEWER. THE MAIN INTENT IS TO SHOWCASE THE TRANSFORMATION OF DIGITAL DATA INTO PARAMETRIC DESIGN, WHILE ALSO INCORPORATING THE CATEGORIES THAT MAKE UP OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ATMOSPHERE, AS DEFINED BY ARCHITECT PETER ZUMTHOR ; THE BODY OF ARCHITECTURE, MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY, THE SOUND OF SPACE, THE TEMPERATURE OF SPACE, SURROUNDING OBJECTS, BETWEEN COMPOSURE AND SEDUCTION, TENSION BETWEEN INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, LEVELS OF INTIMACY, THE LIGHT ON THINGS, ARCHITECTURE AS SURROUNDINGS, COHERENCE, AND THE BEAUTIFUL FORM.
RE-INVENTING THE JONES LIBRARY FALL 2017 | CRITIC : AJLA AKSAMIJA | UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO ADAPTIVELY RE-USE THE ORIGINAL 1928 JONES LIBRARY, CREATE A LOGICAL CIRCULATION, AND BRING THE LIBRARY INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. THE NEW BUILDING DESIGN ALLOWS PATRONS TO ACCESS THE BUILDING FROM THE REAR PARKING LOT, GIVES A CLEAR HIERARCHY OF SPACE, AND A LOGICAL INTERIOR CIRCULATION. THE BUILDING ALSO UTILIZES SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES , SUCH AS PASSIVE COOLING AND USING THERMAL MASSING FOR PASSIVE HEAT.
UN | COMMON FALL 2017 | CRITIC : AJLA AKSAMIJA | UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS TO DESIGN A BANDSTAND ON THE TOWN COMMON FOR AMHERST, MA. UN | COMMON, WITH MINIMAL SITE INTERVENTIONS. CREATES A CULTURAL HOTSPOT AND PLACE TO GATHER. THE PROPOSED COMMON CONSISTS OF A SCULPTURE INSTALLATION, ART GALLERY, PUBLIC WASHROOMS, BUS SHELTER, AND PERFORMANCE SPACE. THE COMPLEX ALSO PULSES THROUGH THE COLOR SPECTRUM WITHIN A 24-HOUR PERIOD, CREATING AN ABSTRACTED TOWN CENTER CLOCKTOWER.
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MAXI / MINI JANUARY 2018 | JUST BIG ENOUGH : GREEN HOUSING FOR ALL ECO-DESIGN COMPETITION | PARI RIAHI ARCHITECTS THE ‘JUST BIG ENOUGH’ WAS A DESIGN COMPETITION TO HIGHLIGHT HOW TO CREATE VERY SMALL VERY GREEN HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE TO PEOPLE LEFT OUT OF THE GREEN HOUSING MARKET, AND FINS A DESIGN SOLUTION TO SOME SURPLUS CITY-OWNED LOTS. THE COMPETITION WAS SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CO-SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, AND SUPPORTED BY THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS FOUNDATION AND THE PIONEER VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
DESSINE MOI DES CERCLES DECEMBER 2017 | FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JARDINS DE METIS | PARI RIAHI ARCHITECTS THE GARDEN INVITES ITS VISITORS TO A MULTI-LAYERED EXPERIENCE OF THE LOGS GATHERED FROM DIFFERENT MILLS IN QUEBEC, BY CREATING AN INTERACTIVE FACET AND A POPULATED INNER SPACE. THE GARDEN IS MADE OF HORIZONTALLY STACKED, LARGE AND SMALL LOGS HELD BY LOGGING BUNKS AND SURROUNDED BY SEMI-TRANSLUCENT SCREENS.THE SCREENS ARE PIERCED WITH HOLES, REFERENCING THE TRUNKS, TO WHICH HOOKS ARE INSERTED. DIFFERENT SIZES OF ROPES HANG FROM THE HOOKS. VISITORS OF DIFFERENT AGES MAY DRAW CIRCLES ON THE SCREENS BY USING WASHABLE PAINT AND DIFFERENT SIZE PAINTBRUSHES. THE VISITORS ENGAGE IN MIMICKING THE GEOMETRY OF THE LOGS, THE TREES’ GROWTH RINGS AND ULTIMATELY THE LIMITS OF THEIR OWN BODY BY INSCRIBING CIRCLES. OVER TIME, THE SCREENS BECOME THE RECORD HOLDER OF THE VISITORS’ MARK.
ECOLOGICAL MEDIATORS JULY 2017 | RÊVONS NOS RIVIÈRES - VILLE DE QUEBEC | PARI RIAHI ARCHITECTS ‘ECOLOGICAL MEDIATORS’ OFFERS RESILIENT SOLUTIONS ALONG EACH OF THE FOUR RIVERS OF CAPE-ROUGE, SAINT-CHARLES, BEAUPORT AND MONT-MORENCY BY CONSIDERING NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENICALLY-ALTERED HYDROLOGIC FLUCTUATIONS (TIDES, SEA LEVEL RISE, FLOODING) THAT DEFINE THE ECOSYSTEMS, CASTING THE RIVERS AS MEDIATORS OF THESE CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. TURNING EACH OF THE RIVERS INTO A DYNAMIC FILTER, THE PROJECT CREATES BUILT-IN CAPACITY FOR THE RIVERS AND THEIR FLOODPLAINS TO ABSORB AND ALLEVIATE CHANGES AND TRANSFORMATIONS THAT MIGHT BE OTHERWISE DEVASTATING.
RISING MEASURES WINTER 2018 | PARI RIAHI ARCHITECTS / PARI RIAHI / UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST THE CONTRAST BETWEEN LIVING CONDITIONS IN PARIS AND ITS STRUGGLING SUBURBS IS UNSETTLING. AWAY FROM THE DETERMINED FORM AND DEFINED STRUCTURE OF THE CITY LIES THE CONSTELLATION OF DISEMBODIED SUBURBS, INCREASINGLY VIOLENT AND SEGREGATED. THE RESEARCH PROJECT INVESTIGATES THE POTENTIAL MEANS TO TRANSFORM THE LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE CITÉS HLM BY INVESTIGATING TWO DIFFERENT SCALES: 1) LARGER SCALE URBAN/ SUBURBAN STRATEGIES AND 2) HOUSING PROTOTYPES ADAPTATIONS TO ALLOW THE CITÉS HLM TO BECOME TRULY LIVABLE ENVIRONMENTS.
DETAILS VARIOUS DRAWINGS | CAOLO AND BIENIEK ASSOCIATES TECHNICAL DRAWINGS PRODUCED DURING INTERNSHIP TO SHOWCASE DRAFTING PROFICIENCIES AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
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