To whom It may concern,
My name is Nicholas Ross. I graduated in 2010 with a Bachelors of Architecture [BArch] from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [Virginia Tech]; after which I attended the Southern California Institute of Architecture [SCI-Arc] where I received a Masters of Design Research - Emerging Systems and Technologies [MDesR EST] in late 2011. During my time at Virginia Tech I acted as an Executive Chair of Design at C_U P an international award winning virtual research collaborative which acts as a think tank with one foot in the university and one foot in the professional world of design. C_U P establishes an expansive alternative and compliment to traditional design education and practice. The acronym C_U P stands for Competitions Unite People. I am a founding collaborator at smallgroup. smallgroup is the continuation of a collaborative project that began while pursuing my bachelors degree. smallgroup has no goals, only directions that keep it in a state of constant exploration. This means that smallgroup is the project itself and our experiments carry the momentum that keeps us going. We see these experiments as moments in the evolution of our practice. I am currently based in Los Angeles, CA and is looking to begin my professional career. Thank you for your time,
Nicholas Ross www.nrdesigner.info 17818 S. Harvard Blvd Gardena, CA 90248 (540) 974.9248 (C)
C_U P web.mac.com/surjan smallgroup www.smallgroup.co
WORK_sample Nicholas D. Ross ross.nicholasd@gmail.com 540.974.9248 nrdesigner.info web.mac.com/surjan smallgroup.co
architecture
machines code installation/fabrication industry
curriculum vitae
www.nrdesigner.info
MDesR ESTm. [11.11.2011] SCI-Arc [Southern California Institute of Architecture] BArch. [05.15.2010] School of Architecture + Design College of Architecture & Urban Studies Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University References/// Mohamed Sharif, Adjunct Professor UCLA, founding partner Bureau for Architecture and Design, msharif@sharifstudio.net Terry J. Surjan, C_U P founding chair, Adjunct Professor Illinois Institute of Technology, tsurjan@iit.edu
notable competitions
professional + educational experience
Design for Death///
3D creative/ Los Angeles Guild/// 05.07.2012-current
conceptual design, competition, collaboration, illustration, rendering, writing, industrial design, fabrication, video, technical drafting
[contact info available on request]
internship/ Bureau for Architecture and Design/// 11.11.2011 - current
[contact info. available on request].
Internship/ Abramson Teiger Architects/// 1.24.2012 - 2.17.2012 built environment/ installations Little Tokyo Design Week///
B.A.D. architects Little Tokyo Design sequencing, exhibition. B.A.D. architects sequencing, exhibition.
Week///
[contact info available on request]
temp. designer/ wHY+ Architects///
[contact info. available on request].
small group/// Angelus Automatum: “absolute architecture in a Angelus Automatum: dissolute city.” “absolute architecture in a graduate thesis/ dissolute city.” SCI-Arc/// graduate thesis/ urbanism, rendering/graphics, SCI-Arc/// writing, design, video, urbanism, case study,rendering/graphics, philosophy, writing, design, video, modeling,3D modeling/drawing, case study, philosophy, exhibition, site analysis. modeling,3D modeling/drawing, exhibition, site analysis.
DesCours/ AIA New Orleans LA///
professional research, design, competition, collaboration, CAD drafting, rendering/graphics, site analysis, mapping and emergent study. proposal drafting.
Blacksburg VA///
closed competition, graffiti, collaboration, stenciling, rendering/graphics, philosophy.
student. SCI-Arc/ MdesR EST///
charter class, Xlab robotics studio, associated projects, thesis.
WARD_OMB. undergraduate thesis. Virginia Tech///
urbanism, rendering/graphics, writing, design, travel, case study, philosophy, modeling, CAD drafting, construction documentation, exhibition, site analysis, pottery, photography.
House of Arts and Culture/ Beirut, Lebanon///
C_U P design competition, collaboration, technical drafting, rendering/graphics, site analysis, mapping and emergent study, proposal drafting.
C_U P Exhibition/ Blacksburg, VA///
REY’sky///
Wired magazine-NextFest/ Chicago, IL/// Wired C_U P magazine-NextFest/ Chicago, IL/// professional research,
executive chair of design/ C_U P///
C_U P professional research, design + fabrication + build. collaboration, rendering/graphics, exhibition.
C_U P graphics, writing, publication.
Pamphlet Architecture/ New York, NY/// C_U P writing, graphics.
Togs2/ Austin, TX///
C_U P
Imagine Coney/ Coney Island, NY/// C_U P
Round Building Reuse-RBR360/ Miami, FL/// C_U P professional research, site analysis, graphics.
City Racks/ New York, NY///
C_U P proffesional research, industrial design, rendering/graphics.
Virginia Society AIA/ Washington, DC///
philosophy, history, urban planning.
C_U P + fabrication + build, design professional research, travel, publication, international event. design + fabrication + build, London Festivalinternational of Architecture/ travel, publication, event.
London, England/// London Festival of Architecture/ C_U P London, England/// vertical studio/ Virginia Tech, C_U P + build + fabrication, design vertical studio/ Virginia Tech, travel, publication, graphics, design + buildevent, + fabrication, international exhibition. travel, publication, graphics,
design associate/ C_U P///
VAL3
Solid Thinking
Mental Ray
VRay
Zbrush
Boujou
indesign CS5
lightroom CS5
soundbooth CS5
acrobat CS5
dreamweaver CS5
bridge CS5
after effects CS5
illustrator CS5
photoshop CS5
Rhinoceros 5. [WIN + Mac]
Sketchup 8
AutoCADD
Maya 2011
3DS Max 2011
paint finishing
powdercoating
plating
general construction
robotic fabrication
die cutting
packaging
pottery
sculpting
model making
CNC
plasma cutting
H2O jet
laser cutting
fiberglass fabrication
thermoforming
mold making/casting
steel fabrication
contrete fabrication
detailed carpentry
general carpentry
installation
Staubli Robotics Suite
vinyl plotting/weeding/masking
milling/machining
Grasshopper script
professional practice
DTS printing
general practice
Visual Basic script
hobby practice
roll media printing working knowledge
Python script Mac + WIN OS
software proficiency///
Arduino
fabrication knowledge///
Quaker Meeting House/ Blacksburg, VA///
religious study, site analysis, design, graphics,
student. Virginia Tech/ CAUS/// internship/ Design Concepts///
[contact info. available on request].
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intermediate
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advanced