Contact

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Zuroweste Architecture
6100 Pleasant Drive

Des Moines, IA 50312

T: (+1) 913 232 3070
E: pzuroweste@za.studio

Licensure

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Licensed Architect

State of Illinois, USA, Record #: 001.025106

2019

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Education

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Master of Architecture, with Distinction

(2-year Post-professional Degree)

2011 - 2014

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University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Bachelor of Architecture, with Distinction

(5-year First Professional Degree)

2005 - 2010

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Fachhochshule Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Graduate Studies in Architecture and Urbanism

(2-semesters abroad, courses conducted in German)

2008 - 2009

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Goethe Institut, Vienna, Austria

Undergraduate Studies in German Language (telc German B1)

(Summer Semester, Intensive German Language Immersion)

2008

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The Cooper Union, New York City, NY, USA

Undergraduate Studies in Architecture

2007-2008

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Teaching

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Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Associate Professor of Practice in Architecture, College of Design

Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate-level studio and seminars

Studio: Hyperdisastropias: Energy, Matter, Information, Assemblage

Seminar: Postnatureness: An Ecological Approach to Artificial Intelligence

Fall 2022

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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Visiting Faculty, School of Architecture

Advanced Undergraduate-level (fourth year, second semester)

Studio: Climate Positive Concrete Housing

Spring 2022

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Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Visiting Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Studies

Advanced Undergraduate-level (fourth year, second semester)

Studio: Postdisastropias: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Architecture

Fall 2021

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Studio Instructor, Design Discovery Program

Graduate-level

Studio: Traversing Space: Translations From Drawing to Experience, co-taught with Michael Leef

Studio: Interpolation: A Negotiated Residence, co-taught with Max Wong

Studio: Theories of Seeing, Tools of Seeing: Somerville Film Archive, co-taught with Michael Leef and Jose Mayoral

Summer 2014

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Studio Teaching Assistant and Workshop Instructor

Graduate-level

Professors: Ciro Najle and Hanif Kara

Studio: Borrominations, or The Auratic Dome

Workshop #1: An Introduction to Parametric Modeling

Workshop #2: Points, Vectors, and Curves

Workshop #3: Surfaces and Breps

Workshop #4: Portfolio Workflow

Spring 2014

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Workshop Instructor, GSDigital Workshop Series

Graduate-level

Workshop #1: Grasshopper: Points, Vectors, and Curves

Workshop #2: Grasshopper: Surfaces + Breps

Fall 2013

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Teaching Assistant, Graduate-level

Seminar: Digital Media II

Professor: Andrew Witt

Fall 2013

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Harvard University, Syracuse University, Northeastern University, University of Colorado, Universidad Torcuato di Tella University

Guest Critic

Graduate and undergraduate studios

2014 - Present

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Practice

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Zuroweste Architecture

Founding Principal: March 2013 - Present

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Le Scheunen - Competition (Weissenhof 2027, part of IBA27 (Internationale Bauaustellung 2027, en: International Building Exhibition 2027)), Collaborator: Hausler Studio (Ingolstadt, Germany), Finalist (Stuttgart, Germany: 2022)

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Porch Hang: An Arts Common in Honor of Bell Hooks - Competition (Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects), Boston, MA: 2022

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A Spa in the Cloud: Data Hotels, Hanging Baths, and Thermosocial Exchange - Competition (Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects), Finalist (Boston, MA: 2021)

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Splay / Stagger / Stack - Learning from Architecture as Play, Competition (Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects), Finalist (Boston, MA: 2021)

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Fushë Krujë Micropolis - Built, Concept Design through Design Development (Fushë Krujë, Albania: 2020)

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Krujë Masterplan: Tactical Alpine Postdisaster Urbanism, Concept Design through Design Development (Krujë, Albania: 2020)

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Varosh Kindergarten: Alpine Disaster Relief Architecture, Concept Design through Design Development (Krujë, Albania: 2020)

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Curating Perspective: A Museum of Architecture in Boston’s Copley Square - Competition (Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects), Finalist (Boston, MA: 2020)

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A Village in the Garden: Solar Sculpting in Telegraph Hill - Competition (Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects), Finalist (Boston, MA: 2020)

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Cultivating Home: Redefining the Triple Decker for the Sharing Economy - Competition (Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects), Finalist (Boston, MA: 2019)

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The Sphere, the Cube, the Arch: Boston MFA Library  - Competition (Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects), Finalist (Boston, MA: 2018)

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Cadavre Exquis: A Sectional Analysis and Critical

Sequencing of Six Canonical Buildings - Competition (Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects), Finalist (No Location: 2018)

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The Swanson Residence: A Compact Cottage for Birdwatching - Built, Concept Design through Construction Documentation (Bentonville, AK: 2013-2014)

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Studio Gang Architects, Chicago, IL

Project Leader: May 2017 - January 2020

Design Team Member: March 2015 - May 2017

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Spelman CI&A - Concept Design through Construction Documentation (Atlanta, GA: 2017 - 2020)

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O’Hare Global Terminal - Competition Phase (Chicago, IL: 2018)

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Kresge College, University of California Santa Cruz - Programming through Concept Design (Santa Cruz, CA: 2017)

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Folsom Bay Tower - Construction Documentation (San Francisco, CA: 2017)

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Tour Montparnasse - Concept Design through Schematic Design (Paris, France: 2016-2017)

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Beloit College Powerhouse: Concept Design - Schematic Design (Beloit, WI: 2016)

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Guggenheim Collections Center: Concept Design (New York, NY: 2016)

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CTA Blue Line Belmont Station - Concept Design (Chicago, IL: 2016)

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Solstice Tower - Concept Design through Design Development (Chicago, IL: 2015-2016)

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American Museum of Natural History Gilder Center - Concept Design through Schematic Design (New York, NY: 2015)

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Research Associate: October 2014 - March 2015

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A Sustainable Future for Exuma: Planning and Policy Development (Exuma, Bahamas: 2014 - 2015)

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OFICINAA, Ingolstadt, Germany

Project Leader: June 2014 - October 2014

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Land and Garden Exhibition 2020 Ingolstadt: Competition (Ingolstadt, Germany: 2014)

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Augustinviertel Community Center: Competition (Ingolstadt, Germany: 2014)

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Uberbau, Berlin, DE

Urban Designer, May 2013 - August 2013

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Astana EXPO 2017: Competition (Astana, Kazakhstan: 2013)

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MVRDV, Rotterdam, NL

Urbanism Trainee, August 2012 - March 2013

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Stavanger Madla Revheim: Masterplan Competition (Stavanger, Norway: 2013)

Benjamin Franklin Village Mannheim: Masterplan Concept Design (Mannheim, Germany: 2013)

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Les Ardoines Metro Station: Concept Design (Paris, France: 2012)

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Vert de Maison Metro Station: Concept Design (Paris, France: 2012)

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Issy RER Metro Station: Concept Design (Paris, France: 2012)

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Kiruna Future Vision: Masterplan Competition (Kiruna, Sweden: 2012)

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Rocker-Lange Architects, Cambridge, MA

Architectural Designer: May 2012 - August 2012

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Serial Multiplicities: Wall House - Concept Design through Design Development (Boston, MA: 2021)

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Buro Happold, New York, NY

Structural Design Intern: December 2011 – January 2012

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Beach and Howe Tower, with BIG: Structural Concept Design (Vancouver, Canada: 2011-2012)

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MFA Houston, with Snøhetta: Structural Concept Design (Houston, TX: 2011-2012)

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Manica Architecture, Kansas City, MO

Junior Architectural Designer: April 2011 –  September 2011

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VTB Stadium + Arena: Concept Design - Design Development (Moscow, Russia: 2011)

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Awards and Honors

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Finalist, Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects, 2021 / A Spa in the Cloud: Data Hotels, Hanging Baths, and Thermosocial Exchange, Zuroweste Architecture

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Finalist, Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects, 2020 / Splay / Stagger / Stack - Learning from Architecture as Play, Zuroweste Architecture

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Finalist, Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects, 2020 / Curating Perspective: A Museum of Architecture in Boston’s Copley Square, Zuroweste Architecture

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Finalist, Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects, 2020 / Village in the Garden: Solar Sculpting in Telegraph Hill, Zuroweste Architecture

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Honorable Mention, The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards, Unbuilt – Cultural Category, 2019 / Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History, Studio Gang Architects*

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Editors’ Picks, The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards, Residential – Multi-unit Category, 2019 / Solstice on the Park, Studio Gang Architects*

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Finalist, Residential Category, World Architecture Festival, 2019 / Solstice on the Park, Studio Gang Architects*

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Finalist, Residential Category, World Architecture Festival, 2019 / Solstice on the Park, Studio Gang Architects*

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Finalist, Future Projects - Culture Category, World Architecture Festival, 2019 / Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History, Studio Gang Architects*

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Finalist, Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, 2018 / The Sphere, the Cube, the Arch: Boston MFA Library, Zuroweste Architecture

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Finalist, Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, 2018 / Cadavre Exquis: A Sectional Analysis and Critical Sequencing of Six Canonical Buildings, Zuroweste Architecture

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Winner, Glass Future Prize, World Architecture Festival, 2018 / Tour Montparnasse, Studio Gang Architects*

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Finalist, Competition Designs category, World Architecture Festival, 2018 / Tour Montparnasse, Studio Gang Architects*

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Finalist, Rotch Traveling Scholarship, Boston Society of Architects, 2018 / The Sphere, the Cube, the Arch: Intersecting Form and Program Towards a New Library Typology

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Conferred “with Distinction,” M.Arch II Degree, Harvard University, 2014 (indicates “work of exceptional merit”)

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Winner, Clifford Wong Prize in Housing Design, Harvard University, 2013 / The Culture of Liberated Congestion: A Manual for the Proliferation of Land Value

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Winner, Boston Society of Architects Women in Design Awards,

Urban Interventions Category, 2012 / Wallhouse, Rocker-Lange Architects*

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Conferred “with Highest Distinction,” M.Arch Degree, University of Kansas, 2010 (indicates top 3% of graduating class)

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Recipient, Donald P. Ewart Scholarship in Architecture, University of Kansas, 2008

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Recipient, Herbstakadamie Nuekloster Grant, University of Kansas, 2008

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Recipient, Full Tuition Scholarship, The Cooper Union, 2007

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*Note: Awards given to firms on projects which Peter Zuroweste played a key contributing role

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Exhibitions

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“A Spa in the Cloud: Data Hotels, Hanging Baths, and Thermosocial Exchange,” Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, 2021

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“Splay/Stagger/Stack: Learning from Architecture as Play,” Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, 2021

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“Curating Perspective: A Museum of Architecture in Boston’s Copley Square,” Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, 2020

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“Village in the Garden: Solar Sculpting in Telegraph Hill,” Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, 2020

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“The Sphere, the Cube, the Arch: Boston MFA Library,” Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, 2018

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“Cadavre Exquis: A Sectional Analysis and Critical

Sequencing of Six Canonical Buildings,” Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, 2018

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“A Sustainable Future for Exuma: A Traveling Toolbox,” A Sustainable Future for Exuma: A Traveling Toolbox, Frances Loeb Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA and various locations across The Bahamas, 2014-2015

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“Serial Multiplicities: Wall House,” Women In Design: Urban Interventions, work completed at Rocker-Lange Architects exhibited by Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, 2013

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“The Culture of Liberated Congestion,” Platform 5, Druker Design Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2013

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“Rainwater Detention Pavilion,” Green Energy Gateway, EPA Region 7, Lawrence, KS, USA, 2008

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“Central Park: Analysis,” End of the Year Exhibition, The Cooper Union, New York City, NY, USA, 2008

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Publications

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“Blow Up: Elastic Morphologies,” in Gail Peter Borden, Michael Meredith (ed.), Lineament: Material, Representation and the Physical Figure in Architectural Production (Routledge: 2017)

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“The Culture of Liberated Congestion,” in Neil Spiller (ed.), Educating Twenty First Century Architects (Thames and Hudson: 2014)

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“The Culture of Liberated Congestion: A Manual for the Proliferation of Land Value,” in Mariana Ibañez (ed.), Platform 5 (Harvard GSD/Actar: 2013)

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“The Culture of Liberated Congestion: A Manual for the Proliferation of Land Value,” in Mohsen Mostafavi and Peter Christensen (ed.), Instigations: Engaging Architecture, Landscape and the City (Lars Müller Publishers: 2012)

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Lectures

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“¿Cartoon Urbanism vs Dark Highrise?,” with Mariano Gomez-Luque, part of the “¿Water or Whisky?” series, organized by the Center for Contemporary Architecture Studies at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella’s School of Architecture and Urban Studies, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2021

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“Postdisastropias: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Architecture,” Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, School of Architecture and Urban Studies, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2021

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Research

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“Disaster, Displacement, Conglomeration: A Reckoning of Form, Matter, and Energy,” Fellowship Submission (Finalist), University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (Zuroweste Architecture: 2021)

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“The Pacific Crest Trail: A Vanishing Wilderness,” self-initiated field research conducted during a 1,000 mile trek southbound from Hart’s Pass, WA (at the Canadian border) to Eldorado County, CA (Zuroweste Architecture: 2020)

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“The Flimsy and the Fortified: Emergy, Aesthetics, and Chinese Urbanization,” proceedings of Inaki Abalos’ Spring 2014 Option Studio “Thermodynamic Materialism Applied to Dense Urban Conglomerates” at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2014)

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“Form/Matter/Energy: Towards the (Re)Integration of Thermodynamic Materialism,” research agenda prepared for various post-graduate travel fellowships (Zuroweste Architecture: 2014)

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“On Money,” proceedings of Timothy Hyde’s Fall 2013 Seminar “Modernity and Crisis” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2013)

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“On the City,”  proceedings of Timothy Hyde’s Fall 2013 Seminar “Modernity and Crisis” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2013)

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“On Environment,” proceedings of Timothy Hyde’s Fall 2013 Seminar “Modernity and Crisis” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2013)

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“On People,”  proceedings of Timothy Hyde’s Fall 2013 Seminar “Modernity and Crisis” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2013)

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“On Things,” proceedings of Timothy Hyde’s Fall 2013 Seminar “Modernity and Crisis” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2013)

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“Yagé and the Tukano: An Entheological Approach to Ecological Perception,” proceedings of Sanford Kwinter’s Fall 2013 Seminar “A Science of the Environment” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2013)

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“Blow Up: Elastic Morphologies” proceedings of Andrew Witt’s Fall 2013 Seminar “Expanded Mechanisms / Empirical Materialisms” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2013)

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“The Ideal Mathematics of High Rise Housing,” proceedings of George Legendre’s Spring 2012 Seminar “Superficial Space” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2012)

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“Brooklyn-Queens Expressway: The Cinematic Reel,” proceedings of Sylvia Benedito’s Spring 2012 Seminar “Landscape as Moving Image” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvad GSD: 2012)

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“Landscape as Communication,” proceedings of Sylvia Benedito’s Spring 2012 Seminar “Landscape as Moving Image” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2012)

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“The Culture of Liberated Congestion: A Manual for the Proliferation of Land Value,” proceedings of Ciro Najle’s Spring 2012 Option Studio “Neokoolhisms” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2012)

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“Spatial Googling,” in Nashid Nabian (ed.), Design Projects in Urban Cybernetics, proceedings of Fall 2011 “Real-Time Cities” Seminar at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2011).

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“Situated Computing and the Erosion of the Interface,” in Nashid Nabian, (ed.), Case Studies in Urban Cybernetics, proceedings of Fall 2011 “Real-Time Cities” Seminar at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD: 2011)

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“The Archives of Venice: Topos, Nomos, and the Negotiation of Inter-Typological Contradictions,” proceedings of Luis Rojo de Castro’s Fall 2012 Seminar “Urban Superimpositions / Historical Archive: Negotiating Public Roles in Piazzale Roma” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvad GSD: 2011)

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“The Historical and Theoretical Concept of the Archive,” proceedings of Luis Rojo de Castro’s Fall 2012 Seminar “Urban Superimpositions / Historical Archive: Negotiating Public Roles in Piazzale Roma” at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvad GSD: 2011)

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“West Bottom Water Works: Hydrological Housing in Post-Industrial Floodplains,” Undergraduate Thesis (University of Kansas: 2010)

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“A Code in the Stone: Reading Prora and St. Marien,” in Gernot Nalbach (ed.), Stein auf Stein: Learning from Prora, proceedings of the 16th annual Internationale Herbstakadamie Neukloster (Universität Dortmund: 2008).

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“Kenzo Tange: von Funktionalismus bis Strukturalismus,” in Claus Baldus (ed.), Modern Architecture from 1950 to 1980: Critical Analysis and Open Discussions, proceedings of SS08 Architekturtheorie MA Seminar (FH Potsdam: 2008).

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