Architectural Intent

In our daily lives architecture functions as a conduit for our connection. Allowing us to connect deeper to each other, ourselves, and the world around us, the built environment facilitates interaction. Architecture connects to us as visual critical thought and tangible solutions to some of the most prevalent issues. Buildings are ideas actualized, real life examples of thoughts and visions coming to life. Good design shares its focus on the human and the Earth. Not only in terms of being human scaled, ergonomic, and sustainable but also holistically designed around the everyday user and those the structure will impact the most. The built environment has an immense capability of being able to evoke feelings of wonder, allowing for humans to feel a sense of identity through belonging and functionality while feeling safe to do so.

I design to connect to others, to help bring their visions to life. Giving them a chance to see the excitement, passion, potential, and beauty innately within everything around them. I design to connect through learning and collaboration. To see things from other designers perspectives and get inspired in ways I would never by myself. I design to give others a chance to feel safe, to feel inspired by their surroundings and to bring an optimism for what the future can bring. I design to create a more sustainable world, a world where the built and natural environments can exist truly symbiotically. I design to challenge myself, to learn from consistent discomfort and repeated iteration. I design to remind myself there will always be something new to learn and more ways to grow through connection.

Alec James

(720) 545-8165 alecjarch17@gmail.com

Los Angeles, CA 90006

Skills

September 2020 - June 2022

January 2018 - June 2022

May 2021 - November 2021

August 2017 - May 2018

January 2021 - June 2021

January 2021 - March 2021

January 2020 - June 2020

September 2018 - June 2019

Education

Designated Note Taker

Tutor

Ice Cream Scooper

Student Leader, Green Love SDSU

“Environmental Inequity”

Public Housing Competition for Boyle Heights, Los Angeles

“Can Sustainable Design Save Us?”

Thesis Project for Sherman Heights Neighborhood

Languages

2018 - Present NewSchool of Architecture & Design Bachelor of Architecture

2017 - 2018 San Diego State University Biology

French: written and spoken

Spanish: written and comprehension, some conversational