alexbondi 860-986-9977 alexbondi97@gmail.com
Education Northeastern University Masters of Architecture Boston, MA Focus in Community Engagement & Environmental Graphic Design 9 | 2021 - 5 | 2022 GPA: 3.96 Northeastern University Bachelors of Science in Architecture Boston, MA Minor in Environmental Studies 9 | 2016 - 5 | 2021 GPA: 3.82 Magna Cum Laude, Honors College, Dean’s List
Activities & Awards RISE 2020 Excellence In Research Award AIAS Chapter President 2019-2020 NU Architectural Design Award 2017-18 Haig R. Yazijian Memorial Scholarship 2017
Skills & Interests Pencil Illustration Digital Art Hand Drafting Physical Modeling
Proficiencies Community Engagement Visualization Tools Pollution Mitigation Interactive Installation
AutoCAD Illustrator InDesign Photoshop
Revit Rhino SketchUp Lumion
Professional Experience Audio Visual Designer TAD Associates New York, NY 8 / 2022 - Present [Full Time]
Designs immersive digital experiences in commenrcial spaces. Coordinates design of camera, display, and audio equipment into new and existing architecture. Manages drawing sets for use in design development through construction using Revit, Autocad, and InDesign. Creates custom construction details to incorporate technology into spaces.
Environmental Graphic Designer Air Partners Needham, MA 6 / 2022 - 8 / 2022 [Part Time]
Led the environmental design for air pollution sensors as part of an environmental justice project to educate on pollution data and relief programs. Designed and fabricated signage and interactive engagement tools for public spaces. Created informational materials for public distribution and developed community engagement strategy.
Architectural Design Assistant NU Design & Construction Boston, MA 8 / 2020 - 5 / 2021 [Full Time]
Designed wayfinding, signage, space planning and FF&E for renovation projects throughout Northeastern University’s campus. Created and coordinated custom graphic packages and instructional signage for new campus spaces. Produced construction documents for offices, research centers, student centers, and laboratories.
Research Assistant DURABLE Research Team Boston, MA 1 | 2020 - 7 | 2020 [Part Time]
Produced and organized the set up of physical and graphic materials for a research exhibit focused on comparing the life cycles of architectural construction methods. Studied and constructed models of sustainable structural systems. Created diagrams of structural and energy systems for four case studies.
Architectural Assistant Michael Baker International Rocky Hill, CT 6 / 2019 - 8 / 2019 [Full Time]
Constructed digital models using SketchUp and Lumion for use in design development of three transportation infrastructure projects. Created renderings for three projects used in public presentations, marketing, and client public relations. Spearheaded research and development for schematic design of two new municipal transportation centers.
Architectural Assistant Hacin + Associates Boston, MA 7 / 2018 - 12 / 2018 [Full Time]
Created construction documents and specifications for single and multifamily residential and commercial projects. Constructed Revit, SketchUp, and physical models for project visualization and managed Revit families for interiors. Designed marketing materials for public relations and conducted day-to-day office management.
alexbondi 860-986-9977 alexbondi97@gmail.com
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Air Partners Env. Graphics Designer June 2022 - August 2022 In the summer of 2022 I teamed up with a group of Engineering Students at Olin College called Air Partners who were installing air quality sensors around the neighborhood of Roxbury in Boston as an environmental graphics designer for their engagement project. The Air Partners project was a collaboration between these students and the community group ACE to monitor air pollution and hold the city accountable for increased construction and transportation related pollution in this area. Participating residents opted to have air sensors installed in their homes or businesses, while Air Partners collected and made pollution data accessible to leaders for use in policy. My role was to redesign the package of the air sensor to integrate it into the community so it could double as a tool to disseminate information about the project to residents and connect them with mitigation resources. 01
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NU Design + Construction Architectural Internship August 2020 - April 2021 My work at the Northeastern University office of Design and Construction focused on transitioning the campus to a hybrid in-person and remote learning environment during the first year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I specialized in rapid space renovations throughout the campus, providing space plans and construction documents, as well as furniture, finishes, and graphic packages. I produced COVID-19 signage on an as-needed basis, cultivating a graphic style and providing everything from testing procedure instructions to wayfinding banners and flags. I created custom graphics at a range of scales for new campus spaces, incorporating both wayfinding and university branding, and developed visualization packages for different renovation schemes.
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I work in multiple mediums to create pieces that feature surreal creatures. I am heavily inspired by organic life, and I love to explore creating sentient versions of plants with dramatic detail and bold color schemes. I specialize in both colored pencil and ink illustration. My typical process begins with a pencil sketch of different forms, which I then combine and iterate multiple times into a cohesive object, either adding color or bringing into digital programs to create digital art. I love to create a series of pieces under a certain theme, or take an older peice and refresh it in digital space and translate into different mediums.
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Hacin + Associates Architectural Internship July - December 2018 During my time at Hacin + Associates I joined the 45 Brighton project team through the Design Development and Construction Document phases. I created a SketchUp model that I then used to develop and test different design options for the formal detailing of the building and facade treatments, and developed renderings for design and client meetings. I also developed and managed unit and ceiling plans for the project in Revit, as well as detail drawings for the construction document set. I developed potential neighborhood development strategies for future phases of the project and produced presentations for client meetings.
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Northeastern University Masters of Architecture Thesis Studio - April 2022 Paths to Power is an exploration of how design can support residents of East Boston as they seek environmental justice against locaized air pollution.
The project began with research and visualization of the extent of the pollution and its underlying causes. Merging community engagement techniques with neighborhood design strategies, I theorized potential solutions that would address underlying causes directly, resulting in the creation and orchestration of a theoretical web tool. The conceptual tool allows residents to learn and share information about local pollution, its sources, and other public health information, while creating their own neighborhood design interventions to test their effects on overall public health. The goal of this tool is to transfer power over environmental change from government and industry to residents by revisualizing traditionally complex problems, data, and solutions in a way that makes them accessible to all.
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Northeastern University Masters of Architecture November 2021 With Josie Cerbone, Mia Kania, and Clayton Richardson Our team worked with the Emerald Necklace Conservancy to design tools for a community charrette that would help opposing stakeholder groups cultivate common ground from different goals for development of a large plot in Jamaica Plain, Boston. As a team, we conceived and constructed a physical model of the site to help stakeholders understand how their ideas might work in real space. My role was to design and create a set of 3D printed scaled pieces, representing residential, commercial, and recreational uses. These pieces were designed to stack and snap into each other to allow participants to create customized and flexible neighborhood designs. At the charrette, participants worked together put their priorities into a physical context. The collaborative design process jumpstarted conversations that were needed for different groups to compromise with each others’ community goals. 13
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Northeastern University B.S. in Architecture - Year 5 January - April 2021 The Quadrant Arch Center is a study of how structure, materiality, and systems can work together to invite the user into their processes by displaying their purpose formally and offering opportunities for interaction within reach. Structure relies on the use of reinforced arches that double as portals to different spaces, and exposed steel cables that cross the interior at a human scale. A heat pump system allows for maximum user control of individual spaces while a custom sunspace that functions as a passive heating and cooling facade invites visitors to inhabit the system itself.
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Northeastern University B.S. in Architecture - Year 4 January - April 2020
RISE Excellence in Research Award Recipient 2020 With Anastasia Leopold and Kalpana Bandari
Invasive infrastructure focuses on utilizing the invasive species
Phragmites australis to remediate and repair damaged soils along the Neponset River Estuary to combat rapid sea level rise. Within a series of modular, air supported structures, the phragmites are kept in productive growing conditions where they can remediate soils in contained plots. The structures can then be shifted to other areas when remediation is complete, following vulnerable coastline as climate conditions change. Midway through the project, we adapted the structures to house isolation chambers and short-term shelters. The design utilizes specialized parts that can be modified to fit their different uses with minimal labor.
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