D A V I D G. P O L K
AIA , NCARB
education eCornell - Project Leadership Certificate - December 2019 Bauhaus-Universität Weimar - Summer 2019 Post-Professional Certificate in Cultural Landscapes & Urban Resilience; Weimar Germany Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Washington Alexandria Architecture Center, Alexandria, Virginia - gpa 3.53/4.0 2015 - Master of Architecture Fall 2013 - Research Abroad as part of an Urban Ecology & Green Communities Seminar; Curitiba, Brazil University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT - gpa 3.78/4.0 2013 - Bachelor of Science in Architecture with Honors Summer 2012 - Semester Abroad as part of an exchange with La Universidad Nacional Litoral; Santa Fe, Argentina Vero Beach Senior High School, 2006 - Vero Beach, FL- gpa 4.5/4.0
professional experience U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service
December 2021 - present; New York, NY.
Regional Chief Architect - Northeast & Carribean Region, Design + Construction Division - Supervisory Architect - manage a team of cross-disciplinary subject matter experts as a regional resource: architecture, engineering, interior design, workplace, historic preservation, art in architecture/fine art, urban development, accessibility, and cost estimating. - Source Selection Evaluation Boards - serve as chairperson and voting member for various capital new construction and R&A projects. Help to organize the selection board logistics, author the board reports, and assist acquisition in the selecion of the A|E - Capital Project + Real Estate Planning - participate in capital project planning from feasibility, due diligence, strategy, project development, optimizing building footprint and consolidation, sustainability/climate/resilience planning. - Design Management - direct oversight and input on design direction and development for capital projects and lease construct projects; ensure implementation of P100 Federal Building Standards as well as client/tenant agency requirements. Architect, Subject Matter Expert - Office of the Chief Architect, Design Excellence Jan 2019 - Nov 2021, Washington, D.C. - Design Excellence - help to manage the Design Excellence Peer Review program & coordinate outside professional peers - Source Selection Evaluation Boards - serve as a voting member for various capital new construction and R&A projects. - Design Reviews - serves as a SME to review concept drawings to construction document sets to meet agency standards - Industry Outreach + Roundtables - engage industry around current topics via research, studies, presentations, and roundtables - Liason for the Office of the Chief Architect for office wide Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access efforts. - Phase 1 Feasibility Studies - as part of the newly established Architecture Division we initiated, our team provides private sector-like design services, which has saved millions of dollars in design fees and time saved from contracting out. These projects are mostly focused on Federal Courthouses in conjunction with the AOUSC Junior Architect - Office of the Chief Architect, Design Excellence July 2013 - Dec 2018, Washington, D.C. - Design Reviews - serves as a SME to review concept drawings to construction document sets to meet agency standards - Architecture Division - provide 2D/3D/4D modeling, concept and schematic design, programming, blocking and stacking, workplace strategies and planning, interior, renovation/modernization, master planning, 3D visualization, graphic design - Facilitate the GSA Design Excellence Jury and Awards selection process, awards submissions, and awards ceremony. Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at GWU; Exhibition Design
Aug 2019 - Dec 2021; Washington, D.C.
Adjunct Professor - help to teach design studio and visualization courses; 2D/3D modelling & graphic design - CEX 6011 Introduction to Methods and Tools of Visual Representation - graduate students of Exhibition Design Marymount University; School of Arts & Sciences; Interior Design May 2016 - Aug 2021; Arlington, VA Adjunct Professor - help to teach architectural communcation and visualization courses; 2D/3D modelling & graphic design - ID 121 Free Hand Drafting, ID 223/523 Presentation Graphics, ID 595 Graduate Directed Research; Thesis/Capstone Advisor Gensler & Associates, Work Studio 3 June 2017 - Dec 2017, Washington, D.C. Technical Designer - professional development program through GSA focusing on DD, CDs, and CA in the private sector. Worked on Tysons Central mixed-use office tower, 1210 Van St. 171-condo unit building, and helped develop a topical design/desk guide series for the Gensler DC office - focusing on best practice and lessons learned. The Poole and Kent Company of Florida Jan 2013 - Sept 2013; West Palm Beach, Florida Bid Coordinator - help to coordinate invitations to bid, bid documents, scope and estimates from subs, and FTP site. CBAyA - Castellitti Bertoni Arquitectos y Associados May 2012 - July 2012; Santa Fe, Argentina Intern Architect - contributed to architectural graphics and supporting technical drawings to communicate the design of interior and exterior for two particular multifamily housing projects: Torre Molino and Conjunto Alameda Necochea