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aaron rombach

Aaron Rombach

Available to begin full time work in August 2025

Selected Works Viewable at AaronRombach.com 419.618.4667 | Contact@AaronRombach.com

EDUCATION

Kent State University | Kent, Ohio | August 2020 - May 2025

Bachelor of Science in Architecture - Graduated Cum Laude

Masters of Architecture - In progress

Minor: Construction Management

3rd place of 30 teams in national MBMA metal building competition

Most Inspiring Students’ Projects competition (Florence, Italy Studio)

Showcased 4th Year Integrated Design Studio (IDS) Project Completed in collaboration with Daniel Brubaker

American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Treasurer 2022, Vice President 2021, 2023

Graduate Assistant, Digital Assistant for CAED 2024 - 2025

WORK EXPERIENCE

CESO | Akron, Ohio | Summer 2023

Gained introduction to the architectural process, including project development and design workflow.

Learned warehouse layout configurations and assisted with red-lines and drawing sets.

Clouse Construction | New Riegel, Ohio | Summer 2022

Learned and worked in concrete prep, pouring, and finishing. Operated heavy machinery, including excavators, skid loaders, boom lifts, and Gradall forklifts.

Mohawk Nursery | Tiffin, Ohio | Summer 2021

Worked as a landscaping laborer for residential and commercial properties, enhancing outdoor spaces.

Installed vegetation, patio stones, pathways, and mulch, ensuring aesthetic and functional designs.

Janotta & Herner | Monroeville, Ohio | Summer 2020

Erected steel frame buildings, and installed sheet metal roofing. Demolished old commercial spaces for redevelopment.

PERSONAL

Romby Innovations | Summer 2022 - Present

Holder of a provisional patent for innovative hat and hardhat clips, designed to enhance worker safety and convenience.

Sold over 2,000 clips across the USA and five other countries, establishing a growing international market presence. 2023 & 2024 LaunchNET Red Bull Pitch Competition Winner, recognized for product innovation and business potential. www.Romby.us

REFERENCES

Will provide upon request

contents

Explore additional works at AaronRombach.com

01 721 Los Angeles Pavilion

Semester 8

Undergraduate Year 4 - 2024

02 Foaties and Fans

Semester 10

Graduate Year 5 - 2024

03 Spatial Restitchings

Semester 7

Undergraduate Year 4 - 2023

04 Romby Innovations

Innovative 3D Printed Solutions

05 Contact

How to get in contact with me

721 Los Angeles Pavilion

Undergraduate Year 4 - 2024

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Instructor: Bill Lucak

Project Type: Urban Sports Complex

Collaborator: Daniel Brubaker

model elevation perspective

The 721 la pavilion serves as a community hub that not only hosts organized basketball games, but movie nights and public events like concerts or ceremonies as well. This project celebrates 2 separate structures united in program and form. The pavilion utilizes a steel cantilever form that is anchored in three corners, while suspended over the other appearing to defy the laws of physics. This ensures a covered open air space with unobstructed view while entering and moving throughout. The shell of the pavilion uses aluminum panels, along with an etfe roof that allows diffused light to illuminate the court during the day and during the night to act as a glowing beacon.

programmatic pavilion diagrams

This proposal emphasizes the program of sport. Found throughout the structure program of an outdoor court pavilion, 4 racquetball courts, a rock climbing wall, 3 multipurpose spaces, as well as a multi-use rooftop terrace. This rooftop be used in a multitude of ways including yoga and other instructor based classes. perspective section

model top view

model corner perspective

The shaping of the facade consists of a folded panelization made of aluminum. Angled glass and metal panels found throughout, especially on the south facade which provides a sporty and energetic appearance (also found on the pavilion elevation). Contrastingly, the curtain wall adjacent to the pavilion is more accommodating and uninterrupted with the circulation spaces.

swath drawing

ground floor

Floaties and Fans

Graduate Year 5 - 2024

Location: St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

Instructor: Iván Bernal

Project Type: Experimental Residential

section model for animation

This project, situated in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, is a response to the rising climate conditions. The project has two main configurations: one open to enjoy the fresh air and one closed to protect against tropical storms and hurricanes. The climate of the interior can be managed on a smaller scale through operable and replaceable panels, which can provide additional warmth during cooler times of the year. Each facade panel and roofing panel is interchangeable, allowing for personalization of climate control.

This proposal emphasizes kinetic architecture to create a new style of residential living by providing changing living spaces within various configurations. The project features a large cantilever where the living space and roofing are situated, along with a large concrete counterweight that provides protected sleeping locations. This structure is strategically balanced onto a central prefabricated concrete core, which anchors the rotation of the project to the landscape. Food preparation and additional lounging spaces can also be found carved into the landscape, with additional covering provided by the roof.

Climates

screen capture from model animation

initial study model

poured concrete counterweight

initial concept sketch

interior model view

Location: Midtown, OH

Instructor: Matt Hutchinson

Project Type: Maker-space / Small Business Office Hub

This project leverages connective tectonic strategies to integrate the main programs which consist of makerspace/bike shop and professional work offices. The main programs have their own identity through distinct tectonic directionality and grain. This grain is shown in materiality, form and spaces. Where the grains intersect there is a spatial overlap expressed through a relaxation in layering allowing for the lighting, and vertical circulation to follow a different language free from the two grains. Throughout the project connective tectonic strategies informed by sheet metal bending, create form and spaces which are carried throughout the project.

interior render

Romby Innovations Founder and

Owner

Romby Innovations creates innovative hardhat accessories and offers custom 3D printing services. Our flagship product, hardhat clips, enhances job site efficiency by securely holding items like earplugs, safety glasses, and pencils. Having sold over 2,000 clips, we are committed to quality, practicality, and meeting the needs of workers. Through our 3D printing expertise, we deliver customized solutions that bring ideas to life.

hardhat clip for carpenter pencil and sharpie

hat clip for carpenter pencil and sharpie