Portfolio 2025

zpfutterer@gmail.com +1 (347) 973-7825

Table of Contents CURRICULUM VITAE 04

INTRO PENN STATION CRITICAL IMPROVEMENTS

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TECHSTYLE HAUS 11 RIYADH METRO PROJECT 16

DESIGNS

GRACE CHURCH CEMETERY

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SKETCHES AND HANDMADE WORK

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THESIS X ART

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Zachary Patrick Futterer Englewood, Florida • +1 (347) 973-7825 • zpfutterer@gmail.com

About Me Mr. Futterer is a freelance architectural and visual designer currently seeking remote work to support designers and architecture firms in their creative process and content production. He holds 8 years of professional experience working on many small, mid, and large scale design projects in the transportation, commercial, industrial, and residential sectors, as well as some work in urban design and site planning.

Professional Experience 2023– Altar Group | Architectural Designer | Remote 2024 Hi Skin Salons | Washington DC, Fairfax, VA, Las Vegas, NV | 2024 | $125,000 | 550 sq ft | DD–Bidding • Generated BIM models, 3D graphics, and permit sets for the new build-outs of 4 skin care salons in existing buildings • Coordinated all life safety, space planning, finishes, and millwork details UHaul Self Storage | College Station, TX | 2024 | $6.8 million | 85,391 sq ft | CD • Improved circulation and life safety compliance and developed roof, wall, door, and stair details for a 3-floor self-storage facility Malcomson Garage Condos | Houston, TX | 2023–2024 | $5.4 million | 67,500 sq ft | SD–CD • Provided facade design options for a 6-building industrial office complex and generated visual content for client presentations • Developed site planning, fire separation strategies, life safety, assembly types, and finishes for permitting West Loop Commercial Park | Conroe, TX | 2023–2024 | $2.6 million | 33,150 sq ft | CD–Bidding • Supported permit and bid efforts for site planning, life safety, space planning, and facade design of 6 industrial office buildings Carraway Office Park | Magnolia, TX | 2023–2024 | $3.1 million | 39,100 sq ft | CD–Bidding • Coordinated finishes and all technical drawings in the BIM model for the permit and bid sets of 5 industrial office buildings 2024

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Kēvo Studio | Graphic Designer | Remote Ranch Master Plan | FL | Sep–Nov 2024 | Private Client | 365 acres (15,911,308 sq ft) | SD • Worked with real estate developer to create a rendered master plan with proposed improvements to an existing rural development • Created customized textures, shading, and linework to represent foliage, waterways, buildings, and roadways Matthew Busch Architect | Architectural Designer | Remote 71 South 29th Street | Wyandanch, NY | 2024 | 1,646 sq ft | CD • Provided full BIM support and created technical drawings for a new 2-story 4 bed 3 bath single-family residence

2022– Private Client | Architectural Designer | Remote 2024 Rzasnicki Residence | Nashville, TN | 2022–2024 | Private Client | 5,000 sq ft | SD–CA • Worked with interior designer to optimize space planning and facade design and provide drawings and 3D views for contractor 2022

Spencer & Lapre | Architectural Designer | Remote Workforce Housing Site Plan | Killington, VT | 2022–2023 | | 63 acres (2,724,424 sq ft) | SD • Created rendered site plan and schematic design drawings for expanded housing on an existing development

2019– Drawing Instructor and English Tutor | Remote 2023

2017– AECOM | Designer II, Architecture | New York, NY | On-Site 2019 Penn Station Critical Improvements | New York, NY | 2017–2019 | $170 million | 90,000 sq ft | SD–DD • Generated solutions to enhance wayfinding, retail, circulation, sense of place, and passenger experience in the concourse • Coordinated BIM with mechanical and structural engineers and created plans, custom furniture designs, and presentation graphics Moynihan Train Hall LIRR Space Fit-Out | New York, NY | 2018–2019 | 255,000 sq ft | SD–CD • Collaborated with designers and engineers to deliver technical drawings and renderings for an office fit-out in an historic train hall Penn Station Platform Improvements | New York, NY | 2017 | 133,000 sq ft | SD • Led production of 3D renderings and diagrams to support RFP proposal to improve wayfinding and circulation for 5 platforms 2014– AECOM | Designer II, Architecture | Boston, MA | On-Site 2016 GE Global Headquarters Relocation | Boston, MA | 2016 | $200 million | 388,000 sq ft | SD–Bidding • Acted as PA on PMO team for QA and bid packages of 2 existing 5-story brick buildings and 1 new 12-story office building Boston Logan Airport, Terminal E Modernization | Boston, MA | 2015–2016 | $400 million | 600,000 sq ft | SD • Developed terminal layout plans with PA and PM, including 7 new gates, expanded security and ticketing, and a subway connection Minneapolis SWLRT, Green Line Extension | Minneapolis, MN | 2015–2016 | $1.9 billion | 16-mi light rail extension | DD–CD • Worked with PA and PM to generate details of stairs, roofs, windows, and joints and create 3D renderings for façade design options Riyadh Metro Project | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 2014–2015 | $22.5 billion | 11 out of 85 stations for 175-km metro system | DD • Coordinated mechanical and structural systems for station and developed solutions for site conflicts and entry concourse design • Supported architectural team with creation of construction documents and conceptual renderings for client presentations 2012– Techstyle Haus Project, Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 | Architectural and Urban Designer | Hybrid 2014 Techstyle Haus | Providence, RI, and Versailles, France | 2012–2014 | $500,000 | 800,000 sq ft | SD–CA • Managed urban design and project documentation and supported architectural design team and media campaign in US and France • Integrated an energy positive systems design and Passive House approach to core, shell, and orientation 2012

LLB Architects | Graphics Consultant | Pawtucket, RI | Hybrid Rhode Island College, Craig Hall | Providence, RI | 2012 | LLB Architects | $50 million | 9,100 sq ft | SD • Created perspective renderings to test materials and diagrams to illustrate concept and design intent for expansion and renovation.

2010– Architecture-Studio | Design Intern | Paris, France | On-Site 2011 Souria Towers | Damascus, Syria | Nov 2010 – May 2011 | $300 million | 2.8 million sq ft | DD • Prepared rendered floor plans of apartment units and designed egress stairs and ventilation shafts with a mechanical engineer District Courthouse | Paris, France | Competition | Aug 2010 – Nov 2010 | Competition | 650,000 sq ft | SD • Completed space planning and presentation graphics as part of a competition submission for a 160-meter tower and courthouse

Education Rhode Island School of Design | Master of Architecture | Providence, RI | 2011-2014 Fachhochschule Erfurt | Study Abroad Program | Erfurt, Germany | 2013 • Workshop: “Adaptable Architecture In Passive Solar Houses.” Textile architecture and Passivhaus Standard.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies | Urbana, IL | 2006-2010 École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles | Study Abroad Program | Versailles, France | 2008-2009

Skills Software: Revit | AutoCAD | Photoshop | InDesign | Illustrator | SketchUp | V-Ray | BIM360 | ReCap | Matterport | MS Office Languages: English: native language | Spanish: fluent | French: fluent

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STATION ENHANCEMENTS Hosting 3 commuter lines, 6 subway lines, and 600,000 passengers annually, New York Penn Station is the busiest train station in the US. This project scope spans two contracts which include a widened concourse, improved signage and sightlines, and enhanced illumination and finishes at both the concourse and platform levels.

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AECOM

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Penn Station Critical Improvements Role:

Designer II, Architecture

Company:

AECOM

Period:

2017 – 2019

Phase:

Schematic Design – Design Development

Scope:

90,000 sq ft renovation to concourse of an historic transit hub

Cost:

$170 million

A-C-E SUBWAY

1-2-3 SUBWAY

2 PENN PLAZA

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

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DESIGN SCOPE OF WORK: CONCOURSE WALLS

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GRANITE SKIRTING

FLOORS

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WHITE NON-BALLISTIC BACK PAINTED GLASS

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GLASS COLUMN ENCLOSURE

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CLEAR NON-BALLISTIC GLASS

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FRITTED GLASS

CEILINGS

SIGNAGE

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YELLOW BACK PAINTED GLASS AT PORTALS TO TRACK

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METAL PANEL CEILING

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PIDS / GATE SIGNAGE

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RECESSED LINEAR LIGHT FIXTURES

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DEPARTURE BOARD

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LINEAR DIFFUSER

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ILLUMINATED CEILING FABRIC AT “SKY”

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CLEAR GLASS - HUNG FROM CEILING

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CLEAR SILKSCREEN GLASS

REVITALIZE FLOOR FINISH

RETAIL TICKETING

STATION MASTER

POLICE

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WOMEN BREAK

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RETAIL

CONCOURSE IMPROVEMENTS Thanks to the removal of structural girders from the original 1910 station, the design team was able to increase the height and openness of the main concourse. The corridor underlying 33rd Street was also widened, and new backpainted glass finishes were proposed throughout the public area. The back-ofhouse spaces belonging to Long Island Rail Road and MTA Police also received new plan layouts.

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OPERATIONS

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RETAIL

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TICKETING AND BOARDING GATE IMPROVEMENTS The wall elevations at the ticketing and boarding gates received new treatments with white backpainted glass along the ticket walls and yellow backpainted glass at each boarding gate. The main ticketing wall elevations features an updated departure board, expanded ticket counters, new ticket vending machines, new electronic signage, and new storefronts for retail tenants.

NEW WHITE BACKPAINTED GLASS WALL PANEL ENTRY TO CATWALK NEW CLEAR GLASS WALL PANEL

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FURNITURE AND SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENTS The waiting area received an updated layout with new custom designed counter millwork, expanded seating, and updated electronic signage displays.

CUSTOM FURNITURE DESIGNS

ELECTRONIC SIGNAGE

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Task 1

Paint, Column & Floor Cladding

Task 2

New Ceiling and Lighting

Task 3

Platform height Corrections

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PLATFORM IMPROVEMENTS 4 Staircases Final Echoing the updates made at theTask concourse level, new brightly light arched ceilings and integrated illumination and signage provide an enhanced Task 5level. Task 1-3 Design of Platform 9 Final passenger experience at the platform Option 1

Concourse Lighting Improvements

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Replacement of Air Handlers

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Task 1-3 Design for 4 Platforms

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T&M for Penn Station

5 Years

DESIGN SCOPE OF WORK: PLATFORMS 01

A BRIGHTLY LIT, ARCHED CEILING, RECALLING THE ORIGNAL PENNSTATION

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INTEGRATED LIGHTING AND WAYFINDING

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SIGNAGE INTEGRATED INTO THE CEILING FABRIC

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RESTORED HISTORIC STAIRCASE, WITH POLISHED TREADS, POLISHED BRASS HANDRAILS, AND PAINTED METALWORK

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NEW STAINLESS STEEL CLADDING AROUND EXISTING COLUMNS WHICH ENCASES UTILITIES WHILE DISPLAYING SIGNAGE

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NEW GRANITE FLOOR TILES, TACTILE AND EDGE STRIP WITH SAFETY LIGHTING

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Street

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Platform Level

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A NET-ZERO HOUSE YOU CAN BUILD IN 10 DAYS Techstyle Haus was designed, prototyped, and built as a tourable exhibition at the Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 in Versailles, France, with a focus on education about implementing sustainability strategies through material innovation.

TECHSTYLE HAUS TEAM

Techstyle Haus Role:

Architectural and Urban Designer, Construction Team Member

Company:

Inside/Out Team

Period:

2012 – 2014

Phase:

Schematic Design – Construction Administration

Scope:

800,000 sq ft net-zero home for a global solar house competition

Cost:

$500,000

SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014

DOMAINE DE BOISBUCHET

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HAUS DESIGN PRINCIPLES Techstyle Haus is the first textile residential structure to meet the strict Passive Haus energy standard. The functional application of high performance textiles creates sustainable design solutions.

SHEERFILL TEXTILE High-performance textile envelope

PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY Rigid array mounted on curved vinyl substrate

VERSATILE BUILDING TYPOLOGIES The Techstyle concept of open framing, tensile vaults, and compact cores can be engineered to many locations to optimize solar power, access, and views. This construction system can operate as a single unit, in attached rows as multifamily housing, as a shopfront with housing behind, or as a large market shed.

OPEN FRAMING Double curved roof shape creates a vaulted interior space

SUPERINSULATION 12 in. Isover Integra 032 ZKF fiberglass U-Value 0.1067 W/m2K

TRIPLE GLAZING Full-height triple-pane window system

OPEN PLAN CONCEPT The versatility of the open plan and a compact mechanical core allows the interior spaces to easily transform and reconfigure.

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THE TECHSTYLE EXHIBITION Design juries evaluated the house in multiple categories, including architecture, engineering and construction, energy efficiency, comfort conditions, urban design, affordability, innovation, and sustainability. Out of the 20 competing teams, our InsideOut Team, made up of students and industry professionals from the US, France, and Germany, placed 1st in indoor air quality, 3rd in comfort conditioning, 6th in communications and social awareness, and 14th overall in the competition.

EARLY SITE PLAN CONCEPT

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EXTERIOR SHEERFILL MEMBRANE Made by Saint-Gobain, Sheerfill is a high performance pre-stressed fiberglass textile base fabric with a PTFE coating. Used here as a rainscreen, it allows the outer membrane to be flexible, moisture wicking, and wind resistant up to 133 mph. The membrane needs to take a double curvature to resist and evenly distribute wind and snow loads.

PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY Rigid monocrystalline PV cells from Pvilion and Schneider Electric, 22.5% efficient, laminated to vinyl fabric. Peak power is 5 kW, 200% of annual electricity needs. Cells are mounted on 73 vinyl textile modules, with 21 cells per module.

SOLAR HOT WATER Domestic hot water is generated through an evacuated-tube solar thermal system from Viessmann, which provides 50% of the house’s annual hot water demand.

STEEL RIB SYSTEM 5 prefabricated curved HSS ribs, fixed in place by 2 compressive struts, act as arches to hold the outer fabric in tension and allow for an open vaulted interior space.

SUPERINSULATED GLAZING 48 mm triple glazed windows from Saint-Gobain and Zola. South glazing U-value is 0.53 W/m2K, and north glazing U-value is 0.42 W/m2K.

MODULAR SUB-FLOOR 15 pre-fabricated “pallets,” allow for modularity and ease of installment.

Each “pallet” is comprised of LVL, engineered lumber I-joist, Advantech OSB, Certainteed CB180 Commerical Insulation board, Densglass exterior sheathing, and Tescon Vana ProClima air sealing tape assembly.

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COMPACT MECHANICAL CORE The ventilation system is combined with the Vitocal 242-S air-to-liquid heat pump with an integrated domestic hot water cylinder designed for use in Passive houses.

PASSIVE HOUSE COMPLIANCE 253.78 euros per year of surplus energy Heating Demand: 13.3 kWh/m2 annual* Cooling Demand: 5.5 kWh/m2 annual* Airtightness: 0.6 (1/h) ACH* *Meets Passive House European Standards THE MANY LIVES OF TECHSTYLE HAUS Techstyle Haus was designed over a period of 2 years and then erected 3 times ­– first as a prototype in Providence, RI, then as a tourable exhibition in Solar Decathlon Europe in Versailles, France, and finally as student housing at the art campus of Domaine de Boisbuchet in beautiful PoitouCharentes.

GREYWATER FILTRATION AND IRRIGATION House water use is managed through efficient appliances, conservative bathroom fixtures, greywater reuse for irrigation, and a low maintenance, versatile landscape. There are 4 gardens: the Western and Eastern greywater gardens, Southern edible garden, and Northern shade garden. The shower, laundry, and lavatory water flows into the greywater system’s primary filter stored under the Haus’s Northern deck.

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THE NEW LINE 1 This project represents the first comprehensive public transit project in Saudi Arabia, with great potential to reduce travel times, decrease carbon emissions, and enable women to travel independently. Out of a total of 109 miles covered and 85 stations included in the new metro system, the AECOM project scope includes 11 deep underground stations along Line 1 of the new system.

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GOVERNMENT COMPLEX STADIUM FINANCIAL DISTRICT 1B1 1B2 1B4 1C1 1C2 1C3 1C4 1D2 1D5

AECOM

Riyadh Metro Project Role:

Designer II, Architecture

Company:

AECOM

Period:

2014 – 2015

Phase:

Design Development

Scope:

11 out of 85 stations for a 175-km metro system

Cost:

$22.5 billion

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Median with skylight, sand louvers, and AC yards

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STATION DESIGN Each station had to respond to site issues like clay, a high water table, airborne sand, flood risk, tight building frontage, and utility conflicts. The station design splits between site-specific parts (headhouses and public concourse) and prototypical parts (paid concourse, mechanical rooms, and platforms).

Grade Level, ±0.000 m

From the sidewalk, headhouses provide visibility and pedestrian access to subway, and enhance neighborhood character.

In the median, sand louvers filter out air particulates; skylight brings natural light into station; and AC yards allow tunnel ventilation.

Concourse Level, -3.175 m

A public concourse leads passengers past retail, with adjacent technical rooms for fire safety, police, and elevator/ escalator controls.

Mechanical Level, -15.925 m

Prototypical technical equipment for MEP and fire suppression occupy the back-of-house.

Platform Level, -23.675 m

Vertical circulation leads down to platforms, protected from tracks by platform screen doors.

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PROTOTYPICAL BOX Each station has a custom designed concourse which then attaches to a prototypical station “box,” which repeats at each metro stop. This box C carries all required mechanical back-of-house spaces and a concourse leading down to the platforms.

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This thesis is investigating three main questions: (1) How can public space be made more inclusive to produce democratic environments which encourage social exchange and shared activity?

(2) How can an architectural program for a cemetery connect, share stories, and engage people as co-stewards of their public spaces?

(3) How can sacred and profane activities be mixed in a renewed threshold to allow the reminders of death to be a normal, positive part of our lives and an integral part of great public space?

MASTERS THESIS PROJECT / RISD

Grace Church Cemetery Role:

Architectural and Urban Designer

Company:

RISD / Masters Thesis Project

Period:

2013 – 2014

Phase:

Pre-Schematic Design

Scope:

4.5 acre (200,000 sq ft) historic cemetery with proposed urban installations

New path to reactivate an historic place with everyday social connection

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New co-ops and affordable housing to preserve the diversity of place

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APPLYING PROXEMICS There is a great deal of open space here, both used and underused, and the cemetery is one of the largest open spaces in all of South Providence, flanked on all sides by shops and institutions which sometimes act as good hangout spots too. My research has also drawn from the proxemics studies of Edward T. Hall involving our varying sensorial reactions to people at different distances.

ENGAGING COMMUNITY I spent five months getting to know the Trinity Square neighborhood in South Providence and its people. I documented each site visit, like diary entries, in a series of maps. After each visit, I made an annotated map telling the story of what I saw and did.

I have clearly noted this corner as a high foot traffic area. There are always dozens of people talking, shmoozing, smoking, begging, fighting, and waiting for the bus. The door to the corner store is constantly opening and closing with customer flow.

I met the corner store owner Zouhair, who just moved to Providence from Morocco 2 months ago. He thought my community social media effort was a good thing and let me put up a flyer for it in his store. I also put a flyer in the window of the Thai market across the street.

Moroccan corner store

Moroccan corner store

Wilbury Theatre Group Trinity Restauration

There were and have been regularly several people hanging out on the stoops chatting with each other in the mornings each time I walk by.

Since the weather was warmer today, I noticed more people using the cemetery. Some were visiting a grave, some boxing in the back, some crossing through.

I have begun to notice a group of people (some of whom I now recognize) that hang out here regularly in the afternoon. They lean against the traffic railing and smoke and chat with each other.

I saw someone on the median handing out flyers to people in their cars at the traffic light.

I noticed that people who waited for the bus here tended to lean on the fence, either with their elbow or with their back against the fence. They seem to be in need of seating, as there is nowhere to sit in Trinity Square.

I spent the afternoon tracing objects and surfaces in the cemetery with tracing paper and charcoal.

Subjects included tombstones, milk crates, sweaters, novels, liquor bottles, tire tracks, cardboard, leaves, grass, and soil. Many people already consider this cemetery as an asset, and so I wanted to document these assets.

This area remains a popular hangout spot for several locals who are familiar to me.

The guy at the counter of this Shell gas station was nice enough to let me post a flyer here too.

Syrian corner store

I spontaneously met a guy outside this meat market who posts flyers outside businesses all around the neighborhood. I gave him some of my flyers to distribute elsewhere. We exchanged contact information to coordinate any future efforts together.

I posted flyers at bus stops and light posts along all sides of the cemetery to promote my social media effort called Trinity Stories.

The guy at the counter of this corner store was not comfortable with me posting flyers, but he was very friendly.

2014.03.09

I was sad to learn that this laundromat had just closed and would not be reopening in a new location.

2014.04.07

Neighborhood Latino pub

I tried to speak a little Spanish with the guy at this Latino corner store, and he seemed very welcoming and let me post a flyer in his store window.

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INDEPENDENT PROJECTS / RISD

Sketches and Handmade Work (Role) (Company/Institution) (Period) (Scope) (Phase) (Cost)

PRINTS Drawing from travel sketches, I converted drawings into prints, using intaglio and aquatint to achieve incremental darkening.

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TRAVEL SKETCHES Traveling to multiple countries throughout Europe, I used sketchbooks to capture on-site urban design studies, skyline drawings, street perspectives, and structural analyses. I experimented freely with such media as charcoal, watercolor, and colored pencil.

JEWELRY Using skills acquired during a metalwork studio workshop, I created a cuff bracelet and sand dollar necklace using simple techniques of cutting, forming, sanding, and polishing.

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DRAWING MARATHON This drawing workshop challenged me to draw continuously for 60 hours per week, for 2 weeks. I focused on efforts on large-scale charcoal work, often in portraits with live models. The goal was to work quickly and freely to capture a scene, unafraid to make mistakes and working multi-layered drawings to achieve greater depth of form.

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the END thank you!

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