Sodium Design

May 2006





May 2003





July 2006
Master of Architecture
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
College of Architecture
Charlotte, North Carolina
Concentration: Design, Theory and Practice

Bachelor of Science in Technology
Bowling Green State University
College of Technology
Bowling Green, Ohio
Major: Architecture and Environmental Design

Glenn Murcutt Master Class
Certificate of Completion
Architecture Foundation of Australia - Sydney University
Sydney, Australia
Academic Experience
08.2019 - 12.2020




08.2015 - 05.2016




08.2013 - 05.2014




08.2012 - 05.2014




Spring 2012
Spring 2011



08.2008 - 07.2010





Fall 2009




08.2006 - 08.2008






08.2006 - 08.2008
Adjunct Professor
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

College of Arts and Architecture
Charlotte, North Carolina


Adjunct Professor
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

College of Arts and Architecture
Charlotte, North Carolina


Professor in Residence / Academic Program Director
Clemson University

Charles E. Daniel Center
Genoa, Italy


Lecturer
Clemson University

School of Architecture
Clemson, South Carolina


Visiting Lecturer - Part Time
Clemson University

School of Architecture
Clemson, South Carolina


Visiting Lecturer - Full Time
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

College of Arts and Architecture
Charlotte, North Carolina


Adjunct Professor
Queens University of Charlotte

College of Arts and Sciences
Charlotte North Carolina


Director of Digital Fabrication Facilities
Computer Instruction and Support: Digital Fabrication and Daylighting Labs
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

College of Arts and Architecture
Charlotte, North Carolina


Visiting Lecturer - Part Time
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

College of Architecture
Charlotte, North Carolina
Practice Experience
04.2016 - Current



11.2016 - Current



08.2014 - 10.2016



09.2010 - 12.2010



04.2002 - 05.2003



05.2001 - 08.2001
NEAR Design Workshop
Principal / Owner
Charlotte, North Carolina

Little Diversified Architects
Project Architect | Associate
Charlotte, North Carolina

Perkins + Will
Junior Project Architect
Charlotte, North Carolina

studioTECHNE Architects
Junior Architectural Designer
Cleveland, Ohio

Peterman Associates Incorporated
Architectural Intern
Findlay, Ohio

JBA Architects
Architectural Intern
Newark, Ohio
Licensure
Licensed Architect
North Carolina
UNC - Charlotte
Fall 2020

Spring 2020

Fall 2019

Spring 2016
Fall 2015

Clemson University
Spring 2014


Fall 2013


Spring 2013



Fall 2012


Spring 2012


Spring 2011

UNC - Charlotte
Architectural Design Studio
Spring 2010

Fall 2009

Spring 2009

Fall 2008

Spring 2008

Architectural Seminar Courses
Fall 2010

Fall 2009

Fall 2009

Spring 2009

Fall 2008

Summer 2008

Spring 2008

Fall 2007


Spring 2007



Fall 2006



Graduate Thesis Advisor
2009-2010





2008-2009







2007-2008

ARCH 7101

ARCH 6050

ARCH 4101

ARCH 1102
ARCH 4605


ARCH 857 / 353
ARCH 416 / 616

ARCH 857 / 353
ARCH 416 / 616

ARCH 252
ARCH 252D
ARCH 151D

ARCH 851
ARCH 251D

ARCH 252
ARCH 151

ARCH 252



ARCH 2102

ARCH 4101/7103

ARCH 2102

ARCH 2101

ARCH 2102



ARCH 4050/6050

ARCH 4050/6050

ARDE 311

ARCH 4050/6050

ARCH 4050/6050

ARCH 6050

ARCH 6050

ARCH 4050/6050
ARCH 4050

ARCH 4050/6050
ARCH 4050
ARCH 4050

ARCH 4050/6050




Michael Baujan

Ronna Gardner

Erin Foy

Matt Gines

Rita Patel


Liz Richardson


Erin Landsberg

Graduate Topical Design Studio - "A Participant in Change"

Graduate Topical Seminar - 'Techniques in Design Thinking: Unpacking a Historical Algorithm'

4th Year Undergraduate Topical Design Studio - "Urban Identities"

First Year Undergraduate Studio - Coordinator
Computational Practices


Graduate + Third Year Undergraduate Architectural Design Studio
Field Studies: Capturing Experience - Sketching and Photography

Graduate + Third Year Undergraduate Architectural Design Studio
Field Studies: Capturing Experience - Sketching and Photography

Second Year Undergraduate Studio
Second Year Design Studio - Digital Component
First Year Design Studio - Digital Component

Graduate Design Studio
Second Year Design Studio - Digital Component

Second Year Undergraduate Studio
First Year Undergraduate Studio

Second Year Undergraduate Studio



Second Year Undergraduate Studio

Topical Studio - Digital Methodologies Graduate & Undergraduate Studio

Second Year Undergraduate Studio

Second Year Undergraduate Studio

Second Year Undergraduate Studio



Digital Fabrication I: File to Fabrication

Advanced Digital Fabrication & Methods

CAD and Digital Presentation Techniques - Queens University

Digital Methods II: Versatility and Variability

Digital Fabrication I: File to Fabrication

Parametric Design Possibilities*

Parametric Modeling of Physical Materials*

Digital Fabrication I: File to Fabrication
Hand vs. Machine*

Digital Fabrication I: File to Fabrication
Engaging the Void*
Fabricating Efficiency*

Digital Fabrication I: File to Fabrication




Emergence: Systems Biology and Ecology in Architecture

[pros]thesis

Self Organization in Architecture

Beyond Temporality: The Disassemble-able System

Synthesis of a Complex Artifice: The Relationship Between the Historical Techniques of Masonry construction and the Modern Advances in Technology

Sound + Space: A Critical Duality **


Social and Site Enrichment Through Material Re-Use

* Denotes Student Guided Independent Study
**Project Awarded Best Architectural Design Project among Graduate Students
SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS
Project FAST
2019 - 2022
In Process

Little Diversified Architecture Consulting
Project Manager
Greer, South Carolina



Corporate Headquarters
2016-2019
Built Project

Little Diversified Architecture Consulting
Project Architect
Roseville, California

Divine Barrel Brewing
2016-2017
Built Project

Sodium Design
Designer + Project Manager
Charlotte, North Carolina

New Belgium Brewery
2014 - 2016
Built Project
Perkins + Will Architecture
Project Manager / Project Architect
Asheville, North Carolina

Awards

LEED Platinum, LEED Gold | USGBC
2018 AIA Charlotte Honor Award
2016 Best in Show + Sustainability + Small Corporate
| IIDA Carolinas
2016 Best Project Southeast - Manufacturing Category | Engineering News Record
2016 AIA Honor Award | AIA Triangle (North Carolina)
2016 COTE Award for Sustainability | AIA North Carolina


Clemson University Centennial Gallery Exhibition + Installation
2013
Gallery Installation

Clemson University
Designer + Project Manager

Site•less•on
2010
Design Competition

Mine the Gap - Chicago Architectural Club and AIA Chicago
Co-Designer with Jason Slatinsky

pro[terra]tecting
2009
Design Competition

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Co-Designer with Jason Slatinsky

Parametric Tesselation
2008
Design Competition

The Lightbox Art Fund Pavilion
Co-Designer with Chris Beorkrem and Adam Wilson


PUBLICATIONS

March 2019
107th ACSA Annual Meeting
Unpacking - A Study in the Generation of Louis Sullivan's Ornament
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

March 2014
Materiality: Essence and Substance
30th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student

Process of Assembly: Design, Drawing + Fabrication
Chicago, Illinois

April 2013
Making of Place: The 29th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student
Unpacking Sullivan
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


March 2010
98th ACSA Annual Meeting
Interfacing Architecture|Collapsing the Distance Between Design & Experience
Conference Paper Accepted with Eric Sauda & Zac Porter (presenter)
New Orleans, Louisiana

June 2009
Digital Humanities 2009
ArchinSite: Augmented (Reality) Architecture
Conference Poster Accepted with Eric Sauda & Zac Porter (Invitation not Accepted)
Baltimore, Maryland

March 2009
97th ACSA Annual Meeting
Teaching by Observation Informs Structure (T.O.I.S.):
Digitally Fabricated Models for Structural Education in Architecture

Conference Paper Co-Authored with and Presented by David Thaddeus
Portland, Oregon

March 2009
25th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student
An Evolving Strategy for Integrating Digital Methods into Foundation Design:
Diagramming Modeling and Parametric Design

Conference Paper Co-Authored with Chris Beorkrem and Jeff Balmer, Presented by Jeff Balmer
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

October 2008
ACSA West Central Fall Conference
Guerilla Tactics of Parametric Design
Conference Paper Co-Authored with and presented by Chris Beorkrem
Champaign, Illinois

September 2008
Advances of Architectural Geometry 2008
Using Parametric Software to Expand Geometric Limits of Vernacular Materials
Poster Co-Authored and Presented with Chris Beorkrem
Vienna, Austria

June 2008
European Association for Architectural Education
EAAE / ARCC 2008: Changes in Paradigm in the Basic Understanding of Architectural Research

Guerilla Tactics of Parametric Design
Conference Paper Co-Authored and Presented with Chris Beorkrem
Copenhagen Denmark

CONFERENCE SESSION MODERATOR / PEER REVIEWER
October 2014
Peer Reviewer
National Conference on the Beginning Design Student 2015
Identifying means | Interrogating methods | Investigating materials
University of Houston

Houston, Texas

October 2013
Peer Reviewer
National Conference on the Beginning Design Student 2014
Materiality: Essence and Substance
Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois


March 2010
Session Moderator
Made: The 26th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student
Tools of Exploration: Implementing Digital Tools as a Fundamental Approach to Design
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Moderated with David Hill (North Carolina State University)
Charlotte, North Carolina

October 2010
Peer Reviewer
Made: The 26th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Various Session Topics
Charlotte, North Carolina

CONFERENCE PAPERS / POSTERs
March 2019
107th ACSA Annual Meeting
Unpacking - A Study in the Generation of Louis Sullivan's Ornament
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

March 2014
Materiality: Essence and Substance
30th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student

Process of Assembly: Design, Drawing + Fabrication
Chicago, Illinois

April 2013
Making of Place: The 29th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student
Unpacking Sullivan
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


March 2010
98th ACSA Annual Meeting
Interfacing Architecture|Collapsing the Distance Between Design & Experience
Conference Paper Accepted with Eric Sauda & Zac Porter (presenter)
New Orleans, Louisiana


June 2009
Digital Humanities 2009
ArchinSite: Augmented (Reality) Architecture
Conference Poster Accepted with Eric Sauda & Zac Porter (Invitation not Accepted)
Baltimore, Maryland

March 2009
97th ACSA Annual Meeting
Teaching by Observation Informs Structure (T.O.I.S.):
Digitally Fabricated Models for Structural Education in Architecture

Conference Paper Co-Authored with and Presented by David Thaddeus
Portland, Oregon

March 2009
25th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student
An Evolving Strategy for Integrating Digital Methods into Foundation Design:
Diagramming Modeling and Parametric Design

Conference Paper Co-Authored with Chris Beorkrem and Jeff Balmer, Presented by Jeff Balmer
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

October 2008
ACSA West Central Fall Conference
Guerilla Tactics of Parametric Design
Conference Paper Co-Authored with and presented by Chris Beorkrem
Champaign, Illinois

September 2008
Advances of Architectural Geometry 2008
Using Parametric Software to Expand Geometric Limits of Vernacular Materials
Poster Co-Authored and Presented with Chris Beorkrem
Vienna, Austria

June 2008
European Association for Architectural Education
EAAE / ARCC 2008: Changes in Paradigm in the Basic Understanding of Architectural Research

Guerilla Tactics of Parametric Design
Conference Paper Co-Authored and Presented with Chris Beorkrem
Copenhagen Denmark

Conferences Attended
April 2007
Structures for Inclusion 7
High Impact: Positive Change through Design / Build
Charlotte, North Carolina

March 2007
2007 Canadian Design Research Network (CDRN:
Parametric Modeling and Digital Wood Fabrication Workshop
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia

March 2006
Structures for Inclusion 6
Expanding Design
San Francisco, CA

August 2004
AIA North Carolina Summer Design Conference
Future Office Conference: Design - Development - Community
Charlotte, North Carolina
UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Spring 2016
First Year Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator
School of Architecture
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2013-2014
By-Law and Performance Review Committee
School of Architecture
Clemson University

2013-2014

Clemson Centennial Planning Committee
School of Architecture
Clemson University


2012-2013
Graduate Admissions Committee
School of Architecture
Clemson University


2009-2010
UnderGraduate Admissions Committee
School of Architecture
University of North Carolina at Charlotte


August 2006 - May 2010
Digital Design Center
School of Architecture
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2006 - 2007
Instructor - iWorkshop Continuing Education Course
January 2006 / May 2006 / January 2007
School of Architecture
Digital Design Center
6 AIA Health, Safety and Welfare Continuing Education Credits

2004 - 2005
President - Master of Architecture Student Society (MASS)
Student Organization
School of Architecture
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2001 - 2002
Vice President - American Institute of Architecture Students
Student Organization
Bowling Green State University
FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS
2009 - 2010
digitalKENNEDY
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Student Research Assistants Funded by UNCC Information Technology Services

April 2007
Academic Improvement Grant - $23,850.83
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Received to add CNC Plasma Cutter in order to better
facilitate educational and research pursuits in the
Digital Fabrication Laboratory at School of Architecture
Grant Awarded along with Chris Beorkrem and Greg Snyder


PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS
August 2006
Gallery Exhibition
“The Present Tense of Making”
Featured Graduate Thesis Work of Nicholas Ault and Jason Slatinsky
Hodges Taylor Gallery
Charlotte, North Carolina
SOFTWARE
Rhinoceros
Grasshopper
Autodesk AutoCAD
Autodesk REVIT
Google SketchUp
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Acrobat 3D
Vray for Rhino
Vray for Sketchup
Enscape
Apple OSX
Microsoft Windows

PHYSICAL
Digital Fabrication
General Wood Fabrication
General Metal Fabrication
Residential Construction
MIG Welding
HARDWARE
AXYZ Series 4008 CNC Router
Torchmate 2 CNC Plasma Cutting Table
Universal Laser Systems Laser Cutter
Dimension SST Rapid Prototyper
ZCorp Z310 Rapid Prototyper
NextEngine 3D Laser Scanner
Microscribe Digitizer Arm
Microsoft and Apple Desktop Hardware
Digital Cameras