Toronto, Canada
April 2024
“In Place, but Out of Place” Lecture
University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Guest Lecture for Undergraduate Core in Urban Design and Urbanism
instructed by Prof. Lukas Pauer
Winnipeg, Canada
March 2024
“Brown Bags” Symposium Talk
University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture x CARTHA Magazine
Symposium Organizer and Contributor
Vancouver, Canada
March 2024
“Mutability, Not Fixity” Conference Presentation
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture x University of British Columbia
Conference Panel Co-Organizer & Lecturer
Bucharest, Romania
November 2023
“Drapes and Buildings: Instability and the Monolithic Project” Competition Presentation
Public Pitch Day, The Annual of Architecture
Order of Romanian Architects
Bucharest, Romania
October 2023
“Traveling Buildings, Not-Skansen, Not-Potemkin Villages and Model Villages” Lecture
Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism
Guest Lecture for Second Year Undegraduate Studio
instructed by Prof. Lorin Niculae
Columbus, Ohio
October 2023
“Ongoing Projects: Leveraging History for Design Processes” Lecture
Ohio State University (OSU)
Guest Lecture for “Slavic, East European and Eurasian Architecture”
instructed by Prof. Ashley Bigham
Helsinki, Finland
June 2023
“The Disassembly, Relocation and Reconstruction of Carpathian Wooden Churches” Conference Paper Presentation
European Architectural History Network (EAHN)
Thematic Conference “States in Between”
Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China
May 2023
“Scaffolds, Drapes and Battens: Architecture in a State of Flux” Lecture
University of Hong Kong
Public Discussion Series
Fargo, North Dakota
April 2023
“Gentle Giants” Conference Paper Presentation
National Conference on the Beginning Design Student
Paper and presentation on the architectural pedagogy of my beginning design studio at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
Zurich, Switzerland
January 2023
“Revisiting the Origin Story” Research Talk
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture
Presentation on the relocation of wooden churches in open-air museums in Eastern Europe.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October - November 2022
“Fireside Chats: Architecture + BLANK” Organizer & Moderator
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning
I organized and hosted four architectural designers who presented their emerging creative practices (Yina Luo Moore of Adams Theater, Khorshid Naderi Azad of WindowWorks, Joshua Peasley of CAUKIN Studio, Adam Nathaniel Furman of his eponymous atelier)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
November 2022
“Queering Design Today” Organizer & Moderator
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning
I organized a lecture series internal to my seminar focused on design practices integrating queerness (Andrew Holder of LADG / Harvard University, Lindsey Krug of UWM, Samantha Vasseur of Harvard University, Adam Miller of University of Michigan)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October - November 2022
“How to Start a Project” Organizer & Moderator
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning
I organized a lecture series internal to my beginning design studio asking diverse guest speakers to talk about how they start design projects (David Eskenazi of d.esk / SCI-ARC, Calvin Boyd of Payette / Harvard University, Andy Tinucci of Woodhouse Tinucci Architects / IIT)
New York, NY
February 2020
“Sacred Space in the Rural Imagination” Lecture
Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Presentation on my findings with the RAMSA Fellowship travelling through the Carpathian region.
Cambridge, MA
April 2019
“Family Jewels” / Public Lecture Introduction
Harvard Graduate School of Design / Queers in Design
Organizing and introducing Adam Furman on queerness and architecture.
Cambridge, MA
April 2019
“Family Dinner” / Public Dinner
Harvard Graduate School of Design / Queers in Design
Organizing a public dinner for discussing queer architecture with Andrew Holder, Jaffer Kolb, Laida Aguirre, Ellie Abrons, Victor Jones, David Eskenazi.
Publications
London, U.K.
June 2013
New York, NY
Forthcoming 2023
Sacred Space in the Rural Imagination
Tradition and Invention 2017 - 2022 Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Essay summarizing my travels with the RAMSA Travel Fellowship 2019 in the Carpathian region.
Bucharest, Romania
April 2020
New York Model for Victory Way, Bucharest
Interview for Tudor Chira’s Bucharest Urban Design Blog
Nairobi, Kenya
July 2019
UN Habitat’s Urban Lab and Global Public Space Programme
Community Service Fellowships Harvard Graduate School of Design
Cambridge, MA
November 2018
UD:ID
Harvard Graduate School of Design
“The Planner as Tastemaker” is an article questioning the role of the planner as design regulator in the 21st century.
Cambridge, MA
September 2018
Open Letters: to Eva Franch i Gilabert
with Nabila Mahdi
Cambridge, MA
2017
Platform Publication
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Core I Hidden Room Project was featured on a spread in the GSD’s yearly publication Platform.
London, U.K.
June 2014
(P)Relocating the Language of Post-Modern Architecture
AA Awards 2014
The essay exposes Jean-Jacques Lequeu’s influence on Post-Modernism.
London, U.K.
January 2014
Jean-Jacques Lequeu: architecte revolutionnaire or proto-postmodernist?
AA Conversations
The opinion article traces the narrative elements that point out to Lequeu’s influence on Venturi’s and Jencks’s Post-Modernism.
London, U.K.
June 2014
AA Confidential
AArchitecture Journal Issue 22 Conversations
In this interview, Brandon Mak focuses on hearsay in architecture.
London, U.K.
June 2013
Between Surge and Paralysis: A Story of Two Towers
AA Awards 2013
The essay dips into the British Telecom archives to research the BT Tower’s status as a ‘secret building’ and to present its contradictions.
London, U.K.
June 2013
Stuff
AArchitecture Journal Issue 19 Stuff
In this interview, Peter Cook reflects on the role of stuff in architecture.
London, U.K.
June 2013
Remembering Alan Colquhoun, the Friend
AArchitecture Journal Issue 19 Stuff
Upon Alan Colquhoun’s death, Barbara Weiss remembers the famed theorist and educator’s life.
London, U.K.
September 2012
Choreographing the Invisible
AArchitecture Journal Issue 17 Curating Architecture
In this interview, Oliviu Lugojan, winner of the AA Drawing Award, presents the process behind a visually captivating drawing.
London, U.K.
September 2012
Writing as a Form of Architecture
AArchitecture Journal Issue 17 Curating Architecture
The article presents the winning entries for the AA’s Writing Awards.
London, U.K.
June 2012
From Alberti to Koolhaas: Tracing an Urban Conception
AA Awards 2012
The academic essay traces an urban conception from the Renaissance city of Rome to the contemporary city of Dubai.
Exhibitions
Iasi, Romania
October 2023
“Drapes and Buildings: Instability and the Monolithic Project”
Romanian National Biennial 2023, Union of Romanian Architects
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 2023
Fellowship Exhibition “Buildings are the Reverse of Rocks”
Exhibition on my Fellowship research.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
March 2023
“Gentle Giants: Unifying Difference”
Exhibition of my beginning design students’ work from Fall 2022.
Bucharest, Romania
October 2021
“Death In the City”
Romanian National Biennial 2021, Union of Romanian Architects
Exhibition including my nominated Graduate Architecture Thesis.
New York, NY
February 2020
- February 2021
The Future is in the Countryside
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and OMA/AMO
Research I developed with OMA/AMO on Universal Basic Income projects.
Cambridge, MA
October 2018
- December 2018
Dean’s Wall Exhibitions
Harvard Graduate School of Design
My “Museum Islands” project from Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee’s Studio.
Cambridge, MA
March 2018
- May 2018
Platform Exhibition
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Physical model from Core III “Integrate” was exhibited in Druker Gallery.
London, U.K.
July 2014
- December 2014
Director’s Selection
Architectural Association School of Architecture
The ceramic models and prototypes developed as part of my 3rd year project were exhibited in the Director’s Selection exhibition.
London, U.K.
July 2014
- December 2014
Award-Winners’ Exhibition
Architectural Association School of Architecture
Drawings and models from my projects in first, second and third year have been exhibited in the Award Winners’ Exhibition.
London, U.K.
June 2012
- October 2014
Projects Review
Architectural Association School of Architecture
Drawings, models, prototypes, videos and texts I produced as part of my projects in first, second and third year have been exhibited at the AA’s Projects Review Exhibition in Bedford Square.
Juries
University of California Los Angeles, School of Architecture and Urban Design
Graduate Core Studio Reviews
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning
Undergraduate Core and Elective Studio Reviews
Graduate Core and Elective Studio Reviews
New York Institute of Technology
Thesis Studio Reviews
Graduate Core Studio Reviews
Undergraduate Elective Studio Reviews
University of Michigan Taubman College
Undergraduate Second Year Reviews
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Graduate Second Year Reviews
Ion Mincu University of Architecture
Undergraduate First Year Reviews
Boston Architectural College
Undergraduate (Second and Third Year) Reviews
Graduate (Fourth Year) Reviews
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Undergraduate First Year Reviews
Architectural Association School of Architecture
London Summer School Reviews
Undergraduate First Year Reviews