Ryan E.

Grif fin
A r c h i t e c t - D e s i g n e r

232 Taaffe Pl Apt. 303A Brooklyn, NY 11205

Email: ryangriffin.arch@gmail.com Cell: 814.880.7816

Profile
Young professional in the field of Architecture with Master of Science and BArch degrees from Pratt Institute and Penn State. Firm experience includes residential, commercial, municipal, retail, hospitality and international projects. Skilled in digital modelling and design, project management, FF&E and space planning, site documentation, display design, adaptive reuse, building material reclamation and planning for sustainable energy use.

Experience / Selected Projects

Dome Voyagers, Williamsburg, NY - December, 2012-February 2013

Project Manager - Oversaw the complete renovation of the 22,000 sq.ft. New York Loft Hostel in Bushwick. Responsibilities - Coordinated with developers, hostel management, vendors, construction managers, graphic designers in Argentina, and effectively communicated with workers in Spanish to complete the project in a more than timely manner.

Education
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY - M.S. Architecture (Post-Professional)
Graduated: May 2012 Cumulative GPA: 3.7 - Cumulative Studio GPA: 3.9 Thesis: Indaba Agora - A Fusion of Digital and Physical Space; A Spectacle Without the Virtual

Per-Forma Studio, New York, NY - October, 2012

Designer - Worked in a team in design development phase for The Great Eastern Home furniture and lifestyle store in Dubai, UAE. Responsibilities - Designed custom displays, installations, and furniture including custom detailing able to be used in flagship and future locations. Modeled and created renderings of designed objects and spaces.

Penn State University, University Park, PA - B.Arch 2009

Sedi di Roma Study-abroad with the architecture program in Rome, Italy Travelled throughout Italy and much of Europe

The Mufson Partnership, New York, NY - January-May, 2011

Intern Architect - Selected Projects 28 Osprey Beach House - East Hampton, NY Co-designed and completed renderings, CDs for car port, deck, addition, and interior renovations GIII Apparel Group Showrooms and Offices - New York, NY Completed site doc, demo, and renovation planning including floor, ceiling, and FF&E Completed full CD set for bidding Americh Residence Renovation - 480 Park Avenue, New York, NY Aided in design and planning of interiors, FF&E Completed presentation drawings and full CD set for bidding

Skills
Digital
Advanced Experience - AutoCAD, Rhino 5, Maya 2012, Mental Ray, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Grasshopper, SketchUp Basic Experience - Revit, V-Ray, Laser Cutting, CNC Routing, 3d Printing, Adobe Illustrator, Premiere Pro and After Effects, Processing

Manual
Sketching, Model-making, Woodshop, Hand-drafting

EnviroEdge + A.O. Fletcher, State College, PA - Oct.2010-Feb.2011

Architectural Designer and Renewable Energy Planning Consultant Arocena Design, State College, PA - Paid Summer Intern, 2007-08 Residential Design - CAD drafting, lighting, detailing, and FF&E

Publications/Exhibitions
InProcess 17 - Pratt School of Architectures yearly publication of work Pratt GAUD Show 2011/12 - annual exhibition of student work Pratt GAUD Graduate Show 2012 - exhibit for graduating students The Decade Show - Decade 3 - University Park, PA - gallery feat. top
State College Area H.S. alumni artists and designers from the past 30 years.

Dept. of General Services, Harrisburg, PA - Paid Summer Intern, 2006

Municipal Design - CAD drafting, material research

PSU Bldg. Reclamation Project, Univ. Park, PA - Paid Assistant, Fall 2009

P.O.P.S. HIGHRISE

In this studio we analyzed how site qualities interacted using weather mapping techniques and intervened with minimal surface agents.

Rhino Grasshopper Maya Photoshop Illustrator

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Vertical Studio - William MacDonald,

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Tetr ahedr al Minim al S ur face C ells

PRYING CELL

EXCAVATING CELL

Cell Matrix Vertical Studio - William MacDonald,

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Vertical Studio - William MacDonald,

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PHILA. ATHENAEUM

The main conceptual move involved in this library expansion was a winding path and light shafts cutting through a mass of structural stacks.

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3rd Year Studio - Malcolm Woolen,

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3rd Year Studio - Malcolm Woolen,

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INDABA AGORA

The city is where people seek to witness, create, and nourish the spectacle. The thesis melds together the functional and navigational qualities of the network (digital space) with that of Cartesian space (physical space).

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Thesis Studio - Thomas Leeser,

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Program + S pacial Strategy

The product is a collaboration and practice space for musicians, immersive environments artists, and sound engineers/producers, that acknowledges the role technology plays in the evolution of art and indulges in the physical. The building allows for the same act to produce multiple outcomes; work, play, and performance occur simultaneously.

Acoustic transmission allows for musical drive through physical navigation. One experiences a natural re-mix while walking through the corridors.

Graphically and sonically digitized rooms allow musicians to practice/create in sensorily diverse environments, and on-the-fly talent re-networking.

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Thesis Studio - Thomas Leeser,

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The building serves as a checkpoint/oasis for drive where the machine of the interior enhances the public space of the exterior in real time.

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Thesis Studio - Thomas Leeser,

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