born: kansas city, missouri, usa
education:
- bachelor of architecture, kansas state university, 1999.
- centro studi santa chiara, castiglion fiorentino, italy, 1998
professional accreditation:
- United States Green Building Council - LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)
Formerly working for one of the nation’s most recognized sustainable design firms, BNIM Architects, as a lead designer Shawn was instrumental in leading the design direction of projects and introducing the office to emerging materials and technologies.
Now based out of Los Angeles, Shawn is actively involved in every facet of softfirm. His experience is diverse, including professional practice and teaching; finding that each contributes to softfirm’s rigorous studio centric methodology of thinking and making and cross disciplinary interaction.
Active in the community and academia, he recently served as a steering committee member for the Business Committee for the Arts, a co-chair of the Young Architects Forum and member of the Monsters of Design - a grassroots initiative where he was instrumental in curating events for design discourse across the disciplines of architecture, industrial and graphic design.
Shawn was part of the design team that worked on The David & Lucile Packard Foundation headquarters in Los Altos, California, a project that was nationally recognized with awards in applied research and sustainability. The experience solidified his commitment to thinking long term about the consequences of designing in our fragile environment and reaffirmed his interest in cross disciplinary design teams.
Recently invited by Kansas State University to be a guest instructor, he co-taught a fifth year studio for the fall 2004 and spring 2005 semesters. Shawn has also taught at the University of Kansas - School of Architecture, co-teaching a fifth year studio for the fall 2003 semester.
acknowledgements:
- 07.2005
AIA Honor Award Unbuilt
Johnson County Office Building - 12.2004
Visiting Critic / Design_Build Studio
Kansas State University - 11.2004
Attended ACADIA | TAP Digital Fabrication Conference
University of Waterloo
Toronto, Ontario - 10.2004
Work Published
1000 Graphic Elements
isbn: 159253077X - 09.2004
Attended Non-Standard Praxis Conference
MIT - Cambridge, Ma - 05.2004
Work published
REVIEW Magazine - 05.2004
Visiting Critic / 4th Year Studio
University of Kansas - 02.2004
Roundtable Participant
"City Life: A Roundtable Discussion About Urban Housing" - 01.2004 – 2005
Co-Chair and Lecture Series Curator
Young Architects Forum
www.monstersofdesign.com - 01.2003 – 2005
Steering Committee Member
Business Committee for the Arts - 2002-2003
Steering Committee Member
Young Architects Forum - 01-05.2002
Visiting Critic / Thesis Studio
Kansas State University - 09.2001
Visiting Critic / 3rd Year Studio
Kansas State University - 12.2001
Visiting Critic / 4th Year Studio
Kansas State University - 10-12.2001
El Paso Courthouse Competition
(in collaboration with BNIM and Lake|Flato Architects) - 10.2001
AIA Central States Design Award
Packard Sustainability Report + Matrix
(in collaboration with BNIM) - 08.1999
Work published
Oz Magazine No. 21
Torgeir Norheim Architects - 05.1999
Recipient of the Heintzelman Prize
Outstanding Thesis Project
Kansas State University - 04.1999
Faculty Nomination
SOM Travelling Fellowship Award
Kansas State University - 03.1999
Visiting Critic / 2nd Year Studio
Kansas State University - 09.1997
Work published
Auto*Des*Sys Joint Study Annual - 03.1997
Work published
Auto*Des*Sys Joint Study Annual
(in collaboration with BNIM)
Facilitator: Madlen Simon
Participants: Larry Bowne, Peter Pran, Marina Pecar, Marie-Alice L’Heureux, and Brad Satterwhite
