NICHOLAS PLACE

Nicholas Place

 

From Ohio

Lives & Works in Seattle, WA

Experience

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Project Architect

hoist.

Seattle, WA

March 2019 - Present

• Feasibility

• Schematic Design

• Design Development

• Programming & Planning

• Construction Documents

• Detailing

• Rendering

• BIM Modeling

• Permitting

• Construction Administration

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Architectural Associate

KATERRA

Seattle, WA

July 2017 - March 2019

• Schematic Design

• Design Development

• Programming & Planning

• Construction Documents

• Detailing

• Rendering

• BIM Modeling

• Prototyping

• Permitting

• Construction Administration

• Dynamo Tool Creation + Deployment

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Graduate Teaching Assistant

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, GA

March 2017 - June 2017

• Graduate Teaching Assistant for Hybrid Media Representation Classes

• Teaching alternative methods of representation in hybrid & mixed media as an alternative to digital rendering

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Graduate Mentor

Savannah College of Art and Design

Savannah, GA

November 2015-June 2017

• Mentor for struggling undergraduate students with goals of raising their GPA above 3.0

• Received official mentor certification from the College Reading & Learning Association

 

Project Designer

Encompass Engineers & Architects

(Formerly TFC Architects & Engineers)

Findlay, OH

June 2014 - August 2015

• Schematic Design

• Programming & Planning

• Construction Documents

• Rendering

• Presentation Material Prep

• BIM Modeling

• Permitting

• Building Code Analysis

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Architectural Intern

MBA Architects & Planners

Perrysburg, OH

May 2013 - August 2013

• Schematic Design

• Construction Documents

• Rendering

• Presentation Material Prep

Education

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Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)

• Savannah College of Art and Design

• Savannah, GA

• 2015-2017

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Bachelor of Science (B.S), Architecture

• Bowling Green State University

• Bowling Green, OH

• 2010-2014

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Professional Development MOOC​

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C# Fundamentals

• Pluralsight

• Scott Allen

• 2020

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CS1301xII: Computing in Python II: Control Structures

• Georgia Institute of Technology (GTx)

• David Joyner

• 2020

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CS1301xI: Computing in Python I: Fundamentals and Procedural Programming

• Georgia Institute of Technology (GTx)

• David Joyner

• 2020

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Complete Python Bootcamp: Go from zero to hero in Python 3

• Udemy

• Jose Portilla

• 2020

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Computing Form and Shape: Python Programming with the Rhinoscript Library

• Kadenze

• Carl Lostritto

• 2019

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Honors & Awards

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International Design Award - Student Project

• May 2018

• The International Design Awards (IDA)

• 2nd Place in Architecture Categories/Conceptual for the student project: "[re]Forum in Berlin"

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2018 AIA Merit Award - Student Project

• April 2018

• AIA Georgia

• AIA Georgia 2018 Merit Award for the student project: "[re]Forum in Berlin"

 

2017 AIA Honor Award - Student Project

• April 2017

• AIA Georgia

• AIA Georgia 2017 Honor Award for the student project: "The Commonwealth of Chelsea: Locality & Society"

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Sand Arts Festival Awards

• May 2018

• Savannah College of Art and Design

• Alumni's Choice, 2nd Place in Wind Design & Second Place in the Prysmian Challenge for the project: "Beewatch: Kinetic Lifeguard Station"

 

Strelka Institute Magazine

• May 2016

• Gallery Exhibition images published in the Strelka Institute Magazine for Speculative Savannah - Preservation Through Poverty

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Skills

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• Revit

• PyRevit

• Dynamo

• Rhino

• Grasshopper

• Python

• 3DS Max

• Enscape

• V-Ray

• Corona Renderer

• Adobe Creative Suite

• Sketchup

• AutoCAD

• Bluebeam Revu