LICENSURE
Registered Architect | State of Oregon No. 12302
EDUCATION
University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | 2010 – 2015
Bachelor of Architecture
Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) | Stuttgart, Germany | 2013 – 2014
Exchange Student, ITECH M.Sc. Program
Architectural Association (AA) | Long Island City, NY | Summer 2015
Visiting School New York: Embedded Intelligence
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CO Architects | Los Angeles, CA & Remote from Eugene, OR | Sep. 2020 – present | Associate / Architect
U.C. Irvine, Medical Complex | Exterior Design & Structural Coordination
Speranza Architecture + Urban Design | Eugene, OR | Aug. 2018 – Dec. 2019 | Project Architect
260 Ferry St. | Mixed Use Adaptive Reuse Mass Timber | Schematic Design through Contract Documents | On Hold
Island Park Feasibility Study | Conceptual Master Plan & Programming | Ongoing
Kesey Farm Project | Conceptual Master Plan & Programming | Ongoing
NBBJ | Columbus, OH | Aug. 2015 – Aug. 2018 | Designer / Studio Design Computation Leader
80 On The Commons | Mixed Use Commercial Development | Exterior Design, Construction Documents, Construction Administration, and Permitting | Built
King Hussein Medical Center| Hospital | Exterior Design, 900 Bed Hospital | Unbuilt
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) Children’s Hospital | Hospital Renovation and New Lobby Addition | Schematic Design through Construction Documents | Built
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) | Healthcare Programming | Custom Cost & Program Computational Evaluation Tool
CML Northside | Computational Paver Landscape for a Columbus Branch Library | Design, Details, CA | Built
OSU Transit Center | Prefab Canopies | Design, Construction Documents, Construction Administration | Built
Speranza Architecture + Urban Design | Eugene, OR | Mar. 2014 – Jun. 2015 | Architectural Intern
Push Pull House | Private Residence | Concept Design through CDs | Built
SEED Tower | Mixed Use Tower | Concept Design | Unbuilt
Office of Architecture | Brooklyn, NY | Jun. 2014 – Sept. 2014 | Architectural Intern
Watermill House | Private Residence | 1/4" Working Model, Construction Documents | Built
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | Fall 2019
Studio Instructor: ARCH 383, Second Year Core Studio
University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | Mar. 2014 – Jun. 2014
Teaching & Technical Assistant: Digital Design Media, Design Theory, and Computation
Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) | Stuttgart, Germany | Dec. 2013 – Mar. 2014
Design Assistant, Leichtbau BW Installation
UIxD, Urban Interactions Lab | Eugene, OR | Mar. 2014 – Jun. 2015
Urban Design Assistant
LCABCN Urban Design Program | Barcelona, Spain | Aug. 2016
Visiting Professional
University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | Jan. – Mar. 2013
Teaching & Technical Assistant: Environmental Control Systems I
University of Oregon | School of Architecture and Allied Arts | 2013 – 2019
Guest Studio Critic
The Ohio State University | Knowlton School of Architecture | 2015 – 2018
Guest Studio Critic, Guest Lecturer
KTISMAjournal | University of Oregon, Department of Architecture Student Journal
Editor in Chief, 2014–15
PUBLICATIONS
Speranza, P. and Maher, S. (2017) “Social ‘Coding:’ Urban Processes and Socio-Computational Workflow,” Proceedings of the Environmental Design Research Association Annual Meeting 2017, EDRA, May 31-June 3, 2017, Madison: Wisconsin.
Speranza, P. and Maher, S. (2015) “Ethnicity and Parametric Urban Design: Survey and Coding Data for Geospatial Understanding of Food Carts and Trucks in Portland and New York,” Conference Proceedings for the International Conference of Connected Smart Cities, July 21-23, 2015, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Spain.
PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES
UI/UX Development in Grasshopper at NBBJ and workshop.
Midwest AIAS Quad Conference, Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (April 2018)
Introduction to Digital Fabrication in Grasshopper and workshop.
Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (October 2017)
Introduction to Python Coding in Grasshopper
Series of three lectures, NBBJ Columbus, OH & Seattle, WA (Fall 2016)
Design Computation: from Academia to Practice and workshop.
University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts, Eugene, OR (04 February 2016)
Local Attachment: Urban Sociology and Robotic Computational Coding, Social Interaction and Cohesion Tool.
NBBJ, Seattle, WA (15 June 2015)
SKILLS
Software: Revit, Dynamo, Rhino, Grasshopper, Python, V-Ray, Bluebeam, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office
Languages: Rudimentary German, English
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) | 2020 – present
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) | 2019 – present
Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) | 2014 – present
National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) | 2010 – present