Resume

• 2016

  Philip Beesley Architect Inc

  Reza Nik Studio

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Designer / Researcher / Production Manager / Project Coordinator for PBAI and Living Architecture Systems Group

  Associate

  Philip Beesley Architect Inc

  Toronto

  Ontario

  Canada

  Sessional Lecturer

  University of Toronto - John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture

  Landscape

  and Design

  Hamilton

  Ontario

  Canada

  Designer

  Toms + McNally Design

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  An experimental trans-disciplinary research & creative lab ✊\uD83C\uDFFD

  Director

  Reza Nik Studio

  Halifax

  Canada

  Teaching Assistant for third year undergraduate Architectural Representation course alongside Professor Roger Mullin

  Teaching Assistant

  Dalhousie University School of Architecture

  Toronto

  Ontario

  Canada

  Living Architecture Systems (LAS) Group

  Studio for Architecture and Collaboration Inc.

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Principal

  A collective of artists

  architects

  writers

  and musicians exploring community engaged art installations in Toronto and Hamilton.

  Co-founder / Artistic Director

  7 ± 2 Collective

  English

  Spanish

  Persian

  Prix de Rome Emerging Practitioner Nominee

  Nominated by the School of Architecture as the University's unique entrant for the 2014 Prix de Rome

  The Canada Council for the Arts

  Ojars Biskaps Award

  Given by the School of Architecture to a student who has completed the BEDS program and is entering the M.Arch program

  based on a year four portfolio that integrates academic study and design practice

  and uses drawing for architectural inquiry and expression.\n

  Nova Scotia Association of Architects

  Archiprix \"Best Graduating Projects\" Nominee

  Alpha Rho Chi Medal

  This award is presented to a graduating MArch student for \"leadership

  service for the school

  and promise of professional merit through attitude and personality

  National Professional Fraternity for Architecture and the Allied Arts

  Canadian Architect Student Awards of Excellence Nominee

  Canadian Architect Magazine

• 2013

  In charge of making posters for the School of Architecture's events and lectures.

  Dalhousie University

  Diamond Schmitt Architects

  Studio for Architecture and Collaboration Inc.

  University of Toronto - John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture

  Landscape

  and Design

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Intern Architect

  Diamond Schmitt Architects

  OCAD University

  Collaborative Acts Studio (CAstudio)

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Co-Founder / Director

• 2011

  Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)

  5 month exchange program

  Architecture

  Fachhochschule Düsseldorf

• 2010

  Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)

  - 2014 Alpha Ro Chi Medal recipient \n- 2014 Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence Nominee\n- 2014 Prix de Rome Emerging Practitioner Nominee\n- 2014 Archprix World's Best Graduating Projects Nominee\n- Graduated as a 'Sexton Scholar' with distinction

  Architecture

  Dalhousie University

• 2008

  Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies (BEDS)

  - Graduated as a 'Sexton Scholar' with distinction \n- Recipient of the Dalhousie in-course scholarship for M.Arch studies\n- Recipient of Ojars Biskaps award from Nova Scotia Association of Architects

  Architecture

  Dalhousie University

• 2007

  Helped in the construction of 4200 Kingston Road

  a new 19 home development which were the first EnergyStar compliant Habitat homes in Toronto Habitat history.

  Habitat for Humanity Toronto

• 2006

  Doors Open is an annual architectural event that is organized to help educate locals on the architectural works in and around the city of Toronto. I assisted with the guided tours at the Gooderham ‘Flatiron’ Building in downtown Toronto for two consecutive years.

  Doors Open Toronto

  Photography

  Rhino 3D

  Concept Design

  Architectural Design

  AutoCAD

  Rendering

  Adobe Creative Suite

  Revit

  Design Research

  SketchUp

  Sketching

  Model Making

  Conceptual Designing

  Urban Design

  Nik

  Reza

  Nik

  OCAD University

  Collaborative Acts Studio (CAstudio)

  Dalhousie University School of Architecture

  Toms + McNally Design

  Living Architecture Systems (LAS) Group

  AutoCAD Fundamentals Certificate

  CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician

  George Brown College

• 2001

  Honours Bachelor of Arts (HBA)

  Art History

  Architectural Theory

  University of Toronto