To whom It may concern,

My name is Nicholas Ross. I graduated in 2010 with a Bachelors of Architecture [BArch] from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [Virginia Tech]; after which I attended the Southern California Institute of Architecture [SCI-Arc] where I received a Masters of Design Research - Emerging Systems and Technologies [MDesR EST] in late 2011. During my time at Virginia Tech I acted as an Executive Chair of Design at C_U P an international award winning virtual research collaborative which acts as a think tank with one foot in the university and one foot in the professional world of design. C_U P establishes an expansive alternative and compliment to traditional design education and practice. The acronym C_U P stands for Competitions Unite People.

I am a founding collaborator at smallgroup. smallgroup is the continuation of a collaborative project that began while pursuing my bachelors degree. smallgroup has no goals, only directions that keep it in a state of constant exploration. This means that smallgroup is the project itself and our experiments carry the momentum that keeps us going. We see these experiments as moments in the evolution of our practice.

I am currently based in Los Angeles, CA and is looking to begin my professional career.

Thank you for your time,

Nicholas Rosswww.nrdesigner.info

17818 S. Harvard BlvdGardena, CA 90248(540) 974.9248 (C)

C_U Pweb.mac.com/surjan

smallgroupwww.smallgroup.co

WORK_sample Nicholas D. Ross ross.nicholasd@gmail.com 540.974.9248 nrdesigner.info web.mac.com/surjan smallgroup.co

architecture

machines

code

installation/fabrication

industry

curriculum vitae www.nrdesigner.info

built environment/ installations

professional + educational experience

Angelus Automatum: “absolute architecture in a dissolute city.”graduate thesis/ SCI-Arc///urbanism, rendering/graphics,writing, design, video, case study, philosophy, modeling,3D modeling/drawing, exhibition, site analysis.

small group///

MDesR ESTm. [11.11.2011]SCI-Arc [Southern California Institute of Architecture]

BArch. [05.15.2010]School of Architecture + DesignCollege of Architecture & Urban StudiesVirginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Little Tokyo Design Week///B.A.D. architectssequencing, exhibition.

References///Mohamed Sharif, Adjunct Professor UCLA, founding partner Bureau for Architecture and Design, msharif@sharifstudio.net

Terry J. Surjan, C_U P

founding chair, Adjunct Professor Illinois Institute of Technology, tsurjan@iit.edu

internship/Bureau for Architecture and Design///11.11.2011 - current[contact info. available on request].

temp. designer/wHY+ Architects///[contact info. available on request].

Internship/Abramson Teiger Architects///1.24.2012 - 2.17.2012[contact info available on request]

notable competitions

Angelus Automatum: “absolute architecture in a dissolute city.”graduate thesis/ SCI-Arc///urbanism, rendering/graphics,writing, design, video, case study, philosophy, modeling,3D modeling/drawing, exhibition, site analysis.

Little Tokyo Design Week///B.A.D. architectssequencing, exhibition.

3D creative/Los Angeles Guild///05.07.2012-current[contact info available on request]

Design for Death///conceptual design, competition, collaboration, illustration, rendering, writing, industrial design, fabrication, video, technical drafting

Wired magazine-NextFest/ Chicago, IL///C_U Pprofessional research,design + fabrication + build,travel, publication, international event.

City Racks/ New York, NY///C_U Pproffesional research, industrial design,rendering/graphics.

London Festival of Architecture/ London, England///C_U Pvertical studio/ Virginia Tech,design + build + fabrication,travel, publication, graphics,international event, exhibition.

House of Arts and Culture/ Beirut, Lebanon///C_U P design competition, collaboration, technical drafting, rendering/graphics,site analysis, mapping and emergent study, proposal drafting.

Togs2/ Austin, TX///C_U P

Virginia Society AIA/ Washington, DC///philosophy, history, urban planning.

Pamphlet Architecture/ New York, NY///C_U Pwriting, graphics.

Imagine Coney/ Coney Island, NY///C_U P

Round Building Reuse-RBR360/ Miami, FL///C_U Pprofessional research, site analysis,graphics.

executive chair of design/C_U P///

design associate/ C_U P///

student. SCI-Arc/MdesR EST///charter class, Xlab robotics studio,associated projects, thesis.

WARD_OMB. undergraduate thesis. Virginia Tech///urbanism, rendering/graphics,writing, design, travel, case study, philosophy,modeling, CAD drafting,construction documentation,exhibition, site analysis, pottery,photography.

DesCours/ AIA New Orleans LA///professional research, design, competition, collaboration,CAD drafting, rendering/graphics,site analysis, mapping and emergent study.proposal drafting.

Blacksburg VA///closed competition, graffiti,collaboration, stenciling,rendering/graphics, philosophy.

C_U P Exhibition/Blacksburg, VA///C_U Pprofessional research, design + fabrication + build.collaboration, rendering/graphics,exhibition.

REY’sky///C_U Pgraphics, writing, publication.

Wired magazine-NextFest/ Chicago, IL///C_U Pprofessional research,design + fabrication + build,travel, publication, international event.

London Festival of Architecture/ London, England///C_U Pvertical studio/ Virginia Tech,design + build + fabrication,travel, publication, graphics,international event, exhibition.

Quaker Meeting House/ Blacksburg, VA///religious study, site analysis, design, graphics,

student. Virginia Tech/ CAUS///

internship/ Design Concepts/// [contact info. available on request].

3DS M

ax 2011

Maya 2011

AutoCAD

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Sketchup 8

Rhinoceros 5. [W

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ac]

photoshop CS5

illustrator CS5

after effects CS5

bridge CS5

dreamw

eaver CS5

acrobat CS5

soundbooth CS5

lightroom C

S5

indesign CS5

Boujou

Zbrush

VRay

Mental R

ay

Solid Thinking

VAL3

Staubli Robotics Suite

Grasshopper script

Visual Basic script

Python script

Mac + W

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intermediate

average

advanced

softw

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Arduino

general carpentry

detailed carpentry

contrete fabrication

steel fabrication

mold m

aking/casting

thermoform

ing

fiberglass fabrication

laser cutting

H2O

jet

plasma cutting

CN

C

model m

aking

sculpting

pottery

packaging

die cutting

robotic fabrication

general construction

plating

powdercoating

paint finishing

vinyl plotting/weeding/m

asking

DTS printing

roll media printing

milling/m

achining

working knowledge

hobby practice

general practice

professional practice

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installation