About
Architecture Student
Currently, an undergraduate architecture student at Miami of Ohio, graduating this coming May, and is looking for my next opportunity in the architecture field.
- Email: ben.nelson0224@gmail.com
- School: Miami University
- City: Oxford, OH
- Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
- Minors: Emerging Technology in Business + Design
Art and Architecture History
Architecture is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of various disciplines and design approaches that emphasize the importance of collaboration. For me, architecture is a craft and a medium of expression, either through studio projects, graphic analysis, theory, or analytical essays. While at Miami, I have begun to cultivate my understanding of architecture and found a passion that I want to continue developing. I look forward to the next opportunity to continue learning from others and take my next step into the professional realm of architecture.
Fun Facts
Below are some fun facts about myself. Early in my life, my parents instilled the value of enjoying the natural environment. There is no better experience and perspective-building form than putting yourself in environments and cultures that make you question your way of thinking.
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Summary
Ben Nelson
Innovative and eager architecture student looking forward to the next challenge to push my self and my understanding.
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- ben.nelson0224@gmail.com
Education
Miami University
2018 - 2023
Oxford, OH
- Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
- Minors in Emerging Technology in Business + Design and Art and Architecture History
- GPA in Major and Minors: 3.40; Dean's List Fall 2022 and Spring 2022
- Member of American Institute of Architects, Student Division, AIAS; 2018-2023
- Member of Alpha Rho Chi, APX, Professional Architecture Fraternity; 2018-2023
- Received four-year Miami University Redhawk Excellence Scholarship
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
2014 - 2018
Lincolnshire, IL
- 2018 Architecture Student of the Year; Honor Roll all four years
- Senior Service Honor, of which 5% of graduates earn, completed over 300 service hours
Professional Experience
Architecture Intern
Summer 2022
O'Kelly Kasprak, Chicago, IL
- Utilized AutoCAD to create construction documents, templates, and assets for a national hotel chain's renovation project and the remodeling of CSO's restaurant
- Developed unique components and renderings for a fast-food chain at Reagan National Airport and construction documents for a Canadian airport's food court using Revit
- Collaborated with all senior architects and assisted them in meeting development deadlines
- Assembled presentation boards for client meetings
Caddie & Operations Attendant
Summer 2018
The Grove Country Club, Long Grove, IL
- Opened and closed course service areas, worked in the bag room assisting club members
- Set up golf matches, events, and tournaments
Architecture Intern
Summer 2017
J. Hershey Group, Lake Bluff, IL
- Converted physical residential and commercial blueprints into AutoCAD drafts
- Visited a variety of building sites in different stages of the design process
- Observed client and employee meetings and on-site discussions
Skills
Included are the architecture programs I have used in studio and internship projects, digital manipulation with adobe suite for diagrams, presentations, and portfolios, and primary coding languages for developing this website.
Portfolio
Included are projects that are focused on architectural form, structural manipulation, theory exploration, and 3D modeling.
- All
- Revit
- Maya
- By Hand
- First Year
- Second Year
- Third Year
- Fourth Year
Files & Essays
Below are link dowloads to various documents. Click on the name of the document to preview it Adobe Acrobat.
Modern Vernacular Thesis
Design that responds to environmental conditions by understanding site, local material culture, and local vernacular craftsmanship while creating a conversation between global design influences.
Modern Vernacular Midterm
Modern vernacular responds to the local condition by utilizing the natural landscape and materials to derive spaces that reflect our environmental identity.
Waste-to-Energy Anaylsis
Essay on Copenhill and Shenzhen West supported by ideas from Ten Shades of Green written by Peter Buchanan.
Architecture of Reality
Three projects analyzed through the lens of critical regionalism, phenomenological analysis, and tectonic design.
Architectural Reads
The Future of the Professions
Richard & Daniel Susskind
As the saying is, the future is now and we ignore it at our peril. Please read this book.
- Law Skills
Discovering the Vernacular Landscape
J.B Jackson
Incisive and overpoweringly influential. It will probably tell you something about how you live that you've never thought about.
- Thomas Hine
A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time
J.B Jackson
With careful crafting, an enlivened, viable sense of time and place evokes empathy in the reader, which is absolutely integral to the short story.
- Courtney Harler
Formgiving
BIG
In Formgiving, developments and projects are presented that reach up to fifty years into the future, often of fantastic and imaginary proportions.
- Mandana Bender
Small Architecture
Philip Jodidio
Whether in Washington, Hokkaido, or anywhere in between, these projects prove not only intimate but innovative.
- The New York Times
Green Architecture
Philip Jodidio
Each entry introduces a key project through plans, photos, and a close reading of the sustainable and ecological nature of the design.
- Taschen
Personal Reads
Dune Saga, Books 1-3
Frank Herbert
It is possible that Dune is even more relevant now than when it was first published.
- The New Yorker
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez
Has done nothing less than to create in the reader a sense of all that is profound, meaningful, and meaningless in life.
- William Kennedy
A Passion for Nature, The Life of John Muir
Donald Worster
The definitive biography of one of Amercia's most influential advocates for nature.
- American Scientist
Soonish
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
Soonish talks about the inevitable relationship between humans and robots.
- Andrea Kovarcsik
Ready Player One Series
Ernest Cline
Starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.
- iO9
Scythe Trilogy
Neal Shusterman
Humanity is innocent; humanity is guilty, and both states are undeniably true.
- Scythe
Millennium Series
Stieg Larsson
Wildly suspenseful...an intelligent, ingeniously plotted, utterly engrossing thriller.
- The Washington Post
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
For those who have been waiting for the great Vietnamese American Vietnam War novel, this is it. More to the point: This is a great American Vietnam War novel.
- Vietnam Veterans of America
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson
Another successful exploration of American history... Larson skillfully balances the grisly details with the far-reaching implications of the Worlds Fair.
- USA Today
Contact
Location:
103 Oberlin Ct, Oxford, OH, 45056
Email:
ben.nelson0224@gmail.com
Message:
Ben.n#3683