Hi, I’m Zach - an architectural & urban designer from Atlanta, GA, with a passion for cities, technology, and the integration of research in practice.
I embrace the act of inquiry.
I believe people and process are at the root of what we do.
I pursue an integrated approach in each project through individualized study on a range of scales.
My work centers on master planning frameworks, neighborhood/campus planning, and feasibility studies. Grounded in architecture with a focus on geospatial research and visual communication, I seek to foster equitable and resilient communities through collaborative design thinking. I’m also drawn to housing, public spaces, and streetscape design.
I graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with my Bachelor of Architecture degree and a minor in Sustainability in May 2021.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
2024 AIA Aspire Design Award: Hub for Holmes
(HKS Cities & Communities Project Team)
2023 AIA Aspire Design Award: StationSoccer - A Different Kind of TOD
(HKS Cities & Communities Project Team)
2022 Texas Architect Magazine Publication: “Slowspace”
(HKS Global Design Fellowship)
2021-2022 HKS Health Fellow: “Towards Wellness in Design”
(HKS Health Fellowship)
INVITED JUROR
2024
Georgia Institute of Technology - Cultural + Tectonic Plasticity/Flourishing Communities Graduate Design + Research
2023
University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Timber in the City
2022
Clemson University - Architecture & Health Master Planning
COLLEGIATE WORK FEATURED
“2021 Study Architecture Student Showcase - Part V”
“Students’ Research Projects Lauded in 2021 EuRECA Competition”
“Students, Faculty Receive Chancellor’s Awards”
“Students Demonstrate Success in Research in Competition, Exhibition”
UTK College of Architecture + Design
Community Collaborative: 2019 Burlington
East Tennessee Community Design Center
COLLEGIATE RECOGNITION
Graduating Student Recognitions
2021 Tau Sigma Delta Bronze Medal
For best undergraduate project voted upon by student members of Tau Sigma Delta
2021 Distinguished Design Award
For best undergraduate project chosen by a visiting, external jury
2021 Faculty Award of Excellence
Awarded to a graduating student, chosen by faculty
2021 ARCC King Medal
For excellence in architecture + environmental design research
Office of the Chancellor
2021 Chancellor’s Citation - Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
Office of the Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor
2021 Volunteer of Distinction - Extraordinary Professional Promise
Fulbright U.S. Program
2021-22 Fulbright Open Research Alternate - Spain
Office of Research and Engagement
2020 Undergraduate Research Assistantship
Project- Mapping Food and Infrastructure in Early Medieval Rome
(with Dr. Gregor Kalas- Associate Professor of Architectural History)
2019 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA)- Bronze Award
Project- Organic Urbanisms: Applied Agronomy on the Campus of Knoxville College
Office of Undergraduate Research
2021 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA)- Third Place
Thesis - Terra Incognita: Post-Traumatic Infrastructural Opportunism
2020 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA)- Third Place
Project - Mapping Food and Infrastructure in Early Medieval Rome: A Critical Analysis of the Fourth-Century Forum Boarium
2019 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA)- Award of Excellence
Project- Organic Urbanisms: Applied Agronomy on the Campus of Knoxville College
2018 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA)- Honorable Mention
Project- Architectural Representation in Wall Section: The New Orleans Bioinnovation Center
College of Architecture and Design
2020-2021 UTF TMPartners Scholarship Recipient
2020 Gensler Diversity Scholarship Nominee
2019-2020 Technical Draftsmanship Scholarship Recipient
2018-2019 Hubert Bebb Scholarship Recipient
2017-2018 Transfer Student Scholarship Recipient
Center for International Education
2019 Fall Study Abroad Scholarship
1st Place: Photography Competition
Photography- Correfoc
Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture 72nd Annual Student Art Competition
1st Place: Architectural History Research
Paper- The Elevated Walkway: A Critique of Landscape Urbanism and Adaptive Reuse
Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society- Beta Alpha Chapter
Spring 2019 Inductee
COMPETITIONS
2018 EPA Campus Rainworks Challenge- Master Plan Category
Shortlisted - 4th Place Nationally (out of 67)