Design Research

Lead Designer
Equitable Zoning by Design
A Northeastern University Impact Engine Grant Research Project looking at the MBTA Communities Housing Law and new models of zoning in New England. Principal Investigator, Tim Love, Project Manager, Amy Dain, Research Assistant, Camille Wimpe

2024—2025
Travel
Fellow
Living Without Land
A multi-year Harvard University Druker Traveling Fellowship with a focus on international co-operative housing design. 

2021 —2024
Editorial Fellow
The State of Housing Design 2023
Managed and co-edited a new publication into design, titled, “The State of Housing Design 2023” through the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies

2021 —2023
Co-Founder
CoHAB
MIT DesignX nominated startup with a focus on co-operative and collective home maintenance and repair


2022
Travel
Fellow
RE_ 
Tulane School of Architecture John William Lawrence Travel Research Fellowship


2014

Lectures, Talks, Panels, & Activities

Talk
City of Boston Planning Department 
Conversation on our equitable zoning by design report and implications for Boston.

March 19, 2025
Talk
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Studio, “ALTERNATIVE ASSEMBLIES IN ARCHITECTURE”, led by Eli Kruse Logan

February 24, 2025
Talk
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Housing Seminar, “Affordable Housing / Sustainable Communities”, led by Jennifer Lee Michaliszyn

February 18, 2025
Interview
Unifying Research and Practice: Sam Naylor
Interview by A. Krista Sykes for the Harvard Graduate School of Design

January 14, 2025
Lecture & Moderator
Center for Architecture (AIANY)
Public Event co-sponsored by the Housing Committee and the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Titled, “The Other 41: Mid-Rise Housing for a High-Rise City”

December 5, 2024
Lecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
2024 Druker Traveling Fellowship Presentation, “Living Without Land: A Field Report on Cooperative Housing”

November 20, 2024
Interview
Most Podern Podcast
Conversation on housing design & development with Minkoo Kang, Libo Li, & Alex Yuen

November 13, 2024
Participant
City of Boston 
Starter Home Sprint by the Mayors Housing Innovation Lab. Development & design all-day collaborative workshop to come up with ideas for middle market affordable homeownership opportunities. 

November 7, 2024
Talk
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Project Seminar, “Rockaway’s Housing Superstorm: Between Rising Waters and Climate Gentrifi cation”, led by Ed Wall

October 31, 2024
Facilitator
Boston Society for Architecture
Zoning advocacy workshop: “MBTA Communities Act: Engaging the AEC Community in Housing Advocacy”

October 23, 2024
Lecture
The Boston Foundation
Launch event for the report: “Legalizing Mid-Rise Single-Stair Housing in Massachusetts”

October 11, 2024
Lecture
CNU New England
Fall conference closing plenary lecture and moderated discussion on single-stair housing in New England

October 5, 2024
Lecture & Moderator
Boston Society for Architecture
Housing event titled: “The Persistently Missing Middle: The State of Housing Design and Development in New England”. Speakers: Hansy Better Barraza, Jonathan Evans, Sam Naylor, Paige Roosa, Theodore Touloukian

September 17, 2024
Talk
Northeastern School of Architecture 
Senior Research Studio with a focus on Public Housing (ARCH 4170) led by Emmanuel Osorno

Winter, 2024
Lecture & Panelist
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Book Launch for The State of Housing Design, 2023. Featuring: Nate Berg, Elizabeth Christoforetti, Daniel D’Oca, Roy Decker,  Jenny French,  Alexandra Gauzza, Chris Herbert,  Ken Johnson, Anna Kodé,  Tim Love, Sam Naylor, Marc Norman,  Chandra Robinson, Inga Saffron, Timothy A. Schuler, Patrick Sisson, Sarah Whiting,  Stephen Zacks, & Mimi Zeiger

November 17, 2023
Lecture
Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo in Montevideo, Uruguay
Collective studio lecture at the public architecture school in Montevideo, Uruguay led by Andrea Wallerstein

Spring, 2023
Talk
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Seminar on Modern Housing (5433) led by Yun Fu

Spring, 2023
Talk
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Seminar entitled, “Urban Stack: Practice Methods for a Complex World“ led by Elizabeth Christoforetti. Invited talk on future housing models of practice with Placetailor. 

Spring, 2022
Talk
California State Polytechnic University
Architecture Studio with a focus on Housing, led by Elaine Kwong

Fall, 2021
Talk
NBBJ
AIA accredited talk on rendering image concept & quality

2019
Lecture
Tulane School of Architecture
John William Lawrence Fellowship Lecture
on west coast urbanization. 


2015

Publications & Inverviews

Report
“Equitable Zoning by Design”
Co-author with  Tim Love, Amy Dain, & Camille Wimpe. A Northeastern University Impact Engine Grant Research Project

January 23, 2025
Article
The Case for Missing Middle Housing
Co-author with Wandy Pascoal. Published by the Boston Society for Architecture. 

January 9, 2025
Report
“Legalizing Mid-Rise Single Stair Housing in Massachusetts”
Lead Co-author. Published by Utile, the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies & Boston Indicators

October 11, 2024
Visual Contribution
“The Desert We Eat”
Journal of Architectural Education. Article by Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich & Seth Denizen

October 10, 2023
Visual Contributions
50 species-towns
Published by Harvard University School of Design. By Charles Waldheim with Office for Urbanization, Charles Gaillard, Mariano Gomez-Luque, Mercedes Peralta, Seok Min Yeo, & Boya Zhang.

Fall, 2021
Essay
“A Cowpoke Imaginary”
Paprika! Vo. 6-03, Yale School of Architecture. Written with Elaine Stokes

October 7, 2020
Essay
“Buzzcut: The Aesthetics of Maintenance”
Pidgin. Issue 28, Princeton School of Architecture. Written with Elaine Stokes

Fall, 2020
Letter
“Dear Zund”
Open Letters. Issue #79. Harvard Graduate School of Design. Written by Sam Naylor & Audrey Watkins to The Zund Cutter.

September 21, 2020
Editor
Open Letters
Harvard Graduate School of Design. Student led publication with an emphasis on open dialogue, published monthly. 

2019—2021
Editor-in-Chief
The Charrette
Tulane School of Architecture. Student led design zine with a focus on printmaking experimentation.

2015—2016
Staff Writer
The Tulane Hullabaloo 
Tulane University student newspaper. 


2013

Teaching







Adjunct Faculty
Wentworth Institute of Technology
3rd year undergraduate architecture studio on multifamily housing

Fall, 2021
Studio Instructor
Harvard GSD Design Discovery
Introductory design program for high school to late adult students

Summer, 2021
Adjunct Faculty
Boston Architectural College
Graduate & Undergraduate “SITE” studio on accessory housing along the Arroyo Seco River. Co-taught with Elaine Stokes

Spring, 2021
Adjunct Faculty
Boston Architectural College
Graduate & Undergraduate “SITE” studio on remote cultural interventions in the Apostle Islands. Co-taught with Elaine Stokes

Fall, 2020
Teaching Assistant
Harvard Graduate School of Design
“The Urban Stack” Seminar, led by Elizabeth Christoforetti

Spring, 2021
Research Assistant
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Focusing on the architectural model. Led by Elizabeth Christoforetti

Summer, 2020
Research Assistant
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Focusing on rural urbanization in China. Led by Elaine Kwong

Summer, 2020
Research Assistant
Office for Urbanization
Focusing on urban housing in Cambridge and the 50 Species-Towns book. Led by Charles Waldheim


2019—2020

Affiliations

Certifications
Boston Society for Architecture (BSA/AIA) 
Housing Committee
Tulane School of Architecture Alumni Council
American Institute of Architects
Registered Architect, State of Massachusetts


Co-chair    2025—Current
Member    2023—Current
Member    40742865
Licensed   953301
Education
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Tulane University School of Architecture

2021
2016
Invited Design Critic
University of Minnesota College of Design
Rhode Island School of Design 
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Northeastern School of Architecture
Boston Architectural College
Woodbury School of Architecture

Previous Offices & Collaborators
Placetailor
Office for Urbanization
SUPERNORMAL
Office of Charles Waldheim 
STOSS
Ammar Eloueini Digit-Alll Studio
Artist Mike Nesbit
Ryan Tyler Martinez
NBBJ
Morphosis
Plana Architects
EOS Art Foundation
Frederick Fisher & Partners
The Albert & Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design