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Talking & Writing

Talk
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Seminar: Rockaway’s Housing Superstorm: Between Rising Waters And Climate Gentrification. Seminar Led by Ed Wall
︎︎︎Invited talk on housing practice.

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

October 23, 2024
Talk
The Boston Foundation
Legalizing Mid-Rise Single-Stair Housing in Massachusetts
Report Launch Event Lecture

October 11, 2024
Report
Legalizing Mid-Rise Single-Stair Housing in Massachusetts
A Report on the Impact of Allowing Mid-Rise Point Access Blocks on Housing Design and Development in Greater Boston and Beyond

October 2024

by the Boston Foundation, Utile, and the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University

October 11, 2024
Talk
CNU New England Conference
Closing Plenery: Legalizing Single-Stair Housing

October 5, 2024
Talk & Panel
Boston Society for Architecture
The Persistantly 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 
Seminar: ARCH 3170 Fall 2023

Winter, 2024
Talk
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, 2023
Book
The State of Housing Design, 2023
Published by The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.
Edited by Sam Naylor, Daniel D’Oca,
and Chris Herbert

November, 2023
Paper Contribution
“The Desert We Eat”︎︎︎
Journal of Architectural Education
by Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich & Seth Denizen

October 10, 2023
Lecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Seminar: 5433 — “Modern Housing and Urban Districts: Concepts, Cases, and Comparisons”
︎︎︎Invited talk on housing practice.

Spring, 2023
Lecture
Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo in Montevideo, UR
Salon 15
︎︎︎Invited talk on cooperative residential design.

Spring, 2023
Lecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Seminar: 7445 — “Urban Stack: Practice Methods for a Complex World“
︎︎︎Invited talk on future housing models of practice with Placetailor.

Spring, 2022
Book Contribution
50 species-towns︎︎︎
Published by Harvard University School of Design, 2021. 
Charles Waldheim with Office for Urbanization, Charles Gaillard, Mariano Gomez-Luque, Mercedes Peralta, Seok Min Yeo, Boya Zhang.

Fall, 2021
Lecture
California State Polytechnic University
Undergraduate Studio
︎︎︎Invited talk on cooperative housing.

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

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

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

21 September, 2020
Editor
Open Letters ︎︎︎
Harvard Graduate School of Design

2019—2021
Lecture
NBBJ
︎︎︎AIA credited talk on image concept & quality

2019
Lecture
Tulane School of Architecture
John William Lawrence Fellowship Lecture
︎︎︎On west coast urbanization

2015
Editor-in-Chief
The Charrette
Tulane School of Architecture

2015—2016
Staff Writer
2013



Teaching, Research, & Accolades







Lead Designer
MBTA Communities Urban Design Research
︎︎︎ Funded through an Impact Engine Grant from Northeastern University
with Tim Love (Principal Researcher), Amy Dain (Project Manager), & Camille Whimp (Research Assistant).

2024—Current
Member
Tulane School of Architecture Alumni Council 

2023—Current
Fellow
Druker Traveling Fellowship
Harvard Graduate School of Design

2021—2024
Co-Founder
CoHAB︎︎︎ 
MIT Design X
︎︎︎ Venture focused on improving quality, costs, and resiliency of home maintenance for low-to-middle income homeowners through collective bargaining and knowledge.
with Stephanie Silva, Sharon Wang, and Miguel Davila Uzcategui

2021—2023
Research Fellow
Joint Center for Housing Studies︎︎︎
︎︎︎Researching on new housing design trends nationally
2021—2023
Adjunct Faculty
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Undergraduate studio in multifamily urban housing.

Fall, 2021
Studio Instructor
Harvard GSD Design Discovery
Introduction to the design disciplines: workshops, lectures, and mini-studio coursework.

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

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

Fall, 2020
Research Assistant
Office for Urbanization︎︎︎
︎︎︎ Investigating urbanization trends and affordable housing

2019—2020
Research & Teaching Assistant
 Harvard Graduate School of Design
︎︎︎ In urban architectural practice, rural Chinese urbanization, and housing.

2019—2021
Award
Nemrut Volcano Eyes Competition
︎ BB Green Award
with Elaine Stokes

2018
Awards
Tulane School of Architecture
︎Senior Honors Scholar in Architecture
︎John William Lawrence Memorial
Medal Award for Design Excellence
︎Thesis Commendation
︎Comprehensive Studio Award

2014—2016
Fellow
John William Lawrence Travel Research Fellowship
Tulane School of Architecture 



2014
Invited Design Critic
University of Minnesota College of Design
Rhode Island School of Design 
Cal Poly Pomona
Harvard 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
Frederick Fisher & Partners
The Albert & Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design