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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
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
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
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
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
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-towns︎︎︎
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
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
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
CoHAB︎︎︎
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
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
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
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
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