James

M.Arch.

Professional Summary

Architectural work across design technology and digital delivery, focused on how design possibilities are opened, compared, evaluated, and carried forward. Computational and simulation-informed workflows clarify tradeoffs, make assumptions visible, and support architectural judgment beyond metrics alone.

Core Skills

Architectural Workflows

Option-development workflows; geometry-to-analysis handoff; architecture-to-computation translation

Evaluation & Judgment

Simulation-informed workflows; tradeoff clarification; human-in-the-loop comparison; constraint and threshold framing; traceable decisions

Systems & Interfaces

Design-intent translation; technical system framing; interface boundaries; schema-driven design logic; comparison conditions

Selected Projects

SOMA

Private real-time interaction systems project

2025–Present

Designed the systems architecture for a real-time interaction system, coordinating authoring logic, runtime behavior, media output, and validation boundaries across implementation layers.
Developed a reusable authoring framework for spatial patterns, staged control flows, phase-based events, and bounded media behaviors, translating experiential goals into governable system logic.
Established interface definitions, testable specifications, and audit-ready documentation to preserve design intent across evolving implementation layers.

Architectural Evaluation Framework

Workflow for option development, comparison, and downstream handoff

2026–Present

Designed a framework for opening design possibilities, comparing architectural directions, and carrying selected schemes into downstream development.
Structured variables, proxy analyses, and weighted criteria to clarify tradeoffs, make assumptions visible, and support selection while preserving qualitative intent and architectural judgment.
Developed portable geometry-handoff logic using explicit recipes, grouped outputs, and implementation-aware documentation to support future interoperability across design and delivery environments.

Teaching

STEM / Robotics Teacher

Nelson Mandela School, Berlin

2018–2025

Taught STEM in an international K–12 setting across mathematics, science, and problem-solving, developing robotics- and programming-based tools that made concepts concrete and adaptable.
Designed and led an extra-credit architectural design course for advanced students, using drawing, physical and digital modelling, and critique to develop spatial intuition and judgment through iteration.

Education

Master of Architecture, Architectural Typology

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)

2021

Bachelor of Architectural Science, Project Management

Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)

2015