Aaron Smithson Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Co-Lead Instructor for the GSD's tuition-free Design Discovery Youth program, leading curriculum development and in-class lectures, workshops, and reviews in both virtual and in-person formats.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Core 2 Urban Planning Studio - TA for Professor Dan D’Oca

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Core 1 Urban Planning Studio - TA for Professor Hannah Teicher

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Housing Design Innovation Fellow for the Boston Mayor's Office of Housing

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Urban Design Intern for the Cambridge Community Development Department

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Student co-coordinator for the 2024 Affordable Housing Development Competition run by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Course Content Developer for HarvardX's online city planning and urban history series "Understanding Cities," taught by Professor Rahul Mehrotra and Professor Lisa Haber-Thomson, among others.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Researcher for the inaugural ‘State of Housing Design 2023’ report at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies

Core 4 Architecture Studio - Section TA for Sean Canty

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Core 3 Architecture Studio - Head TA and Section TA for Michelle Chang

New York, New York, United States

Illustrated NYC’s Good Urban Design Guidebook:https://www.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/planning-level/urban-design/principles-of-good-urban-design-nyc-022024.pdf?r=2

New York, New York

+ Write articles (over 100 as of 2022) on architecture and urbanism for both digital and print-based publications of The Architect's Newspaper and AN Interior magazine, including long-form pieces on gentrification, affordable housing, and preservation

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

RA to Professor Jenny French | French2D

New York, New York

+ Conduct extensive research for two architecture exhibitions: one on South Asian modernism (curated by Martino Stierli, Sean Anderson, and Anoma Pieris) and one on Blackness and architecture in urban America (curated by Sean Anderson and Mabel O. Wilson)+ Coordinate loans of original materials from architects and designers in the US and abroad+ Manage TMS object and constituent records for Architecture and Design collections+ Assist publications team and book designers in creating exhibition catalogues+ Led comprehensive travel planning for a curatorial research trip to Pakistan, including the arrangement of meetings with key architects, historians, and planners in three cities+ Oversaw, recorded, and tracked travel arrangements for 10 architects and 25 advisory committee members for Reconstructions exhibit meetings+ Carry out daily gallery checks to assess the conservation needs of works on display

Greater New York City Area

+ Bolstered research basis and developed visuals for mapping data related to a long-term project on blank billboards in New York+ Designed graphics for project proposals, RFP responses, and other presentations+ Edited and developed construction drawings and renderings for client and contractor meetings+ Modeled iterations of building details in Rhino for design meetings

Melbourne, Australia

+ Reviewed, researched, and wrote reports on community-based urban design projects for public release+ Conducted observational research and user surveys to inform the 20-Minute Neighbourhood Project in Glen Gala Village+ Compiled information on international place-making projects for a publicly available online database

Greater New York City Area

+ Reviewed, edited, categorized, and reformatted several hundred articles, essays, and blogposts from 40 years of PPS's archives+ Advised on overall design, information distribution, and user-friendliness of the new website+ Conducted research on the connections between social isolation, mental health issues, and under-used public spaces on college campuses for a presentation to inform projects at American universities

New York, New York

+ Designed, composed, and edited both graphic and written content for League competitions, events, and publications+ Managed administrative materials, including event reports, recordings of programs, logs for AIA credit, etc.+ Coordinated check-in and media tech at large-scale lecture events with over 800 attendees, roundtable discussions, symposia, etc.

New York, New York

+ Designed and arranged graphics for WXY's 'Blue Dunes' publication on post-Sandy resilience proposals for the New York area, released in 2017 by the Columbia University Press+ Collected and organized public records and information on riverside esplanades in New York for one of WXY’s upcoming projects+ Worked with architects to survey and measure Cooper Square for outdoor seating installation

New York City

+ Conducted outreach to potential co-sponsors in and around New York City for museum events+ Researched co-sponsorship and collaboration opportunities, as well as potential speakers for upcoming programs+ Drafted written content for event programs, flyers, and webpages+ Assisted in staffing events (preparing materials, setting up event venues, and conducting guest check-in)

Master Of Architecture I

+ Dean's Merit Scholar (full-tuition scholarship) + Plimpton Poorvu Design Prize (2nd Place) + Community Service Fellowship + Architecture.

Master Of Urban Planning - Mup, Housing And Community Development

+ Dean's Merit Scholar (full-tuition scholarship) + Urban Planning Research Grant + Real Estate Research Award

B.A. Urban Studies, History & Theory Of Architecture, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Design for America (Director of Education), Common Space Initiative (Co-founder), Asian American Alliance.

Exchange Student - Urban Design, Indigenous Studies, First Class Honours

High School Diploma

+ Faculty Award for character + Department Prizes in History, Advanced Spanish, and Visual Arts (Obernauer and Prothro)