Mickey Chapa Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Teaching Fellow for XDS 101- Fundamentals in Bioclimatic Design, assisting with student engagement and course preparation for the intro class of the XDS program. Inclusive of office hours for 6 week online program beginning Fall 2023 and ongoing course testing and development.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

With expertise in housing and urbanism, I was engaged in market rate and affordable multifamily housing developments in Philadelphia and across the country. Day to day, my work entailed design development, product research and drawing production, client and consultant coordination, permitting and entitlements, as well sustainable knowledge and literacy development for the office.

Work with the Center for Environmental Building Design includes project management of a Energy and Carbon Footprint assessment of the George Nakashima Woodworker complex in New Hope, PA. The project team is using digital modeling and physical data recording to paint a clear picture of fuel and energy usage on the woodworking campus. This multi-phase project involves mapping the building's energy use to its local climate and from their providing a report and series of recommendations towards a Strategic Energy and Sustainability Plan for the facility. CEBD About: (from https://www.design.upenn.edu/cebd/about)The Center for Environmental Building & Design* is a faculty research unit at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design dedicated to improving the environmental future of contemporary buildings and cities. We must look beyond building efficiency standards and net-zero formulations to design truly resilient buildings and cities. Over the coming century we must use the knowledge, technologies, and expectations of the twenty-first- century metropolis to return to the renewable resource base of pre-industrial economies. The challenges of environmental design occur at multiple, interacting scales and can only be approached systemically, so the CEBD works in interdisciplinary teams on projects at a range of scales.

In collaboration with a team at the University of Pennsylvania, our group is exploring a community design for a Lenape Tribal community in Northern New Jersey. The project uses architecture and design to address environmental justice, food sovereignty, and cultural restoration. Currently in the scoping and programming phase, our team is researching a high-performance, prototype community that can serve not only as a model for other tribal communities but for a form of living in sync with the earth and our climate. What is PennPraxis? (from https://www.design.upenn.edu/pennpraxis/home )PennPraxis supports design action and thought leadership to advance inclusion, innovation, and impact in communities that design doesn't typically serve. PennPraxis does projects that demonstrate the power of interdisciplinary design, art, planning, and heritage preservation to respond to the major challenges of the built and natural environments, and the communities that inhabit them. Our projects strengthen the University of Pennsylvania's Weitzman School of Design as a school focused on high social impact design. We create opportunities "beyond the market" to help our students develop agency in the world, and we cultivate diversity among the next generation of leaders.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Sustainability Director and Project Architect for VIA design architects. Coming from a unique background of infrastructure and utility design, he believes in an organic definition of architecture which harmonizes efficiency and aesthetics. As a Hampton Roads native, Mickey brings an intimate knowledge of the region and is driven to realize sustainable architecture that fits into the tidewater environment, naturally.

Virginia Beach, Virginia Area

Over the course of four and a half years, Mr Chapa was exposed to the local, regional, and even international dealings of WSP-Parsons Brinckerhoff. Within 6 months of starting, Mr Chapa traveled with a design team for a project on the Azorean Island of Terceira on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. From there, he continued his efforts with projects in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Significantly, Mr Chapa particpated on the Elizabeth River Tunnels project which was for a time was the largest infrastructural design project on the American eastern seaboard.Please see Mr Chapa's resume from his time with WSP-Parsons Brinckerhoff with attached work samples, all created prior to August 2016.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

In 2013, Parsons Brinckerhoff was acquired by Balfor Beatty and became sister companies with Heery International until PB was resold in 2015. When asked to travel to Iowa City to work on the University of Iowa Children's Hospital (originally designed by Foster and Partner's), Mr Chapa jumped at the opportunity.University of Iowa Children's HospitalArriving when the project was 30% of the way through construction, Mr Chapa immediately began working on drawings for the 14 story tower. Due to the size and complexity, the project was fast-tracked and deliverables were released in phases over a several year period. Mr Chapa is a quick learner and was able to pick up Bentley Microstation and become a valued member of the production team. He assisted with producing bid packages for interior construction, identifying door hardware, and was entrusted with initial design and programming of the coffee shop at the building entrance.

Durham, North Carolina

As his first architectural internship, Mr Chapa worked in the firm's model shop while gaining his first exposure to professional project development. For his first assignment, he crafted 1/8th scale models during the schematic design of Duke University's latest School of Medicine building. Through this he learned Revit, AutoCAD, and quick rendering techniques for multiple presentations to the client and the University's Board of Directors. During this project he also learned custom detailing and fabrication methods through working on the structure's facade and sunshade design.Mr. Chapa also briefly contributed on NC State's Talley Student Center just prior to the 50% design submission. Notably, he built the "Swiss Army Knife" concept toy. A video of this marketing tool is still available on the firm's website.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Bachelors Of Architecture, Architecture Major + Industrial Design Minor

Activities and Societies: Environmental Green Builders, 2008-20093.72 GPA

Master Of Science In Design - Environmental Building Design

Activities and Societies: Penn Climate Ventures - Spring 2022In pursuit of advanced computational and analytical practices for improving.