Ryan Schultz Email & Phone Number

Madison, WI, US

Trying to help the AEC industry adopt open source, and open standards.

Madison, WI, US

• An (uberly) transparent & open source architectural studio whose mission is to break down the technical and cultural barriers and create a more open, integrated, and collaborative A/E/C Industry.

Madison, Wisconsin, US

OpeningDETAIL helps architecture firms draft & develop their large scale (3″​=1’​-0″)​ construction details.Led by Ryan Schultz, a fellow architect with 25 years of experience, OpeningDETAIL are not just drafters, but have the hard-won design & construction experience to know the what and why behind the details, as well.

• Designed, developed, and modeled (Revit) a modular, prototypical data center for Digital Realty.
• Developed construction documents for a number of data centers (Facebook, Digital Realty) throughout the United States

• Studio Wikitecture is an open group, composed of a diverse range of individuals from varying disciplines, interested in exploring the application of open-source to the design and production of both real and virtual.
• Awarded both Founder’s Award and 3rd Place for the Open Architecture Network Challenge―a competition to design a tele-medicine facility in Western Nepal
• Awarded $10,000 USD Linden Prize for “demonstrating how individuals and organizations are using [virtual worlds] to improve the overall human condition”

South Holland, Illinois, US

• Translated the Architectural and Structural CD’s for 263,000 s.f. hospital into a 3D, intelligent Revit model.
• Acted as BIM Facilitator for the above hospital—aggregating all the subcontractors 3-dimensional models, and running coordination clashes with AutoDesk’s Navisworks® software.
• Designed and programmed (HTML) a company website.

• Acted as project manager, developing CD’s and coordinating construction for two Argo Tea® Cafes located in downtown Chicago.
• Developed CD’s for a (7,000 s.f) renovation of a Chicago Charter School.

Chicago, IL, US

• Acted as Project Manager and carried the following projects from schematic design (SD) through construction administration (CA):
• 8800 s.f. banking facility for Johnson Financial Group
• 6800 s.f. attorney offices for Hurley, Burish & Milliken, S.C.
• 9400 s.f. attorney offices for Hurley, Burish & Stanton, S.C.
• 8000 s.f. real estate development firm for Urban Land Interests
• Developed office wide CAD management standards

• Designed 2,500 sq. ft. ranch home
• Generated construction details
• Completed rough framing
• Coordinated with sub-contractors
• Designed log home in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin
• Measured historical warehouse for possible apartment conversion

Chicago, IL, US

• Generated construction details for High School Project in Atlanta, Georgia
• Compiled an office wide CAD detail library

Cedarburg, WI, US

• Worked on various projects from schematic design to construction document level
• Developed computer filing conventions and standards as well as CADD standards.

• Acted as project designer for major hotel chain. Followed project from schematic to construction documents

Masters In Architecture

B.S. Architecture, Architecture

Education record