Whitney is an artist and designer based in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Passionate about using design as a tool for community engagement, she strives to foster appreciation for our built and natural environments. While earning her Master of Architecture from Tulane University, she worked for the Tulane City Center, where she became heavily involved with the design-build studios as a resource for educating students on the construction of small scale architecture. Whitney has experience in residential, healthcare and mix-use architecture from schematic design to technical drawings. She augments her design capabilities with a background in steel welding and fabrication. This combination of skills and experience has inspired in her a special interest in design of sustainable building envelopes that has found expression in her attention to detail, technical precision in material selection, and value of context.Launching her creative brand, Indigo Pine, this past summer, Whitney hopes to use her art to evoke a sense of place, community and appreciation for our natural landscapes . Art and architecture's interchangeable relationship encourages her to reimagine the role of a designer.