ANDREW M TORRES

Professional Experience

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NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Bahrain

September 2010-September 2011
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Design. Full-time teaching responsibilities included design studio, structures, working drawings, and visualization courses with emphasis on Rhino, Revit, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Photoshop, and InDesign. Additional responsibilities included leading student trips to Dubai, Barcelona, and Doha, and management of the department’s computer labs.

 

SOLURI ARCHITECTURE, New York, New York

March 2009-September 2010
Junior Architect. Responsibilities included design, drafting/modeling, Revit implementation, CAD/IT standards, consultant coordination, firm public relations, and office organization.

RAB Lighting Corporate Headquarters, Northvale, New Jersey
Corporate office renovation (17,000 sf) designed for LEED Gold rating. Project done in Revit.
Role: Design Development, Construction Documents

Brownstone Renovation, Brooklyn, New York
Five-floor (11,000 sf) brownstone renovation in historic district.
Role: Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Construction
Administration

 

SHoP ARCHITECTS, New York, New York
March 2008-October 2008
Architectural Designer. Responsibilities included design, digital and physical modeling, presentation preparation, consultant coordination, and frequent client, consultant, and approvals meetings.

The Seaport, New York, New York
Proposal for the redevelopment of the South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan.
Role: Focused on the relocation, preservation, and reuse of the historic Tin Building as well as historic landmark issues for the project as a whole. Project done in Revit and Rhino.

 

FORSITE STUDIO, Austin, Texas
April 2006-present | part-time
Associate. Founding member of integrated design/build practice focused on sustainability, innovation, and economy. Maintain active collaboration with studio.

10th Street Residence, Austin, Texas
Renovation of 1940s-era bungalow in East Austin.
Role: Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents

2828 Guadalupe Redevelopment, Austin, Texas
Proposal for the renovation and redevelopment of a commercial center.
Role: Schematic Design

 

ESTUDIO CARME PINÓS, Barcelona, Spain
June 2006-December 2006
Intern. Responsibilities included design, drafting, and physical and digital modeling.

Catalan Government Regional Headquarters, Tortosa, Spain
Sculptural office building in dense historic core.
Role: Design Development, Construction Documents

ISI Bench
Modular cast concrete bench system designed for Escofet.
Role: Developed design via drawings and physical and digital models; reviewed prototypes.

 

MIRÓ RIVERA ARCHITECTS, Austin, Texas
June 2007-March 2008 | full-time
June 2003-June 2006, January 2007-June 2007 | part-time
Intern Architect. Primary responsibilities included design, drafting, digital and physical modeling, and rendering. Other responsibilities included design award entries, press releases, publication submissions, and reorganization and maintenance of firm profile, portfolio, and archives.

Kessler Residence, Dallas, Texas
Five-floor house with structural steel screen on wooded limestone hillside overlooking city.
Role: Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents

 

Selected Papers, Publications, and Exhibitions

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MIDDLE EAST INTERIORS
Articles for Gulf-based interior design magazine. “Interiors Advocate”, October 2011. “Leading the Horse to Water”, September 2011. “Doha Debate Links it all Up”, May 2011.

 

TRACES & TRAJECTORIES
Project for UTSOA-SP included in book documenting 100 years of the University of Texas School of Architecture published in 2010.

 

GRANDMASTER FLASH PARKWAY
Entry for the Intersections: Grand Concourse Beyond 100 competition selected for inclusion in the Grand Concourse Spotlight exhibition at the Center for Architecture, New York, November 2009.

 

THE ARCHITECTURE OF REVOLUTION: GATCPAC AND THE SPANISH SECOND REPUBLIC
Paper presented at the Shifting Identities/Urban Transformations conference, Brown University, September 2007.

 

FROM AVANT-GARDE TO HARVARD YARD: JOSÉ LUÍS SERT, URBAN DESIGN, AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Honors Thesis in History and Science, Harvard University, 2002. Permanent collection of Harvard University Archives and Frances Loeb Library Special Collections, Harvard Graduate School of Design.