Background

I presently work as an Architect at Schmidt Architects. I graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in June 2022 where I completed a Bachelor of Architecture degree with additional minors in Spanish, Real Estate Property Development, and Architectural Engineering. I have three years of professional experience here in the Portland Metro area working on various project typologies, first with LRS, then WWA, then Habitat for Humanity, and now Schmidt. I have experience on a variety of project types. At LRS, I aided their Interiors Department with as-builts, design development, Enscape renders, and BIM integration on office workplaces, tilt-up warehouses, and adaptive reuse/ historic preservation projects. I utilized my urban design experience to help masterplan and schematic design a phased multi-family development for Salem’s Willamette Waterfront. At WWA, I worked directly under principal William Wilson as project lead on a 50,000 sq ft mixed-use Church/ School/ Office/ Cafe Adaptive Reuse Project. While taking the project from design development through construction documents, I navigated joint venture intercommunication and helped design around various structural engineering complications and complex code requirements. In early 2024, with Habitat for Humanity, I led volunteers in hands-on construction means and methods at an active wood frame construction site. I also assisted with coordinating subcontractors, quality control, interpreting details, scheduling tasks, and creating Procore RFIs. Currently, with Schmidt Architects, I am drafting permit sets for commercial masonry buildings and multifamily developments including updating details to new energy code standards and responding to plan check comments. More information about me, my thesis, and my portfolio can be found on my website at www.zspdesign.com.