Peter Dumbadze
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Curriculum Vitae education University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, Master of Architecture I, May 2015 Thesis “Can the Phoenix Rise from the Ashes?” McLain Clutter and Maria Arquero de Alarcón, thesis advisors Kenyon College, Gambier, OH Bachelor of Arts, Art History, High Honors, May 2010 Senior Honors Thesis “Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center: Zaha Hadid’s Response to the White Cube Ideology and the Advancement of the Museum Design Dialectic” Eugene Dwyer, thesis advisor University College London, London, UK Junior Semester Abroad Department of the History of Art, Spring 2009 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Graduate School of Design Career Discovery, Summer 2008 Focus in Architecture College Honors High Honors in Art History Kenyon College, May 2010 registrations Registered Architect in the State of Ohio (No. 1917759) Registered Architect in the State of New York (No. 043082) American Institute of Architects, Brooklyn Chapter National Council of Architectural Registration Boards work experience JG Neukomm Architecture, New York, NY Project manager April 2019 - present vonDALWIG (formerly Manifold Architecture Studio), Brooklyn, NY Project designer and manager April 2018 - December 2018 David Cunningham Architecture Planning, PLLC, Brooklyn, NY Project designer and manager April 2016 - March 2018 TL Magazine, Brussels, BE/New York, NY Contributing editor for design magazine January 2016 - May 2017 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, Graduate Student Instructor Faculty Supervisor: Lydia M. Soo, Associate Professor “History of Architecture, I” ARCH 313 August - December 2014 Studio Christian Wassmann, New York, NY Designer January - May 2012 Junior Design Intern September 2010 - April 2011 Summerbridge Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 7th and 8th grade history and Latin teacher Summers 2006/2007 project history Solo and Collaborative Projects Shelter House for a Private Residence, Cincinnati, OH Design concept and development and construction documents for small shelter house behind a historic house September 2015 - ongoing What About the Grid? (II. Research), Ann Arbor, MI Television show pilot for Storefront for Art and Architecture’s season two of Storefront TV Working as Bar Studio with Derek Chang, Dustin Murphy, and Young-Tack Oh August 2014 / May - June 2015 50 minute television episode premiered on June 30, 2015, and now entered into Storefront’s archive What About the Grid? (I. Proposal), Detroit, MI “Reanimate the Ruins!” ideas competition submission for a new interactive landscape atop the old site of the Packard Automobile Factory July 2014 Bologna Center for Accessible Arts, Bologna, Italy Collaboration with Victoria McGovern working as officeMEH “Young Architects Competition” submission for a universal access cultural center in a former factory January – March 2014 Grand Rapids Automaton, Grand Rapids, MI “54Jeff” international ideas competition submission for a new archive to sit atop the old Grand Rapids Public Museum July – August 2013 Third Prize overall and Student Winner, $3000 Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY Collaboration with Christian Wassmann and Evelyn Bettelheim Design consultation, construction drawings, and construction management September – October 2011 Attic and Rooftop Porch for a Private Residence, Cincinnati, OH Design concept and proposal for a new roof deck and renovation of an attic of a historic house June 2010 – August 2011 David Cunningham Architecture Planning (Selected) Brooklyn Townhouse, Brooklyn, NY Design for the reimagining of a historic brownstone Project manager and project designer November 2017 – present In permitting Marion Housing, The Bronx, NY Design for affordable multi-family housing in a north Bronx neighborhood Project designer August 2017 – present In schematic design Weekend House, Union Beach, NJ Design for a new weekend house on New Jersey’s northern shore Project designer November 2016 – November 2017 Suspended in construction documents TriBeCa Loft Renovation, New York, NY Redesign of a kitchen and bathroom for s small loft in Lower Manhattan Project manager and designer July 2016 – February 2018 Completed Studio Christian Wassmann (Selected) Aarhus School of Architecture, Aarhus, DK Design proposal for first round of the New Aarch competition calling for a new university building Project designer January 2016 Analogue, Pamphlet 33 proposal, Princeton Architectural Press Invited submission, “A Take on the Studio’s Design Process” Project manager and writer May 2012 Stinkdigital, New York, NY The design for a renovation of a digital media company’s American offices Project designer March – May 2012 Klein Bottle Storefront, New York, NY An invited design submission for a reimagining of the atrium at the Center for Architecture Project designer March 2012 Independent Art Fair 2012, Dia Center, New York, NY A commissioned design for the layout of an international art fair and its roof top event space Project designer January – March 2012 Robert Wilson/Byrd Hoffmann Watermill Foundation, New York, NY Design of an ADA-compliant public bathroom renovation, Project designer October 2010 – April 2011 Fibonacci Space, threeASFOUR installation at Arnhem Biennale Assisted in the development of various proposals for the client and draft construction documents Project designer April 2011 exhibitions What About the Grid?, New York, NY Storefront for Art and Architecture Writer and director for 50 minute TV episode for season two of Storefront TV Working as Bar Studio with Derek Chang, Dustin Murphy, and Young-Tack Oh Video and script archived in Storefront’s collection June 30, 2015 Greetings from Gibraltar, Ann Arbor, MI North Quad Exhibition Space Exhibition of student research about the Strait of Gibraltar produced by travel studio led by Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy October 2013 54Jeff, Grand Rapids, MI SiTE:LAB, Grand Rapids Public Museum Grand Rapids Automaton, exhibition of works submitted to contest September-October 2013 New Practices New York, New York, NY The Center for Architecture Exhibition of Studio Christian Wassmann’s work June-September 2012 State of the Art, Gambier, OH Olin Gallery, Kenyon College Part of curatorial team for museum studies course looking at contemporary drawing, print, and photography from the Gersh Collection film What About the Grid? Storefront for Art and Architecture Writer and director for 50 minute TV episode for season two of Storefront TV Working as Bar Studio with Derek Chang, Dustin Murphy, and Young-Tack Oh Video and script archived in Storefront’s collection June 30, 2015 Can the Phoenix Rise from the Ashes? University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Mockumentary short film exploring the history and politcs of the mutability of authorship in architecture January-April, 2015 writing “Down by the River: Another Brooklyn” in TL Mag 27 A short travelogue about Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood TL Magazine, May 2017 “Peggy Deamer: Theorizing Architecture” in TL Mag 27 An interview with architect and theorist Peggy Deamer about the economics of contemporary practice TL Magazine, May 2017 “Understanding the Friche” in TL Mag 26 A look at Christophe Ponceau’s work in Detroit, Michigan TL Magazine, November 2016 “The Beat Grows Louder” in TL Mag 26 A profile of Akoaki’s collaborative design work in Detroit’s North End neighborhood TL Magazine, November 2016 “Why Tschumi Matters” in TL Mag 25 An advocacy for aprogrammatic architecture proffered by Bernard Tschumi TL Magazine, June 2016 “Olgiati’s Purity” in TL Mag 25 Framing the modernist work of Valerio Olgiati in the context of 2016 TL Magazine, June 2016 “A Democratic Architecture: A Look at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale” in TL Mag 25 A preview of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale curated by Alejandro Aravena TL Magazine, June 2016 “Zumthor: Architecture for the Present” in TL Mag 25 An analysis of Peter Zumthor’s spatialization of the ephemeral TL Magazine, June 2016 “A Strait Travelogue” in Greetings from Gibraltar A long-form essay detailing one’s transit through the Strait of Gibraltar University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, September publication of design work "Sun Path House and Other Cosmic Architectures" Studio Christian Wassmann, Koenig Books, 2017 “SiTE:LAB Announces 54Jeff Competition Winners” Amanda Gruen, The Architect’s Newspaper, October 31st, 2013 archpaper.com/2013/10/sitelab-announces-54jeff-competition-winners/ “54Jeff: “Envisioneering” Revitalization” Jeff Hill, Rapid Growth, October 3rd, 2013 rapidgrowthmedia.com/features/10031354jeffwinners.aspx “54 Jeff Ideas Competition Winners” Justine Testado, Archinect, October 2nd, 2013 archinect.com/news/article/83214560/54jeff-ideas-competition-winners “54 Jeff Ideas Competition Winners” Bustler Editors, Bustler, October 2nd, 2013 bustler.net/news/search/dumbadze/3056/54jeff-ideas-competition-winners “SiTE:LAB Names Winners of 54Jeff Space-Design Competition” Charlsie Dewey, Grand Rapids Business Journal, September 25th, 2013 grbj.com/articles/77908-sitelab-names-winners-of-54jeff-space-design-competition invited juries Studio Christian Wassmann Internal reviewer for studio’s submission to the Noguchi Museum’s competition for a new archive, December 2016 University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning ArcStart, Final Reviewer for University of Michigan high school summer program, July 2013 ARCH 402, Progress Critique, October 2013 ARCH 316, Final Review for Design Fundamental I, December 2013 ARCH 218, Two Process Reviews and Final Review, January, February, and April 2015 awards Storefront TV, New York, NY “What About the Grid?” Writer and director for pilot episode chosen for second season of Storefront TV Storefront for Art and Architecture Working as Bar Studio with Derek Chang, Dustin Murphy, and Young-Tack Oh January 2015 54Jeff, Grand Rapids, MI Grand Rapids Automaton Third Prize and Student Winner, $3000 SiTE:LAB, 54jeff.org September 2013