1. EMILY ANTHEA ESTES MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
Assoc. AIA
estes.emilya@gmail.com 1 408 219 2882
http://emilyantheaestes.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyantheaestes
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
PERSONAL STATEMENT
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Master of Architecture
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
Class of 2016
B.A. Theatre Arts, design emphasis
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, California
Minor: Italian
Class of 2013
Semester Abroad, Pre-Professional Architecture, Advanced Italian
Syracuse University
Florence, Italy
Universita degli Studi di Firenze (University of Florence)
August - December 2011
Mosaic Associates Architects
Architectural Designer June 2016 - present
Drawing details, creating drawing sets, and drafting existing conditions in AutoCAD and Revit; Contributing
schematic design proposals to win projects with high priority client; Participating in office-wide design
charrettes and pinups; Creating 3D visualizations of projects using V-ray and Adobe Creative Suite;
Revising and checking submittals and specs; Modeling existing building as primary author in Revit;
Providing daylighting and environmental analysis services for feasibility studies, design justification, and
for performance verification, Completing forms for code and regulatory entities, Attending on-site meetings
with clients, contractors, and engineering consultants; Working directly with Partner on community pro-bono
renovation.
Architectural Intern July 2015 - May 2016
Developing rendering and graphic standards for presentation boards, publication, and marketing materials,
writing tutorials and standards guidelines for new visualization technology, modeling designs and existing
conditions in SketchUp and Revit, Creating a manual for daylighting and environmental analysis procedures
and standards for the office; Providing environmental analysis services for feasibility studies, design
justification, and for performance verification; Drawing details using AutoCAD, completing forms for code and
regulatory entities, attending on-site meetings with clients and engineering consultants, contributing to pro-
bono feasibility study and renovation planning work.
Research Assistant to Lydia Kallipoliti Dec. 2015 – June 2016
Closed Worlds Exhibit, Storefront for Art and Architecture
Working with Professor Lydia Kallipoliti (of EcoRedux) and the teams from the Storefront for Art and
Architecture and from Pentagram on research for exhibit content, editing content, creating the website
(http://www.closedworlds.net), archiving, and installation of the exhibition at the Storefront in New York City.
Reformatting and editing the exhibition to exist in a book format and for the website. Preparing the exhibition
to move from the Storefront in April to the Venice Biennial in May.
Guinea Pig Circus, Istanbul Biennial
Working with Professor Lydia Kallipoliti to develop content and research for the biennial exhibit, editing and
organizing content, designing the exhibit and prototyping the elements of the design that must be shipped to
the site.
I just achieved my Master of
Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute and am working full time at
Mosaic Associates Architects in Troy,
NY. My thesis dealt with the drought
and housing crisis in the California
San Francisco Bay Area. I am working
with Lydia Kallipoliti on the book of
her exhibit, Closed Worlds, for The
Storefront for Art and Architecture,
and on her exhibit at the Istanbul
biennial. I recently spent a month in
Italy with Garfagnana Innovazione
at the 2015 Digital Stone Project,
creating a marble sculpture with a 7
axis robotic CNC mill and finishing it
by hand.
Revit
AutoCAD
Rhinoceros 5
Grasshopper
DIVA Climate Analysis
V-Ray Rendering
Mental Ray
SketchUp
3D Fabrication
Photoshop
Indesign
Illustrator
Autodesk Maya
Model Building
Fine Arts
Microsoft Office
CERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS
• Autodesk Scholarship Recipient,
Digital Storne Project, Spring 2015
• Autodesk Building Performance
Analysis, May, 2014
• Alpha Psi Omega, Thespian Honor
Society member
• IEEE Excellent Communication
Award (only one awarded), Synopsys
Silicon Valley Science and Technology
Fair

2. EMILY ANTHEA ESTES
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE Assoc. AIA
estes.emilya@gmail.com
http://emilyantheaestes.com
1 408 219 2882
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyantheaestes
Digital Stone Project/Garfagnana Innovazione
Student Participant and Autodesk Scholarship Recipient June - July 2016
Participated in a month long international workshop in collaboration with the Digital Stone Project at the
invitation of Garfagnana Innovazione - home of one of the worlds largest seven axis milling robots for
stone and marble at the site of one of Italy’s most important modern quarries. Developed a digital file in
collaboration with fellow RPI student, Chendru Starkloff, and subsequently working on site in Tuscany for one
month with the technicians of Garfagnana Innovazione on custom CNC techniques and finishing processes
which culminated in the conference and exhibition ‘Marble Codes’ in July 2015 at the Villa Strozzi Garden in
Florence Italy.
RPI Center for Architectural Science and Ecology
Research Assistant Aug. 2014 - Dec. 2014
Assisted PhD students at RPI’s Case program in New York City with prototyping, testing, analyzing, and
communicating about the materials and systems they are developing. Working closely with Mae-ling Lokko
and Josh Draper, prototyping and testing coconut coir panels for Ghana Project
Artik Art and Architecture
Architectural Intern May 2014 - Aug. 2014
Construction administration documentation, archiving, updating addenda to construction documents,
attending construction administration meetings and photographing construction and existing conditions
on site, communicating with clients, drafting details in AutoCAD, Designing at the conceptual, schematic
level for residential and office remodel projects, redesigning and updating map for the Santa Clara County
Fairgrounds, documenting for marketing department
Solar Decathlon
Team Santa Clara 2013 Architecture Team Member Spring 2012 - Spring 2013
Collaborating with Pre-Professional Architecture students from the University of San Francisco on the
architectural and interior design, layout, and schematic design of the house in coordination with the Electrical,
Thermal, Construction, and Controls subcommittees and team members
Santa Clara University Theatre and Dance Dept. Fall 2009 - Spring 2013
Set Designer - You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
Scenic design, drafting, supervision of construction, properties acquisition and scenic painting.
Collaboration with director, and designers of costumes, lighting and sound.
Assistant Set Designer - Uncle Vanya, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Drafting set pieces and creating painter’s elevations for the shop, supervising scene painting and
prop. construction and acquisition. Designed, constructed, painted, and finished a replica piano, designed,
hand painted and airbrushed 50’ tall stylized New York skyline scrim backdrops
Costume Designer - Images Dance Concert
Engaged in collaborative artistic process with guest choreographer and lighting designer.
Designed, constructed, painted, sewed, dyed, and altered costumes
EXPERIENCE, CONTINUED LANGUAGES
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
• MidCentury Modernist Historic
Home Preservation - photography,
research, and description of notable
Mid-Century modernist neighborhoods for
presentation at the Historic and Landmarks
Commission, City of Santa Clara
• Volunteer at Mount Madonna
Center - construction crew volunteer
and sculptor for landscape water feature at
nonprofit conference and yoga retreat center in
Watsonville, CA
• Volunteer Counselor, Stanford University
Summer Fencing Camp
• Girl Scouts 13 years - Bronze Award
for service and leadership
• Junior Camp Counselor, Kennolyn
Camps
OTHER SKILLS & INTERESTS
Freehand drawing and sketching
Watercolor painting
Sculpture in clay and stone
Set, prop, and costume design and
construction
Woodworking with shop & hand tools
Stage combat fight choreography
Fencing (foil)
Shakespeare performance and
scholarship
Yoga
Greek Mythology
Cycling and hiking
International Travel
English Italian
Japanese