EDUCATION

BROWN UNIVERSITYBA URBAN STUDIES 2014, MAGNA CUM LAUDE

GPA: 3.75SELECTED COURSEWORK: City Politics, Downtown Development, American Culture and the City, Introduction to Political Thought, The US Metropoplis, Patterns in Nature and Society

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGNARCHITECTURE COURSEWORK

GPA: 3.88SELECTED COURSEWORK: Design Principles, Architectural Design, Urban Design Principles, Integrated Building Systems, Textile Architecture, Solar Decathlon Competition

EXPERIENCE

Early project ideationExtensive tensile structure form-findingDesign/build of innovative textile envelopeFabrication of final presentation modelsProject construction at three seperate sites

Direct involvement with:

TECHSTYLE HAUS: SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE

PROJECT MANAGER OF PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION, SUMMER 2014Domaine de Boisbuchet, France

Managed a build team of up to 20 students over 10 weeks:

STUDENT ARCHITECT, SPRING 2013 - SUMMER 2014Providence, RI and Versailles, France

Determined short and long term build schedulesInterfaced with faculty, contractors, and clienteleLed a fluid design/build process, addressing construction issues as they arose

Core architectural team member from project ideation through construction.

Design/installation of textile PV array (with professional contractor PvilionTM)Construction drawings including the wall assembly and PV array

Individually responsible for:

SLICECEO, CO-FOUNDER, PRODUCT DESIGN LEAD, 2012Pasadena, CA

Received funding with a co-founder to develop and launch an iphone app through Idealab, a technology incubator:

Led a 3-4 person graphic design and engineering teamSpearheaded product evolutionDefined features and technical specificatoinsMade UX/UI design decisionsConducted qualitative market researchLaunched twice in the app store

SAM ZEIF 10 Montague Terrace, Apt 5a, Brooklyn NY, 11201samuels_zeif@alumni.brown.edu

650.248.3608

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SOFTWAREAdobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), AutoCad, Rhinocerous, Sketchup

HARDWAREModel making and full scale construction experience including: Laser Cutter, Table Saw, Band Saw, Circular Saw, Jig Saw, Mill

PERSONAL

EXTRACURICULAR: Brown University Club Soccer (4 yrs), BearPaw Community Tutor volunteer (1.5 yrs)CERTIFICATOINS: OSHA-10 Construction Safety certifiedINTERESTS: Snowboarding, soccer, ice hockey, avid backpacker and traveller (5 continents, over 50 countries and 20 states)

PRESS

New York Times, “Putting Art into STEM”ArchDaily, “Techstyle Haus: An 800 Square Foot Fabric House That Uses 90% Less Energy”Metropolis Magazine, “Students Collaborate on Solar-Powered, Energy Producing House for European Decathlon”New York Times, “A House that Sips Energy”Le Parisien, “Solar Decathlon expose les maisons du futur”io9, “I Think I Just Saw the Future, in This House”Le Monde, “Batir au solaire”Inhabitat, “Solar Powered Techstyle Haus’ Futuristic Fabric Shell Drastically Reduces Energy Consumption”

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