CV
javier arbona | curriculum vitae updated: August, 2009
EDUCATION
Fall 2006 to present, University of California at Berkeley. PhD Candidate, Department of Geography.
July 2004, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Ma. Master of Science in Architecture Studies (architecture and urbanism area).
August 1999, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Bachelor of Architecture (Summer 1997: Scandinavia Architecture Program; Fall 1997: Cornell-in-Rome Program).
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Spring 2009. Visiting Critic.
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Fall 2008. Visiting Instructor. Master’s of Architecture program, social theory elective course.
Research Assistant
January 2008-August 2008. Assisting Prof. Eric Klinenberg, Assoc. Prof. of Sociology, New York University and Visiting Fellow, Stanford University, preparing literature review and conducting interviews on the culture of preparedness.
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Fall 2006. Graduate Student Instructor, Upper Division Undergraduate course, Geography 159AC: The Southern Border. Profs. Beatriz Manz and Harley Shaiken.
Fall 2007. Graduate Student Instructor, Upper Division Undergraduate course, Geography 160: American Cultural Landscapes, 1600-1900. Prof. Paul Groth.
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Arqpoli: New School of Architecture, Hato Rey, PR
Fall 2004-Spring 2006. Visiting Faculty. Courses: Bachelor of Architecture core curriculum design studios, 200 level and 400 level (urbanism); 500 level capstone design research; Advanced History and Theory Seminar on Introduction to Landscape Studies.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Spring 2004. Teaching Assistant, Sustainable Design and Technology Research Workshop. Profs. L. Glicksman and A. Scott.
Fall 2003. Teaching Assistant, Design at the Frontier of Engineering and Architecture Master of Science in Architecture Studies Colloquium. Profs. C. Correa, F. Duffy, J. Ochsendorf, W. Porter.
Spring 2003. Teaching Assistant, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Design Studio Level 1. Prof. Wellington Reiter.
Fall 2002. Teaching Assistant, Master of Architecture Studio Level 1. Prof. Ann Pendleton-Julian.
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
May-August 1998. Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Architecture Program.
Invited studio juries at graduate and undergraduate level in both architecture and landscape architecture: University of California, Berkeley; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; and, California College of Arts, San Francisco.
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN EXPERIENCE
June-August 2007. Intern, Ideo (San Francisco and Palo Alto, CA)
February 2007. Designer, The Fertiles: experimental landscape and environment collective (London and San Francisco).
July 2004-September 2006. Chief Editor, Archinect.com
March 2003-present. Designer, Founder, Team H.E.D: Human Ecology Design (Cambridge, MA)
FabTreeHab: Local Biota and Fauna Graft Living Structure (2003)
Timeglass, World Trade Center Memorial competition entry (2003)
March 2001-June 2002. Yazdani Studio at Cannon Design (Los Angeles, CA). Staff architect.
August 1999-March 2001. BAM Construction/Design Inc. (Santa Monica, CA). Design, construction, and project management.
April 1999. Studio SUMO (New York, NY). Exhibit fabrication for Architectural League, NY.
PUBLICATIONS: MAGAZINE ARTICLES
“Park Lifting” (Academy of Sciences by Renzo Piano). Mark Magazine: Another Architecture. Number 09, August-September 2007 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Mark Publishers). p. 59.
“Seismic Repairs: Berkeley Art Museum,” Mark Magazine: Another Architecture. Number 09, August-September 2007 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Mark Publishers). p. 59.
“Hausmannskost / Home Cooking,” S AM: Instant Urbanism. Number 02, 2007 (Basel, Swiss Architecture Museum). pp. 48-51.
“Book Review: Elsewhere: Mapping,” Urban Design Review. Spring 2007 (New York: Forum For Urban Design). pp. 22-24.
“Letter from San Francisco,” Mark Magazine: Another Architecture. Number 08, June-July 2007 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Mark Publishers). pp. 184-191.
“Home Cooking” (on architect Santiago Cirugeda). Mark Magazine: Another Architecture. Number 06, February-March 2007 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Mark Publishers). pp. 60-71.
“Toshiko Mori y la incesante búsqueda de una arquitectura suspicaz.” Interview with Toshiko Mori, FAIA. Entorno. Número 03, 2006 (San Juan: Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas). pp. 26-29.
“Peep Show,” (on artist/architect Primitivo Suárez). Mark Magazine: Another Architecture. Number 02, Spring 2006 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Mark Publishers). p. 33.
“Naturaleza y paisaje.” Revista Foro, El Nuevo Día. November 14, 2004. (Weekend feature of daily newspaper).
PUBLICATIONS: SCHOLARLY
“Vieques, Puerto Rico: From Devastation to Conservation and Back Again.” Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. Volume XVII, Number 1. 2005. (Berkeley: The International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments.)
Joachim, Mitchell, Lara Greden and Javier Arbona. “Nature’s Home.” 306090 – 08: Autonomous Urbanism. Kjersti Monson and Alex Duval, editors. (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005). pp. 39-44.
“Vieques, Puerto Rico: From Devastation to Conservation and Back Again.” The Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series. Volume 177, 2004. (Berkeley: The International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments.)
Joachim, Mitchell, Lara Greden and Javier Arbona. “The FabTreeHab.” Thresholds: Denatured. Andrew Marcus, Lauren Kroiz, Christine Gaspar, eds. MIT. Number 26, Fall 2003.
C. Zegras, editor. Santiago Urban Planning Studio: Sustainable San Joaquín. City Design and Development Group, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT. 2003. (Report).
PUBLICATIONS: WORK FEATURED
Nestor, James. “Branching Out,” Dwell. Volume 7, Number 3, February 2007. pp. 96-98.
Mone, Gregory. “Grow Your Second Home,” Popular Science. November 2006. pp. 38-39.
Badanes, Steve, David J. Brown (editor), Ben Nicholson and Michael Sorkin. The HOME House Project: The Future of Affordable Housing. (Cambridge: The MIT Press). 2005.
Vázquez-Zapata, Larissa. “Casa Verde, Ambiente Verde.” El Nuevo Día. April 28, 2005.
Reames, Richard. Arborsculpture – Solutions for a Small Planet. 2005
Chi, Lily. “Boundary Studies.” Journal Of Architectural Education, November 1999.
HONORS & AWARDS
Index Award, Denmark. Finalists, Home Category (“FabTreeHab,” with Team HED). 2005 “The continuous focus of INDEX: is Design to Improve Life – design that substantially improves important aspects of human life.” 538 nominated projects from 43 countries; Approx. 20 finalists in each of the four categories. 100,000 Euro prize.
Possible Futures: Bienal Miami Beach. Semifinalists (“FabTreeHab,” with TeamHED). 2003
Horowitz Grant, MIT. $1000. 2003
HOME House Design Competition Prize. South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Habitat for Humanity (“FabTreeHab,” with Team HED). 2003
Full Tuition Scholarship. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Eidlitz Award. Cornell University (with Christopher King). 2001
How Award. Cornell University. 1997
Dean’s List (2 semesters), Cornell University. 1997
Baird Prize, Cornell University. 1995
CONFERENCE & SYMPOSIA PRESENTATIONS
April 2008. American Association of Geographers Paper Presentation.
September 2005. Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. Roundtable discussion on suburbia and its variations in Puerto Rico.
February 2005. Archvoices.org leadership retreat. University of Texas, Arlington.
December 2004. Ninth Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, Sharjah, U.A.E. Sponsored by the College of Environmental Design, University of California Berkeley and the American University of Sharjah, U.A.E. (Accepted to present, unable to attend due to extenuating circumstances).
March 2004 University of Southern California, Department of Art History Graduate Student Symposium. Expanding the Visual Field: Configurations of Power. Presentation: “The Vieques ‘Paradox,’ or Just How Luxurious Pollution Can Be.”
March 2004. Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS) Poster Session, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
EXHIBITIONS
July-October 2008. Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
2004-2006. The HOME House Project, The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, VA. (Traveling exhibition, including Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota and Contemporary Center of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio.).
Index Award 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark.
COMPETITION JURIES
January 2007. Architecture for Humanity Logo Competition.
November 2005. Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Prize. Dallas, TX. AIA.
LANGUAGES
Native Speaker in Spanish and English. Reading, composition, conversation ability in Italian.
COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS
January 2008-present. Organizational committee for the Berkeley-Stanford City Group, a working group funded in part by the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities at U.C. Berkeley.
September 2007-September 2008. Liaison to geography department colloquium, UC Berkeley.
March 2004. MIT Admissions Committee, Master of Science in Architecture Studies, urbanism
January 2003-June 2004. Steering Committee for Practicing the Elusive: Integrating Sustainability and the Built Environment lecture series, a student initiative in the School of Architecture and Planning, MIT. Founding member of the Sustainable Urban Development Society at MIT.
Sept 2002-June 2003. Secretary and student representative, Department of Architecture Student Council. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
AFFILIATIONS
2007-2008. Association of American Geographers.
