Liz Richardson graduated with a Master's degree in Architecture from the Univeristy of North Carolina-Charlotte in 2009. Her body of work shows a particular interest in how the act of fabrication can begin to reveal more sophisticated methods of form-development that are no longer driven by questions of aesthetics, but of how the made object becomes essential to the development of the critical idea, forcing an engagement with the tangible materials, the user, and society as a whole.
This collection of works is broken down into categories of ideas, making, and 'the space between' - where critical ideas spark new methods of fabrication and where fabrication methods are tested to answer additional architectural queries.
"we see architecture as a profound act of optimism. its foundation lies in believing that it is possible to make places on the earth that can give a sense of grace to life - and believing that matters."
-tod williams and billie tsien
July 2006 - May 2009 University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
Masters of Architecture I
GPA: 4.0
Fall 2002 - Spring 2006 University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY
Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design
GPA: 3.95 Valedictorian UK College of Design Class of 2006
Deans List: Fall 2002 thru Spring 2006
Summer 2008 Ghost Laboratory - Upper Kingsburg, Nova Scotia
participated in design+build experience with Brian MacKay-Lyons,
studying the cultural and environmental implications of building on the
coast of Nova Scotia
Spring 2005+2006 Study Abroad - Berlin, Germany
work+study experience with Johanne Nalbach of the Nalbach +
Nalbach design firm in Berlin
:: software :: Revit 2010, AutoCAD 2010, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite4, Rhinoceros
:: fabrication :: CNC-machining, rapid proto-typing, plasma cutting, MIG welding
:: other :: drafting, rendering, analog modeling, watercolor
