Curriculum Vitae
Education
Postgrad: SCI-Arc, Los Angeles CA
Master of Science, Design Theory and Pedagogy. Graduation with Distinction. Hsming Fung and Craig Hodgetts Postgraduate Thesis Prize Recipient.
MArchII: SCI-Arc, Los Angeles CA
Master of Architecture II. Graduation with Distinction. Bertha and Frank Gehry Graduate Thesis Prize recipient.
B.ENVD: SCI-Arc, Los Angeles CA
Bachelor of Environmental Design, with emphasis on Architecture. Graduation with Honors.
Employment
Independent Artist / Solo Practitioner
Owner and Director (Current)
History/Theory and Design Faculty, SCI-Arc Los Angeles
1A Undergraduate Design Studio Faculty (Fall ‘23): Damjan Jovanovic Coordinator.
Space Lab Summer Workshop Organizer (Summer ‘23).
Design Immersion Days Faculty (Summer ‘23): Angelica Lorenzi Coordinator.
Assistant to Graduate Thesis Coordinator (Summer ‘23): Jackilin Bloom Coordinator.
Postgraduate Design Theory and Pedagogy Design Studio Faculty (Spring ‘23): Marcelyn Gow Coordinator.
MArchI History and Theory: “Modernisms” Teaching Fellow (Spring ‘23): Erik Ghenoiu Coordinator.
BArch History and Theory: “Modernisms” Teaching Fellow (Spring ‘23): Erik Ghenoiu Coordinator.
Vertical Studio Faculty (Fall 22’): Marcelyn Gow Instructor
Analia Saban Studio. Los Angeles, CA
Designer/artist - digital media development for artwork, including:
2022 Analia Saban: Metro Subway Mural, Century City: Mosaic Tile, 12 ft x 200 ft approx. Estimated completion date, 2025.
2023 Analia Saban: Synthetic Self (September 14th - October 28th 2023) Sprüth Magers / Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mark Harris Architects, Colorado Springs, CO.
Designer and Project Lead: multifamily Residential, and institutional.
Curator and Exhibition Designer for exhibitions of Mark Harris Architects Works for the 2018 Venice Biennale.
Fellowships, Grants and Awards
Fellowships
Fulbright Fellow, The Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IL. 2015-2016.
Awards
Hsinming Fung and Craig Hodgetts Postgraduate Thesis Prize, The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA. 2022. “For the best postgraduate thesis of the year, reflecting SCI-Arc’s core mission to test the limits of architecture.”
Bertha and Frank Gehry Graduate Thesis Prize, The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA. “For the best graduate thesis of the year, reflecting SCI-Arc’s core mission to test the limits of architecture.”
Scholarships
2022: CODAsummit: Art, Technology and Place student scholarship recipient.
2022: Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient. The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA. Applied to all terms: Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Summer 2022.
2021: Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient. The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA.
2020: Graduate Thesis Scholarship Recipient, The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA.
2019: Graduate Continuing Student Scholarship, The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA.
2018: Early Selection and Graduate Scholarship, The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA.
2010: AmeriCorps Scholarship, The University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Shows and Exhibitions
2024, (July) Upcoming: “Lucid Dream,” MIMA West Hollywood. Animated short film (adapted from a real-time LED volumetric stage design) for a public exhibition on Sunset Boulevard. Whiskey A Go-Go LED Billboard, 8901 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood 90069.
2024, (Feb) Upcoming: “Working Drawing” Denver. Projection Mapping immersive work on the historic Kittredge Building. Night Lights Denver, Denver CO. 511 6th St. Denver, CO 80202.
2024, (April-May): “Antigone’s Last Birthday,” Inner City Arts, Los Angeles. Immersive Virtual Environment Design. 720 Kohler St, Los Angeles 90021. Directed by Holli Hornlien. Written By Megan Tabaque.
2023, Winter: “Maestro’s Treehouse,” Inner City Arts, Los Angeles (December 2022). Immersive Virtual Environment Design for an immersive play., 720 Kohler St, Los Angeles 90021. Directed by Michael Sample and Jan Paul Kaim.
2022, Winter: “Fields of Knowledge” SCI-Arc (September 2022). A group show featuring “Beta” as an interactive digital installation at SCI-Arc. 960 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, 90013.
2022, Winter: “Beta” SCI-Arc (September 2022). Immersive (Unreal Engine) Live Performance in and interactive projection environment. SCI-Arc, 960 E 3rd St, Los Angeles 90013.
2022, Winter: “Little Things,” Night Lights Denver (December 2022). Projection Mapping on the Daniel and Fisher Clocktower, 1601 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO. Funded by the Denver Theater District.
2022, Spring: “Other Portraits,” Night Lights Denver (May1st – May 31st). Projection Mapping on the Daniel and Fisher Clocktower, 1601 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO. Funded by the Denver Theater District.
2020, Summer: “The Perfect Boyfriend Builder” SCI Arc Graduate Thesis Weekend (September 10th – 13th) (Thesis Adviser David Eskenazi) The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles CA (remote presentation).
2018: Venice Biennale / Mark Harris Architects. “Memories of the Ruined Landscape,” Time Space Existence. European Culture Center, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy. Project lead: Mark Harris. Project Team: Mark Harris, Sam Friesema, Richard Mapes. Richard Mapes: contributing curator, exhibit designer, exhibit fabrication, exhibit installation.
Workshops
2024, Summer (Upcoming): “Parti Space” Young Guns. Coordinated by Peterson Young. Young Guns Studio, 2239 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3W6, Canada.
2024, Summer (Upcoming): “Parade” Design Immersion Days. Coordinated by Angelica Lorenzi. SCI-Arc. 960 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
2023, Fall: “Image+Space” Imagine. Coordinated by Caco Peguero. Woodbury University. 7500 N Glenoaks Boulevard, Burbank, CA, 91504.
2023, Summer: “Making Room,” Space Lab. Organized by Richard Mapes. Taught in collaboration with Masha Hupalo, Kordae Henry, Damjan Jovanovic, Jeremy Kamal Hartley, and Laure Michelon.
Lectures, Conferences and Panel Discussions
2024, March: Northeastern University, Mills Campus, San Francisco. Lecture Title: “Image Space, on Seeing and Believing,” invited by Ever Pallas.
2023, November: Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles. Interview Title “Bachelor of Science in Design,” SCI-Arc Channel.
2022, December: Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles. Panel Title “Fields of Knowledge,” SCI-Arc Channel.
2022, October: The University of Colorado, Denver. College of Architecture and Planning. Graduate Seminar. Lecture Title: “Information Technology is not Information, Technology.”
2022, October: Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles. Lecture Title: “Framing Work is an Act of Orientation; Stories change When They are Told in Different Ways,” Accumulations Vertical Studio, Instructor Marcelyn Gow.
2022, September: Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles. Lecture Title: “Design Theory and Pedagogy Public Talk; Environmental Portraiture and world staging.”
2021, November: The University of Colorado, Denver. College of Architecture and Planning. Graduate Seminar. Lecture Title: “B[Information]M: An appraisal of information in various modeling practices.”
2021, October: Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles. Lecture Titled: “Gehry League: Thesis Prize Winner Presentations.”
2020 December: Mapes, Richard. Symposium Presenter. “The Perfect Boyfriend Builder 2.0” A Queer Query, Virtual event, hosted by The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA. Symposium organized by David Eskenazi.
2020, September: Mapes, Richard. Presenter. “The Perfect Boyfriend Builder: An Open Discussion” Queer Forms Seminar. Virtual event, hosted by The Southern California Institute of Architecture. Invited by David Eskenazi.
2020, September: Mapes, Richard. Presenter. “Thesis Prize Recipient Presentations” 4-A Studio Guest Presentation. Virtual Event, hosted by The Southern California Institute of Architecture. Invited by Anna Neimark.
2020, July: Mapes, Richard; Pallas, Li. Presenters. “Pride 2020: Queer Activism Supports Black Lives Matter” Fridays At Five. Virtual event, The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA. Organized by SCI Arc Student Union.
2020, May: Mapes, Richard. Panelist. “Queer Aesthetics: Reflections and Thoughts,” SCI Arc Spring Show. Virtual Exhibition, The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA. Exhibit Organized by John Cooper. Panel Moderated by David Eskenazi.
2019, November: Mapes, Richard; Shaifa, Irvin; Yaguchi, Corie: Conveners. The Personality of Architecture, Underscore Student Publication Panel Discussion. Space 13, The Southern California Institute of Architecture, November 2019. Panelists: David Eskenazi, Marcelyn Gow, Mira Henry, Damjan Jovanovic, Angelica Lorenzi.
2019, October: Mapes, Richard. Panelist. “The Current State of Student-Led Publications in LA’s Architecture Schools” Archinect. Organized by Paul Petrunia. Gallery, A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2017, May: Mapes, Richard; Friesema, Sam. Guest Lecturers. “Work Overview: Conditional Objects and Urban Transitions” Undergraduate Intro to Design Studio. Art Program at Colorado College, CO. Invited by Scott Johnson.
2016, February: Mapes, Richard. Panelist. “Fulbright Research Symposium,” The Fulbright Commission of Jordan. Hosted by The Binational Fulbright Commission, Amman, Jordan.
Architecture and Design Jury Invitations
2022, Fall: Undergraduate Thesis. SCI-Arc. Los Angeles, Coordinator, Maxi Spina.
2022, Fall: Postgraduate Design Theory and Pedagogy Research Studio. SCI-Arc. Los Angeles. Studio Instructor: Masha Hupalo.
2022 Fall: Seminar Group Show. UCLA (IDEAS Campus) Los Angeles. Instructors: Laure Michelon, Tucker Van Leuwen Hall, Curime Batliner, Nathan Su.
2022, Fall: Metaverse Business, Postgraduate Technology Studio. UCLA (Perloff Hall) Los Angeles, Seminar Instructors: Güvenç Özel and Laure Michelon
2022, Fall: Impressions on the Near-Future of Labor. Technology Tack Postgraduate Seminar, UCLA (IDEAS Campus) Los Angeles. Seminar Instructor: Tucker Van Leuwen-Hall.
2022, Fall: Activities of Exhaustion, M Arch I Visual Studies Seminar. SCI-Arc, Los Angeles. Seminar Instructor: David Eskenazi.
2022, Fall: Role Play, Vertical Studio. SCI-Arc, Los Angeles. Studio Instructor: Elena Manferdini.
2022, Summer: First Look, Graduate Thesis. SCI-Arc, Los Angeles. Thesis Coordinator: Jackilin Bloom. Thesis advisors: David Eskenazi, Elena Manferdini.
2022, Spring: Vertical Studio: Not a Mountain. SCI Arc, Los Angeles. Studio Instructor: Ramiro Diaz-Granados.
2021, Fall: Undergraduate Design Studio, Second Year. Kent State: College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Ohio. Studio Instructor: Aaron Schordock.
2017, Fall: Undergraduate Introduction to Design, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. Studio Instructor, Scott Johnson.
Publishing
2020, August. Mapes, Richard. “A Guide to Zoom Self-Portraiture” Places Journal, (Summer). San Francisco, CA.
Editing
2020, fall: Mapes, Richard; Shaifa, Irvin; Yaguchi, Corie. Senior Editor “A Gray Area” Underscore: A SCI Arc Student Publication.
2019, Fall: Mapes, Richard; Shaifa, Irvin; Yaguchi, Corie. Senior Editor “[Intro/Extro]vert” Underscore: A SCI Arc Student Publication.
2019, Spring: Mapes, Richard. Junior Editor, “Money,” Underscore: A SCI Arc Student Publication. The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA. Senior Editors:
2018, Fall: Mapes, Richard. Junior Editor, “Fictions,” Underscore: A SCI Arc Student Publication. The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA.