About
sam.h.sheffer@gmail.com
+1.347.263.6891
Education
2018-2022 Harvard University Graduate School of Design | Cambridge, MA | Masters of Architecture
2017-2018 Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation | New York / Paris | The Shape of Two Cities Certificate Program
07.2016-08.2016 Indiana University | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT | GEOL G429 Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains
2012-2016 Whitman College | Walla Walla, WA | Bachelors of Fine Art | Bachelors of Geology, Honors
Design
2022-PRESENT PROJECT DESIGNER, MALL, Jennifer Bonner. Providence, RI.
2021 DESIGNER | MALL | Jennifer Bonner | Cambridge, MA.
2020 RESEARCH ASSISTANT | JaJa co. Michelle Chang. Cambridge, MA.
2019 ARCHITECTURAL INTERN | Floisand Studio | Seattle, WA
2018 ARCHITECTURAL INTERN | Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects | Paris France
TEACHING AND LECTURES
2023 CRITIC | Advanced Studio | BODY-BUILD-ING | Industrial Design | RISD | Providence, RI.
2023 CRITIC | Studio | MODELS | Architecture | RISD | Providence, RI.
2022 CRITIC | Advanced Studio | POST-CORPORAL POST-THETIC | Industrial Design | RISD | Providence, RI.
2022 GUEST LECTURE| AFTER THE FACT | Digital Media: Errors and Omissions | Harvard Graduate School of Design | Cambridge, MA.
2022 INSTRUCTOR | DESDIGN DESCOVERY | Harvard Graduate School of Design | Cambridge, MA.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 AFTER THE FACT, Kenzo Tange Chair Pavilion, Harvard Graduate School of Design. Cambridge, MA. Installation.
2016 HE PRACTICE, Senior Thesis Exhibition Sheehan Gallery, Walla Walla, WA, Material: Plywood, Woodglue, 12’-7’
2015 OBJECT #4, Selected Student Exhibition Fouts Center Gallery, Walla Walla, WA Material: Plywood 16’-14’
2015 TRANSLATION, Partner Performance Piece Penrose Library, Walla Walla, WA Material: Body, Mind, Word
2014 OBJECT #3, Selected Student Exhibition Fouts Center Gallery, Walla Walla, WA Material: Plywood 12’-12’
2014 WHY, Solo Divestment Exhibition Stevens Gallery, Walla Walla, WA Material: Matte Photography Prints 16’’-22’’
technician
2020-2022 ZUND TECHNICAL ASSISTANT | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2018-2022 LASER AND 3D PRINTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANT | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2017 OUTPUT SHOP TECHNICIAN | Columbia University, New York, NY
2017 FABRICATION LAB TECHNICIAN | Columbia University, New York, NY
2013-2016 WOOD SHOP AND METAL SHOP SUPERVISOR | Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Geology
02.2015-06.2016 GEOCHEMISTRY THESIS | Islands of the Four Mtns, Aleutian Chain, AK
06.2014-02.2015 GLACIAL MORPHOLOGY RESEARCHER | Goat Rocks, Cascade Range, WA
Honors
2016 Waiilatpu Award
2016 Unsung Heroes/Student Affairs Award of Merit