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When I was in the 2nd grade, I would go on bike rides around the neighborhood with my dad after he came home from work. We were living in an un-zoned neighborhood in Asunción, Paraguay at the time and there was a myriad of architecture under construction. South America didn’t have much in the way of construction site security back then and we were able to explore around the construction sites to our hearts content, much to my delight. I reveled in the obscure architecture that was going to be someone’s home some day. I savored every bit of it, and when we would get home, I would break out the construction paper and color pencils and start off designing some crazy houses that people might someday live in.
I couldn’t say the word, but architecture was already under my skin. And many years later, that is what I have become. And it is still under my skin. That innate desire to help create space from nothing. The ability to see space in 3D from our minds eye or a 2D drawing and all the nuts & bolts, bits & pieces and ductwork & plumbing that goes into it.
Obviously, architecture is so much more than my 7 year old self made it out to be. And 15 years post graduation, I’ve found that it’s not just about design (although that’s why so many of us get into the profession to start with, myself included). It’s more project management. It’s more construction documentation. It’s more consultant coordination, client relations and regulatory review.
Over the past 2 decades, I’ve filled almost every role and worked on almost every project type there is in architecture. Thus giving me an extremely well rounded experience. Along the way, I’ve found some niches and excelled at some things while desiring to do others. As have we all. But in the end, I’ve found that I can do almost anything and create to fullfillment almost any project type.
I have managed small to extremely large projects, I have been the lead architect on more buildings than you could shake a stick at. I've designed, detailed, coordinated, & administrated for small, medium & large firms as well as on my own as a Sole Practitioner. I'm finding some projects are down and dirty whereas others are white, tight & bright. But they all work in their own way. And it is with that in mind that I hope you are here visiting my online portfolio, either as a friend, a foe or a potential client. This is an exciting environment in a tumultuous time. But I would love to hear whatever it is that you would be interested in creating within this large, but small, architectural community we call Earth.
Erik
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