Jasen A. Domanico
Princeton University School of Architecture, Princeton, NJMaster of Architecture, magna cum laude
University of IL at Chicago School of Architecture & Design, Chicago, IL
B. S. in Architecture, cum laude
Work ExperienceNov 2023 – Current
DYNIA Architects, Denver, CO
Architectural Designer
Demonstrated effective leadership and management skills by competently overseeing a range of demanding projects across various design phases. Utilizing a robust working knowledge of Rhino 3D, Revit, Bluebeam, Adobe Suite, and other complementary software, and consistently delivered high-quality outcomes.
Jun 2023 – Sept 2023
Princeton University School of Architecture, Princeton, NJ
Research Designer, Assistant Prof. Cameron Wu
Designer / Fabricator – Geo_Bench 01
Co-Editor / Graphic Designer - Lines of Development
June 2023 – Sept 2023
Agrest & Gandelsonas: CCA Archive, Princeton University
Model + Archive Reconstruction
Tasked with rebuilding, fixing, and prepping models and drawings for Mario Gandelsonas. Models and drawings are going to be part of permanent collection at the CCA.
Spring 2023
Living Histories: Space for Reckoning, Princeton University
Exhibition Fabricator & Assistant
Installed and hung various frames to showcase exhibition material. Also, guided fellow students on how to design, fabricate and install other items for the exhibit.
Sep 2020 – May 2023
Computational Fabrication Shop, Princeton University, School of Architecture
Specialist Shop Manager
Aided students with 3D modeling, fabrication, and other various tasks
Sep 2020 – Jan 2020
RUR & Daniel López-Pérez - Biennale Architettura 2021, Venice, Italy
Exhibition Fabrication Assistant, for Daniel López-Pérez & Reiser + Umemoto
As a shop SOA shop specialist, I was asked to work on “Geoscope 2” by Daniel López-Pérez & Reiser + Umemoto. I prepped, painted, sanded and fabricated parts of the shell.
Sep 2018 – Aug 2020
Geoffrey Goldberg + Associates, Chicago, IL.
Digital Blueprint Translator / Designer
Recreated two engines, as 3D models, from incomplete Lancia Corporation blueprints. One of an aero type and one auto of unknown origin. Work and research is exhibited in a publication titled Lancia and De Virgilio, At the Center, which won several awards, including the Society of Automotive Historians’ Cugnot Award for the best book of the year.
Academic Experience
Sep 2023 – Ongoing
Colorado University School of Architecture & Planning, Denver, CO
Guest Critic
ARC 2121 “Yes, in my backyard” – Li Leyuan
ARC 3111 “Bessemer Social” – Sarah Hearne & Brian Dale
ARC 5121 “Denver Low Rise: Reinventing Missing Middle Housing” – Li Leyuan
ARC 5212 “Mycelium Making: Craft in the Anthropocene” – Assia Crawford
Jun 2021 – May 2023
Princeton University School of Architecture, Princeton, NJ
Research Assistant, Assistant Prof. Cameron Wu
Co-Editor / Graphic Designer - Lines of Development
Assistant Designer / Fabricator – “Circumvolute_00”
Restorer / Documenter – “Magnetic Z”
Feb 2021 - May 2023
Princeton University School of Architecture, Princeton, NJ
Assistant in Instruction
EGR 201/351 (Makerspace) - Fall 2021 – Fall 2022, Civil and Environmental Engineering
ARC 547 (Design Seminar) - Fall 2021, Architecture
URB 201 (Research Seminar) – Spring 2021, Architecture
ARC 502 (Studio) – Spring 2023, Architecture
Feb 2021 – May 2021
University of IL at Chicago School of Architecture & Design, Chicago, IL
Adjunct Instructor
3rd year undergraduate Portfolio Workshop Coordinator w/ Antonio Torres
May 2020 – Aug 2020
University of IL at Chicago School of Architecture & Design, Chicago, IL
Adjunct Instructor
Hi-arch Summer Program w/ Antonio Torres
https://arch.uic.edu/hiarch
Jan – April 2018
University of IL at Chicago School of Architecture & Design, Chicago, IL
Garofalo Fellowship Research Participant
Dysfunctional Plans – Fosco Lucarelli (SOCKS)
https://arch.uic.edu/events/garofalo-fellow-exhibition-opening
Aided in research and designed a model for the exhibition. Archived the resulting work.
Jan – April 2017
University of IL at Chicago School of Architecture & Design, Chicago, IL
Garofalo Fellowship Research Participant
Universals V Ambiguity – Espen Vatn (studiovatn)
Aided in research and designed a model for the exhibition. Archived the resulting work.
Awards & Recognition
Spring 2023
Thesis Prize - Princeton School of Architecture, Princeton, NJ.
Award Recipient – Suzanne Kolarik Underwood Prize
“Get In-Line” – Thesis Project w/ Julian Gonzalez
2020 - Spring 2023
Princeton School of Architecture, Princeton, NJ.
Award Recipient – M. Arch Professional Thesis Grant
“Get In-Line” – Thesis Project w/ Julian Gonzalez
Graduate Fellowship
Fall 2022- Spring 2023
Keller Center School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Princeton, NJ.
Award Recipient - Norman D. Kurtz '58 Fund for Innovation in Engineering Education
“Developable Surface Fabrication and Construction”
Structured as an independent study Julian Gonzalez and I focused on techniques of descriptive surface geometries as an instigator for architectural investigation. Our research aims to produce effective techniques via descriptive geometry that are versatile and amenable to all scales of architecture.
Exhibitions
Oct 2022 – Ongoing
Where is Denver’s Chinatown, Denver Colorado.
Exhibition Model Base & Text – “Denver Low Rise: Reinventing Missing Middle Housing”
Designed and detailed graduate model base for student presentations and archive w/ Li Leyuan. Li also worked with CAPU to organize and create the “Where is Denver’s Chinatown” exhibition located at the History of Colorado museum.
https://www.historycolorado.org/exhibit/denvers-chinatown
Oct 2022 – April 2023
MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Art, Rome, Italy.
Exhibited Work – “In Bound” w/ Julian Gonzalez
“Technoscape”
https://www.maxxi.art/en/events/technoscape-larchitettura-dellingegneria/
Oct 2022 – Jan 2023
Gallery Princeton School of Architecture, Princeton, NJ.
Exhibited Research - ARC560a Building and Embodied Carbon
“Biogenic House Sections”
https://soa.princeton.edu/#3271
Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
Foundation Building Gallery Cooper Union, New York, NY.
Assistant Designer / Fabricator
Model Behavior Exhibition - curated by Cynthia Davidson
“Circumvolute 00” – Cameron Wu
July 2021 – Sep 2021
ART OMI, Ghent, NY.
Refinisher / Documenter
“Magnetic Z” – Cameron Wu
https://artomi.org/exhibitions/cameron-wu-magnetic-z
Authored \ Edited Publications
Fall 2024
Lines of Development: Architectures of Developable and Ruled Surfaces
Co-editor / Graphic Designer
Publication forthcoming with ACTAR (under contract). Formal analyses of historical and contemporary precedents, combinatory geometric techniques, and design projects.
Jan 2017 – Sept 2019
Fresh Meat Journal
Assistant Editor
FMIX “Fake Fiction” & FMX “Towards a Familiar Architecture”
http://www.freshmeatjournal.com/home
The compendium of architectural fictions, judgments, and opinions – is a forum of freshness in architecture. FM is an independent journal published by students at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago.