Zachary Angles

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture + Planning
M.Arch February 2018
Thesis: Narrative Tactics for Making Other Worlds Possible; Architectural Design between Storytelling, World-Building, & Scenario Planning.

École des Beaux-Arts, Fontainebleau
Summer 2014

University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
B.S. Architecture May 2014
Thesis: A Post Electric Pilgrimage: Adapting to Climate and Resources Insecurity in Las Vegas and Lake Mead

Experience

One Story Design
2023-Present, Founder

• Founded architectural design office based in Southern Ohio.

Storytelling Space Group (SSG)
2016-Present, Founder

• Founded interdisciplinary and international research group investigating the role of narrative in design.

• Developed and taught curriculum to affiliated researchers.

• Collaborated with group affiliates based around the globe to organize 2-day symposium in summer 2017.

• Organized, developed, and lead workshops on world-building methods in US, Chile, and Germany.

Matt Fajkus Architecture   Austin, TX
November 2021-May 2023, Design Associate

• Contribute to residential and commercial projects' design and their execution throughout the office's portfolio of work as designer and project manager.

LANDING STUDIO   Somerville, MA
February 2018-June 2019, Architectural Associate

• Contributed to projects' design and their execution throughout the office's portfolio of work; including Residential Design, Storm Water Design, Infrastructure Design, Lighting Design, and Industrial Design.

Thresholds Journal   Cambridge, MA
February 2016-Feburary 2017, Editor

• Reviewed submissions from 100+ applicants, selected short-list for peer review, and managed the development of their essays.

• Collaborated with ~50 peer-reviewers and organized the double-blind peer review process.

• Mentored the succeeding editors to improve future publications and facilitate a seamless transfer of institutional knowledge.

Adolfo Ibáñez University   Santiago, Chile
June 2016-August 2016, Designer

• Collaborated on sketching, prototyping, computer modeling, consumer research for consumer hardware and electronics.

LANDING STUDIO   Somerville, MA
May 2015-September 2015, Architectural Intern

• Organized and constructed invited installation for Design Boston on the Greenway.

• Assisted in the design, logistics, and construction of a retrospective exhibition of the office's work in NYC.

• Worked on project collaborating with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to further the office's infrastructural project: Infra-Space.

/studio jot/   Ann Arbor, MI
June 2012-May 2015, Graphic Designer and Brand+Identity Developer

• Sketched, developed, and presented logos and brand material to customers in the healthcare, homeopathic medicine, cultural, and education industries.

• Translated client presentations into brand identities and customer strategies for launching new product lines and organizations.

• Designed and edited bi-annual alumni publication for Maumee Valley Country Day School.

Cyanitecture   Ann Arbor, MI
May 2014-June 2014, Urban Researcher and Graphic Design

• Completed population research and demography of Chicago's 77 community areas.

• Collaborated with team to analyze urban demographics and communicate concise histories of the diverse constituencies of Chicago.

• Assisted in the design of exhibition of research: "Pop-Up Chicago"

BAXT | INGUI Architects   New York City, NY
March 2014, Architectural Extern

• Produced drawings for client's home renovation.

• Proposed prototype for office's presentation format.

Ghafari and Associates   Detroit, MI
March 2013, Architectural Extern

• Collaborated with design team to develop proposal for automotive retailer's commercial spaces.

• Analyzed population and security specifications for incarceration facility

Teaching

University of Cincinnati, School of Architecture and Interior Design
Fall 2024
SAID 1001 - Common Core 1

Summer 2024
SAID 2002 - Design Studio 2

Fall 2023
SAID 2001 - Design Studio 1

University of Miami
Spring 2024
ARCH 302/402C- Options Studio; HOME

Louisiana State University
Spring 2021
Arch 2002 - Architectural Design 4
Arch 3002 - Architectural Design 6

Fall 2020
Arch 2001 - Architectural Design 3
Arch 2003 - Architectural Techniques
Arch 7006 - Media and Representation
Arch 5004 - Beneath the Page, Beyond the Screen

Spring 2020
Arch 2002 - Architectural Design 4
Arch 5004 - Concentration Seminar: World-building, Imagination, and Paracosms
Arch 7001 - Graduate Design 1

Fall 2019
Arch 1001 - Architectural Design 1
Arch 2001 - Architectural Design 3

Richi Innovation Camp
July 2018
Architecture through Fiction: World-Building workshop for High School Students from the Spanish speaking world.

MIT
January 2018 IAP
Architecture through Fiction: World-Building workshop for students across MIT.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
August 2017
Architecture through Fiction: World-Building workshop for undergraduate and graduate design students. 

University of Stuttgart
June 2017-July 2017
Architecture through Fiction: World-Building course for undergraduate literature students.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
January 2017
Architecture through Fiction: World-Building workshop for undergraduate and graduate design students. 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture + Planning
August 2016
Pre-Orientation Workshop: Required technical-skills course for ~20 incoming graduate architecture students to provide students with necessary technical and design skills to be competitive in the program.

Adolfo Ibáñez University's Design Lab
June 2016-July 2016
Comprehensive Design Studio: Teaching Instructor for teams of design students proposing industrial design projects with demonstrated ability to increase efficiency in their market. 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture + Planning
August 2015
Pre-Orientation Workshop: Required technical-skills course for ~20 incoming graduate architecture students to provide students with necessary technical and design skills to be competitive in the program.

University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Planning
July 2013
ArchStart: Counselor and Instructor of technical skills workshops to group of 30 high school students.

Publications

Angles, Zachary, ed. Thresholds 45: MYTH. Vol. 45. Thresholds. Boston, MA: The MIT Press, 2017.

Angles, Zachary. "Many Misty Myths: Storytelling in the Presentation and Design of Contemporary Architecture." KAPSULA Journal 3 (2015).

Angles, Zachary. "A Post-Electric Pilgrimage." In Dimensions 28. Ann Arbor, MI: Taubman College of Architecture, 2015.

Presentations

"Wet Dreams of 5 Islands: World-building, Architecture, and the Built-world" Invited lecture at Louisiana State University School of Architecture, Baton Rouge, November 2019.

"Hubert Robert: Urban Fantasies, Political Instability, and the Anthropocene" for Descubriendo Historias panel at 1er Simposio Arquitectura a través de la Ficción, Santiago, August 2017.

"Thresholds Journal: 25 Years of Evolving Architectural Publishing" conference presentation at OPEN ISSUES at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, April 2017

"Many Misty Myths: Storytelling in the Presentation and Design of Contemporary Architecture." conference presentation at Imagined Worlds York University Symposium, Toronto, March 2015

Exhibitions & Curatorial Work

16 Salt Tarps, Half Red Half White at the Architectural League Beaux Arts Ball, Brooklyn, NY, Design and Fabrication for LANDING STUDIO, Oct 2018

Curator for MYTH at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York City, May 2017

Design, Fabrication, Research, and Curation for Fast, Cheap, and Out of the Box at the MIT Museum, Cambridge, with 5 team members, the Self-Assembly Lab, and AtelierOne, Spring and Summer 2017.

Design and Fabrication, It Still Takes 12 Days at the Spitzer School of Architecture, New York City, for LANDING STUDIO, Fall 2015

Design and Fabrication, MARGINAL for the 2015 Design Biennial Boston, Boston, for LANDING STUDIO, Summer 2015

Design and Fabrication, Authenticity for the Architectural League Prize, New York City, for LANDING STUDIO, Summer 2015

Design, Research, and Analytics, PopUp Chicago for Research on the City exhibition at the Taubman College of Architecture, for Cyanitecture, Summer 2014.

Design, Research, and Fabrication, A Post-Electric Pilgrimage at Amnesty 7x3=21, Ann Arbor, May 2017. Awarded Second Place among collection of distinguished senior thesis.