Kim Sammis
Washington,DC
Summary
Versatile and skilled designer with compassioinate teaching skills and experience looking to share knowledge with enthusiastic people
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Designer
Hamilton Snowber Architects
- Same duties as above
Project Manager
Kenney Development Company
- Customized sixty-nine luxury condominium units in a $60 million new residential complex on Boston Harbor
- Coordinated client requests for interior layout and finish modifications with Turner Construction Co
- And Architects, Notter Feingold Alexander
- Design and construction coordination from schematics to punch list.
Coordinator of Construction projects for museum and grounds
The Art Institute of Chicago
09.1990
- Participated in all phases of design and construction including conceptual and design work, Architect and Contractor liaison, document review, bidding, and complete project management responsibilities
- Consulted with curatorial staff and designers regarding appropriate environments for collections.
Sole practitioner
INEX design
11.2004 - Current
- Residential architecture, Exhibit and Interior Design
- Work with clients in developing designs, from initial schematics through Construction Documents and construction supervision
- Creation of documents using Archicad 21 software.
Project Designer
Wnuk Spurlock Architects
06.2000 - 04.2003
- Same duties as above
Education
Master of Arts - Architecture
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA05.1983
Bachelor of Arts - English And Theater Arts
Wellesley College
Wellesley Hills, MA05.1978
Skills
- Positive Client Relationships
- Clear communication
- Design thinking
- Concept Development
- Interior design
- Space Planning
- Drafting and Construction documentation
- Color theory
- Furniture design
- Lighting Design
- Project Management
Websites
Distinctions
- AIA Pro Bono Award for Design of new Library interior @ Lafayette Elementary School, 2005, Washington, DC
- Design of apartment interior for which Glass Construction received NARI Contractor of the Year Award, 2002, Washington, DC, featured in Architecture DC magazine.
- Member, Board of Directors, Spooky Action Theater, DC
- Designer of Sets, Happy Hour, Spooky Action Theater
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Master of Architecture 6/86, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, Bachelor of Arts 5/78, English Literature and Theater Arts
Teaching
Undergraduate and Graduate design studios at all levels, Basic Design, Residential Design, Commercial Design, Methods and Materials, Creative Problem Solving, Design Theory, Lighting Design and Construction Documents, George Washington University, Washington, DC, Visiting Asst. Professor, Mount Vernon College, Washington, DC, Visiting Asst. Professor, School of The Art Institute, Chicago, IL, Instructor, Harvard University, Carpenter Center for The Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA, Assistant to Professor Louis Bakanowsky, The Madeira School, McLean VA, Girls First summer program
Timeline
Sole practitioner
INEX design
11.2004 - Current
Project Designer
Wnuk Spurlock Architects
06.2000 - 04.2003
Coordinator of Construction projects for museum and grounds
The Art Institute of Chicago
09.1990
Master of Arts - Architecture
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts - English And Theater Arts
Wellesley College
Project Designer
Hamilton Snowber Architects
Project Manager
Kenney Development Company
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