![]() ![]() This weekend will be my last while working at nA, so we’ve planned a holiday and farewell dinner. PRP: As you’re finishing up the week, what are your plans for this weekend? But, I felt surprisingly comfortable and confident while working in the ‘real world’. The timelines are different, and I actually have free time. I haven’t quite figured this one out yet, but most likely, I’ll mention my surprise at how similar I found my experience to school work. PRP: What is the first thing you'll tell your classmates upon your return to UT? However, since there are so few of us, it has led to more opportunities for me to contribute to a wide range of projects and have a real impact on them. We still work from home a bit, which can make for some quieter days around the office. All in all, everyone works really hard and creates amazing work that is inspiring to be around. ![]() Said bakery also only opens on the days we’re in office since pre-pandemic nA employees were likely their primary source of income. And, if there’s a birthday, someone will run downstairs to the bakery in our building and buy sweets for the office. All of us usually have lunch together with whoever’s in the office that day, either down by the East River or in a conference room when there’s bad weather. Since everyone works in the same space, it's almost too easy to talk across the room when discussing projects or chit-chatting. On an ordinary day, the office is focused, yet relaxed. Yet, we are surprisingly diverse with people from all around the states and some international. The firm culture is much like a school studio especially since there are only 10 of us total. PRP: Describe the firm culture? The office atmosphere? So, I’m in the process of posting a series of LinkedIn updates while refreshing the Costco website, waiting for the 45-count, individually packed Goldfish to come back in stock. I’m also part office/marketing manager for the time being, and we are out of Goldfish and need to update our LinkedIn. The other is an RFP for a music school in Brooklyn where I’m helping conceptualize an approach and programmatic design for our submission. One is the concept design of a master plan for a visual arts center in New Jersey, doing diagrams, programmatic sketches, and 3D modeling/rendering. I try to keep them all organized, but I usually fail. On my desk, I have a bottle of hot water, coffee that's somehow always cold, post-its, my 4th notebook since starting, some prints to drop off at another office, and a stack of papers and drawings from current and previous projects. PRP: What is currently on your desk? What are you working on? Also, a great phenomenon is furnishing whole apartments (including some of my own) with perfectly good furniture found on the side of the road, year-round. It's surprising how blissfully small the city can feel so easily. The views are stunning, I walk past and say ‘hi’ to the same few people, and sometimes get the whole bridge to myself. I tend to walk to and from the office, which is about a 40-minute walk over the Manhattan Bridge, and that walk is one of the hidden treasures of my whole experience. ![]() Despite all the bustle, there are also quiet times when the city feels peaceful. There’s always a pop-up shop or exhibition, free food, farmer’s markets, or some kind of public event happening, and I always manage to stumble across them. During the pandemic, lots of businesses took advantage of street space, which has led to a beautiful outdoor-oriented city life with food and music no more than a few blocks away at any given time. Since the office is in DUMBO, I had the chance to live in Manhattan, so I’ve been able to experience both boroughs! Living and working in NYC is truly an amazing experience. ![]() PRP: Do you enjoy the city you’re working in? Favorite aspects? They have a wonderful emphasis on blurring the lines between inside v. I work at nARCHITECTS, which is a small firm based in Brooklyn that largely designs cultural and multifamily buildings. ![]()
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