Last month, YDC organized a ‘firm crawl’ office tour for Northeastern University architecture students.
The visit began with a brief introduction to PAYETTE by Bob Schaeffner, followed by a tour of the office by Laurie Booth and Laura Zarwi. The tours stopped at alcoves to see active project work and meet with a handful of teams. The visit ended with a casual conversation with Andrea Love, where students had a chance to ask questions about building performance, active projects and the firm.
Nik Romano and Sharmeen Khan, both Northeastern Co-ops at PAYETTE helped organize the tour at both Northeastern and PAYETTE – and shared their work at PAYETTE with fellow students.
Ever since joining PAYETTE in February, I’ve been looking for ways to connect my academic life with my professional one. Being on the board of Northeastern’s chapter of AIAS gave me the perfect avenue—as the Firm Outreach Coordinator, I plan events with firms, architects, and other professionals for Northeastern students to supplement the largely theoretical work done in studio.
Nik Romano
Sandrine Héroux, Sophie McKenzie, and Emily Chowdhury are each members of our in-house Fabrication team. Their day-to-day work centers on a simple question: what changes when design becomes something people can physically test?
These women challenge the notion of fabrication as a support service, framing it instead as an essential component of architectural authorship, a way to test ideas, share agency, and widen the boundaries of what architectural practice can include.
In our most recent blog, they discuss their individual paths in architecture and reflect on their experience using fabrication as a tool for fostering shared agency, community engagement and broadening the role of the architect. Link in bio!
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