photos:  malina pickard // ray fontaine // jose cotto

hello! I’m Zach. I’m a designer living and working in New Orleans by way of Tulane. My time in and around New Orleans, including as a public interest design fellow and in a pair of design-build studios has maintained an interest in expanding definitions of how architecture can serve the places it builds in. I’m generally interested in housing (especially how to create more of it) design-build-develop projects, and limiting construction waste through design. My professional expertise centers on smaller residential projects (1-2 family homes to townhouses) with a dabbling of small-scale commercial. Working with the folks at Colectivo, I’ve gained skill in crafting projects that have an outsized impact for their budget, following through every phase of the design process.

My upbringing in Seattle (2,500 feet from city limits) fostered a passion for composting and carting groceries around by bike.




contact

awards

aia new orleans honor award

small projects, 2022: designer and builder, sugar roots farm

aia medal of academic excellence

awarded to the top student of each NAAB-accredited degree program.

tulane 34

one of 34 students recognized for leadership, service, and academic excellence out of the 4,000+ graduates and undergraduates in class of 2022.

william wallace peery society

one of 20 representing the top 1% of Tulane undergraduates for academics in the class of 2022.

thomas j. lupo award

presented to two graduating students for excellence in metropolitan studies; selected for strength and topic of thesis project.

places journal summer fellow

nominated by dean’s office for writing + editorial workshop. published “the discomforts of home: Seattle’s legacy of restrictive covenants,” fall 2021.

omicron delta kappa

honor society of 34 tulane seniors nominated by faculty/staff to serve on student advisory board

deans’ honor scholarship

full tuition + fees merit scholarship, awarded by 

committee of undergraduate deans

first year portfolio award

faculty-selected award for top three portfolios of first year studio

teaching assistantships

arch1011

first year studio, first semester
fall 2019, 20, 21; spring 2021, 22

instructors: marianne desmarais, monisha nasa

leading with impact: towards a code of ethics for commercial real estate

offered through the urban land institute
fall 2021

instructor: casius pealer

arch1012

first year studio, second semester (rhino ta)
spring 2020

instructor: adam modesitt

desg2305

visual communication and advocacy
fall 2019

instructor: emily parsons