About:
22 year-old artist and architect-in-training from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Currently based in New York City working as a Junior Architectural Designer at Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects. Recent graduate of Princeton University.
Contact:
hazeleflaherty@gmail.com
CV:
Education
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) 2020 - 2024
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
Certificate in Visual Arts
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (Cambridge, MA) 2016 - 2020
Employment
Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects (New York, NY) July 2024 - Present
Junior Architectural Designer, Full-Time
Challenge Program Furniture (Wilmington, DE) June 2023 - July 2023
Summer Wood Shop Intern
Tom Sachs Studio (New York, NY) June - August 2021, June - August 2022
Summer Sculptural Fabrication Intern (x2)
New College West Ceramics Studio, February 2023 - May 2024
Hand-building Instructor
School of Architecture Wood Shop, September 2022 - May 2023
Shop Monitor
Humanities Sequence, September 2021 - May 2023
Student Mentor
The Nassau Weekly, September 2021 - May 2024
Senior Designer and Illustrator
Awards and Grants
Lucas Award in Visual Arts
Awarded to "recognize excellence and the quality of a body of work" for senior visual arts thesis exhibition
Summer Social Impact Fund (Princeton University) June 2023 - July 2023
Awarded $3,600 for internship at Challenge Program Furniture
Senior Thesis Research (Princeton University) December 2023 - January 2024
Awarded $2,510 to complete on-site research in Prague
Academic Work
Undergraduate Written Thesis (Dept. of Architecture)
Advised by Prof. Erin Besler, September 2023 - April 2024
“Prague as a Paper City: Aesthetics of Flatness in Mid-20th Century Czech Architecture and Animation”
A 105-page thesis defining conceptual and visual flatness across vernacular plaster architecture and Czech folk children’s animation
Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition (Dept. of Visual Arts)
Advised by Prof. James Welling, September 2023 - April 2024
“How to Peel an Orange and Fold an Envelope”
Works in clay, sewing, painting, and illustration (collaborative exhibition with Arianna Borromeo)
Junior Independent Paper (Dept. of Architecture)
Advised by Prof. Erin Besler, January 2023 - May 2023
“Cut-Out Books and Pop-Up Animals: Architectural Paper Toys Within the New York Arts and Crafts Movement of the Early-20th Century”
A 30-page paper informed by the study of Alfred Joseph Frueh’s 3D paper illustrations