A brief Portfolio of professional, personal and community work

1. Avi B Nagel
Portfolio

2. Technical Skills:
Microsoft Office (Excel)
Adobe Suite
AutoCad & GIS
3D Modeling
Web/Mobile Development
Video & Audio Editing
Social Media Management
Project Management
Communication
Intrests and Passions
Geography
Architecture
Environment
Planning
Design
Food
Art
200920082004 2010
BA Clark University
Geography &
Spanish
Undoing Racisim
Training
Peoples Institute
Mediation Matters
30-hr Mediation
Waldorf School
of Saratoga Springs
Licensed Real Estate
Salesperson
Columbia University
GSAPP: Intro to Architecture.
2013 2014
AFSCME: community
Organizer Apprenticeship
2009
Spacial Design
Interdiscipline
Collaboration
Development
Organizing
Sustainability
Ecology
Imagining
Archetypes
Access
Local
Beauty
Love
Education & Training
Soccer
Health
Creativity
Design Forty Two Architecture LLC
Assistant,Project Manager
Manage projects and act as Assistant to the principal. Serve
as liaison between contractors, engineers, clients. Measure
and dimension new space, build 3-D models, and draft
construction documents. Organize office, materials library,
and porfolio. Represent firm in the field.
Design Wild
Designer,Project Manager
Manage projects, installations, logistics, and maintenance for
NYC high end gardens including rooftop, backyard and public
parks. Serve as a point of contact for clients and contractors.
Maintain master list with individual project schedule and
client lists.
Healthy Families NY
Family Support Worker/Case Worker
Manage a caseload of 25 families identified as high risk and
help connect to community resource and access to early
childhood education. Provide weekly home visits to monitor
and document child development. Witness first hand how
non-profit services fit into urban health system.
Harlem Children’s Zone
Advocate/Health and Recreation Coordinator
Managed a staff of 10 employees and a Caseload of 100
high-school youth guiding them through the high school
academic process. Designed and implemented a health
program for 100 youth. Coordinate and facilitate programing
for the agency-wide health and fitness challenge.
Construction Work
Carpenter,Landscaper,Painter,
Worked set design, furniture design and general construc-
tion. Experience includes dock building, landscaping,
carpentry, masonry, exterior and interior painting.
Hell’s Kitchen Farm Project
Design + Build
Church rooftop farm growing vegetables for a neighborhood
soup kitchen. Experiement in low budget DIY rooftop farming.
Participated in design, construction and coordination of planters
and rooftop deck. Growing fresh nutrient rich food. Challenges:
structural weight restrictions, limited to growing to 6in. of
substrate, extreme heat, and exposure to Hudson river winds.
Boulder Granola
Communications
Managed social media content, developed website, produced
copy for market publications, designed and implemented
campaigns, sales and blitzes and assisted in developing BG’s
overall brand. Built local collaborations with other small
business. Established BG’s presence at farmers markets.
Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report
Intern
Managed office, and merchendise. acted as a fixer and
scheduler for interviews. Organized and facilitated guest
experience
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Employment Projects
Avi B Nagel
New York, NY 10026 Avibnagel@gmail.com (518) 527-5989
Social Justice
Scale
2003-2014
Interdiscipline Skills:
Research and Analysis

3. Wikimedia Commons
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Professional Projects and Civic Engagements
Columbia GSAPP
Page 2,3
Design 42 LLC
Page 4,5,6
Hell’s Kitchen Farm Project
Page 7
Lebarre Landscaping
Page 9
Design Wild
Page 10
Pergola & Stone
Page 11
Coshanton Manor Farm
Page 12
StUffhaus Builds
Page 13-14
Clark University
Page 13-14

4. Columbia University
Project: Center for Forgotten Sports
Location: 155th Street, Harlem
Date: Summer 2014
Multi-sports complex, focused on movement and layering
programs in a community space, weaving into the neighbor-
hood fabric, making room for play in a movement centered
design.
Graduate school of Architecture,
Planning and Preservation
Introduction to Architecture

5. The site is located on 155th Street between Frederick
Douglass Boulevard and the East River in Harlem, New
York. This location has been home to the Polo Grounds
and Rucker Park. The convergence of four neighborhoods,
four elevations, and 10,000 residents makes for a dynamic
site. The community is 40% youth and 97% people of
color. Despite its rich history with sport there are few
spaces for recreation today. 155th Street breaks into two
with the viaduct passing at 60 feet above the site. The
sports center will energize the existing assets of this
location and provide a cutting edge sports complex for
the neighborhood.
Program
Velodrome
Skate Park
Soccer/Lacrosse Field
Classroom
BMX & Go-cart
Run & Bike Path
Center for Forgotten Sports
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6. Design and comply. Draft construction documents for
review. Prepare submittals to Department of Building &
Landmarks. Photographed completed construction.
Design Forty Two
Project: American Apparel
Location: Soho, NY
Date: July 2013
PERMITTED LIGHTING DENSITY POWER:
2,867.66 sf x 0.80 W/sf = 
TOTAL LIGHTING WATTAGE:
TYPE 1: 19w x 0 FIXTURES = 0w
TYPE 2: 32w x 0 FIXTURES = 0w
TYPE 3: 32w x 0 FIXTURES = 0w
TYPE 4: 21w x 76 FIXTURES = 1,596w
TYPE 5: 120w x 0 FIXTURES = 0w
TOTAL WATTAGE = 
PROPOSED INTERIOR LIGHTING DENSITY POWER:
1,596w /2,867.66sf = 
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7. 800N.PERSONSTREET
RALEIGH,NC2760
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800N.PERSONSTREET
RALEIGH,NC2760
Voice: (732) 761-0108
Facsimile: (732) 761-0109
75 South Street
Web Site: www.edg-ce.com
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION
#24GA28116500
MECHANICAL - ELECTRICAL - PLUMBING -
REFRIGERATION - FIRE PROTECTION -
SOLAR ENGINEERS
COMPANY SEAL:
NC RAC: 52838
SEAL & SIGNATURE:
NC RA: 12692
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54
105.00°
105.00°
800N.PERSONSTREET
RALEIGH,NC2760
Voice: (732) 761-0108
Facsimile: (732) 761-0109
75 South Street
Web Site: www.edg-ce.com
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION
#24GA28116500
MECHANICAL - ELECTRICAL - PLUMBING -
REFRIGERATION - FIRE PROTECTION -
SOLAR ENGINEERS
COMPANY SEAL:
NC RAC: 52838
SEAL & SIGNATURE:
NC RA: 12692
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Project: Retro Fitness
Location: Bronx, NY
Date: May 2014
3-D modeling, Draft construction douments.
Manage projects. Assisting principal and liaison.

8. Measure and draft documents of existing conditions.
Submit for approvals to the Department of Building &
Landmarks Commission. Create 3-D model for rendering.
Develop design solutions. Draft construction documents.
Project: FIKA Coffee
Location: Chelsea, NY
Date: August 2014

9. Hell’s Kitchen Farm Project
Rooftop farm growing vegetables on church for a
community kitchen located in basement. Experiment in
low budget DIY rooftop farming. Participated in design
and build of planters and rooftop deck. Challenges
included: structural weight restrictions limit growing to
6in of substrate, extreme heat and exposure to Hudson
River winds.
Veiw of farm looking north to 40th Street
Image by Rob Stephenson
Design for rooftop deck made of pallet, lumber and
insulation. Used for gathering and community events.
Design for compost bins, necessary addition to enrich the
soil and increase nutritional yields (under construction).
Project: Rooftop Farm
Location: Hell’s Kitchen, NY
Date: May 2012

10. Designing and building in tight South End back yards.
Construction of landscape, setting of masonry and stone
framing and building of mahogany deck, and planting of
garden.
Lebarre Landscaping
Recycled brick, treated lumber deck, sun plantings.
Salvaged brick, blue flagstone, shade garden, mahogany deck
Project: Back Yard Landscape Designs
Location: South End, Boston
Date: 2007

11. Design Wild
Rooftop 12th Street
Backyard Garden 10th Street
Garden design, installation and maintenance. Dynamic
compositions using a poly-cultural pallete of plants,
nurturing annual and perennial species to provide multi-
seasonal blooms of color, height, and depth. Crafted
natural sanctuaries in a bustling urban ecosystem; public
and private breathing space.
“A garden which grows true to its own laws is not a wil-
derness, yet not entirely artificial either”
- Christopher Alexander
Project: Garden & Horticulture Services
Location: New York, New York
Date: 2012 - Present
Upper West Side Rooftop

12. Stone Stairs, built 2004, photographed 2014
Building into the environment. Stone and wood
construction. Landscaping projects. Home grown design.
Navigating access, movement, and flow. Stairs leading
up and pergola portal. Growing into the landscape ten
years later.
Landscape + Hardscape
Designed and built 2004, photographed 2014
Project: Pergola and Stairs
Location: Saratoga Springs, NY
Date: 2004

13. Coshanton Manor Farm
Renewing an 1840s farmhouse. Salvage existing materials while
adhering to state and local building codes; integrate new and
old into design. Create a passive solar space where plants and
people can thrive.
Wide variety of 50 windows salvaged on site
Collage design utilizing windows of various sizes
Image of existing porch after excavation reveals
severe structural damage due to rot.
Project: Repair and Design
Location: Clinton, NJ
Date: 2014
“Buildings have perfect memory of materiality. When we
deal with buildings we deal with decisions taken long
ago for remote reasons. We argue with anonymous pred-
icessors and lose. The best we chope for is compromise
with the fait accompli of the building.”
- Stewart Brand

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Salvaged pine slab, tongue oil, steel pipe, pow-
der coat. Fir slab salvaged from upstate New
York barn and re-finished. Half-inch steel pipe
powder coated. Prototype using traditional
modular industrial materials with rural organic
resources.
Coffee Table
Project: Furniture Design
Location: StUffhaus Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Date: 2013

15. Salvaged plywood, embroidery thread, Edison bulb. Hatching
ellipse of light, the lamp utilizes found materials to express
linear and curved elements. Mixing craft and trade with
practical application.
Lamp
Project: Lighting Design
Location: StUffhaus Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Date: 2014

16. Clark University
In 2009, Clark University sent a research team to Cusco,
Peru to investigate the effects of the rapid growth of
eco-cultural tourism on the fabric of the ancient urban
space. Both local and global stakeholders are reshaping
this global city with Machu Picchu’s recent designation as
a Wonder of the World.
Topographical map of the Cusco valley. Map generated by Gestion
Integrada de Recursos Hidricos, an organization the studio part-
nered with on research. http://girh.pe
Cusco Plaza Del Armas, where 100% of the real estate is devoted
to the tourism economy.
The Graduate Planning Studio facilitated a conversation
between academics, civil society, businesses, and govern-
ment. Through this exchange and the conference a report
was generated and shared with local stakeholders.
More at: http://idcecuscoperu.blogspot.com/2008/11/studio-and-cusco-peru.html
Plaza San Blas is fully occupied with the trade of traditional culture
and art. Economic and social pressures resulting from tourism are
driving the use of this ancient public space which is a internation-
ally celebrated UNENESCO World Heritage Center.
Project: Graduate Planning Studio, Miriam Chion
Location: Cusco, Peru
Date: 2009
member of team researching available houseing. Devel-
oped mapping tools in collaboration with local Non Gov-
ernment Organizations, translation.

17. International Projects
Chiapas, Mexico 2006
Permiculture & Development, Clark University
rural anthropology research in Zapatista Community
Quetzaltanango, Guatamala 2008
Advanced Language, Center for Global Engagement
Spanish immersion, and community home stay
San Salvador, El Salvador 2008
Liberation Theology, Center for Global Education Sister Peggy
O’Neal Ph.D. Universidad Centroamerica Theology
Managua, Nicaragua 2008
Sustainable Development, CGE
Research the Sandanista alternative approach to Development.
Cusco, Peru 2009
Planning Studio, Clark Universivty, Miriam Chion Ph.D
Tourism and housing (see page 16)
El Alto, Bolivia 2008
Multiculturalism & Globalization, School for International Training,
Ismael Saavedra. Investigating Urban Social Movements of El Alto
Tortuguero, Costa Rica 2002
Carribean Conservation Corporation
Tagging and documenting sea turtle reproduction
El Salvador 2012: Liberation
Community
Denver to Managua, 2013:
Omnificient International Travel Blog
Quito 2004: Backpacking
We are called to be architects of the future, not its
victims.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Haiti 2012:
Hope on a String