Experience and Education portfolio for Steve Waldron. Dated 2010

1. STEVE
WALDRON
6110 Pershing Ave, Apt 2E StevePWaldron@gmail.com
Saint Louis, MO 63112 843.276.2775

2. EMPLOYMENT
March 2006 – December 2008
In house Revit Expert Architectural Intern III / LS3P Associates, Ltd., Charleston, South Carolina
Incorporated Autodesk Revit as essential software program for fast track and large commercial buildings
Completed schematic design, design development, and construction documents for a beachfront resort,
specialty park structure, large high school, and headquarters for the Missile Defense Agency.
November 2005 – February 2006
Intern Architect II / Cobb Architects, Charleston, South Carolina
Project Design of Custom Residential Housing Projects in Traditional Neighborhoods
August 2005 – October 2005
Intern Architect II / Karl R. Rohrer and Associates, Akron, Ohio
Assisted in modernization of three public housing projects in Stark County and two Post Office renovations
September 2003 – March 2004
Co operative Education Student / Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, Cincinnati, Ohio
Assisted in redesign of 'The Banks' riverfront development to spur economic development downtown
September 2002 – December 2002 and March 2002 – June 2002
Co operative Education Student / Roger Short & Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio
Managed preliminary design on multiple church additions and school master plans
September 2001 – December 2001 and March 2001 – July 2001
Co operative Education Student / City of Cincinnati, Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Assisted in roadway infrastructure improvements and parkland development projects
September 2000 – January 2001
Intern / University Architect at the University of Cincinnati
Office Manager for the Department of Capital Finance
June 2000 – September 2000
Intern / Stanley Miller Construction Co. /Steve Miller Architects in Canton, OH
CAD Draftsman / Computer Manager for the company, improving the presence of computers in the office
EDUCATION
Graduate School
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Master of Urban Design Class of 2010
3.5 GPA (current)
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, Master of Architecture Class of 2005
Top 10% of class in graduate design studios, top 25% overall school ranked #6 in country by DesignIntelligence (2003,2004)
,Senior Class President of Architecture, 2004 2005
Graduate thesis: ‘Neighborhood Design: Response to Megalopolis’, available upon request
Global Scholarship winner for 56 day academic travel through Eastern and Western Europe
Undergraduate School
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 2003
Cincinnatus Centurian Scholarship Winner
Top 15% of class in undergraduate design studios school ranked #2 in country by DesignIntelligence
PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATIONS
Passed Architectural Registration Exams Completed all seven exams of current ARE 4.0 system
Construction Document Technologist Construction Specifier’s Institute, 2008
Certified Toastmaster Toastmasters International, 2008

3. PERIOD PROJECT PAGE PERIOD PROJECT PAGE PROJECT PAGE
CREDITS 1 GRADUATE EDUCATION 16 EXTRACURRICULARS 30
EMPLOYMENT 2 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
Learning by Design 31
Developing Connections:
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FULLTIME EXPERIENCE Bringing New Life to First Ring Suburbs Europe 2004:
56 Day Backpacking Trip
2006 LS3P Associates, Ltd. 3 Founded in Reality:
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Charleston, South Carolina Pro Forma Studies for developing Clayton, Missouri
Artistic Exploration
2007 LS3P Associates, Ltd. 4 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
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Charleston, South Carolina
Photographic Observation
Neighborhood Design Thesis I:
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LS3P Associates, Ltd. Investigation of a Vital Metropolitan Area
2008 Charleston, South Carolina
Neighborhood Design Thesis II:
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Highlighted Work: Investigation of a Vital Neighborhood
Revit Experience
Neighborhood Design Thesis III:
Design and Testing of Blue Ash, Ohio 21
FALL Cobb Architects
2005 Charleston, South Carolina 7
SMMR Karl R. Rohrer & Associates
Urban Interstitial:
Skateboard & Sculpture Garden to Renew City 22
2005 Akron, Ohio
An Entertainment District for Clifton Heights 23
Urban Design Principles:
CO OPERATIVE EDUCATION
FALL Port of Greater Cincinnati
2003 Cincinnati, Ohio 9 UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION 24
10 Conceptualizing a Contemporary Urban Bath 2
WNTR Port of Greater Cincinnati Clifton Spa Part I:
2004 Cincinnati, Ohio
SPRG Roger Short Associates
2002 Cincinnati, Ohio 11 Clifton Spa Part II:
Detailing the Contemporary Urban Bath 26
FALL Roger Short Associates
2002 Cincinnati, Ohio 12 Center for Cultural Diversity:
A Retreat Center for Burnet Woods Park 27
SPRG City Dept. of Urban Design
2001 Cincinnati, Ohio 3 Community by Design:
A Group Project for Residential Housing 28
FALL City Dept. of Urban Design
2001 Cincinnati, Ohio 14 Rehabilitation:
A Studio and Display Gallery for Sculpture 29
SMMR S. Miller Construction
2000 East Sparta, Ohio 5
EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION EXTRACURRICULAR

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The following is a list of photographs and illustrations not the sole creation and/or property of Steve Waldron:
2006 SPRG 2001
All photos property LS3P Associates, Ltd. Used with permission. All photos property City of Cincinnati, Department of Urban Design.
Used with permission.
2007
All photos property LS3P Associates, Ltd. Used with permission. FALL 2001
Illustration o by ADC Engineering, Inc. All photos property City of Cincinnati, Department of Urban Design.
Used with permission.
2008
All photos property LS3P Associates, Ltd. Used with permission. FALL 2009
Introductory studio analysis by Steve Waldron, Matt Kuebler, and
REVIT Thomas LcLaughlin
All photos property LS3P Associates, Ltd. Used with permission.
Metropolitan Development Pro Forma by Steve Waldron, Sarah
Burnett, Saima Gulbahar, Matt Kleinmann, and Lucas Lopez
FALL 2005
All photos property Cobb Architects. Used with permission. Metropolitan Landscapes project by Steve Waldron, Christian Clerc,
and Jonathan Dowse
SMMR 2005 FALL 2004-SPRG 2005
All photos property Karl R. Rohrer and Associates. Used with permission. Neighborhood Design: Response to Megalopolis Thesis Document
copyright OhioLink Universities.
FALL 2003 Document is available for viewing at:
All photos property Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ucin1116010734
Used with permission.
Illustrations oand q by Urban Design Associates. SPRG 2004
Illustration u by Al Neyer, Inc. Design of Sculpture Park by Steve Waldron and Mathias Detamore
WNTR 2004
All photos property Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority. WNTR 2001
Used with permission. Design of Community Grounds by Steve Waldron, Steve Albert,
Illustrations n,Z,q, and by Beyer Blinder Belle, LLC. Jennie Markel, Sarah Reid, James Warden, and Matt Zeier
SPRG 2002 WNTR 2005 CHARETTE
All illustrations and photos property RSA, Inc. Used with permission. Design of Building and Landscape by Steve Waldron and
Seth Wilschutz and belonging to Cancer Family Care,
a Not For Profit Organization. Used with permission.
FALL 2002
All illustrations and photos property RSA, Inc. Used with permission.

5. ...In summary, I absolutely wish Steve
Waldron the best of luck in his career
and hope our paths cross again in the
near future. I am confident that many of
the qualities he possesses would
correspond well to the traits you seek
in a student ... We will always hold a spot
for him at our firm, and hope that he
returns after completing your program
I also wanted to commend the work of your student intern, Steve Waldron, who
at Washington University, with even
assisited very capably in helping to put all the pieces of our promotional display
more to offer as a contributing member
together. It's always refreshing to see a young professional who has a great
of the LS3P team.
working attitude, and is willing to spend whatever time and personal effort it
takes to do the job right. Hats off to him. I have no doubt he will do well in his
career.
Thompson E. Penney, President of LS3P and 2003 AUA President
Client, Reverend Glenn Baaten, First Presbyterian Church of Harrison April 21, 2003 January 15, 2009
E M P L OYM EN T
Michaele Pride-Wells, director of UC's
School of Architecture and Interior
Design, said the rankings reflect a tough
curriculum and the quality of the
university's one hundred year old
cooperative education program, which
allows students to alternate between
classes and paid work related to their
major. UC students work for academic
“The program's major strength is co-op,” said Mike Crosbie, an credit in paid positions around the
architect with Steven Winter Associates Inc., in Norwalk, Connecticut, world before they graduate.
and a writer for Architecture magazine. “Traditionally, architecture
programs have a lot of emphasis on theory and not a lot on practice.
The fact that folks in Cincinnati have this dual life is what makes the
program strong. The faculty seem to ... have a foot in both worlds. It
doesn't tip the program into being too much one or the other.” December 11, 2003
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/ 2003/12/11/loc_ucranking11.html
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My initial job following graduation was Karl R. Rohrer and Associates, Co.
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with Karl R. Rohrer and Associates, an Copley, OH 44321
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In 1999, Urban Design Associates designed ‘The Banks,’ a
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Development Authority was created to implement the plans.
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the design. The updated plan included a reduced management during the final month of my
combination of open park spaces or employment, I was given additional responsibility to
parking structures in the middle of each continue the momentum that had been building. Daily
block X, and more dynamic building duties included organizing and researching elements
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19. Year after year, the University of Cincinnati’s architecture and interior While UC holds a reputation for producing among the most
design programs continue to build on past success. Once again, both practice-ready students in the country, professors say it's time to
programs have been ranked among the very best undergraduate and up the ante in molding the type of graduate who is an even more
graduate programs in the country in a survey of design employers just critical thinker. UC is also the only public institution to make the
released today. UC’s interior design program won top honors – rated as worldwide top 10 list of design schools ranked by I.D. magazine in
number one in the nation – for the sixth year in a row. The undergraduate 2002. "The overall program is even better now due to the intense
architecture program was ranked number two in the nation, while UC’s first four quarters. It helps them learn quicker and easier later,"
graduate architecture program was ranked number six in the nation. Both Gordon Simmons, interim director of the architecture school said.
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/04/06/loc_daap06rankings.html April 6, 2003
the undergraduate and graduate architecture programs have consistently
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UC’s graduate architecture program moved up in the rankings. It now holds In the 2010 DesignIntelligence special report,
the No. 2 spot in the nation, right behind Harvard University. Last year, UC’s UC’s graduate architecture program holds a
graduate architecture program stood at No. 7. top spot ... along with Harvard, Yale, and
1. Harvard University Princeton University, UC is one of 13
2. University of Cincinnati programs listed in the special report’s
3. Columbia University “sampling of where some of the most promi-
..The rankings come from DesignIntelligence, a publication of the Design nent architecture and design firm leaders
Futures Council, are based on employers’ hiring experiences. An extremely earned their degrees.”
high percentage of UC students in the graduate architecture program – 98
percent – “believe they’ll be well prepared for their profession upon gradua- ...99 percent of UC’s architecture students
tion,” and 90 percent give very high marks to the quality of the UC program said they believe they will be prepared when
relative to educational costs. it comes time to succeed in the work place.
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DESIGN SOLUTION
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The intent of the project was to create a mixed use
environment that bridged the transition between a
retail-focused street and the neighborhoods of the first-ring
suburbs that exist behind the retail . Additional attention
was spent creating layers of transportation separating
streets, pedestrian trails and bicycle pathways for safety 
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and increased liveliness throughout the neighborhood .
Development was designed that would function as a
neighborhood center , which enable current discussions
of future light rail transit to result in a viable project .
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