Introduction: Arch. Jake Thiel is a graduate of Pratt Institutes Bachelor of Architecture program and a participant in the fourth year semester abroad in Rome. He believes in drawing upon a strong network of ethical professionals in pursuit of designing a better world, one building at a time. In recognition of the union of arts and sciences, our process is a synthesis of an ever more efficient functionality, bound by higher aesthetic principles. Having written extensively concerning the concept of unfinished architecture, we see architecture as the lineage of building in perpetual adaptation to fluctuating social habitat.
Jake is sole proprietor of Edifice Architectural, LLC and maintains an active affiliation with PLAT Studio in Rome, Italy. Currently active on four continents, both studios work together as an extended, cross-cultural group of both technical and creative professionals; our capacity for project resolution is therefore extensive. A flare for Italian design tempered by American ingenuity characterizes our groups distinct progressive design process. As a proponent of sustainable development, our practice helps meet the particular needs of each project, while navigating the complexities of the contemporary building and design fields worldwide.
Together with Italian partner Proff. Arch. Alessia Maggio Ph.d, Edifice Architectural, LLC/PLAT Studio, Rome believes in an active design process to develop and ultimately deliver the highest quality product. The group does not depend on computers but simply uses them as a tool along with hand-drawn sketches and cardboard models. Photographic quality renderings contemporary with the latest technologies are employed in predetermining the actual ambient effects of the design proposal. As well, detailed models are utilized as an integral part of our process, with direct and vital application to engineering and construction sequence. The group doesnt deal in styles, but promotes progressive design, that which looks beyond the modern or contemporary and takes the timelessness of building into consideration. This is why sustainable development and the concept of the unfinished has become paramount to the groups unique philosophy.
Edifice Architectural also renovates wooden boats through an affiliate master carpenter in Glenville, Pennsylvania. The attention to detail and inherent dynamics as well as learning from tradition is what makes wooden boats such interesting design work. Boats are sold at auction or renovated on commission.
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