As part of the EPFL Media x Design Lab, Nathaniel Zuelzke has taught computational techniques for architectural production, investigating a variety of scales and agendas from digitally-fabricated furniture to urban farming strategies in Beijing. Collaborating with the smart environment and interactive architecture firm Convergeo, he has designed and detailed buildings as sustainable interfaces between people and technology. He is particularly interested in the innovation of design practice and the rigorous exploration of built form as facilitated by considered integration of new technologies and methodologies.
Convergeo | Waldvogel & Huang, Lausanne, CH, architectural consultant
Developed an interactive geometric solver for the planar concrete roof structure and produced all bid documents for the 600m2 Maison des Vignes in Luins. Produced construction documents and collaborated with the client and contracting team during construction administration of the Swissnex Consulate addition in Cambridge. Fabricated prototypes of intelligent game pieces for an interactive table. Designed and implemented the Convergeo website.
La Dallman Architects, Milwaukee, WI, US, intern architect
Managed design, client presentations, bid and construction sets, and construction administration for a 2000ft2 residential renovation. Produced drawings, site documentation, physical and digital models, renderings, construction documents, and details in collaboration with the design team. Researched sustainable design strategies for a residential development. Contributed to several competitions. Designed marketing portfolios. Helped prepare RFQs and RFPs. Re-wrote office CAD and graphic standards. Notable projects include the Crossroads Marsupial Bridge Initiative and the Miller Brewing Company Fred Miller Employee Center.
Studio Odile Decq, Paris, FR, intern
Produced conceptual diagrams, drawings, and physical models for the winning competition entry Opac de la Meuse at Bar le Duc. Modeled studies for the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma (MACRO) extension.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US, MArch, Graduate School of Design
Produced the design thesis Structurescape: a case for adaptable reuse, proposing a reconfigurable structural landscape as an alternative genre of use and reuse for a World’s Fair pavilion in Zaragoza, Spain. Designed the layout and co-edited the studio publication Dance space: choreographing a mobile theatre, documenting collaboration between the GSD and das Institut für Leichtbau Entwerfen und Konstruieren (ILEK). Contributed to the research, design, production, and installation of Beyond the Harvard Box, a retrospective exhibition of work by postwar GSD graduates. Produced measured architectural drawings at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods in Greece.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, US, Bachelors, School of Architecture and Urban Planning
Graduated summa cum laude. Distinguished as the SARUP undergraduate with the highest cumulative grade point average. Awarded the Elmer Johnson Memorial Scholarship, presented to an undergraduate architecture student demonstrating exceptional design ability. Received first and second prizes in the UWM Student Design Awards.
