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i AM SETH KOPKA

1643 Hickory St. Highland Park, Illinois 60035(847) 571-3834Sethkopka92@gmail.com

i PROVIDEARTISTRY:TECHNOLOGY:

Conversational Spanish / English [native language]ORATORY:Literature / Problem solving / Competitions / Cinema / Theater / Fabrication /Construction / Real Estate Development

INTERESTS:

sketching / hand drafting / watercolors / prisma markers / model making / pen & ink

AutoCAD / Revit / Rhino/ Vray for Rhino / Google Sketchup / 3DSmax / Acrobat / Photoshop / Illustrator/ InDesign/ Laser Cutting / 3D Printing / CNC milling

mbell@tiltonkellybell.comdemmons04@gmail.com

scmurray@illinois.edu

Martha Bell:David Emmons:

Scott Murray:

ReferencesPortfolio | sethkopka.com

i ACHIEVE UIUC Undergraduate Research Symposium - study of: partitions in the age of digital reproduction

construction video @ Arch401wall.comApril 23rd, 2015

2014 Fall Semester UIUC Edward C. Earl Prize Winner- studio project: the Overhang

2013 Fall Semester UIUC NAAB Accreditation Projects- studio projects: Grown Gathering + Garden View

2015 Spring Semester UIUC Edward C. Earl Prize Nomination- studio project: a Space in Space

Dean’s List (Fall semester 2012 - Spring semester 2015)

i LEARNUniversity of Illinois

Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies

GPA: 3.60/4.0

Champaign-Urbana class of 2015

(May 16, 2015)

Fulton Design-Build - Site Construction Coordination

Achieved significant savings by soliciting competing prices for on-site utilities.- CAD Computer Drafting

Plans, Sections, Elevations for a home in Highland Park, IL.

- Excel OrganizationOrganized project logistics and monitored the execution of scheduling for the construction of a residential home.

Highland Park, IllinoisSummer 2012

Johnson Lasky Architects [JLA]- Computer Drafting

- 3D Modeling

- Photoshop

Electrical Plans, Floor Plans, & Elevations for renovations at the Chicago History Museum, Chicago Illinois. Details & Elevations for renovations along Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois.

Google SketchUp model & Autodesk Rhinoceros model for renovations at the John Robertson House, Barrington Illinois.

Proposed office + lobby renovations.

Chicago, IllinoisSummer 2013

i PRACTICE

Tilton+Kelly+Bell Architects [TKB]- CAD Computer Drafting

- Autodesk Revit Drafting

- 3D Modeling

Interior Elevations for the Engineering Computer Lab at UIUC.

Google Sketchup modeling of main stairway, conference rooms, huddle rooms, and genius bar for Joint Commissions building in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.

Floor plans, Interior Elevations, Reflected Ceiling Plans, Connection Details for the Chicago Public School System’s redesigns at Phoenix Military Academy, Michelle Clark High School, and Crane High School in Chicago, Illinois.

Floor Plans, Sections, Interior Elevations, Furniture Plans, CD production, & Reflected Ceiling Plans for the new Malcolm X College in Chicago Illinois.

Chicago, IllinoisSummer 2013 | 2014

Parabolic Transition work sample | 847.571.3834 | sethkopka92@gmail.com | construction video @ arch401wall.com | portfolio @ sethkopka.com

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wall in use | Arch476 final review | April 27, 2015

construction time-laps

process | CNC fabricated pieces

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a study on partitions in the age of digital reproduction | group project | Spring 2015

Lattice Connection an interactive display wall UIUC intervention | group competition | Spring 2015work sample | 847.571.3834 | sethkopka92@gmail.com | portfolio @ sethkopka.com

construction: - CNC cut pieces - no glue or nails

entice entry

student work display

formation of communal space

the Overhang a downtown Champaign, boutique hotel | Fall 2014 | UIUC 2014 Edward C. Earl Prize winnerwork sample | 847.571.3834 | sethkopka92@gmail.com | portfolio @ sethkopka.com

shading up

lobby

shading down

exterior public terrace

South ElevationWest Elevation

west balcony suite

Social Me a social [media] Chicago library | Spring 2014work sample | 847.571.3834 | sethkopka92@gmail.com | portfolio @ sethkopka.com

open bleacher system

access to new technologies

activity circulates public bleachers

children’s technology center

Grown Gathering an outdoor performance pavilion | Fall 2013 | UIUC NAAB accreditation projectwork sample | 847.571.3834 | sethkopka92@gmail.com | portfolio @ sethkopka.com

Garden View a live+work artist retreat | Fall 2013 | UIUC NAAB accreditation projectwork sample | 847.571.3834 | sethkopka92@gmail.com | portfolio @ sethkopka.com

cantilevered studio space + gardens

Art | Farm | View

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