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MIRA DAVIS

University of Virginia, School of Architecture, BS. Arch – Charlottesville, VA Minor in Architectural History (3.3/4.0 GPA) August 2017– May 2021 (Expected)

• President – National Organization of Minority Architecture Students, 3rd Year • Member – Rotary Rotaract club, 2nd – 3rd Year • Student Ambassador – School of Architecture, 2nd – 3rd Year • Teaching Assistant – Sanda Iliescu, Lessons in Making course, 3rd Year • Cashier – Artist and Architecture Store, 2nd Year • Secretary – National Organization of Minority Architecture Students, 2nd Year • Mentor – Early Visions with the Fralin Museum of Art, 1st Year

University of Virginia, Rome Study Abroad – Rome, Italy Baroque Art & Architecture History CourseJanuary 2019

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College – Richmond, VADean’s List, President’s Honor Roll (4.0 GPA)August 2015 – May 2017

Open High School – Richmond, VAValedictorian (4.65 GPA)August 2013 – May 2017

Richmond Technical Center – Richmond, VA2D CAD Architectural Drawing and Design course

September 2015 – May 2016

EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROFICIENCIES

Glavé and Holmes Architecture – Richmond, VASummer Intern Paid (360 hrs)May 2019 – August 2019

• Worked under supervision of Principal and Project Manager • Prepared drawings for programming phase of museum project • Conducted on-site field measurements to be used in the base drawings of project• Prepared schematic plans and diagrams for client meetings• Assisted with record drawings and documents

Virginia Museum of History and Culture – Richmond, VASummer Administration Intern Paid (800 hrs)June 2015 – August 2018

• Event planning• Virginia House summer camp counselor• Maintained member information database• Researched in the society’s expansive archives• Assisted the Education department• Assisted in the Research Library• Intern program planning• Company document organization

AutoCADRhinoceros 6IllustratorInDesign

PhotoshopMicrosoft WordPowerPoint Model Making

CONNECT Foundation Studio 2Charlottesville, Va

This project serves the community. As an environmentfor co-living and families, it acts as a bridge betweenpeople from all walks of life. Here, many different peoplewill spend their time together through the semi-permanentmarket space that meets the need of a grocery store inthis food desert. It acts as a gateway for the communitiesto the south to feel included in the activity created by thedowntown mall. It also relatesto many users in an effort to draw people in with familiarity,but retain their respect and community through specialmoments created throughout the space.

Professor: Anthony Averbeck

Neighborhood Connection Diagram

Typcial Plan

Housing Type A

Housing Type B

Housing Type C

Housing Type DGround Floor Plan

Spatial Model StudiesFoundation Studio 3Manhattan, New York

The idea of light and void will inform the development of the project moving forward, We are in a preliminary stage of design and through these explorations I have discovered many momements that will be integrated in the design of the final structure. I will use this exercise throughout the semester and look to it for inspiring model making teqhniques as well as relationships.

The scale of this project will translate into the scale of the building in a way that addresses the space in conversation with the context. I studied very specific things in each model and that comes out as a collective bank of knowledge I can pull from for a wholistic building.

Professor: Seth McDowell