Eve Kaufman
Architectural Designer
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My Design Philosophy
Access to safe, sound structures is a right, not a discreet privilege. Yet, good, thoughtful design has been gatekept as a luxury item, likened to a purse, not a home. My designs aim to challenge this postmodern, rigid, and ego driven conception of access. Through these works, I profess my belief that architecture should contradict contemporary notions of property and ownership by channeling the collective, the feminine. To achieve this, I call for communities to be incorporated into the design process and for architects to campaign alongside grassroots movements, empowering the voices of those we design for.
Democratizing Design
Designing for Social & Environmental Well-Being
Architecture is fundamentally integrated into society and inevitably shaped by the lives of its inhabitants and the constraints of its environment. This makes the role of a building fluid, contextual, and collectively determined as it exists within an overarching narrative of place, community, and culture. Therefore, if a structure fails to meet the needs and limitations of its locality, it has failed at its foundation. To ensure a building continuously serves its community and environment, architecture must be malleable, adapting to ever-changing societies. Only through ongoing transformation can a building honor its fundamental interdependence with inhabitants and nature.
Work Experience
Aug. 2025 - Present
June 2022 - Aug. 2025
Sept. 2017 - May 2020
May 2019 - May 2020
Architectural Designer
Arthur Chabon Architects
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Assisted in drafting plans, sections, elevations and rendering for new synagogue in Deal, NJ
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Join in weekly client meetings on site throughout tri-state area
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Coordinate regularly with consultants and sales representatives, managing POs, invoices and meetings
Assistant Project Manager
Kamen Tall Architects
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Conducted facade safety inspections to help buildings comply with Local Law 11
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Wrote reports documenting findings submitted to the DO
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Determined scope, drafted SD/CD sets, led bid phases, interfaced with clients along with assisting in CA
Architecture & Urbanism Columnist
The Scripps Voice
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Proposed new column on local art, architecture, and events, to which I was the primary contributor
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Conducted research and interviews regularly, staying informed on local happenings to produce content
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Collaborated closely with team of editors to generate final product
Director of Community Outreach
Inclusive Claremont
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Proposed new column on local art, architecture, and events, to which I was the primary contributor
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Conducted research and interviews regularly, staying informed on local happenings to produce content
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Collaborated closely with team of editors to generate final product
Education
2016 - 2020
Fall 2018
2021 - 2024
B.A. in Environmental Analysis: Sustainability & the Built Environment
Scripps College - Claremont, California
I.E.S. Environmental Studies & Sustainability
University of Freiburg - Freiburg, Germany
M.Arch I
Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, New York
Awards/Achievements
Summer 2019
Fall 2019
Thesis in Environmental Analysis
“Foster Rhodes Jackson and the Visual Conquest of the West”
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Explored the use of indigenous motifs by colonial forces in architecture as a means to appropriate land
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Examined Foster Rhodes Jackson, informed by Taliesin’s pedagogy, as a case study
Johnson Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Studies
$4,000 Summer Research Grant
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Researched and produced original findings on Claremont architect Foster Rhodes Jackson of Taliesin West
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Designed booklet based on findings for the Claremont Heritage’s use