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​
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Designing for Social & Environmental Well-Being
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​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