Ashton Allan is an architect and designer who draws from a variety of interests to solve design problems.
Originally from Minneapolis Minnesota, he attended Brown University, where he concentrated in Computer Music, and the Yale School of Architecture, where he obtained his master's degree.
This website presents his work. The projects are arranged on a timeline to reveal implicit connections between coincident projects. The colors are used as an index of types of projects, loosely broken into the scales of urban landscapes, institutions, dwellings, studies, design artifacts, and more.
Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT: M.Arch. I, 2006
Frederick T. Ahlson Scholar 2006, Tai Soo Kim summer fellowship 2004
Brown University, Providence, RI: Honors B.A. computer music, 2003
Phi Beta Kappa, GPA 4.0/4.0, Magna Cum Laude, Buxtehude Premium
Thesis: Acoustic Architecture in the 20th Century
DESIGN EXPERIENCE:
Designer, STUDIOS Architecture; Washington, DC
July 2009 - current
Designing and developing public, commercial and institutional buildings and interiors.
Designer, Pickard Chilton Architects; New Haven, CT
September 2006 - July 2009
Designing and developing institutional and commercial buildings.
Intern, Michael Haverland Architect; New York, NY
summer 2005
Designed residences, developed architectural CAD DD drawing sets,
and built models.
Builder/Designer, YSOA; New Haven, CT
summer 2004 and summer 2006
Designed and built a single family low-income house in New Haven.
Design Consultant, Media Barn Inc.; Minneapolis, MN
summer 2002
Developed program, designed graphics and created a web presence for
the Whole School.
Luthier, ABA Music Design; Afton, MN
1993-present
Conceived, built, and sold stringed instruments,
electric and acoustic.
Garden Designer/Gardener, Squire House Gardens; Afton, MN
1996-2000
Designed, maintained, and installed gardens.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Teaching Fellow, YSOA; New Haven, CT
2005 - 2006
Structures, 1st year graduate students under structural engineer
Anne Gilbert
Environmental systems, 2nd year graduate students for
Paul Stoller and Patrick Bellew
Furniture Design and Fabrication, graduate students under
Peter DeBrettville
SKILLS:
Architecture: Hand sketching, Autocad, Maya, 3D Sketchup, Rhino, 3D Studio Max, Ecotect
Design: Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Quark, MS Office, Apple iWork
Audio: Apple/Emagic Logic, Peak, max/MSP, cSound, ProTools, Final Cut Pro
Building: Shop monitor, wood/metal, construction, cast aluminum, CNC fabrication, luthierie
