Marilys Nepomechie 12/31/2012 MIAMIBEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139 www.miamibeachfl.gov
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, Rafael E. Granada, City Clerk
Tel: 305.673.741 1, Fax: 305.673.7254
Email: CityClerk@miamibeachfl.9ov
June 15, 2012
Marilys Nepomechie
1743 Michigan Ave. #5
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
SUBJECT: Design Review Board
Dear Ms. Nepomechie:
Congratulations! You have been appointed by the City Commission to the agency, board or
committee named above for a term ending: 12/3112012.
If you are unable to accept this appointment or have any questions, please call the City Clerk's
Office at 305-673-7411. Please read the enclosed materials carefully.
Congratulations again and good luck.
SincerelVGran
Ra el E
City Clerk
c: Saul Frances, Parking Director
Thomas Mooney
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Oath
City Code/Ordinance section applicable to agency, board or committee
City Code Section 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-26, 2-458 and 2-459
Ordinance No. 2006-3543 -Amendment to City Code Section 2-22
Miami-Dade County Code Section 2-11.1 - Conflict of Interest and Code of Ethics
City Wide Permit Application - (Parking Department Form)
Booklet - Guide to the Sunshine Amendment and Code of Ethics for Public Officers and
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139 www.miamibeachfl.goy
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, Rafael E. Granada, City Clerk
Tel: (3051673-741 1, Fax: (305)673-7254 Email: CityClerk @miamibeachfl.gov
TO: Marilys Nepomechie
RE: Design Review Board
I do solemnly swear or affirm to bear true faith, loyalty and allegiance to the Government of the
United States, the State of Florida, and the City of Miami Beach, and to perform all the duties of a
member of the above-mentioned board or committee of the City of Miami Beach to which I have
been appointed for a term ending 12/31/2012
1 have been issued a copy of Section 2-11.1 of the Miami-Dade County Code (Conflict of Code of
Ethics Ordinance), as well as the Florida Commission on Ethics Guide to the Sunshine
Amendment and Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees, and understand that as a
member of a City of Miami Beach Board and/or Committee, I must comply with the financial
disclosure* requirements of Miami-Dade County or the State of Florida (depending on the board or
committee on which I serve) on July 1, following the closing of the calendar year on which I have
served.
Marilys Nepomechie
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2. day ofi tAi� , 2012.
rr Silvia Wrieto
Deputy Clerk
*Please visit the City of Miami Beach website at www.miamibeachfl.pov under City Clerk/Board and
Committees for additional information regarding the Financial Disclosure Requirement.
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NAME: Nepomechie Marilys R
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HOME ADDRESS: 1743 Michigan Ave#5 Miami Beach FL 33139
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Florida International University College n*Architecture+The Arts
Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Master ofArchitecture;Alpha Rho Chi Medal
University of Florida, Bachelor of Arts,English Literature;Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard University| Radcliffe College,English Literature and Language:Deans First Honors
Academic Practice Florida International University Department ofArchitecture 1997-Present
Visiting,Assistant,then Associate Professor,Tenured
University Graduate Faculty;Latin American and Caribbean Center Faculty Associate,
Honors College Research Associate
Inaugural Director,Graduate | Professional Program inArchitecture
John RGmvon/KHC Fellow, Housing, University oY Kentucky College ofDesign Spring 2003+05
Sue Fan Gooding Visiting Professor,University of Kentucky College ofDesign Spring 2UO3+O5
University of Pennsylvania G5R\.Graduate Options Studio;w/Enhqunworton 2002
Distinguished Visiting Critic,University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning 2000
Universiclad Central cle Venezuela,Facultad de Arquitectura,Visiting Studio Critic 1999
Un|venidouPoUt6cniro.Puerto Rico Visiting Studio Critic 1998
University of Miami School of Architecture,Instructor 1908-1996
Professional | Design Practice wohlyoR.Nepomechie Architect,Coconut Grove,Florida:Owner/Principal 1992-Present
Public Architecture: The 1%Program 2008-Present
Office of Urban Architecture/mK Roark, Inc.,Director o/Architecture )99}1993
Sasaki Associates,Inc:Firm Associate and Designer 1987-1990
Selected Honors | Awards 2011 AI*National Institute Honor Award in Regional and Urban Design 2011
2011 U3 DOE/wRsL Solar Decathlon Grant,perFORm[C]once House, p| 2011
2011 U3 DOE Award for Solar Decathlon student housing, PI 2011
Andrew W.Mellon Foundation/Wolfsonian-FIU Curatorial Grant,La Habana/Vioderna, PI 2010
Residential Architect Design Awards,Residential Architect Magazine,Award of Merit 2010
Florida International University President's 3vstoinobiotvAward xO|V
American Institute of Architects Excellence in Service Award oO|O
The American Architecture Award,Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture+Design 2009
Finalist: International Book Award,xm8ieno|mtomociono|A,quitec,vm.Dominican Republic 2009
Sustainable Design Education Leadership Honor Award,AmMiami 2009
The William G.McMinn Outstanding Educator Honor Award,AmRoriuu/Caribbean 2008
Association m Collegiate Schools o,Architecture National Service Award/ARC 2008
Excellence inArchitecture:Honor Award, Unbuin Design,A/^Miami e008
Excellence in Architecture:Merit Award, Unbum Design,AmRo»uo/Caribbean 2008
Excellence in Writing about Architecture Honor Award,AmMiami oOOr
A|A Silver Medal in Design,The American Institute of Architects Miami 2006
ne,00,ch Award,The Graham Foundation:Miami mouemlLo Habana mouemo 2005
Elected tom*College oY Fellows, The American Institute of Architects 2005
Faculty Design/Faculty Research Award,Association o,Collegiate Schools of Arcx//oc/me 2005
Collaborative Practice Award,Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 2005
rhoAme,iron Architecture Award,Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture+Design 2004
The wC*R8P,ize/Awon1:The Comprehensive Studio vv/U Kentucky,N[AR8 2004
The NCAR8Prioa/Hon.Mention:Breaking Ground,w/U Kentucky,NCAR8 2004
Excellence in Architecture Honor Award, Unbuilt Design,AIA FicridalCaribbean 2004
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Meeting Co-Chair Service Award 200*
Education Leadership Honor Award,American Institute of Architects Miami 2004
University Faculty Research/Creative Work Award,RU Office o/the Provost 2008
Exhibihon/Citohon.Unbuin Design,Boston Society of Architects 2003
Silver Medal,Landscape Architecture/Public Projects,International 8/eno/Miami+Beach 2003
Excellence in Architecture, Honor Award,Unbuin Design,Am/m/om/ 2003
Honor Award,Unuu||t Design,Boston Society of Architects 2002
Education Honor Awards Citation:American Institute of Architectsl National 2002
Excellence in Architecture Honor Award,Unbuilt Design,AIA FloridolCoribbean 2002
Young Architectural Firm of the Year,American Institute of Architects/Miami 2001
Marilys R. Nepomechie FAIA 2
Selected Honors Awards(cont.) Excellence in Architecture Unbuilt Design Award,American Institute of Architects/Miami 2001
Prize Miami/Architecture,2001 International Bienal Miami+Beach 2001
Honorable Mention, 'Scattered Houses' Little Haiti Affordable Housing Competition,MoCA 2001
Excellence in Architecture:Honor Award Unbuilt Design,AIA Miami 2000
Excellence in Architecture:Honor Award, Unbuilt Design,AIA Florida/Caribbean 1999
Excellence in Architecture:.Environmentally Conscious Design Award,AIA Miami 1999
Excellence in Architecture:Honor Award,Unbuilt Design,AIA Florida/Caribbean 1998
Excellence in Architecture: Honor Award,Unbuilt Design,AIA Miami 1998
Excellence in Architecture: Honor Award,Unbuilt Design,AIA/Miami 1998
International Traveling Exhibition,NJIT/USA Institute Piazza Isola Competition 1998
Excellence in Architecture: Honor Award,Unbuilt Design,AIA Miami 1995
Young Architects Award,Progressive Architecture Magazine:Young Architects Issue 1993
First Award, Delray Beach National Affordable Infill House Competition 1992
Women in Architecture,National Building Museum Archives,selected portfolio 1992
Women in Architecture,Selected Portfolio:Architecture Magazine 1992
Excellence in Architecture:Honor Award Unbuilt Design,AIA Florida/Caribbean/Sasaki 1990
Design Merit/Exhibition Award,Peace Garden Competition,US Department of the Interior 1989
Research
Creative Work Grants Research+Teaching Grants
2011 US DOE/NREL Solar Decathlon Grant,PerFORM[D]once House, PI 2011
2011 US DOE Award for Solar Decathlon student housing,PI 2011
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/Wolfsonian-FIU Curatorial Grant,Lo Habana Moderna, PI 2010
American Institute of Architects Research +Publication Grant:Small Projects, PI 2009
American Institute of Architects Research +Publication Grant: Building Paradise, PI 2009
Graham Foundation:History Theory Lecture Series, FIU SOA;Rifkind,PI;Co-PI w/Stuart,Andia 2008
Cejas Research Fellowship,Miami Modern/La Habana Moderna 1930-59, PI.w/Conav6s 2008
University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning Urban Design Studio, PI 2007
American Institute of Architects Regional and Urban Design Committee Studio Travel Grant 2006
Graham Foundation:Miami Modern/La Habana Moderna 1930-59,w/Conov6s, Brooke,PI 2005
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam:The Flood/More Nostrum,PI 2005
American Institute of Architects/Miami (Admin):Miami Modern/La Habana Moderna, PI 2005
Community Trails Grant,Big Woods:Demonstration Affordable Rural Housing/Design 2005
Nickelodeon Grant, Playground:Big Woods,Demonstration Affordable Rural Housing/Design 2005
University of Miami Travel Fellowship: Bezalel Institute;Technion; University of Tel Aviv, Israel 2005
American Institute of Architects/COD:Dutch Housing Conference,NL;Studio Travel Grant 2004
Cuban Research Institute Travel Research Fellowship`.Miami Modern/Lo Habana Moderna 2004
Florida International University:Modern Dutch Housing Conference,NL. Studio Travel Grant 2004
Home Depot Foundation Grant,Big Woods:Demonstration Affordable Rural Housing/Design 2004
HUD/RHED Grant,Big Woods:Demonstration Affordable Rural Housing/Design 2003
Academy for the Art of Teaching/Wolf sonian:Instruments of Material Culture,PI,w/Conav6s 2001
AMR/American Airlines Foundation Grant,Graduate Studio Travel,Co-PI,w/J.Stuart 2000
Sponsored Research Grant,FIU,Co-PI,w/Nicolas Quintana,Co-PI 1999
Metro Dade County Art in Public Places Grant,Opo Locka Airport Entries/Team Member 1990
Aga Khan Research Grant,MIT: Cordoba, Spain:Historic Documentation,Student Team Member
Research
Creative Work Design Practice Exhibitions:Curatorial I Design
Lo Habana Moderna:The Wolfsonian-FIU Teaching Gallery at the Philip and Patricia Frost Art
Museum. Funding: Andrew W.Mellon Foundation;with Jon Mogul,The Wolfsonian-FIU 2010
Magic City I Novio del Mar:2nd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam/IABR:
The Flood I More Nostrum,Funding: IABR with Marta Canav6s 2005
Housing+Urban I Regional Design
Smoketown:Affordable infill/infrastructure,Louisville,KY:Bates Memorial Church/LMHA. 2008
University of New Mexico Mosterplan Design Charrette/Visioning Studies:Housing,Albq,NM 2007
Galata Housing, Bulgaria. Invited Design+ Planning Charrette 2006
Big Woods:Affordable rural housing,Morehead, KY:FHC,Kentucky Housing Corporation 2004
Little Haiti Scattered Site Housing:Affordable urban infill,Little Haiti/Miami,FL: 2002
FIU School of Architecture Practice and American Institute of Architects/Miami
Piazza Isola, Verona,Italy:Competition Entry 1998
Belvedere/Bridge and Tower:Miami Beach,FL:Townhomes,Miami Beach Historic District 1998
Mount Olive Housing:Affordable urban infill,Delray Beach, FL: Delray Beach CRA 1995
Williamson Residence,Miami,FL:Single-family residence for law professor and his family 1994
Matos-Lupi;Bake;Gudridge;Lisman Residences,Renovations/Additions,Miami, FL 1994
Roark Residence Miami Beach,FL:Additions/renovations to historic 1930's home 1993
Institutional Projects
Miami International Airport GSE Facility/South terminal Additions/Renovations, Miami,FL 2006
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam:Installation Design/Execution,Las Palmas 2005
Sunset Park Elementary School,Miami,FL:MDPS,Additions, Renovations 2003
Miami-Dade County Fire Station #32:Renovations/ADA 2001
USDA Fumigation Facility/Miami International Airport:MDAD: Renovations/expansion 2000
Urban Search and Rescue Team Training Facility/Miami-Dade County Fire Department 2000
Morilys R. Nepomechie FAIA 3
Research
Creative Work Design Practice Institutional Projects
Sawgross Education Complex,Coral Springs,FL,w/Sasaki Associates,Inc.,Designer 1993
Collier Medical Office Building,Naples,FL:With Sasaki Associates, Inc., Project Designer 1992
Hickory Point Recreation Facility,Tavares, FL:w/Sasaki Associates, Inc., Designer 1991
Sugar Sand Park Community Center,Boca Raton, FL:w/Sasaki Associates, Inc., Designer 1990
Research
Creative Work Publications Authored/Edited Books and Manuscripts
Miami Modern/La Habana Moderna, M.Nepomechie;S.Brooke/Photo,M.Canaves/Design 2013
Small Projects I Extraordinary Ideas, M.Nepomechie,SPP AG eds.,AIA 2012
AIA Guide to MIAMI I Building Paradise:An Architectural Guide to the Magic City,
M.Nepomechie;S. Brooke,photography,M.Canaves/Design;AIA Miami 2010
Bienal Miami+Beach 2001-2005:A retrospective,J.Canaves;M. Nepomechie,ed.;TRAMA 2007
Archipelagos: Outposts of the Americas,M.Nepomechie,R.Gonzalez,eds;ACSA Press 2004
Authored Articles and Book Chapters
"Case Study:Biscayne Plaza"in Shulman,Allan T.,ed.,Miami Modern Metropolis,Rizzoli 2008
"Introduction",Sustainable I Accessible THOR,Florida Atlantic University Community Design 2008
"Big Woods/Access"in Pressman,A.ed,Mau Design,Architectural Graphic Standards,Wiley 2007
"Projects/Letters",in Cole,Doris,Letters: Women in Architecture,Midmarch Arts Press 2006
"Little Haiti"in Narkiewicz-Laine,C.,ed.,New American Architecture,Metropolitan Arts 2006
"Miami/La Habana"in Geuze,Adrioan,ed.,IABR: The Flood, NAi Pub 2005
"Magic City/Novia del Mar"in de Baan;Christine,ed.,The More Nostrum Papers,IABR, NAi, 2005
"Quilting Home"and"Big Woods",in The Art/Science of Architecture:ACSA 2005
"Construction Documents".Emerging Professionals'Companion,w/M Paynton,AIA/NCARB 2004
"Review"of Oliver,P.,Dwellings:The vernacular house worldwide, in JA E,MIT Press 2004
"Public Space/Urban Beach",in Childs,M.,Square Design, University of New Mexico Press 2004
"Housing Diaspora",in Journal of Architectural Education,MIT Press 2003
"Scattered Site Infill, Little Haiti", in Recalibrating Centers and Margins,ACSA, 2003
"El Callejon Como Espacio Habitable",Punto 70:Revista Universitoria, UCV,Caracas 2003
"Krier/Tschumi:Two Schools...",in AULA 3: Tropical Miami,Tulane University Press, 2002
"Nostalgia and Change"ACSA International Conference Proceedings:Rio de Janeiro: 2001
"Exploding the Urban Block",ACSA Annual Conference Proceedings: 2001
"Rethinking MiMo",Editor,Symposium Proceedings,FIU and Design+Architecture Day 2001
"Preservation/Activism"in A. Pressman,Architectural Design...Handbook,McGraw-Hill 2001
"Habitable Interstices",in Proceedings,ACSA Annual Conference,LA, 2000
"Re-Membering the Adige",Modulus 25:Urban Intersections, University of Virginia Press, 2000
"William R.Mead,"in American National Biography,Garraty, JA,ed.,Oxford University Press 1999
"An Architecture of Memory and Inclusion",ACSA International Conference,Proceedings, 1999
"Unacceptable Echoes"in Places:A Quarterly Journal of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley 1997
Research
Creative Work Citations Reviews of Creative Work;multiple citations each source 1990-2011
Architect Magazine; Architecture Magazine: Progressive Architecture; Journal of Architectural
Education; Modulus: University of Virginia Architecture Journal; Thresholds/MIT Critical Journal of
Architecture, Art and Media Culture; Perspecta/Yale Architectural Journal (invited); Places: A
Quarterly Journal of Environmental Design/UC Berkeley;Architecture Boston;Architecture Ireland;
Ottagono: National Building Museum Archives; Competitions; Abitare; Florida/Caribbean
Architect; Residential Architect; SNAP; Palimpsests In Stone; Architecture Canada, Florida
Architecture: Florida AIA, 1912-2000; Scattered Houses/MOCA; Miami Herald; Nuevo Herald;
Florida Sun Times, FIU Magazine
Research
Creative Work Exhibitions Exhibitions of Creative Work
The 2011 National AIA Institute Honor Awards:Regional and Urban Design, New Orleans,LA 2011
The 2009 American Architecture Awards/Chicago Athenaeum+EUAR,Athens,Greece 2010
Miami/Havana,Miami International Airport,AIA National Convention,Miami,FL 2010
Boston Society of Architects/Build Boston,Unbuilt Design Awards,Boston,MA 2008
American Institute of Architects Miami/Freedom Tower,AIA Awards, Miami,FL, 2008
American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean Gallery,AIA Awards,Tallahassee,FL, 2008
A New American Campus:Visioning Studies/Housing,University of New Mexico,Albq.,NM 2007
New American Architecture:American Architecture Awards/Chicago Athenaeum:NYC/NY 2005
New American Architecture:American Architecture Awards/Chicago Athenaeum:LA/CA 2005
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam,more Nostrum/The Flood, Rotterdam, NL, 2005
Faculty Design and Collaborative Practice Awards,American Institute of Architects,LV/NV 2005
2004 American Architecture Awards,The Chicago Athenaeum Museum,Chicago,IL, 2005
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture,Faculty Design Award,Chicago, IL 2005
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Collaborative Practice Award,Chicago, IL 2005
Architecture and Building Sciences Gallery,AIA Awards FAMU,Tallahassee, FL, 2004
American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean Gallery,AIA Awards,Tallahassee,FL, 2004
BEA International Architecture Gallery,FIU,Faculty Work:Recent Projects,Miami, FL. 2004
Boston Society of Architects Architecture Gallery/Build Boston,Design Awards, Boston,M 2003
International Bienal Miami+Beach,Landscape Architecture/Public Projects,Miami,FL, 2003
BSA Architecture Gallery/Build Boston,BSA Design Awards, Boston,MA, 2002
Marilys R. Nepomechie FAIA 4
Research
Creative Work Exhibitions(cont.) Exhibitions of Creative Work
Architecture and Building Sciences Gallery,AIA Awards FAMU,Tallahassee, FL, 2002
American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean Gallery,AIA Awards,Tallahassee,FL, 2002
Museum of Contemporary Art,Little Haiti Affordable Infill Housing Competition, NM,FL, 2001
Architecture and Building Sciences Gallery,AIA Awards FAMU,Tallahassee, FL, 1999
American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean Gallery,AIA Awards,Tallahassee,FL, 1999
Architecture and Building Sciences Gallery,AIA Awards, FAMU,Tallahassee, FL, 1998
Veronafiore Gallery,NJIT/USA Piazza/solo Competition Exhibition,Verona,IT 1998
American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean Gallery,AIA Awards,Tallahassee,FL 1998
Bass Museum of Art:Architectural Detailing, Miami Beach,FL,Invited 1994
Yale University Architecture Gallery,Perspecto Affordable Housing Exhibition,New Haven 1993
Center for the Fine Arts/Miami Art Museum:Miami:Architecture in the Tropics,Miami, FL, 1993
Center for the Fine Arts/Miami Art Museum:New South Dade Charrette,Miami, FL, 1992
Cornell Museum of Art:Delray Affordable Infill House, Competition Entry, Delray Beach,FL, 1992
Piano Nobile Art Gallery:Buildings and Projects: Oil Pastels,Coral Gables,FL 1992
Continuum Art Gallery:Buildings:Oil Pastels,Juried Exhibition,Miami Beach,FL, 1992
Architecture and Building Sciences Gallery,AIA Awards, FAMU,Tallahassee, FL, 1990
American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean Gallery,AIA Awards,Tallahassee,FL, 1990
University of Miami Architecture Gallery: Sawgross Complex, Coral Gables, FL 1990
National Building Museum:National Peace Garden Competition Entry,Washington DC 1989
Washington University Architecture Gallery:Steedman Traveling Fellowship,STL,MO 1988
Columbia University Architecture Gallery:Aga Khan Grant Drawings:Cordoba, Spain, NYC 1984
MIT Architecture Gallery:Aga Khan Research Drawings:Cordoba, Spain,Cambridge,MA 1984
Research
Creative Work Presentations lectures,Presentations
"Small Project Design Awards and Retrospective,"AIA National Convention Washington DC 2012
"8 x 8 x 2 Projects,"AIA Women in Architecture and Young Architects Forum,Miami 2011
"Small Practices+the AIA 2030 Initiative,"AIA National Convention,New Orleans,LA 2011
"2011 Small Project Design Awards,"AIA National Convention,New Orleans,LA 2011
"AIA Top Ten Issues Forum,SPP",AIA National Convention, New Orleans, LA 2011
"Building Paradise: An Architectural Guide to the Magic City,"Wolfsonian-FIU,Miami,FL 2011
"Diverse Voices:Interconnections I Artist,Architect,Curator,"Arteamericas,Miami, FL 2011
"Building Paradise:Miami Architecture", University of Miami,Miami,FL 2011
"Urban Design Education," Discussant,ACSA Annual Meeting,Montreal,Canada 2011
"In a Man's World: Mentoring Women in Architecture,"Perkins+Will, 2011
"La Habana Moderna",Public Lecture,Frost Art Museum and the Wolfsonian-FIU 2010
"La Habana Moderna",Docents Presentation, Frost Art Museum and the Wolfsonian-FIU 2010
"2010 Small Projects Design Awards:In the Public Interest,"AIA National Convention 2010
"Chameleon Architects: In the Public Interest" Boston Society of Architects, Boston MA 2010
"Small Footprint, Long Shadow," Boston Society of Architects,Boston MA 2010
"Architecture on Television",Buell Center,Columbia University and AIA,New York,New York 2009
"Best Practices:Small Projects/Big Ideas",AIA National Convention,San Francisco,CA 2009
"Strategies for Small Project Production,"AIA national Convention,San Francisco,CA 2009
"Smoketown", Design Awards Seminar,AIA Florida/Caribbean Annual Conference,Boca, FL 2008
'Small Project Design Awards' Interview w/Michael Crosbie,2008 AIA National, Boston,MA 2008
"National Small Project Design Awards", Panel,AIA 2008 National Convention,Boston, MA 2008
"Best Practices:Advocacy,Collaboration", panel,AIA National Grassroots 2008,Wash., DC 2008
"Identidad Caribe",XXX Congreso Colombiono/Arquitectura,Barranquilla,Colombia,inv 2007
"Building Our Schools", Panelist,ACSA Administrators' Conference,Minneapolis,MN 2007
"Cuba Explored",Panelist, University of Pennsylvania Institute of Contemporary Art,Phil,PA 2007
"Collaborations", University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago,IL 2007
"Recent Work", University of Detroit Mercy,Detroit, MI (Invited) 2007
"Small Projects Awards"Presentation Panelist,AIA Annual Meeting,San Antonio,Texas 2007
"Educating Architects for Global Practice"The Walter Wagner Forum,panelist,AIA/LA,CA 2006
"Education/Practice/Community",AIA Florida/Caribbean Annual Meeting,Boca, FL, 2006
"Environments Real/Imagined",Agendas of Design in the Modern World:The Wolfsonian,FL 2005
"Between Cultures:Miami/Habana,"Center for Historic Architecture Preservation/UK,FL, 2005
"Promise of the Unbuiit:Boston Society of Architects," Panelist,Build Boston,Boston,MA, 2005
"Big Woods",Faculty Design/Research Awards:ACSA Annual Meeting,Chicago,IL 2005
"Big Woods",Collaborative Practice Awards:ACSA Annual Meeting,Chicago,IL 2005
"Accreditation Team Room", Presentation, NAAB Team Chair Workshop,Chicago,IL, 2005
"Miami/La Habana",Mare Nostrum Symposium/Social Issues:Panelist/Curator,IABR, NAi, NL 2005
"Miami/La Habana",Mare Nostrum Research Forum,IABR:Rotterdam,NL 2005
Commencement Address/Spring,Florida international University,Miami,FL, 2005
"Modern Dutch Housing", Panelist,AIA/COD International Conference,Amsterdam, NL, 2004
"Quilting Home,"University of Wisconsin School of Architecture/Latin American Center,WI 2004
"Sixty Square Meters"Affordable Housing Symposium, University of Illinois/Chicago,IL, 2003
"Big Woods:Housing,Community,Engagement", Keynote, Governor's Housing Conf., KY, 2003
"4 Houses/14 Acres: Affordable Housing for Rural Appalachia", UK,Lexington,KY, 2003
"Architecture and Identity: A Working Method",Spring Lecture Series,UK,Lexington,KY, 2003
"Big Woods"Kentucky Housing Corporation and University of Kentucky,Frankfort,KY 2003
Morilys R. Nepomechie FAIA 5
Creative Work Lectures(cont) Lectures,Presentations
Research "Scattered Houses: Little Haiti", Faculty Design,ACSA Annual Meeting,Louisville,KY 2003
"Vivienda",Conferencia Magistral/Keynote,XIII Bienal de Arquitectura,Quito, Ecuador 2002
"Urban Infill/Preservation",International Making Cities Livable Conference,St.Augustine, FL 2002
"NAAB Accreditation/Program Preparation", University of Colorado, Denver CO 2002
"Team Room Preparation: Best Practices", NAAB/ACSA Workshop,New Orleans, 2002
"Nostalgia and Change",ACSA International Conference, Istanbul,Turkey 2001
"Work", University of South Florida School of Architecture Spring Lecture Series,Tampa, FL 2001
"El Callej6n: Espacio Habitable", UCV Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo.Caracas, VE 2001
"Exploding the Urban Block",ACSA 2001 Annual Conference, Baltimore MD, 2001
"Recent Work",The John Gow Meem International Lecture Series,UNM,Albuquerque,NM 2000
"Habitable Interstices",ACSA Annual Conference,Los Angeles,CA, 2000
"Rethinking MiMo",Co-Moderator,Panel Discussion,Design+Architecture Day,Miami,FL, 2000
"Recent Work", U Miami School of Architecture Professional Lecture Series,Miami,FL, 1999
"An Alternative Urbanism...",ACSA SE Regional Conference:San Juan,PR 1999
"Re-Membering the Adige",ACSA International Conference: Rome,Italy, 1999
'Toward Environmental Stewardship",ACSA West Regional Meeting,UC, Berkeley,CA, 1998
"Slave Roots and Preservation",ACSA International Conference,Rio de Janeiro,Brazil 1998
"Piazza Isola,Verona,"Universidad Polit6cnica de Puerto Rico,Visiting Critic Lecture,SJ, PR 1997
"The Shotgun Reconsidered",AIA National Diversity Conference:w/Jack Travis,Seattle,WA 1997
Service
Public Profession Professional Juries,Panels
Jury Observer,AIA National 2012 Small Projects Design Awards 2012
Jury Member,Jeff Harnor 2012 Award for Contemporary Architecture 2012
Jury Member,AIA National Housing Design Awards 2011
Jury Member,Notional US HUD Secretary(Housing and Urban Development) Design Awards 2011
Jury Chair,AIA South Carolina Design Biannual Awards 2011
Jury Advisor,AIA Notional Small Project Practitioners Design Awards 2010
Jury Member,AIA Florida Southwest Annual Design Awards 2010
Jury Member,AIA Orlando Annual Design Awards 2010
Jury Member,AIA Florida William G.McMinn Outstanding Educator Award 2010
Jury Chair,AIA Florida William G.McMinn Outstanding Educator Award 2009
Jury Member,Walter Wagner Forum,American Institute of Architects(National)/EPN 2009
Jury Member,AIA Miami 2008 Silver Medal 2008
Jury Member AIA Western Virginia 208 Design Awards (invited) 2008
Jury Member,The Wolfsonian Research Fellowships 2008-2009 2008
Jury Member,Miami-Dace County Cultural Arts Grants 2002-Present
Jury Member Bienal Miami+Beach 2007 2007
Jury Chair/Host,AIA Orlando Annual Design Awards 2006
Jury Member,2006 ACSA/AIA Topaz Medallion 2005
Jury Member,Architecture Magazine 'Home of the Year'Design Awards 2005
Jury Member,Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Design Awards 2005
Jury Member,Bienal Miami+Beach Possible Futures Digital Design Competition,Phase II 2005
Jury Chair,Bienal Miami+Beach, International Student Design Competition 2005
Jury Member,Miami Dade Cultural Arts Council Capital Development Grants Panel 2001-2005
Jury Member,AIA Ft. Lauderdale Design Awards 2004
Jury Member,Spanish Lang Publications:History/Theory, XIII Bienal de Arquitectura,Quito 2003
Symposium Director:The Wolfsonian-FIU:Instruments of a Material Culture w/M.Conov6s 2000
Service
Academic NAAB NAAB Visiting Teams: Team Chair: Rochester Institute of Technology(Candidacy) 2011
ACSA Representative University of Virginia 2009
New Jersey Institute of Technology 2008
University Southern California 2007
Virginia Polytechnic Institute+ DC Consortium 2006
Team Member: Temple University 2011
University of New Mexico (observer) 2006
University Nevada Las Vegas 2005
University California Los Angeles 2004
Princeton University 2003
Service
Academic University Selected Academic Committees(Florida International University)
University Strategic Planning Committee: The Arts 2010-201 1
Chair,Faculty Assembly,College of Architecture+The Arts 2009-201 1
Chair,Steering Committee,College of Architecture+The Arts 2009-201 1
University Institutional Review Board (IRB) 2010-
Dean Search Committee,College of Architecture+The Arts 2010
Ad-Hoc Budget Review Committee,College of Architecture+the Arts 2009
Steering Committee,SOA Representative,College of Architecture+the Arts 2009
SACS Accreditation Steering Committee:QEP/Internationalizing the Curriculum 2007-2010
Chair,School of Architecture Curriculum+Academic Standards Committee 2007-
Architecture Program Curriculum Design (Graduate, Undergraduate: 4+2 and 5-year) 2003,2008
Architecture Program Report/Co-Curator: NAAB Architecture Accreditation Exhibit 2002
Marilys R. Nepomechie FAIA 6
Service
Academic University(cont.) Selected Academic Committees(Florida International University)
The Wolfsonion-FIU Museum,Executive Committee,Academic Advisory Council 2000-Present
Academy for the Art of Teaching,Advisory Council,FIU 2003-Present
President's Advisory Committee on Women, FIU 2001-Present
University Honors and Awards Committee, FIU 2005-2007
University Graduate Council, Evaluation of Graduate Degrees/Programs, FIU 2004-2006
College of Architecture+The Arts Promotion I Tenure+Curriculum Committees 2006-Present
School of Architecture Academic Standards Committee Chair 2006-Present
School of Architecture Representative,College Curriculum Committee 2006-Present
Graduate Admissions Committee,School of Architecture 1997--Present
Chair:Search,Tenure,Promotion Committees: Architecture,Landscape,Interiors Ongoing
University Faculty Senate/Senate Nominating Committee:Member,then Chair, FIU 2000-2002
University Library Committee: Collection Development/Acquisitions,FIU 2000-2003
Inaugural Director, Florida International University Professional Program,Architecture 1997-2000
Service
Public( Community Selected Community Boards and Service
Miami-Dade County Cultural Arts Council:Grants Panelist 2000-
City of Miami Beach Architectural Design Review Board 2002-2003
The Arango Design Foundation/Design+Architecture Days: 2000-2001
Chair/Curator Intercollegiate Student Design Charrettes,Exhibitions,Symposia
Architecture In the Public Realm and Rethinking MiMO(Miami Modern)
City of Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board 1999-2001
City of Miami Urban Development Review Board 1999-2000
Fundraising US Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon: 2010-2011
Professional Services: Architecture,Structural Engineering,MEP,General Contractor I CM
In-kind Materials/Services:IKEA,SolarUS,Sunpower, NanaWall, Diakin,Tridium,and others.
Project budget: Approximately$500,000 (in progress)
Teaching Teaching Areas
Architectural Design+Thesis; Sustainable Design;Building Systems Integration
History I Theory:Modernism+Tourism:La Habana I Miami; Research Methods in Architecture
Sustalnability I Green Design:Co-Founder,Interdisciplinary Certificate Program for Sustainable
Construction w/College of Engineering (Departments of Architecture,Landscape Architecture,
Interior Design,Mechanical Engineering,Environmental Engineering,Construction Management)
Principal Investigator ( Lead Faculty Advisor
US Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon:FIU PerFORM[D]ance House 2009-2011
www.solardecathlon.gov and htto://solardecath(on.fiu.edu
Student Exhibitions,Presentations,Awards[Selected]:
Presentation: Miami-Dade County Public Schools"Sustainable Design Education" 2011
Presentations:Miami-Dade County Public Schools Engineering Expo 2011
Exhibition: Coral Gables Museum 2011
Paper Selected for Presentation:NAHAB International Builders Show 2011
Exhibition: NHAB International Builders Show 2011
Exhibition: National Education Association, Chicago 2011
Exhibition:National Building Museum,Washington DC 2010
Exhibition l Presentation: Future of Florida High Tech Expo,Florida Chamber 2010
Exhibition: National Renewable Energy Laboratory(NREL) 2010
Exhibition: Arts Preview, Phillip+Patricia Frost Art Museum 2010
Finalist,Sustainable South Florida Award,Miami Chamber of Commerce 2010
Award: Excellence in Student Design,AIA Miami 2010
Exhibition: 2010 AIA Miami Design Awards 2010
Exhibition: Perkins+Will 751h Anniversary Gala 2010
Doctoral Dissertation Committee, College of Health and Urban Affairs Public Policy
Garzon,Zhayda, "Housing Partnerships" 2008-2011
Faculty Advisor and Research Associate, University Honors College
Thomas Pupo, "Midcentury Modernism: La Habana,Cuba" 2010-2011
Professional
Registration Llcensure Registered Architect,State of Florida: AR#1 1 173
Registered Interior Designer,State of Florida:ID #3942
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
Professional Organizations
Affiliations I Positions Professional Affiliations I Positions
Architectural Record Magazine Editorial Advisory Board 2009-201 1
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture,National I ACSA
Co-Chair,ACSA 92nd Annual Meeting: Archipelagos: Outposts of the Americas 2004
Representative to NAAB Accreditation Review Conference EAM Task Force 2008
Chair: Social Responsibility Task Force:NAAB Accreditation Review Conference 2007
Marilys R. Nepomechie FAIA 7
Professional Organizations(cont.)
Affiliations+ Positions Professional Affiliations I Positions
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture,National I ACSA,(cont.)
Faculty Councilor,School of Architecture 2003-2008
Chair,Nominating Committee,ACSA 2005 SE Regional Director 2005
Jury Member,ACSA/AIA Topaz Medallion 2005
Architecture Accreditation Board,National I NAAB
Accreditation Team Chair and Member(See 'Academic Service',above) 2003-
Preparation for the 2008 ARC: Emerging Accreditation Models 2008
Innovative Models of Accreditation: Subcommittee Co-Chair
American Institute of Architects,National ( AIA
National Knowledge Leadership Assembly/Advisory Group,SPP 2007-201 1
Director I Advisor, National Small Projects Awards Program 2010
Chair,Small Projects Practice Advisory Group 2010
Vice-Chair,Chair-Elect Small Projects Practice Advisory Group 2009
AIA National 2030 Steering Committee 2009-
AIA National Small Firms Task Force 2009-
AIA 2009 The Architects Challenge 2009
AIA 2009 National Convention Education Advisory Committee 2008
AIA 2009 National Strategic Advance 2008
AIA 150 Design Charrette Team Leader: Everglades Greenway 2007
AIA College of Fellows,Inducted 2005 2005-
AIA Board of Directors,Miami Chapter 1987+2000
DOCOMOMO Florida
Board of Directors 2006-2008
Blenal Miami+Beach
International Interdisciplinary Design Exposition,Competitions+Symposia
Board of Directors 2007-
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