2015 Gerdes Folio

STATEMENT Christopher Hajime Gerdes, LEED Green Associate(Current) EuroAsiaParkApartments•25WoodleighClose,#06-20•Singapore357920•(+65)90828466(Home) 3514South94thSt.•Omaha,NE68124USA•(402)677-4507•chgerdes@gmail.com•skype:gerdalert

Professional & Educational Aspirations

Christopher H. Gerdes grew up in Omaha, Nebraska.He is a designer holding a Bachelors of Artsin Public Policy from Vanderbilt University and a Masterof Architecture from the University of Michigan.

With a strong interdisciplinary background in the socialsciences, his research focus on urbanism, communication and systems theory. His current interests lies in understanding how environmental information and urban computing are influencing the city.

He believes that an architect’s ability for rigorous,critical, and reflective analysis of the built environmentcan lead to a re-empowering role for the profession asadvocates and stewards of positive social change.

Chris has experience learning, living, and workingabroad in diverse cultural environments; always strivingto work with others in a collaborative manner.

He is an avid tennis player, film aficionado, and currently learning Mandarin in his spare time. He is also bilingual in English and Japanese.

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