nicholas proia cecchi



architecture.design.computation.fabrication.words.



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designed objects





Selected Designed Objects




VASE LE ROC



ADDITIVELY FABRICATED CERAMIC



LUMINAIRE LE ROC



RESIN IMPREGNATED PAPER



TABLE LE ROC



STEEL, CHROME



PZZL TRIVET



STAINLESS STEEL



VOID JEWEL BOX



CNC MILLED ASH, STAINLESS STEEL



TABLE LE ROC PLUSIEUR



STEEL, ELECTROSTATIC PAINT



LUMINAIRE



ADDITIVELY FABRICATED ABS PLASTIC



CUFF LINKS



ADDITIVELY FABRICATED STAINLESS STEEL



JEWELRY BOX



ASH, PADAUK (WOOD)



LUMINAIRE



CAST STONE



HYPAR NECKLACE



ADDITIVELY FABRICATED STAINLESS STEEL



SURFACE STUDIES



ACRYLIC, ADDITVELY FABRICATED PLA PLASTIC



NODE STUDY



ADDITIVELY FABRICATED ABS PLASTIC, PAPER



LUMINAIRE BIOLOGIQUE



ADDITIVELY FABRICATED ABS PLASTIC



NEWCITY EXPO CHICAGO 2016 POSTER



INKJET ON BOND



INSTALLATION INCLINATIONS





Structures, Installations, Environments



MINIMAL FABRIC



DESIGN BUILD \\ FABRIC, THREAD





Chicago, IL, USA

15' x 10' x 10'

2016

Completed



SECURITY GATE



DESIGN BUILD \\ MILLED AND LACQUERED BALTIC BIRCH





Chicago, IL, USA

8' x 60'

2015

Completed

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GRID SHELL



DESIGN \\ PAPER TUBES, 3D PRINTED PLASTIC NODES





Mobile Structure

20' x 16' x 10'

2014

Completed Prototype



SQUARE ROOTS CAFE FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT CONCEPT



DESIGN \\ PROGRAMMING, BRANDING, INTERIORS,





Chicago, IL, USA

950 ft.2

2015

Completed Concept Study



STOREFRONT DISPLAY



DESIGN BUILD \\ LIGHTING





Chicago, IL, USA

600 ft2

2015-2016



WRITING ARCHITECTURE





Recent Things



EDITORIAL



LUCAS MUSEUM



EDITORIAL



ADAPTIVE RE-USE IN LIGHT OF
TRIBUNE TOWER SALE.



TRAVELOGUE



MILWAUKEE



CRITICISM



CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION:
50 Designers/50 Ideas/ 50 Wards



REVIEW



AFRICAN MODERNISM: Architecture
of Independence at Graham Foundation



INTERVIEW



AMANDA WILLIAMS



CRITICISM



CHINATOWN BRANCH LIBRARY



INTERVIEW



ARANDA\LASCH



CRITICISM



Loop Link BRT



CRITICISM



Fields of Color: Amanda Williams at
the Chicago Architecture Biennial



URBANISM



Denver Cultural District



REVIEW



MCHAP Awards Soiree



PROFILE



Future Firm



REVIEW



Lina Bo Bardi: Together
Graham Foundation



CRITICISM



Independent Architecture's Catamount
Cluster Housing



About ME



Nicholas Cecchi is an architect born in Denver and educated in New Orleans. Following completion of his degree, he worked briefly in single-family residential architecture before leading the design department of a Denver-based boutique architectural and sculptural design and fabrication studio for three years. This time provided invaluable experience in computation, digital and analog fabrication techniques, material properties, and the opportunity to build numerous experimental projects. In 2014, Nicholas moved to Chicago to apply his skills to projects in mixed-use commercial, master-planning, and educational architecture.

Nicholas believes architecture must not merely frame people's lives, but participate in and anticipate the drastic changes taking place in our society, technology, and environment. He seeks to integrate the traditionally segregated domains of academic and professional practice, fabrication and design, criticism and praxis, while participating in an ongoing dialogue with the public who must experience architecture daily. Nicholas is a published architecture writer, contributing to various leading publications, serving on academic reviews, and writing a regular column of criticism for Chicago-based independent newspaper New City. He has served as a guest lecturer and co-instructor for 3rd and 5th year design studios at Illinois Institute of Technology, and continues to contribute lectures, writings, and exercises to other professor's studios. Nicholas tries to give back through service-oriented design projects, volunteer work, and community organizations.

Writing this in the third person made him extremely uncomfortable.​


CURRICULUM VITAE
PORTFOLIO



Current Professional Positions:


ARCHITECT
Studio Gang
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Illinois Institute of Technology
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN CRITIC
New City

NICHOLAS PROIA CECCHI


npc@nicholascecchi.com

312.487.1392

Bridgeport, Chicago, IL, USA