NURTURING SMART AND BEAUTIFUL DESIGN

with a little northwest soul

I’m a nature loving architect for health pursuing design for all from my native Portland, Oregon

Which loosely means that by day I work on healthcare projects for some of the best providers around at one of the most innovative firms in the world. By night, and weekend, and any other chance I get, I’m an amateur National Park researcher, American West aficionado, and curious road-tripper not above any dusty roadside attraction or kitschy story.

We all deserve to be well

I believe that healthcare design is not limited to hospitals and clinics. There is opportunity to embrace good health for mind, body, and soul in each project we touch as creative professionals and each moment we live as human beings.

Good design is found in thoughtful responses to complex problems. It’s found in collaboration of designers, caregivers, and communities. It’s found in our individual gut instincts and a relentless curiosity.

Everything we design from our mega-cities to micro-spaces must honor the context in which it’s located. Architecture for health is rooted in regionalism, meaning there is no one-size-fits-all solution that applies to every condition, every time.

Above all, I believe we are stewards of our greater environments. We must ensure that the decisions we make here do not cause undue harm elsewhere. To be well means to live our best while pursuing the best for others. This is the greatest service that our generation can render to those that follow.

Education

  • Washington State University: BS Architectural Studies, 2007

  • University of Oregon: Master of Architecture, 2009

Registration

  • State of Washington Registered Architect, 2014

  • State of Oregon Registered Architect, 2016

Certification

  • Evidence Based Design Certification, 2019

  • American College of Healthcare Architects Board Certification, 2020

Affiliation

  • American College of Healthcare Architects: Continuing Competency Committee Member

  • Academy of Architecture for Health: Communications Committee Co-Chair

  • Architecture for Health Committee: Past Board Member

Hop in, let’s go.

Simulation Board. To design a campsite is an exercise in architecture at an intimate scale. We don’t often get to design our homes from scratch, but take to the outdoors with a handpicked tent, gear to cook, and favorite chair or cot to relax
The Pacific. We usually find ourselves on the last night of our roadtrips in places like Boise, Eureka, or Redmond… not exactly glamours, and just far enough of a drive away from home to make one last stop worth it. We intuitively know things
Tokyo. West side, best side? We logged some final miles through the more know landmarks. Koi and bamboo, more funny facades, Godzilla (obviously). Check, check, check. Then off on some longer subway stretches to a few remaining stop: the prettiest a
Kyoto. Like great and popular outdoor locations, travel a few hundred yards off the common path and you’re bound to find some peace, quiet, and spots seemingly to yourself. Like a jazz bar that’s been spinning 5,000 records since 1970
Tenkawa, literally: “River of Heaven”. Just… do yourself a favor and go here. The most peaceful village with a rich culture is nestled into the mountains. Tenkawa Daibenzaiten Shrine was built in the 7th century is one of Japan's
Ise Shima National Park. There are few key places that have been influential in my path to becoming an architect. The Shinto shrine complex Ise Jingū is one of them. Established in 4 BC by a princess who had spent 20 years looking for the most sacr
Meiji Mura. You’ll be shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that an open air architectural museum focused on turn of the 20th Century construction isn’t as popular as a monkey park. That’s at least our assumption as the four tour busses we wer
Takayama. How to make us nope out of a place in 3 simple words: Popular with Tourists. So Takayama probably wasn’t our best idea. But architects gotta architect and my threshold for the madness is a little higher (not by much) when it come t
Chūbu-Sangaku National Park. We barely scratched the surface of one of the original Japanese parks. Dating from 1934, it’s know for its crazy peaks in the Northern Alps. The seemingly endless rolling green hills are what took our breaths away
Hakuba. A Kengo Kuma designed Snow Peak Landstation overlooks the Northern Alps and some of the Nagano Olympic sites. That is, until the clouds roll in. The pouring rain while we had lunch ended up being chill precursor to the construction and wildli
Myoko and Shinano. A core tenant of the Nate and Jenny Roadtrip is to prioritize back roads and small towns. Aside from the scenery, more often than not you discover a random attraction for which a community is fiercely proud, and rightly so. Enter
Snow Peak HQ. There are not enough words to describe how special of a place this is. Snow Peak entered our lives as a well designed outdoor product line and evolved into a warm community of some of the most wonderful, down to earth people across the

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“How we treat our land, how we build upon it, how we act toward our air and water, in the long run, will tell what kind of people we really are.”

— Laurence S. Rockefeller