Qualifications:
LEED Accredited Professional, BD+C , Architect
Education:
University of Oregon, Masters of Architecture and Ecological Design Certificate, 2012
Ball State University, Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design, 2007
Hobbies:
Remodeling her 1915 home with her husband, Backpacking, Biking, Gardening, Crafting.
Bio:
Jenn is a LEED Accredited Professional licensed architect in Oregon and Washington. Her interests in community-focused affordable housing and food security stem from research and studies of favelas in Brazil alongside her love for gardening and living self-sufficiently.
Jenn seeks to design and work collaboratively in a way that empowers people to (re)use local resources and to share knowledge to solve socio-economic problems while making beautiful, inspiring, and engaging spaces for all. Her work on multiple types and scales of projects includes Astoria Food Hub, Powell’s Books, Amity Reuse, Roserock North Production Winery, Penner-Ash Winery Addition and Tasting Pavilion, Eagle’s Nest Winery, Idiot’s Grace Winery & Tasting Room, A to Z / Rex Hill Wines, multiple ADUs, and private residences and remodels. Her ongoing distraction is a remodel of her own century-old house. As a previous volunteer board member for the Build Local Alliance and volunteer with Solar Oregon, she supports educational, fun events focused on local wood and solar energy.
Drastic landscapes and the sustainably-minded culture of Portland brought this Midwest transplant to Oregon in 2008 from the flat corn fields of central Indiana. The Pacific Northwest outdoors beckons after working on remodels at work and home. She enjoys backpacking, commuting and camping by bike, fermenting and wild-harvesting all things, and crafting furniture or artsy projects with repurposed materials.