JOSHUA B. DOWNES
Designs With Context
I graduated the University of Illinois in May 2020, and have since dedicated my professional skills to designing spaces in context. I wish to help create narratives in spaces by working closely with the client and the design team, especially as part of an integrated project delivery system that creates spaces that affect and heal the viewer both physically and mentally through encouraging healthy life choices. I also have particular interest in behavioral health practices and design, in particular aiding those who are Neurodivergent.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Professional Practice Background
Feb. 2021 - April 2023
Designer, OAG Architects
Benicia, California
• Used Vectorworks to draw floor, roof, electrical, elevation, section, interior, and
foundation plans based off of project manager’s requests
• Dimensioned and organized construction documents for housing developements in
Sacramento and Northern California, including combining and exporting plans
• Helped draw/develop construction details for wood-frame buildings
• Created renderings of elevations through Vectorworks and Photoshop
• Created color application guides for housing developments
• Calculated ventilation of houses in developments
May 2019 - Aug. 2019
Architectural Intern, Ware Malcomb
Pleasanton, California
• Designed interiors for offices and small businesses
• Organized swatch librarires and filled sample request forms
• Used CAD and Revit to complete construction documents
Jan. 2013 - Sept. 2013
Designer, William Fisher Architects
Santa Cruz, California
• Designed theoretical apartment complex and private community center in Santa Cruz
Boardwalk area for sixty plus families of four using CAD as a possible way to improve
land value of area
• Performed land surveys for potential future building sites based on the current land
specifications for the County of Santa Cruz, the City of Santa Cruz, and the Town of
Capitola.