LUCIANA MISI, ASSOC AIA

Twelve years of architectural and design experienceLuciana brings a Brazilian background, and all the architectural elements that accompany a tropical and sub-tropical climate, such as passive ventilation, open floorplans, natural daylighting, rich social and outdoor lifestyles and convertible spaces that create seamless interaction of the outdoors and indoors.  She has high standards of design - standards that are site-specific and respectful of the surrounding environment.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Architectural design:

single & multi-family
commercial office
mixed-use
retail
urban infill
live/work design
green building (including LEED) design & consulting
Development
economic & development feasibility study
design-build
property development
project financing
planning
concept development
Site Development
site analysis
development feasibility studies
EDUCATION
  • Bachelors of Architecture - University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture - 2005
  • Austin Community College, 2000 - 2001
  • Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, 1996 - 1999, 5-year Architecture Program
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
  • 2008 Riverview Condominiums - AIA Homes Tour - 2008
  • Vice President of Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Fall 2003 (Merit-based scholarship)
  • Ford Centennial Chair, Fall 2003 (Merit-based scholarship)
  • Brandon Shaw Memorial, Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 (Merit-based scholarship)
  • Participated in the Texas Society of Architects student design competition; was recognized for addressing site planning considerations, Fall 2002
  • Luciana's design was selected as the model of choice for an affordable living design-build studio project in Sonora, Mexico for the indigenous Yaqui community, 2004
EXPERIENCE
2006 - Present
Principal
Lamme & Misi Urban Studio, Austin, TX2006 - Present
Partner
City Bloc Development LLC, Austin, TX2002 - 2006
Sole Owner
Misi Design Services, Austin, TX2005 - 2006
Project Manager
Team Haas Architects - Austin, TX2004 - 2005
Intern
Dick Clark Architecture - Austin, TX 2001 - 2002
Intern
LZT Architects - Austin, TX1999
Intern
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - Chicago, Illinois1998
Intern
Lohan Associates - Chicago, IL1998
Intern
AFA Arquitetos - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil1997-2000
Independent Drafting & Model Contractor
Contractor - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil


photo by Steve Hix

PROJECTS OF NOTE

  • House of Tutors, Austin, TX (project manager)
  • South Congress Lofts, Austin, TX (intern)
  • Caswell Lofts, Austin, TX (design team member)
  • 30th and Guadalupe, Austin, TX (design team member)
  • ARCH Resource Center for the Homeless, Austin, TX (design team member)
  • 2108 Haskell Street (design-build)
  • 42 Robert Martinez (urban-infill conceptual design)
  • 2915 Webberville (Feasibility study and concept design for a 90 unit mixed-use condominium project)
  • Pflugerville Land Plan (land development and concept design for 40 acre "New Urbanist" development)
  • 303 Nixon Drive (renovation and addition)
  • West Lake Residences (design)
  • Lost Creek Home (interior and exterior finish-out)
  • 2008 Riverview Condominiums (urban-infill design-build)
  • Bramlett residence (renovation & addition)
  • Holly Hill Condominiums (multi-family urban-infill conceptual design)
  • Hether Condominiums (urban-infill conceptual design)
  • Govalle Affordable Co-Housing (affordable urban-infill housing conceptual design)