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KPF mentors reviewing portfolios with students during the NOMAS visits.
This week, members from the KPF community group provided insight into the portfolio designs of 14 local students from NOMAS.
The event began with an introduction to KPF’s practice, led by Associate Principal Yafei Zhang, highlighting the firm’s structure and expertise. NOMAS alumni at KPF, including Yafei, as well as Nika Mo, Cristina Mock, and Gladis Adorno, hosted a Q&A session, providing insight into their career paths and how they stay involved in the greater architecture community. The main event of the night was two rounds of one-on-one portfolio reviews between students and KPF mentors, working with students who attended the event in person as well as online.
The event was planned and organized by Yafei, Christina Brown, Josh Chaiken, Mathieu Comqard, and Kavitha Mathew. The portfolio reviewers from KPF were Justin Pang, Jindian Fu, Remy Mermelstein, Danielle Aspitz, Quoc Dang, Mustafa Khan, Ian Leung, Martha Thomas, Yuan Li, Liza Otto, Yumeng Liu, Min Kim, Jules Kleitman, Morta Bautrenaite, Cristina Mock, Nika Mo, Gladis Adorno, Yennifer Diaz, and Jacob Wong.
Students represented Pratt Institute, the City College of New York, Columbia University, and Kean University. NOMAS is the student chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects. Learn more about the organization and participating chapters here.
KPF Public is a community group dedicated to addressing issues of racial and social inequality and combatting the inequities that exist within the profession and the built environment. Learn more about the group here.