Esti Shapiro is a multidisciplinary designer, writer, and researcher based between Chicago and Denver.
Practice
Design and Research Associate | Outwith Studio 2023-
Marketing and Outreach Coordinator | Canopy / architecture + design | Chicago, IL 2022-2023
Designer | saam architecture | Boston, MA 2019-2020
Design Intern | Architectural Workshop | Denver, CO 2017-2018
Teaching
Adjunct Professor | Columbia College Chicago 2022-
Digital Media for Interior Architecture
Teaching Assistant | School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2020-2021
Undergraduate Thesis I, Visual and Critical Studies Department
Teaching Assistant | Wentworth Institute of Technology 2018
Second Year Undergraduate Architecture Studio
Education
Master of Arts in Visual and Critical Studies | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Master of Architecture | Wentworth Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Architecture | Wentworth Institute of Technology
Publications
Graduate Editor of “Intercollegiate Art History Symposium” | Artists Need Art Historians 2022
Editor-in-Chief of “Volume 9: Movement” | Wentworth Architecture review 2019
Editor-in-Chief of “Volume 8: Color” | Wentworth Architecture review 2018
Managing Editor of “Volume 7: Impact” | Wentworth Architecture review 2017
Editor of “Volume 6: Make” | Wentworth Architecture review 2016
Recognition
MAVCS Graduate Fellowship Award | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Graduating Student Leadership Award | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Third Place, Affordable Housing Development Competition | FHL Bank of Boston
Alpha Rho Chi Medal | Wentworth Institute of Technology
Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts
President’s Award in Architecture | Wentworth Institute of Technology
Paragon Award for Student Leadership | Wentworth Institute of Technology
shapiroesti@gmail.com
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