Architecture and Design—
2023-Present / Architect. GENTRY. Honolulu, Hawai'i.
2021-2022 / Design Lead, Project Manager. MAPOS. New York, New York.
2019-2021 / Designer. BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group. Brooklyn, New York.
2019 Spring / Intern. Studio Cadena. Brooklyn, New York.
2019 Winter / Extern. BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group. Brooklyn, New York.
2018 Summer / Research. Columbia GSAPP Summer Workshop. Havana, Cuba.
2017 Summer / Intern. Kevin Miyamura Architects. Honolulu, Hawai'i.
2017-2019 / Assistant Editor. Abstract. Columbia GSAPP. New York, New York.
2014-2016 / Graphic Designer and Furniture Designer. Freelance. Haleiwa, Hawai'i.
Fine Art—
2023 / Opening Show, Gangway Gallery, Honolulu, Hawai'i.
Publications and Research—
2020 / Jacob Karasik and Jake Rosenwald. "Pop-Up City." Ideas Competition Submission. Pandemic Architecture. Archisearch. (Awarded Top 50).
2020 / Jacob Edwin Karasik and Jean-Pierre Villafane. "Productivist Functionalism." Chapter in (Radical) Functionalism in Latin America. Ed. Luis Carranza. New York: Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning, and Preservation. pp. 156-177.
2020 / Research and Drawing Contributions to: New York Public Design Commission. "Designing New York: Prefabrication in the Public Realm." City of New York.
2020 / Werle, Shannon. Editor. Jacob Karasik, Aayushi Joshi. Assistant Editors. Abstract 2019. New York: Actar D Inc.
2019 / Werle, Shannon. Editor. Jacob Karasik, Pablo Taberna, Alica French. Assistant Editors. Abstract 2018. New York: Actar D Inc.
2018 / Seegers, Jesse. Editor. Shannon Werle, Michael Nickerson, Jacob Karasik, Alicia French. Assistant Editors. Abstract 2017. New York: Actar D Inc.
Published Projects I worked on—
2019 / Wildflower Studios. BIG. Queens, New York.
2019 / Oceanix City. BIG. The Ocean.
2019 / Kimball Art Center. BIG. Park City, Utah.
2019 / Smithsonian Museum Campus Master Plan. BIG. Washington, District of Columbia.
2020 / Miami Produce. BIG. Miami, Florida.
2020 / Downtown Brooklyn Public Realm Master Plan. BIG. Brooklyn, New York.
Education —
2016-2019 / Master of Architecture. Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation, and Planning. New York, New York.
2005-2009 / Bachelor of Arts. Magna Cum Laude. History (Departmental Honors). Loyola University Chicago. Chicago, Illinois.
Previous Life—
2011-2015 / Manager, External Affairs. Teach For America Hawai'i. Honolulu, Hawai'i.
2011 Spring / Special Project. Teach For America New Mexico. Gallup, New Mexico
2009-2011 / History Teacher. Navajo Pine High School. Navajo, New Mexico.
Public Service—
2021/ Fellow - Gowanus Neighborhood Design Fellowship. Van Alen Institute. Brooklyn, New York
2012-2020 / Medical Sergeant - Combat Medic. Army Reserves. Honolulu, Hawai'i and Brooklyn, New York
2014-2015 / Founding Board Member, Secretary, and Treasurer. DreamHouse, INC. (Charter School Non-Profit). Ewa Beach, Hawai'i
2009-2011 / Americorps Member. Teach For America-New Mexico. Navajo, New Mexico.
Licenses and Accreditations—
Registered Architect / State of New York
Registered Architect / State of Hawai'i
LEED Green Associate / USGBC