From a young age growing up in Nigeria, I have always been interested in how buildings define a place or space. I wanted to know more about why we design our space the way we do and what significance does one design have over the other; this sparked an interest in Architecture for me. During...
Source Image - https://www.serebii.net/pokearth/kalos/parfumpalace.shtml It would be an understatement to say that video games have been a constant in my life. One of my earliest recollections of my childhood is playing a hand-me-down Super Nintendo in the late 90s and early 00s. It wouldn’t even be a stretch to say that playing them so often...
As we enter 2023, the STA team would like to take a moment to look back on 2022, to thank everyone we’ve worked with, to reflect on our accomplishments and collaborations, and to look forward to the new year! I enjoy writing this piece every year, as it gives me the chance to express...
The STA Living Lab is a weekly time set aside for us to share, learn and experience something new together. Our goal is to expand our design horizons, and to enrich our process and goal of creating design that improves the lives of people. This week we had an eye-opening experience, literally putting ourselves in...
On January 1, 2021 - New Year’s Day - I sat at my dining room table looking at the roses David had bought me for my birthday in November, and marveled at how they were still beautiful. I picked up a pen and started sketching one. I enjoyed creating this visual memory so much that...
Recently I had the pleasure of participating in my first ever podcast. Sam Aquillano, Executive Director of Design Museum Everywhere asked me to be the guest co-host with him to discuss socially responsible architecture - a topic near and dear to my heart.. Sam and I have enjoyed many conversations over the years about design...
Kodak introduced the Kodachrome in 1935. This was a breakthrough in photographic technology at the time and brought color photography to the masses. Color photography had begun in the 1850s, but it wasn’t until the 1930s that it started becoming commonplace in photography and in motion pictures. These films have layers of color channels that...
What is most exciting for us at STA is working with people and organizations like MassRobotics, who are making such immense contributions to the world through innovation. MassRobotics is an independent, non-profit organization serving as the innovation hub for robotics and connected devices. Through programming and events, they help bring together innovative startups and existing...
Designing for community impact is an ever-present mission of STA, so when an opportunity to collaborate with Evelyn Brito of Bodega Makeover was presented to us from the Boston Society of Architects, we happily accepted! Bodega Makeover is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help solve the food desert and unhealthy eating issues in lower income...
They say “time flies when you’re having fun”, and that’s certainly the case as I marvel at the 25th anniversary of Silverman Trykowski Associates! It’s hard to believe, but on this day 25 years ago, STA opened our doors. (Well actually, the tiny second bedroom of our house where STA began had no door!) But...
What’s one thing most people don’t know about you? I spent 5 incredible summers working at a Boy Scout overnight summer camp where I held a wide variety of odd-jobs ranging from a camp kitchen and services and teaching merit badges in cooking, camping, orienteering, wilderness survival and spent a summer working at the rifle,...
Hello, Gazette readers! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bobby, an architect and the newest member of the STA team. As we reached the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic last month, I led a Living Lab where I asked each of us to reflect on one positive accomplishment that they can take...
In general, I’ve always been a “glass is half full” kind of guy. These COVID-19 times are certainly testing that and I’ve been reflective lately about how the changes of the last year (and more) might have lasting positive effects for STA. STA has always advocated a work/ life balance and we work hard to...
As we come upon a year of working from home, I’ve been reflecting on what was happening just before that pivotal day of March 17. That’s the date that I remember as the turning point, as it’s the day STA went home (although the official MA shut down was the following week). But there are...
What made you decide to become a designer? I am a designer entirely by accident - I did not know I was going to be one until 2 days before architecture school. But now that I am one, I enjoy everything that I do. I think I got lucky in finding this career because I...
The New Year is typically a time where we take a moment to look back on the year, to thank everyone we’ve worked with, to reflect on our accomplishments and collaborations, and to look forward to the next year. I enjoy writing this piece every year, as it gives me the chance to express how...