Robert L. Sheetz Edsall

About Robert L. Sheetz Edsall

In 2005, I studied Architecture at the University of Oxford through the Oxbridge Academic Program. In December of 2010, I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia, From 2010 through 2016, I worked for various architecture firms in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. In 2018, I received my Master of Architecture from Parsons SCE in New York City. During my time at Parsons SCE, I took a wide range of studios: from designing a non-denominational sacred space celebrating the beauty of natural light, to a design-build studio where I helped design and construct the lobby space for The Children\'s Museum of the Arts, to an urban planning and design studio focused on disaster preparedness for Red Hook, Brooklyn, which included creating a culinary institute and observatory space for a Brooklyn institution called Pioneer Works. My final semester at Parsons was devoted entirely to my thesis project concerning architecture and child vulnerability in the age of mass shootings and how new architectural design techniques and building typologies need to be implemented in order to protect children. In addition to the knowledge I have gained from my education, the experience I have gained working as an architect for Sheetz, Inc, Atwood Architects, Hansen Architects, Robert Gurney Architect, Cooper Carry, SOM, and Gensler has provided me with a strong background in the practical, economic, and technical aspects of construction, design, and specifications. During my time at SOM from June 2018 to January 2022, I was their one and only Architectural Specifications Coordinator and helped coordinate, write, and review specifications, drawings, and documents for over 160 active projects. As of September 2022, I am Gensler\'s Regional Specifications Specialist in the New York Office, where I not only coordinate, review, and write complex and highly specialized specification sections for all projects but also participate in the QAQC process for specifications and coordination between specifications and drawings. It is my job to look to the future of specifications within the architectural design and construction industries by harnessing the power of BIM to bridge the coordination gaps between design, construction documentation, and specifications. I am a Licensed/Registered and NCARB Certified Architect in the State of NY, an AIA member, and CSI Member. I am currently pursuing CDT and CCS Certification and LEED AP BD+C Accreditation.

Experience

1. Regional Specifications Specialist

   Gensler

   Sep 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• University of Oxford

  Extremely Selective Summer Design Program, Architecture

  2005 — 2005

• Parsons School of Design - The New School

  Master’s Degree, Architecture

  2016 — 2018

• The University of Virginia School of Architecture

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Architecture

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Bluebeam Revu
• Adobe Illustrator
• V-Ray
• Architectural Details
• Design Research
• Architectural Design
• Bongo
• Grasshopper
• Ecotect Analysis
• Penguin
• Architecture
• Architectural Modeling
• Indesign
• Revit
• Mac Os
• 3d Architectural Rendering
• Maxwell
• Windows
• Architectural Photography
• Microsoft Office
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Podium
• Sketching
• Bentley Microstation
• Terragen
• Sketchup
• Microsoft Word
• Rhinoceros
• Maxwell Studio
• Rhino
• Ram Elements
• Autocad
• Maya
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel