ABOUT THIS EPISODE
While it can appear that Architects may only have a knack for designing gorgeous buildings, in this conversation with Carl Sergio, we find out about all the other pieces of knowledge an Architect may accrue as they progress in their career. Join us in the 18th episode of the Student Architect podcast. Enjoy!
Carl Sergio, AIA has a Master’s of Architecture from UIC and 10 years of experience across all phases of design and construction, many market sectors, and firms from the smallest to the largest. He enjoys the collaborative design process with teammates and clients alike as well as the experience of realizing a design through construction.
Carl believes in using his time and talent to have an impact on the world, and the people in it, through the built environment. He has volunteered on design-build teams for Rebuilding Together, City Year, and Territory NFP as well as leading Gensler’s CANstruction team the past three years. He also values paying it forward through mentorship, volunteering with Erie Neighborhood House, the Chicago Architecture Center, the ACE Mentorship Program, and NOMA’s Project Pipeline.
He has been co-director of AIA Chicago’s BRIDGE Program the past four years, he co-founded AIA Illinois’ Emerging Professionals Network in 2017 and is the current chair, he is currently AIA National's Young Architect Regional Director for Illinois for 2019-21, and he recently founded a student mentorship program in conjunction with AIAS at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
He has lived in Atlanta, Barcelona, Indianapolis, and Chicago in addition to traveling to 46 states, 45 countries, and hundreds of cities. As a result, he has dabbled in half a dozen languages and is conversational in Italian and Spanish. He is endlessly curious, and passionate, about experiencing and learning from other countries, cities, cultures, languages, and peoples.
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