People
URBANFRAME is made possible by the efforts of a great many people committed to youth development, community based learning, and to finding imaginative solutions urban challenges globally. Through research grants, individual donations, project fees, and the generosity of numerous volunteers, we have developed a broadly beneficial model of service learning. We are particularly grateful to, Professor Lawrence Sass for championing this work and to MIT's School of Architecture for generously providing the facilities for the summer design/build program as part of its commitment to youth development and urban research.
Daniel Hewett, AIA LEED, Founder & Director
Daniel Hewett is an architect and teacher. He founded URBANFRAME to give young people opportunities to design and build architecture in response to needs within their communities.
He teaches architecture and landscape architecture at The Rhode Island School of Design, Northeastern University, and lectures in the Special Program on Urban and Regional Studies at MIT. His current research examines the architectural potential of infrastructure.
Daniel received his MArch from Rice University. He serves as a critic on juries in the US and abroad.
Graduate Teaching Fellows
Jake Sippy (Harvard- Landscape), Cynthia Delhavi, (Harvard-Landscape), Alper Besen, (RISD,-Interior Architecture) Nate Kauffman (Berkeley- Landscape), Thomas Allen (Columbia, Architecture)
Staff, Fellows, and Volunteers 2009-2017
Meghan Archer
Dan Belknap
Judy Belliveau
Alper Besen
Scott Carpenter
Rob Cayer
Judy Chang
Noah Corin
Aaron Corin
Katie Degregorio
Michael Fee
Greg Gale
Sarah Gould
Michael Griffen
Brij Hewett
Noah Hupert
Ian Jackson
Jen James
Richa Kapse
Tyler Kiggins
Kristen Lee
Peter Merrill
Nawaz Namthewala
Larry O'Brian
Mike Prattico
Maria Rader
Christine Rankin
Chloe Rein
Lawrence Sass
JD Sassaman
Max Scoppettone
Jack Sherman
Kate Sherrer
Meena Sonea Hewett
David Swetz
Jennifer Taylor
Bridgette Treado
Mariel Villere
Shalini Vimal
Mary Wentworth
Joe Yacobellis
Youth Design Build Team, 2009 - 2017
Alexander Abramson
Elizabeth Abramson
Myles Agudelo
Miryam Alexander
Kenny Amici
Tatianna Auguste
David Beers
Louis Beers
Dan Bernstein
Hallie Black
Lucas Black
Ethan Blackwood
William Boyajian
Justin Burke
Sophie Cash
Kevin Chan
Alejandro Chavez
Chup Chiu
Arup Choudry
Dara Cohen
Jackson Condry
Shaun Crofton
Anna Datko
Deven Dayal
Mira Dayal
Daniel Dinjian
Meaghan Dunn
Barbara Dutra
Alexandria Edelson
Stephen Ellias
Sean Elrifai
Mara Ezekiel
Grant Farrington
Emma Ferguson
Andrew Forrester
Alex Gekas
Greta Gomez
David Goodman
Sarah Goodman
Gordon Goodwin
Natalia Gormley
Walker Griggs
John Grumbach
Julian Hansen
Olivia Harden
Jordan Harris
Lila Hewett
Elliot Holden
Austin Howell
Sean Hussey
Natalie Hutner
Michelle Isong
Clara Ives
Maddie Jacks
Ian Jackson
Emma Jarczyk
Kailin Jones
Tamara Kalo
Naavin Karimbux
Sima Kasraie
Hayley Kats
Skyler Kaufman
Adib Khoury
Brian Kim
Sean Kim
Amit Koundinya
Karen Kravets
Crystal Lee
Nicholas Leong
Zachary Logounov
Ellen Lowry
Jennie Lytel-Sternberg
Christopher MacFadyen
Alexandra Maloof
Dillon Mariano
Nick Marino
Alfonso Mascareñas
Juan Mascareñas
Peter McAuley
David McIvor
Isha Mehra
Joseph Miller
Perry Miller
Alexander Nardozzi
Nathalia Negri
Callum Nelson
Ayan Noyan
Mariah Nuzzo
Joe Pincus
Hannah Pucker
Jonah Rader-Gale
Loch Roberts
Alec Robins
Noah Rodwin
Josh Roy
Julia Ruderman
Mariana Santos
Alexandra Sanyal
Mark Schapiro
ShihShih Shen
Nick Sideropoulos
Dennis Smith
Jeremy Smith
Kaan Solakoglu
Hugo Sousa
Sara Stackhouse
Madeline Stewart
Shoshana Stitcher
Christy Stuver
Adam Thompson
Jack Treanor
Jeremy Vale
Jillian Valpey
Daniel Wanger
Benjamin Weaver
Eli Webber
Jia Xuan Lim
Jamie Yu
YuLin Yu
Serhiy Zadorozhnyak