Education

M.Arch II

Harvard Graduate School of Design
2024 – 2026

B.Arch & Ecological Practice Minor

California College of the Arts
2018- 2024

High School

Lick Wilmerding High School
2014-2018

Bio

Luis “Arturo” Gomez Escobedo (b. Merida, Yucatan, Mexico) holds a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) with a Minor in Ecological Practices from the California College of the Arts and is a post-professional Master of Architecture (M.Arch II) candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. His research, interests, & exploration expand across design, built, and social justice advocacy through a critical analysis of our built environment. Centered on using architecture as a tool to diversify problem-solving by collaborating, listening, and responding to social needs that go beyond our human race, and considers our ecosystems, climate, and social systems. By investigating a multidisciplinary approach that overlaps research, social advocacy, extraction practices, visualization, architectural tectonics, and mediums of fabrication, it hopes to bring forward hidden narratives, practices, and techniques that can contribute to the architecture field of practice, teaching, and archiving.

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Experience

01.26 – 05.26

Harvard Undergraduate Teaching Fellow AY 2025-2026

Cambridge, MA

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09.25 - 12.25

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Fall 2025)

Cambridge, MA

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06.25 - 08.25

Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (ACE) Studio Manager

Boston, MA

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06.24 - 08.25

Design Contractor

Remote

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09.24 – 05.25

CNC Technical Assistant

Cambridge, MA

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06.24 - 08.24

Teaching Faculty, Architecture and Design

New Haven, CT

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01.24 – 05.24

B.Arch Core Studio 0 Instructional Assistant

San Francisco, CA

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09.23 - 05.24

Rapid Prototyping Studio Monitor

San Francisco, CA

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06.23 – 09.23

Community Engagement & Design Intern

Greenville, CA

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01.23 – 05.23

B.Arch Core Studio 4 Teacher Assistant

San Francisco, CA

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01.22 – 05.24

Contingent Coordinator

San Francisco, CA

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01.16 – 05.24

Construction Worker

San Francisco, CA

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Leadership

06.23 - Present

Founding Partner

TILE Design Studio LLC

California

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09.25 - 05.26

M.Arch II 26’ Class Representative

Student Forum + Architecture Department

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Cambridge, MA

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09.25 - 05.26

Co-Chair

Latin GSD

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Cambridge, MA

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09.25 - 05.26

Director of Cultural Affairs

Harvard University Mexican Association of Students

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

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09.25 - 05.26

Branding Co-Lead and Content Collaborator

Mexico Conference Harvard University

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

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09.19 - 05.24

President

CCA NOMAS

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

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09.19 - 05.24

President

Manos Abiertas

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

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Exhibition|Installation

11.25 - 12.25

Exhibition: Festival Mictlan Exhibition and Community Dia de Muertos Altar

Exhibition Designer, Fabrication Lead, Community Engagement Co-Lead, and Co-Curator

Harvard Square Kiosk

Cambridge, MA

04.25

Installation: Papel Picado Pop-up Structure

Designer and Fabrication Lead

Back Yard, Gund Hall - Harvard Graduate School of Design

Cambridge, MA

04.25

Exhibition: Discordia of Origin with[in|out] Latin America co-hosted by LatinGSD + BrazilGSD

Exhibition Designer, Fabrication Lead, Co-Curator, and Exhibitor

Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall - Harvard Graduate School of Design

Cambridge, MA

11.24 - 02.25

Exhibition: Architecture for a Changing Climate: CCA Explores California’s Climate Crisis

Exhibitor

Center for Architecture + Design

San Francisco, CA

11.23

Installation: Manos Abiertas Dia de Los Muertos Community Altar #3

Designer, Fabrication Lead, and Curator

Nave, California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

05.23

Installation: Cultural Pavilion, Carnaval San Francisco

Designer and Fabrication Lead

Mission District

San Francisco, CA

11.22

Installation: Manos Abiertas Dia de Los Muertos Community Altar #2

Designer, Fabrication Lead, and Curator

Nave, California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

09.22

Exhibition: Manos Abiertas: Latinx Heritage Month Exhibition

Designer, Fabrication Lead, and Curator

Nave, California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

11.21

Installation: Manos Abiertas Dia de Los Muertos Community Altar #1

Designer, Fabrication Lead, and Curator

Nave, California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

Invited Reviewer

12.25

Studio 1 Final Review led by Vicky Sindac Gomez

Digital Ready + UMass Amherst

Boston, MA

05.24

TranSTUDIO Spring 2024 Final Review Led by Negar Kalanta

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

11.23

Advanced Architecture Studio 3/4 Review Led by Janette Kim

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

05.23

Core Studio 4 Final Review led by Janette Kim & Mark Donohue

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

05.23

Design Media 2 Spring 2023 Final Review led by Instructor Alex Schofield

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

05.22

Design Media 2 Spring 2022 Final Review led by Instructor Alex Schofield

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

Lecture|Speech

10.23

“Fall 2023 Architecture Lecture Series - Design Action” After the Wildfire: Rebuilding, Repairing, and Regenerating Greenville

Guess Presenter

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

03.19

“CCA 2019 Gala: Honoring the legendary Wayne Thiebaud”

Student Scholarship Recipient Speech

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA