
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
Details
09.25 - 12.25
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Fall 2025)
Cambridge, MA
Details
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
Details
09.25 - 05.26
M.Arch II 26’ Class Representative
Student Forum + Architecture Department
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Cambridge, MA
Details
09.25 - 05.26
Co-Chair
Latin GSD
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Cambridge, MA
Details
09.25 - 05.26
Director of Cultural Affairs
Harvard University Mexican Association of Students
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Details
09.25 - 05.26
Branding Co-Lead and Content Collaborator
Mexico Conference Harvard University
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Details
09.19 - 05.24
President
CCA NOMAS
California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA
Details
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
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
Features
12.23
California College of the Arts