Jessica Goswick
| Position | Lecturer |
|---|---|
| jgoswick@calpoly.edu |
Areas of Expertise
Building Performance & Sustainability
Equitable Community Engagement
Affordable Housing
Trauma-Informed Design
Profile
Jessica is an architect, educator, and sustainability specialist focused on making high-performing, beautiful spaces accessible to all. Her roles include researching the impacts of built work, consulting projects and firms on sustainable design goals, and teaching strategies and tools to reduce building energy, water, and carbon use.
As a licensed architect, she designs living-centered environments that enhance health and wellbeing and elevate quality of life. She is currently focused on the intersections of sustainability and equity in community-based work and affordable housing. She aims to improve the impact that housing has on us and our environment by investigating and applying research-based approaches like trauma-informed design to the design process.
Her teaching centers on empowering students to envision a resilient, restorative, and regenerative future. Jessica teaches building technology coursework through the lens of equity and integrates examples from her professional experience to connect academic work to the profession.
Experience
Educational Experience:
Bachelor of Architecture, Minors in Sustainable Environments & Spanish, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Teaching Experience:
Part-time Lecturer, 2nd Year Architectural Technology Fundamentals, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
Professional Experience:
Architect, Building Performance Lead, Associate, Architects FORA
Designer, RRM Design Group, San Luis Obispo, CA
Design Intern, Studio Daniel Libeskind, New York, NY
Design Intern, Arc Tec Inc., Phoenix, AZ
Licenses/Registration:
Licensed Architect, California
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Certificate
Professional Memberships:
International Living Future Institute (ILFI)
American Institute of Architects Central Coast Chapter (AIA CCC)
Central Coast Green Building Council (USGBC CCGBC)
Scholarship
Selected Activities:
- Founding Member, Strong Towns San Luis Obispo Local Conversations
- Safer Materials Shift Research Cohort, International Living Future Institute
Selected Awards:
- AIA Henry Adams Medal, 2020
- AIA-CCC Thesis Design Award, 2020
Updated 10.07.2024