Evys piña
University of Texas at Austin Graduating May 2027
Evys piña
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin - Austin, Texas
August 2023 - Present
School of Architecture (UTSOA)
469-955-3738 evyspina1@gmail.com
B.S. in Interior Design, Minor in Media Studies, Class of 2027
Dallas College - Dallas, Texas
August 2021 - May 2023
Associate of Science, Class of 2023
Duncanville High School - Duncanville, Texas
August 2019 - May 2023
Early College Collegiate Academy, Class of 2023
SKILLS
Craft - Crochet, Sewing, and Embroidery
Modeling - Revit, Rhino 3D, and Enscape
Fabrication - 3D Printing and Laser Cutting
Physical - Sketching, Drafting, and Model Making
Adobe Creative - Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
INVOLVEMENT
Undergraduate Architecture Student Council - Mentor
August 2023 - Present
• Guided first-year students through academic and studio challenges while contributing feedback to shape council programming and strengthen community within the architecture cohort.
Ampersand - IIDA/ASID Liaison
August 2023 - Present
• Coordinated between professionals, student members, and faculty while promoting associations as major student opportunities, strengthening engagement and industry visibility within the program.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Macy’s Starbucks - Barista - Part Time
August 2025 - Present
• Trained in Starbucks standards and adapted quickly to a fast-paced grand-opening environment, ensuring high-quality beverages, efficient service, and smooth team operations.
Freelance - Textile Designer - Part Time
May 2025 - Present
• Designed and crocheted custom textile products while managing market sales, client orders, and inventory, and developing original patterns through experimentation with color, texture, and form.
Julie Myrtille Bakery - General Manager - Part Time
August 2023 - March 2025
• Solely managed weekend bakery operations, handling baking, sales, inventory, cleaning, staffing coordination, and transactions, while consistently exceeding sales targets.
Bare Construction LLC - Administrative Intern - Part Time
May 2022 - August 2023
• Managed front desk operations, directing inquiries, coordinating appointments, maintaining calendars, and handling administrative tasks such as filing, data entry, and preparing documents.
IIDA/ASID/NKBA Student Chapter - Student Liaison
August 2023 - Present
• Acted as a bridge between student members and professional networks, organizing and promoting participation in design expos and industry events to strengthen engagement.
IIDA SHIFT, 2025-26
IIDA Student Mentorship, 2024-25
IIDA Student Design Expo, 2023-25
Textile and Tile Design Workshop Winner, 2024
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Pollinator Lounge Publication, 2024
synaptic studios
Fall 2025 - Design Studio V
Student Housing
The house of medici
Fall 2024 - Design Studio III
Hospitality
crafted commerce
Spring 2025 - Design Studio IV
Informal Retail
crochet design
2020 - Present - Freelance
Creative Commisions
synaptic studios
Fall 2025
Austin, Texas
Academic Design Studio V
Synaptic Studios reimagines student living as a network of interconnected pockets shaped by curvature, translucency, and adaptive poche. Instead of separating domestic and academic life into rigid compartments, the project uses curved acrylic screens and mirrored geometries to choreograph movement and form soft thresholds between studying, resting, gathering, and making. These arcs guide residents through gradients of semi-private and communal space, encouraging everyday encounters that build shared culture while still providing moments of retreat.
Central to this living system is a redefinition of poche as spine, skin, and boning. The spine organizes circulation and anchors each curved module; the skin mediates privacy, daylight, and acoustic softness; and the boning nests storage and functional surfaces directly into the wall thickness. Through sliding panels, folds, and offsets, residents can expand or contract their personal territories as their needs shift throughout the day.
This project offers a new model of student housing built from gradients rather than boundaries, using curvature and operable surfaces to flex between solitude and social connection. The architecture becomes a catalyst for community, an environment where the rhythms of living and learning are guided by the soft pull of form and the synaptic exchange of student life.
SPATIAL ZonesBEHAVIOR blocking
This diagram traces how a design student moves through the day, shifting between focus, rest, and collaboration. Each zone responds to a different state of energy, showing how space adapts to routine and behavior.
Space
Walter Webb Hall UT Building
Houding
OBSERVATION
SOLITUDE
Composition Axon
Composition Plan
ECLIPSE
Open Single Unit Axon
Closed Double Unit Axon
Closed Single Unit Axon
Open Double Unit Plan Closed Double Unit
First Floor Axon
Third Floor Axon
Longitudinal Section
Transverse Section
Floor Plan
First
First Floor Circulation
First Floor Studio
Third Floor Plan
Third Floor Dining
Open Living Unit
THE HOUSE OF MEDICI
Fall 2024
Austin, Texas
Academic Design Studio III
The House of Medici reimagines the campus coffee shop as a neighborhood living room, a place where students can gather, linger, and build community through comfort and familiarity. Rooted in Medici’s artisanal identity, the design blends industrial Austin accents with warm textures and soft material palettes to create a domestic atmosphere that feels both curated and lived-in. Modular seating, textile-based privacy strategies, and gentle spatial thresholds shape a series of “living rooms” that support study, conversation, and casual interaction while preserving an overall sense of openness and connection.
Functional issues with the original site motivated a redesign that prioritizes improved lighting, clearer circulation paths, and more controlled acoustics, ensuring that the space supports both the social rhythms of a campus cafe and the intimacy of a neighborhood living room. The resulting proposal unites home-like comfort with purposeful functionality, crafting an environment that strengthens Medici’s evolving identity while truly serving the needs of students.
house of medici
Brand
From research to application, the notion of a coffee house as a true home led to an exploration of modular sectionals, Austin industrial accents, and material colors woven into Medici’s brand, elevating its warm, familiar coffee experience. Medici’s charm lies in its support of artisanal communities, curating a home-like gallery through textures, lighting, and colors that balance nostalgia with modern functionality. Within this gallery impression, a dilapidated nature is uncovered, yet it’s done in a way that preserves the coziness of a home. The House of Medici further preserves this by honing in on precedent studies surrounding privacy screens and textiles. Each “living room” design has clear thresholds while feeling connected through the domesticity of soft, guiding flow.
“the neighborhood’s living room”
make haste slowly
west lynn medici where it all began medici manifesto
EMPLOYEE CIRCULATION
CUSTOMER CIRCULATION
Site
ACOUSTICS
Site analysis revealed key lighting, circulation, and acoustics issues. The space feels dark due to ineffective artificial lighting and limited natural light blocked by surrounding campus buildings. Circulation is hindered by congestion as customers navigate very narrow ordering and pickup zones, while the irregular second-floor cutout amplifies echoes. The imbalance between design and functionality prevents the space from fully supporting the communal and comfortable experience Medici aims to offer. The redesign prioritizes improved lighting and circulation to enhance comfort and adaptability in Medici’s evolving identity, creating a campus cafe that fosters connection and a sense of home, while carefully balancing aesthetic warmth with practical usability for students and faculty.
A-1 FIRST FLOOR PLAN
A-2 SECOND FLOOR PLAN
Lighting Program
Lounge
Physical Model - “Living Room”
Physical Model - “Library”
Physical Model - Vertical Circulation
Physical Model - “Living Room”
Physical Model - Balcony
CRAFTED COMMERCE
Spring 2025
Austin, Texas
Academic Design Studio IV
his project reimagines an East Austin site as a hybrid workshop and retail environment that amplifies the neighborhood’s legacy of labor, minority culture, and craft-based industry. Surrounded by concrete and oil warehouses, the design embraces the area’s industrial character rather than smoothing it over. Exposed concrete, salvaged warehouse fragments, and visible systems of assembly shape a space that acts as both a living ruin and a material study, reflecting the texture and honesty of East Austin’s built environment.
Across the interior, craft and commerce operate as a single ecosystem. Pottery, woodworking, stained glass, painting, and other handson practices unfold in open, adaptable workspaces that blur the line between creator and consumer. Rollaway workstations and flexible layouts allow the environment to shift between making, teaching, retail, and gathering, turning the act of shopping into a collaborative, process-driven experience grounded in the neighborhood’s DIY ethos.
The reuse of broken concrete pieces, exposed rebar, and metal remnants from nearby warehouse sites ties the project directly back to its surroundings, symbolically and physically piecing together fragments of East Austin. In doing so, the design reconstructs a fractured industrial landscape into a place of shared making, cultural continuity, and collective authorship.
site
The site is located in East Austin, an area defined by artisan workshops, small businesses, and reworked oil warehouses. Many of these industrial buildings have been adapted into restaurants, shops, and creative studios, reflecting the neighborhood’s rich cultural identity and craft-based economy. The area is beginning to experience gentrification, but its streets still maintain a sense of intimacy and community, with tightly scaled, “hole-in-the-wall” establishments that emphasize local culture and hands-on production.
Surrounding Context Axon
Site Context Plan
e. cesar chavez street
red bluff road
Red Bluff Pedestrian Entrance
In - Between Entrance
E Cesar Chavez Street View
Industrial ruin to workshop rendered axonometric plan
Painting Workshop
stained glass Retail
barista Workshop
Lounge to Workshop Interior Relationship
Transverse Section
Longitudinal Section
Axon
Axon
Floor - to - Ceiling Kiosk in use
Free - Standing Kiosk in use
Wall - Mounted Kiosk in use
crochet design
Process Thinking
The work of crochet design in architectural interior design infuses a unique touch that is hand-made and expresses detailed, textured patterns in both functional and decorative elements. Its versatility allows it to be fitted into so many purposes: wall hangings, soft furnishings, or bespoke lighting fittings. I incorporate crochet into interiors, fusing delicate organic forms with modern materiality such as metal, wood, or glass, creating a contrast to the traditional artisan craftsmanship in opposition to modern design. This combination brings coziness, texture, and hospitality to the interior, where one really wishes to touch and feast their eyes upon.
