Education
- Masters in Architecture, College of Architecture + Planning, University of Utah
- Bachelors of Science, Housing & Design, Tennessee Technological University
- Associates, Physics - General Education, Motlow State Community College
Biography
Trent Smith is a designer at ajc architects currently pursuing licensure and project management experience in a variety of architectural typologies, including startup branding and office design and multi-family housing. He is a Revit Certified Professional, and his technical expertise include Autodesk and Adobe products. When not designing or helping solve complex technical issues, Trent is teaching a variety of classes and workshops at the University of Utah, College of Architecture & Planning. He brings an energetic and rigorous methodology to his teaching, primarily focusing on the most fundamental acts of space- and place-making, and the transition from 2D to 3D compositions while remaining contextually sensitive.
Trent grew up on a farm in Tennessee, and is a transplant Utahn who is in love with the variety of landscapes and transitional demographics found in Salt Lake City. Having served as a college minister in both Utah and Tennessee, Trent brings a love of teaching and service to everything he does. He has worked professionally in the fields of fine art painting and screenprinting, log and traditional stick-frame construction, landscaping, wholesale nursery, interior design, architecture, coaching, and collegiate academia. He has spoken and is published domestically and abroad in architecture, human ritual through space, art, and religion. His energy and passion into people, their process, and the products of their labor is a direct result of his immediate love for them, whether brother, friend, or complete stranger. He is quick to listen, quick to help, and really bad at being genuinely funny, though he tries.