Nick Signorelli guides clients through a holistic approach to educational design honed over a career spanning more than 20 years of K-12 architectural experience. He considers it a great honor to devote his career to designing spaces that will affect educational outcomes for generations.
Nick incorporates the firm's core values into every project as he strives to use fewer resources and to build simple and elegant solutions. Just as a tree doesn't have more branches than it needs, he encourages clients to consider what is truly essential in design. Instead of adding additional components, Nick introduces clients to passive design strategies, renewable building materials, and other approaches that lead to sustainable, effective learning communities.
Whether he is breaking ground on new construction or helping to realize a design's original intentions during a school renovation, Nick brings clients along on the journey to their new educational environment. Deeply committed to regular client meetings, collaboration, and clear lines of communication, Nick is a good listener who always makes himself available to answer questions or to respond to new ideas.
After studying fine arts at SUNY Fredonia, Nick graduated from the Syracuse University School of Architecture.
Recent Presentations
- "The Three C's of Net Zero," CEFPI Net Zero Symposium, Irving, Texas, November 2011
- "Designing A Better Education: Empower Learning Through Building Additions and Renovations Using Passive Design Strategies," NYSCOSS Winter Institute, February 2011
- "Incorporating Sustainability Into Your Five-Year Plan," NYSCOSS Winter Institute, January, 2010
- "Big Picture Learning and its Impact on Educational Design," NYSCOSS Winter Institute, 2010
- "Zero Energy Schools: The Future is Now," NYSSBA Conference, 2009
- "Redefining Educational Architecture," NYSCOSS 2009
- "Crash Course in Green Architecture," Central New York Association of School Business Officials, 2008
Photo by Seshu Photography