Profession: Engineer/Designer

Number of times previously entering contest: never

Favorite design and analysis tools: Autocad, Fusion360, StaadPro, Matlab

Hobbies and activities: Innovating, Skating, Surfing

Online communities: ASCE, National Geographic YourShot

Inspired by: The design is inspired by sukiya-style, a Japanese style composed of carefully-shaped members and intricate latticework, while others – such as minka (farmhouses) – us rustic timbers in their natural form. Louvered structures have been used since Middle ages.