Parke established and leads PAYETTE’s super-charged FabLab, making fabrication key to the firm’s personality. He is an integral part of design teams, particularly on issues including complex geometries, scripting and methods of full-scale fabrication and material prototyping. Recent projects include the Pedestrian Crossing at Northeastern, the Fifth Xiangya Hospital and the Hengqin Innovation Center.
Parke leads many of PAYETTE’s pro bono initiatives, combining civic activism, management and design. These inspiring and award-winning projects—LynnLights, WaSH, FoLD, BeND, Dancing Dragon, Winthrop Community Garden, Nashua Riverwalk and more— demonstrate the power of design to positively shape communities. An Adjunct Professor of Practice at Virginia Tech, Parke is advancing new relationships between architectural pedagogy and practice. He lectures widely, writes articles, organizes exhibitions and has won individual awards for both design and professional contributions.
EDUCATION
M.Arch., with High Distinction, 2011 University of Michigan
BA, 2007, Dartmouth College
