Stephenie Harper recently joined the firm’s ranks of registered architects. Today we celebrate her accomplishments.
Stephenie joined PAYETTE in 2013. She graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Ohio State in 2005. During her time at PAYETTE, Stephenie has worked on several projects including Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Northeastern University, Boston University and Williams College.
What inspires you?
Finding order in apparent chaos.
What is the best part of your job?
Always getting to learn how things work. Whether it’s learning how different aspects of the project are run, digging into our software, or learning about construction sequencing and trade coordination, I continually get to learn more about how the world fits together.
What is the most important thing you’ve learned so far?
The people around me know more than I can imagine, and are almost always willing to share their knowledge.
The sky is the limit: if you could design or redesign anything, what would it be?
I’d like to design new software that helps us work more efficiently.
The 2025 OpenLAB Boston studio work will be exhibited at Virginia Tech Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th.
Please join us for the following events on Monday, March 2nd:
11:00am - Lecture with Parke MacDowell
1:00pm Lobby talk with Kevin Sullivan
This year’s studio identifies seven sites along the frayed edges of Boston’s Greenway. The Greenway is a one-mile-long linear park running through the heart of the city, reconnecting downtown Boston with its waterfront. Many of the parcels along its edges remain undeveloped and present mute, blank facades to the public realm. Addressing and repairing these edges through acts of infilling, layering, grafting, framing, and placemaking is the core focus of the studio—SUTURE.