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Mike Kwilos
Virtual Design & Construction · Mass Timber DfMA · Design Technology

Digital construction manager who takes mass timber projects from bid through shop drawings, DfMA models and fabrication tickets to installation, and who builds the automation tools that speed that work up. Experience on 20+ CLT and glulam mass timber buildings with KLH USA and BLDGWORKS, plus Rhino/Python toolkits for joinery, CNC nesting and drawing-set production. Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC).

Experience
Drafting & Computational Design — The Factory NYC2026
  • Built an internal Rhino/Python production toolkit of about 50 scripts: joinery generators (tenons, half-laps, waffles), CNC nesting and fab-prep, and drawing-set automation
  • Packaged repeated drafting and CAM-prep steps as Rhino commands so the team could run them without scripting
Edward and Mary Allen Technical Teaching Fellow — University of OregonJAN–JUN 2026
  • Taught digital fabrication and construction logistics for mass timber
Digital Construction Manager — KLH USA2025
  • Produced shop drawings and the DfMA model for Timber Rowhouse, Brooklyn: a 5,000 sf, 5-story CLT building on a tight lot between two existing buildings
  • Handled hardware procurement, shipping coordination and assembly instructions; pre-assembled panels and enclosure off-site to simplify the install
  • Software: hsbCAD in AutoCAD, Rhino, Grasshopper, Excel
Virtual Design + Construction Coordinator — BLDGWORKS2022–2024
Furniture Designer / CNC Programmer — Master Furniture Makers2021–2022
Architectural Intern, CPHC — Nathan Good Architects2020–2021
Research Assistant / Lead Fabricator — FLOAT Architectural Research + Design2019–2020
  • Pipeline Portals: three pavilions on the proposed Pacific Connector Pipeline route
Tools I've built
  • KWIL CNC Toolbar (Rhino 8, Python): fabrication commands for joinery (tenon, half-lap, waffle), auto-nesting and drawing layout
  • Build Viewer (web, 3D): a browser and phone viewer for building models with an isolated view of any part
  • What the Truck (web): a truck-load packing planner for shipping prefab components
  • Live data dashboard (Python, Streamlit): automated jobs, health checks and auto-restart
  • Web tools: Portfolio Generator (React/TypeScript), Mass Timber Careers and Location-Based Job Search
Software, credentials and education

Timber and BIM: hsbCAD, Revit, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, MWF Wood Pro

Design and computation: Rhino 3D, Grasshopper, Python, Blender, Enscape, InDesign, LiDAR scan-to-model

Web and data: JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Streamlit, GitHub Pages

Credentials: Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC)

Education: M.Arch, Advanced Technology Specialization — University of Oregon, 2017–2020 (studio work) · B.A. Architectural Studies and B.A. Studio Art, Cum Laude — Hobart College, 2013–2016

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