Jeffrey started Different Systems after years practicing Space Architecture at the highest level. He named it Different Systems as a reference to the potential of concurrently working outwards and inwards - into the Solar System and with Earth's ecosystems - and to the relationship we must all enter into with the systems that generate the conditions of habitation.
As a practicing Space Architect, Jeffrey has built an influential portfolio of projects spans space stations, crew transport, lunar and Martian habitats, autonomous construction, spaceports, rovers and mobility systems, and piloting interfaces.
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Jeffrey held the first Space Architect role in private aerospace when he started as Senior Space Architect at Blue Origin. At Blue, he helped win a $170M NASA contract to design Orbital Reef, a successor to the aging International Space Station. As the company's leading design professional, and at the cusp of an era in which the aerospace industry is beginning to adopt Design methods, Jeffrey learned how to champion a humane design vision onto classically over-constrained engineering problems. He led the team responsible for the design of spacecraft and for how those environments shape the astronaut experience.
Prior to Blue, Jeffrey developed award-winning habitat designs such as Mars Ice House (2015). Marsha (2019), which he designed as Head of Space Architecture & Research at AI SpaceFactory, was awarded >$600,000 by NASA for its innovative design and for the team’s success in bringing it closer to reality using semi-autonomous 3D-printing.
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Terrestrially, Jeffrey has worked on projects tiny and large as both designer and consulting specialist including 3D-printed sculptures, new and renovated homes and interiors, detailed building envelope design, and other concepts.
Jeffrey holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Minor in Philosophy from Northeastern University and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University.