March 3, 2022
6:30 PM est
Angelique Pierre RA, NOMA
Angelique Pierre is a Senior Project Architect at Anik Pearson Architect P.C. Following various apprenticeships in the worlds of residential architecture, construction, and even museum installation, Angelique joined Anik Pearson Architect in 2011.
Angelique has managed many of the firm’s largest residential projects, including some of the most complex apartment and townhouse renovations. She enjoys collaborating directly with clients to help them realize their visions of a home enhanced to meet their specific needs, with a keen eye for refining the details that make each project unique. Her extensive experience at the firm, combined with her focus, precision and attention to detail, have made her an invaluable asset; both to thoroughly train incoming junior staff and to ensure the highest standards of quality to every project.
Angelique completed her Bachelor of Architecture at the Cooper Union School of Architecture, where she was a William Cooper Mack Thesis Fellow.
Letting Growth Lead
There are many factors that influence how we move through the world - personality, upbringing, race, gender, culture. These factors shape who we are as people as well as professionals. We operate with multiple identities that are constantly shifting in and out of the foreground as needed, competing for attention, or demanding reconciliation with others. First generation American women, like most women, are often tormented by perfectionism to seamlessly juggle these identities, without compromising excellence in our work and in our lives. When perfectionism is paralyzing, that numbness stifles the sensitivity, awareness and creativity that allows us to show up as our best selves and as the best architects.
In her talk, Angelique explains how looking up from the work in front of us to learn as much about ourselves as we do the details of every project reveals what is propelling us forward as much as what may be holding us back from showing up as our best selves, be that perfectionism or anything else. This allows us to see ourselves, our goals, failures, and achievements clearly and embrace their roles in our excellence. Angelique will share the introspective questions and answers that help her continue to resolve her personal and professional identities. She will also share how growth over time, eagerness to learn, eagerness to help, and champions in her orbit developed her confidence to trust in her knowledge, trust in her voice and trust her vision to reimagine her career as an architect.