Alberto Altamirano
Alberto was born and raised in Temecula, California, the land of the hot air balloons. Whether building forts as a kid or creating handmade duct-tape wallets with his brother, Alberto has always been a maker and a hands-on designer. He grew up wanting to be an architect and that dream only compounded when he discovered that the majority of architecture school involved model making. Alberto will be graduating in the class of 2019 from the University of Southern California with a Bachelors of Architecture Degree. While a student, he has been an active member of Alpha Rho Chi, a professional architectural fraternity on campus and a teaching assistant. On his spare time, he has also led free trainings on model making for his younger classmates. Alberto caught the eye of the the foundation with his participation in the inaugural class of the MADWORKSHOP Workshops taught by Riccardo Blumer in 2018. For his fellowship, he will be developing a table, chair, and stool set he designed in our Furniture Class taught by board member R. Scott Mitchell.