BEN ROLAND

Ben Roland is a 22-year-old designer based out of the New England area. Brought up in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Ben worked hard, receiving 1st Honors every semester, balancing a 4.0 GPA while running multiple clubs and school-wide initiatives, winning congressional art awards for his works, and singing in cabarets. Ben now studies Architecture with a concentration in Nature, Culture, and Sustainability at the Rhode Island School of Design. He was also the Architecture Department Representative and Cohort Representative for the fifth-year undergrad architecture students. Ben has worked as a full-time design developer for a prestigious Architecture and Interiors firm based in Southport, Connecticut in addition to working for international firms based in Boston and Washington, DC as an architectural design intern. Ben has hopes of starting his own business, with extreme sensitivity to sustainability, coastal resilience, equitable urban development, and taking advantage of high-performing mechanical systems