Related Works

 New York City
Pittsburgh
 Jakarta

An independent studio for applied arts research and development.

^PEOPLE
Tashania Akemah, M.Arch  
^{Principal Designer, Assoc. AIA}

Tashania Akemah is a designer and researcher working at the intersection of architecture, art, and material culture. With recent experiences as exhibition designer at institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum and the Carnegie Museum of Art, her work explores how spatial and visual practices shape cultural narratives. Trained as an architect, she holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) and a B.F.A. in Architecture and Architectural History from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Her projects span exhibition design, architectural design, critical writing, and material research, often engaging themes of colonial history, environmental transformation, and representation. She has worked with firms and organizations such as Junya Ishigami + Associates, Terreform ONE, and Columbia GSAPP’s Natural Materials Lab. Tasha’s ongoing research examines architecture’s entanglement with post-natural materials and speculative ecologies.

^EDUCATION

• Master of Architecture ^M.ARCH
  Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) 

• Bachelor of Fine Arts ^B.F.A.  
  Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
  Architecture & Architectural History

^{LICENSES & CERTIFICATION}
The American Institute of Architects <sup>ASSOC. AIA

LINKS</sup>
Website
LinkedIn

^FORMATS
Related Works LLC operates across intersecting formats that connect design, architecture, and curatorial inquiry—engaging cultural, civic, and commercial contexts.

Architecture
Exhibition & Spatial Design
Experience & Environmental Design
Product & Material Design
Interface & Visual Design
Curatorial Projects
 
^COMMISSIONS
Related Works LLC engages across art and commerce, to products and services. We are available for commissions and project-based collaborations. 

Our fee structure is sliding scale, favoring projects for public arts, housing, and education, particularly if resulting research can be made accessible to the public. 

We are open to alternative forms of compensation, including but not limited to profit-sharing, equity, barter, and trades.

^{COLLABORATIONS}
Related Works LLC collaborates with clients, partners, and organizations across arts and commerce, commercial and non-commercial, internal or confidential to public or open-source, across multiple mediums, contexts, and audiences.

1014 Space for Ideas
Alphabet Inc. 
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) 
Carnegie Museum of Art
Citygroup 

• Columbia GSAPP

CultureHub
Dallas Museum of Art 
Galeries Lafayette
Google LLC 
Havas 
Huge Inc. 
HUSH
Junya Ishigami + Associates
NASA
Natural Materials Lab GSAPP
NEW INC
NOIA Magazine
OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture)
Samsung
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 
TBWA\Chiat\Day 
The Standard Hotels 
Type Directors Club (TDC)
UNICEF  
Whitney Museum of American Art 
Yale Paprika!

^{ORGANIZATIONS}
Principals and collaborators of Related Works LLC are active in academia and the arts, teaching and exhibiting.

• American Institute of Architects (AIA) ^{AC, TA}
  
• National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) ^{AC, TA}
  
• Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) ^{AC, TA}
  

• American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) ^AC
  
• International Council of Museums (ICOM) ^AC

• American Alliance of Museums (AAM) ^AC
• Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) ^AC

• American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) ^AC

^AWARDS

• Charles McKim Prize for Excellence in Design / Saul Kaplan Traveling Fellowship ²⁰²⁵
  
• iF Design Gold ²⁰²²
  
• Type Director’s Club Certificate of Typographic Excellence ²⁰²²
  

• American Institute of Graphic Arts 365: AIGA Year in Design ²⁰²¹

^PUBLICATIONS

• KoozArch ‘Grotto’ ²⁰²⁵
  
• 3D-Printed Lightweight Earth Fiber: From Tiles to Tessellations ²⁰²⁵
  
• Maximizing Fiber Content in 3D-Printed Earth Materials: Printability, Mechanical, Thermal and Environmental Assessments ²⁰²⁴
• Yale Paprika! Vol. 8, Issue 4 ‘#Bali’ ²⁰²³
  

• Yale Paprika! Vol. 8, Issue 4 ‘Abstract Machines’ ²⁰²³
• NOIA Magazine, Issue 3 ‘Center for Archival Interpretation’ ²⁰²²
  

^PEOPLE
Andrew Chee, M.Arch  
^{Principal Designer, Assoc. AIA, LEED GA}
Tashania Akemah, M.Arch
<sup>Principal Designer, Assoc. AIA

PROPOSALS</sup>
We are always open to proposals for new collaborations and employment, as well as apprenticeships and mentorship. Send us your proposal, employment status if applicable, and links to your portfolio or website to [email protected].

^IMPRINT
Related Works LLC is a Domestic Limited Liability Company registered in Kings County, New York, United States.

All work, unless otherwise noted 
© Related Works LLC.

Selected artifacts may be licensed as Related Works LLC under Creative Commons CC BY-SA, Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International.

^CONTACT
Related Works LLC
100 Freeman St F4
Brooklyn, NY 11222
USA

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