Surf lesson with Phoenix parent Geoffrey von Oeyen!

Spend an hour this summer with parent Geoffrey von Oeyen, a lifelong surfer who grew up in Malibu, as he teaches you the basics of surfing! Surfboard provided for lesson. Open to one adult or one child. No experience necessary. Must be a strong swimmer who is comfortable in the ocean.

Bio:

Geoffrey von Oeyen is a Principal of Geoffrey von Oeyen Design and von Oeyen Architects, based in Los Angeles, and is an Assistant Professor of Practice and is the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs at the USC School of Architecture. The recipient of multiple national awards including the Architectural League Prize, Next Progressives, and a MacDowell Fellowship, his built architectural projects in North America and Asia have been widely published in international architectural publications such as Architect, Architectural Record, Dezeen, Architizer, and the Architect's Newspaper. In 2019, Geoffrey von Oeyen Design was internationally longlisted by Dezeen for "Emerging Architect of the Year", and was selected by the Dezeen readers as one of the top ten firms in all disciplines of architecture, design, and landscape architecture. Recently built projects, including the Case Room and Napavilion, have received design awards from the AIA. As a part of his ongoing design research, von Oeyen leads graduate and undergraduate students in multidisciplinary design studios and design-build projects in the United States and China, exploring innovative tectonic systems that leverage precedent, site, and community to reconcile disparate visual, spatial, and cultural conditions, and this work has been awarded and published by organizations such as the American Institute of Architects and the American Composites Manufacturing Association. As President of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, von Oeyen advocated for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the built environment, and has critically explored new systems for housing architecture in Los Angeles, the topic of his current graduate directed design research studio at USC.

Prior to founding his practice, von Oeyen was an Associate at Gehry Partners, LLP, where from 2005 to 2011 he played key roles in the design of several geometrically and technically complex institutional projects, including the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris and the UTS Business School in Sydney. Born in Detroit and raised in Los Angeles, von Oeyen received an M.Arch. from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and accepted the Faculty Design Award and Chair’s Letter of Commendation. Prior to the Harvard GSD he was a U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cambridge, where he received an M.Phil. in the History and Philosophy of Architecture. Von Oeyen’s M.Phil. dissertation extended his funded undergraduate thesis research at Stanford University, where he graduated with Honors in Urban Studies and double minors in Art History and History.