Mishou Sanchez has a Masters
in Architecture from the Southern California
Institute of Architecture (SCIARC) in Los
Angeles, CA, (2007). She also has a Bachelors
Degree Fine Arts in Interior Design from the
Ringling School of Art + Design (RSAD) in
Sarasota, FL. (2001). Before graduating from
Ringling, she was selected by Steelcase Student
Design Exchange (2000) as one of the top 20
Interior Design & Architecture Students in North
America .
After Ringling, she moved to
Portland, OR, where she worked as the sole
Interior Designer under Michael Czysz at
Architropolis. There, she worked for clients
such as Lenny Kravitz, Cindy Crawford, Rande
Gerber, The Midnight Oil Company, + The Green
Valley Ranch Resort + Casino.
Prior to her entering into
graduate school, she worked at SJvD Design under
Sybil vanDjis in Belmont Shore, CA. While
working for SJvD, she designed for clients such
as Michael Jackson, The Hotel Bel-Air, + the
renovation of "Miramonte," a residence
originally designed by Walter Gropius.
During her final semester at
SCIARC, she attended the Desert Studio
(Cal-Earth) taught by Nadar Khalili + Illiona
Outram. While at Cal-Earth in Hysperia, CA, she
designed a sustainable permaculture living
system that is going to utilized by The American
Sudanese Partnerships in Darfur, Sudan,
to assist in the survival of the refugees. It
has been said that if the system is successful,
it will be mass-produced by UNICEF for
humanitarian relief in African deserts.
After graduation, Mishou
briefly worked for Architecture Plus
International in Tampa, FL. During her time
there she developed avant garde concepts for a
Walmart in Mexico City + a hotel in Florida.
Most recently, she branched
off on her own + started her own
design/architecture firm named TRANS[FORM]
Design Group, LLC, + is planning a trip to
Darfur to consult on the construction of her
hospital design.