how we work

services provided

(f.e.d.) provides support through all forms of design: architecture, graphics, landscaping, planning, research, and interiors.  In doing so, we intend to accomplish facilities needs assessment, capital campaign management, building and space planning, accessibility and code compliance, and environmentally sound design in constructing a commercial kitchen or idea thereof, helping to provide food and empowerment to organizations and individuals.

The specifics

we will work in partnership with your organization and will provide agreed upon design services to allow your organization to raise capital to fund construction and architectural services for a project.  At the completion of your capital campaign, your organization will provide monetary compensation to (f.e.d.) based on a previously negotiated design fee.  (f.e.d.) will then bring the project from basic programming and schematic design to construction documents for permits.  (f.e.d.) will observe construction through completion, or other decided on deliverables.  

partnership

we want to offer design services to help develop your organization, no matter its size.  We maintain the drive to work with you to complete a project that makes sense for you.  We strive to create lasting relationships and serve in partnership with organizations to achieve their goals of ending hunger.  Working in partnership, we will work to achieve (f.e.d.)’s monetary compensation for the agreed upon deliverables, whether that means assisting in grants or other forms of assistance if needed.  (f.e.d.) will get to know you and your community to understand your values.  No vision is too great or small; everything starts with the first step.  Let’s work together to put an end to hunger.

biographies

Joe Junius

[co-founder and Executive Director] 
created (f.e.d.) to design for the greater good. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Iowa State University and completed the Public Interest Design course at the University of Texas - Austin in the summer of 2011.  His years working at Aria Group Architects, Inc. as a Senior Architectural Designer has educated him in the functionality of a commercial kitchen and with this knowledge he hopes to empower individuals through the medium of food.  He feels strongly about providing help where he can.  Joe loves to travel, is a runner and avid water-skier in his free time.  He looks for the best side in everyone and is a lifelong optimist.

John Drogos

earned his bachelor's degree in architectural design from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  He has been working for 9 years in different architecture and engineering firms working on residential high rises, CTA rail lines and for the past 6 years has worked with Aria Group Architects, Inc. on restaurants.  John is currently in the process of completing his testing for architectural licensor.  He has donated his time for many charities and not for profits including Misercordia, West Cook YMCA, Care for Real, KaBoom!, Rebuilding Together, Architecture for Humanity and many more.  He enjoys spending his time camping and hiking in the summer and traveling with his wife.

Chris Curran

[co-founder]
holds a Bachelors in Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago and was working in south suburban Chicago school design and development until '07 when he began designing commercial restaurants with Aria Group Architects out of Oak Park, IL.  After joining Joe in different non-for-profit projects through Architecture For Humanity Chicago Chapter, he joined Joe in developing (f.e.d.).  Outside of work Chris pursues casual reading and many different hobbies in an effort to never stop learning.  Always looking for new challenges, Chris enjoys trying everything new that crosses his path and is not afraid to instantly jump into any new situation.   

Liezel Pimentel

holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  She currently works for Wrap Architecture on a wide variety of adaptive reuse and new projects for small businesses, non-profits, and homeowners.  She is an advocate of socially responsible design and development and has worked with a variety of non-profit organizations including CriticalProductive, the Archive Institute, and Habitat for Humanity.

John Marusich

graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Interior Architecture from Auburn University in 2007. While at Auburn University, John participated in Rural Studio, a design-build program in West Alabama that allowed he and his three teammates the opportunity to design and build a Boys & Girls Club in Akron, Alabama. Upon completing the project, John joined the Rural Studio staff where he spent six years as an Instructor teaching and developing the Rural Studio Farm: a project whose focus is to bring fresh, local food, and its necessary infrastructure to Rural Studio’s main campus. John is now a design architect at Wrap Architecture in Chicago, IL where he works on restaurants and brewpubs, brewery production facilities, and single family / multi-family residential projects. He is a firm believer that good design should be available to everyone and enjoys cooking, traveling, and making furniture in his free time.  

 

board of directors

Bryan Bell

[board member]

Molly Goetzinger

[board member] 

Jim Lencioni

[board member] 

a special thanks to our past collaborators

John Hamel, David Perkes, David Roesler