DAVID J.PACHECO, AIA
Educator Award
David J. Pacheco, AIA is SVP, architect, and Director of Operations at H2M architects + engineers, a leading national A/E firm. He previously owned Pacheco Ross Architects, a nationallyrecognized, award-winning practice. David is NCARB-certified, licensed in 14 states, a Rensselaer Newman Foundation trustee, AIAENY Director and past president, an Albany Business Review 40 Under 40 honoree, and an elected public official. He is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) where he studied in Rome, Italy. As an adjunct professor at RPI, he teaches extensively on specific requirements for architectural practice. His course is a perennial student favorite. David has been an instructor at national conferences, a juror for design awards, and has authored/co-authored articles, books, and national standards. He uses his extensive leadership experience and design expertise to write, teach, and counsel. For two decades, David and his wife have funded scholarships for architecture students to study in Italy.
“To my students, who will one day build great things on the foundation of great thoughts and who will never be satisfied with the shoddiness of mediocrity. Build beautifully, but also create strong foundations. Never forget that buildings have purposes, that pillars hold up ideas. Let the world benefit by your talent. Give of yourself, and in the limitations that sharing entails, know that the glory of the world rests on the littlest things of creation. Don’t look to create glory,; rather seek to re-create it. Think of Michaelangelo, who, when he carved the marble, sought to uncover the soul that lay dormant. Your buildings are all asleep out there in some quarry and some lumberyard. They’re waiting for you, they’re ready.”