He is a Traverse City, Michigan native who has explored the world extensively in search of sustainable and innovative solutions to our built environment. Jess has a love for nature and cities alike. It is essential to his creative explorations and solutions to blend the fabric of our existence in a holistic manner, while relating to the senses expressed by the environment through experience. Jess is an Associate member of the AIA as well as a LEED-AP, focusing on sustainable architecture and bioclimatic analysis in his own practice, ECOPHI Architecture.