Alec Rovensky — information & contact
CONTACT
email: alecrovensky@gmail.com
instagram: @aalecr
linkedIN: alec-rovensky
ABOUT
Alec is a first generation Ukrainian-American architectural designer. He is a ‘24-’25 U.S. Fulbright Grant recipient currently based in Berlin where he is pursuing a M.Sc. in Architecture Typology at the Technische Universität Berlin.
Previously, Alec was the Residency Director at the Institute for Public Architecture, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that uses design to challenge social and physical inequities in New York City, where he oversaw the creation of a new overnight residency program for designers on Governors Island in New York Harbor.
Alec has worked at Jenny Peysin Architecture, a Ukrainian-led design firm based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He was a Next Generation Council Member at Madame Architect, and has worked as an engineering aide at the World Trade Center site with the Port Authority of NY & NJ.
He holds a B.Arch from the Syracuse University School of Architecture where he completed his senior thesis titled Terra Dispositions, which received a citation in thesis design excellence and was awarded a Renée Crown Honors research grant.
PRESS
Record Number Receive Awards Through Fulbright U.S. Student Program︎︎︎
Syracuse University News, May 2024
Reimagining Urban Futures: Lessons from Ukraine’s Resilience︎︎︎
ArchDaily, March 2024
BQE 2053: Building a Sustainable Visonary Brooklyn Queens Expressway︎︎︎
[paywall] Brooklyn Eagle, May 2023
Money as a Metropolitan Island Dweller︎︎︎
Money Scoop, May 2023
Jenny Peysin Architecture: Volunteering for Ukraine︎︎︎
Madame Architect, April 2022
Architecture Student’s Ceramics Chosen for Virtual Indigenous-led Exhibition in Honor of World Water Day︎︎︎
Syracuse University News, March 2021