uacdc@uark.edu 479 575 5772 (7045 FAX) 1 E Center St Ste 220 Fayetteville, AR 72701
Stephen D. Luoni
Director and Principal Designer
sluoni@uark.edu
Stephen Luoni is Director of the University of Arkansas Community Design Center (UACDC) where he is the Steven L. Anderson Chair in Architecture and Urban Studies and a Distinguished Professor of Architecture. Under his direction since 2003, UACDC’s design and research have won more than 200 awards, all for urban design, research, and education. His work at UACDC specializes in interdisciplinary public works projects combining landscape, urban, and architectural design. Luoni was appointed a 2012 United States Artists Ford Fellow. He has a BS in Architecture from Ohio State University and a Master of Architecture from Yale University.
Anh Parker
Executive Assistant to the Director
anhparker@uark.edu
Anh Parker has more than 20 years of professional experience in the corporate sector, with expertise in technology, innovation, digital transformation, data analytics, and project management. She began her career at Walmart’s corporate headquarters in Bentonville and has since supported strategic initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, driving organizational improvements through collaboration, process optimization, and data-informed decision-making. Recently, Anh joined the University of Arkansas Community Design Center, where she supports executive operations and project initiatives. A resident of Northwest Arkansas since 1995, she is deeply connected to the community. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from Oklahoma State University.
Victor H. Cardozo H.
Project Architect + Designer
vcardozo@uark.edu
Victor H Cardozo H is an architect and designer with more than twelve years of professional experience working in diverse scales and types of projects, and just recently joined the University of Arkansas Community Design Center as a Project Designer/Architect. Victor has a bachelor of architecture from the Cristobal Colon University in Mexico and a Master of Design Innovation and Technology degree with honors from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia. During his Masters program he received a scholarship to attend a design workshop at the Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, and also joined an outbound course at the Palo Alto Foundation for Future Planning in Barcelona, Spain. Victor has designed residential, institutional, retail, urban, landscape and government projects. He is a registered Architect in Mexico where he worked for five years before moving abroad. Victor also worked part time in the housing sector in Australia for two years. Most of Victor’s work is located in China, where he worked for more than five years.
Shail Patel
Project Architect + Designer
sp130@uark.edu
Shail is a Project Designer/Architect at the University of Arkansas Community Design Center. He is an architect and designer with over seven years of professional experience in the field. Shail received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology in Gujarat, India. He started his professional career as an architect in Ahmedabad, India honing his skills in design, project management, and client communication while working on both residential and commercial projects. Shail later moved to China where he was involved in designing large-scale commercial public buildings, institutional, retail buildings, and landscape urbanism projects. As an early adopter of AI in architecture, Shail constantly pushes the boundaries of what is possible.