Spatializing was founded by Michelle Hill Gayle to help organizations evolve. Michelle is an award winning architect and interior designer with broad range of experience. In her career, she has been a lead interior designer, furniture specifier, project architect, space planner, construction administrator and project manager. She has successfully completed over 1.2 million square feet of ground-up construction and renovation work valued at over $500 million. Michelle’s portfolio includes 3 net-zero energy projects. 50% of all projects completed have achieved LEED Gold or Platinum. Projects include notable museums such as the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Exploratorium; libraries and classroom buildings at CSU Monterey Bay, UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley and UC Merced; and workplace projects for non-profit and for-profit organizations of all sizes.
Michelle loves learning and sees a future where work, learning and life are blended seamlessly through technology and increased consciousness of our humanity. She recently received her MBA from UCLA Anderson and received the Gloria Appel Prize for outstanding achievement in entrepreneurial studies and student leadership. She currently teaches integrated building systems for Interior Designers at California College of the Arts, seeking to make the topics of building systems and design integration approachable.