Christian “CAP” Prasch

Christian Prasch (a.k.a. "CAP") hails from the buffalo grass-covered Sandhills in Nebraska. He is the son of makers and educators, which has stimulated a lifelong desire to learn and make things.

The notion of scale and its relationship to human engagement with an object or spatial environment is essential to CAP. The daily routine, the rhythm and season of action, and the communal ritual of gathering…all desire a relative scale of intimacy and harmony of place. CAP is excited by the pursuit of seeking, finding, and making the medium that fulfills that requirement. An article of clothing, a tool, a lounge, or a loft could stimulate the desired condition.

He pursued his design education within diverse contexts: the Lincoln campus in his home state, abroad in Hannover, Germany, and eventually in New York at Columbia’s GSAPP program. His practical education is just as varied: military service as an ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) officer, internships in Los Angeles and New York with the likes of Michael Maltzan Architects, design production for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, non-profit effort in aid of Touch a Life and Art Feeds, collaborator in Maine with, most recently, Colby Company Engineering, and now designer here at Winkelman Architecture. In the springtime, CAP envelopes himself in the learning environment, teaching a design studio in U. Maine Augusta’s architecture program. Throughout his pursuits, CAP strives to instigate constructive interaction and stimulate resilient community relationships through his efforts. He treats play and experimentation as his most essential tools for developing and realizing his work, embracing the imagined mantra of “Oo De Lally,” - Live like a Kid.