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Vito Acconci
Adjunct AssociAte Professor
B.A., College of the Holy Cross; M.F.A.,Writers’ Workshop,
University of Iowa; his design and architecture come
from another direction: a background first in writing
and then in art. By the late ’80s his work had crossed
over, and he formed Acconci Studio, whose operations
come from computer thinking and mathematical and
biological models. Acconci Studio treats architecture
as an occasion for activity and making spaces fluid,
changeable, and portable. The Studio is currently
working on a three-story building in Milan, a bridge-
system and park near Delft, and an amphitheater
in Stavanger, and has other projects in Toronto and
Indianapolis.
Nick Agneta, AIA
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
B. Arch., Cooper Union; R.A., New York State; member,
Queens Chapter American Institute of Architects;
architect and construction manager in the NYC
metropolitan area; awards and honors: Suffolk County
9/11 Memorial Competition, First Place; Alabama
School of Fine Arts Competition, Second Place;
achieved licensure with New York State in 1986; has
taught at New York University and New York Institute
of Technology and is the technical director for Nelligan
White Architects in New York, N.Y.; currently teaches
professional practice and is IDP coordinator at Pratt.
Alisa Andrasek
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.S., Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia
University; University of Zagreb; director of BIOTHING
and an experimental practitioner of architecture and
computation; BIOTHING’s work is in the permanent
collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris and
FRAC Collection in Orleans; awards: Metropolis Next
Generation Award, 2005, and FEIDAD Award, 2004;
recent exhibitions include “Transitory Objects TB-A21”
in Vienna, “Elles” at the Centre Pompidou in Paris,
a maze at FRAC Orleans, “Synathroisis” in Athens;
“Scripted by Purpose” in Philadelphia, Seroussi pavilion
in Paris, “Ars Mathematica” in Paris, the 2003 Prague
Biennale, the 2004 Sydney Biennial, Architectural
Biennial Beijing 2004, 2006, and 2008, and the New
Museum, N.Y., among others.Philip Anzalone
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M. Arch., Columbia University; B.P.S. Architecture, SUNY
Buffalo; director of the Building Technologies Sequence
and director of the Avery Digital Fabrication Laboratory,
Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia University;
registered architect with experience as a curtain wall
consultant for R. A. Heintges & Associates and an
architectural designer with Greg Lynn Form; currently
a partner of aa64; published in ArchitectureWeek,
ACADIA, ACSA, and the International Journal of
Architectural Computing..Carlos Arnaiz
Adjunct AssociAte Professor
B.A., Philosophy, Williams College; M. Arch., Harvard
University; an associate partner at Stan Allen Architect;
previously worked for Office dA in Cambridge, Field
Operations and Bumpzoid Architects in New York, and
as a founding principal for RUF studio in New York. His
experience at these offices has ranged from high-level
strategic planning for cities around the world to project
design and construction documentation on commercial
and residential projects. At Field Operations, he
served as project manager and lead designer on the
transformation of a 650-acre plot of land in the middle
of San Juan, Puerto Rico, into the island’s largest
and most important Botanical Garden. He led the
development of all aspects of the project including the
creation of an expanded river corridor along one of
San Juan’s principal waterways. His academic research
has focused on the ongoing relationship between
ornament and structure in design. While at Harvard,
he collaborated with Peter Rowe on a number of
research projects investigating innovative solutions in
the planning and management of contemporary urban
regions. He has served on juries at various institutions
in the U.S.A. including Harvard, Princeton, and the
University of Pennsylvania, where he taught advanced
studios in the Landscape Architecture Program from
2002 to 2004.Kutan Ayata
Adjunct AssistAnt Professor
M. Arch., Princeton; B.F.A., Architecture, Massachusetts
College of Art, Boston; partner/co-director of
Young & Ayata, a practice dedicated to both building