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commissions and experimental research and setting
out to explore novel formal and organizational
possibilities in architecture and urbanism. Previously,
Kutan worked at Reiser + Umemoto, where he was the
lead project architect for the O-14 Tower in Dubai and
performed as a senior designer in a number of projects
and competition entries; awards: Suzanne Kolarik
Underwood Thesis Prize.
Alexandra Barker
Adjunct AssistAnt Professor; coordinAtor,
M. Architecture
B.A., Harvard University; M. Arch., Harvard University;
has coordinated the MARCH program since 2001;
grants: (with Catherine Ingraham) NCARB GRANT to
create a seminar integrating practice and the academy;
(with Nico Kienzl) FIPSE/CSDS grant to integrate
sustainable practices into the GAUD curriculum; is
a principal of Barker Freeman Design Office, a New
York practice employing material research, fabrication
technologies, and system design as generative tools in
the development of multivalent spatial solutions.
Stéphanie Bayard
Adjunct AssistAnt Professor
M.S., Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia
University; Dipl. Arch Paris La Villette; teaches design
studio and urban design seminars; previously taught
at Ohio State and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;
founded aa64 with Phillip Anzalone, as an experimental
practice focusing on design, digital fabrication, and
material construction in the United States and Europe;
their work has been published and exhibited at the AIA
NY Center for Architecture.
Karen Brandt
Visiting instructor
B. Arch., University of California, Berkeley; M. Arch.,
Harvard University; registered architect and senior
associate at R.A. Heintges & Associates, a firm
specializing in custom building envelope and curtain
wall design.
Meta Brunzema
Adjunct AssistAnt Professor; coordinAtor,
M.s., Architecture And urbAn design
M. Arch., Columbia University; principal of Meta
Brunzema Architect P.C., an award-winning
architecture and urban design practice that addresses
contemporary spatial, environmental, and socio-
political challenges in innovative ways; the firm
specializes in carbon-neutral design; current projects
include “Park Avenue Market Mile” in N.Y.C. and “River
Pool” in Beacon, N.Y. Brunzema is a LEED(R) accredited
professional.Theo Calvin
Visiting instructor
B.A., Art History, Rice University; B.Arch., Rice University;
M.S. Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia
University; interdisciplinary designer and teacher
focused on the use of computation as a design medium;
earlier in his career created work for Venturi Scott
Brown and Assoc, Gensler, Wired Magazine, Verizon
Wireless, and others; currently a principal designer for
Frog Design in New York.Robert Cervellione
Visiting instructor
B. Arch., Architecture, Roger Williams University;
M. Arch., Architecture, Pratt Institute; principal of
CERVER Design Studio, a multidisciplinary practice
utilizing leading edge methodologies with advanced
computational systems; actively involved in research
that is focused on the advancement of digital
fabrication and computational geometry; has worked
for influential architects and designers creating work
of the highest quality that garners international
recognition; has also taught at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles
and the University of Michigan.Steven Chang, AIA
Adjunct AssistAnt Professor
B. Arch., University of California, Berkeley; Eisner Prize in
Architecture; a senior associate at Polshek Partnership
Architects, who has worked as a senior designer/
project architect on numerous cultural and institutional
projects, including the New York Botanical Garden and
the Brooklyn Museum; also has worked in construction
as a carpenter and traveled extensively while working at
architecture offices in Portugal, Germany, and Korea.Cristobal Correa
Adjunct AssistAnt Professor
B.S.C.E., Universidad de Chile; M.S.C.E., Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; associate principal, Buro
Happold, New York office; joined Buro Happold in 1998
and now manages teams in the structural engineering
division, dealing with, among other things, tension
structures, long-span structures, and façades; notable
projects include the Crystal Bridges Museum of
American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas; the Arena das
Dunas in Natal, Brazil; and the Roppongi Canopies in
Roppongi, Japan; serves as a member of the board of
the Structural Engineers Association of New York.Theo David
Professor
B. Arch., Pratt Institute; M. Arch., Yale University;
practicing architect in New York City and Nicosia,
Cyprus; studied under Paul Rudolph at Yale; tenured
professor, former faculty president, and chair of
graduate architecture; has been awarded the 2009
Cyprus Architects Association Prize in Architecture, the
2001 Cyprus State Architecture Award, the New York
City Bard Honor Award, NYSAIA Design Award, and
was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award; his
work as an architect/educator has been exhibited and
published worldwide.Manuel DeLanda
Adjunct Professor
B.F.A., School of Visual Arts; has authored five
philosophy books: War in the Age of Intelligent
Machines (1991), A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History
(1997), Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy (2002),
A New Philosophy of Society (2006), and Philosophy,
Emergence, and Simulation (2009); also teaches at
the University of Pennsylvania, SCI-Arc in Los Angeles,
and holds the Gilles Deleuze chair at the European
Graduate School in Switzerland.Hernan Diaz Alonso
Adjunct AssistAnt Professor
M.S., Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia
University; Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina;
considered one of the most influential voices in his
generation, he has been a studio design and visual
arts professor at SCI-Arc, Columbia University, and at
Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien; principal and