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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.

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.

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.

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.

Jose Gonzales

Visiting AssistAnt Professor

M.S. Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia

University; cofounder and principal, SOFTlab, a design

studio.

Mitchell Joachim

AssociAte Professor

B.P.S., SUNY, Buffalo; M. Arch., Columbia University;

M.A.U.D., Harvard University; Ph.D., Massachusetts

Institute of Technology; a leader in ecological design

and urbanism and a co-founder of Terreform ONE

and Terrefuge; also an associate professor at NYU and

previously was the Frank Gehry Chair at University

of Toronto; previously served on faculty at Columbia,

Syracuse, Washington, and Parsons;  formerly an

architect at Gehry Partners, and Pei Cobb Freed;

recipient of fellowships at TED2010, Moshe Safdie

Assoc., and Martin Society for Sustainability at MIT;

winner of the History Channel and Infiniti Excellence

Award for City of the Future, and Time Magazine Best

Invention of 2007, Compacted Car w/ MIT Smart

Cities; his project, Fab Tree Hab, has been exhibited at

MoMA and widely published; he was chosen by Wired

magazine for “The 2008 Smart List: 15 People the Next

President Should Listen To”;  Rolling Stone magazine

honored him in “The 100 People Who Are Changing

America”; in 2009 he was interviewed on the Colbert

Report; and Popular Science magazine has featured his

work as a visionary for “The Future of the Environment”

in 2010.

Urban Design Faculty

Left: Carlos Gonzalez Uribe