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Erich Schonenberger
Visiting instructor
B. Environ. Design, Technical School of Novia Scotia;
M.S. Advanced Architecture and Design, Columbia
University; co-founded (with Ferda Kolatan) su11
architecture+design in New York City in 1999; received
the Swiss National Culture Award for Art and Design
and the ICFF Editors Award for Best New Designer;
2006 finalist for the prestigious Chernikhov Price; 2007
chosen finalist for the MoMA/PS1 YAP competition.
Nanako Umemoto
Adjunct Professor
B.A., Osaka University of Art, Japan; B. Arch., Cooper
Union; a principal and co-founder of Reiser + Umemoto,
an internationally recognized multidisciplinary design
firm, which has built projects at a wide range of scales:
from furniture design, to residential and commercial
structures, up to the scale of landscape, urban design,
and infrastructure; she has previously taught at various
schools in the U.S. and Asia, including Columbia Univer-
sity, the University of Pennsylvania, Hong Kong University,
Kyoto University, and the Cooper Union; and she has
lectured at various educational and cultural institutions
throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
“I have occasion to pass
through the Pratt campus
from time to time and I am
delighted at newly discovered
spaces, buildings, and art
installations.”
—Patricia Swann,
M.S. Arch/Planning ’79,
Senior program officer,
New York Community Trust