Architect, Author, and Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania's Weitzman School of Design
Fernando Luiz Lara works on theorizing spaces of the Americas with an emphasis on the dissemination of design ideas beyond the traditional disciplinary boundaries. Framed by decolonial theories, Lara has written widely about issues that pertain to the built environment of our continent.
Nathan John is a designer, writer and visual artist based in Oakland, California. As Head of Architecture at Google R+D for the Built Environment, Nathan is a leader in the development of flexible systems for architecture, iterative approaches to design and construction, and innovative strategies for community and stakeholder engagement. Leveraging the methods of the hacker/maker movement as well as a background in policy research, community organizing, and custom fabrication,...
Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia
Malo André Hutson, Ph.D., MCP, Dean and Edward E. Elson Professor at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the areas of community development, climate resilience, environmental justice, and urban health. As a scholar, teacher, and practitioner, he focuses on the nexus of environmental, architectural, and urban equity practices. He is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including the Salzburg Global Fellowship, two Mellon Fellowships, and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health &...
Principal of Hood Design Studio, Artist, and former Chair of Landscape Architecture at UC Berkeley
In Walter Hood's teaching and practice, he is committed to the development of environments which reflect their place and time specifically through how people inhabit various geographies. Our interest in the re-construction of urban landscapes seeks to build palimpsest by developing new elements, spatial forms and objects which validate their existing familiar context. The Studio utilizes ‘research’ in lieu of standardized analytical practices. Project research includes archival and oral histories, physical, environmental and social patterns and practices, to uncover...
Anisha Gade is currently a PhD Candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She holds dual masters degrees in City Planning and Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. With a background in communications and international urban development, she is especially interested in contributing to critical dialogue about the built environment.
Anisha was an ARC Fellow in Spring 2014 – she was chosen in the Graduate Fellow category.
Robert Glass is the founder of Space Open Studio, a landscape design and ecological planning firm based in Oakland, CA. He previously worked for Hyphae Design Laboratory, where he integrated landscape architecture with recycled water systems and civil engineering on a variety of sites, including public institutions, ecological preserves, hot spring resorts, and both single and multi-family residences.
Over the years, Robert has collaborated with many educators and alumni from the College of Environmental...
One of today’s best-known Japanese architects, Sou Fujimoto graduated in Architecture from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo in 1994. The majority of his work (initially projects for small spaces) is located in Japan, where he founded Sou Fujimoto Architects in 2000.
He gained recognition some years later, when he won the Architectural Review award for emerging architecture 3 years in a row. Fujimoto lectures at the Universities of Tokyo, Kyoto and Minato (Keio University). Growing up on the Japanese...
Marisha Farnsworth is an artist and an architect whose large-scale public space interventions explore future ecosystems, infrastructural utopias and the social and ecological implications of materiality in the built environment. Her work has been exhibited at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Venice Biennale and is in the collection of the Nevada Museum of Art.
Marisha was an ARC Fellow in Spring 2011 – she was chosen in Faculty Fellow category.
C. Greig Crysler completed his professional training in architecture at the University of Waterloo, Canada and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, UK. He teaches courses in the History, Theory and Society of Architecture. Through his leadership as Arcus Chair (2012-2022) and his role as Program Director of the CED’s Arcus Endowment, Crysler has translated his commitment to equity and social justice in design education into frameworks for student and faculty engagement, public discussion and alternative forms of pedagogy related to issues such as...
