curriculum vitae

Kyle Steinfeld
345 Wurster Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1800
ksteinfe {et} berkeley [dot] edu
last updated Aug 15 2021

academic experience

Aug 10 - Present
Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, CED 2021 - Present
Associate Director, Master of Design (MDes) Program 2019 - Present
Director, Studio One Degree Program 2014 - 2015
ARCH 200c
Representational Practice in Architectural Design

ARCH 200a
Architectural Design Studio

ARCH 229
Graduate Seminar in Digital Design Theories and Methods

ARCH 229
Building Performance and Visualization

ARCH 124a
Intermediate 2d/3d Computer Modeling

ARCH 204
Thesis Seminar and Studio

ARCH 100a
Fundamentals of Architectural Design

ARCH 205
Studio One

ARCH 100d
Advanced Undergraduate Option Studio

ARCH 202
Advanced Graduate Option Studio

ARCH 229
Turkers' Delight

ARCH 101
Case Studies in Architecture

DESINV 201
Debates in Design

L&S 25
Thinking Through Art and Design

Sep 06 - Aug 10
Visiting Instructor, Pratt Institute
Director, Digital Futures Consultant Group
ARCH 313
Building Services

ARCH 521c
Special Topics in Digital Representation

100S-01
Pre-College Summer Studio

ARCH 400
Advanced Design

ARCH 300
Advanced Design

100S-01
Pre-College Summer Studio

ARCH 200
Comprehensive Design

Sep 07 - May 08
Visiting Instructor, Cornell University
ARCH 465
Technology Seminar - Component Architecture

ARCH 401
Research Studio - Component Arcologies

Apr 06 - Apr 07
Researcher, Technische Universiteit Delft
Jan 06 - Mar 06
Adjunct Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology
PAE 640
Special Topics: Programming for Design Applications

Jan 00 - May 01
Adjunct Professor, New York Institute of Technology
AAID 101
Design Fundamentals I

AAID 102
Design Fundamentals II

professional experience

Aug 08 - Dec 08
Digital Design Consultant, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
Lead Researcher, SOM / Sci Arc Applied Studies Seminar
May 07 - Aug 07
Designer, Acconci Studio
Mar 05 - Mar 06
Digital Design Researcher, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Sep 04 - Feb 05
Designer, TEN Arquitectos
Dec 03 - Aug 04
Project Designer, White Noise - White Light
May 03 - Nov 03
Designer, Diller + Scofidio
Apr 00 - May 01
Designer, Acconci Studio

publications

books

2018
PB-02
Geometric Computation
Foundations for Design
Joy Ko, Kyle Steinfeld
Routledge

book chapters and special issues

2021
PB-03
Significant Others
Machine Learning as Actor, Material, and Provocateur in Art and Design
Kyle Steinfeld
in: The Routledge Companion to Artificial Intelligence in Architecture
edited by: I As, P Basu
Routledge
2014
PB-01
The Data Made Me Do It
Direct, Deferred, and Dissolved Authorship and the Architecture of the Crowd
Kyle Steinfeld, Levon Fox, Alex Spatzier
in: Paradigms in Computing: Making, Machines, and Models for Design Agency in Architecture
edited by: M Ibanez, D Gerber
eVolo

conference papers (peer-review)

Oct 20
PC-14
Drawn, Together
Machine-Augmented Architectural Sketching in the Design Studio
Kyle Steinfeld
in: Distributed Proximities, Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
Jul 20
PC-13
Sketch2Pix
Machine-Augmented Architectural Sketching
Kyle Steinfeld
in: Machine Intelligence, Proceedings of CDRF 2020: The 2nd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication
Nov 19
PC-12
GAN Loci
Imaging Place using Generative Adversarial Networks
Kyle Steinfeld
in: Ubiquity and Autonomy, Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
Jun 19
PC-11
Fresh Eyes
A Framework for the Application of Machine Learning to Generative Architectural Design
Kyle Steinfeld, Kat Park, Adam Menges, Samantha Walker
in: Hello, Culture, Proceedings of 18th International Conference, CAAD Futures 2019
Sep 19
PC-10
Necessary Tension
A dual-evaluation generative design method for tension net structures
Matt Turlock and Kyle Steinfeld
in: Impact: Design with All Senses, Proceedings of Design Modelling Symposium 2019
Nov 17
PC-09
Dreams May Come
A guide to future research at the intersection of ML and architectural design tools
Kyle Steinfeld
in: Disciplines & Disruption, Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
Nov 17
PC-08
Ivy
Progress in developing practical applications for a weighted-mesh representation for use in generative architectural design
Andrei Nejur, Kyle Steinfeld
in: Disciplines & Disruption, Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
Oct 16
PC-07
Ivy
Bringing a weighted-mesh representation to bear on generative architectural design applications
Andrei Nejur, Kyle Steinfeld
in: Posthuman Frontiers: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines, Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
Oct 14
PC-06
Imperative, Functional, Object-Oriented
An alternative ontology of programmatic paradigms for design
Kyle Steinfeld, Carlos Sandoval
in: Design Agency, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
Oct 13
PC-05
Dhour
A bioclimatic information design prototyping toolkit
Kyle Steinfeld, Brendon Levitt
in: Adaptive Architecture, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA 2013)
May 13
PC-04
Decodes
A platform-independent computational geometry environment
Kyle Steinfeld, Joy Ko
in: Open Systems, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2013)
Apr 13
PC-03
Housing Agency System (HAS)
Multi-Criteria Satisficing & Mass-Customization of Homes
Michael Bergin, Kyle Steinfeld
in: Offsite: Theory and Practice of Architectural Production, Proceedings of Fall Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA 2012)
Sep 12
PC-02
Open Graphic Evaluative Frameworks
A climate analysis tool and web-based weather data visualization platform
Kyle Steinfeld, Stefano Schiavon, Dustin Moon
in: Digital Physicality - Physical Digitality, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2012)
Oct 10
PC-01
Situated Bioclimatic Information Design
A new approach to the processing and visualization of climate data
Kyle Steinfeld, Pravin Bhiwapurkar, Anna Dyson, Jason Vollen
in: LIFE in:formation, On Responsive Information and Variations in Architecture, Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA 2010)
Jul 06
PC-00
Constraints Driven Design of a Surface Inflatable Habitat Module
Georgi Petrov, Constance M. Adams, Kyle Steinfeld, and Dmitri Jajich
in: 2006 International Conference On Environmental Systems (ICES), Proceedings of ICES

invited publications

Apr 21
PIV-04
L'apprenti Sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Toward Machine-Augmented Creative Design
Kyle Steinfeld
in: l'intelligence artificielle au service de l'architecture
edited by: Stanislas Chaillou
Oct 14
PIV-03
Data Agency
Kyle Steinfeld
in: Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
edited by: J Sanchez, A Huang, D Gerber
Sep 13
PIV-02
Public, Private, Protected
Encapsulation and the Disempowerment of the Digital Architect
Kyle Steinfeld
in: Room One Thousand Fall/Spring 2013 Edition: Technology and the Box
edited by: P Maitland
Oct 12
PIV-01
Synthetic Digital Ecologies
Mark Cabrinha, Jason Kelly Johnson, and Kyle Steinfeld
in: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
** Introductory essay for ACADIA 2012 conference proceedings.

journal articles

Jan 18
JA-01
Studies in Small Scale Data
Three Case Studies on Describing Individuals' Spatial Behaviour in Cities
Lynnette Widder, Jessie Braden, Joy Ko, Kyle Steinfeld
in: EAI Endorsed Transactions on Internet of Things
edited by: Der Jiunn Deng, Claudio Enrico Palazzi and Yuyu Yin

poster presentations

May 16
POS-01
Spatial Behaviors of Individuals in Cities
Three Case Studies in Data Tracking and Scaling
Lynnette Widder, Joy Ko, Jessie Braden, Kyle Steinfeld
at: Second International Conference on the Internet of Things in Urban Space
** Recieved the award for Best Poster at the 2016 Conference.

online publications

Dec 19
BLG-02
Data: What To Look For
Kyle Steinfeld
in: Arch CA Digest
more information via this hyperlink
Jul 19
BLG-01
GAN Loci
Can neural nets reveal the tacit properties that make a 'space' a 'place'?
Kyle Steinfeld
in: Towards Data Science
more information via this hyperlink

exhibitions

Feb 20
EX-04
"AI & Architecture", Pavillon De L'Arsenal
Paris, France
Displayed works at the Intelligence Artificielle & Architecture exhibit at the Pavillon De l'Arsenal in Paris.
more information via this hyperlink
Dec 18
EX-03
"Not Far From Home", NeurIPS 2018 Machine Learning for Creativity and Design
Montreal Canada
Synthetic three-dimensional architectural massings for single-family homes are generated by a generative adversarial network.
more information via this hyperlink
Dec 17
EX-02
"Death Valley", NeurIPS 2017 Machine Learning for Creativity and Design
Long Beach CA
Exhibited synthetic images of 'fake' cities. Using the pix2pix model ported to tensorflow, we developed a process for relating depthmaps extracted from Google Street View panoramas with the corresponding photographic information.
more information via this hyperlink
Sep 07
EX-01
"Scripted By Purpose", FUEL Gallery
Philadelphia, PA
Displayed two original works at this exhibit of "explicit and encoded processes within design".
more information via this hyperlink

digital tools

In the subject area of Design Computation, software is regarded as an important medium of creative work. The development of innovative design methods through the authoring of software tools is one means by which contributions to the discipline are made. Listed below are the research projects related to the development of design tools. Many of these also served to catyalize and organize many of my other professional activities. These include the publication of research results, the securing of financial support for research, the forging of professional partnerships, and the development of teaching and pedagogy.
May 20
CW-10
Sketch2Pix
Kyle Steinfeld
An augmented architectural drawing tool.
more information via this hyperlink
May 18
CW-09
Fresh Eyes for Grasshopper
Kyle Steinfeld
A toolkit for connecting parametric models with classification machine learning models.
more information via this hyperlink
May 17
CW-08
Drawing with Bots
Kyle Steinfeld and Hao Zheng
A series of experiments that explore human-computer collaborative drawing.
more information via this hyperlink
Jun 16
CW-07
Ivy
Andrei Nejur, Kyle Steinfeld
A mesh analysis and segmentation toolkit that facilitates the fabrication of discrete three-dimensional forms.
more information via this hyperlink
Aug 14 - Jul 16
CW-04
Decloud
Kyle Steinfeld, Erica Brett
A cloud-based computational geometry modelling environment
more information via this hyperlink
Jun 12
CW-02
CBE Thermal Comfort Tool for ASHRAE-55
Tyler Hoyt, Stefano Schiavon, Alberto Piccioli, Dustin Moon and Kyle Steinfeld
A web-based graphical user interface developed for thermal comfort prediction according to ASHRAE Standard-55.
more information via this hyperlink
May 11 - Jul 16
CW-01
Studiomaven
Kyle Steinfeld
An online learning platform supporting students of environmental design.
more information via this hyperlink
ongoing
CW-06
Decod.es Geometry Library
Kyle Steinfeld, Joy Ko
A platform-independent computational geometry library built upon the strategies of host-independence, domain-specificity, and context-appropriate abstraction.
more information via this hyperlink
May 12 - Mar 13
CW-05
Decod.es for Grasshopper
Kyle Steinfeld
A visual-programming interface for the Decod.es geometry library (see above).
Nov 12 - Jan 13
CW-03
Dhour
Kyle Steinfeld
A bioclimatic information design prototyping toolkit developed for the Grasshopper visual programming environment, which enables the situational development of information graphics.
more information via this hyperlink

grants and funded research

It is the norm in architectural design research to undertake small-scale investigations that support larger research aims, and to fund such efforts through diverse funding structures. The project support presented below should be seen in the context of the other research outcomes produced, which may include the development of digital tools and/or the authoring of published work (related publications are noted). Unless otherwise indicated, I have served as principal investigator for all grants and funded research listed.
May 15
FR-18
Data + Design Research Workshop
Graham Fleming, UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Research
Funding provided for a workshop to kick-start the development of tools that enable the use of 'big data' for data collection, coordination, and integration in urban design.
Aug 14 - May 15
FR-17
Studio One Technical Partnership
Autodesk Design Research Group
Design Variations and Optimization
Support for research assistance related to Studio One, in the development of methods for the generation and exploration of massive design spaces.
Aug 14 - May 15
FR-16
Studio One Technical Partnership
Autodesk Revit Project Group
Declarative Design Tools
Support for research assistance related to Studio One, in the development of design tools for the application of a "declarative design method" to the domain of architectural design.
Aug 14 - May 15
FR-15
Studio One Technical Partnership
Autodesk Pier 9
Digital Fabrication Pipelines
Support for research assistance related to Studio One, in the development of automated "pipelines" for the rationalization and fabrication of architectural form.
Mar 14 - Sep 14
FR-14
Faculty Research Grant
UCB Committee on Research
DHour
Support to further the development of an opensource software plugin called "Dhour" that enables the visualization of climate and building performance data.
Jan 15 - Apr 15
FR-13
IIS Mini-Conference Grant
UCB Institute of International Studies
Public, Private, Protected Symposium
Support for a symposium on the current state of geometric and algorithmic literacy in architectural design education.
May 13
FR-11
IDEA Studio Fellowship
Autodesk
Computational Literacy for Architectural Designers
Support to further the development of a library of computational geometry lessons and code samples intended to demystify the core concepts of design computation for an audience of architectural designers.
Jan 13 - Jun 13
FR-10
Faculty Research Grant
UCB Committee on Research
Decod.es
Support for the development of a computational geometry library targeted to architectural designers.
Sep 12 - Sep 13
FR-09
Hellman Fellowship
The Hellman Foundation
Visualization Tools for Climate-Calibrated Design
Support for the development of a weather-data analysis and visualization tool-set for the next generation of climatically-responsive architecture.
Sep 11 - Dec 11
FR-07
Research Enabling Grant
UCB Committee on Research
Dhour: A bioclimatic information design prototyping toolkit
Support for research that seeks to develop a set of graphic interfaces, procedural standards, and software libraries that empower architectural designers to produce evaluative and rhetorical graphics.
Jun 11 - May 11
FR-05
Instructional Improvement Grant
UCB Office of Educational Development
Studiomaven
Support for the development of a web-based platform for the peer-to-peer exchange of representational techniques.
May 08 - Aug 08
FR-01
Faculty Development Grant
Pratt Institute
Force Feed
role: Co-PI
Support for a case study in design generation that tests the use of near real-time structural analysis, proposed in collaboration with Lonn Combs.
Sep 09 - May 10
FR-02
Graduate Fellowship
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

professional activities

workshops and symposia

An important locus for the production and dissemination of knowledge surrounding the application of design software is the workshop. It is an honor to be invited to lead such workshops, just as it is a mark of distinction to organize symposia at parallel institutions and organizations. Workshops such as the ones listed below act both as professional service, a means of sharing design methods and fostering the critical application of design software, and as an instrument to further research through the field testing of new technologies of design.
Sep 19
WS-15
Workshop Organizer, Fresh Eyes Workshop
Design Modeling Symposium, Berlin University of the Arts
Proposed and executed a 2-day workshop in Berlin that workshop brings recent developments in machine learning (ML) to bear on generative architectural design.
May 18
WS-14
Cluster Organizer, Smart Geometry 2018
The University of Toronto
Proposed and executed a 4-day workshop cluster in Toronto through a peer-review process. The workshop brings recent developments in machine learning (ML) to bear on generative architectural design in order to improve the utility of artificial intelligence as a creative partner for design.
Sep 15
WS-13
Workshop Organizer, Design Modeling Symposium
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
In collaboration with Jessie Braden, Luis Jaggy, Joy Ko, and Lynnette Widder, organized a workshop on the visualization of large-scale data flows and small-scale human behavior.
Mar 15
WS-12
Chair, The Data Made Me Do It Symposium
UC Berkeley
Chaired a two-day symposium on the dynamics of new technologies of design and the changing notions of design authorship.
Mar 15
WS-11
Co-Chair, Data + Design
UC Berkeley
Organized a research workshop on making big-data analytics actionable for architectural design. This one-day workshop sought to take steps to address the challenges of integrating big data analytics into the domain of architectural design.
Jul 14
WS-10
Cluster Organizer, Smart Geometry 2014
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Successfully proposed and executed a 6-day workshop cluster in Hong Kong through a peer-review process. This workshop speculates about about the use of a novel analytical tool for structuring the various spatial constituents and datasets related to high-density urban environments. In collaboration with Carlos Sandoval, John Faichney, Scott Ewart, and Matthew Shaxted.
Apr 14
WS-09
Chair, Public, Private, Protected Symposium
UC Berkeley
Chaired a symposium which takes stock of the current state of geometric and algorithmic literacy in architectural design education, and seeks to understand the evolving dynamic between increasingly powerful tools of design and the empowerment of designers.
Jul 11
WS-08
Cluster Organizer, Smart Geometry 2011
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Successfully proposed and executed a 6-day workshop cluster in Copenhagen through a peer-review process. Workshop examines the means by which environmental flows are identified and described. In contrast with generic approaches to quantification, this cluster hypothesizes that data-driven design must be supported by designed data, and promotes the production of designer-authored environmental datastreams. In collaboration with Kat Park and Nicholas Novelli.
Apr 08
WS-07
Workshop Organizer, Rhinoscript Workshop
The Ohio State University
Organized and led a 4-day workshop on generative design techniques utilizing Rhinoscript, a built-in scripting language for Rhinoceros.
Mar 07
WS-06
Workshop Organizer, Game, Set, Match
TU Delft
Tutored a 1-day workshop on generative design techniques at TU Delft.
Feb 07
WS-05
Workshop Organizer, Digital Futures Workshop
Pratt Institute
Organized and led a 1-day workshop on generative design techniques utilizing Processing, a Java development environment.
Nov 06
WS-04
Workshop Organizer, De-mystifying Multi-Agent Design
TU Delft
Organized and instructed a 3-day workshop on design strategies utilizing "multi-agent" computational models, in collaboration with Saeed Arida and Kaustuv De Biswas.
Jun 06
WS-03
Workshop Organizer, Design Fabrication Workshop
TU Delft
Organized workshop on digital design-to-fabrication techniques, instructed by Larry Sass.
WS-02
Tutor, Smart Geometry
Led a series of annual week-long workshops focusing on parametric and generative design techniques for the Smart Geometry Conference and presented selected projects, prior to the shift in the format of this event to the peer-reviewed cluster model which was adopted in 2010.
Mar 09
San Francisco

Jan 07
New York

Jan 06
Cambridge, UK

WS-01
Tutor, Generative Components Workshop
Organized and tutored a series of workshops on Generative Components and presented selected projects at subsequent digital design symposium.
Oct 06
NLSO conference

Sep 06
Pratt Institute

Jun 06
Prague Academy of Fine Arts

Mar 06
Stevens Institute

Apr 05
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

May 05
Columbia University

Oct 05
Columbia University

invited lectures, presentations, and posters

As is the case in other subject areas in architectural design, it is an honor to be invited to present research and creative work at parallel institutions and to an audience of professionals in practice. Given my research focus, the presentations and lectures listed below take on a particular significance as they represent a critical interface between my research and its domain of application. In this way, they form an important indicator of the impact of my research on the cultural and social structures of design practice. Where a presentation is given in the context of the publication of a conference paper, the related paper is indicated.
Oct 20
"Drawn Together", ACADIA Conference
online
Presented an approach taken by and the work produced in an undergraduate research studio in which a series of small design projects examine the applicability of machine-augmented sketching tools to early-stage architectural design.
Jun 20
"Sketch2Pix", CDRF / Digital Futures Conference
online
Presented the augmented architectural drawing tool Sketch2Pix. Accounted not only for the 'front-end' experience of this tool, but also detailed our approach to offering novice designers access to the 'full stack' of processes and technologies required to craft and interact with their own augmented drawing assistant.
Oct 19
"GAN Loci", ACADIA Conference
Austin, TX
Presented details surrounding the production of synthetic images of cities using generative adversarial networks (or GANs), an approach which represents the first computational approach to documenting the Genius Loci of a city
Jun 19
"Fresh Eyes", 2019 CAAD Futures Conference, Daejeon Korea
Presented a framework for the application of machine learning to generative architectural design, and discussed work completed at the 2018 Smart Geometry Workshop. Hosted by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
Apr 18
"Fresh Eyes", Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture
Presented a talk on the potentials and limits of machine learning in architectural design.
Oct 18
"Dreams May Come", ACADIA Conference
Cambridge, MA
Presented a concise theory of machine learning as it applies to creative architectural design, and offered a guide to future research at the intersection of ML and design tools
Apr 17
"Fresh Eyes", Kuwait University College of Architecture
Presented a talk on the potentials and limits of machine learning in architectural design.
Oct 16
"Machine Learning and Evaluation", Session Chair, ACADIA Conference
Presented a talk on "Procedural Design", and moderated a subsequent discussion in Session 9 of the ACADIA conference.
May 16
"Spatial Behaviors of Individuals in Cities", Urban Internet of Things Conference
At this conference hosted by the University of Tokyo, we were awarded 'Best Poster' for the presentation of a range of case-studies of mapping and data tracking across urban scales.
Mar 15
"An Architecture of the Crowd", Tool() symposium, RISD
Presented work that explores the use of crowdsourced techniques in creative design.
Oct 14
"Data Agency Session Presentation", Session Chair, ACADIA Conference
Presented an essay on "Data Agency", and moderated a subsequent discussion in Session 6 of the ACADIA conference.
Oct 14
"Imperative, Functional, Object-Oriented", ACADIA Conference
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Presented case-study results of the use of Dhour, a bioclimatic information design prototyping toolkit.
Jul 14
"The Data Made Me Do It", Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Presented to the San Francisco office of SOM a discussion of crowdsourced techniques in architectural design and urban analysis.
Jul 14
"The Data Made Me Do It", Gensler
Presented to members of the San Francisco office of Gensler a discussion of crowdsourced techniques in architectural design and urban analysis.
May 14
"The Data Made Me Do It", Stamen Design
Presented to Stamen Design a discussion of crowdsourced techniques in architectural design and urban analysis.
Sep 13
"Dhour", International Building Performance Simulation Association
Presented to the New York Chapter of IBPSA a discussion of Dhour, a bioclimatic information design prototyping toolkit.
Oct 13
"Dhour", ACADIA Conference
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Presented case-study results of the use of Dhour, a bioclimatic information design prototyping toolkit.
Aug 13
"Dhour", SOM Performative Design Group
Presented Dhour, a bioclimatic information design prototyping toolkit.
May 13
"Decodes for Grasshopper", CAADRIA Conference
Singapore
Presented progress toward a visual-programming interface for the Decod.es geometry library.
May 13
"Dhour", Autodesk Building Performance Analysis Group
San Francisco
Presented a bioclimatic information design prototyping toolkit to industry group.
Jan 12
"Studiomaven", Autodesk Education Group
Presented an online platform that targets students of environmental design and facilitates the peer-to-peer exchange of representational techniques, software tutorials, and other skill-training material relevant to studio practice.
Nov 10
"Situated Bioclimatic Information Design", California College of the Arts
Presented selected design projects.
Oct 10
"Graphic Evaluative Frameworks", ACADIA Conference
New York, New York
Presented paper, Graphic Evaluative Frameworks.
Apr 10
"Reflective Toolcraft", Rhode Island School of Design
Presented selected computational design projects.
Mar 09
"Reflective Toolcraft", Bentley Enterprises Conference
Presented selected design projects at this algorithmic design research symposium organized by Columbia GSAPP and the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory.
Mar 06
University of Pennsylvania
Presented selected computational design projects completed while at MIT.
Jun 06
Bentley Enterprises Conference
Presented selected computational design projects at Bentley's annual innovation summit in Prague, Czech Republic.
May 05
Bentley Research Seminar
Presented selected computational design projects completed while with Kohn Pederson Fox Associates.
Sep 05
eCAADe conference, Lisbon
Presented selected computational design projects completed while with Kohn Pederson Fox Associates.

professional service

While other organizations remain relevant, my professional service centers upon the leadership role I have taken in The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture. ACADIA is regarded as the foremost organization in the world promoting research in digital design, and its stated aims hem closely to my own: "to facilitate communication and critical thinking regarding the use of computers in architecture... with a particular focus on the software, hardware and pedagogy involved in design education".
Oct 16
PS-05
Session Chair, ACADIA 2016 Conference
Organized and moderated a session titled "Procedural Design: Machine Learning and Evaluation" at the 2016 ACADIA conference in Ann Arbor.
more information via this hyperlink
May 15
PS-04
Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Digital Humanities
Served as a Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Digital Architecture, a speciality of Frontiers in Built Environment and Digital Humanities.
more information via this hyperlink
Oct 14
PS-03
Session Chair, ACADIA 2014 Conference
Organized and moderated a session titled "Data Agency" at the 2014 ACADIA conference in Los Angeles.
more information via this hyperlink
Jan 15 - Jan 17
PS-02
Member, Board of Directors, ACADIA
Served on the Board of Directors for the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) as an 'alternate' member.
Oct 11 - Oct 12
PS-01
Technical Co-Chair, ACADIA 2012 Conference
Co-chaired the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA). Along with Jason Kelly Johnson and Mark Cabrinha, determined and implemented the conceptual, technical, operational and social vision for the conference. Oversaw the peer-review process and ensured the quality of the conference proceedings.
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professional affiliations

Remaining closely attuned to the details of practical application of design software is essential to my work. The primary mechanism by which I maintain a connection to practice is the professional organizations with which I am affiliated. Included below are purely professional organizations, as well as those that aim to facilitate productive interfaces between academics and professional practice.
Jul 19 - Present
Contributing Author, Towards Data Science
A curated online publication platform dedicated to the expansion of the popular understanding of data science.
May 06 - May 18
Member, Smart Geometry
Smart Geometry promotes the emergence of an algorithmic design paradigm in architectural practice, and fosters a community built on annual workshops and an international conference. As a "core" member from 2010-2012, I participated in organizational governance and service.
Aug 14 - May 15
Academic Partner, Autodesk Pier 9 Creative Projects Partner
The Pier 9 Creative Projects Partnership program gives organizations a chance to work with technicians at Autodesk's Pier 9 in the development of creative or artistic work.
more information via this hyperlink
Apr 13 - Jun 15
Academic Partner, Autodesk BPA Research Partnership Program
The Building Performance Analysis Partnership Program supports a relatively low touch relationship between Autodesk and research teams working specifically on building energy performance.
more information via this hyperlink
Mar 13 - Mar 14
Member, ACSA
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education through support of member schools, their faculty, and students.
May 08 - Present
Member, ACADIA
ACADIA facilitates communication and critical thinking regarding the use of computers in architecture, planning and building science. A particular focus is education and the software, hardware and pedagogy involved in education.
Sep 12 - Sep 14
Member, CAADRIA
The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) promotes teaching and research in CAAD in Asia, and has members on six continents. To promote research and teaching in CAAD that enhances creativity rather than production.
Apr 13 - Apr 14
Member, eCAADe
eCAADe (Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe) is a non-profit making association of institutions and individuals with a common interest in promoting good practice and sharing information in relation to the use of computers in research and education in architecture and related professions.
Aug 11 - Sep 13
Member, Digital Fabrication Alliance
The Digital Fabrication Alliance is a professional organization that brings together architects, engineers, fabricators, and builders interested in promoting the use of digital tools in the construction industry.

peer review

Listed here is a selection of book manuscripts, journal submissions, and conference papers for which I have served as a peer-reviewer.
Mar 21
Technology Architecture + Design (TAD) (ACSA technology journal)
Jun 20
ACADIA Conference Proceedings (ACADIA 2020)
Jun 19
ACADIA Conference Proceedings (ACADIA 2019, Austin TX)
Jun 17
ACADIA Conference Proceedings (ACADIA 2017, Cambridge MA)
Jun 16
ACADIA Conference Proceedings (ACADIA 2016, Ann Arbor MI)
Mar 16
Bloomsbury Publishing (manuscript review)
Jun 15
ACADIA Conference Proceedings (ACADIA 2015, Cincinnati OH)
Dec 14
Association for CAAD Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015)
Sep 14
Routledge (blind manuscript review)
Jun 14
Journal of Architectural Education (JAE Vol 69, No. 01)
Jun 14
Texas Architects Annual Convention (TxA 2014, Austin TX)
Jun 14
ACADIA Conference Proceedings (ACADIA 2014, Los Angeles CA)
Jan 14
Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD 2014, Tampa FL)
Jul 13
Texas Architects Annual Convention (TxA 2013, Austin TX)
Mar 13
Smart Geometry Conference (SG 2013, London)
Feb 13
Future Traditions Conference (eCAADe Regional Workshop 2013, Porto)

invited design juries

In architectural design, it is a distinction to serve on an invited jury of student design work at peer institutions. Those listed below represent a selection of institutions to which I have been invited to serve as an external reviewer.
Kuwait University
Ohio State University
PennDesign, University of Pennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture
School of Architecture + Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
California College of the Arts
Harvard GSD
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
Rhode Island School of Design

advising

Guiding students through an engagement with the most urgent issues in the field is an important part of my role as an academic.

doctor of philosophy advising

I have served as a committee member for a number of PhD students outside of the Department of Architecture, often advising students of Computer Science in work that suggests applications in design and architecture.
Spring 21
Albert Magyar
Improving FPGA Simulation Capacity with Automatic Resource Multi-Threading
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
advisory role: Outside Member
Summer 16
Pei-Yu Chi
Designing Video-Based Interactive Instructions
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
advisory role: Outside Member
Spring 15
Eric Lee Turner
3D Modeling of Interior Building Environments and Objects from Noisy Sensor Suites
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
advisory role: Outside Member
Spring 15
Nicholas Corso
Sensor Fusion and On-line Calibration of an Ambulatory Backpack System for Indoor Mobile Mapping
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
advisory role: Outside Member

master of urban design thesis advising

On rare occations, I serve as an advisor to sutudents in the Masters of Urban Design program.
Spring 13
Ned Reifenstein
Subject to Change
Masters of Urban Design
advisory role: Inside Member

master of architecture thesis advising

The bulk of my advising work centers on my role as a graduate thesis advisor for the professional Masters of Architecture program.
Spring 21: Jingran Chu, 'Archi_story'; Yifeng Wang, 'Phygital Utopia'; Yu Zhang, 'Individual Public Space';
Spring 20: Ho Ming Chau, 'Behind Lines That Leave Nothing Behind'; Feng Xiaokang, 'Almost Ordinary'; Yinfei Gu, 'Talking Borders in Ruralopolitan Space';
Spring 19: Yaming Fu, 'Drifting City'; Can Ge, 'The Reality of Virtuality'; Chenoe Hart, 'Auto-Montage'; Chengcheng Huang, 'Co-creators'; Ruochen Liao, 'Forgotten Lands'; Xiaoyu Ma, 'Re-duce, Re-use, Re-architecture'; Jordan Miodownik, 'Community Building / Community Building'; Yiqing Tong, 'A Personal Pattern Language of Dynamics'; Matthew Turlock, 'Necessary Tension'; Yiqi (Vicky) Wang, 'On Order: Differentiated Continuity of Objects'; Zhaoxuan (Josh) Wang, 'Seamless'; Yang Xie, 'Post-, Posture';
Spring 18: Hongyu Zhang, 'Composition not Position'; Pablo Hernandez, 'Scanning Praxis';
Spring 17: Anlan Chen, 'Our/Place'; Chenjian Zheng, 'Skinny Shenzhen'; Lauren Yatar, 'If City Then [x,y,z]';
Spring 16: Dongil Kim, 'De:flatable Bowad';
Spring 15: SeoJoo Lee, 'Structural Negotiator in Political Territory'; Jun Li, 'Not Standard'; Kelsey Brennan, 'Not Exactly'; Rudy Letsche, 'The City and the City';
Spring 14: Luis Jaggy, 'The Feed'; Levon Fox, 'Post-Post Office';
Spring 13: Peter Suen, 'A Balanced Architecture'; Kristen Henderson, 'Evocative Relief';
Spring 12: Nicholas Buccelli, 'Data Diving: Novel Adjacencies in Cloud Space'; Michael Bergin, 'Housing Agency System (HAS)';
Spring 11: Kyung Jin Han, 'Untitled'; Chun Sing Kwan, 'Customizability in Residential Housing';

university service and administration

Detailed below are the administrative and service positions I have held at the departmental, college, and university levels.

university-level service

Jul 19 - Present
Associate Director, Master of Design (MDes) Program
Joint graduate degree program that brings together the College of Environmental Design and College of Engineering. Duties of the Associate Director include: To represent the MDes program to external audiences, including building relationships with peer/feeder institutions, and developing industry contacts to facilitate student internships and career placement; to represent the CED and coordinate with CED leadership and staff to ensure that MDes students are supported in accessing resources and facilities at Wurster Hall; to work with the Academic Director in administrative matters, such as hiring instructors and staff and preparation for academic program reviews, especially as it relates to the curriculum overseen by the College of Environmental Design; to participate in or lead the MDes admissions committee, curriculum committee, and/or graduate advising committee.

college-level service

Feb 21 - Feb 22
Chair, CED Website Design Advisory Committee
Organized and led a group of external design advisors in the redesign of the College of Environmental Design website.
Jun 20 - May 21
Vice-Chair, CED Executive Committee
Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Committee representing the College-wide interests of the faculty.
Aug 19 - May 20
Member, Committee on Diversity, Equity and Climate
Aug 18 - May 20
Department of Architecture Representative, CED Executive Committee
Voting member of the Executive Committee representing the interests of the faculty of the Department of Architecture.
Aug 15 - May 17
Secretary of the Faculty, CED Executive Committee
Served the Executive Committee as Secretary representing the faculty of the College of Environmental Design.
Sep 13 - May 14
Member, Wurster Hall Studio Redesign Pilot
Consulted in the production of designs for the renovation of Wurster Hall studios.
Mar 13 - May 13
Member, Strategic Planning Round Two Task Force
Participated in the "Power Performance Analytics" group, tasked with developing a strategic plan for the College of Environmental Design.
Jan 13 - Mar 13
Member, Strategic Planning Round One Task Force
Participated in the "Future of Design" group, tasked with developing a strategic plan for the College of Environmental Design.
Oct 11
Member, Cal Design Lab Organizational Retreat
Provided feedback on lab activities to date, and developed ideas for future collaborations, pedagogical initiatives, and partnerships.
Sep 11 - Jun 13
Member, CED Website Redesign Committee
Consulted with web designer Oilpan in the redesign of the College of Environmental Design website.

department-level service

Jul 20 - Jun 21
Member, MArch Graduate Admissions Committee
Jul 20 - Jun 21
Member, Master of Design Faculty Advisor for GSI Affairs
Jul 19 - Jun 20
Member, MArch Graduate Admissions Committee
Jul 19 - Jun 20
Member, Personell-Related Ad-Hoc Committee
Jul 19 - Jun 20
Department of Architecture, Equity Advisor
Jul 16 - Jun 18
Member, Undergraduate Committee
Sep 14 - Sep 15
Faculty Adviser, GSI Affairs
Oct 13 - May 15
Director, 2014-2015 Studio One Degree Program
Jul 14 - Jun 15
Member, Undergraduate Committee
May 14 - Sep 14
Member, Branner Fellowship Committee
Reviewed applications for the Branner Travelling Fellowship, and recommended winning entries.
Jan 14 - Mar 14
Chair, 2014 Studio One Graduate Admissions Committee
Jul 13 - Jun 14
Member, Undergraduate Committee
Jan 12 - Jan 14
Chair, Committee on Representation and Visual Communications
Initiated the formation of a departmental service position whereby the management of all graduate student instructors teaching in the area of representation and visual communication is consolidated.
Jan 13 - Mar 13
Member, 2013 MArch Graduate Admissions Committee
Jan 12 - Mar 12
Member, 2012 MArch Graduate Admissions Committee
Jun 11
Member, Branner Fellowship Committee
Reviewed applications for the Branner Travelling Fellowship, and recommended winning entries.
Jan 11 - Mar 11
Member, 2011 MArch Graduate Admissions Committee
Jul 10 - Jun 11
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Played a key role in assessing the existing BA in Architecture curriculum, and developing a proposal for revisions thereof.