Faculty Work

Composite created by CMU School of Architecture. External thermal and drone images are adapted from U.S. DOE Energy Saver and European Commission CORDIS resources. All building photographs and construction sections are from the research team’s existing work.

PJ Dick Innovation Fund Project Grant: Seeing Heat: Drone-Based Thermal Signatures and Design Strategies for Pittsburgh Housing

Azadeh Sawyer, Assistant Professor in Building Technology

color drawing of Arctic Town by Ralph Erskine (1958)

PJ Dick Innovation Fund Teaching Grant: Urbanism and Social Production of Space

Jongwan Kwon, Assistant Teaching Professor

a hand weaves a sweetgrass basket on top of a book cover

PJ Dick Innovation Fund Project Grant: Craft Practices and Computation in Three Cultures

Vernelle A. A. Noel, Lucian and Rita Caste Assistant Professor in Architecture

Scaled assembly by Sarah Kwok and J. Li produced for the 2024 ASO Studio “TerraForming,” and the terracotta rainscreen assembly produced by CMU students in a seminar in 2020.

PJ Dick Innovation Fund Teaching Grant: Soft Form — Burnt Clay

Laura Garófalo, Associate Professor

works on a table in an exhibition

PJ Dick Innovation Fund Teaching Grant: Material Regeneration: Prototyping Material Circularity

Jongwan Kwon, Assistant Teaching Professor

Image deep project

PJ Dick Innovation Fund Teaching Grant: Image Deep: Contested Matter

Dana Cupkova, Associate Professor

architectural design of triangular shaped balconies with patio furniture and plants

PJ Dick Innovation Fund Teaching Grant: Mixed Use in Pittsburgh's “Climate Haven”

Jared Abraham, Associate Studio Professor

Image credit: Niloufar Alenjery.

PJ Dick Innovation Fund Teaching Grant: Intermundium: Labyrinth of Invisible Narratives

Niloufar Alenjery, Special Faculty

mycoRubble column and material composition

PJ Dick Innovation Fund Project Grant: MycoRubble: Regenerative Biomatter

Dana Cupkova, Professor