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Faculty

Kristina Fisher

RA
Special Faculty
Director, PARTlab (Participatory Design Laboratory)
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Kristina Fisher is a registered architect, founding principal of the research and design collaborative i/thee, and director of PARTlab (Laboratory for Radical Participatory Design) at Carnegie Mellon Architecture. Her research focuses on the ecological role and social impact of public infrastructures. With i/thee, her work focuses on playful, community-driven, place-based solutions for private and public clients. Recent notable projects include the ARTocka Trail Loop for the City of Bondurant, Iowa, and the ReEmber Set Installation for the shoe brand Teva. Alongside i/thee, she was the 2022 Astral Resident for Compound Yellow in Chicago.

Kristina earned a Master of Architecture with a certificate in Urban Design from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Judson University, where she was awarded the Alpha Rho Chi Bronze Medal. Kristina also studied and researched urban design internationally at the Lorenzo de' Medici International Institute in Florence, Italy, and with UVA in Barcelona, Spain. Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon University, she was a visiting lecturer at Texas Tech University, where she taught courses centered on site-specific urban interventions and the potentialities of micro-infrastructure.