Neal Lucas Hitch

Neal Lucas Hitch is a founding principal of the research and design collaborative i/thee, chief curator of the Bethel Woods Art and Architecture Festival at the historic site of Woodstock, and director of Part Lab (Participatory Design Laboratory) at Carnegie Mellon Architecture. His work has been published internationally in digital and print media by "Thames & Hudson," "Wiley," "Hirmer," "RIBA," "Dezeen," "Dwell," "The Architect's Newspaper," "ArchDaily," "Designboom," and more. He has led the design and fabrication of large-scale installations for clients including the Imperial Valley Desert Museum, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Teva®, Hello Wood Festival for Architecture, Space Saloon Mobile Education Camp, and the City of Bondurant, Iowa. Neal holds an M.S. in Design Technology from Cornell University, an M.Arch from Judson University, and studied at the Architectural Association in London. He has practiced internationally at firms including Sou Fujimoto Architects in Tokyo and Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects in Chicago.

Neal's research focuses on a radical understanding of participatory design, inviting in each project's associated environments, communities, and technologies as active participants in the design process. His scholarship and research specifically home in on design-build, natural material systems, and convivial technologies as means of generating productive collaborations.