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Exhibit Columbus awards six University Design Research Fellowships for 2018-19

By Justine Testado|

Friday, Aug 24, 2018

TOP ROW: Viola Ago; Hans Tursack, Sean Ahlquist; MIDDLE: Etien Santiago, Daniel Luis Martinez, Christopher Battaglia; BOTTOM: Sean Lally; Matthew Wizinksy; Marshall Prado. Courtesy Exhibit Columbus University Design Research Fellowship.

Following a successful launch in 2016-17, Exhibit Columbus recently announced the recipients of the 2018-19 Exhibit Columbus University Design Research Fellowship, which showcases current research by leading architecture and design professors teaching at public institutions located in America's Heartland. Universities in the region were invited to submit proposals demonstrating innovative research that explores how architecture and design can improve people's live and strengthen cities.

“Columbus has a long history of using architecture, art, and design to make transformative investments in education,” said Anne Surak, Exhibit Columbus Director of Exhibitions, in a statement. “We believe it is important to further this effort by inviting public universities in our region to engage with the design legacy of Columbus through their participation in the 2018 National Symposium and the 2019 exhibition.” 

Out of 32 proposals from 10 universities requesting funds totaling over $300,000, six fellowships were awarded. Read more about the Fellows, and check out some photos of their past works, right below.

Christopher Battaglia (Ball State University) 

Courtesy of Christopher Battaglia.

Christopher A. Battaglia is the 2018-19 Design Innovation Fellow and assistant teaching professor at Ball State University’s Department of Architecture. Battaglia researches techniques to spatialize concrete through additive manufacturing and digital fabrication techniques. His interests in material manipulation, computation, and the fabrication of self-built digital tools were sparked during a research studio at Cornell focused on large scale 3D printing and its potential applications. As an intern architect with the NYC office of Morphosis, Battaglia helped design the punched metal facade of Cornell Tech’s Bloomberg Center in coordination with Zahner. Battaglia holds a bachelor of science degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology and a master of architecture degree from Cornell University, where he received the AIA Henry Adams Medal and Certificate of Merit 2017 and the Eschweiler Prize for Merit and Distinction in M.Arch Design Studio 2017. Battaglia continues to work in collaboration with the Robotic Construction Laboratory (RCL) at Cornell University, with their research published in both Rob|Arch and ACADIA.

Sean Ahlquist (University of Michigan)

Courtesy of Sean Ahlquist

Sean Ahlquist is an assistant professor of architecture at the University of Michigan in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is a part of the Cluster in Computational Media and Interactive Systems which connects architecture with the fields of material science, computer science, and performing arts technology. Ahlquist's research formulates multi-modal design methodologies that position materiality as the primary agent in tailoring the spatial, structural and temporal capacities of architectural systems. Through collaborations with behavioral science, Ahlquist explores the relationships between human interaction and material responsivity, discussing architecture’s pressing need to address inclusivity for populations vulnerable to complex social and sensorial environments. Ahlquist holds a master of architecture degree from the Architectural Association in London, Emergent Design and Technologies Program, and is completing his doctoral research with the Institute for Computational Design at the University of Stuttgart.

Marshall Prado (University of Tennessee)

Courtesy of Marshall Prado.

Marshall Prado is an assistant professor of structural technology at the University of Tennessee. He holds a bachelor of architecture from North Carolina State University and advanced degrees as a master of architecture and a master of design studies in technology from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Marshall has previously taught at Institute for Computational Design at the University of Stuttgart, where he is currently working on a doctorate on robotic fabrication of fiber composite structure in architecture. He has has been an invited studio critic at the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Michigan and the Wentworth Institute of Technology and has led several workshops on digital design and fabrication techniques. His current research interests include the integration of computation and fabrication techniques into material systems and spatial design strategies.

Daniel Luis Martinez and Etien Santiago (Indiana University) 

Courtesy of Daniel Luis Martinez and Etien Santiago.

Daniel Luis Martinez and Etien Santiago are assistant professors in Indiana University’s new J. Irwin Miller Architecture program, based in Columbus, Indiana. Martinez researches architecture at the intersection of analog craft and digital technology with a focus on relating the potential of digital design methodologies to the values of place. Co-founder of LAA Office, a multi-disciplinary design studio, Martinez holds a master of architecture degree from the University of Florida and has worked at leading architectural practices in New York, including Allied Works and Weiss/Manfredi. Santiago is an architect and historian who investigates the impact of new technologies on architecture and society. He holds a master of architecture degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he is completing a doctoral dissertation that uncovers how modern architects revolutionized affordable housing by borrowing materials and building methods developed during World War I. Santiago has worked for architectural firms including the Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Genoa, Italy.

Sean Lally and Matthew Wizinsky (University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Cincinnati)

Courtesy of Sean Lally & Matthew Wizinsky.

Sean Lally and Matt Wizinsky bring complementary insights from their different disciplines —landscape architecture and interaction design—to create work that bridges disciplinary boundaries. Lally is an associate professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from UMASS Amherst and his masters in architecture from UCLA. Lally is author of The Air from Other Planets: A Brief History of Architecture to Come and a Rome Prize Fellow in Landscape Architecture. Wizinsky completed graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Design and is now an assistant professor in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at The University of Cincinnati. He is a designer, design educator, and researcher whose projects live at various intersections of participatory design, interaction design, exhibition design, and speculative design. He recently collaborated on a pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Viola Ago and Hans Tursack (The Ohio State University and MIT)

Courtesy of Viola Ago and Hans Tursack.

Viola Ago and Hans Tursack share an interest in architecture as a visual and material medium. Their work exploits strategies and tools from neighboring disciplines to create complex installations that blur expected boundaries between designed forms, environmental context, and human activities. Ago is currently the Christos Yessios Visiting Professor at the Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture and a lecturer at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Ago earned her master of architecture degree from SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, and she worked as a lead designer in the Advanced Technology Team at Morphosis Architects. Tursack is the 2018-2019 Pietro Belluschi Research Fellow at the MIT School of Architecture + Planning. He was previously a lecturer at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture. He holds a bachelor of fine art from the Cooper Union School of Art and a master of architecture degree from the Princeton University School of Architecture, where he was awarded the Underwood Thesis Prize.

All the Fellows will attend the 2018 National Symposium, Design, Community, and Progressive Preservation from September 26-29. Each fellow will also speak on September 27 during the Afternoon Conversation: States of Design Education. The Fellows will then return to Columbus on January 19, 2019 to share their research and design proposals in a public presentation. Working with architecture students, their research will be applied through the fabrication of temporary projects that will be installed in Columbus as part of the 2019 exhibition, which opens to the public on August 24, 2019.

All images courtesy of 2018-19 Exhibit Columbus University Design Research Fellowship.

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Exhibit Columbus awards six University Design Research Fellowships for 2018-19

By Justine Testado|

Friday, Aug 24, 2018

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TOP ROW: Viola Ago; Hans Tursack, Sean Ahlquist; MIDDLE: Etien Santiago, Daniel Luis Martinez, Christopher Battaglia; BOTTOM: Sean Lally; Matthew Wizinksy; Marshall Prado. Courtesy Exhibit Columbus University Design Research Fellowship.

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Following a successful launch in 2016-17, Exhibit Columbus recently announced the recipients of the 2018-19 Exhibit Columbus University Design Research Fellowship, which showcases current research by leading architecture and design professors teaching at public institutions located in America's Heartland. Universities in the region were invited to submit proposals demonstrating innovative research that explores how architecture and design can improve people's live and strengthen cities.

“Columbus has a long history of using architecture, art, and design to make transformative investments in education,” said Anne Surak, Exhibit Columbus Director of Exhibitions, in a statement. “We believe it is important to further this effort by inviting public universities in our region to engage with the design legacy of Columbus through their participation in the 2018 National Symposium and the 2019 exhibition.” 

Out of 32 proposals from 10 universities requesting funds totaling over $300,000, six fellowships were awarded. Read more about the Fellows, and check out some photos of their past works, right below.

Christopher Battaglia (Ball State University) 

Courtesy of Christopher Battaglia.

Christopher A. Battaglia is the 2018-19 Design Innovation Fellow and assistant teaching professor at Ball State University’s Department of Architecture. Battaglia researches techniques to spatialize concrete through additive manufacturing and digital fabrication techniques. His interests in material manipulation, computation, and the fabrication of self-built digital tools were sparked during a research studio at Cornell focused on large scale 3D printing and its potential applications. As an intern architect with the NYC office of Morphosis, Battaglia helped design the punched metal facade of Cornell Tech’s Bloomberg Center in coordination with Zahner. Battaglia holds a bachelor of science degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology and a master of architecture degree from Cornell University, where he received the AIA Henry Adams Medal and Certificate of Merit 2017 and the Eschweiler Prize for Merit and Distinction in M.Arch Design Studio 2017. Battaglia continues to work in collaboration with the Robotic Construction Laboratory (RCL) at Cornell University, with their research published in both Rob|Arch and ACADIA.

Sean Ahlquist (University of Michigan)

Courtesy of Sean Ahlquist

Sean Ahlquist is an assistant professor of architecture at the University of Michigan in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is a part of the Cluster in Computational Media and Interactive Systems which connects architecture with the fields of material science, computer science, and performing arts technology. Ahlquist's research formulates multi-modal design methodologies that position materiality as the primary agent in tailoring the spatial, structural and temporal capacities of architectural systems. Through collaborations with behavioral science, Ahlquist explores the relationships between human interaction and material responsivity, discussing architecture’s pressing need to address inclusivity for populations vulnerable to complex social and sensorial environments. Ahlquist holds a master of architecture degree from the Architectural Association in London, Emergent Design and Technologies Program, and is completing his doctoral research with the Institute for Computational Design at the University of Stuttgart.

Marshall Prado (University of Tennessee)

Courtesy of Marshall Prado.

Marshall Prado is an assistant professor of structural technology at the University of Tennessee. He holds a bachelor of architecture from North Carolina State University and advanced degrees as a master of architecture and a master of design studies in technology from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Marshall has previously taught at Institute for Computational Design at the University of Stuttgart, where he is currently working on a doctorate on robotic fabrication of fiber composite structure in architecture. He has has been an invited studio critic at the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Michigan and the Wentworth Institute of Technology and has led several workshops on digital design and fabrication techniques. His current research interests include the integration of computation and fabrication techniques into material systems and spatial design strategies.

Daniel Luis Martinez and Etien Santiago (Indiana University) 

Courtesy of Daniel Luis Martinez and Etien Santiago.

Daniel Luis Martinez and Etien Santiago are assistant professors in Indiana University’s new J. Irwin Miller Architecture program, based in Columbus, Indiana. Martinez researches architecture at the intersection of analog craft and digital technology with a focus on relating the potential of digital design methodologies to the values of place. Co-founder of LAA Office, a multi-disciplinary design studio, Martinez holds a master of architecture degree from the University of Florida and has worked at leading architectural practices in New York, including Allied Works and Weiss/Manfredi. Santiago is an architect and historian who investigates the impact of new technologies on architecture and society. He holds a master of architecture degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he is completing a doctoral dissertation that uncovers how modern architects revolutionized affordable housing by borrowing materials and building methods developed during World War I. Santiago has worked for architectural firms including the Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Genoa, Italy.

Sean Lally and Matthew Wizinsky (University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Cincinnati)

Courtesy of Sean Lally & Matthew Wizinsky.

Sean Lally and Matt Wizinsky bring complementary insights from their different disciplines —landscape architecture and interaction design—to create work that bridges disciplinary boundaries. Lally is an associate professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from UMASS Amherst and his masters in architecture from UCLA. Lally is author of The Air from Other Planets: A Brief History of Architecture to Come and a Rome Prize Fellow in Landscape Architecture. Wizinsky completed graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Design and is now an assistant professor in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at The University of Cincinnati. He is a designer, design educator, and researcher whose projects live at various intersections of participatory design, interaction design, exhibition design, and speculative design. He recently collaborated on a pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Viola Ago and Hans Tursack (The Ohio State University and MIT)

Courtesy of Viola Ago and Hans Tursack.

Viola Ago and Hans Tursack share an interest in architecture as a visual and material medium. Their work exploits strategies and tools from neighboring disciplines to create complex installations that blur expected boundaries between designed forms, environmental context, and human activities. Ago is currently the Christos Yessios Visiting Professor at the Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture and a lecturer at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Ago earned her master of architecture degree from SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, and she worked as a lead designer in the Advanced Technology Team at Morphosis Architects. Tursack is the 2018-2019 Pietro Belluschi Research Fellow at the MIT School of Architecture + Planning. He was previously a lecturer at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture. He holds a bachelor of fine art from the Cooper Union School of Art and a master of architecture degree from the Princeton University School of Architecture, where he was awarded the Underwood Thesis Prize.

All the Fellows will attend the 2018 National Symposium, Design, Community, and Progressive Preservation from September 26-29. Each fellow will also speak on September 27 during the Afternoon Conversation: States of Design Education. The Fellows will then return to Columbus on January 19, 2019 to share their research and design proposals in a public presentation. Working with architecture students, their research will be applied through the fabrication of temporary projects that will be installed in Columbus as part of the 2019 exhibition, which opens to the public on August 24, 2019.

All images courtesy of 2018-19 Exhibit Columbus University Design Research Fellowship.

RELATED EVENT Exhibit Columbus National Symposium: Design, Community, and Progressive Preservation

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    Congratulations to these well deserving men and solitary woman.

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