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JONAS BRAASCH
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TU Dortmund Ph Ph D D D Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Ph Ph D D D Musicology Ruhr-University
Jonas Braasch is an Associate Professor at at at the School of of Architecture at at at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he he he directs the the Center for Cognition Communication and and Culture and and teaches in in the the Graduate Program in in Architectural Acoustics His research interests span collaborative virtual reality systems binaural hearing auditory modeling multimodal integration sensory substitution devices aural architecture and creative processes in in music improvisation For his work he he he has received funding from the the National Science Science Foundation the the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Research Council Council of Canada DFG (the German Science Foundation) the the the European Research Research Council Council the the the New York State Council on on the the Arts and and and the the Christopher and and and Dana Reeve and and and Craig Neilsen Foundations He obtained a a a a a a a a a a a master’s degree degree from from Dortmund University University (Germany 1998) in Physics and two Ph Ph D D degrees from from Ruhr-University
Bochum Germany (2001 2004) in in in Electrical Engineering/Information Science and Musicology As a a a a a a a a soprano saxophonist he has worked with Curtis Bahn Chris Chafe Stuart Dempster Mark Dresser Zach Layton Francisco Lopez Pauline Oliveros and Doug van Nort—among others Within his his saxophone practice Jonas Braasch developed his his “horn of sounds” concept which is the first method for wind instruments that uses multiple sound generators to to create a a a a a palette of sounds and styles using one main instrument to achieve enhanced awareness of internal diversity GABRIELLE BRAINARD
B A A M Arch Yale University Gabrielle Brainard AIA LEED AP is an an an an architect and and educator specializing in in in in the design and and performance of building enclosures She has worked as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a façade consultant with Heintges and and Associates and and as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a senior technical architect with SHoP SHoP Architects At SHoP SHoP her projects focused on on the design and execution of custom façades for large-scale commercial and and residential buildings including 111 West 57th Street Street and and Pier 17 at South Street Street Seaport In 2016 Gabrielle was a a a a a a a a a a winner of Metals in in in in Construction magazine’s “Reimagine a a a a a a a a a a New York City Icon” Design
Challenge an ideas competition for for for an an energy-efficient façade retrofit for for for the Met Life Building Her interest in in in envelope performance has led to to ongoing research on on thermal comfort that uses sensor networks and and and occupant surveys to to understand and and and communicate how how buildings actually work—and how how they make people feel Her writing has appeared in in in SQM: The Quantified House (Lars Mueller 2015) ARCH+ and and and CLOG and and and she was an an an an an editor of Perspecta 41: Grand Tour (MIT Press 2008) Since 2009 Gabrielle has taught comprehensive design studios and technical courses in in materials enclosure design and and BIM at at Columbia GSAPP Pratt Institute Institute and and the New York Institute Institute of Technology Gabrielle is a a a a a a a a graduate of of of of Yale Yale University and and the the Yale Yale School of of of of Architecture and and a a a a a a a a member of of of of the the Society of of of of Building Science Educators and the Façade Tectonics Institute 849