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DEMETRIOS COMODROMOS
B Arch Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MS ADD Columbia University GSAPP
Demetrios Comodromos served as a a a a a a Lecturer and Professor of of Practice at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s School of of Architecture Architecture while also serving as principal of of Method Design Architecture Architecture + Urbanism an an award-winning firm he he and and Reese Campbell founded in 2008 Comodromos received his Bachelor of Architecture from our program and and then earned a a a a a a M S
degree in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University A A A registered architect he he worked for for Grimshaw Architects Architects and SHoP Architects Architects before starting Method Design His firm’s work work spans all scales and and and programs in in in in the the U S
Europe and and and Africa His expertise in in in in the the area of building building design building building technology and and and sustainability has been recognized by his peers in in in the form national national and international awards As a a a a a a a a a a a a faculty member
at Rensselaer he he he taught the the Design Development studio studio the the CASE/NY program studio studio as as well as as a a a a a a a series of required technology courses His academic work has been published nationally in the Journal for Architectural Education as as well as as in in the the the conference proceedings of of the the the Acadia Conference While he he he he he was a a a a a a a member
of of the the the Rensselaer faculty he he he he he and a a a a a a group group of 25 students worked with a a a a a a student student group group in Copenhagen to to complete “Distortion ” a a a a a a music pavilion At present Comodromos is is serving as as a a a a a a a a a visiting associate professor in in in the undergraduate Architecture program at at at at Pratt Institute
in New York City GUSTAVO CREMBIL Latin America Studies Program Director Special Online Projects Coordinator B Arch Arch Cranbrook Academy of Art Architect Diploma Universidad Nacional de de Cordoba
Gustavo Crembil’s practice draws from the fields of design architecture craft performance art communication and political activism He holds a a a a a a a a a Master of of of Architecture from Cranbrook Academy of of of Art and a a a a a a a a a professional Architect Architect Diploma from Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
Argentina A A Fulbright scholar he has received several grants
and and awards such as as as Unesco-Aschberg Argentina’s Fondo Nacional de las Artes and and Fundación Antorchas an an an RPI Brown Travel Fellowship Acadia / Flatcut Vida 14 0 Art Art & Artificial Life (Fundación Telefónica Spain) and the Rotch Studio Studio Grant Among his residencies are appointments at the Hypermedia Studio/UCLA and European Ceramic Work Centre (The Netherlands) His work has been presented at Dutch Design Week (2009 Eindhoven) the the Acadia conference (2011 Calgary) the RE-New Festival (2013 (2013 Copenhagen) Transitio_MX (2013 (2013 Mexico) and Disruption
/ ISEA (2015 Vancouver) In 2004 he was was guest architect-in-residence at Cranbrook Academy of Art His work was was recently featured in Leonardo (MIT Press 2017) and he he was co-editor of of a a a a a a a a special issue of of the Media-N journal on on “mestizo technology ” He was a a a a a a a founding partner of THEM: Lynch + Crembil a a a a a a a practice recognized as as an emergent architectural voice by by the the Museum of Modern Art and by by ACSA/JAE for their ‘design as scholarship’ work Currently he he he is Associate Professor of of Architecture at at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
and and he he he lives and and works in Troy NY 851