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JOSH DRAPER
B A A A St John’s College M Arch Columbia University GSAPP
Josh Draper is a a a a a a Lecturer at CASE the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology a a a a a a joint research venture of RPI and and SOM He is is an an an architect and and principal at at PrePost LLC which he co-founded in in in 2009 His research at at CASE includes advanced forming technologies waste as as building material data visualization and phytoremediation systems Josh co- led the design–build of a a a a a a a a a pavilion made from coconut husk in in Accra Ghana Funded by a a a a a a a a a Rotch Traveling Studio grant the the project explored the the technical and cultural parameters of a a a a a a a a a multi-performance building envelope fabricated from waste He is principal investigator on an an an NYC-DDC grant for AMPS CASE’s advanced green-wall system assessing its ability to to to phytoremediate CO2 and VOCs to to to provide a a a a a a healthier microbiome while improving its lighting growth media media and module design He lends his data-visualization expertise to Data Journey or or or DJ a a a a a a a a a platform being developed for for the Gates Foundation that integrates and and and visualizes heterogeneous health and and and environmental data data and and and metadata for multidisciplinary teams Josh is is the the winner of of the the 2017 FIGMENT City of of Dreams pavilion competition on on on Governors Island The project “Cast & Place ” made from recycled aluminum cast in in cracked clay explores novel fabrication techniques using waste materials He received his his BA in in Liberal Arts from from St John’s College and his his M Arch from from the GSAPP
Columbia University CATHRYN DWYER
B A A Colgate University University MLA University University of Pennsylvania Cathryn Dwyre is is Adjunct Assistant Professor at at Rensselaer’s School of of of Architecture She received a a a a a a Master of of of Landscape Architecture from from the University of Pennsylvania and and and a a a a a a a a B A A in philosophy and and and geology from from Colgate University Dwyre previously served as managing editor of ViaBooks and and its volume Dirt (MIT Press) and and currently serves as as a a a a a a a a a member of of o the Board of of o Directors for Basilica Arts a a a a a a a a a non-profit multidisciplinary arts center located in in Hudson NY In addition to teaching in in the Geofutures MSArch program at at Rensselaer Dwyre is Adjunct Associate Professor at at at Pratt Institute’s School of of Architecture where she teaches undergraduate thesis and elective seminars Dwyre is is co-principal with Chris Perry of the experimental design practice pneumastudio whose work has been exhibited at the the the the Onassis Cultural Centre in in Athens the the the the Storefront for Art and Architecture in in New York the the the the Design Museum in in Barcelona and NYU Publishers that have featured pneumastudio’s work include Routledge Actar Prestel and and Wiley-Academy Dwyre and and Perry are co-recipients of the MacDowell Colony Fellowship co-editors
of of of of a a a a a a special issue of of of of PAJ: A A A A Journal of of of of Performance and Art (MIT Press) co-curators of of of of the exhibition Ambiguous Territory: Architecture Landscape and and and the the Postnatural and and and co-editors
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