Associate Professor or Architecture and Design Computation

Overview

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The School of Architecture is one of five schools in the College of Design. Other schools include The School of Industrial Design, The School of Building Construction, The School of City and Regional Planning, and The School of Music Technology. The SoA offers Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Master of Architecture, Master of Science in Architecture, Master of Science in Urban Design, and a Ph.D. degree in Architecture.

Atlanta, GA

The Georgia Institute of Technology s School of Architecture invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at Associate or Full Professor in the area of Architecture and Design Computing. The successful candidate will: first, lead the development of research agendas in this area; second, serve as steward for the Eastman Fund to support doctoral students; and third, work with the School Chair and the Dean in order to reshape the mission of the Digital Building Lab (DBL).

The DBL was created by Professor Chuck Eastman to address design computation, data standards and interoperability. It has housed studies in design and construction automation; project delivery systems; and smart buildings, infrastructure and environments, often working with the Digital Fabrication Lab which provides a setting for design-build projects for faculty and students. The DBL has fostered collaborations between the School of Architecture, the School of Building Construction, and the School of Industrial Design, as well as with research labs such as the Shape Computation Lab (SCL) and the High Performance Buildings Lab.

Under Professor Chuck Eastman, funding came from successful research applications and industry memberships. The partnerships with industry fostered a link between academic research and advances in practice; now is the time to redefine and revitalize the vision and mission of the lab, considering AI, data-based design decisions, and advanced digital modeling of buildings and their performance.

The responsibilities of the successful candidate include securing and conducting funded research, stewarding the future identity and growth of DBL, mentoring early career researchers, advising PhD students, leading the development of forward-looking curricula for the MS Arch and PhD programs, and teaching advanced graduate courses in the candidate s area of expertise.

Candidate must have a terminal professional degree in Architecture or an allied discipline.

A strong record of publications on architectural and design computation and/or the development of…