Jonas Braasch
Professor Greene Building, Room 203 518-276-3864 Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum; Doctor of Philosophy in Information Science and Musicology, Ruhr-University Bochum; Master of Science in Physics, Dortmund University Jonas Braasch is a Professor at the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he teaches in the Graduate Program in Architectural […]
Studio Culture
Studio based learning is at the core of an architectural education at Rensselaer. It is where knowledge is gained, design skills developed, and a variety of techniques and technologies explored.
Study Abroad Programs
International study is a defining aspect of Rensselaer’s architectural education. The School of Architecture offers international semester long programs in Italy, India, China, and Latin America.
Lonn Combs
Assistant Professor Co-Director, Master of Architecture Program Greene Building, Room 304 518-276-8718 Master of Architecture in Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia University; Bachelor of Architecture, University of Kentucky Lonn Combs studied architecture at the University of Kentucky in the United States, where he received his first professional degree in architecture in 1992. He later received […]
Gustavo Crembil
Associate Professor Latin American Program Director Greene Building, Room M108 518-276-2011 Master of Architecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art; Professional Diploma, Architecture and Urbanism, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba Gustavo Crembil is an Argentinean architect whose practice draws from architectural design, craft, performance, and social activism. A former Fulbright scholar, his research and teaching have been supported […]
Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
EMPAC opened its doors in 2008 and was soon hailed as a “technological pleasure dome for the mind and senses… dedicated to the marriage of art and science as it has never been done before” (NY Times).
Jefferson Ellinger
Assistant Professor Master of Architecture, Columbia University; Bachelor of Science, The Ohio State University Jefferson Ellinger received his Masters of Architecture from Columbia University after completing his B.S. in Architecture from The Ohio State University. As an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute he specializes in computational design techniques. Specifically, the research/teaching he […]
2012 Smart Geometry
March 19-24, 2012 @ EMPAC. Smart Geometry 2012: MATERIAL INTENSITIES. Host Directors: Demetrios Comodromos + Jefferson Ellinger. Imagine the design space of architecture was no longer at the scale of rooms, walls and atria, but that of cells, grains and vapour droplets. Rather than the flow of people, services, or construction schedules, the focus becomes the […]
300 Clouds_(Benjamin Badeau)
A video by 2011 Architecture graduate Benjamin Badeau, 300 Clouds Benjamin Badeau’s 300 Clouds re-contextualizes Chris Marker’s 1962 film La Jetée, imagining a different Earth and a new set of challenges shaped by the myriad, interwoven environmental catastrophes of the past 50 years. Will the count continue to slip, or can the ominous forms on […]