Professors of Architecture Tamar Zinguer and Tiziana Proietti were recently awarded with the 2023 Gibbs Research Fellowship. This fellowship provides three years of support for research and creative activity in Architecture. Applications are reviewed and ranked by three external peer reviews based on the candidate’s track record and the promise of their 5-year research plan.
Zinguer’s research centers on design pedagogy through history. She is currently completing a book manuscript on the role of the sandbox in design, education and culture, which is under contract with the MIT Press. The book, “Sandbox: An Architectural History,” follows the ubiquitous space of the sandbox from its pedagogical beginnings in 19th Century Berlin to its ultimate rebirth as a significant trope in land art.
Proietti’s research bridges the fields of Architecture and Neuroscience. At Sense|Base, an interdisciplinary laboratory directed by Proietti, she is developing a program to test long-standing hypotheses about the human response to architectural proportion. In partnership with neuroscientist Sergei Gepshtein from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, she assesses human reactions to specific features of the built environment.
Congratulations to Zinguer and Proietti!
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to announce the promotion of Ph.D. student Rafael Hernandez to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Gibbs College of Architecture Assistant Professor Dr. Ladan Mozaffarian, in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design, has co-authored a new book chapter with Josh Newton and Andrew Born, published in De Gruyter Handbook of the Geographies of Race.
Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design (PLAD) alumni Trey Ingram, AICP recently spoke with current PLAD student and graduate media assistant Molly Strobel to share his experiences with the Regional and City Planning program and current work with the Toyota Mobility Foundation.
