i. institutional support and commitment to continuous improvement

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects
Master of Architecture
Master of Architecture with emphasis in Interior Architecture
I. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
I.3. INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS
I.3.3. Faculty Credentials
In section I.2.1, the credentials are expressed in a matrix, as outlined in the 2009 Conditions for Ac-
creditation. Below, please find credential information for the faculty expressed, course-by-course for
each semester since the last site visit thorough Fall 2010, in prose.
A) Spring 2009: (on sabbatical: Pancoast)
o ARCH 5120 Architecture Design Studio 2: Skins (4.5 cr)
- Ben Nicholson (1.0 day) APR resume education, international exhibition record, geo-
metric drawing expertise, design-build experience, SOM Foundation Fellow.
- Ellen Grimes (0.5 day) APR resume education, Van Allen Institute Award, critical
writing for LOG, executive editor of JAE.
o INARC 5120 Interior Architecture Design Studio 2: Activity Spaces (4.5 cr)
- Cindy Coleman (1.5 day) APR resume education, numerous Interior Design publica-
tions and awards, critical writing and editing, National Design Futures Council member.
o ARTHI 5122 Spaces in Architectural History (3 cr)
- Kai Mah (two 1.0 day sections) APR resume education, publishes on race, diverse
cultures, education, visual culture, and architecture.
o ARCH/INARC 5123 Matter and Structures 2: Integrated Technical Practice Class
(4.5 cr)
- Thomas Kong (1.0 day) APR resume education, Singapore Licensed Architect, Neth-
erlands Architecture Institute Jaap Bakema Prize, Toyota Foundation Asian Neighbors
Network Grant, both for crisis intervention design.
- Paul Dean (1.0 day) APR resume education, NCARB certificate Licensed Architect,
architectural practice in partnership.
- Ji Young Moon (0.5 day) APR APR resume education, professional practice with
Thornton Thomasetti Engineers and sole practitioner.
- Yasmin Rehmanjee (0,5 day) APR resume education, professional practice with
Thornton Thomasetti Engineers
o ARTHI 6118 Theory and Technology of Contemporary Art and Design (3 cr)
- Michael Golec (1.0 day) APR resume education, publishes on science, technology,
and visual culture, editor of Design Issues and Design and Culture, Anschutz Distin-
guished Fellow at Princeton
o ARCH 6120 Architecture Design Studio 4: Families (4.5 cr)
- Linda Keane (1.0 day) APR resume education, NCARB certificate licensed Architect,
professional practice in partnership as architect and site planner, K-12 education consultant
- Gordon Gill (0.5 day) APR resume education, professional practice in partnership
with Adrain Smith, numerous AIA awards and publication of international work.
o INARC 6120 Interior Architecture Design Studio 4: Event Spaces (4.5 cr)
- Odile Compagnon (1.0 day) APR resume education, Licensed Architect in the Euro-
pean Union, Illinois Licensed Architect, professional practice in partnership in Paris, and
as a sole practitioner in the Illinois.
- Steve Siegle (0.5 day) APR resume education, NCARB certificate licensed Architect,
professional practice as principal with VOA.
o ARCH/INARC 6123 Codes, Specs, Joints, and Seams: Integrated Technical
Practice Class (4.5 cr)
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