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Aron Temkin, RA
atemkin@fau.edu
Director and Associate Professor
M.Arch., Cranbrook Academy of Art
B.Arch., Carnegie Mellon University
Aron Temkin came to FAU in 1999 from Carnegie Mellon University where he was a Visiting Assistant Professor. In practice since 1992, Prof. Temkin worked for several award winning design firms - studio d'ARC, Urban Design Associates, and Perfido Weiskopf Associates - before pursuing independent practice. His professional work includes graphic design, master planning, and architecture with an emphasis on sustainable place making. Through his built work he aspires to reconnect people to the variable conditions of their surroundings.
His research explores digital modeling as a device for design refinement and animation as a device for temporal analysis of space. He is also interested in the pedagogue of design foundation, developing coursework and research in support of beginning students.
His work has been included in several group exhibitions in Pennsylvania and Michigan including an award for "Best of Show" in the Pittsburgh Young Architects Exhibition in 1998. Since coming to FAU Professor Temkin has initiated the school's digital design culture and helped to refine the junior phase design curriculum. During the spring and fall he teaches Dynamic Design Methods 1 and 2 (2D and 3D digital media) and Architectural Design 5 and 6. During the summers he is a visiting scholar at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, directing the High School Residency program and the new College Residency program in Architecture. |
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aabbate@fau.edu
Associate Professor
M.Arch., Washington University
B.Arch., Catholic University
Anthony Abbate, AIA, NCARB is an architect registered in Florida and Maryland. A graduate of Catholic University (B.S. Arch.) and Washington University (M.Arch.) he was a Senior Associate in the firm of Donald Singer Architect PA in Fort Lauderdale prior to establishing his own private practice in 1989. His projects have won over 16 AIA Awards of Excellence in Design. He is an active in the community as an appointed member of the Broward County Cultural Council, and President of the Arango Design Foundation. He also served on the board of directors of the Florida Association of American Institute of Architects and the State of Florida Department of Education Building Construction Advisory Committee and past president of AIA Fort Lauderdale. Professor Abbate taught Design Theory, History and foundation design courses at Broward Community College and served on the FAU School of Architecture steering committee in 1995. Over the past decade, he has also served as a visiting critic and guest lecturer at the University of Miami, Florida International University, Roger Williams University, and the University of Florida. Professor Abbate is the coordinator for Thesis Phase, and teaches Design 5, Design 9, Design 10, Vertical Studio, Urban Design, Materials & Methods, and Architectural Detail Generation. |
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Philippe d'Anjou
pdanjou@fau.edu
Assistant Professor
M.Arch., Laval University
B.Arch., Laval University
Professor d’Anjou has graduated from Laval University in Canada with both a professional degree (B.Arch.) and a post-professional degree (M.Arch.) in architecture; he is currently working on a Ph.D. at the University of Montreal in Canada. His research focuses on the philosophical aspects of design ethics and develops a theoretical understanding of design as an ethically engaged action. Professor d’Anjou has taught at different universities, including some in Mexico and Costa Rica; he has taught during five years at North Dakota State University’s Department of Architecture/LA, where he joint created the World Studio option of the graduate program, before joining the School of Architecture at FAU in 2004. He has also conducted foreign design workshops in Asia, South-America, and the Caribbean. He has lectured internationally on the topic of design philosophy and ethics. |
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Deirdre Hardy, AIA
dhardy@fau.edu
Professor
M.Arch., University of Florida
B. Des., University of Florida
B.A., (With Honors) Tulane University
A registered architect since 1984, Deirdre Hardy has worked in both large (140 person) and small firms on projects that range similarly from multi-story large office buildings to passive solar houses. Her academic life also ranges the full scale of university sizes from a large state university to an art and design school. She has taught courses ranging from beginning design to chairing a graduate thesis, and from construction detailing to history. She is also experienced in administration and was the Director of the Division of Architecture and Interior Design before she came back to Florida and FAU. Although she grew up in Australia and still speaks that language best, she has grown to love Florida having lived in six different parts of the state. Her research interest just now focuses on the design techniques used by the early modernists in this region. She hopes to share her enthusiasm for their work and help students to learn from them. Their buildings demonstrate an understanding of this magnificent tropical climate and how to design for living with it harmoniously. |
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Ralph Johnson
rjohnso@fau.edu
Professor
M.Arch., Yale University
B.Arch., Howard University
Ralph Johnson is a Professor in the School of Architecture and currently the Director of the Center for the Conservation of Architectural and Cultural Heritage (CCACH), in the College of Architecture, Urban and Public Affairs at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). He is a long standing participant in the field of historic preservation as an educator, advocate, and consultant. Professor Johnson has served several terms, almost nine years, as a member of the Board of Trustees, Florida Trust for Historic Preservation and holds the honor of Trustee Emeritus. He was formally President of the Miami-Dade County Historic Preservation Board and a member of the Board of Directors, Dade Heritage Trust in Miami. Since coming to Fort Lauderdale he was appointed to the Historic Preservation Board of Fort Lauderdale and is now a member of the Board of Directors of the historic Bonnet House. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for 1000 Friends of Florida, Inc, which promotes healthy urban and natural places by wise management of growth and change. |
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Francis E. Lyn
flyn1@fau.edu
Assistant Professor
M.Arch., Princeton University
B. Arch., University of Miami
Francis Elliot Lyn received his Master of Architecture from Princeton University in 1995 and his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami in 1990. Since 1995 he has taught at various Florida institutions in the areas of design, drawing, and architectural theory. At FAU, he is currently the Lower Division Coordinator for the School of Architecture and serves as the ACSA Faculty Counselor. His architectural work has received national recognition and has been included in national and international exhibitions. Premiated projects include a new courthouse for Williamsburg Virginia, which was commissioned and executed after an international competition (in collaboration with Jorge L. Hernandez) as well as the Grand Egyptian Museum and the Graphisoft Conference Center Competitions (in collaboration with Dr. Peter Magyar and Aron Temkin), both of which received recognition from the AIA. His current research deals with Scandinavian modernism, with a particular focus on the work of Erik Gunnar Asplund. He has presented papers on his research at various conferences including the 2003 ACSA International Conference in Helsinki, Finland and the 2004 Mediterranean Studies Association Conference in Barcelona, Spain. A selection from his research is scheduled to be published in the near future. |
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John Sandell
jsandel1@fau.edu
Assistant Professor
Diploma in Architecture, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
M.Arch., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
B.S. Arch. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
John Sandell, who joined the faculty in 2004, teaches architectural design and theory courses. He has previously taught at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, Portland State University, Department of Architecture, the University of Oregon, Graduate School of Design in Portland and at California State University, Florence, Italy. He is a registered architect in Italy and his design practice has completed projects ranging from residential building to mixed-use urban interventions. Prior to opening his own studio, he collaborated with architects and designers including Ettore Sottsass, Charles Pfister, Robert Obrist and Aldo Rossi. His focus on design is enhanced by his research addressing temporality and towards reasserting the work of the individual and the collective imagination in ecology, expression and meaning in cultural production. |
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Mate Thitisawat
mthitisa@fau.edu
Assistant Professor
B.Arch., Chulalongkorn University
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Professor Mate Thitisawat graduated from Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand) with a professional degree (B.Arch) before receiving his Master’s degree (M.S.) from Georgia Institute of Technology. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate in the Building Technology Program at the College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include building simulation and control, energy efficient building design, daylighting, optimization, building control systems, building product modeling, and knowledge-based systems. His dissertation topic is “Techno-Economic Optimization of Smart Double-Skin Façade (SDSF) Systems.” This work deals with a collaborative design process through a configuration optimization of the systems by using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms (MOGA) based on Pareto optimality. He has published his work on the SDSF systems and daylighting with his advisor (Professor Godfried Augenbroe) and colleagues in conferences and journals. |
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