FAU's School of Architecture :: Faculty & Staff

	Deirdre Hardy dhardy@fau.edu Director and 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.
	Anthony Abbate aabbate@fau.edu Associate Provost for Broward Campuses and Professor M.Arch., Washington University B.Arch., Catholic University Anthony Abbate, AIA, NCARB, joined the faculty in 1996. He is Professor at the School of Architecture and Associate Provost for the Broward Campuses of FAU. He served as director of the Broward Community Design Collaborative from 2006 to 2011 and was the US Chair of the 3rd International Subtropical Cities Conference. He teaches Materials and Methods of Construction, Architectural Design, Subtropical Architecture, and Architectural Detail Generation. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he received a Master of Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from The Catholic University of America. His research examines historical and contemporary sustainable design and construction practices in the hot-humid climate zones of the tropics and subtropics at two scales: the macro/urban and the micro/detail. In connection with this line of inquiry, and in the context of the built environment of the contemporary city, the deeper unresolved tensions between globalization and regionalism are explored as they relate to local sense of place and regional sustainability. He has traveled extensively, participating at conferences and lecturing at universities in Australia, Mexico, and Colombia. He has contributed to various proceedings of the Centre for Subtropical Design, the International Network for Tropical Architecture, and Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. He was featured in Smart City with Carol Coletta on National Public Radio and on Australia Talks Back with Paul Barclay on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National, and is on the editorial board of the Instituto de Arquitectura Tropical in San Jose, Costa Rica. A registered architect and practicing professional in Florida and New York, he is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), accredited by the US Green Building Council in Leadership In Energy and Environmental Design, and has received over 20 awards for design excellence from the American Institute of Architects for architectural and urban design. He has consulted on projects in Florida, New York, the Caribbean and Colombia. He has published Subtropical Sustainable, a monograph of the architectural and urban design work of graduate level students; and the Broward County County-wide Community Design Guidebook. He is serving an appointment to the City of Fort Lauderdale Beach Redevelopment Advisory Board. He served on the city's first Sustainability Advisory Board, and chaired the city's first Sustainability/Green Committee. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance. He is on the steering committee of Six Pillars Broward and co-chair of the Talent Supply and Education task force. He is a member of the Downtown Council and past chair of the Broward Cultural Council, the area’s central coordinating agency for the arts. Abbate served as Vice-Chair for State of Florida Department of Education Building Construction Advisory Committee, and past-president of the Fort Lauderdale Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He has also served on the Board of Adjustment for the City of Fort Lauderdale and is on the board of directors of the Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale.
	Dr. Jean Martin Caldieron jcaldie1@fau.edu Assistant Professor PhD Engineering, Lab of Architectural Design Tohoku University, Japan M.Arch., Ecole D’Architecture de Grenoble, France Architect, Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela. Dr. Jean Martin Caldieron joined the faculty in 2007. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering from Tohoku University in Japan. His dissertation was on the self-improvement of unauthorized settlements. He previously studied Earth Architecture at the Ecole D’Architecture de Grenoble (France), where he specialized in sustainable construction using raw earth as a building material. He received his Architect Diploma at Simon Bolivar University (Caracas, Venezuela) and worked in several firms prior to establishing his own practice in Venezuela where he designed residential and urban projects. He also practiced for three years as an architect in Japan, and he has been involved in several projects around the world. He previously taught and conducted research at the Simon Bolivar University, Tohoku University, and St. Petersburg College. His research interests are: integration of structures with architectural design education, up-grading of self-built urban settlements, shanty town dynamics, and open buildings structures. Dr. Caldieron is fluent in six languages. He is a passionate traveller who has been researching, lecturing, and travelling in more than 100 countries. One of his goals is to pass on this passion to his students.
	Philippe d'Anjou pdanjou@fau.edu Associate Professor B.Arch., Laval University, Quebec, Canada M.Arch., Laval University , Quebec, Canada Philippe d’Anjou teaches in the areas of design, theory, philosophy, and ethics. His research focuses on the philosophical aspects of architecture and design from an ethics perspective. He develops a theoretical understanding of architecture and design as an ethically engaged and responsible action. His research has been published in recognized scholarly venues, including, among others, the edited book Design Philosophy Papers Collection Four and journals such as Design Issues, Design Studies, and Journal of Architectural Education. Philippe d’Anjou’s research work has been presented in national and international conferences and universities.
	Henning Haupt hhaupt1@fau.edu Assistant Professor Ph.D: Technical University Braunschweig, Germany Postgraduate: Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, USA Diploma in Architecture: Technical University Darmstadt, Germany First Diploma in Architecture: Technical University Braunschweig, Germany Henning Haupt, who joined the faculty in 2008, teaches architectural design. Haupt gained his teaching experience during the last 6 years at the Technical University at Braunschweig, Germany, where he is currently finishing his PhD in the field of design methods: ‘Experiments in Colour - Integration of painted colour spaces in an architectural design process’. As a postgraduate experience Henning joined the Architecture program at the Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Michigan and as a graduate exchange the program at SUNY Buffalo. He received a Diploma of Architecture from Technical University Darmstadt, Germany and a first Diploma from TU Braunschweig. After working as a practitioner in Berlin he became a licensed Architect in 1998.
	Vladimir Kulić vkulic@fau.edu Assistant Professor Ph.D. in architectural history, University of Texas at Austin Magisterium and Diploma in architecture, University of Belgrade http://fau.academia.edu/VladimirKulic Dr. Kulić joined FAU in 2008 and teaches courses in architectural history, theory, and design. He specializes in architecture after World War II, modernism in Central and Eastern Europe, the global exchanges of architectural culture, and contemporary criticism. He is the author of Modernism In-Between: The Mediatory Architectures of Socialist Yugoslavia (with Maroje Mrduljaš and Wolfgang Thaler, 2012) and of numerous articles on architecture in the former Yugoslavia. He is also the editor of Unfinished Modernisations: Between Utopia and Pragmatism (with Maroje Mrduljaš, 2012) and of Sanctioning Modernism: Architecture and the Making of Postwar Identities (with Monica Penick and Timothy Parker, forthcoming 2013). The exhibitions he co-curated have been shown at the ArchitekturzentrumWien in Vienna, Swiss Museum of Architecture in Basel, Museum of Yugoslav History in Belgrade, Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana, etc. Dr. Kulić won a number of international fellowships and accolades, including the 2007 Trustees Merit Citation from Graham Foundation and the 2009 Bruno Zevi Prize for a Historical/Critical Essay in Architecture. He is the 2012-13 FAU Scholar of the Year at the Assistant Professor level and the 2013 Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies.
	Francis E. Lyn flyn1@fau.edu Associate Professor M.Arch., Princeton University B. Arch., University of Miami Francis Elliot Lyn received his Master of Architecture from Princeton University and his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami. He has taught at various Florida institutions in the areas of design, drawing, and architectural theory. 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, (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. His research also focuses on the importance of both analog and digital methods of representation in the production of architecture. He has presented papers on his research at numerous conferences, both nationally and internationally. Most recently his research has been included as an invited chapter in a text, and has also been published in several scholarly journals. Currently, Professor Lyn is the Junior Phase coordinator for the FAU School of Architecture.
	John Sandell jsandel1@fau.edu Associate Professor Professional Licensure: State of Italy, European Union M. Arch., 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 coordinates the senior level design program and teaches in the areas of design and theory. His general area of research encompasses the interaction of natural, human and built domains in site-specific situations. Particular emphasis is given to phenomena that draw out hidden properties and create conceptual shifts that inform and shape the design project. His research and studio pedagogy investigate topics such as city allusions and the theater; human fragility and the abandonment of place; metaphor’s role in revealing unforeseen perspectives in visual work; projecting retreat and adaptation: new urban morphologies for the design of South Florida’s future environments. As a licensed architect in Italy, John’s practice is committed to research through design. Prior to opening his practice, he worked for architects and designers including Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Milan), Charles Pfister, (San Francisco), Robert Obrist (St. Moritz), and Aldo Rossi, (Milan). The above work environments enhanced his background of diverse design philosophies, project types, and scalar relationships from industrial design, furniture and interiors, to mixed-use, institutional, and transportation centers for European cities. His projects and built works range from furniture and residences to pedestrian streets and urban spaces. He has collaborated on many prize-winning mixed-use, institutional, and urban design projects in Switzerland and Italy, and completed single-family residential projects in Italy, Texas, Florida, and Oregon. His work has been exhibited and published nationally and internationally, including the Venice Biennial, and has recently won several Florida State design awards from the American Institute of Architects. He has 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. In summer, he heads the School of Architecture’s study abroad program in Venice, Italy.
	Mate Thitisawat mthitisa@fau.edu Associate Professor Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA M.S., , Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA B.Arch., Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 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, energy efficient building design, outdoor comfort, daylighting, design optimization, building control systems, building information model (BIM), and performative parametric design. His dissertation topic is "Techno-Economic Optimization of Smart Double-Skin Façade (SDSF) Systems." This study 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. As a team leader, he has won awards for a funding proposal and an international design competition. He has received the first prize of 2008 ARCC Incentive Fund Award from Architectural Research Centers Consortium to conduct a research project titled "Designing for Outdoor Comfort in a Subtropical Environment: Assessment and Criteria for Outdoor Comfort". In addition, he won fourth place in the first and second round of Bahamas Design Challenge
	Keith Van de Riet kvanderiet@fau.edu Assistant Professor B.Arch, The University of Kansas M.S. Architectural Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ph.D. Architectural Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Keith Van de Riet joined FAU in the fall of 2012 after graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Built Ecologies Program with an M.S. and Ph.D. in Architectural Sciences. He worked as a research assistant at The Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology (CASE), which co-hosted the Built Ecologies Program at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill's office in New York City. He has experience with several architectural research areas and prototypes, ranging from green walls to solar concentration. His dissertation integrated architectural and engineering models with vegetation models to investigate coupled human and natural systems through the lens of architectural design and urban-scale thermodynamics. Within this framework, the dissertation developed a structural landscape system to integrate and reinforce mangrove trees as biomechanical wavebreaks, with the goal of utilizing amplified ecosystem services within an urban context. Keith has a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from The University of Kansas, where he also worked in construction for Rockhill and Associates in the Kansas Prairie. He has field experience with welding, foundation, framing and finish construction, as well as installation of several green roof systems. Prior to earning his Ph.D., Keith worked on residential, commercial and gallery projects at Lubrano Ciavarra Architects in New York City, where he was an associate designer and project manager. His current research continues the Ph.D. work by investigating methods to couple ecosystem services with human development to improve the environment and increase biodiversity, particularly through bioremediation of urban and agricultural runoff. He is currently working with international experts in engineering, ecology and forest biometrics to integrate models and design approaches to address problems facing coastal urban environments.
	Emmanouil Vermisso evermiss@fau.edu Assistant Professor M.Arch. II, Syracuse University Dipl.Arch., University of Westminster, UK Emmanouil Vermisso joined the faculty of Architecture in 2008. A registered architect in Greece, prior to coming to FAU, he practiced architecture in London, at the firms of Foster+Partners, AHMM and Porphyrios Associates, where he worked on residential and mixed-use projects. He holds a Diploma in Architecture from the University of Westminster (London) and a post-professional Master of Architecture from Syracuse University (NY), where he conducted research on the implications of examining Classical Architecture within a digital framework. His interest within design lies at the intersection of digital design theory and fabrication, as well as Classical architectural theory and Architectural Organicism. His research focuses on the evolving use of Nature as a design strategy and the Biological analogy in architecture from a performance and pedagogical perspective. He is increasingly interested in the collaborative efforts between design-related fields such as Architecture and Engineering, to enhance the understanding of space and form through performance analysis. He currently teaches Architectural Design and seminars on Digital Documentation, Digital Fabrication and Biomorphic Design, combining CNC manufacturing techniques to produce kinetic prototypes. His work has been presented in several national and international conferences including ACADIA, SiGRADi and eCAADe.