Staff Biographies
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Vincent Huyghe Interactive Architecture Lab RC3 Tutor Vincent Huyghe is a Belgian architect specialising in computational design and robotic fabrication. He obtained a Masters in Advanced Architecture at IAAC followed by a Master of Adaptive Architecture and Computation at The Bartlett. He gained professional experience in the field while employed at Robofold. Professional areas of interest are robotics, automation, scripting and software development, digital fabrication, micro-controllers and electronics.
Lisa Cumming RC6 Report Tutor Lisa Cumming currently works with Wilkinson Eyre. She graduated with a Masters in Architecture and Urbanism from the Architectural Association’s Design Research Laboratory with a focus on adaptive architectural environments. Lisa gained her BArch (Hons) in New Zealand and has tutored and practiced within architecture in both New Zealand and the UK.
Professor Stephen Gage Report Coordinator Stephen Gage studied at the AA and has worked in the UK and California. He has taught at The Bartlett since 1993, where he is Professor of Innovative Architecture. He has been an external examiner at The University of the Arts and the University of Liverpool; he is part of the RIBA architectural course validation panel. Mollie Claypool RC1 & RC4 History & Theory Tutor Mollie Claypool is a Lecturer in Architecture at The Bartlett School of Architecture, where she co-directs the BSc Architecture RIBA/ARB Part 1 course and runs MArch Architecture Unit 19. She is a historian, designer and educator with interests in
Natsai Chieza RC7 Report Tutor Natsai Audrey Chieza is a design researcher working at the intersection of Design Innovation and Biotechnology, exploring how the life sciences can enable new design and craft processes for a post-fossil fuel environmental paradigm. She holds a degree in Architectural Design from the University of Edinburgh, and a Masters in Material Futures from Central Saint Martins.
Ruby Law RC5 Report Tutor Ruby Law is a Designer working at Heatherwick Studio. She studied and practiced architecture in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Massachusetts before graduating from The Bartlett. She is interested in digital fabrication and material engineering. Her work has been exhibited in Hong Kong, Rome, Venice and London. Fiona Zisch RC3 Report Tutor Fiona Zisch is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Innsbruck and the University of Westminster. She is finishing a transdisciplinary PhD by Design in architecture and neuroscience at UCL. Her research focuses on how neural mechanisms represent space and construct architectural experience. 115
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Ruairi Glynn Interactive Architecture Lab RC3 Leader Ruairi Glynn is Director of the Interactive Architecture Lab and a practising artist and researcher. He’s co-founder of the Fabricate Conference series and has taught internationally at ETH, Zurich; TU, Delft; The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark and the Angewandte, Vienna. He has exhibited his work at Tate Modern London, Centre Pompidou Paris and National Art Museum of China Beijing. He also works commercially with clients including Twitter, Nike, Lego, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Arup, and BuroHappold.