Nick Bruscia
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Situated Technologies Research Group Faculty, Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies
Nicholas Bruscia is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University at Buffalo, where he is also a researcher in the Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies (CAST). His work and research focuses on the computational design-to-fabrication process and the application of performative material parameters at various scales. Recent projects have explored augmenting manual making techniques with physical computing enabling a formal response to the chemical characteristics of cast materials, and the digital workflows associated with the fabrication of large-scale sheet metal assemblies. Nick holds an MArch and MFA from the University at Buffalo’s dual degree program in Media Arts and Architecture (MAAP). His work and efforts have been exhibited internationally, including the University of Texas at Austin (Tex Fab 5 symposium), University of Michigan, Taubman Gallery (Reflexive Architecture Machines), Architectural Association, London (AA | FAB symposium and exhibition), Berlin (Generator X 2.0 workshop), Torino (Piemonte Share Festival), Buffalo (Beyond-In WNY), New York (Center for Architecture and D3 Natural Systems exhibition), and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (ACADIA 2008: Silicon + Skin).
Omar Khan
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Architecture, Situated Technologies Research Group Co-Director, Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies
Associate Professor Omar Khan is an architect, educator and researcher whose work spans the disciplines of architecture, installation/performance art and digital media. His projects and teaching explore the intersection of architecture and pervasive computing for designing responsive architecture and environments. Prof. Khan received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University and a Master in Design and Computation from MIT where he was a member of the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab. He has exhibited nationally and internationally including the Incheon Digital Art Festival (Korea), Urban Screens Melbourne, ZeroOne San Jose, Storefront for Art and Architecture, the National Building Museum and the Urban Center. He is a fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts and has received grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Department of Education. He is also co-principal with Laura Garófalo of Liminal Projects, an architectural design office.
Mark Shepard
Associate Professor, Departments of Architecture and Media Study, Situated Technologies Research Group Co-Director, Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies Director, Media Arts and Architecture Program (MAAP)
Mark Shepard is an artist, architect and researcher whose work investigates contemporary entanglements of technology and urban life. He is co-editor of the Situated Technologies Pamphlets Series and editor of Sentient City: ubiquitous computing, architecture and the future of urban space, published by MIT Press. He curated Toward the Sentient City, an exhibition organized by the Architectural League of New York that critically explored the evolving relationship between ubiquitous computing and the city through a series of commissioned projects distributed throughout New York City. His work has been presented at museums, galleries and festivals internationally, including the 2012 Venice International Architecture Biennial, the 2011 Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, and the 2009 International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam. His work has been supported by The US Department of Education, The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Creative Capital, and Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, where he was a 2011-2012 Fellow.
Affiliated Faculty
Name
Title
Department
Hadas Steiner
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture
Jason Geisweidt
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Media Study, College of Arts and Science
Affiliated Students
Name
Role
Department
Jelani Lowe
Research Assistant
Department of Architecture
Leonardo Aranda
Research Assistant
Department of Media Study, College of Arts and Sciences
Tim Noble
Research Assistant
Department of Architecture
William Baptiste
Research Assistant
Department of Architecture
Alumni
Name
Role
Dates
Jordan Geiger
Assistant Professor
2009–2018
Mahan Mehrvarz
Research Assistant
2014–2016
