Archinect - Features 2024-05-03T05:41:26-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150166572/fellow-fellows-ranitri-weerasuriya-the-2018-goodman-fellow-at-gsapp Fellow Fellows: Ranitri Weerasuriya, the 2018 Goodman Fellow at GSAPP Katherine Guimapang 2019-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 >2019-10-25T21:11:30-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/28/287ee7e675db947e3ae33ec77380169f.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><em><a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/1073280/fellow-fellows" target="_blank">Fellow Fellows</a></em>&nbsp;is a series that focuses on the increasingly important role&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/925992/fellowships" target="_blank">fellowships</a>&nbsp;play in architecture academia today. These prestigious academic positions can bring forth a fantastic blend of practice, research, and pedagogical cross-pollination, often within a tight time frame. They also, by definition, represent temporary, open-ended, and ultimately precarious employment for aspiring young designers and academics.&nbsp;<em>Fellow Fellows</em>&nbsp;aims to understand what these positions offer for both the fellows themselves and the discipline at large by presenting their work and experiences through an in-depth interview.&nbsp;<em>Fellow Fellows</em>&nbsp;is about bringing attention and inquiry to the otherwise maddening pace of academia, while also presenting a broad view of the exceptional and breakthrough work being done by people navigating the early parts of their careers.&nbsp;</p> <p>This week, we talk to&nbsp;Ranitri Weerasuriya, the 2018-2019 <a href="https://www.arch.columbia.edu/goodman-fellowship" target="_blank">Percival and Naomi Goodman Fellow</a> from <a href="https://archinect.com/columbiagsapp" target="_blank">Columbia University Graduate School of ...</a></p>