2024-05-07T01:49:10-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150273010/pratt-school-of-architecture-announces-quilian-riano-as-its-new-assistant-dean Katherine Guimapang 2021-07-07T19:12:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/21/216fd2d128c65804ffab3a2e3cc34524.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/pratt" target="_blank">Pratt Institute</a> has announced the appointment of its new Assistant Dean <a href="https://archinect.com/quilian" target="_blank">Quilian Riano</a>. As an architect, urban designer, researcher, and writer, his work explores architecture's relationship to design justice, anti-racist pedagogy, and urban design strategies that address socio-political issues. Riano&rsquo;s decade in academia as a teacher in graduate and undergraduate studies in architecture, urban design, and interdisciplinary design has aided in the development of leading studios and design collectives that interrogate architecture and its current pedagogy.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1e/1ee3512b5390c98524852d419e716a22.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1e/1ee3512b5390c98524852d419e716a22.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Architecture Lobby members Quilian Riano and Peggy Deamer stage a performance of the organization&rsquo;s 10-point manifesto at the 2014 AIA National Convention. Courtesy Quilian Riano 2016.</figcaption></figure><p>As the Assistant Dean, Riano will be working closely with Pratt School of Architecture Dean <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150142013/deans-list-pratt-s-dr-harriet-harriss-on-academia-s-role-in-preparing-architects-of-the-future" target="_blank">Dr. Harriet Harriss</a>. His focus will be on "all four of the school's departments to help develop and amplify the research-driven, spatial outcomes with real-wor...</p>