Archinect - News 2024-11-24T02:11:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150276448/constance-vale-named-chair-of-undergraduate-architecture-at-washington-university-s-sam-fox-school Constance Vale named chair of undergraduate architecture at Washington University’s Sam Fox School Liam Otten 2021-08-04T10:00:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9b/9b064af679f90f330f6ebec10b512889.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/constancevale" target="_blank">Constance Vale</a> has been named chair of undergraduate architecture at the <a href="https://archinect.com/washingtonuniversity" target="_blank">Sam Fox School of Design &amp; Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis</a>. Vale, who joined the Sam Fox School as an assistant professor in 2017, previously taught at <a href="https://archinect.com/sciarc" target="_blank">SCI-Arc</a> and the <a href="https://archinect.com/uclaaud" target="_blank">University of California, Los Angeles</a>. She is a licensed architect and director of the architectural practice <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150276498/constance-vale-studio" target="_blank">Constance Vale Studio</a> as well as the experimental research office The Factory of Smoke &amp; Mirrors.</p> <p>&ldquo;In research, practice, and teaching, Constance investigates how our aesthetic and conceptual approaches shape and reshape the ways we see the world,&rdquo; said Carmon Colangelo, the Ralph J. Nagel Dean of the Sam Fox School. &ldquo;An exemplary collaborator, her work inhabits the space between architecture, art, theater and emerging technology. We are extremely proud to welcome her to this leadership role.&rdquo; Vale succeeds <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150264279/rice-architecture-selects-igor-marjanovi-as-its-new-dean" target="_blank">Igor Marjanovi&#263;</a>, who recently was appointed the William Ward Watkin Dean of <a href="https://archinect.com/rice" target="_blank">Rice Architecture at Rice University</a>.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4f/4ff9500e16dc65b24d63b16a2bda5479.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4f/4ff9500e16dc65b24d63b16a2bda5479.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>A...</figcaption></figure>