2024-12-23T20:14:09-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150322177/innovation-minded-ingeborg-rocker-has-been-appointed-chair-of-georgia-tech-s-school-of-architecture Josh Niland 2022-08-31T06:07:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1a/1ad19de78eadae60beda16eae6de0670.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The School of Architecture at <a href="https://archinect.com/GTArchitecture" target="_blank">Georgia Tech University</a> has announced the appointment of Ingeborg Rocker as its new Chair and William Harrison Professor of Architecture effective September 1st.</p> <p>Rocker joins Georgia Tech after working in the software industry and holding separate academic positions at the <a href="https://archinect.com/harvard" target="_blank">Harvard GSD</a> between 2005 and 2020. She co-founded her own Boston and Hong Kong-based practice, <a href="http://rocker-lange.com/index.php" target="_blank">Rocker-Lange</a>, in 2006 and will now look to enhance the school&rsquo;s highly-technical course offerings by leveraging a reputation for engineering and building science that has long been associated with the 137-year-old Atlanta institution.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/be/befed72bf9c5e4bb7449e89db7f2d880.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/be/befed72bf9c5e4bb7449e89db7f2d880.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect:&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/bustler/8791/student-teams-from-georgia-tech-and-the-university-of-arizona-among-winners-of-the-2022-solar-decathlon-design-challenge" target="_blank">Student teams from Georgia Tech and the University of Arizona among winners of the 2022 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge</a></figcaption><p><br></p><p>&ldquo;At its core, architecture is trans-disciplinary,&rdquo; she explained in a university press release, &ldquo;ranging from vision and design innovation to technical and material realization. It is a unique discipline that can be theo...</p></figure>