Washington University in St. Louis has announced the appointment of Aki Ishida as the next director of the Sam Fox School College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design. The current associate professor and interim associate director of Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture will take over duties effective July 1st. Her appointment follows the departure of Heather Woofter, who left St. Louis to become the new Dean at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture last summer.
"Aki is an accomplished architect and designer, a respected scholar and a dedicated teacher and mentor. She is fascinated by the ways social conditions can shape the built environment, and she has a long history of collaborating with artists, engineers and health-care professionals, among others. I am confident Aki will be an inspiring leader who will connect deeply with our community and advance the strategic goals of the school and university. We are proud to welcome her to the Sam Fox School," Carmon Colangelo, Dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, said in a statement.
Ishida is a graduate of Columbia GSAPP and is licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey under Aki Ishida Architect, a studio she founded in 2008 after gaining experience in the offices of Rafael Viñoly Architects and James Carpenter Design Associates. Her academic experience includes stints at the Rhode Island School of Design, Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, and South Korea's Konkuk University, and has earned recognition in the form of a 2017 New Faculty Teaching Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and a 2023 Creative Achievement Award from the same organization.
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Had her as a professor at Virginia Tech for a semester class on building materials. Wonderful teacher. Taught the art of selecting the building blocks of what would essentially be the matter of your building. Was very considerate in preparing before each class and kept me engaged throughout the course. She is an extremely interesting human being. This picture is coursework that we did in groups (concrete forms that were used in repetition to create patterns).
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