Directories

Administration

Christopher Jarrett
Associate Director, Architecture Program & Associate Professor

Teaching Area

Architectural Design; Ecological Theory, Design and Technology

Education

Master of Science in Architecture and Building Design, Columbia University, 1986
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Oregon, 1983

Teaching and Administrative Experience

Associate Director, Georgia Tech (2002-Present)
Associate Professor, Georgia Tech (2000-Present)
Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech (1995-Present)
Visiting Professor, Georgia Tech (1994-95)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Southern California (1990-94)

Academic and Professional Honors

2000 Selected Regional Paper, 88th ACSA National Conference: Heterotopolis, “Sustainability Studio,” Los Angeles, CA, Mar 11-14, 2000
IIAS Award, Cross-Disciplinary Paper Presentation, “Crossovers and Consilience,” International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research, 1998
Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998
1998 Selected Regional Paper, 86th ACSA National Conference, “Sustainability Paradigms,” Cleveland, OH, 1998
Fellowship, Materials + Technology Conference, ACSA Summer Institute, CaliforniaCollege of Arts + Crafts, 1998
Award of Excellence, American Institute of Architects (AIA Atlanta), 1997
Outstanding Service Award, College of Architecture, Georgia Tech, 1997
Research Award, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, “LA Service Station Project: Architects Building on Neighborhood Resources,” 1994
Second Place, House for the Next Millennium, National Ideas Competition, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH 1993
Honorable Mention, Hermosa Beach Pier, National Ideas Competition, Chamber of Commerce, Hermosa Beach, CA, 1993
Award of Excellence, Department of Community Development, City of Claremont, Claremont, CA, 1993
First Place, Shinkenchiku-Sha International Design Competition, "East Meets West,” Central Glass Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1991
Merit Award, 3X3 PLUS NINE, Young California Architect's Competition, Architectural Foundation of San Francisco and AIA, San Francisco Chapter, 1991

Conferences/Publications(Selected)

“Dialectical Ecologist,” 40 th IMCL Conference, Building Cities for Community Identity & Community, London, UK, June 13-17, 2004
“Steel Too Strong: Cultivating Place Through Territorial Legibility,” ACSA National, 92 nd Annual Meeting, Miami, March 18-21, 2004
“On Site on Energy: City, Art and Ecology,” PLEA 2003, The 20 th Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Santiago, Chile, November 9-12, 2003
“Soft/Ware House: Media, Ecology and the City,” New Cities, New Media Conference, University of Southern California School of Architecture, Jan 17-19, 2003
“Social Practice: Design Education and Everyday Life,” Changing Architectural Education , E&FN Spon Publishers, London, England, Oct 2000
“The Deployment Of Highly Responsive Building Skins in the US: Myths And Realities,” US Green Building Council, Austin, Texas, November 13-15, 2002
“Challenges and Futures Trends of International Architectural Education, EC/Canada/US Consortia Conference, Munster, Germany, Dec 10-12, 2001
“Sustainability, Identity and Globalization”, 3 rd International IAEE Conference, Los Angeles, July 6, 2001
“Pedagogical Experi[ences]ments”, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), San Jose, Costa Rica, March 4-6, 2001
“Identity and Globalization,” 7 th International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE), “The End of Tradition,” Trani, Italy, Oct 12-15, 2000
“Place, Culture and Ecology,” INTERSYMP 12/ International Focus Session on the Culture of Peace, Baden-Baden, Germany, Jul 30-Aug 5, 2000 (keynote address)
“Urban Tactics: Design Education in Shifting Landscapes,” (co-authored with Norman Millar) 88 th ACSA Annual Conference, “Heterotopolis: Immigration, Ethnicity and the American City,” Los Angeles, CA, Mar 11-14, 2000
“Critical Practice: Eco-Structuralism,” 17 th EAAE-AEEA International Conference, Plymouth University, ENGLAND, Feb 4-6, 1999
“FlowCITY: Changing the Nature of Our Inter-Local Transit Infrastructure,” 86th ACSA Annual Meeting, “Constucting Identity,” Cleveland, OH, 1998
“Forgotten Spaces, Light Overlays: Alternative Sustainable Urban Paradigms,” ACSA NE Regional Mtg, “Reflections on Heritage + Modernity,” Roger Williams, 1998

Research

“Terrain Vague: Architecture, Photography and the Post-Industrial Landscape”; $2,000, City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, 2003; $5,000, Georgia Humanities Council, 2002
“Changing Urban Landscapes”; $8,850, Georgia Tech Foundation, 2000
“International Architectural Educational Exchange (IAEE)”; $300,000, FIPSE (Funds for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education) C. Jarrett, PI (2000-02)
“US/EC Propositions for Sustainable Rehabilitation of Industrial Urban Sites”; $7,712, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, 2000
“Exhibition Production for UIA International Congress, Barcelona”; $5,000, CODA (Committee for Olympic Development in Atlanta), 1996
“Crafting Collaborations: Possibilities Between the City and the Academy”; $9,200, Georgia Tech Foundation, C. Jarrett, PI, R. Dagenhart, R. Roark, Co-PI’s, 1996
“Transportable Stage for Samuel Beckett Plays: A Performance Laboratory”; $1,500, Department of English, Claremont College, Dr. Young, PI; C. Jarrett, Co-PI, 1999
“Los Angeles Service Station Project”; $7,500, Graham Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts), 1994

Service

Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, member, 2002-2005
Reviewer, Short-listed Grant Proposals to FIPSE (Funds for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education), Washington, DC, Jun 2000
Continuing Education Speaker, AIA National Convention, Philadelphia, May 2000
Architecture Program Director Search Committee, member, 1999-00
Panelist, “Rethinking Design Curriculum for a Sustainable Future,” Global Possibilities and the Earth Group, addressing environmental education in the US, Oct 12, 1998
Jury Member, AIA Arkansas Annual State Awards, Oct 1997
Design Consultant, “Urban Design Conference for the City of East Ridge,” rethinking the urban Master Plan for downtown East Ridge, TN, Feb 19-20, 1997
Reviewer, Technology Paper Abstracts, 1997 ACSA National Technology Conference, Dallas, TX; Technology and ecology subject area papers, Oct 15-Nov 2, 1996
Academic Senate, College of Architecture Representative, 1996-99