PHD Program 2021 - 2022
- Aamena Bakarmom |
- Alejandro Saldana Perales |
- Alexis Arias |
- Amjad Alkoud |
- Cmalia Geng |
- Donghyun Lee |
- Jati Zunaibi |
- Lijian Ma |
- Liwen Kang |
- Lobna Mitkees |
- Yohan Kim |
- Zahida Khan
PhD Program in Architecture
Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
The 2021–22 academic year has been unique. In person activities have resumed and we are constantly mindful of the privileges of meeting with colleagues, friends, and loved ones. Remote work has matured, expanding our networks, research scope, as well as our productivity. It has given us the opportunity to work from home, restaurants, trains, planes, automobiles, parks, plazas, beaches, balconies, and rooftops, granted access to Wi-Fi connections. Hybrid work is a staple of our daily lives. It has provided us with the opportunity to chose not only when and where we work but also fosters mindfulness over how and why we work.
Our research is continuously shaped by the lingering forces challenging the contemporary urban landscape all over our world. A spectrum of issues, spanning global, national, regional, and local scales, is assessed through an Architectural lens. These matters guide our current work: residential & institutional thermal comfort systems, post-Covid Chicago urban development & public spaces, urban policies, kinetic, biomorphic & double skin façades for tall buildings, urban food apartheids & social equity in Chicago, reinforced concrete embodied energy & material life cycles, the built environment & human health, and structural carbon composites. The ongoing research developed at IIT Architecture acknowledges the elements that will continue to shape our urban landscapes, from Chicago – our kind of town - to the world.
The end of the Spring 2022 term signals the departure of three members of our community who have successfully fulfilled all the academic requirements and will be graduating from the PhD Program this May. Their departure is a reminder of how ephemeral this challenging journey truly is. Their achievements are also testimony of what is in store for us as well. Indeed, attained only by commitment and hard work. Although we will miss them, we know their paths shall be ours too. We our proud of our new generation of architectural researches.
Michelangelo Sabatino, PhD
Professor of Architectural History and Preservation
Director of PhD Program
