Daniel L. Schodek
Research Professor
Department of Architecture

 

 

Curriculum Vitae


Academic and Administrative Postitions
2008- Kumagai Research Professor of Architectural Technology
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
2005-08 Director of the Master in Design Studies Program
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
1992- Kumagai Professor of Architectural Technology
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
1987 Visiting Scholar
Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Delft
1985-91 Faculty Director
Laboratory for Construction Technology, Harvard University
1982-92 Professor of Architectural Technology
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
1981-91 Faculty Director
Laboratory for Computer Graphics & Spatial Analysis, Harvard University
1979-81 Assistant Chairman,
Department of Architecture, Harvard University
1977-82 Associate Professor of Architectural Technology
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
1970-77 Assistant Professor of Architecture
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
1969-70 Instructor
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University


Professional & Research Interests
Structural Design (Buildings and Bridges)
Computer-aided Design & Manufacturing Applications in Architecture
'Intelligent' Materials and Systems (Smart Materials, Teleoperated Systems, etc.)
Design of Advanced Healthcare Facilities to Accommodate New Advanced Medical Technologies
Research sponsors include:
National Science Foundation
Harvard-MIT Joint Center for Housing Studies
Aga-Kahn Program in Housing
The Advanced Research Products Agency, and others.


Education
PhD in Civil Engineering, MIT, 1971
(Primary: Structures, Secondary: Materials, Minor: Urban Planning)
AM (Honorary), Harvard University, 1982
MS in Architectural Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1966
BS in Architectural Engineering, University of Texas at Austin


Books
2004 Schodek, D., Bechthold, M., Griggs, J., Kao, K., Steinberg, M.,
Digital Design and Manufacturing: Applications in Architecture and Design, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y.
  Schodek, D. and Addington, M., Smart Materials in Architecture and Design, Architectural Press, London
1992 Structures in Sculpture, MIT Press
  American Institute of Graphic Artists Award, 1995
Leipzig Book Award, 1995
1987 Landmarks in American Civil Engineering, MIT Press
  Abel Wolman Award
1980 Structures, Prentice-Hall, Inc. (Simon & Schuster), Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
  1st Edition, 1980
2nd Edition, 1992
3rd Edition, 1997
4th Edition, 2001
5th Edition, 2003


Selected Articles, Papers and Reports
General Architectural & Historical:
2003 Schodek, et. al., New Technologies in Architecture: Digital Design and Manufacturing Techniques, II & III, Proceedings of Second and Third International Conferences, October 2001 and June 2002. Harvard Design & Technology Series, 2003-2.
2002 Schodek, D. L. and Addington, M., Smart Materials in Architecture, Harvard Design and Technology Series, 2002-2
2001 New Technologies in Architecture: Digital Design and Manufacturing Techniques, First International Conference, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, October 2000 Proceedings
with Kenneth Kao, Martin Bechthold, Kimo Griggs and Marco Steinberg Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2000. Harvard Design & Technology Series, 2001-01
  Schodek and Burdi, L., Brunelleschi's Dome, Center for Design Informatics, Harvard University, 2001
1997 Schodek, "Structural Reminiscences: Carpenter Center at Harvard," Form, Modernism and History, edited by Alexander von Hoffman, Harvard University Press, Cambridge and London, ppf. 99
1993 Schodek, "The 1693 Catania Earthquake: the Destruction, and the Strategies of Reconstruction," 1693 Tricentennial, Catania, Sicily.
1991 Schodek, "The Outcome of the 1693 Earthquake: the Destruction, and the Strategies of Reconstruction," Urban & Architectural Culture in the Baroque Age: The Rebuilding of the Sicilian Cities After the Great Earthquake, Symposium, Architecture and Urban Environment of Sicily Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, October 11.
1990 Schodek, et.al, "Thirty Bridges in Massachusetts: Historical Reports," Documentation of historical surveys of 19th century bridges in Massachusetts conducted for H.A.E.R. (Historic American Engineering Record), Report to Department of Public Works, Massachusetts, 1990.
  Schodek., Burns, H., and Pollalis, S; "Hypermedia in akademischer Ausbildung and Forschung," Architese, 3-1990, ppf.49.
1989 Schodek, "Use of LANDSAT Imagery in Housing Analysis," Paper, Aga Khan Unit for Housing and Urbanization Publication Series, Harvard University.
  Rowe, P. and Schodek, "The Feasibility of Housing Surveys Using Remote-Sensored Data About Formal and Informal Settlements," Aga Khan Unit for Housing and Urbanization Publication Series.
1980 Schodek, "Houseboats," Paper A-7902 Publication Series in Architecture, GSD, Harvard University, 1980.
1978 Schodek, "Precast Concrete Housing," Journal of the Precast Concrete Institute, Vol. 23, No. 6, November-December, 1978, pp.54-66.
1973 Schodek, "Operation Breakthrough: The Changing Image," Industrial Forum, Vol. 4, No. 5, 1973, ppf. 11.
Plus others.


Health Care:
2003 Schodek, D. and Steinberg, M.,
Patient Transfer Module, Harvard Design & Technology Series, 2003-1
1996 Schodek, "Embedded Sensors for Health Care Monitoring," D.A.R.P.A. Biomedical Program Conference, Paper. Phoeniz/Oracle.
1995 Schodek, "Health Care Chair," Biomedical Program, D.A.R.P.A., Report.
  Schodek, "Patient Transfer Pad," Biomedical Program, D.A.R.P.A., Report.
  Schodek, "Deployable Healthcare Modules," Biomedical Program, D.A.R.P.A., Report.


Housing: Natural Hazards:
1992 Schodek, "Architectural Research Needs in Earthquake Hazard Mitigation," Report of East-Coast Workshop on Architectural Research Needs. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Principal Investigator, January, 1992, Publication, October.
1984 Schodek and Luft, R., "Identifying and Mapping Seismically Hazardous Housing in Urban Areas," Paper, 8th World Conference in Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, California, July.
  Schodek, "Housing Vulnerability," Paper, Workshop for Preparing and Responding to a Damaging Earthquake in the Northeastern United States, United States Geological Survey, Boston.
1983 Schodek, "Mapping Seismically Hazardous Housing in Urban Areas," Proceedings Paper, Computer Graphics Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 26-31.
1981 Schodek, "Mapping the Relative Seismic Vulnerability of Different Types of Existing Housing Structures," Proceedings Paper, International Symposium on the Rehabilitation of Structures of the American Concrete Institute, Bombay, India.
  Schodek, and Gauchat, U., "Housing in Disaster-Prone Countries: A Global Perspective," Habitat International, Vol. 5, No. 5/7, Pergamon Press Ltd.
  Schodek, "Assessing the Relative Vulnerability of Existing Housing Structures to Hurricanes," Paper, Third International Symposium on Hurricanes and Floods: Their Effect on Human Settlements, La Paz, Mexico.
  Schodek, and Gauchat, U., "Patterns of Housing Density and Type: A Basis for Analyzing Earthquake Resistance," National Science Foundation Report (Pursuant to PGR-7820258).
1980 Schodek, and Gauchat, U., "Housing in Disaster-Prone Countries: Policies for Shelter Continuity,' Journal of Housing Science, Vol. 4, No. 2, ppf. lll., Pergamon Press, Ltd., 1980 (Also in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Housing Planning, Financing and Construction in North Central, South American and Caribbean Countries, Fla., 1979).
1977 Schodek, and Gauchat, U., "Vulnerability Analysis and Codification of Types of Housing in Disaster Prone Areas on a World-Wide Basis and the Development of Criteria for Emergency Shelter," United Nations Disaster Relief Organization Publication, March.
1976 Schodek, "Fire in Housing: Research on Building Regulations and Technology," Paper No. 38 of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.
  Schodek, "Fire in Housing," Paper, Firesafety in Buildings Conference, University of California at Berkeley, September.


Housing: Building Regulations:
1980 Schodek, and Gauchat, U., "Housing Standards: Objectives and Agendas," Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process (Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the National Bureau of Standards and the National Conference of States on Building Codes), NBS Special Publication No. 586, Sandra Berry, Editor, June, ppf. 87.
1979 Schodek, and Gauchat, U., "Resource Zoning and Land-Use Planning," Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process, (Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the National Bureau of Standards and the National Conference of States on Building Codes), NBS Special Publication No. 552, Patrick Cooke, Editor, July, ppf. 347.
1978 Schodek, "The Relationship Between Hazard Related Research and the Building Regulatory Process," Workshop on Productivity in the Building Industry (Sponsored by the National Science Foundation). Paper.
  Schodek and Gauchat, U., "Incentives and Constraints in the Building Industry: An Examination of Alternatives Designed to Increase Productivity," and "The Building Process and Productivity: Realigning Divergent Vested Interests," Workshop on Productivity in the Building Industry (Sponsored by the National Science Foundation). Paper.
  Schodek, and Gauchat,U., "Design by Regulation: The Case for Multifamilty Housing," Paper A-7806, Publication Series in Architecture, GSD, Harvard University.
  Schodek, "Research on Natural and Man-Made Hazards: Impacts on Building Regulations," Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process (Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference of the National Bureau of Standards and the National Conference of States on Building Codes), NBS Special Publication No. 518, Patrick Cooke, Editor, ppf. 25.
1977 Schodek, and Gauchat, U., "Incentives and Constraints in Building and the Regulatory Process," Research and Innovation in the Building Regulatory Process (Proceedings of the First Annual Conference of the National Bureau of Standards and the National Conference of States on Building Codes), NBS Special Publication No. 473, Patrick Cooke, Editor.
1976 Schodek, "Effect of Building Regulations on the Built Environment," Journal of Professional Activities of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. 102, No. E13, Proceedings Paper 12261, July, ppf. 293.
1974 Schodek, "Interactions Between Zoning Regulations and Building Codes: The Impact on Housing Costs," Interim Report, Harvard-MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies, January.
1971 Schodek, "Performance Requirements for Low Cost Housing," Department of Civil Engineering Report R70-32, MIT.


General Professional:
1987 Schodek, "Issues in Building Representation," O.T.B. Publications, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
  Schodek, "Computer Applications in the Japanese Building Industry," O.T.B. Publications, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
1985 Schodek, "Materials for Architectural Design," Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering, M.Bever, Editor, Pergamon Press, Ltd., England.
1982 Schodek, "Defects in Public Building Construction," Journal of Professional Activities of the American Society of Civil Engineers, October, pp. 263-270.
1981 Schodek and Kim, M., "Mapping of Potential Indoor Air Pollution Intensities for Public Health Management," Proceedings Paper, Conference of the American Public Health Association, Amherst, Massachusetts, October, Proceedings Paper.
1980 Schodek, and Gauchat, U., "Fraudulent Practices in Public Building Construction," Special Commission Concerning State and County Buildings of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration), Report.
  Schodek, "Mechanical-Structural Interface in Building Design," Journal of the Structural Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, February. (Discussion Only).
1977 Schodek, and Wickham, A., "Computer Applications in the U.S. Ship-Building Industry," Industrialization Forum, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 37-50.


Education Related:
1992 Schodek, "Critical Issues in Creative Automation Based Education," Lustrom (150th Year) and ABCDE /ASCE Conference, Delft University of Technology, Proceedings Paper. May 15.
1991 Schodek, Connor, J., and Cook, J., "Directions in Technology Education," Architecture: Design Implementation, Edited by Spiro Pollalis, Publication of Selected Papers from the 9th ACSA Technology Conference.
1989 Schodek, Seiler,J.; Burns, C.; and Lane, J.; "Improved Learning by Design," U.S. Army Training Command Publication, February.
1987 Schodek, "Computer Applications in Design School Education," Design Computing, Volume 1, No. 4.
1985 Schodek, "Microcomputer Applications in Design School Education," Report No. 2; "Methods for Evaluating the Utility of Existing Microcomputer Software in Curricular Applications," Report No. 1; "Microcomputer Applications in Structural Analysis and Design," Report No. 4; Publication Series, Laboratory for Computer Graphics & Spatial Analysis, Harvard University.
  Schodek, "Microcomputer Applications in Design Education," Proceedings Paper, University Study Conference, Santa Clara.
1981 Schodek, "Structures," Conference on the Teaching of Architectural Technology, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Paper. Zurich, November.
1979 Schodek, Woollett, J., and Gauchat, U., "Investigative Procedures for Completed Buildings," Special Commission Concerning State and County Buildings of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, August. Report.
1975 Schodek, "The Counter-Example," Paper, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Conference, Halifax, Paper.


Courses Taught
Analysis and Design of Structures I and II (GSD 6201/2)
Introduction to Building Technology (GSD 6111)
Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing in Architecture:
  I: Design Development (GSD 6319)
II: Manufacturing Processes (GSD 6320)
New Materials and Technologies in Architecture (GSD 6308)
Perspectives on Technology in Architecture (GSD 6112)
Re-Visions: Recording Architecture (GSD 2413)
Building Processes
Industrial Design, Product Design (GSD 2401-01)
S. Maria del Fiore (GSD 2400)
Building Costs & more


Editorial Boards, Conference Director:
1986- Editorial Board, Building and Environment
1983 Director, "1983 Computer Graphics Conference: An International Conference Focusing on Computer Graphics in Environmental Planning and Design," Harvard, 1983. Advisory Boards-Computer Graphics Conferences of 1981 and 1982.
1974-78 Co-Editor, Industrialization Forum, (Colin Davidson, Executive Editor).


Advisory Boards and Service Committees:
1988- GSD Committees:
Chairperson Search (1989),
Senior Search (1988),
Computer Resources (1988-present),
and seemingly countless others.
1987- Harvard University Committees:
Rights and Responsibilities
1981-82 Earthquake Project Advisory Committee (Loss Analysis Subcommittee), Civil Defence Agency and Office of Emergency Preparedness.
1979-81 National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), Consultative Council.
1972-75 "The Home Fire Project," Advisory Board, Division of Engineering and Applied Physics and the Factory Mutual Research Corporation.


Exhibitions/Competitions/Awards:
1996 "The Cupola of Santa Maria Del Fiore" Model exhibit showing possible construction techniques used to build the cupola of the Florence Cathedral by Brunnellschi. Part of Conference at Harvard, April.
  "Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing in Architecture," With Kimo Griggs, Ken Kao and Mark Strong. Exhibit showing use of CAD/CAM in Architecture. Graduate School of Design, Harvard.
  New England A.I.A. Award, 1996. (For "Vermont Timber Bridge" in W.Dover, Vermont, designed by Schodek and Oles).
1995 American Institute of Graphic Artists Award, 1995.
  Leipzig Book Award, 1995.
1991 "Historic Bridges in Massachusetts," Exhibition of H.A.E.R. Exhibit of Drawings of Six 19th Century Bridges in Massachusetts Prepared Under the Direction of D. Schodek. Graduate School of Design, Harvard.
1989 First Prize for Competition Entry in the "Vermont Timber Bridge Competition," September, 1989 (With Paul Stephenson Oles). Design for a Prototype Bridge for the Vermont Highway System. Constructed 1993.
1988 Abel Wolman Award, 1988.
1981 Structural Design Consultant on Progressive Architecture Design Award: Handlin/Mitnick, January.
1978 Structural Design Consultant on "Pahlavi National Library Project, Tehran, Competition," Honorable Mention.


Professional:
Integrated Design Environments, Inc., Founding Partner, 1994-96. (Feasibility studies for Massachusetts Convention Center and other projects).
World Wellness Environments, Inc. , Founding Partner 1996-present.
Bridge Design Consultant, Durbrow & Associates, Engineers, Burlington, VT., 1989-91.
Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham (Development of blast containment shield for coal mines).
H. Steinkamp and Associates, Consulting Engineers, Rosenberg, Texas.
Consultant. Massachusetts Harbor Island Commission Study, 1968.
Boston Redevelopment Authority/Urban Systems Laboratory, 1968.
Brown and Root, Engineers and Contractors, 1964.


Other:
Arts & Architecture Thesarus Project (Sponsored by the Getty Foundation).
Consultant - 1982 to the Present; Development of Architecture, Materials, Tools & Equipment,and Other Heirarchies
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Boston Society of Civil Engineers
Special Consultant: Boston Metropolitan Earthquake Loss Study, URS/Blume & Assoc., 1985-88
National Science Foundation Research Proposal Reviews
Harvard University Press, Manuscript Reviews
MIT Press, Manuscript Reviews
Garland Press, Manuscript Reviews
Van Nostrand, Manuscript Reviews
Permagon Press, Manuscript Review
Summer Seismic Institute, Stanford University, 1978.
Workshop on Low-Rise Masonry Buildings, Illinois Institute of Technology, May, 1980
Sigma Xi (MIT Affiliation), National Engineering Honorary Organization
Ford Foundation Fellow, 1969-71
NSF Traineeship, 1964, 1968