New Visiting Faculty

Visiting faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) are active professionals at the top of their fields who bring diverse expertise from across the design disciplines. As architects, landscape architects, urban planners and designers, real estate professionals, artists, curators, scholars, and more, visiting faculty members share insights with the GSD community drawn from real-world experiences at the forefront of their industries. The depth of knowledge represented by the visiting faculty bolsters the GSD’s commitment to bridging the research conducted in academic settings with discourse-shaping contemporary practice.

Department of Architecture

Justin W. Cook is the Founding Executive Director of the Center for Complexity at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he leads research and problem-solving initiatives addressing multifaceted global challenges. In Fall 2024, he co-taught Collaborative Design Engineering Studio I, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to design and engineering. In Spring 2025, he is co-teaching Collaborative Design Engineering Studio II, continuing the exploration of collaborative methodologies in design and engineering.
Jeremy Ficca is a licensed architect in Pennsylvania. In Spring 2025, he is teaching Material Embodiment: Logics for Post-Carbon Architectures, an option studio exploring sustainable architectural practices in the context of post-carbon design.
Anda French is an architect and co-founder of French 2D, a Boston-based architecture studio recognized for its innovative work in housing and public space. In Spring 2025, she is co-teaching Thesis Project/Project Thesis.
Jhaelen Hernandez-Eli is an architect and nonprofit executive who serves as Vice President, Capital Projects, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, overseeing the planning, architecture, and construction of the institution’s galleries, infrastructure, workspaces, and public areas. In Spring 2025, he is teaching The Art Museum: Typological Trajectories, a seminar exploring the evolution of museum typologies.
Daniel Ibáñez is the director of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and co-founder and principal of Urbanitree. His professional, research, and academic focus is on the architectural and urban implications of renewable, carbon-storing biomaterials in construction. In Spring 2025, he is co-teaching Fourth Semester Architecture Core: RELATE, focusing on relational aspects of architectural design.
Christian Inderbitzin is an architect whose career integrates practice, research, and teaching. Since 2004, he has co-led the Zurich-based architecture studio Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin, focusing on housing and urban development. In Spring 2025, he is co-teaching the option studio Engiadina — Elemental Living, exploring fundamental aspects of residential architecture in the Engadin region of Switzerland.
J Roc Jih is the principal of Studio J. Jih, focusing on the discursive relations of architectural form with material ecologies and cultural practices. In Spring 2025 they are co-teaching the lecture course Thesis Project/Project Thesis.
Dorte Mandrup is the Principal and Creative Director of her Copenhagen-based architecture studio, which is internationally recognized for creating architecture that actively engages with the complexities of each place. In Spring 2025, she is teaching the option studio Conditions: Context and Climates.
Kiel Moe is an architect and educator specializing in architecture and energy. In Spring 2025, he is teaching MDes Open Project: Metabolic Rift, Shift, & Gift, focusing on the intersection of architectural design and environmental systems.
Elli Mosayebi is an architect and professor whose work focuses on housing and urban design. She is a founding partner of Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin Architekt*innen, a Zurich-based architecture firm known for its innovative residential projects. In Spring 2025, she is co-teaching the option studio Engiadina — Elemental Living, exploring fundamental aspects of living spaces in Switzerland’s Engadin region.
Marina Otero Verzier is an architect and researcher focused on the intersections of architecture, technology, and culture. She is the Director of Research at Het Nieuwe Instituut and was awarded the Wheelwright Prize in 2022 for her research on data storage and digital infrastructures. In Spring 2025, she is teaching MDes Open Project: Storing Climates, a seminar on the environmental impact of information storage.
Drake Pusey is the founder and Principal Strategist of Volition Project, specializing in building relationships based on empowerment across various industries. In Spring 2025, he is co-teaching Integrative Frameworks for Technology, Environment, and Society II, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary challenges.
Eric Rodenbeck is the founder and Creative Director of Stamen Design, a data visualization and cartography studio known for innovative projects for clients ranging from the Dalai Lama to the World Health Organization. In Spring 2025, he is teaching MDes Open Project: Re-imagining the Archive, focusing on designing and developing data visualizations of archival holdings.
Karen Schiff is an artist and wordsmith with a long-term research project reinterpreting Pablo Picasso’s pivotal painting, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. In Spring 2025, she is teaching Drawing Space / Marking Sensation, exploring the relationship between drawing and spatial experience.
Warren Techentin is an architect and the founder and principal of Warren Techentin Architecture (WTARCH). In Spring 2025, he is co-teaching the Fourth Semester Architecture Core: RELATE, focusing on advanced architectural design principles.
theo tyson is a curator whose work examines the sociocultural implications of race, class, gender, identity, and sexuality through the lenses of fashion, art, and culture. In Spring 2025, she is teaching Curatorial Practices in the Museum: From Art to Audience, a project-based seminar.

Department of Landscape Architecture

Thomas Balsley is a renowned landscape architect celebrated for his transformative urban spaces. Over his forty-year career, he has designed more than 100 public parks, plazas, and privately owned public spaces in New York City. In Spring 2025, he is leading the option studio Catalyst Landscapes / Urban Form, focusing on the interplay between landscape architecture and urban design.
Mauricio Gomez is a senior associate landscape architect at Sasaki. In Spring 2025, he is co-teaching Landscape Architecture IV, a core studio focusing on advanced design principles and applications.
Michael Jakob is a landscape theorist and critic, known for his extensive publications on landscape architecture and aesthetics. He holds professorships in History and Theory of Landscape at HEPIA in Geneva and Comparative Literature at Grenoble University. In Spring 2025, he is co-teaching Landscape, Architecture, and/on the Printed Page, a discussion-based seminar exploring the relationship between landscape architecture and its representation in print media.
Eric Kramer is a principal at Reed Hilderbrand, where he focuses on how landscapes communicate cultural narratives. In Spring 2025, he is teaching Cultivating Shade: Policy, Planning, Design and Activism for Geneva’s Urban Forest, a studio that explores urban forestry initiatives and the role of trees in shaping public space, climate resilience, and social equity.
Max Robert Louis Piana is an ecologist specializing in urban ecosystems and applied research. He maintains a research program with the USDA Forest Service’s Northern Research Station, focusing on evidence- and community-based strategies for natural resource and green infrastructure planning, design, and management in cities. In Fall 2024, he co-taught Ecologies, Techniques, Technologies III, a lecture course examining ecological processes and their application in design. In Spring 2025, he is teaching Ecological Restoration, a lecture course exploring principles of ecology fundamental to restoring function and structure to degraded ecosystems.
Jacob Schwartz Walker is a co-founder of Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM), a transdisciplinary design firm focusing on urban landscapes. In Spring 2025, he is teaching Disciplinary Elasticity and Alternative Practice, a seminar exploring innovative approaches to design practice.

Department of Urban Planning and Design

Patrice Derrington is a real estate professional and educator. In Spring 2025, she is co-teaching The Development Project, a project-based seminar in the Department of Urban Planning and Design.
Li Hou is a planning scholar, educator, and practitioner whose research interests lie at the intersection of history and theory of urban and regional planning, planning regulations, and spatial politics. In Spring 2025, she is teaching Comparative Planning Regulation, a course that provides an overview of the institutional and legal framework for planning through comparative lenses.
Fuad Hassan Mallick is the Dean of the School of Architecture and Design at BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In Spring 2025, he is teaching two courses at the GSD: Building Resilient Communities and Navigating Korail: An Informal Settlement in Dhaka.
Teo Nicolais is an internationally recognized expert in real estate, advising on investment and development projects globally. In Spring 2025, he is co-teaching Introduction to Real Estate Finance, Development, and Management, a lecture covering the full lifecycle of real estate investments across key property types.