Pratt Institute

Education

M. Arch., Pratt Institute;
B.Arch., M.Arch., Univ Idaho

Biography

Aaron White lives and works in New York City. He holds the position of Adjunct Instructor. He graduated with an MArch II from Pratt Institute where he was awarded the Stanley Katz Award for design excellence. He is a co-founder of Out-fo Design (outfodesign.com), whose work centers on issues of speculative fabrication, new forms of urbanism, material intelligence, and information systems.

Teaching Experience:

Fall 08 / Spring 09

_professor, Pratt Institute, Degree Project studio

_professor, Pratt Institute, 1st year undergraduate design studio, Degree Project seminar

Fall 07 / Spring 08

_professor, Pratt Institute, 1st year undergraduate design studio, “Foundation”

_professor, Pratt Institute, 1st year undergraduate design studio, “Grounded”

Fall 06 / Spring 07

_professor, Pratt Institute, 3rd year graduate design studio, “Manifold Architectures”

_professor, Pratt Institute, 1st year graduate design studio “Fundamentals”

Fall 05 / Spring 06

_professor, Pratt Institute, 1st year graduate design studio, “Context”

_professor, Pratt Institute, 4/5th year undergraduate seminar, “Digital Tracery”

_professor, Pratt Institute, Vertical graduate design studio, “Implanting”

_visiting lecturer, Cornell University, Graduate department, “Cutting In…”

Professional Experience: out/fo (01/05-present) Graftworks (01/05-present) Servo (08/04-present) uRED Architecture (05/05-present)

Publications: _”Distributed Forms of Collaboration”, Networks and Environments : Servo. p. 32-37 _”Hothouse Lily: A Digital Prefab Prototype”, Design Book Magazine. Spring 2008 _”Architecture, Animal, Human: The Asymmetrical Condition”, Book Review, CRIT 63. Spring 07. _”The Generative Capabilities of New Fabrication Technologies”, CRIT 62. Fall 06. _ Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living, “dunehouse” _AD, “Collective Intelligence in Design”, cover, p. 82, 86 _Script: Spot on Schools, “Implanting: Ambient Interfaces for Collective Invention”, p. 60-61 _Masters Thesis, “Towards a New Privately Owned Public Space” _Venice Biennale, “Metamorph: 9th International Architecture Exhibition”, Lobbi-Ports _In Process 11, Master of Architecture II, p. 188 _In Process 10, Master of Architecture II, p. 162, 172-173 _tarp, issue 3, “Towards a problematic Architecture”, and “Untitled Aphorism” _A+U, June ‘04, Servo: P.S. 1 Design Competition

Awards: 2009 Pratt Faculty Development Grant Pratt Institute 2008 Pratt Faculty Development Grant Pratt Institute 2005 Rijeka Library Competition, 2nd Place Rijeka, Croatia 2005 Sidney Katz Award for Design Excellence

Exhibitions/Lectures:2008_”Purcell House”, Universal Design Summit 3, St. Louis, MO 2008_”Synesthetics”, Locust Projects, Miami FL. 2007_”Tracing relations in architectural practice”. AD edition opening, April 2007. 2006_”dunehouse”, Open House, Vitra, Weil am Rhein, Germany 2005_”Implanting: Ambient Interfaces for Collective Invention”, Beyond Media, Florence, Italy 2005_“The Hothouse Lily”, P.S.1/MoMA Young Architects Program, MoMA 2005_”Cutting In”, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 2004_”Lobbi_Ports”, Venice Biennale 2004_“Vibronic Environments”, P.S.1/MoMA Young Architects Program, MoMA 2004_”Scripting”, Pratt Architecture End of the Year Show (with Ezra Ardolino), Brooklyn, NY