Associate Professor
Architecture
Pablo Meninato, PhD
- Email: pablo.meninato@temple.edu
- Phone: 610-659-9428
- Office: Architecture 205
Pablo Meninato, PhD, is an architect, architectural critic, and educator whose research focuses on the principles and mechanisms that govern the architectural and urban project. A native of Argentina, Meninato has taught and practiced architecture in Philadelphia, Buenos Aires, and Monterrey, Mexico. Before joining Temple University as Associate Professor, Meninato taught at various academic institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson University, Universidad de Monterrey, Universidad de Palermo, and Universidad de Buenos Aires. Meninato’s essays have been published in various magazines, journals, and books. He is the author of Unexpected Affinities—The History of Type in the Architectural Project from Laugier to Duchamp (Routledge, 2018), a book that proposes a historical reassessment of the concept of architectural “type” and its impact on the design process. Meninato is embarked in a multi-year research and publishing project examining how various contemporary architects are developing new and original urban design tactics that enhance the quality of life in informal settlements across Latin America. The first outcome of this project is the co-edited book Informality and the City—Theories, Actions, Interventions (Springer Rotterdam, 2022), a multidisciplinary overview of informality in the Global South.
ACADEMIC DEGREES
Doctor of Philosophy, Architecture. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2015
Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1988
Diploma of Architect, Universidad de Belgrano, 1985
SELECTED AWARDS
Presidential Humanities and Arts Research Program, Temple University, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, 2019
Faculty Dean’s Grant, Temple University, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, 2019
Summer Research Grant, Temple University, Tyler School of Art + Architecture, 2018
X BIAU Madrid International Architecture and Urbanism Biennale. Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2016
SELECTED WORKS
Informality and the City – theories, actions, interventions, Springer Rotterdam, 2022
Unexpected Affinities – The History of Type in the Architectural Project from Laugier to Duchamp. Routledge | Taylor & Francis, 2018