Temple University

Taryn Mudge is an architectural educator and scholar whose research focuses on design pedagogies and methods of visual research in architecture. She recently received a PhD in the History and Theory of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation, titled Thinking, Seeing, Practicing Architecture situates the thought, vision, and design approach of Alison and Peter Smithson in relation to that of Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi to reveal a shared attitude toward “the real.” Her teaching experience, spanning over a decade, includes courses in History and Theory, visual literacy, and architectural representation, as well as graduate and undergraduate studio instruction and high school design exploration programs. Presently, she is focused on adapting historical, theoretical, and pedagogical lessons to contemporary design education. Specifically, she aims to teach to students to embrace a ‘less judgmental’ ideology; to learn from existing site context; and to question the power of the designer’s point-of-view.  

PhD, University of Pennsylvania
MArch, Portland State University