Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Facilities Management Faculty
Department Leadership
Kate Wingert-Playdon
Senior Associate Dean and Director of Architecture
Kate Wingert-Playdon is focused on cultural identity as expressed in design and construction histories, buildings and sites.
Her applied and scholarly research begins with the premise that a more comprehensive understanding of the cultural…
Associate Professor and Chair of Architecture and Environmental Design
Sasha Eisenman is a botanist and horticulturist with a diverse portfolio of research projects.
Currently, his primary area of research is on the survival, health and ecophysiological responses of plants in green infrastructure systems (tree…
Associate Professor and Program Head of Architecture, Facilities Management and Historic Preservation
Fauzia Sadiq Garcia is an Associate Professor of Instruction at Temple University and Program Head of Facilities Management & Architecture Majors.
She is a registered architect, educator and artist harnessing technological advancements to…
Associate Professor and Curriculum Coordinator of Architecture, Facilities Management and Historic Preservation
Christopher McAdams is an architect and technologist working with augmented and virtual reality platforms to investigate immersive and interactive spaces.
His work uses parametric tooling, digital fabrication, and mixed reality systems to…
Associate Professor and Architecture Foundations Curriculum Coordinator
Jeremy Voorhees is a designer and researcher focusing on the political and cultural dimensions of architectural design.
Primarily concerned with cities, his work explores the role that architecture and architects play in shaping communities…
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Jeffrey S. Nesbit is an architect, urbanist, and founding director of the research group Grounding Design.
Grounding Design
His experience spanning over a decade includes leading design teams for public architecture and large-scale urban…
Laurin Aman (she/they) is an educator, researcher, designer, and fabricator.
Her research, “(un)making material ecologies”, reimagines material life cycles to exist in reciprocity with environments and explores spatial potentials that materialize…
Stephen Anderson is a licensed architect, architectural educator, and researcher focusing on the ethical and civic dimensions of architecture; the intersection of cities, nature, and architecture, especially regarding concepts of nature and human…
Mauricio Bertet is a registered architect from Madrid, Spain.
From 1994-1998, Bertet worked as a collaborating architect at the office of Rafael Moneo in Madrid, and from 1998-2001, he served as director of the Architecture and Store…
Sonja Bijelic is a registered architect and principal of ArchSTUDIO2227, a Philadelphia architectural firm. She is an award-winning architect with over 25 years of experience.
Before founding ArchSTUDIO2227, she worked for Philip…
Clifton Fordham is a registered architect who teaches architectural design, building technology and project planning. He is editor of the book Constructing Building Enclosures: Architectural History, Technology and Poetics in the…
Sally Harrison is an architect, urban designer, educator, and scholar whose creative work and research explore the social impacts of design in underserved communities.
She is the director and co-founder of The Urban Workshop, an interdisciplinary…
Pablo Meninato, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Temple University Tyler School of Art and Architecture. His work focuses on the intersections of architecture, urbanism, and social change, with a special focus on Latin America.
He is a…
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…
Jeff Richards is a registered architect whose work explores the potential of architectonic components such as material, structure and building envelope to both reinforce and transform conceptual approach.
His teaching and practice examine the…
Robert Shuman’s practice is dedicated to the making of consequential works in real space and time, with craft and consideration both of their sustenance of essential human experience and appreciation of their impact on our common environment.
He…
My research in architecture is directed by accessibility in buildings and involves designing interventions for the health and well-being of underserved communities.
It is research founded on inclusive decision-making in the planning and…
Na Wei is the Founding Principal of WEI architects (aka Elevation Workshop), a design firm originally founded in New York and currently based in Beijing since 2009.
The idea of the genius loci is very particular in Wei’s work. She professes a…
Andrew John Wit leads research focused on novel building systems generated through composites, emerging tools and robotics.
He is a co-founder of the interdisciplinary research group wito*, Laboratory for Intelligent Environments; co-author of…
Justin Bernard is a Philadelphia-based educator, designer and fabricator with over a decade of experience in design and education, spanning from Philadelphia to sunny San Diego. Justin's professional work encompasses a variety of fields, including…
Phillip M. Crosby is the founding principal at DUAL:workshop—an award-winning, research-based interdisciplinary design practice that focuses on both large-scaled urban design frameworks and small-scaled tactical urbanist interventions…
Frank de Santis is an architect and educator whose efforts bridge academic inquiry and practical design, with a focus on beginning design pedagogy and residential projects. He believes architectural education should empower students to thoughtfully…
Alfred Dragani is a founding principal of Dragani Martone Studio | dMAS, a Philadelphia-based architecture, planning and interior design studio focused on sustainable and innovative design strategies for the adaptive reuse of existing buildings. The…
Alana F. Dunoff, ProFM, FMP, IFMA Fellow, is a strategic facility planning consultant and facilities management professional with more than 28 years of field experience. She is passionate about Facilities Management education and teaching…
Dan Garofalo, AIA is an architect, urbanist and sustainability professional and principal at Dan Garofalo, Architect. His professional career includes both architecture and urban design and more than 20 years as a…
As founding partner and Studio Director of the Philadelphia-based Shiftspace, Mario helps guide the strategic direction of the studio’s work for the design of environments, experiences and lifestyle products (under the SHIFT brand). The work and…
Wil Hershner is an architectural designer, artist, and educator. His teaching and research interests are focused on both the digital and analogue processes of making, methods of architectural representation and the role it has as a design tool and…
Isaac teaches representation in the Foundations II sophomore-architecture studio at Tyler. Isaac is a Designer with Colliers Engineering & Design. He has a host of experience including commercial, residential, education, as well as flood…
Ken Jacobs has more than 30 years of progressive professional experience in historic preservation, project-based research, architectural work and construction administratio. He is interested in the adaptive reuse of 18th- through early 20th-century…
A licensed architect and an active civic volunteer, Matt Karp focuses on using technology to inform design, construction and sustainability. His experience includes all phases of design, documentation and construction for institutional projects with…
Laura C. Kazmierczak, AIA, NCIDQ, NCARB is a licensed practicing architect with a background in architecture, interior design, and construction management. She has taught introductory design representation in the foundation studio since 2021. While…
Timothy Kerner is the principal of Terra Studio, LLC, an architecture firm in Center City Philadelphia that focuses on residential and educational architecture and community planning. His research focuses on the relationship between…
Allen Pierce is an architect, builder, teacher, and scholar based in Philadelphia. At Tyler, Allen teaches courses in design, fabrication, and construction technology.
His research and writing are centered on issues of autonomy, agency and…
Christopher Renn is an Associate at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, an internationally recognized design firm known for their humane and responsive design approach. With more than 15 years of professional experience, he has helped lead award…
Amy Rivera is the owner of the structural engineering consulting firm, Rivera Structural Design, LLC. She is an appointed member on the Board of Building Standards for Philadelphia's Department of Licenses & Inspection.
MS, Drexel University
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Marianna Thomas, founder/principal of Marianna Thomas Architects, sees every project as both place-making and storyline in which occupancy by new users is a chapter. Her teaching connects aspirational UNESCO guidelines and patterns of everyday…
J. Brooke Harrington combined architectural practice, research and teaching for over thirty-five years. In his years of practice, he worked on a number of nationally and internationally recognized buildings and received a National Endowment for…
In Memoriam
Professor Brigitte Knowles, one of the founding faculty members of the Temple Architecture program, passed away on July 3, 2025. Knowles was a visionary educator and a passionate advocate for design excellence. Her contributions…
John James Pron retired from his teaching position in spring 2013, having taught in the Architecture Program for 37 years. A member of the AIA, he is a registered practicing architect in Pennsylvania and currently serves as Director of…
