Nicholas de Monchaux

Bio:  Nicholas de Monchaux is Weber-Shaughness Professor and Head of Architecture, as well as Professor of Urban Studies & Planning and Affiliated Faculty in the Program in Science, Technology and Society at MIT. He is the author of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, an architectural and urban history of the Apollo Spacesuit, winner of the Eugene Emme award from the American Astronautical Society and shortlisted for the Art Book Prize, as well as Local Code: 3,659 Proposals about Data, Design, and the Nature of Cities. In 2012 he was named one of the “Public Interest Design 100” by Good Magazine. His design work has been exhibited widely, including at the Biennial of the Americas, the Venice Architecture Biennale, The Lisbon Architecture Triennial, SFMOMA, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Storefront for Art and Architecture and the Chicago MCA. He is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.

Research Interests:  Trained as an architect, I am interested in how we build sustainably for adaptation and resilience. As well as work as an urban designer and the principal of an experimental architectural practice, this involves thinking about the history, nature, and future of design in a complex universe.