Nicholas de Monchaux explained

Nicholas de Monchaux (born July 30, 1973) is a designer and author, and currently Professor and Head of Architecture at MIT.[1] He was formerly Professor of Architecture and Urban Design in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley[2] and Director of the Berkeley Center for New Media.[3]

de Monchaux is the author of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo,[4] a cultural, physical, and intellectual history of the Apollo A7L spacesuit; the book was winner of the Eugene Emme Astronautical Literature Award[5] and shortlisted for the Author's Club Art Book (Sir Banister Fletcher) Prize.[6] In 2016, he published Local Code: 3,659 Proposals about Data, Design, and the Nature of Cities,[7] which combines several historical essays on urbanism, computing, and complexity with 3,659 designs for micro-scaled ecological interventions in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Venice. This work earned praise from The New York Times for its "intelligent enquiry and actionable theorizing,"[8] and was exhibited at the Biennial of the Americas,[9] the Venice Architecture Biennale,[10] The Lisbon Architecture Triennial,[11] and SFMOMA.[12]

In 2012, de Monchaux was named as one of the "Public Interest Design 100."[13] He is a former fellow of the American Academy in Rome.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-02-12. Nicholas de Monchaux appointed to lead department of architecture at MIT. 2020-07-04. The Architect’s Newspaper. en-US.
  2. News: Nicholas-de Monchaux. 2017-08-07.
  3. Web site: Berkeley Center for New Media. bcnm.berkeley.edu. 2017-08-07.
  4. Book: Spacesuit : fashioning Apollo. De Monchaux, Nicholas. 2011. MIT Press. 9780262015202. Cambridge, Mass.. 642351481.
  5. Web site: Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Awards American Astronautical Society. astronautical.org. en-US. 2017-08-07.
  6. Web site: The Art Book Prize launches at the Whitechapel Gallery Flint PR Agency UK. 2012-10-11. 2017-08-07. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20121011065347/http://www.flint-pr.com/news/flint-client-news/the-art-book-prize-launches-at-the-whitechapel-gallery/. 2012-10-11.
  7. Book: Local code : 3,659 proposals about data, design & the nature of cities. De Monchaux, Nicholas. 9781616893804. First. New York. 925410808. 2016-10-11.
  8. Web site: Space: It's Still a Frontier. Arieff. Allison. 2010-02-10. Opinionator. 2017-08-07.
  9. Web site: Denver Biennial of the Americas Announces Inaugural Exhibition. Villarreal. Ignacio. artdaily.com. en. 2017-08-07.
  10. News: Venice Biennale 2012: U.S. Pavilion Announces Designers and Participants. 2012-06-28. ArchDaily. 2017-08-07. en-US.
  11. News: The World in Our Eyes The Form of Form. The Form of Form. 2017-08-07. en-GB.
  12. Web site: SFMOMA LOOKS AT BUCKMINSTER FULLER'S LEGACY IN THE BAY AREA. SFMOMA. en. 2017-08-07.
  13. News: Infographic: 100 Leaders in Public Interest Design. 2012-12-08. GOOD Magazine. 2017-08-22. en.
  14. Web site: Features American Academy in Rome. www.aarome.org. 2017-08-07.

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