Peter Yeadon Explained

Peter Yeadon (born 1965) is an American architect[1] and designer. He is a professor and head of the Department of Industrial Design at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he has taught since 2002.[2]

Early years and education

Yeadon was born in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.[3] After studying engineering at Dalhousie University, he graduated with a Master of Architecture degree from Dalhousie University in 1989. Prior to teaching at Rhode Island School of Design, he was a faculty member at Cornell University[4] [5] and the University of Toronto.

Career

Based in New York City, Yeadon is known for his research in advanced materials for architecture and industrial design. At the start of the 21st Century, he was an early proponent of adapting emerging material technologies to architecture, producing projects, essays, and lectures on the potential of biotechnology and nanotechnology.[6] [7] [8] By 2005, Yeadon was recognized as a thought leader on nanotech in architecture, presenting “Year 2050: Cities in the Age of Nanotechnology” at the UIA XXII World Congress on Architecture in Istanbul, Turkey.[9]

Throughout the mid-2000s, Yeadon expanded his focus on nanotechnology and biotechnology in architecture and design, shifting his interest toward programmable matter and nanorobotics (molecular machines, including DNA-based devices).[10] His “nBots: Nanorobotic Environments” project was an early illustration of an architecture made of self-assembling nanomachines.[11] [12] [13] During the same period, Yeadon also involved his RISD students in exploring design applications for nanomaterials and nanomachines.[14]

By 2010, Yeadon was more fully focused on putting theory into practice.[15] He had been experimenting with nanomaterials and smart materials, and he began using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to create new substances for architecture and design, at a lab at MEx in Brooklyn.[16] At the same time, he was also developing applications that make use of synthetic biology.[17] [18] [19] Yeadon created buckypapers[20] and electrically-conductive CNT coatings for artificial muscles in that lab,[21] and was perhaps the first architect to experiment directly with carbon nanotubes, nanosheets, and nanoparticles.[22] By the end of that pivotal year, he returned to writing, targeting “Four Approaches to Nanotechnology in Design Innovation.”[23] That work evolved throughout the 2010s[24] and into his practice today, Yeadon Space Agency, which pursues materials-driven innovation,[25] [26] and his teaching.[27]

He serves on the Advisory Council of the Climate Museum.[28]

Honors and awards

Collections

Peter Yeadon - Prix de Rome project records, Canadian Centre for Architecture.[40]

Peter Yeadon - Kinetic Reconstructive System, Moholy-Nagy Foundation.[41]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Office of Professions. February 9, 2020. NYSED.gov.
  2. Web site: RISD Industrial Design Faculty. February 9, 2020. RISD.
  3. Web site: Peter Yeadon Prix de Rome project records. Yeadon. Peter. Canadian Centre for Architecture.
  4. Web site: Industrial Design Faculty. Yeadon. Peter. February 9, 2020. RISD.
  5. Web site: Artists. Yeadon. Peter. February 9, 2020. MacDowell Art Colony.
  6. Web site: on site10 : architecture + weight by on site review - Issuu. 2021-11-06. issuu.com. 14 February 2018 . en.
  7. Web site: 2004-06-10. SHRINK. 2021-11-06. Archined. nl.
  8. Web site: hydrophobic nanotiles designboom.com. 2021-11-06. designboom architecture & design magazine. en.
  9. Web site: Yeadon. Peter. May 2005. Year 2050: Cities in the Age of Nanotechnology Conference: UIA XXII World Congress of ArchitectureAt: Istanbul, Turkey. 2021-11-06. ResearchGate.
  10. Web site: smart materials in architecture, interior architecture and design by ARCH-Essam - Issuu. 2021-11-06. issuu.com. 3 November 2016 . en.
  11. Web site: Manaugh . Geoff . 2006-11-21. architectural-theory.pdf. 2021-11-06. BLDGBLOG. en-US.
  12. Web site: Responsive Architectures (2006) Subtle Technologies. 2021-11-06. en-US.
  13. Web site: 2010-12-05 . Smarticles: Nanotechnology Materializes . https://web.archive.org/web/20101205031839/http:/www.architects.org/documents/publications/ab/julaug2008/Smarticles_Jul08.pdf . 2010-12-05 . 2021-11-06.
  14. Web site: Yeadon. Peter. Fall 2009. Making Innovation, Is Art Being Overlooked?, RISD Views. 2021-11-06. Yeadon Space Agency Archive.
  15. Web site: NANO Magazine Lite August 2010 by NANO Magazine - Issuu. 2021-11-06. issuu.com. August 2010 . en.
  16. Web site: Collaborations Welcome. 2021-11-06. Metropolis. en-US.
  17. Web site: Collaborations Welcome Bacteria at Work. 2021-11-06. Metropolis. en-US.
  18. Web site: Synthetic Aesthetics Seminar - Form Follows Evolution, Function or Fashion?. 2021-11-06. Core77. en.
  19. Book: Ginsberg. Alexandra Daisy. Synthetic Aesthetics: Investigating Synthetic Biology's Designs on Nature. Calvert. Jane. Schyfter. Pablo. Endy. Drew. Elfick. Alistair. 2017-01-06. MIT Press. 978-0-262-53401-7. en.
  20. Web site: Architectural Buckypaper Paves Way for Buildings of the Future. 22 February 2010 . 2021-11-06. en-US.
  21. Web site: LaBarre. Suzanne. 2010-07-19. Architects Create Artificial Muscle to Give Buildings More Flex. 2021-11-06. Fast Company. en-US.
  22. Web site: At Play in the Product Sandbox . 2021-11-06. www.architectmagazine.com.
  23. Book: Schröpfer, Thomas. Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality. 2012-12-13. Walter de Gruyter. 978-3-0346-1166-4. en.
  24. Web site: 135 Years of Nanomaterials Paprika!. 2021-11-06. yalepaprika.com.
  25. Web site: 2020-09-24. About. 2021-11-06. Yeadon Space Agency. en-US.
  26. Book: Brownell, Blaine. Transmaterial Next: A Catalog of Materials that Redefine Our Future. 2017-05-30. Chronicle Books. 978-1-61689-621-8. en.
  27. Web site: RISD Catalyst. 2021-11-06. catalyst.risd.edu. en.
  28. Web site: Advisory Council. February 9, 2020. Climate Museum.
  29. Web site: Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Medal of Excellence 1989. February 9, 2020. Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. 22 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191222010511/https://raic.org/raic/student-medal#1989. dead.
  30. Web site: 2018-01-03. They're 50. 2021-11-06. Canadian Architect. en-US.
  31. Web site: StackPath. 2021-11-06. oaa.on.ca.
  32. Book: Polo, Marco. The Prix de Rome in Architecture: A Retrospective. Coach House Books. 2006. 1-55245-179-8.
  33. Web site: 2004-10-26 . Unbuilt Architecture Design Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20041026042704/http:/www.architects.org/emplibrary/2003%20Unbuilt%20Jury%20Comments%20new.pdf . 2004-10-26 . 2021-11-06.
  34. Web site: CG. 2008-09-09. 4 finalisten PICNIC Green Challenge. 2021-11-06. ECOCOOL. nl.
  35. Web site: Tri-State Open Science Challenge Awards $16K to Four Citizen Scientists. 2021-11-06. Scientist.com. 12 December 2012 . en-us.
  36. Web site: Bustler. The "techno-boreal" Wind Forest wins the LAGI Glasgow competition. 2021-11-06. Bustler. en.
  37. Web site: MacDowell Fellowships Awarded to 74 Artists In Multiple Disciplines - News. 2021-11-06. MacDowell. en.
  38. Web site: Past Frazier Award Recipients. February 9, 2020. RISD Academic Affairs.
  39. Web site: Frazier Award. February 9, 2020. RISD Academic Affairs.
  40. Web site: Documents d'archives de Peter Yeadon pour le Prix de Rome. Canadian Centre for Architecture.
  41. Web site: MOHOLY-NAGY FOUNDATION FILMOGRAPHY. 2021-11-06. www.moholy-nagy.org.

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