Meg Studer

Office

3360 S. State Street, Chicago IL 60616

Courses taught

LA 504: History, Theory, Criticism III (F16)

Expertise

Meg Studer teaches history and theory in the MLA program at IIT and is a designer at Siteations Studio. Her work investigates the material, procedural, and institutional construction of environmental and territorial 'information;' she makes print and interactive infographics exploring urban metabolisms and administrative mechanisms (across modernity). Meg also develops tools and plug-ins to facilitate the integration of (big) public data with systems analysis and 4D digital modeling. Prior to teaching at IIT, she was a lecturer in landscape at City College of New York and University of Pennsylvania as well as an associate at Stoss Landscape Urbanism.

Education

B.S.c, Architecture, Anthropology, Washington University
M.A., Architectural Histories & Theories, Architectural Association, London
M.A. Modern Art Criticism, Columbia University NY
M.L.A., Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania

Teaching Experience

Part Time Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology- College of Architecture, Chicago, 2016-Present

Full Time Lecturer, City College of New York- Spitzer School of Architecture, New York, 2014-2016

Adjunct Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania- School of Design, Philadelphia, 2014

Workshop Instructor: University of Tennessee (2016), City College of New York (2013), Boston Architectural College (2012)

Professional Experience

Founder/Designer, Siteations Studio, (New York, NY) Chicago, IL 2012-Present

Associate, Stoss Landscape Urbanism, Boston, MA, 2008-2012

Project Designer, Landworks Studio, Boston, MA 2008

Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research

2016 / Project featured at Pecha Kucha: Past, Present, Future, organized by AIA/AIGA for Design Pittsburgh.

2016 / Research contribution to DredgeFest CA, in DredgeFest California: Key Findings and Recommendations.

2016 / Project featured at Unflattening and Enacting Visualization, organized by Patrik Svensson for The Graduate Center, CUNY/Futures Initiative.

2016 / Article in Plot: Filtered (v.5), ed. Catherine Seavitt, et. al. (New York: CCNY)10-20.

2016 / Article in GroundUp: Delineations (v.5), ed. Michelle Hook, Story Wiggins (Berkeley: U.C. Berkeley)108-113.

2016 / Project featured in Cartographic Grounds, ed. Jill Desimini, Charles Waldheim (New York: Princeton Architectural Press) 61, 170.

2016 / Exhibit and Article with Lydia Kallipoliti at/in Bi-City Biennale of Architecture + Urbanism (UABB): Re-Living the City, ed. Aaron Betsky, et. al. (New York: Actar).