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| Position | Assistant Professor |
|---|---|
| Phone | 805.756.2855 |
| Fax | 805.756.1500 |
| mcabrinh@calpoly.edu | |
| Office | 21-219A |
| Office Hours | Tuesday & Thursday 2-4:30pm |
| Web Page | |
| Fall Courses 2011 | ARCH 341 ARCH Practice 3.1 ARCH 532 Quantitative Methods in Architecture |
| Winter Courses 2012 | ARCH 352 ARCH Design 3.2 ARCH 420 Seminar in Architectural History, Theory & Criticism ARCH 452 ARCH Design 4.2 |
| Spring Courses 2012 | ARCH 353 ARCH Design 3.3 ARCH 453 ARCH Design 4.3 ARCH 471 Selected Advanced Laboratory |
Areas of Expertise
Digital Fabrication (CAD/CAM)
Parametric Design
Theories of New Media and Theories of Embodied Cognition
Profile
Education
Ph.D. in Architectural Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, May 2010
Master of Architecture, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, 2001
Bachelor of Architecture with Philosophy minor, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 1995
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, Cal Poly, Fall 2008 - present
Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004-2007
Research Fellow, Institute for Digital Fabrication, Ball State, Fall 2007
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, Winter/Spring 2007
Lecturer, Cal Poly, 2002-2004 & 2008
Registration
Registered Architect, State of Illinois
Affiliations
Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
Scholarship
"Gridshell Tectonics: Material Values Digital Parameters,” Silicone + Skin: Proceedings of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Minneapolis, Michigan (2008).
"Installing: a Studio Based Collective Intelligence," Proceedings of the ACSA West/Central Conference, Champaign, IL (2008).
“Enabling Constraints in the Digital Design Process through a Plywood Gridshell,” Green Challenges in Research, Practice, and Design Education: Proceedings of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), Eugene, OR (2007).
“(In)Forming: the Affordances of Digital Fabrication in Design Education,” Fresh Air: Proceedings of the ACSA National Conference, Philadelphia, PA (2007).
Luhan, Anzalone, Cabrinha, Clark, eds. Synthetic Landscapes: Proceedings of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Lousiville, Kentucky (2006).
“Synthetic Pedagogy,” Introduction and Topic Node Chair, and “25th Anniversary White Papers,” Introduction, in Synthetic Landscapes.
“Technique as Method,” Intersections: Proceedings of the National Beginning Design Conference, Des Moines, Iowa (2006).
“From Bezier to NURBS: Integrating Digital and Material Techniques in a Plywood Shell,” Smart Architecture: Proceedings of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Savannah, Georgia (2005).
“Thinking is Making: Emphasizing Inquiry through Technique in the Beginning Design Studio,” with Prof. Keith Wiley, in A Beginner’s Mind: Proceedings for the National Beginning Design Conference, San Antonio, Texas (2005).
“Stressed Skins: Skin is Structure,” in Growthspurt Exhibit, Fabrications: Proceedings of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Toronto, Canada (2004).
“Function Follows Form: 10 Sticks (and a Bench),” Connecting Crossroads: Proceedings of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Indianapolis, IN (2003). Also Published and Presented as: “Weaving Form and Function,” Weaving: Proceedings of the ACSA West/Central Conference, Indianapolis, IN (2003).