Jeana Ripple, AIA, LEED AP, ND CSE ‘01                                                                               
Founding Principal, MIR Collective, Director of Master of Architecture Program
and Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia

The Generative Material Practice lecture will reframe objectives of material resilience by demonstrating workflows in architectural practice that combine simulation, advanced fabrication, and economic development. The talk will also discuss ways in which risk performance objectives shape the material character of cities, and how those models may expand in the future.  Finally, the talk will touch upon the relevance of ND engineering training to all of this work.

Jeana Ripple is a ND Engineering alumna, currently teaching and practicing as an architect. She is a founding principal of MIR Collective, Director of the Master of Architecture Program at the University of Virginia, and a founding editor of TAD, Journal of Technology | Architecture + Design. Her research focuses on the impact of building codes on socio-economic vulnerabilities, innovative approaches to simulation-based design processes, and the invention of site-specific material systems. Ripple’s work is recognized both nationally and internationally and draws on significant experience in practice at Studio Gang in Chicago and a previous career as a computer science engineer.