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Guy Gardner is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPL) at the University of Calgary, where he works at the intersection of digital fabrication and architectural design. His career began in the trades, providing him with a deep-rooted understanding of fabrication technology that informs his teaching and research approach. Gardner combines hands-on craftsmanship with digital innovation and social consciousness in his architectural work, aiming to make architecture more accessible and relevant to broader society, particularly through community engagement and digital fabrication. He is currently the Director of the Fabrication Laboratory for Integrative Design, where he facilitates research and develops tools and protocols for digital fabrication. His research interests include Circular Materiality, Additive Manufacturing, Architectural Robotics, Digital Design, and Critical Making. Gardner is actively involved in developing courses surrounding architectural robotics and was instrumental in establishing the Lab for Integrative Design at the University of Calgary, exploring the possibilities of digital fabrication in architectural design. He emphasizes hands-on experience with new technologies, advocating for a distributed type of manufacturing that allows people to customize and fabricate items at a local level.
Department of Computer Science Master's program. GRE scores are expected for international students.