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Matthew Huber is a Special Faculty member in Architectural Design at Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches core undergraduate and graduate design studios. His teaching focuses on the intersections of ecology, environmental ethics, ontology, tectonics, and building performance, utilizing integrated studio-based methods. Huber provides computational support in advanced modeling and simulation, conducting parametric skills workshops. He has previously taught a theory seminar titled 'From Acanthus to Anthropocene,' encouraging students to survey and interrogate engagement modes within architecture and related discourses in nature, arts, humanities, and natural sciences. His research includes a taxonomy based on Alexander von Humboldt’s Naturgemälde and early architectural typologies, shared at various conferences. Huber has eight years of experience with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, focusing on large-scale master planning and sustainability frameworks, and developing high-performance building envelopes that honor historic craft traditions. Currently, he collaborates on projects exploring binder jet printing with recycled materials and computational shape optimization, emphasizing ecological materials and complex morphological processes.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.