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Paul Pettigrew is the Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs and has over 28 years of experience in architecture, focusing on design fabrication practices based in Chicago and Cambridge. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After graduating from MIT, Paul returned to Chicago to work on large-scale architectural projects and mid-scale projects, while also designing and fabricating functional objects. He spent 16 years teaching architectural design and object fabrication at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he emphasized the relationship between functional objects, buildings, and cities. His work, along with that of his students, has been exhibited throughout the Chicago Metropolitan Area and the Midwest, with pieces included in permanent collections at various government offices in the United States. Paul continues to research, write, and lecture on education in architecture and design, focusing on the connection between hand and brain in the learning process.