Andrew Gipe-Lazarou

Architectural History, Urban Theory, Inclusive Design, AI

ARCH 2015/16: Second Year Undergraduate Architecture Studio
ARCH 4034: Building Cities
ARCH 4114: Ideas, Concepts, and Representations of Architecture
ARCH 4514: Thesis Inquiry
ARCH 4515/16: Architecture V (Thesis)
ARCH 4524: Thesis Documentation
ARCH 3234: Topics Modules in Architecture and Praxis (AI-Accessibility + Blind Design Workshops)

Books + Edited Volumes

Weird-Fictional Narratives in Art, Architecture, and the Urban Domain, co-editor (w/ Kostas Moraitis). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2024. (under contract)


Book Chapters + Essays

“The Marblehead Labyrinth: American Archetype of Irrational Urbanism” Weird-Fictional Narratives in Art, Architecture, and the Urban Domain. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2024 (forthcoming)

“Liminal Temporality and the Architecture of ‘The Backrooms’”, Frascari Symposium VI (collected volume), Routledge, 2024 (forthcoming)

“The Labyrinth.” Studio Collective, Vol. XVII: Maize. Virginia Tech School of Arch., 2023

“The ‘Extreme Fantasy’ of Delirious New York.” Lovecraft Annual No.14. S.T. Joshi Ed.
New York City: Hippocampus Press


Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)

“Phygital Fabrication and the Evolution of Traditional Handicraft”, EAAE/ARCC Conference 2024, Aarhus, Denmark (23-26 May). Co-authored with Prof. Nero He.

“Blind Design: Advances in Non-Visual Pedagogy” (forthcoming)

“Liminal Temporality and the Architecture of ‘The Backrooms’”, Frascari Symposium VI (conference publication, peer-reviewed), Alexandria, VA (31 March-1 April)


Conference Proceedings

“’Up-Island’ Architecture and the Artefacts of Deaf Utopia”, Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), 2024 International Conference. Co-authored with Matthew Schrage. Session: Global Histories of Disability and Deafness in Architecture

“Blind Design Workshop: Advancing Inclusivity with Non-Visual Pedagogy”, ACSA 112th Annual Meeting, “Disrupters on the Edge” (Session), Vancouver, BC, Canada (14-16 May)

“Assistive LLM for Individuals with Vision-Impairment”, ICAT Playdate, Virginia Tech Creativity and Innovation District (CID) Building (17 February), jointly presented with Luis Borunda Monsivais

“AI-Accessibility: Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusive Design Technologies”, Architecture, Art, and Design (AAD) Research Symposium (9 November), jointly presented with Luis Borunda Monsivais

“Design for Disability: Workplace Barriers and Accommodations for the Vision-Impaired”, Symposium on the Human-Centered Future of Work (3 November). Contributor + Panel Moderator (“The Future of Work Spaces”)

“Liminal Landscapes: Chronological Artefacts and the Timelessness of Sensory Phenomenology”, European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), 2023 Annual Meeting (30 August – 20 September). Co-authored with Dr. Luigi Lafasciano. Session: “Feeling and Learning about the Past: New Methodologies for Studying Archaeological Sites.”

“Blind Design: Extraordinary Outcomes of Speculative Space-Making” (VID), Including Disability Global Summit. (25-27 April)

“Ghosts Beneath the Grid: a Weird-Fictional Account of Machine-Age Manhattan”, 13th Annual International Conference on Architecture, Athens, GR. (3-6 July)

“Ocular-centrism and the Future of Design Education.” Future Bodies Symposium (30 September-2 October)

“Weird fiction and the architecture of xenophobia.” Cities and Geographical Territories of Conflict: The Past, Present and Future of Political Instability (conference), Corfu Island, Greece (20-25 June)

“Diakron Explorations.” I Colloquium : Ancient Images from Greece in the New World. Brazilian Embassy, Athens, Greece

“Sensory Studies and Deep History.” Sensual Reflections: Re-Thinking the Role of the
Senses in the Greco-Roman World. Department of Classics, University of Cambridge, U.K.

“Cultural Exploration of the Cyclades.” Sensory Studies of Antiquity. University of
Roehampton, London, U.K.


Other

“Between Two Portals: Outcomes of the 2023 Blind Design Workshop” (exhibition), School of Architecture Lobby, Virginia Tech

“Challenging Ocular-centrism in Design Education”, archcareersguide.com

“The Diagram: The Single Most Important Skill for Students of Design.” archcareersguide.com

The Storm, The Strife, and Everyday Life: Sea Change in the Suburbs. Studio Report, Fall
2014. Harvard University Graduate School of Design

“Door”. Elements. Rem Koolhaas Ed. Marsilio, 2014 (contributor)

“Video: Elegance in Motion at Calatrava’s Liege Guillemins”; “Carlos Marin and Jose
Munoz Villers Claim First Prize in Mexico City”; “Harry Gugger Studio’s The Exchange to Rise in Vancouver”; “UA Studio 7 Central Business District for Hongqiao Airport Underway”; “Video: A Mile of Respite in the City that Never Sleeps”; “Could Super Strong Carbon Paint Fix Calavrava’s Opera House?”; “Video: Angles on the View with Parametric Design”; “AD Round Up: Stadiums Part VII”; ArchDaily, 2014

Notable professional achievements include • exhibition + publication design work with Rem Koolhaas, at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture; • the innovation of Virginia's first blind-inclusive design workshop at the Virginia Tech School of Architecture, in collaboration with the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired; • blind-accessible environmental education initiatives in the Balkans and Central Italy, with the Diakron Institute for Cross-cultural Studies • architectural practice in Athens, Greece, for island residences and mixed-use infill projects in historically-sensitive areas; • and ten years of specialized training in surveying, site management, and restoration on archaeological excavations in Pompeii, Italy, and on the Cycladic island of Despotiko.