John McMorrough CV (September 2013) - 1/5
John McMorrough
Associate Professor of Architecture University of Michigan / Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning 2000 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning 2007, June Harvard University Dissertation: Signifying Practices: The Pre-Texts of Post-Modern Architecture (Advisors: M. Hays, S. Whiting, R. Somol)
Master of Architecture (with Distinction) 1998, June Harvard University, Graduate School of Design Thesis: “Shopping and as the City”, Harvard Project on the City: Shopping (Advisor: R. Koolhaas)
Bachelor of Architecture 1992, June University of Kansas, School of Architecture and Urban Design Exchange Student in Architecture: Universität Dortmund, Germany 9/88-6/89 Donald P. Ewart Memorial Traveling Scholarship 1988
Academic
University of Michigan Associate Professor of Architecture, with tenure 9/2010 -... Chair, Architecture Program 2010-2013 Director, PhD in Architecture Degree 2010-2012
413: History of Architecture and Urbanism ("A Disciplinary Genealogy from 5,000 BC to 2010") (x3) 2011-2013 503: Special Topics in Architectural History ("Possible Worlds") 2013 506: Special Topics In Design Fundamentals ("Color Theory") 2013 322: Architectural Design II ("For Architecture, Five Projects" - Coordinator) 2011
University of Illinois at Chicago Greenwall Visiting Critic (Lectures, "Critical Figures: Reading Architecture Criticism") 2012
University of Applied Arts, Vienna Critic, Urban Strategies Post-Graduate Program (x4) 2008 - 2011 (08: Networks, 09: Game Space, 10: Brain City, 11: Porosity)
Ohio State University Head, Architecture Section 2009 - 2010 Chair, Graduate Studies in Architecture 2008 - 2009 Associate Professor of Architecture, with tenure 2009 - 2010 Assistant Professor of Architecture 2005 - 2009
Charles E. MacQuigg Award for Outstanding Teaching 2007
202: Introduction of Basic Design in Architecture 2005 343/443: Architectural Design Vertical Studio (“Parking”) 2005 441 - 442: Architectural Design Studios VII / VIII (“Chicago Tribune Tower Redux” – Coordinator) 2005 - 2006 602: Contemporary Architectural History (x3) 2008 - 2010 643: Accelerated Architectural Design Studio III (“Lazy and Undisciplined: Quick Fixes for Architecture”) 2007 700: Seminar in Theory (x4) (07: “Post-Modern”, 08: “Apocalypse”, 08: “Urbanism”, 09: “Arch v. Larch”) 2007 - 2009 701: Baumer Seminar (x5) (05: P. Eisenman, 06: W. Maas, 07: A. Zaera-Polo, 08: G. Lynn, 09: J. Reiser) 2005 - 2009 842: Architectural Design Studio (x4) (Comprehensive, “Housing in Columbus”) 2007 - 2010 844: Graduate Architectural Studio (x5) (Exit Review Lectures) 2005 - 2009
Baumer Lecture Series Organizer 2007 - 2010 (F07: Overlaps, WS08: Environment, F08: Inorganic, WS09: Confluence, F09: Territory, WS10: Economy)
Yale University Lecturer, 703a: Introduction to Architectural Theory (w/ P. Deamer) (x2) 2003, 2004 Lecturer, 249a Analytic Models: Interpretive Systems in Architecture (x2) 2003, 2004 Design Critic, 501: Architectural Design: First Term Studio (x2) 2003, 2004 Design Critic, 512b: Advanced Studio: Winy Maas (w/ W. Maas) 2003 Design Critic, 523a: Post-Professional Studio (w/ F. Koetter & E. Mitchell) 2002 John McMorrough CV (September 2013) - 2/5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lecturer, 4.664: Contemporary Architecture and Critical Debates (x2) 2003, 2004
Harvard University Graduate School of Design Principal Instructor Coordinator in Architecture, Career Discovery Program (x2) 2003, 2004 Teaching Fellow, GSD 4201-M1: Introduction to the History of Architecture (w/ M. Hays) 2002 Teaching Fellow, GSD 4112: Buildings, Texts, and Contexts – Modern (w/ S. Goldhagen) (x2) 2000, 2001 Teaching Fellow, GSD 3202: Introduction to Architectural Theory (w/ M. Hays) (x4) 1998 - 2001 Design Critic, Career Discovery Program 1998 Teaching Assistant, March II Pro-seminar (w/ G. Baird) 1997
Northeastern University Design Critic, Studio III: “Big Black Box: Framingham Shoppers’ World Community Theater” 2002
Boston Architectural Center Design Critic, Master’s Studio: “Ex Libris: A Public Library in Central Square” 1998 Design Critic, A-2 level Studio 1997
Invited Critic Boston Architectural Center, Bowling Green State University, California College of the Arts, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Kent State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ohio State University, Northeastern University, Princeton University, Rice University, Sci-ARC, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Applied Arts Vienna, University of Cincinnati, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Nebraska, University of Toronto, University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Yale University
Publications
"Against the Wall: On the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Musuem" in Artforum International (volume 51, no 9), May 2013
“MOS Movies, or the Phantasmagoria of Discipline” in Log 24 (Criticism), 2012
“Architecture, Organization, Repetition, & Laughter” in Log 22 (Absurd), 2011
“Pieces to PATTERNS: Towards a Unified Field Theory of Architecture”, in Embedded (Aaduc, 2011)
“MOS, P.S.1/New York”, in Domus 930 (November 2009)
“Design for the Apocalypse” (ver. 3), in Volume 20: Storytelling, (spring 2009) “Design for the Apocalypse” (ver. 2), in Thresholds 35: Difference (spring 2009) “Design for the Apocalypse” (ver. 1), in Bootleg Edition Urban China (C-Lab) (spring 2009)
“Stern’s Johnson” [Book Review: The Philip Johnson Tape: Interviews by Robert A.M. Stern] Constructs: Yale Architecture School Journal (Fall 2009)
“Erudition of the Architect: Eisenman’s Canon Ball” [Book Review: Ten Canonical Buildings 1950-2000 ] Constructs: Yale Architecture School Journal (Fall 2008)
“Architecture or Evolution,” Introduction to The Possibility of (an) Architecture…Collected Essays by Mark Goulthorpe/dECOi (Routledge, 2008)
“On Billboards and Other Signs around (Learning from) Las Vegas,” Relearning from Las Vegas, Aron Vinegar and Michael J. Golec, eds. (University of Minnesota Press, 2008)
“Ru(m)inations: The Haunts of Contemporary Architecture” Perspecta: The Yale Architectural Journal (40: Monster, 2008) * Anthologized in Constructing A New Agenda: Architectural Theory 1993-2009 (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010)
“The Architectures of No-Place and Eutopia, Infinite Earths and Elseworlds” (Exhibition Text) No-Place (Jimenez Lai Exhibition), Knowlton School of Architecture (OSU), 2008
“After Words…Before Worlds: The Propositions of Urbanity” Constellations: Constructing Urban Design Practices (New York: Columbia University GSAPP, 2007)
“Blowing the Lid Off Paint: The Architectural Coverage of Supergraphics” Hunch 11 (Representations) (February 2007)
John McMorrough CV (September 2013) - 3/5
“I.M. Pei” (Exhibition and Catalog Text) Beyond the Harvard Box (Harvard University, Gund Hall Gallery: October 05, 2006 - November 15, 2006)
“The Future of Fuelish Building” (Book Review: Fire and Memory, The Long Emergency, & Massive Change) VOLUME 7 (Archis vol. 21, #1, 2006)
“Notes on the Adaptive Re-use of Program” Praxis: Journal of Writing + Building (Issue 8: Reprogramming, 2006)
“The House Always Wins: Notes on Capitalism, Casinos and Koolhaas” Praxis: Journal of Writing + Building (Issue 5: After Capitalism, 2003)
“Scanning the Aberrant Architecture of Diller + Scofidio” Constructs: Yale Architecture School Journal (Fall 2003)
“Eisenman / Krier: Two Ideologies in Revue” Constructs: Yale Architecture School Journal (Spring 2003)
“re:Mediation and Toyo Ito’s Architectures of Information” Toyo Ito: Sendai Mediatheque (Prestel, 2002)
“City of Shopping” “Good Intentions” “Legislated Transactions” “Real(i)ty” “Suburban Model” Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping (Taschen, 2002)
“scarCITY”, competition brief for Tank Magazine Architecture Award 2001 Tank (UK) (March 2001)
Lectures & Conferences
"Negotiated Territory," Moderator 101st Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), SF, CA, March 21, 2013
"(Color) Sample...with apologies to Sylvia Lavin and Pierre Menard," Lecture Under the Influence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, February 22 & 23, 2013
"Possible Mediums; Definitions and Examples…or, the Medium is the Medium ", Concluding Remarks Possible Mediums, The Ohio State University, February 10, 2013
"To Err is Human..." Keynote Lecture On Error, A symposium on the merits of error in Architecture, University of Buffalo, January 23, 2013
"Architectural Problems, Great and Small," Studio Talk University of Southern California Los Angeles, November 7, 2012
"Architectural Problems, Great and Small," Lecture Bowling Green State University, School of Architecture, October 12, 2012
"Expertise", Lecture Making Space Symposium, University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, September 27-28, 2012
"Scenarios", Moderator Visionary Cities: Urban and Architectural Futures to Come, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Sept. 22, 2012
“One Thing After Another” Lecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 27, 2012 Lecture at University of Applied Arts, Vienna, March 28, 2012 Lecture at Texas A&M, School of Architecture, February 27, 2012
“Whither Installation” Conference Organizer and Speaker – Whither Installation: The Ends of Small-Scale Architectural Work Today Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, January 20-21, 2012.
“The Blueprint (Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4)” Lecture at University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, September 16, 2011 Lecture at University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Architecture, October 24, 2011 Lecture at Woodbury University, San Diego Campus, November 10, 2011 Lecture at Encuentro Internacional de Arquitectura 2011, CECUT, Tijuana, Mexico, November 11, 2011 John McMorrough CV (September 2013) - 4/5
Moderator: Simulation: Inventing New Worlds Envisioning Information: Architecture & Information, The Ohio State University School of Architecture November 6, 2010
Moderator: Catastrophe Flip Your Field: 2010 ACSA West Central Fall Conference, University of Illinois at Chicago, October 22, 2010
Moderator: History: Prototypes, Paradigms, and Exemplars Typology Redux, Northeastern University, October 16, 2010
“The Future of an Illusion” (Architecture) Design” Presentation – Future of Design, University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture, October 9-10, 2009
“Claim Jumping” Lecture at Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University, September 30, 2009
“The new Casual-ty, Revisited” Conference Organizer and Speaker – A Matter of Opinion: The Qualifications of Contemporary Architectural Criticism: Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University, April 11, 2009
“Design for the Apocalypse” Lecture at Northeastern University, October 2008
“The new Casual-ty” Co-Organizer and Opening Speaker– Matter of Facts: Architecture and the Generation of Design Information: Princeton University, 2008
"Flat is the New Deep...Again: On the Parallels of Optical Art and Architectural Surfaces" Gallery talk - Optic Nerve Exhibition: Columbus Museum of Art, March 15, 2007
“The Use-Value of Banality” Gallery talk - Vanishing Points Exhibition: Wexner Center for the Arts, June 10, 2005
Moderator: Geography Panel Loopholes with Discourse and Practice: Harvard Design School, April 16-17, 2005
“The Adaptive Re-Use of Program” Presentation - Exploiting Program: OSU Knowlton School of Architecture, November 6, 2004
Moderator: Round Table Discussions Non-standard Praxis: Emerging Principles of Architecture, MIT School of Architecture, September 24-26, 2004
Moderator: "The Perceiving Subject / Occupant" Architecture and Psychoanalysis: Yale School of Architecture, October 24-26, 2003
Moderator: “On Experts” Expertise: Connoisseurs, Consultants and Con-men: Harvard History Theory + Conference, October 11-12, 2002
“Blowing the Lid off Paint: The Architectural Coverage of Supergraphics” Presentation - Postwar Operations: UCLA Critical Studies Graduate Student Conference, May 3, 2002
“The Language(s) of Post-Modern Architecture: Discursive, Disciplinary and Ideological” Presentation - ACSA National Conference, Theory Panel: Language, New Orleans, April 12, 2002
Licenses & Memberships
American Institute of Architects Registered Architect, State of New York Society of Architectural Historians
John McMorrough CV (September 2013) - 5/5
Professional Experience studioAPT, Ann Arbor, Michigan [Principal] (select projects) Platform for Architecture / "Makin It", A Situation Comedy 2013 400:1 House 2012 99K House Competition 2008 Whittier Peninsula Redevelopment Competition 2005 Living Smart: Big Ideas for Small Lots Design Competition 2004 Modern Affordable Homes Competition (BSA /YPAC / Habitat for Humanity), First Place 2002 Palos Verdes Art Center Design Competition 2000
OMA/AMO, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (select projects) 1999-2002 Researcher / Designer, Harvard Campus Planning Concept for Allston, Massachusetts Researcher, Whitney Museum of American Art Expansion Researcher, Prada.com Researcher, Seattle Public Library
Rothman Partners, Boston, Massachusetts 1996-1998 Architect, Various Projects
Oaklander, Coogan & Vitto Architects, New York, New York Architect, Various Projects 1994-1996
Ellerbe Becket, Kansas City, Missouri 1992-1994 Intern Architect, Various Projects
Awards
Modern Affordable Homes Design Competition (BSA /YPAC / Habitat for Humanity); First Place 2002 Project for a new Habitat for Humanity prototype
79th Paris Prize Architectural Design Competition; Finalist, Honorable Mention 1992 Project for an archive of 19th and 20th century technology in Death Valley, California
Lois Pope National Architectural Design Competition; Honorable Mention 1991 Project for a teaching facility on the campus of Boca Raton College