Position:
Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech, Instructor in Summer Pre-College Program at Columbia University, Owner at Aki Ishida Architect PLLC
Work:
Virginia Tech
since Jan 2012
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Assistant Professor
Columbia University
since May 2009
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Instructor in Summer Pre-College Program
Aki Ishida Architect PLLC
since Jul 2007
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Owner
Pratt Institute
Sep 2010 - Dec 2011
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Visiting Professor
Rhode Island School of Design
Sep 2004 - 2011
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Adjunct Faculty
Parsons School of Design
Sep 2006 - Dec 2009
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Part-time Faculty
Ishida/Crandall LLC
2004 - 2008
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Owner
Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
Sep 2005 - Aug 2006
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Foreign Visiting Professor
I.M. Pei Architect
Jan 2003 - Jun 2005
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Design Consultant
James Carpenter Design Associates
Jun 1998 - Oct 2002
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Project Designer/Manager
Rafael Vinoly Architect PC
Jun 1995 - Jun 1997
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Designer
Ellerbe Becket
1991 - 1993
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Intern
Concordia Language Villages
1988 - 1991
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Counselor, Credit Teacher
Education:
Columbia University in the City of New York 1997 - 1998
MSAAD, Architecture
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 1988 - 1994
B Arch, with distinction, Architecture
Skills:
Sustainable Design, Design Research, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Architectural Design, Drawing, Art, Interior Design, Interior Architecture, Urban Design, Architecture, Space planning, Green Building
Interests:
Light & health, light installations, corporate sponsored research, sustainable design
Honor & Awards:
Education Grant from Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
2012, Grantee
Education Grant from Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
2010, Grantee
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Manhattan Community Arts Fund
Grantee, 2010
Ralph Rapson Traveling Scholarship Design Competition
Minnesota Architectural Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
Finalist, 2005 & 2001
The MacDowell Colony
Peterborough, NH
Resident Fellow in Architecture, Fall 2002
Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Traveling Fellowship
American Institute of Architects New York Chapter
Winner, ‘Integration of Design in Business Strategy: Design Culture of Olivetti in Ivrea, Italy”, 2002
Graduate Kinne Traveling Fellowship
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture
Recipient, 'Case Study in Variable Standardization: The Japanese Prefabricated Housing Industry', 1998
Thesis Award for Excellence in Design
College of Architecture, University of Minnesota
Recipient, 1995