307X (sci-arc)
Born in Austria, Herwig Baumgartner is a licensed architect based in Los Angeles. He received his diploma in Music and
New Media from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in 1992 and graduated with honors with a
Master's degree in Architecture from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna in 1996.
Baumgartner is a professor currently teaching design for the graduate and undergraduate programs at the
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCIARC) and has previously taught a graduate design studio
at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). He also lectures and conducts workshops around
the country and abroad, including at Oklahoma State University; the UDESIGN conference at the
University of Monterrey, Mexico; the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA); the LA Forum; the
University of Applied Arts in Vienna; the Danube University Krems; the Southern California Institute of
Architecture (SCI-Arc); Woodbury University; and the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Baumgartner worked as a senior associate and project architect at Gehry Partners for over 10 years. He
collaborated with artist Richard Serra from 1998-2002 and worked on several large-scale sculptural
projects in New Zealand, Naples, Toronto and San Francisco. In 2000, he co-founded BplusU, for which he
is both Design Principal and Partner.
His work was recently exhibited at the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice; the Architecture and Design
Museum (A+D) in Los Angeles; the WUHO gallery in Hollywood; the Milan Stadtkrone 2030 Exhibition;
the University of Applied Arts in Vienna; and the CCRD in Hollywood.
It has also been widely published and discussed in books and magazines including the Architectural
Record, The Architect's Newspaper, arcCA, Arte, Azure, Angeleno, B1-magazine, Dialogue, Elemente,
FORM, Future Arquitecturas, Los Angeles Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Light Color Sound, Mark, 360
Modern Architecture, 1000 x Architecture of the Americas, REM; and featured in television and radio
interviews.
160X (Harvard gsd)
André Bideau is an architecture theoretician and critic based in Zürich.
Trained at ETH where he received a Master of Architecture in 1992, he was an editor of Swiss architecture
periodical Werk until 2002, subsequently obtaining a PhD in art history from Zurich University.
In 2004 Bideau was research fellow at Internationales Zentrum für Kulturwissenschaften in Vienna. Since then
he has taught at numerous architecture schools and departments of art history, including Hamburg and
Basel Universities, Pratt Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell and Harvard GSD. He currently
teaches architecture history and theory at Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio.
Architecture and symbolic Capital, Bideau’s contextualisation of O.M.Ungers in West Berlin and Frankfurt,
was published by Birkhäuser in 2011. It belongs to his research on the relationship of architectural
discourses and the postmodern urban condition since 1968, an ongoing project that has led to numerous
other publications and lectures. He is also a regular contributor to the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
160X (sci-arc)
Marcelyn Gow teaches graduate design studios and seminars at SCI-Arc, and is a partner and founding member of
servo, an architecture and design collaborative with a special interest in the evolving relationship between architecture
and technology. Recent projects include Thermocline for the Mood River exhibition at the Wexner Center and an
installation for the Non-Standard Architectures exhibition at the Centre Pompidou. She has held teaching positions at
UCLA, ETH, and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Gow received her undergraduate diploma from the
Architectural Association in London, a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from the Columbia
University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and her Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. Her doctoral research focused on the use of technology in art as it intersects with
architecture in the advent of the electronic information age. She exhibits and lectures internationally and has been
published in Perspecta, Via, and Architectural Design.
242X (cornell)
Victoria Beard's research and teaching focus is on international urbanization and planning. More
specifically, she is interested in the relationship between community-based planning and poverty in the
global south. Her research explores the intersection of collective action, social movements, transnational
processes, and planning. Beard has two ongoing research projects. One examines community-based
planning and poverty alleviation in Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia. The other examines transnational
community-based planning in Southern California and Oaxaca.
Beard has also worked as a planning practitioner for organizations such as the World Bank, the Asian
Development Bank, AusAID, and RAND during the past 15 years. Her professional work has focused on
three areas. First, she has worked with community-based organizations helping them plan and manage their
own sustainable development. Second, she has experience designing, implementing, and evaluating
national as well as local government programs that address poverty. Third, Beard has expertise in applied
social science research and monitoring and evaluation.
Beard is a core faculty member in the Cornell's Southeast Asia Program, and she is a faculty fellow in the
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and in the Center for Community Engaged Learning and
Research. She received her B.A. degree in Urban Studies and Planning from the University of CaliforniaSan Diego in 1992. She received her M.A. degree in Urban Planning from the University of California-Los
Angeles in 1995, and she received her Ph.D. in Community and Regional Planning from the University of
British Columbia in 1999.
250X (risd)
Robin Quigley’s work in jewelry and art intended for the body investigates human sensibilities that are found at every
level of encounter and idea. One subject at a time, she unpacks this “universal collective” to create visual touchstones,
both abstract and referential.
In addition to overseeing the J+M Department and exhibiting her work, she enjoys the professional exchange and
illumination gained by participating in artists residencies and being a guest instructor at other schools, such as the
Salzburg Summer Academy (Austria), the Pont-Aven School of Art (France), the Paul Gauguin Cultural Center
(Marquesas Islands), the Jam Factory (Australia) and recently West Dean College (England).
Academic research/ areas of interest
Robin Quigley’s work is fed by two primary ongoing creative endeavors: first, an inquiry into the core motivations for
making both utilitarian and fine art in other cultures; and second, an inquiry into the work and creative process of
“Outsider” artists. She is drawn to the work of these modest but driven artists, who – to her – exemplify simple direct
problem solving, resourcefulness, and ingenuity.
These investigations inform Quigley’s studio practice, which takes place in a renovated former-barbershop she shares
with her designer/metalsmith husband. In turn her studio work is a vital component of what she brings to the
classroom to share with her students in the J+M Department.
She readily admits it is her good fortune to work with the exceptional students RISD attracts, and later to keep in touch
with and follow these students as their careers develop after graduation.
331 (PSU GD)
Keith entered the field of graphic design education following several years’ work in the corporate divisions of
companies that include Citibank N.A., Assessment Systems Inc. in New York City, and Paramount Pictures Corporation
in Hollywood. Additionally, Keith’s considerable theatrical experience in regional and professional companies in
Pennsylvania and New York informs both his teaching and his creative work. He continues to create graphic and
theatrical designs for university and regional productions. Keith attended Otis/Parsons in Los Angeles and completed
his BFA in 1990 in Communication Design. He received his master’s degree in Visual Communication and Design from
Virginia Commonwealth University in 1996. Upon graduating, Keith’s first teaching position was at the University of
Minnesota-Duluth, and he joined the faculty at Penn State in 1997. Keith teaches in all levels of the curriculum, but
primarily focuses on the critical first and second year of the students’ education to ensure that they receive a solid
foundation in graphic design.
Keith’s graphic design has been published in Novum Gebrauchsgraphik and the books 1000 Type
Treatments and Maximum Page Design. Keith’s creative research also includes the writing and production of limitededition books, which have been exhibited nationally. In the area of scholarly research, Keith focuses his energy on the
topic of graphic design history and its position in today’s design curriculum. In 2005, he chaired a session on the topic
of American design education at the College Art Association 93rd Annual Conference in Atlanta. That same year, he was
a presenter at the AIGA Schools of Thoughts II conference in Los Angeles, speaking on the topic of graphic design
history. His current research focus is on the contribution of graphic design to the collaborative process of filmmaking, a
subject on which he has presented lectures at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and at the University and College
Designers’ Association Design Educators’ Summit in Nashville. In 2006, Keith authored the article “Graphic Vision in
Motion: Lessons of Silent Cinema,” for the July issue of UCDA’s Designer magazine.