Job Details
** Location**
Pittsburgh, PA ** Description**
The Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) School of Architecture (SoA) is looking for individuals with a strong background in architecture, engineering and/or construction management that elevate the discipline through research work, scholarly work, artistic work, and/or professional practice.
The School welcomes educators and practitioners to contribute to the pedagogy of a dynamic school of architecture. We have openings for adjunct faculty to teach in undergraduate and graduate courses. These positions require a bachelor's or advanced degree in architecture or related discipline. Preference will be given to those that have demonstrated expertise in the topics currently needing instructors (see course descriptions).
**Course Descriptions**
**Computation and Fabrication Courses**: The aim of these courses is to teach computational skills and thinking across a variety of topics. These include computer aided design and modeling, parametric design, digital fabrication, interaction design and media and machine learning.
**School Description**
The School of Architecture is committed to providing a deep immersion in the discipline of Architecture. We have set ourselves the goal of preparing our students to meet the major challenges facing architectural design and the built environment in the 21st century; namely climate change, artificial intelligence and social justice. We place design and technological competency at the center of our pedagogy across the Schools many programs, including the B. Arch, M. Arch, post-professional Master's (both MS and studio-based) and the doctoral programs.
Our student body totals over 400 undergraduate and graduate students, and is situated within the College of Fine Arts, alongside the Schools of Art, Design, Drama and Music. Our university is classified as a "R1: Doctoral University Highest Research Activity" institution. As such, a wide range of transdisciplinary educational and research opportunities can be created at the school, college and/or university levels.
Our school philosophy is to provide deep immersion in the discipline of architecture, intensified by a university culture of interdisciplinary innovation and creative inquiry. Our undergraduate and graduate degree programs prepare students to be excellent, discipline-defining design-thinkers in diverse global contexts. We believe that architectural excellence demands both rigorous training in fundamentals and the development of unique expertise - whether the sciences, the humanities, engineering, or computation. Though each of our students graduate with intensive architecture knowledge, no two graduates leave with the same education.
Our programs take advantage of:
* Our position within one of the worlds leading research and entrepreneurship institutions at the interdisciplinary intersection of technology, the arts, and the humanities;
* Specialized facilities and centers like the Robert L. Preger Intelligent Workplace, dFAB Lab, Code Lab, Remaking Cities Institute, and the IDeATe Physical Computing Lab;
* The context of our dynamic, post-industrial city of Pittsburgh as a laboratory for inquiry and action.
More information on the School of Architecture can be found on the .
** Qualifications**
While we welcome all applications; preference will be given to those that directly address the content of the particular course. This position requires a bachelor's or advanced degree in architecture or related discipline.
* A letter of interest that indicates your specific areas of expertise;
* A full curriculum vitae;
* A discussion of the specific courses that you are prepared to teach;
* Contact information for three references, including name, position, email address, phone number and your professional relationship with them;
* For those with prior academic experience, examples of work by your students.
** Equal Employment Opportunity Statement**
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