Leadership | Teaching
In early 2006, Dr. Mitchell Joachim Co-Founded the Terreform ONE nonprofit architecture and urban design research group in New York City. Equally, he is an Associate Professor of Practice at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and held appointments at the Tisch School of the Arts ITP, and Tandon School of Engineering. He is Co-Director of Global Design NYU and was an elected University Senator.
Professional Experience | Honors
Formerly, Dr. Joachim worked as an architect at the offices of Frank Gehry in Los Angeles, I.M. Pei in New York, and Moshe Safdie in Massachusetts. He has won many awards including Fulbright Scholarship, LafargeHolcim Prize, Arup Foundation Grant, ARCHITECT R+D Award, AIA New York Urban Design Merit Award, Victor Papanek Social Design Award, 1st Place International Architecture Award, Zumtobel Award for Sustainability, Architizer A+ Award, History Channel Infiniti Award for the City of the Future, and Time Magazine Best Invention with MIT Smart Cities. He is a TED Senior Fellow and has been awarded fellowships with Safdie Architects, and Martin Society for Sustainability at MIT.
Publications | Exhibitions
Dr. Joachim co-authored four books: “Super Cells: Building with Biology,” TED Books, “Global Design: Elsewhere Envisioned,” Prestel, “XXL-XS New Directions in Ecological Design,” Actar, and “Design with Life: Biotech Architecture and Resilient Cities,” Actar. He was featured in numerous articles: “The 100 People Who Are Changing America” in Rolling Stone, “The Smart List: 15 People the Next President Should Listen To” in Wired, “50 Under 50 Innovators of the 21st Century” by Images Publishing Group, “The NOW 99” in Dwell, and “Future of the Environment” in Popular Science. His design work has been exhibited in frequent locations including; MoMA, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, DOX Center for Contemporary Art Prague, MASS MoCA, The Building Centre London, DAZ Berlin, OCAD Toronto, NAI Rotterdam, and Venice Biennale.
Academic Experience | Education
Previously, Dr. Joachim was the Frank Gehry Chair at the University of Toronto and faculty at Pratt, Columbia, Syracuse, Rensselaer, Washington (St. Louis), Cornell, Parsons, and EGS (Switzerland). He earned a Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MAUD at Harvard University, M.Arch at Columbia University with honors.
