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  • Martina Kohler

    Assistant Professor of Architecture and Design

    Email
    kohlerm@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    Parsons Faculty Hotseat

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    Martina Kohler

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    Martina Kohler is currently serving as the Director for the BFA Architectural Design at Parsons School of Design. She was previously Associate Director of the First Year program at Parsons.  Martina holds a Master of Architecture from the Technical University Munich, Germany and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the University of Colorado, Denver, where she completed a post-graduate program as a Fulbright Scholar. Prior to joining Parsons in 2013 Martina was an Assistant Professor at the Technical University Berlin and a Research Associate at the Laboratory for Integrative Architecture. Martina gained professional experience at offices in Munich, Berlin and New York working on award winning projects. Her professional practice today is a hybrid research/making practice that is part of conceptualizing, testing, and evaluating the paradigmatic shift in architectural work demanded by the climate crisis. As an educator she is working on developing curricula and pedagogy that support the transformation to regenerative constructed environments.


    Degrees Held

    Master of Architecture, Technical University Munich

    Master of Architecture in Urban Design, University of Colorado, Denver


    Professional Affiliation

    Bayrische Architektenkammer, Munich, Germany


    Current Courses

    Independent Study
    PGAR 5900, Fall 2024

    Material Mining and Design
    PSCE 3012, Fall 2024

    Future Courses

    Design Studio 4
    PUAD 3011, Spring 2025

    Past Courses

    Materiality and Assembly
    PUAD 2030, Spring 2024

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