Architecture

Kuniko is an architectural professional and educator with a strong foundation in both design theory and practical application. She earned her B.A. in Interior Architecture from UNC Greensboro and her Master of Architecture (M.Arch) from UNC Charlotte. Kuniko currently serves as a Project Manager at Neighboring Concepts, a multidisciplinary architecture firm in Charlotte, North Carolina. […]

Alex Cabral serves as the Director of Fabrication for the School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte, overseeing five distinct laboratory spaces in two campus locations.  Prior to arriving at UNC Charlotte, Alex led the Fabrication Lab at Wentworth Institute of Technology (Boston, MA).  Under his leadership, from 2011 to early 2015, Alex doubled the size […]

Kelly Carlson-Reddig is an Associate Professor of Architecture. She completed her undergraduate Bachelor of Architecture at Texas Tech University in 1986 and her graduate Master of Environmental Design at Yale University in 1992. Her scholarship focuses primarily on the conceptual dimensions of architecture’s materiality, tectonics, and architectural “marks,” and has been articulated in papers such as […]

Jonathan Dessi-Olive is a researcher, designer, and educator who joined the School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte in 2022. In his role as an assistant professor in building technology + design integration, Dessi-Olive will teach architecture design studios, structures, and construction research seminars that take a critical approach to technology. He is also the director […]

Rachel Dickey is an Associate Professor in the David R. Ravin School of Architecture and Principal of Studio Dickey, a Charlotte-based art and design practice. Her work is characterized by the synthesis of architecture, art, cognitive science, and technology offering a multifaceted study of the human experience and the built environment.  While her research explores […]

Nathaniel Elberfeld is a designer and co-founder of Teltta, a research and computational design collective that engages systems of production, material knowledge, and labor forces in architecture and design. Teltta’s creative work has been exhibited publicly in galleries and museums including the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and at Design Seaport in Boston, Massachusetts, and […]

Jefferson Ellinger is an Architect and Professor at UNC Charlotte in the School of Architecture and Director of the Design Computation Program. He is also an affiliate faculty member in the School of Data Science at UNC Charlotte. Practicing as an architect he has built several projects throughout North America and won several international competitions, including […]

Casey Evelo became the Office Manager for the David R. Ravin School of Architecture in Fall 2022. She brings over 20 years of experience as an administrative assistant working in creative offices, from web design and development to non-profit arts organizations. Casey also brings enthusiasm for the School. She has informally witnessed the life of the SoA […]

My creative practice (Ciotat Studio) is based in New York City and consists primarily of architectural design and media production: single-family houses that include quasi-public event spaces; videos that analyze the city through experimental methods of abstraction; media installations embedded into urban spaces; and critical essays on the built environment in multimedia and written formats. […]

José L.S. Gámez is the Dean of the College of Arts + Architecture. He was previously the Interim Dean for the College of Arts + Architecture and the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte. He has served as the Interim Director of the School of […]