About the Authors
Andrew Saunders is an assistant professor of architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. He received his master's degree in architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He has significant professional experience as project designer for Eisenman Architects, Leeser Architecture, and Preston Scott Cohen, Inc. He has taught and guest lectured at a variety of institutions, including the Cooper Union and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 2004 Saunders was awarded the SOM Research and Travel Fellowship to pursue his research on the relationship of equation-based geometries to early twentieth-century pioneers in reinforced concrete. His current practice and research interests lie in computational geometry as it relates to emerging technology, fabrication, and performance. He is currently working on a book using parametric modeling as an analysis tool of seventeenth-century Italian Baroque architecture.

Amie Nulman is a structural engineer in California. She is an associate at Arup in Los Angeles and has also worked in the Boston and London offices on a variety of building types, including arts and culture, education, residential, and sports venues. Recently Nulman completed the design and construction administration for Kroon Hall, the new Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies building designed by Hopkins Architects.

Andrew Saunders
Rensselaer School of Architecture,
Troy, New York
saunda2@rpi.edu

Amie Nulman
Ove Arup & Partners