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    Marshall Brown

    Assistant Professor

    Office: Materials & Metals Building, room 202
    Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2 - 5 pm by appointment
    Phone: (312) 567-5887
    Fax: (312) 567-5820
    Email: marshall.brown@iit.edu
    Web: The UNITY Plan for Brooklyn's Vanderbilt Yards

    Expertise

    Education

    • M.Arch, MAUD, Harvard University, 2000
    • B.Arch, Washington University

    Curriculum Vitae

    Research & Major Accomplishments

    Professor Brown holds Master's degrees in both architecture and urban design from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. There he was awarded the 2000 Harvard Druker Fellowship and traveled to Morocco. His research was focused on the historical transformation of Moroccan cities under the influence of French Colonial urbanism. In April 2002 he presented his research at the Harvard in a lecture and exhibition titled frontieriority: Moroccan Urbanism 1912-1956.

    Since 2004, Professor Brown has been director and co-founder of the Atlantic Yards Development WorkShop in Brooklyn, New York. The project's purpose has been to create a cooperative development model for the air rights of the MTA Atlantic Avenue Rail Yards in Brooklyn, NY. In partnership with New York City Councilwoman Letitia James, the WorkShop developed a community-based development plan for the eight-acre site in the heart of downtown Brooklyn. Their UNITY plan received widespread support among local community organizations.

    In addition to his independent urban design practice, Professor Brown has also practiced with the award-winning design firm Davis Brody Bond Architects and Planners in New York as well as Pentagram Design.

    Current Projects

    Awards/Honors

    • Rotch Travelling Studio Faculty Grant, 2008

    Patents

    Books

    Selected Publications

    “Not Good, but Well Behaved: Notes on an Urban Insurgency” in Block by Block: Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York, Timothy Mennel et al., eds., New York: Municipal Arts Society and Princeton Architectural Press, 2007.

    Rogers, Christina. “Designers Develop Alternatives to Gehry’s Brooklyn Plans.” Architectural Record July, 2004: 28.

    “For_Getting Drawing: Toward an Architectural Pedagogy for Digital Media” in Changing Trends in Architectural Design Education, Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region Conference Proceedings, Jamal Al-Qawasmi and Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco, eds. Rabat, 2006.

    Professional Society Memberships

    Editorial Board Service

    Professional Society Service

    Grants and Fellowships

    Community Service