ABOUT THE LEAD COURSE CONDUCTORMichael Fox is a founder and principal of Fox Lin Inc. In 1998, Fox founded the Kinetic Design Group at MIT as a sponsored research group to investigate interactive architecture. Fox directed the group for three years. In 2001, Fox founded Odesco (Ocean Design Collaborative) in Venice California from which the office of Fox Lin has evolved. Prior to founding OdescO, he served as an assistant to engineer and inventor Chuck Hoberman in New York, and as a design team leader for Kitamura Associates in Tokyo, Japan.
His practice, teaching and research are centered on interactive architecture. Michael has lectured internationally on the subject matter of interactive, behavioural and kinetic architecture. He has won numerous awards in architectural ideas competitions and his masters' thesis at MIT received the outstanding thesis award for his work on computation and design processes. Fox's work has been featured in numerous international periodicals and books, and has been exhibited worldwide. He is currently assistant Professor of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona. He has taught previously on the subject matter of interactive, behavioural and kinetic architecture at MIT, The Hong Polytechnic University, the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI_ARC) in Los Angeles.
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CVEducation- M.I.T. (SMArchS) Master of Science in Architecture Studies, 1996
- University of Oregon (BArch) Bachelor of Architecture, 1992
Teaching Experience- Cal Poly, Pomona, Assistant Professor, 2005-Present, Design Studios, Construction and Materials, and Interactive/Experience design.
- SCI_ARC, Design faculty, 2004-2005. Also 2002. Southern California Institute of Architecture, Design and implementation of a class on Interactive/Experience design. Thesis advisor for 8 Masters in Architecture Students.
- Art Center College of Design, Design Faculty, 2003-2005.The Design and implementation of design studios dealing specifically with Interactive Design on an Environmental Scale. Also in charge of the construction and maintenance of the ESTUDO web domain at Art Center.
- HKPU Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Guest Design Faculty, 2001, Design and implementation of two classes exploring intelligent kinetic solutions in architecture, "Interactive Systems"
- MIT, Research Fellow, 1998-2001. Founder of the MIT Kinetic Design Group. Also, design and implementation of a coursework to develop the skills for designing intelligent kinetic solutions in architecture.
Current ProjectsResearch ActivitiesResearch activities are centered on interactive architectural systems and spaces, specifically the issues of embedded computational infrastructures, human and environmental interaction, physical control mechanisms and the processes of architects designing such systems. - Kinetic Design Group, Research Fellow/ Research Affiliate 1998-2001, Previous Director and Founder of the Kinetic Design Group, M.I.T. Department of Architecture, Design Technology.
Professional Experience- Fox Lin Inc., Principal, Los Angeles, CA 2005-Present (Formerly Odesco)
- Odesco, Principal, Los Angeles, CA 2003-2005
- Roart-KDG, Partner, New York – Los Angeles, CA 2001-2002
- Boeing Business Jet Interiors, Consultant on a team rethinking interior design for the BBJ, Redmond WA, 2000-2002
- Kitamura Associates, Design Team Leader, Tokyo, Japan 1997-1998
- Hoberman Associates, Design Prototyping of large scale kinetic structures, NY, NY 1996
Honors and Awards- AIA LA Honor Award, For Bubbles: Interactive Urban Environment, 2007
- Faculty Innovation Award at Cal Poly Pomona, 2007
- Outstanding Faculty Member Award by the Athletic Association at Cal Poly Pomona, 2006
- Domus BBJ International Design Competition, Second Prize, 2000
- EDCO Grant competition for Research in Education, First Prize, 1999
- Outstanding SMArchS Thesis, MIT: "Novel Affordances of Computation to the Design Processes of Kinetic Structures"
- Kumamoto ArtPolis Design Award, Kumamoto, Japan
- Undergraduate thesis design award: University of Oregon
Research / Exhibit Sponsors- US Environmental Protection Agency, P3 Grant, 2006
- Annenberg Foundation, 2006 (based on proposal submitted to Materials and Application Gallery)
- Presidential Travel Grant, 2006
- Cal Poly Pomona Research Mini-Grant, 2006
- Pasadena Art Alliance, 2006 (based on proposal submitted to Materials and Application)
- Presidential Travel Grant, 2005
- Cal Poly Pomona Research Mini-Grant, 2005
- TAPPI Foundation Research Grant, 2000
- Graham Foundation Research Grant, 1999
- LEGO/DACTA Corporation, 1999
- Adobe Systems Inc, 1999
- MIT Space Planning and Organization Research Group (SPORG) 1998-2000
Selected PublicationsBy Michael Fox
Note: If only Michael Fox is listed then he was the principal author and presenter, names of co-authors are not listed here but can be found as credited on the actual publications. - Proceedings: Erin Ezell, Lesley Felton, Pablo LaRoche, Michael Fox, "Greenkit: A Modular Variable Application Cooling System. The National Solar Energy Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, July 7-12, 2007
- Proceedings: Starting From The Micro: A Pedagogical Approach to Designing Interactive Architecture, Game Set Match Conference in Delft, the Netherlands on March 29th, 2006
- Proceedings: "ACADIA 2005", Proceedings to Acadia 2005, Savannah, Georgia, September 2005.
- Journal: "Flaunt", Original Drawing and story based on the "12 Cautionary Tales for Christmas by Superstudio", Summer, 2004
- Proceedings: "Starting From the Micro," Proceedings to CAADRIA 2003, Bangkok, Thailand, Postponed because of SARS until October, 2003
- Book: "Mobile Architecture", Chapter Entitled "KDG" ed. Jennifer Siegal, Princeton Architectural Press. 2002.
- Book: "Transportable Environments 2" ed. Robert Kronenburg, Joseph Lim and Wong Yunn Chii. Two Chapters entitled "Sustainable Applications of Intelligent Kinetic Systems" and "Beyond Kinetic", SPON Press, London ,UK. 2002.
- Book: "Meta Media, Hyper Culture", ed. Lisa Tilder and Beth Blostein. Exercpts from the symposium "Meta Media, Hyper Culture", held at the Wexner Center Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio, January, 2002. Princeton Architectural Press. Due out Summer 2002.
- Journal: "Ephemeralization" OZ, Journal of Architecture, Published by the Kansas State University Department of Architecture, Spring 2001
- Journal: "Comparative Assessment of Corrugated Products for Kinetic Architectural Applications" Research Project Overview, TAPPI Journal Online, Spring 2001
- Book: Intelligent Kinetic Systems in Architecture", Chapter in MANSEE: "Managing Interactions for Intelligent Environments", Dublin, Ireland; December 1999
- Proceedings: "Deployable Multi-Story Settlements for Urban Environments", Proceedings to Megacities 2000, Hong Kong, January 2000.
Selected PublicationsAbout Michael Fox/KDG
- Architectural Record, "Space Invaders: Los Angeles Installation Inflates, Titillates", David Sokol, February, 2007
- Architect "No Ice" May 2007
- Form Magazine "Bubbles, May 2007
- LA Architect, "Essential Elements", Jennifer Caterino, January-February 2007
- Cool Hunting, Ami Kealoha, January, 2007
- LA City Beat, "Effervescent Architecture", Dr. Rebecca Epstein, December 28, 2006
- ReadyMade, "Space Inflators" Jen Trolio, February/March 2007
- California Home & Design, Space Invaders, Elaine Santore, December, 2006
- CNN, International Newspaper article "Buildings get Wise to the Future" September, 8, 2006.
- Architectural Record, "Robo Buildings: featuring the work of Odesco and the KDG", Paradis Press, Paris Summer, 2004.
- Architecture&Movement, Chapter Entitled "KDG" ed. Pilar Echavarría, LinksInternational. Due out June, 2003.
- Family Handyman, "Kitchen of the Future: Kitchen Talk" Summer 2003
- Perspecta, KDG and Odesco are featured. Yale school of Architecture, Summer, 2003
- Aircraft Interiors International, First Quarter 2001
- DOMUS, "New Visions for Business Jet Interiors" July 2000
- LeMonde, "Elastic Architecture", by Odile Fillion, June 2000
- D’A, Highlight of the Kinetic Design Group Website, by Odile Fillion, March, 2000
- PLAN, Publication of the MIT Department of Architecture, 2000
- StudioVoice: "Architecture Beyond Architecture", by Ryusuke Naka, Article on the Kinetic Design Group, Tokyo, Japan, 1999
- Technology Review, Deployable Teleconference Station, Installation, 1997
- Palimpsests of Stone; Redevelopment and Design for Public Spaces in Piaza Isolo, Book publication of International Competition Proceedings, Livio Dimitriu and Vincenzo Pavan, eds., USA Books 1997
- Architecture: Tele-collaboration in Design, Collaborative work from the Kumamoto ArtPolis, Kumamoto, Japan.
Selected Exhibitions and Lectures- Lecture, at Situated Technologies Symposium in New York, on October 18th, 2006.
- Lecture: Plenary Session speaker entitled "Smart Architecture at ACADIA 06 Conference: Synthetic Landscapes, in Louisville Kentucky, October, 12, 2006
- Exhibit, Bubbles: an interactive spatial pneumatic environment at an urban scale, at Materials and Applications in Silverlake, CA.
- Lecture, at Otis College of art and Design entitled "Promises and Pitfalls of IA" September 6, 2006
- Exhibit: A + D Architecture and Design Museum, "Young Blood: Next Gen" LA, CA, 2006
- Lecture, MAK Center, LA Forum Lecture Series, "New Horizons" Los Angeles, CA November, 2005
- Lecture, ACADIA, Starting From the Micro: A Pedagogical Approach to Designing Interactive Architecture, Savannah, GA, October, 2005
- Lecture, Woodbury University, "The End of Mechanics", Los Angeles, CA, September, 2005
- Lecture, Bergamo Italy, Servitec, International Conference on Sustainable Design, September, 2005
- Lecture: Taliesin West "IA", Near Phoinix, AZ, Spring 2005
- Lecture: University of Utah "Horizons", Salt Lake City, UT, Spring 2005
- Lecture: University of Utah "Horizons", Salt Lake City, UT, Spring 2005
- Lecture: MIT "Design and Computation Lecture Series", "A New Sense of Interactive Architecture", Cambridge MA, Spring 2005
- Lecture: UST "Building the Impossible: Architecture in Motion Symposium", St. Louis, Mo, Spring 2005
- Exhibit: Center for Contemporary Art "People Doing Strange Things with Electricity: NANO-CITY-2. Seattle, WA, 2004
- Lecture: Harvard University, "A New Sense of Interactive Architecture", Cambridge MA, Spring 2005
- Lecture: Cal State University Pomona: "Living with Interactive Architecture", Pomona CA Fall, 2004
- Exhibit: Pasadena Wind Tunnel "Gardenlab Experiment": NANO-CITY, Part of a group exhibit focused on Ecology and the Environment. Pasadena, CA, September 2004
- Exhibit: Japanese American Cultural Museum: Recent work of Design Studios from Art Center College of Design including a full installation of an "Interactive Restaurant", Los Angeles, CA, September, 2004
- Guest: Discovery Channel: "Monster Nation" TV Program, Inventor/Builder. Fall, 2004
- Lecture: University of Bergamo, "Interactive Architecture", Part of a lecture Series sponsored by Servitec, Bergamo, Italy.
- Lecture: University of Tennessee, School of Art and Architecture: Recent work of OdescO: Beyond Kinetic", Knoxville, Tennessee, March, 2004
- Knoxville Museum of Art, Student work from a workshop held with OdescO on "The Art of Structure, the Structure of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, April, 2004.
- Lecture: Art Center College of Design, Work of Odesco and the KDG, Pasadena, CA, Fall, 2003.
- Guest: Discovery Channel: "Monster House" TV Program, Architect/Builder, screen name "Gadget God" Spring 2003
- Lecture: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, "Recent Work, May, 2002
- Lecture: Chinese University of Hong Kong, "Recent Work, April, 2002
- Lecture: Meta Media, Hyper Culture, "Teletecture", Baumer Symposium, Wexner Center, Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio, January, 2002.
- Lecture: TU Delft, "Beyond Kinetic", "GameSetandMatch" Architecture Conference at the Faculty of Architecture, Delft, Netherlands.
- Lecture: Singapore National University, "Sustainable Applications of Intelligent Kinetic Systems", Second International Conference on Transportable Environments. Singapore.
- Moderator: ASCA Technology Conference, Session Moderator, Cambridge, MA, June 2000
- Lecture: Workshop for Next Phase of Boeing Business Jet Interiors, Athens, Greece, October 2000
- Exhibit: Triennale di Milano, Exhibit of Boeing Business Jet Interior Design, June 2000
- Exhibit: Gallery SLO, Los Angeles, CA. Exhibit of "Kinetic Design Group w/ Bryant Yeh: Work in Progress", 1999
- Exhibit: MindFest: Festival of Designing, Inventing and Learning, MIT Media Lab, Student works from the course "Intelligent Kinetic Systems" 1999
- Lecture: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, "Intelligent Kinetic Systems, Live Video Lecture, Hong Kong-MIT, 1999
- Lecture: Waseda University, Lecture on the Evolution of High-Tech American Architecture, Tokyo, Japan, 1998
- Exhibit: Lyon Biennialle, with Piotr Kowalski, Design and installation of deployable teleconference station, 1996.
- Exhibit: Liang Gallery, Exhibit of Drawings and Paintings, Boston, MA. 1996
- Exhibit: Gallerie LeLong, Design of Exhibit for/ with Krystof Wodziko, "Xenology: Immigrant Instruments" NY, NY, 1995
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