Tristan d'Estree Sterk
Associate Professor
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Bio
Tristan (Canadian; 1984) is a Founder, an Associate Professor of the intelligent environment, and an awarded architect whose research contributions are central to the field of responsive architecture and the use of dynamic building forms to reduce the energy footprint of construction via endogenous savings.
Media: Economist (2011 - 2006), Discovery Science TV (2009), Wired (2006), CNN (2006), BBC World Service (2006), ABC Radio National (2006 - 1999). Awards: The Kalil Endowment for Smart Design at the Parsons School of the Constructed Environment (2012); The AIA Chicago, Dubin Family Young Architect Award (2011); The AIA Chicago Award of Design Excellence for Unbuilt Work (special recognition, 2011); The Chicago Architectural Club's Emerging Visions Award (2005); NCERC (2004); The Schiff Fellowship in Architecture (2003). Exhibitions: The Center for Architecture AIA New York (Make it Work - 22 January - 25 April 2009), Architectural League of NY (Toward the Sentient City, Open Archive: 17 September - 7 November 2009), The Art Institute of Chicago (The Schiff Foundation Fellowship for Architecture, 1989/2011: 11 February – 20 May 2012).
Personal Statement
Tristan is an American-Canadian architect who grew up in London, Ontario, Canada. He moved to Chicago in 2008 to teach, before which he worked in London, England; Vancouver, Canada (Busby Perkins + Will), Chicago (SOM); and Boston (Carlos Zapata). His early education was in architecture and its thermal performance – an area of excellence at the University of Adelaide, one of Australia's premier research universities.