Mark DeKay - architect, professor
Prof. DeKay has visited Greece three times. He has taught at UT since 2001 and served for four years as Head of Graduates Studies. Prof. DeKay specializes in sustainable design theory and tools. He is author of Integral Sustainable Design: transformative perspectives, the first book to apply Integral Theory to design, and primary co-author of Sun, Wind, and Light: architectural design strategies, 3rd ed. (2 volumes), which considers the form-generating potential of climatic forces. Other work focuses on knowledge structures for design, green infrastructure for downtowns and watersheds, urban form for daylighting, and climatic neighborhoods. He has two national AIA teaching awards, the UT Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence and the UT Chancellor’s Award for Research and Creative Achievement. He is a Fulbright Fellow and currently serves on the roster of Fulbright Specialists. This study theme builds on DeKay’s current book effort, Felt Form: Experiential Design Schemas, co-authored with Prof. Gail Brager from U.C., Berkley. His international experience includes a Fulbright to India, research consulting in Australia and Italy, a faculty development leave in Scotland, a program assessment in Singapore, invited keynotes and workshops in Lebanon, South Africa, and Scotland, along with international papers resented in Hungary, Peru, Italy, the UK, and Canada. DeKay collaborates on research and scholarship with colleagues from Scotland, Australia, Lebanon, Iraq, China and (the foreign country of) California. His books are translated into Chinese, Portuguese, French. He is currently collaborating on an Arabic language derivative book project.
