InterVIEW/ASAU IV
November 19 2024 [2h + 27 min]
Associate Professor Lisa Moffitt, PhD
Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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Interviewers in order of participation:
Federica Goffi CRIPTIC Chair, PhD & MAS Program Co-Chair ASAU, CU
& Rehab Salama PhD student ASAU, CU
Kristine Prochnau, PhD student ASAU, CU
Bruno Silvestre PhD student ASAU, CU
Julie Ivanoff PhD student ASAU, CU
In –InterVIEW/ASAU IV- Dr. Lisa Moffit, Associate Professor at the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (ASAU) at Carleton University, was invited to reflect on her research work and her recent book, Architecture’s Model Environments, published by UCL Press in 2023. She discussed the use and nature of environmental models and how these can be used to read atmospheres and potentially influence the design process by engaging with invisible and intangible phenomena. Such models allow for approximating the complex reality of the built environment. Dr. Moffitt's interdisciplinary research draws from the fields of geology, meteorology, and engineering. She discussed the role of miniaturization and the shifting of scales from the microscopic to the planetary and what is lost and revealed by changes of scale.
At the start of the interview, Dr. Moffitt was also asked to speak about her experience in the PhD in Architecture by Design program at the University of Edinburgh, commenting on the increasing diversity of research methods in architecture and the role of the Supervisor.
Works cited in InterVIEW IV
Moffit, Lisa. 2023. Architecture’s Model Environments. London: UCL Press.
Moffit, Lisa. 2024. “Disrupting Scientific Flow Visualization Protocols: Photographing Architecture’s Atmosphere,” CLARA 9 (1), 99-113.