Titles

• Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
• Suncor Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The Design School, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
• Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation

Biography

Darren Petrucci's design and research focuses on what he calls "iAmenity InfrastructureTM" which develops new public-private urban infrastructures that create identity and facilitate multiple scales of public use within the contemporary city. He is the founder and principal of A-I-R [Architecture-Infrastructure-Research] Inc.. and the winner of a Progressive Architecture Award from Architecture Magazine for his project "GLUE: Generic Landscapes Urban Environments" (commercial corridor revitalization strategies along Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale Arizona), and the NCARB Prize for his project "Stripscape: Pedestrian Amenities on 7th Avenue." He teaches courses on applied research and design collaboration in the built environment.

Education

• MArch, Architecture, Harvard University, 1996
• MAUD, Architecture and Urban Design, Harvard University, 1996
• BSD, Design, Arizona State University, 1990

Expertise

• design collaboration
• architecture
• urban planning
• pre-manufacture
• urban infrastructure
• Sustainable Cities and Communities