I am thrilled to have been asked to be the 2023 Myron Goldsmith Visiting Chair at IIT College of Architecture (Chicago, IL).
If I could go back to the 60’s, I wish I could be part of Myron’s ‘Saturday Sessions’, reviews at IIT, followed by a lengthy lunch at Bertucci (I learned this is one of the ways he infused practice and education). My mentor David Billington always lauded Myron and I have studied him in the context of his work with Fazlur Khan. (At Princeton we organized a studio course and exhibition on Fazlur Khan.) As a bridge designer, I have always found joy in the stay geometry of the Ruck A Chucky bridge which turns out to be of the hand of Myron. I am honored to be sharing my structural design insights and experiences in this capacity with the students and amazing Chicago-based designers and to present the Form Finding Lab work at IIT.