Andrew John Wit

Andrew John Wit and is currently an Assistant Professor at Temple University's Tyler School of Art where he leads research, courses and workshops focused around novel building systems generated through light-weight composites, digital production tools and robotic systems. Additionally, he a Co-Founder of the interdisciplinary research group wito* "Laboratory for Intelligent Environments"; an editor with Mahesh Daas of the recent book "Towards a Robotic Architecture," resides on the ACADIA board...See more

Andrew John Wit and is currently an Assistant Professor at Temple University's Tyler School of Art where he leads research, courses and workshops focused around novel building systems generated through light-weight composites, digital production tools and robotic systems. Additionally, he a Co-Founder of the interdisciplinary research group wito* "Laboratory for Intelligent Environments"; an editor with Mahesh Daas of the recent book "Towards a Robotic Architecture," resides on the ACADIA board of directors where he chairs the scientific committee; is a co-editor for a forthcoming issue of the Architectural Science review; and serves on the editorial board for the International Journal of Architectural Computing where he is a co-editor of its forthcoming issue. Wit's research and projects have been highly disseminated and recognized: UTenSAils (2007 AIA Best of Practice Award), the Advanced Fabrics Exhibition (2007 IFAI Outstanding Achievement Award), along with the widely-published Underwood Pavilion and woven carbon fiber installation rolyPOLY and carbon fiber kites of cloudMAGNET. Wit's work has been featured at numerous galleries, international conferences and refereed publications. Wit holds a master's degree from MIT, a BS in architecture from the University of Texas in San Antonio. See less