Education

Bachelor of Design, University of Florida, 1989

MArch, University of Florida, 1991

MArch, Princeton University, 1995

Research Interests
Biocomposites; green design; compact-footprint design-build construction, passive house technology; design for the elderly; electronic architectures; rapid prototyping; architectural history, theory, and culture; mobiility and architecture.

Current Projects
Relations between music and architecture; history and theory of design-build and pre-fab construction; Columbo as designer; Beginning Design and sustainability; drawing in Rome

Contact Information
Phone: (515) 294-8786
Email: mikesch@iastate.edu
WWW: http://www.polytekton.com
Office: 588 Design

Mailing Address
Architecture Department
146 College of Design
Ames, IA, 50011

• Short CV
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• Essays on Architecture and Other Topics, 06/24/2005
• Translation, design, and layout of a Novel, 02/25/2010
• Resonance: Essays on the Intersection of Music and Architecture, 05/02/2007
• PhotoGraphs - Written Light, 06/24/2005
• Gottfried Semper in Zurich - An Intersection of Theory and Practice, 10/10/2005
• Graphic Design and Layout of a Book About Perspective Drawing, 02/28/2010
• ISU LAS Green Careers Panel Discussion, 01/26/2009
• SESAH Conference, 10/17/2005
• architecture | music | acoustics Conference, 06/03/2006
• Accessible Kitchen, 06/03/2006
• Woof and Warp: A Tapestry of Music and Architecture, 02/06/2010
• Theater Design, Music, and Performance in the works of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Gottfried Semper, 03/11/2010
• Green Sex Appeal: Showing off Iowa State University’s Latest Fashion in Solar-Powered Homes at the 2009 Solar Decathlon on the Nation’s Runway in Washington, DC., 03/31/2010
• Architecture and Music: A Brief Interdisciplinary History, 02/06/2009
• Biobased Materials, Passive House Designs, and the Solar Decathlon: Sustainability at Iowa State University, 02/07/2009
• Personal Views Persoenliche Ansichten, 03/04/2010
• Resonance: Music and Architecture, 02/27/2009
• Iowa State University’s Entry into the Solar Decathlon Competition, 05/11/2010