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email: jdessiolive@ksu.edu
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Jonathan Dessi-Olive
is a researcher, designer, and educator. Presently he is an Assistant Professor
in Department of Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he teaches
architecture design studios, structures, and construction seminars. He is also
the director of the MYCO MATTERS LAB, a design and research practice that focuses on applications of fungi-based materials in architectural design and construction.
Prior to joining UNCC, Jonathan was an assistant professor at Kansas State University, and he was the inaugural Ventulett NEXT Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture from 2017 -2019.
Jonathan‘s research takes a critical approach to technology while integrating history and theory of architecture, contemporary construction, and computational design. Recent contributions include large-scale biofabrication with mycelium composite materials, large-scale monolithic mycelium structures, computational design methodologies for architectural acoustics, large-scale inflatable tensegrity structures, constructing monolithic structures with emerging bio-materials such as mycelium, and methodologies for thin-shell vault structures in the United States, Europe, and East Africa.
Jonathan’s research has been published through the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), the Symposium for Simulation in Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD), and the Conference for Nonconventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT). His design and construction work has been exhibited in public venues such as the Venice Architecture Biennale, TEDxPenn, the Center for Architecture in New York City, and The University of Virginia.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jonathan also enjoys biking and flying two-line kites. He plays electric bass guitar and sings in a Minneapolis-based cover band called Sabby White.
Education:
2017 SMArchS in Computation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2014 Master of Architecture
University of Pennsylvania School of Design
2010 Bachelor of Science in Architecture
University of Minnesota College of Design
Prior to joining UNCC, Jonathan was an assistant professor at Kansas State University, and he was the inaugural Ventulett NEXT Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture from 2017 -2019.
Jonathan‘s research takes a critical approach to technology while integrating history and theory of architecture, contemporary construction, and computational design. Recent contributions include large-scale biofabrication with mycelium composite materials, large-scale monolithic mycelium structures, computational design methodologies for architectural acoustics, large-scale inflatable tensegrity structures, constructing monolithic structures with emerging bio-materials such as mycelium, and methodologies for thin-shell vault structures in the United States, Europe, and East Africa.
Jonathan’s research has been published through the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), the Symposium for Simulation in Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD), and the Conference for Nonconventional Materials and Technologies (NOCMAT). His design and construction work has been exhibited in public venues such as the Venice Architecture Biennale, TEDxPenn, the Center for Architecture in New York City, and The University of Virginia.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jonathan also enjoys biking and flying two-line kites. He plays electric bass guitar and sings in a Minneapolis-based cover band called Sabby White.
Education:
2017 SMArchS in Computation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2014 Master of Architecture
University of Pennsylvania School of Design
2010 Bachelor of Science in Architecture
University of Minnesota College of Design