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Are You an Educator in Architecture?

If so, this email is for you.

If not, thanks for being a member of our broader community!

Dear Colleague,

As fellow design professionals & educators, we understand the challenges you face teaching design software: varying student skill levels, changing digital tools, and limited time & resources.

At McNeel, we develop some of the software you and your students use, Rhino and Grasshopper, and we want to better support you.

That’s why we’re launching a new focus group specifically for architecture educators. We hope this becomes a forum for:

Hearing directly from you about what you need
Sharing and circulating insights - ours and yours - on architecture education
Useful tools and services to address curriculum and other teaching requirements

Please let us know if you'd like to be part of this community by taking a short survey.

We look forward to learning from you and building this together.

Warmly,

Steve, Rajaa, and Jen
Design Education Group
Robert McNeel & Associates

Please take our survey

Steve Fuchs is a tenured professor of architecture with 35 years of design experience. At McNeel, he contributes to the Design Education Group, researches AI, and supports customers & colleagues. He also teaches at a community college, directing a makerspace. With an M.Arch from SCI-Arc (2006) and prior work at Gehry Technologies, he bridges academia & practice, emphasizing studio, fabrication, and emerging technologies.

Rajaa Issa is a developer, researcher, and educator in computational design for architecture. At Robert McNeel & Associates, she develops modeling tools for design and fabrication. She has taught widely, emphasizing mathematics, algorithms, and fabrication. Author of publications in design education, she holds graduate degrees in architecture and computer science.

Jennifer Byrne is a technology leader with 30 years of experience in the industry. At Robert McNeel & Associates, she helps advance design education through her expertise in business and innovation. She has served as a startup CEO, led engineering, sales, and marketing teams, and was formerly the CTO of Microsoft US. Her career centers on connecting technology with customer needs and driving organizational growth.