bio

Meredith Sattler is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a PhD candidate in Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Tech, and a LEED BD+C.  She received her Masters of Architecture and Masters of Environmental Management degrees from Yale University, and her Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College.  Trained as an architect, an environmentalist, and an artist, her current research and teaching interests include conceptualizations of dynamic sustainable architectural systems in historic and current contexts; interdisciplinary structure and practice within functional territories between design and the ecological sciences; and the designer’s influence on the health of natural environment-technology-human interactions.  Previously, Ms. Sattler taught at the Louisiana State University School of Architecture where she focused on coastal sustainability, worked for Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, and in the Film Industry.  She is founder and lead designer of cambioform, a furniture and environmental design studio, and has exhibited and published internationally.  Her awards include the 2012-13 ACSA Collaborative Practice Award, the Henry Luce Foundation Award in Restorative Environmental Design, and the Ellen Battel Stoeckel Fellowship at the Norfolk Yale Summer School of Art.