Building Meaning: Design, Theory, History

Tamara Metz, adjunct professor in the Architectural Design department at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, is an architectural educator with more than 20 years’ teaching experience. She previously taught at Suffolk University, Roger Williams University and the Boston Architectural Center. She studied architecture and philosophy as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, and went on to earn the Master in Architecture degree, with honors, at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Prior to shifting her focus to teaching and her solo architecture practice, she worked in top design offices, including (among others) those of Peter Rose + Partners and Brian Healy Architects.

Tamara has taught both undergraduate and graduate studio courses, as well as advanced drawing and research seminars. She has been invited as Guest Critic for studio courses at Northeastern University, Rhode Island School of Design, Roger Williams University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Boston Architectural Center. She brings her interest in design and philosophy to her teaching, with an emphasis on conceptual development and methodologies of representation. Her own research centers on design pedagogy and impacting underserved communities through design.