Andrea Swartz
Associate Dean of the College of Architecture and Planning and Professor of Architecture
Curriculum Vitae
Andrea Swartz is a Professor of Architecture at Ball State University, where she has taught
both undergraduate and graduate architectural design studios;
electives/independent studies in photography, furniture making and materials;
and the required introductory structures course for all architecture
students. Swartz’ teaching style and
process is inspired by any opportunity to see more clearly, learn more deeply,
and engage issues of human use, materiality, and craft. Swartz received
both a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Architecture professional from
Yale, receiving the Henry Adams Medal for her achievements. She is a
registered architect in both Indiana and Rhode Island and has worked in firms
in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, California, Washington, Maine and Rhode Island.
Swartz has
participated in regional, national and international architectural design and
art competitions where her submissions have received numerous awards, including
REUSEKAH and OSMOSIS. Her current projects are a design entry for Waterfront
Convertibles on the Riverfront in Kentucky, designing a small-scale, temporary
and multipurpose pavilion to be used in series throughout the Waterfront. She is also leading Muncie Makes, located downtown at 628 S Walnut Street in downtown
Muncie. The lab itself is part of a renovation process of the former Muncie
Urban Design Studio, which was a connection between the College of Architecture
and Planning and the Muncie community before it fell into disuse. Students actively apply the skills learned
from course work and renovate and research the history of the building
according to its historic character.
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