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Peter Yeadon (born 1965) is an American architect[1] and designer. He is a professor and head of the Department of Industrial Design at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he has taught since 2002.[2]

Early years and education

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Yeadon was born in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.[3] After studying engineering at Dalhousie University, he graduated with a Master of Architecture degree from Dalhousie University in 1989.[2] Prior to teaching at Rhode Island School of Design, he was a faculty member at Cornell University[4][5] and the University of Toronto.[4][5]

Career

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Based in New York City, Yeadon is known for his research in advanced materials for architecture and industrial design.[6] At the start of the 21st Century, he was an early proponent of adapting emerging material technologies to architecture, producing projects, essays, and lectures on the potential of biotechnology and nanotechnology.[7][8][9] By 2005, Yeadon was recognized as a thought leader on nanotech in architecture, presenting “Year 2050: Cities in the Age of Nanotechnology” at the UIA XXII World Congress on Architecture in Istanbul, Turkey.[10]

Throughout the mid-2000s, Yeadon expanded his focus on nanotechnology and biotechnology in architecture and design, shifting his interest toward programmable matter and nanorobotics (molecular machines, including DNA-based devices).[11] His “nBots: Nanorobotic Environments” project was an early illustration of an architecture made of self-assembling nanomachines.[12][13][14] During the same period, Yeadon also involved his RISD students in exploring design applications for nanomaterials and nanomachines.[15]

By 2010, Yeadon was more fully focused on putting theory into practice.[16] He had been experimenting with nanomaterials and smart materials, and he began using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to create new substances for architecture and design, at a lab at MEx in Brooklyn.[17][18] At the same time, he was also developing applications that make use of synthetic biology.[19][20][21] Yeadon created buckypapers[22] and electrically-conductive CNT coatings for artificial muscles in that lab,[23] and was perhaps the first architect to experiment directly with carbon nanotubes, nanosheets, and nanoparticles.[24] By the end of that pivotal year, he returned to writing, targeting “Four Approaches to Nanotechnology in Design Innovation.”[25] That work evolved throughout the 2010s[26] and into his practice today, Yeadon Space Agency, which pursues materials-driven innovation,[27][28] and his teaching.[29][30]

He serves on the Advisory Council of the Climate Museum.[31]

Honors and awards

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  • 1989 The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Medal of Excellence.[32]
  • 1995 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence[33]
  • 1999 Ontario Association of Architects Unbuilt Projects[34]
  • 1999 The Prix de Rome (Canada) (Rome Prize) in Architecture for Professionals.[35]
  • 2003 AIA Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award[36]
  • 2008 PICNIC Green Challenge Finalist[37][38]
  • 2012 Tri-State Open Science Challenge Award[39]
  • 2016 LAGI Glasgow Award[40]
  • 2017 MacDowell Fellowship.[41]
  • 2018 The RISD John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching,[42] "The award is presented each year at Commencement to one full-time and one part-time faculty member who embodies the highest ideals to which our faculty aspire, and who has had an enduring influence on student learning. All students, faculty, staff, alumni, and trustees are invited to take time to carefully consider a nomination for the Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching."[43]

Collections

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Peter Yeadon - Prix de Rome project records, Canadian Centre for Architecture.[44]

Peter Yeadon - Kinetic Reconstructive System, Moholy-Nagy Foundation.[45]

References

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  1. ^ "Office of Professions". NYSED.gov. 9 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "RISD Industrial Design Faculty". RISD. 9 February 2020.
  3. ^ Yeadon, Peter. "Peter Yeadon Prix de Rome project records". Canadian Centre for Architecture.
  4. ^ a b Yeadon, Peter (9 February 2020). "Industrial Design Faculty". RISD.
  5. ^ a b Yeadon, Peter (9 February 2020). "Artists". MacDowell Art Colony.
  6. ^ "Peter Yeadon", Wikipedia, 19 March 2021, retrieved 6 November 2021
  7. ^ "on site10 : architecture + weight by on site review - Issuu". issuu.com. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  8. ^ "SHRINK". Archined (in Dutch). 10 June 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  9. ^ "hydrophobic nanotiles | designboom.com". designboom | architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  10. ^ Yeadon, Peter (May 2005). "Year 2050: Cities in the Age of Nanotechnology Conference: UIA XXII World Congress of ArchitectureAt: Istanbul, Turkey". ResearchGate. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  11. ^ "smart materials in architecture, interior architecture and design by ARCH-Essam - Issuu". issuu.com. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  12. ^ Manaugh, Geoff (21 November 2006). "architectural-theory.pdf". BLDGBLOG. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Responsive Architectures (2006) | Subtle Technologies". Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Smarticles: Nanotechnology Materializes" (PDF). 5 December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  15. ^ Yeadon, Peter (Fall 2009). "Making Innovation, Is Art Being Overlooked?, RISD Views" (PDF). Yeadon Space Agency Archive. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  16. ^ "NANO Magazine Lite August 2010 by NANO Magazine - Issuu". issuu.com. August 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  17. ^ ASU, SFIS @ (4 November 2011), Peter Yeadon, Nanovation: Innovation via Nanotechnology: Science Cafe September 2010, retrieved 6 November 2021
  18. ^ "Collaborations Welcome". Metropolis. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  19. ^ "Collaborations Welcome | Bacteria at Work". Metropolis. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  20. ^ "Synthetic Aesthetics Seminar - Form Follows Evolution, Function or Fashion?". Core77. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  21. ^ Ginsberg, Alexandra Daisy; Calvert, Jane; Schyfter, Pablo; Endy, Drew; Elfick, Alistair (6 January 2017). Synthetic Aesthetics: Investigating Synthetic Biology's Designs on Nature. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-53401-7.
  22. ^ "Architectural Buckypaper Paves Way for Buildings of the Future". 22 February 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  23. ^ LaBarre, Suzanne (19 July 2010). "Architects Create Artificial Muscle to Give Buildings More Flex". Fast Company. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  24. ^ "At Play in the Product Sandbox". www.architectmagazine.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  25. ^ Schröpfer, Thomas (13 December 2012). Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-0346-1166-4.
  26. ^ "135 Years of Nanomaterials | Paprika!". yalepaprika.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  27. ^ "About". Yeadon Space Agency. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  28. ^ Brownell, Blaine (30 May 2017). Transmaterial Next: A Catalog of Materials that Redefine Our Future. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-1-61689-621-8.
  29. ^ Interview with Peter Yeadon, retrieved 6 November 2021
  30. ^ "RISD Catalyst". catalyst.risd.edu. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  31. ^ "Advisory Council". Climate Museum. 9 February 2020.
  32. ^ "Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Medal of Excellence 1989". Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019.
  33. ^ "They're 50". Canadian Architect. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  34. ^ "StackPath". oaa.on.ca. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  35. ^ Polo, Marco (2006). The Prix de Rome in Architecture: A Retrospective. Coach House Books. ISBN 1-55245-179-8.
  36. ^ "Unbuilt Architecture Design Awards" (PDF). 26 October 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  37. ^ CG (9 September 2008). "4 finalisten PICNIC Green Challenge". ECOCOOL (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  38. ^ PICNIC Green Challenge finalists | Postcode Lottery Green Challenge | Postcode Loterij | 2008, retrieved 6 November 2021
  39. ^ "Tri-State Open Science Challenge Awards $16K to Four Citizen Scientists". Scientist.com. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  40. ^ Bustler. "The "techno-boreal" Wind Forest wins the LAGI Glasgow competition". Bustler. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  41. ^ "MacDowell Fellowships Awarded to 74 Artists In Multiple Disciplines - News". MacDowell. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  42. ^ "Past Frazier Award Recipients" (PDF). RISD Academic Affairs. 9 February 2020.
  43. ^ "Frazier Award". RISD Academic Affairs. 9 February 2020.
  44. ^ "Documents d'archives de Peter Yeadon pour le Prix de Rome". Canadian Centre for Architecture.
  45. ^ "MOHOLY-NAGY FOUNDATION | FILMOGRAPHY". www.moholy-nagy.org. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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