Faculty Profile

Jenny Sabin’s work is at the forefront of a new direction for 21st century architectural practice — one that investigates the intersections of architecture and science, and applies insights and theories from biology and mathematics to the design of material structures. Sabin taught design studios and seminars in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania from 2005–11. She is principal of Jenny Sabin Studio, an experimental architectural design studio based in Philadelphia. She is cofounder and codirector of the Sabin+Jones LabStudio, a hybrid research and design unit, together with Peter Lloyd Jones. She was a founding member of the Nonlinear Systems Organization, a research group started by Cecil Balmond, where she was senior researcher and director of research.

 

Sabin holds degrees in ceramics and interdisciplinary visual art from the University of Washington and a master’s of architecture from the University of Pennsylvania where was awarded the AIA Henry Adams first prize medal and the Arthur Spayd Brooke gold medal for distinguished work in architectural design, 2005.