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Andrew Lucia

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Academic Research Areas

  • Architectural design
  • Architectural installations
  • Architectural practice
  • Architectural representation
  • Architectural technology
  • Digital media
  • Drawing
  • Film/video/sound
  • Installation art
  • Material practice
  • Public art
  • Sculpture
  • Technology and art
  • Visual representation
  • Aesthetics
  • Formalism
  • Perception

Andrew Lucia is a designer, multimedia artist, and academic working across architecture, land art, installation, and image, and is a cofounder and principal in the architecture and design practice LUCITO with Iroha Ito.

Lucia has been a Visiting Critic at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning; Visiting Critic at The University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design (2019–24); Visiting Scholar at the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Carleton University (spring 2018); and was faculty in Visual Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Design (2008–11).

From 2015–17, Lucia held the position of Cass Gilbert Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, College of Design, University of Minnesota, during which he realized the extensive research and design project A Catalog of Difference. Lucia’s works have been exhibited and performed internationally, including in San Francisco, New York, Venice, and Paris.

Lucia received his Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania (2008) and his B.A. in Architecture from the University of Minnesota (2001).

man with curly hair and glasses against a whit background

Academic Research Areas

  • Architectural design
  • Architectural installations
  • Architectural practice
  • Architectural representation
  • Architectural technology
  • Digital media
  • Drawing
  • Film/video/sound
  • Installation art
  • Material practice
  • Public art
  • Sculpture
  • Technology and art
  • Visual representation
  • Aesthetics
  • Formalism
  • Perception
  • A grid of 16 images showing various stages of a ceramic sculpture being created. The sculpture starts as a simple form and gradually becomes more complex with intricate folds and patterns.
  • A black and white abstract painting on a large wall in a gallery setting. The painting features bold, angular shapes and lines, creating a dynamic and energetic composition.
  • A photo of a spacious, historic room with blue walls, white trim, and a hardwood floor with an intricate inlaid pattern. Large windows with white shutters let in natural light. A white pendant lamp hangs from the ceiling, and there is a radiator against the wall.
  • A dimly lit gallery space with a large, white wall dominating the center. The wall has a small, rectangular light fixture near the top. On the left side of the wall, a large, angular sculpture casts a shadow. In the background, there is a video screen displaying a nature scene.

Andrew Lucia, A Catalog of Difference (2017), curvature analysis studies.

LUCITO, Likeness of an Allegory (2021), Minneapolis, MN. image / Peter J. Sieger

LUCITO and Blakelock Architects, Residence H Owner’s Suite (2023), Philadelphia, PA. image / Peter J. Sieger

LUCITO and John Zissovici, Where We Be? (2023), John Hartell Gallery, Ithaca, NY. image / LUCITO

Publications

  • PoMo Revival. Lucito channels Frank Furness–and his influence on Venturi Scott Brown–for a funky home reno in Philadelphia

    Saffron, I. May 21, 2024. In The Architect’s Newspaper.

  • Notes on a Catalog of Difference

    In Meta Xenakis: New New Perspectives on Iannis Xenakis’s Life, Work, and Legacies. 2024. Kanach, S. and Nelson, P. (eds). Open Book Publishers, UK.

  • A Rake's Progress and The Monument Against Time

    Ito, I. and Lucia, A. 2021. The Cornell Journal of Architecture 12: After. Warke, V., Petrie, T., and Black, H. (eds). Cornell AAP Publications.

Classes

  • Core Design Studio III

    ARCH 2101

  • Representation II: Media of Representation

    ARCH 2502

  • Option Studio: City S[t]imulator with John Zissovici

    ARCH 4101/4102/5101/5115

  • Special Topics in Visual Representation: Sound and Image

    ARCH 4509/6509

  • Special Topics in Visual Representation: Sympathy and Surface

    ARCH 4509/6509

Selected Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

  • Cass Gilbert Fellow

    School of Architecture, College of Design, University of Minnesota
    2015–17

Selected Exhibitions and Presentations

  • Where We Be?

    Group exhibition with John Zissovici, mixed media, John Hartell Gallery, Ithaca, NY, 2023.

  • A Catalog of Difference

    Exhibited in DRAWBOT #2–Post Digital Drawing in Architecture and Art, Emmanuelle Chiappone-Piriou and Leslie Ware (curators), AA[n+1] Gallery, Paris, France, 2018; Usagi, New York, 2017; Goldstein Museum of Design, HGA Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2017.

  • Artemisia

    Commissioned by Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Laura Schwendinger (composer), Ginger Strand (libretto), world premier for chamber ensemble at Zspace, San Francisco, CA, 2019.

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