Andrew Lucia

Andrew Lucia is a designer, multimedia artist, and academic working across architecture, land art, installation, and image, and is a cofounded 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 (spring 2023), Visiting Critic at The University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design (2019–2024), Visiting Scholar at the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Carleton University (spring 2018); Visiting Lecturer and Critic at Cornell's AAP (2011–2015); and was faculty in Visual Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Design (2008–2011).

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).

Academic Research/Specialty 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
  • Design
  • Aesthetics
  • Perception
  • Visual representation
  • Formalism

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Classes (Selected)

  • ARCH 2101 Core Design Studio III
  • ARCH 2502 Representation II: Media of Representation
  • ARCH 4101/4102/5101/5115 Option Studio, City S[t]imulator with John Zissovici
  • ARCH 4509/6509 Special Topics in Visual Representation, Sound and Image
  • ARCH 4509/6509 Special Topics in Visual Representation, Sympathy and Surface

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships (Selected)

  • Cass Gilbert Fellow (2015-17), School of Architecture, College of Design, University of Minnesota

Exhibitions and Presentations (Selected)

  • Where We Be? (Group Exhibition/Installation with John Zissovici), Mixed Media, Hartell Gallery, Sibley Done, Cornell AAP, Ithaca, NY, 2023.
  • A Catalog of Difference (mixed media) exhibited in DRAWBOT #2-Post Digital Drawing in Architecture and Art, AA[n+1] Gallery, Paris (with Young+Ayata). Curated by Emmanuelle Chiappone-Piriou and Leslie Ware, 2018; Usagi, New York, 2017; Goldstein Museum of Design, HGA Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2017.
  • Artemisia (2019 real-time projection for live opera). Commissioned by Left Coast Chamber Ensemble.  Laura Schwendinger, composer; Ginger Strand, libretto. World Premier for chamber ensemble at Zspace, San Francisco, California.

Publications (Selected)

  • Saffron, Inga. "PoMo Revival. Lucito channels Frank Furness–and his influence on Venturi Scott Brown–for a funky home reno in Philadelphia" in The Architect's Newspaper. May 21, 2024.
  • Lucia. "Notes on a Catalog of Difference," book chapter in Meta Xenakis:  New New Perspectives on Iannis Xenakis's Life, Work, and Legacies, Kanach, S. & Nelson, P., eds., pp. 601-630. Open Book Publishers, UK, 2024 (forthcoming).
  • Ito, I. and Lucia, A. "A Rake's Progress and The Monument Against Time" in The Cornell Journal of Architecture; After, Val Warke, Todd Petrie, Hallie Black eds., Vol. 12, 108-119. Cornell AAP Publications, 2021.

Selected Work

  • 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.

    Curvature Analysis Studies from A Catalog of Difference (2017) image / provided

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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