Laura Maria Gonzalez

Laura Maria Gonzalez is a researcher specializing in computational design, 3D printing, and synthetic biology. Holding a Master of Science from MIT and a Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University, Gonzalez's work blends science, technology, and design. Her research has been published in Nature Biotechnology, Designboom, STIRpad, and Casa Vogue. With experience as a teaching fellow at MIT, a researcher at the MIT Media Lab, and an architectural designer at SOM, Laura is committed to pioneering interdisciplinary design and technology. She continues to explore new frontiers in Architecture and material science, finding new ways to make in the future.

Academic Research/Specialty Areas

  • Architectural design
  • Architectural technology
  • Collaborative practice
  • Sculpture
  • Sustainability
  • Technology and art

Classes (Selected)

  • DESIGN 6151: Design and Making Across Disciplines

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships (Selected)

  • MIT CAMIT Grant (2022)
  • MIT Architecture Fellowship (2020)
  • AIA Henry Adams Certificate (2016)
  • Stewart L. Brown Award for Design (2016)

Exhibitions and Presentations (Selected)

  • Microbes Make Mountains, solo exhibition at the MIT Keller Gallery, Cambridge (2023)

Publications (Selected)

  • Perry, Eyal, Jessica Weber, Pat Pataranutaporn, Verena Volf, Laura Maria Gonzalez, Sara Nejad, Carolyn Angleton, Jia-En Chen, Ananda Gabo, Mani Sai Suryateja Jammalamadaka, Erkin Kuru, Patrick Fortuna, Andres Rico, Karolina Sulich, Dominika Wawrzyniak, Joseph Jacobson, George Church, and David Kong. How to Grow (Almost) Anything: A Hybrid Distance Learning Model for Global Laboratory-Based Synthetic Biology Education. Nature Biotechnology 40 (2022): 1874–1879.

Selected Work

  • A yellow-colored sculpture with repeating organics patterns and a granulated texture.

    Microbes Make Mountains, biocemented sculpture prototype with copper carbonate and iron oxide. 2023. Laura Maria Gonzalez / Design Tech

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