Marilys Nepomechie CVMarilys R. Nepomechie, FAIA
Florida International University College of Architecture + The A
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Architecture; A
Education
University of Florida, Bachelor of Arts, English Literature; Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard University| Radcliffe College, English Literature and La
Florida International University Department of Architecture 1997- Present
Academic Practice
Visiting, Assistant, then Associate Professor, Tenured
University Graduate Faculty; Latin American and Caribbean Center
Honors College Research Associate
Inaugural Director, Graduate | Professional Program in Architect
John R Groves/KHC Fellow, Housing, University of Kentucky College of Design Spring 200
Sue Fan Gooding Visiting Professor, University of Kentucky Colle
University of Pennsylvania GSFA, Graduate Options Studio; w/Enri 2002
Distinguished Visiting Critic, University of New Mexico School o 2000
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Arquitectura, Visiting Studio Critic 1999
Universidad Politcnica, Puerto Rico Visiting Studio Critic 1998
University of Miami School of Architecture, Instructor 1988-1996
Marilys R. Nepomechie Architect, Coconut Grove, Florida: Owner/P 1992- Present
Professional | Design Practice
Public Architecture: The 1% Program 2008- Present
Office of Urban Architecture/ MK Roark, Inc., Director of Archit 1990-1993
Sasaki Associates, Inc: Firm Associate and Designer 1987-1990
2011 AIA National Institute Honor Award in Regional and Urban Design 2011
Selected Honors | Awards
2011 US DOE /NREL Solar Decathlon Grant, PI 2011
PerFORM[D]ance House,
2011 US DOE Award for Solar Decathlon student housing, PI 2011
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ Wolfsonian-FIU Curatorial Grant, PI 2010
La Habana Moderna,
Residential Architect Design Awards, , Award of Merit 2010
Residential Architect Magazine
Florida International University PresidentÈs Sustainability Awar 2010
American Institute of Architects Excellence in Service Award 2010
The American Architecture Award, 2009
Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture + Design
Finalist: International Book Award, XIII Bienal Internacional Arquitectura, 2009
Dominican Republic
Sustainable Design Education Leadership Honor Award, 2009
AIA Miami
The William G. McMinn Outstanding Educator Honor Award, 2008
AIA Florida/ Caribbean
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture National Servi 2008
Excellence in Architecture: Honor Award, Unbuilt Design, 2008
AIA Miami
Excellence in Architecture: Merit Award, Unbuilt Design, 2008
AIA Florida/ Caribbean
Excellence in Writing about Architecture Honor Award, 2007
AIA Miami
AIA Silver Medal in Design, 2006
The American Institute of Architects Miami
Research Award, 2005
The Graham Foundation: Miami Modern/La Habana Moderna
Elected to AIA College of Fellows 2005
, The American Institute of Architects
Faculty Design/Faculty Research Award, 2005
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Collaborative Practice Award, 2005
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
The American Architecture Award, 2004
Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture + Design
The NCARB Prize/Award: w/U Kentucky, 2004
The Comprehensive StudioNCARB
The NCARB Prize/Hon. Mention w/U Kentucky 2004
: Breaking Ground,, NCARB
Excellence in Architecture Honor Award, Unbuilt Design 2004
, AIA Florida/Caribbean
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Meeting-Chair Service Award 2004
Education Leadership Honor Award, 2004
American Institute of Architects Miami
University Faculty Research/Creative Work Award, 2003
FIU Office of the Provost
Exhibition/Citation, Unbuilt Design, 2003
Boston Society of Architects
Silver Medal, Landscape Architecture/ Public Projects, 2003
International Bienal Miami + Beach
Excellence in Architecture, Honor Award, Unbuilt Design, 2003
AIA/Miami
Honor Award, Unbuilt Design, 2002
Boston Society of Architects
Education Honor Awards Citation: 2002
American Institute of Architects/ National
Excellence in Architecture Honor Award, Unbuilt Design2002
, AIA Florida/Caribbean
Young Architectural Firm of the Year, 2001
American Institute of Architects/ Miami
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Excellence in Architecture Unbuilt Design Award, 2001
Selected Honors | Awards (cont.) American Institute of Architects/Miami
Prize Miami/Architecture, 2001
2001 International Bienal Miami + Beach
Honorable Mention, ÇScattered HousesÈ Little Haiti Affordable Ho 2001
Excellence in Architecture: Honor Award Unbuilt Design, 2000
AIA Miami
Excellence in Architecture: Honor Award, Unbuilt Design 1999
, AIA Florida/Caribbean
Excellence in Architecture: Environmentally Conscious Design Awa 1999
AIA Miami
Excellence in Architecture: Honor Award, Unbuilt Design 1998
, AIA Florida/Caribbean
Excellence in Architecture: Honor Award, Unbuilt Design, 1998
AIA Miami
Excellence in Architecture: Honor Award, Unbuilt Design, 1998
AIA/ Miami
International Traveling Exhibition, NJIT/USA Institute Piazza Isolo Competition 1998
Excellence in Architecture: Honor Award, Unbuilt Design, 1995
AIA Miami
Young Architects Award, 1993
Progressive Architecture Magazine: Young Architects Issue
First Award, Delray Beach National Affordable Infill House Compen 1992
Women in Architecture, , selected portfolio 1992
National Building Museum Archives
Women in Architecture, Selected Portfolio: 1992
Architecture Magazine
Excellence in Architecture: Honor Award Unbuilt Design1990
, AIA Florida/Caribbean/Sasaki
Design Merit/Exhibition Award, Peace Garden Competition, 1989
US Department of the Interior
Research
Creative Work | Grants Research + Teaching Grants
2011 US DOE /NREL Solar Decathlon Grant, PI 2011
PerFORM[D]ance House,
2011 US DOE Award for Solar Decathlon student housing, PI 2011
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ Wolfsonian-FIU Curatorial Grant, PI 2010
La Habana Moderna,
American Institute of Architects Research + Publication Grant: PI 2009
Small Projects,
American Institute of Architects Research + Publication Grant: , PI 2009
Building Paradise
Graham Foundation: Rifkind, PI; Co-PI w/Stuart, Andia 2008
History Theory Lecture Series, FIU SOA;
Cejas Research Fellowship, PI. w/ Canavs 2008
Miami Modern/La Habana Moderna 1930-59,
University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning Urb 2007
American Institute of Architects Regional and Urban Design Commi 2006
Graham Foundation: , w/Canavs, Brooke, PI 2005
Miami Modern/La Habana Moderna 1930-59
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam: Mare Nostrum, PI 2005
The Flood/
American Institute of Architects/Miami (Admin): PI 2005
Miami Modern/La Habana Moderna,
Community Trails Grant, Design 2005
Big Woods: Demonstration Affordable Rural Housing/
Nickelodeon Grant, Playground: Design 2005
Big Woods, Demonstration Affordable Rural Housing/
University of Miami Travel Fellowship: Bezalel Institute; Techni 2005
American Institute of Architects/COD: , NL; Studio Travel Grant 2004
Dutch Housing Conference
Cuban Research Institute Travel Research Fellowship: 2004
Miami Modern/ La Habana Moderna
Florida International University: , NL. Studio Travel Grant 2004
Modern Dutch Housing Conference
Home Depot Foundation Grant, Design 2004
Big Woods: Demonstration Affordable Rural Housing/
HUD/RHED Grant, Design 2003
Big Woods: Demonstration Affordable Rural Housing/
Academy for the Art of Teaching/Wolfsonian, PI, w/Canavs 2001
: Instruments of Material Culture
AMR/ American Airlines Foundation Grant, , Co-PI, w/J. Stuart 2000
Graduate Studio Travel
Sponsored Research Grant, FIU, Co-PI, w/Nicolas Quintana, Co-PI 1999
Metro Dade County Art in Public Places Grant, /Team Member 1990
Opa Locka Airport Entries
Aga Khan Research Grant, MIT: , Student Team Member
Cordoba, Spain: Historic Documentation
Research
Creative Work| Design Practice Exhibitions: Curatorial | Design
The Wolfsonian-FIU Teaching Gallery at the Philip and Patricia Frost Art
La Habana Moderna:
Museum. Funding: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; with Jon Mogul, -FIU 2010
2 International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam/ IABR:
Magic City | Novia del Mar:
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, Funding: IABR with Marta Canavs 2005
The Flood |Mare Nostrum
Housing + Urban | Regional Design
: , Louisville, KY: Bates Memorial Church/LMHA. 2008
SmoketownAffordable infill/infrastructure
, Albq, NM2007
University of New Mexico Masterplan Design Charrette/Visioning S
Bulgaria. Invited Design + Planning Charrette 2006
Galata Housing,
: , Morehead, KY: FHC, Kentucky Housing Corporation 2004
Big WoodsAffordable rural housing
: Affordable urban infill, Little Haiti/Miami, FL: 2002
Little Haiti Scattered Site Housing
FIU School of Architecture Practice and American Institute of Architects/ Miami
: Competition Entry 1998
Piazza Isolo, Verona, Italy
and : Miami Beach, FL: Townhomes, Miami Beach Historic District 1998
Belvedere/BridgeTower
: Affordable urban infill, Delray Beach, FL: Delray Beach CRA 1995
Mount Olive Housing
, Miami, FL: Single-family residence for law professor and his family 1994
Williamson Residence
, Renovations/Additions, Miami, FL 1994
Matas-Lupi; Bake; Gudridge; Lisman Residences
Miami Beach, FL: Additions/ renovations to historic 1930Ès home 1993
Roark Residence
Institutional Projects
/ South terminal Additions/ Renovations, Miami, FL 2006
Miami International Airport GSE Facility
: Installation Design/Execution, Las Palmas 2005
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
, Miami, FL: MDPS, Additions, Renovations 2003
Sunset Park Elementary School
: Renovations/ADA 2001
Miami-Dade County Fire Station #32
: MDAD: Renovations/ expansion 2000
USDA Fumigation Facility/Miami International Airport
ity/Miami-Dade County Fire Department 2000
Urban Search and Rescue Team Training Facil
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Creative Work| Design Practice Institutional Projects
x, Coral Springs, FL, w/Sasaki Associates, Inc., Designer 1993
Sawgrass Education Comple
, Naples, FL: With Sasaki Associates, Inc., Project Designer 1992
Collier Medical Office Building
, Tavares, FL: w/Sasaki Associates, Inc., Designer 1991
Hickory Point Recreation Facility
, Boca Raton, FL: w/Sasaki Associates, Inc., Designer 1990
Sugar Sand Park Community Center
Research
Creative Work| Publications Authored/ Edited Books and Manuscripts
M. Nepomechie; S. Brooke/Photo, M. Canavs/Design 2013
Miami Modern/La Habana Moderna,
M. Nepomechie, SPP AG eds., AIA 2012
Small Projects | Extraordinary Ideas,
AIA Guide to MIAMI | Building Paradise: An Architectural Guide to the Magic City,
M. Nepomechie; S. Brooke, photography, M. Canavs/Design; AIA Mi 2010
, J. Canavs; M. Nepomechie, ed.; TRAMA 2007
Bienal Miami + Beach 2001Ã2005: A retrospective
, M. Nepomechie, R. Gonzalez, eds; ACSA Press 2004
Archipelagos: Outposts of the Americas
Authored Articles and Book Chapters
ÅCase Study: Biscayne PlazaÆ in Shulman, Allan T., ed., , Rizzoli 2008
Miami Modern Metropolis
ÅIntroductionÆ, Sustainable |Accessible THOR, Florida Atlantic University Community Design 2008
ÅBig Woods/AccessÆ in Pressman, A. ed, Mau Design, , Wiley 2007
Architectural Graphic Standards
ÅProjects/ LettersÆ, in Cole, Doris, Midmarch Arts Press 2006
, Letters: Women in Architecture
ÅLittle HaitiÆ in Narkiewicz-Laine, C., ed., , Metropolitan Arts 2006
New American Architecture
ÅMiami/ La HabanaÆ in Geuze, Adriaan, ed., , NAi Pub 2005
IABR: The Flood
ÅMagic City/Novia del MarÆ in de Baan, Christine, ed., , IABR, NAi, 2005
The Mare Nostrum Papers
ÅQuilting HomeÆ and ÅBig WoodsÆ, in ACSA 2005
The Art/ Science of Architecture:
ÅConstruction DocumentsÆ, , w/M Paynton, AIA/NCARB 2004
Emerging ProfessionalsÈ Companion
ÅReviewÆ of Oliver, P.,in , MIT Press 2004
Dwellings: The vernacular house worldwide, JA E
ÅPublic Space/Urban BeachÆ,inChilds, M., University of New Mexico Press 2004
Square Design,
ÅHousing Diasporain, MIT Press 2003
Æ, Journal of Architectural Education
ÅScattered Site Infill, Little Haitiin , ACSA, 2003
Æ, Recalibrating Centers and Margins
ÅEl Callejn Como Espacio HabitableÆ, UCV, Caracas2003
Punto 70: Revista Universitaria,
ÅKrier/ Tschumi: Two Schools¼Æ, in , Tulane University Press, 2002
AULA 3: Tropical Miami
ÅNostalgia and ChangeÆ ACSA International Conference : 2001
Proceedings: Rio de Janeiro
ÅExploding the Urban BlockÆ, ACSA Annual Conference : 2001
Proceedings
ÅRethinking MiMoÆ, Editor, Symposium , and 2001
ProceedingsFIU Design + Architecture Day
ÅPreservation/ActivismÆ in A. Pressman, , McGraw-Hill 2001
Architectural Design¼ Handbook
ÅHabitable IntersticesÆ, in , ACSA Annual Conference, LA, 2000
Proceedings
"Re-Membering the ", University of Virginia Press,2000
AdigeModulus 25: Urban Intersections,
"William R. Mead," in , Garraty, JA, ed., Oxford University Press 1999
American National Biography
"An Architecture of Memory and Inclusion", ACSAInternational Conference, 1999
Proceedings,
"Unacceptable Echoes" in UC Berkeley 1997
Places: A Quarterly Journal of Environmental Design,
Research
Creative Work | Citations Reviews of Creative Work; multiple citations each source 1990-2011
Architect Magazine; Architecture Magazine; Progressive Architect
Education; Modulus: University of Virginia Architecture Journal;ical Journal of
Architecture, Art and Media Culture; Perspecta/Yale Architectura
Quarterly Journal of Environmental Design/UC Berkeley; Architect
Ottagono; National Building Museum Archives; Competitions; Abitare; Florida/Caribbean
Architect; Residential Architect; SNAP; Palimpsests In Stone; Architecture Canada, Florida
Architecture: Florida AIA, 1912-2000; Scattered Houses/MoCA; Miami Herald; Nuevo Herald;
Florida Sun Times, FIU Magazine
Research
Creative Work| Exhibitions Exhibitions of Creative Work
New Orleans, LA 2011
The 2011 National AIA Institute Honor Awards: Regional and Urban
Chicago Athenaeum + EUAR, Athens, Greece 2010
The 2009 American Architecture Awards/
, Miami International Airport, AIA National Convention, Miami, F 2010
Miami/ Havana
Boston Society of Architects/ Build Boston, , Boston, MA 2008
Unbuilt Design Awards
American Institute of Architects Miami/ Freedom Tower, Miami, FL, 2008
AIA Awards,
American Institute of Architects Florida/ Caribbean Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2008
AIA Awards,
, University of New Mexico, Albq., NM 2007
A New American Campus: Visioning Studies/ Housing
Chicago Athenaeum: NYC/NY 2005
New American Architecture: American Architecture Awards/
Chicago Athenaeum: LA/CA 2005
New American Architecture: American Architecture Awards/
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL, 2005
Mare Nostrum/The Flood,
and , American Institute of Architects, LV/NV 2005
Faculty DesignCollaborative Practice Awards
, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum,Chicago, IL, 2005
2004 American Architecture Awards
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, , Chicago, IL 2005
Faculty Design Award
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture , Chicago, IL 2005
Collaborative Practice Award
Architecture and Building Sciences Gallery, FAMU, Tallahassee, FL, 2004
AIA Awards
American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2004
AIA Awards,
BEA International Architecture Gallery, FIU, , Miami, FL 2004
Faculty Work: Recent Projects
Boston Society of Architects Architecture Gallery/ Build Boston,Boston, M 2003
Design Awards,
International Bienal Miami + Beach, , Miami, FL, 2003
Landscape Architecture/Public Projects
BSA Architecture Gallery/ Build Boston, Boston, MA, 2002
BSA Design Awards,
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Creative Work| Exhibitions (cont.) Exhibitions of Creative Work
Architecture and Building Sciences Gallery, FAMU, Tallahassee, FL, 2002
AIA Awards
American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2002
AIA Awards,
Museum of Contemporary Art, NM, FL, 2001
Little Haiti Affordable Infill Housing Competition,
Architecture and Building Sciences Gallery, FAMU, Tallahassee, FL, 1999
AIA Awards
American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 1999
AIA Awards,
Architecture and Building Sciences Gallery, FAMU, Tallahassee, FL, 1998
AIA Awards,
Veronafiore Gallery, NJIT/USA , Verona, IT 1998
Piazza Isolo Competition Exhibition
American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 1998
AIA Awards,
Bass Museum of Art: Miami Beach, FL, Invited 1994
Architectural Detailing,
Yale University Architecture Gallery, , New Haven 1993
Perspecta Affordable Housing Exhibition
Center for the Fine Arts/ Miami Art Museum: , Miami, FL, 1993
Miami: Architecture in the Tropics
Center for the Fine Arts/Miami Art Museum: , Miami, FL, 1992
New South Dade Charrette
Cornell Museum of Art: , Delray Beach, FL, 1992
Delray Affordable Infill House,Competition Entry
Piano Nobile Art Gallery: : Oil Pastels, Coral Gables, FL 1992
Buildings and Projects
Continuum Art Gallery: , Juried Exhibition, Miami Beach, FL, 1992
Buildings: Oil Pastels
Architecture and Building Sciences Gallery, FAMU, Tallahassee, FL, 1990
AIA Awards,
American Institute of Architects Florida/Caribbean Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 1990
AIA Awards,
University of Miami Architecture Gallery: Coral Gables, FL 1990
Sawgrass Complex,
National Building Museum: , Washington DC 1989
National Peace Garden Competition Entry
Washington University Architecture Gallery: STL, MO1988
Steedman Traveling Fellowship,
Columbia University Architecture Gallery: NYC 1984
Aga Khan Grant Drawings: Cordoba, Spain,
MIT Architecture Gallery, Cambridge, MA 1984
: Aga Khan Research Drawings: Cordoba, Spain
Research
Creative Work| Presentations Lectures, Presentations
ÅSmall Project Design Awards and Retrospective,Æ AIA National Co 2012
Å8 x 8 x 2 Projects,Æ AIA Women in Architecture and Young Architects Forum, Miami 2011
ÅSmall Practices + the AIA 2030 Initiative,Æ AIA National Conven 2011
Å2011 Small Project Design Awards,Æ AIA National Convention, New 2011
ÅAIA Top Ten Issues Forum, SPPÆ, AIA National Convention, New Orleans, LA 2011
ÅBuilding Paradise: An Architectural Guide to the Magic City,Æ -FIU, Miami, FL 2011
ÅDiverse Voices: Interconnections | Artist, Architect, Curator,Æ 2011
ÅBuilding Paradise: Miami ArchitectureÆ, University of Miami, Miami, 2011
ÅUrban Design Education,Æ Discussant, ACSA Annual Meeting, Montr 2011
ÅIn a ManÈs World: Mentoring Women in Architecture,Æ Perkins + 2011
ÅLa Habana ModernaÆ, Public Lecture, Frost Art Museum and the Wolfsonian-FIU 2010
ÅLa Habana ModernaÆ, Docents Presentation, Frost Art Museum and -FIU 2010
Å2010 Small Projects Design Awards: In the Public Interest,Æ AIA 2010
ÅChameleon Architects: In the Public InterestÆ Boston Society of Architects, B 2010
ÅSmall Footprint, Long Shadow,Æ Boston Society of Architects, Bo 2010
ÅArchitecture on TelevisionÆ, Buell Center, Columbia University 2009
ÅBest Practices: Small Projects/ Big IdeasÆ, AIA National Conventi 2009
ÅStrategies for Small Project Production,Æ AIA national Conventi 2009
ÅSmoketownÆ, Design Awards Seminar, AIA Florida/Caribbean Annuale, Boca, FL 2008
ÇSmall Project Design AwardsÈ Interview w/ Michael Crosbie, 2008 2008
ÅNational Small Project Design AwardsÆ, Panel, AIA 2008 National 2008
ÅBest Practices: Advocacy, CollaborationÆ, panel, AIA National Grassroots 2008, Wash., DC 2008
ÅIdentidad CaribeÆ, XXX Congreso Colombiano /Arquitectura, Barranquilla, Colombia, inv 2007
ÅBuilding Our SchoolsÆ, Panelist, ACSA AdministratorsÈ Conferenc 2007
ÅCuba ExploredÆ, Panelist, University of Pennsylvania Institute of Contemporary Art, Phi 2007
ÅCollaborationsÆ, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 2007
ÅRecent WorkÆ, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI (Invited) 2007
ÅSmall Projects AwardsÆ Presentation Panelist, AIA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas 2007
ÅEducating Architects for Global PracticeÆ , panelist, AIA/ LA, CA 2006
The Walter Wagner Forum
ÅEducation/Practice/CommunityÆ, AIA Florida/Caribbean Annual Mee 2006
ÅEnvironments Real/ImaginedÆ, : The Wolfsonian, FL 2005
Agendas of Design in the Modern World
ÅBetween Cultures: Miami/Habana,Æ UK, FL, 2005
Center for Historic Architecture Preservation/
ÅPromise of the Unbuilt: Boston Society of Architects,Æ Panelist, Boston, MA, 2005
Build Boston
, Faculty Design/Research Awards: ACSA Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2005
ÅBig WoodsÆ
, Collaborative Practice Awards: ACSA Annual Meeting, Chicago, I 2005
ÅBig WoodsÆ
ÅAccreditation Team RoomÆ, Presentation, NAAB Team Chair Workshoo, IL, 2005
ÅMiami/La HabanaÆ, Mare Nostrum Symposium/Social Issues: PanelisNAi, NL 2005
IABR,
ÅMiami/La HabanaÆ, Mare Nostrum Research Forum, : Rotterdam, NL 2005
IABR
Commencement Address/ Spring, Florida international University, FL, 2005
ÅModern Dutch HousingÆ, Panelist, AIA/COD International Conferen 2004
ÅQuilting Home,Å University of Wisconsin School of Architecture/ 2004
ÅSixty Square MetersÆ Affordable Housing Symposium, University of Illinois/ Chicago, IL, 2003
ÅBig Woods: Housing, Community, EngagementÆ, Keynote, GovernorÈs 2003
Å4 Houses/14 Acres: Affordable Housing for Rural AppalachiaÆ, U 2003
ÅArchitecture and Identity: A Working MethodÆ, Spring Lecture Series, UK, Lexington, KY, 2003
ÅBig WoodsÆ Kentucky Housing Corporation and University of Kentu 2003
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Creative Work| Lectures (cont) Lectures, Presentations
ÅScattered Houses: Little HaitiÆ, Faculty Design, ACSA Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY 2003
Research
ÅViviendaÆ, Conferencia Magistral/Keynote, XIII Bienal de Arquit 2002
ÅUrban Infill/Preservation Å, International Making Cities Livablustine, FL 2002
ÅNAAB Accreditation/ Program PreparationÆ, University of Colorad 2002
ÅTeam Room Preparation: Best PracticesÆ, NAAB/ ACSA Workshop, 2002
ÅNostalgia and ChangeÆ, ACSA International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey 2001
ÅWorkÆ, University of South Florida School of Architecture Spring Lectu 2001
ÅEl Callejn: Espacio HabitableÆ, UCV Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Caracas, VE 2001
ÅExploding the Urban BlockÆ, ACSA 2001 Annual Conference, Baltimore MD, 2001
Recent WorkÆ, The John Gaw Meem International Lecture Series, UN 2000
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ÅHabitable IntersticesÆ, ACSA Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA 2000
ÅRethinking MiMoÆ, Co-Moderator, Panel Discussion, Design + Architecture Day, Miami, FL, 2000
ÅRecent WorkÆ,U Miami School of Architecture Professional Lecture Series, Miam 1999
ÅAn Alternative Urbanism¼Æ, ACSA SE Regional Conference: San Juan, PR 1999
"Re-Membering the Adige", ACSA International Conference: Rome, Italy, 1999
"Toward Environmental Stewardship", ACSA West Regional Meeting, UC, Berkeley, CA, 1998
"Slave Roots and Preservation", ACSA International Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1998
"Piazza Isolo, Verona," Universidad Politcnica de Puerto Rico, Visiting Critic Lecture, SJ, PR 1997
"The Shotgun Reconsidered", AIA National Diversity Conference: w1997
Service
Public | ProfessionProfessional Juries, Panels
Jury Observer, 2012
AIA National 2012 Small Projects Design Awards
Jury Member, 2012
Jeff Harnar 2012 Award for Contemporary Architecture
Jury Member, 2011
AIA National Housing Design Awards
Jury Member, 2011
National US HUD Secretary (Housing and Urban Development) Design Awards
Jury Chair, 2011
AIA South Carolina Design Biannual Awards
Jury Advisor, 2010
AIA National Small Project Practitioners Design Awards
Jury Member, Design Awards 2010
AIA Florida Southwest Annual
Jury Member, 2010
AIA Orlando Annual Design Awards
Jury Member, 2010
AIA Florida William G. McMinn Outstanding Educator Award
Jury Chair, 2009
AIA Florida William G. McMinn Outstanding Educator Award
Jury Member, , American Institute of Architects (National)/ EPN 2009
Walter Wagner Forum
Jury Member, 2008
AIA Miami 2008 Silver Medal
Jury Member (invited) 2008
AIA Western Virginia 208 Design Awards
Jury Member, 2008
The Wolfsonian Research Fellowships 2008-2009
Jury Member, Miami-Dace County Cultural Arts Grants 2002- Present
Jury Member 2007
Bienal Miami + Beach 2007
Jury Chair/Host, 2006
AIA Orlando Annual Design Awards
Jury Member, 2005
2006 ACSA/AIA Topaz Medallion
Jury Member, 2005
Architecture Magazine ÇHome of the YearÈ Design Awards
Jury Member, 2005
Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Design Awards
Jury Member, , Phase II 2005
Bienal Miami + Beach Possible Futures Digital Design Competition
Jury Chair, 2005
Bienal Miami + Beach, International Student Design Competition
Jury Member, 2001-2005
Miami Dade Cultural Arts Council Capital Development Grants Panel
Jury Member, 2004
AIA Ft. Lauderdale Design Awards
Jury Member, XIII Bienal de Arquitectura, Quito 2003
Spanish LangPublications: History/Theory,
Symposium Director: The Wolfsonian-FIU: w/M. Canavs 2000
Instruments of a Material Culture
Service
: Rochester Institute of Technology (Candidacy) 2011
Academic | NAAB NAAB Visiting Teams:Team Chair
University of Virginia 2009
ACSA Representative
New Jersey Institute of Technology 2008
University Southern California 2007
Virginia Polytechnic Institute + DC Consortium 2006
Temple University 2011
Team Member:
University of New Mexico (observer) 2006
University Nevada Las Vegas 2005
University California Los Angeles 2004
Princeton University 2003
Service
Academic | University Selected Academic Committees (Florida International University)
University Strategic Planning Committee: The Arts 2010- 2011
Chair, Faculty Assembly, College of Architecture + The Arts 2009- 2011
Chair, Steering Committee, College of Architecture + The Arts 2009 -2011
University Institutional Review Board (IRB) 2010-
Dean Search Committee, College of Architecture + The Arts 2010
Ad-Hoc Budget Review Committee, College of Architecture + the Arts 2009
Steering Committee, SOA Representative, College of Architecture 2009
SACS Accreditation Steering Committee: 2007-2010
QEP/Internationalizing the Curriculum
Chair, School of Architecture Curriculum + Academic Standards Committ 2007-
Architecture Program Curriculum Design (Graduate, Undergraduate:-year) 2003, 2008
Architecture Program Report/ Co-Curator: NAAB Architecture Accreditation Exhibit 2002
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Academic | University (cont.) Selected Academic Committees (Florida International University)
The Wolfsonian-FIU Museum, 2000- Present
Executive Committee, Academic Advisory Council
Academy for the Art of Teaching, FIU 2003- Present
, Advisory Council
PresidentÈs Advisory Committee on Women, FIU 2001- Present
University Honors and Awards Committee, FIU 2005- 2007
University Graduate Council, Evaluation of Graduate Degrees/Prog 2004-2006
College of Architecture + The Arts Promotion | Tenure + Curriculum Committees 2006- Present
School of Architecture Academic Standards Committee Chair 2006- Present
School of Architecture Representative, College Curriculum Commit 2006- Present
Graduate Admissions Committee, School of Architecture --Present
Chair: Search, Tenure, Promotion Committees: Architecture, Land
University Faculty Senate/Senate Nominating Committee: Member, then Chair, FIU 2000-2002
University Library Committee: Collection Development/Acquisitio-2003
Inaugural Director, Florida International University Professiona 1997-2000
Service
Public| Community Selected Community Boards and Service
Miami-Dade County Cultural Arts Council: Grants Panelist 2000 -
City of Miami Beach Architectural Design Review Board 2002-2003
The Arango Design Foundation/Design + Architecture Days: 2000-2001
Chair/Curator Intercollegiate Student Design Charrettes, Exhibit
and
Architecture In the Public Realm Rethinking MiMo (Miami Modern)
City of Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board 1999-2001
City of Miami Urban Development Review Board 1999-2000
2010-2011
Fundraising US Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon:
Professional Services: Architecture, Structural Engineering, MECM
In-kind Materials/ Services: IKEA, SolarUS, Sunpower, NanaWall, Dia
Project budget: Approximately $500,000 (in progress)
Teaching Teaching Areas
Architectural Design + Thesis; Sustainable Design; Building SysIntegration
History | Theory: ; Research Methods in Architecture
Modernism + Tourism: La Habana | Miami
Sustainability | Green Design: Co-Founder, Interdisciplinary Certificate Program for Sustainable
(Departments of Architecture, Landscape Architecture,
Construction w/ College of Engineering
Interior Design, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineeri
Principal investigator | Lead Faculty Advisor
2009-2011
US Department of Energy 2011 Solar Decathlon: FIU PerFORM[D]ance
www.solardecathlon.gov and http://solardecathlon.fiu.edu
Student Exhibitions, Presentations, Awards [Selected]:
Presentation: Miami-Dade County Public Schools ÅSustainable Design EducationÆ 2011
Presentations: Miami-Dade County Public Schools Engineering Expo 2011
Exhibition: Coral Gables Museum 2011
Paper Selected for Presentation: NAHAB International Builders Sh 2011
Exhibition: NHAB International Builders Show 2011
Exhibition: National Education Association, Chicago 2011
Exhibition: National Building Museum, Washington DC 2010
Exhibition | Presentation: Future of Florida High Tech Expo, Fl 2010
Exhibition: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 2010
Exhibition: Arts Preview, Phillip + Patricia Frost Art Museum 2010
Finalist, Sustainable South Florida Award, Miami Chamber of Comm 2010
Award: Excellence in Student Design, AIA Miami 2010
Exhibition: 2010 AIA Miami Design Awards 2010
Exhibition: Perkins + Will 75 Anniversary Gala 2010
th
Doctoral Dissertation Committee, College of Health and Urban Aff
Garzon, Zhayda 2008-2011
, ÅHousing PartnershipsÆ
Faculty Advisor and Research Associate, University Honors Colleg
Thomas Pupo, Å 2010-2011
Midcentury Modernism: La Habana, CubaÆ
Professional
Registered Architect, State of Florida: AR #11173
Registration | Licensure
Registered Interior Designer, State of Florida: ID #3942
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
Professional Organizations
Affiliations | Positions Professional Affiliations | Positions
Editorial Advisory Board 2009- 2011
Architectural Record Magazine
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, National | ACSA
Co-Chair, ACSA 92 Annual Meeting 2004
: Archipelagos: Outposts of the Americas
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Representative to NAAB Accreditation Review Conference EAM Task 2008
Chair: Social Responsibility Task Force: NAAB Accreditation Rev
7
Marilys R. Nepomechie FAIA
Professional Organizations (cont.)
Affiliations + Positions Professional Affiliations | Positions
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, National | ACSA, (cont.)
Faculty Councilor, School of Architecture 2003- 2008
Chair, Nominating Committee, ACSA 2005 SE Regional Director 2005
Jury Member, ACSA/ AIA Topaz Medallion 2005
Architecture Accreditation Board, National | NAAB
Accreditation Team Chair and Member (See ÇAcademic ServiceÈ, abo 2003-
Preparation for the 2008 ARC: Emerging Accreditation Models 2008
Innovative Models of Accreditation: Subcommittee Co-Chair
American Institute of Architects, National | AIA
National Knowledge Leadership Assembly/Advisory Group, SPP 2007- 2011
Director | Advisor, National Small Projects Awards Program 2010
Chair, Small Projects Practice Advisory Group 2010
Vice-Chair, Chair-Elect Small Projects Practice Advisory Group 2009
AIA National 2030 Steering Committee 2009-
AIA National Small Firms Task Force 2009-
AIA 2009 The Architects Challenge 2009
AIA 2009 National Convention Education Advisory Committee2008
AIA 2009 National Strategic Advance 2008
AIA 150 Design Charrette Team Leader: Everglades Greenway 2007
AIA College of Fellows, Inducted 2005 2005-
AIA Board of Directors, Miami Chapter 1987 + 2000
DOCOMOMO Florida
Board of Directors 2006 Ã 2008
Bienal Miami + Beach |
International Interdisciplinary Design Exposition, Competitions
Board of Directors 2007 -