Heather Roberge Named Chair of Architecture & Urban Design
The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Heather Roberge has agreed to serve as chair of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design effective July 1. She will be taking over from interim chair, Professor Neil Denari, alongside whom she has served as interim vice chair during this past academic year.
A designer and educator who has served on the faculty at UCLA since 2002, Roberge is the founder and principal of Murmur, an award winning practice based in Los Angeles. Roberge’s research and professional work investigate the spatial, structural, and atmospheric potential that digital technologies have on the theory and practice of building. Her teaching emphasizes innovative approaches to material, computation, and manufacturing to expand the formal vocabulary and spatial implications of building envelopes and assemblies.
Roberge has received numerous accolades in recognition of her distinctive work including the prestigious 2016 Emerging Voices Award from the Architectural League of New York, a 2015 AIA LA Merit award for En Pointe—an installation for the SCI-Arc Gallery, and a 2011 AIA Next LA design merit award for Succulent House. Her work has been published in A+U, Wallpaper, Architectural Record, Log, 306090, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times and exhibited in group shows in the U.S. and abroad.
UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design: Opening New Futures