Kris Palagi
Associate Professor
A Hays Town Professor
225-578-4268 | 223 Atkinson Hall
kpalagi@lsu.edu
MArch Montana State University
MArch II Cornell University
“I am an architect who is serving as an associate professor at the School of Architecture at Louisiana State University. A lifelong interest in the methods, techniques, and sequences of construction frame my scholarship and studio pedagogy. My goal is to design and construct appreciated moments in architecture. To accomplish this, my teaching and practice both focus on design processes that rely on a maelstrom of creativity, technical knowledge, and an underline drive to understand and challenge preconceived relationships. To develop this breadth of skills, I believe a student’s creative instinct must be nurtured while refining their ability to analyze and articulate those instincts to themselves and others.
Having practiced architecture in remote locations, with limited resources, my scholarship follows my professional experience developing novel approaches to building assemblies that rely on common tools and minimal construction experience to erect. My research into Fabric-lined Tensile Formwork for Cast-in-Place Concrete Walls, along with the Vaulted, Insulated Metal Roof Panel have been recognized in National and International conferences ( ACSA, BTES, ARCC-EAAE ), as well as published in the journal, Technology Architecture | Design (TAD).
By prioritizing the practice of architecture, I work to volley between the aspirational intentions embedded in qualitative goals and the design skills required to execute sophistication in pragmatic solutions.”
COURSES
Arch 2001 | Architecture Design III
Arch 5001 | Comprehensive Architectural Design
Arch 2042 | Environmental Systems I: Passive Systems
Arch 3051 | Structures I: Loadpath and Lateral Systems
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