Associate Professor Stefan Gruber won two 2021 Architectural Education Awards from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). He will present at the 109th Annual ACSA Meeting taking place March 24-26, 2021. Each year, ACSA honors architectural educators for exemplary work in areas such as building design, community collaborations, scholarship, and service. Award winners inspire and challenge students, contribute to the profession’s knowledge base, and extend their work beyond the borders of academy into practice and the public sector.
Gruber was awarded in the Collaborative Practice category for his studio's research for the travelling exhibition "An Atlas of Commoning," an exhibition by ifa (the German Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations) curated in collaboration with ARCH+. This award honors best practices in school-based community outreach programs.
Students from the four iterations of the Commoning the City studio between 2017-2020 include Ernest Bellamy, Tamara Cartwright, Yidan Gong, Paul Moscoso Riofrio, Chun Zheng, Lu Zhu, Yirui Wang, Alvin Wong, Chi Zhang, Yang Gao, Jianxiao Ge, Chase Kea, Rebecca Lefkowitz, Sai Narayan Ramachandran, Deepanshi Sheth, Sujan Das Shrestha, Gautam Thakkar, Aditi Thota, Srinjoy Hazra, Ghalya Alsanea, Rachel Park, Ryan Smith, Yilun Hong, Suprima Joshi, Jinhan Liang, Ryann McMahon, Abhinavv Singh, Xianfu Sun, Wenzheng Wu, Clover Chau, Sharleen Devjani, Cassandra Howard, Sameedha Mahajan Longney Luk, Bingjie Sheng, He Su, Yashasvi Tulchiya, Yiya Wang, and Xiaoran Zhang.
Gruber was awarded in the AIA/ACSA Housing Design Education category for his spring 2020 studio "Cooperative Housing for the 2000-Watt Society." This studio recognized the importance of producing architects ready for practice in a wide range of areas and able to be leaders and contributors to their communities.
Students in the Cooperative Housing studio include Alvin Wong, Benita Nartey, Deepthi Ganesh, Fernanda Mazzilli, Fon Euchukanonchai, Hugh Lee, Juliane O'day, Shariwa Sharada, Tye Silverthorne, Yashwitha Maram Reddy, Yeong IL Jo, and Zoe Lin.