For Associate Professor Dana Cupkova, pushing boundaries is nothing new. She works continuously to develop novel models for integrating her teaching with research. This approach is exemplified in her work at EPIPHYTE Lab, an architecture design and research platform situated at the intersection of academia and practice.
Dana Cupkova Presents in USC Architecture Virtual Lecture Series Wed 01 Apr at 6pm PST
Prof. Dana Cupkova is a presenter in a web lecture panel on Wed 01 Apr at 6:00pm PST on the agency of design technologies as catalysts for exploring issues of urban ecology, affordable housing, and spatial justice. The lecture is hosted by USC Architecture. Register in advance to attend the webinar.
Dana Cupkova Speaks at CAMP, the Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning in Prague
Associate Professor Dana Cupkova spoke this week at CAMP, the Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning in Prague, as part of the discussion series “Expati” with Adam Gebrian. The event was organized in collaboration with school of architecture ARCHIP, the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, and Atelier of Imro Vasko.
Dana Cupkova Invited to Serve as a Scientific Chair for Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design Vienna 2020
Dana Cupkova's Practice EPIPHYTE Lab Receives Honorable Mention in Architecture MasterPrize’s Firm of the Year Award
Dana Cupkova Promoted to Associate Professor with Indefinite Tenure
Dana Cupkova Delivers Keynote at SimAUD 2019 Symposium
Professor Dana Cupkova Receives 2019 ACADIA Teaching Award of Excellence
Dana Cupkova to Deliver Keynote at Penn State’s Stuckeman School Thu 18 Apr
Dana Cupkova Presents at Living Architecture Systems Group (LASG) Symposium 2019, Publishes White Paper on Psychosomatic Architecture with Daragh Byrne
Associate professor Dana Cupkova presented her design and research work at the 2019 Living Architecture Systems Group Symposium (LASG), and contributed to the 2019 LASG White Paper book with a paper co-authored by SoA assistant teaching professor Daragh Byrne titled Towards Psychosomatic Architecture: Attuning Reactive Architectural Materials Through Biofeedback.
Professors Joshua Bard and Dana Cupkova Publish in the Construction Robotics Journal
Associate professor Joshua Bard and assistant professor Dana Cupkova recently published an article entitled “Robotic concrete surface finishing: A Moldless approach to creating thermally tuned surface geometry for architectural building components using Profile-3D-Printing” in the Construction Robotics Journal. Their research is supported by CMU’s Manufacturing Futures Initiative.
Sarah Rafson writes Spotlight on Pittsburgh’s Women-Owned Firms for AIA Pittsburgh
Dana Cupkova Elected to IJAC Editorial Board
Professor Dana Cupkova Invited to ACADIA 2018 Conference Inaugural Panel Discussion on Recalibration
Joshua Bard Represents SoA as Speaker at 2018 Robotics in Architecture Conference at ETH Zurich
SoA Faculty Awarded Funding from Manufacturing Futures Initiative & Pennsylvania Manufacturing Innovation Program for 3D-Printed Concrete Panels Research Project
Professors Dana Cupkova and Joshua Bard were recently awarded new funding to expand their interdisciplinary research project titled "Profile-3D-Printing Thermally Tuned Concrete Panels to Offset Mechanical Loads in Buildings” from the Manufacturing Futures Initiative 2018 and the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Innovation Program 2018.