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Mark DeKay, Registered Architect, M.Arch, M.Arch

Professor

School of Architecture

Mark DeKay is a Full Professor of Architecture Ìýspecializing in sustainable design theory, research, and design tools. His current work is in various applications Integral Theory and in the experience of sustainable design. He is a registered architect and has taught at the university level since 1992.ÌýHe is author ofÌýIntegral Sustainable Design: transformative perspectives and primary co-author of,ÌýSun, Wind, and Light: architectural design strategies,Ìý3rdÌýed.ÌýProf. DeKay received two national AIA teaching awards, and wasÌýaÌýFulbright FellowshipÌýto India.ÌýÌýAt Tennessee he has been twice awarded University Scholar of the Week, along with the Chancellor’s Awards for both Teaching Excellence and for Research. His recent work won 2 of 3 Best Academic Paper Awards at the Integral European Conference. He collaborates on research with scholars in Australia, California, Canada, Scotland, Lebanon and Greece.

Education

  • M. Arch., University of Oregon, 1992
  • M. Arch., Tulane University, 1984

Expertise & Interests

  • Sustainable design
  • Climatic design and passive systems
  • Design knowledge structures
  • Integral Theory applied to design and architectural photography
  • Integral approaches to design education
  • Integral approaches to design research
  • Net-zero energy and carbon-neutral design
  • Design patterns for experiencing nature and natural forces in buildings
  • Design patterns for connecting people to nature
  • Biophilic deign

Work + Research

NEWS: Architectural Photography CourseÌý2019 mini-term course in Greece, with Pygmalion Karatzas and Susanne Bennett.

  • EXHIBIT: ‘Capturing the Human Experience’, College of Architecture + Design, University of Tennessee, ¿ì»îÊÓƵ USA, October – November 2019.
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Scholarly Work in Progress

Work of is conducted at the , 2124 Terrace Ave.

• [Book in writing] Felt Form: Experiential Design SchemasÌýwith Prof. Gail Brager, building scientist (Berkeley)

• [Research project]Ìý with Astrid Roetzel (PI), Akari Nakai Kidd, Ana Klas, Deakin University, Australia

• [Journal article] “Architectural, Indoor Environmental, Personal And Cultural Influences On Students’ Selection Of A Preferred Place To Study,” Architectural Science Review, with Astrid Roetzel (first author), et al, Deakin University, Australia

Publications

Selected Publications

For full list and citations, see Curriculum Vita above. All publications, except books, areÌýavailable in PDF on

Books

Book descriptions and illustrations are available at theÌýÌýweb site.

: Transformative Perspectives on

, 3rd edition (2 vols) on

Chapters

ForewordÌýto Pygmalion Karatzas,

SWL Tools, v.6, 62-page Excel spreadsheet included ‘workbook’ to accompany Sun, Wind & Light, 3rd ed.

in Migrants and Stowaways: an Anthology of Journeys

Journals

[in press] with Roetzel, et al, Architectural, Indoor Environmental, Personal And Cultural Influences On Students’ Selection Of A Preferred Place To Study, Architectural Science Review

,ÌýJournal of Architecture and Planning Research

New thinking and new settlement patterns can bring about urban sustainability,ÌýForum for Applied Research and Public Policy

Implications of Community Gardening for Land Use and Density,ÌýJournal of Architecture and Planning Research

Continuing Education Courses, online

Green Design: Ecological Design Thinking: six perceptual shifts. Published by RedVector

Green Design: Intro to Integral Sustainable Design Theory. Published by RedVector

Green Design: Levels of Complexity Theory. Published by RedVector

Green Design: Designing Relationships with Nature. Published by RedVector

Conference Proceedings

: Assessing Pedestrian Comfort, Air Quality and Building Ventilation Potential, with Veda Baglia (1st) et al,ÌýPassive and Low Energy Architecture Conference, Hong Kong

ÌýIntegral European Conference 2018, Hungary

,Ìýwith Pygmalion Karatzas, Greece, Integral European Conference 2018, Hungary

Ìýwith Astrid Roetzel, et al (Deakin Univ.), Integral European Conference 2018, Hungary

, 37th International Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference

assessing pedestrian comfort, air quality and building ventilation potential,Ìýwith Sitan Zhu,Ìý37th International Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference

The Energy Balance Index: Extending the 2030 Targets to plus-energy buildings,Ìýwith Peter Giddings,ÌýInternational Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference

In the Beginning Were Buildings: the radical idea of learning architecture by designing it,Ìýwith Hansjörg Göritz,ÌýNational Conference on the Beginning Design StudentÌý

The Four Perspectives of Integral Sustainable Design,ÌýInternationalÌýPassive and Low Energy Architecture Conference

The Bundle-Up! Game: a collaborative learning tool for net-zero energy design,”ÌýInternational Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference

Using Pattern Maps to Chart the Knowledge Base of Climatic Design,ÌýInternational Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference

Five Levels of Aesthetics for Sustainable Design,ÌýInternationalÌýPassive and Low Energy Architecture Conference

Climatic Urban Design: Configuring the Urban Fabric to Support Daylighting, Passive Cooling, and Solar Heating,ÌýSustainable City 2012, ÌýInternational Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability

A Model for Integral Sustainable Design Explored through Daylighting, with Mary Guzowski,ÌýProceeding of the National Passive Solar Conference

Honors & Awards

Fulbright Specilaist Program, 2018–2021

Integral European Conference 2018

,ÌýIntegral European Conference 2018

Chancellor’s Award for Research and Creative Achievement, 2017Ìý

Green Lights Award, US Green Building Council, East Tennessee

Building Technology Educator’s Society Book Award, 3rd award

Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence

University of Tennessee Scholar of the Week

AIA Upjohn Initiative Award for architectural research

University of Tennessee Scholar of the Week

AIA COTE/Tides Foundation Award for Ecoliteracy in Architecture Schools, with Prof. Ted Shelton

Fulbright Fellowship, Center for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad, India

AIA National Education Honor Award

Courses Taught

Arch 364 Performative Design I: Passive Systems Design

Arch 425/525 (special topics) Interiority and Expression for Creatives

Arch 471 Integration Design Studio

Arch 491 Foreign Study:

Practice

With collaborator Susanne Bennet, at we offer workshops for faculty on integral approaches to multidisciplinary and design education, and on applications of climatic design. We also lecture internationally together on the topic of We have worked in Scotland, the US, Canada, South Africa, India, Australia, and Lebanon.

What ecological design means is as important as how it functions. In sustainable design, experience of nature begets relationship begets meaning.

Mark DeKay, Integral Sustainable Design: transformative perspectives