Professor Frank Fantauzzi
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture
306B Architecture 2 Building
t 204.474.8195
f 204.474.7532
fantauzz@cc.umanitoba.ca
Education
M.Arch. Cranbrook Academy of Art
B.Arch. Carleton
Research
Since 1987, Frank Fantauzzi has been involved in an ongoing body of research that explores architecture as an index of cultural, political, economic and material forces. His work is often collaborative and multidisciplinary in nature and generally takes the form of large-scale site-specific installations. Fantauzzi’s approach to teaching and pedagogy is informed by his research. He believes that academia is a unique and potent context for architectural production. In essence, it has the ability to be a legitimate alternative form of practice. This hybrid form of research, teaching, and learning is well illustrated in the 2006 Putnam Project. In this community service project, a graduate studio came to the aid of a soon-to-be demolished single-family house in Buffalo, NY. The house was both rehabilitated and re-invented through a design that reconfigured its front elevation.
306B Architecture 2 Building
t 204.474.8195
f 204.474.7532
fantauzz@cc.umanitoba.ca
Education
M.Arch. Cranbrook Academy of Art
B.Arch. Carleton
Research
Since 1987, Frank Fantauzzi has been involved in an ongoing body of research that explores architecture as an index of cultural, political, economic and material forces. His work is often collaborative and multidisciplinary in nature and generally takes the form of large-scale site-specific installations. Fantauzzi’s approach to teaching and pedagogy is informed by his research. He believes that academia is a unique and potent context for architectural production. In essence, it has the ability to be a legitimate alternative form of practice. This hybrid form of research, teaching, and learning is well illustrated in the 2006 Putnam Project. In this community service project, a graduate studio came to the aid of a soon-to-be demolished single-family house in Buffalo, NY. The house was both rehabilitated and re-invented through a design that reconfigured its front elevation.
