Branko Kolarevic

Branko Kolarevic is a professor and former dean of the Hillier College of Architecture and Design at NJIT in Newark. He has taught architecture at several universities in North America and Asia and has lectured worldwide on the use of digital technologies in design and production. He has authored, edited or co-edited several books, including “Mass Customization and Design Democratization” (with Jose Duarte), “Building Dynamics: Exploring Architecture of Change” (with Vera Parlac), “Manufacturing Material Effects” (with Kevin Klinger), “Performative Architecture” (with Ali Malkawi) and “Architecture in the Digital Age.” He was elected and served as president of several organizations: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB), and Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA). He is a recipient of the ACADIA Award for Innovative Research in 2007 and ACADIA Society Award of Excellence in 2015. He holds doctoral and master’s degrees in design from Harvard University and a diploma engineer in architecture degree from the University of Belgrade.

D.Des.; Harvard University; ; 1993

MDes; Harvard University; ; 1989

Diploma Engineer in Architecture; Belgrade University; ; 1986

By appointment

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kolarevic

Architectural design, digital technologies in design

generative AI in design, integrative design, performance prediction, generative design

Kolarevic, Branko (2024). Toward Performative, Environmentally Responsive Architecture, Mitra Kanaani (Ed.), Routledge. (pp. 129-137). London: Routledge

Kolarevic, Branko (2021). Architecture of Change: Towards Transformable Architecture, Routledge. (pp. pp. 46-62). New York, NY: Routledge

Kolarevic, Branko (2020). An Experiment in Design Collaboration, Routledge. (pp. pp. 73-81). New York, NY, and London: Routledge

Kolarevic, Branko (2020). Mass customization for social housing in evolving neighborhoods in Brazil. Sustainability, MDPI, 12(21), pp. 1-19.

Kolarevic, Branko (2020). Variability and validity: Flexibility of a dimensional customization system. Automation in Construction, 109, pp. 1-19.