Etien Santiago
Etien Santiago
Assistant Professor, Hillier College of Arch & Design
565 Weston Hall (WEST)
About Me
Etien Santiago is a historian of modern architecture and construction.
He researches the social and political implications of twentieth-century architects’ attempts to use advanced building materials and technologies, with a focus on concrete and mass-produced housing.
In his Ph.D. dissertation, Etien retraced how World War I ignited and shaped modern architects’ obsessive search for mass-produced housing based on innovative construction techniques. This research has been supported by grants from the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard.
Etien previously worked at several architecture firms including the Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Genoa, Italy. He is a licensed architect in New York.
He researches the social and political implications of twentieth-century architects’ attempts to use advanced building materials and technologies, with a focus on concrete and mass-produced housing.
In his Ph.D. dissertation, Etien retraced how World War I ignited and shaped modern architects’ obsessive search for mass-produced housing based on innovative construction techniques. This research has been supported by grants from the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard, and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard.
Etien previously worked at several architecture firms including the Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Genoa, Italy. He is a licensed architect in New York.
Education
Ph.D.; Harvard University; Architecture; 2021
M.Arch.; Harvard University; ; 2011
B.Arch.; Rice University; ; 2008
B.A.; Rice University; Architecture; 2006
M.Arch.; Harvard University; ; 2011
B.Arch.; Rice University; ; 2008
B.A.; Rice University; Architecture; 2006
Awards & Honors
2022 Trustee Teaching Award, Indiana University
2021 Founders' Award, Society of Architectural Historians
2016 Distinction in Teaching Award, Derek Bok Center for Teaching at Harvard
2011 James Templeton Kelley Thesis Prize, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Boston Society of Architects
2006 Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts, Rice University
2006 School Medal, American Institute of Architects and Rice School of Architecture
2021 Founders' Award, Society of Architectural Historians
2016 Distinction in Teaching Award, Derek Bok Center for Teaching at Harvard
2011 James Templeton Kelley Thesis Prize, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Boston Society of Architects
2006 Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts, Rice University
2006 School Medal, American Institute of Architects and Rice School of Architecture
Website
2024 Fall Courses
ARCH 110 - TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES I
ARCH 528G - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I
ARCH 528G - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I
Past Courses
ARCH 529G: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE II
Research Interests
History of modern architecture and construction, from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century
History of mass-produced housing
History of concrete architecture
History of World War I
History of mass-produced housing
History of concrete architecture
History of World War I
Book Review
Revival After the Great War: Rebuild, Remember, Repair, Reform
First World War Studies, May 2024
First World War Studies, May 2024
Chapter
Santiago, Etien (2022). "Huts, Houses, and the Industrial Militarization of France, 1914-1917", Erin Sassin and Sophie Hochhäusl (Eds.), States of Emergency: Architecture, Urbanism, and the First World War. (pp. 176-205). Leuven, Leuven University Press: States of Emergency: Architecture, Urbanism, and the First World War
Santiago, Etien (2019). "Bricolage de pointe : Constructions expérimentales dans un contexte étranger pendant la Grande Guerre", Gilles Bienvenu, Hélène Rousteau Chambon, and Martial Monteil (Eds.), Construire ! Entre Antiquité et époque moderne. (pp. 969-79). Paris, Editions Picard: Construire ! Entre Antiquité et époque moderne
Santiago, Etien (2016). "The Rough Concrete Surfaces of Perret’s Notre-Dame du Raincy", Jennifer Bonner (Ed.), Still Life. (pp. 276-81). New York, Actar. : Still Life
Santiago, Etien (2016). "The Super-Urban House", José Aragüez (Ed.), The Building. (pp. 98-105). Zurich, Lars Müller: The Building
Santiago, Etien (2019). "Bricolage de pointe : Constructions expérimentales dans un contexte étranger pendant la Grande Guerre", Gilles Bienvenu, Hélène Rousteau Chambon, and Martial Monteil (Eds.), Construire ! Entre Antiquité et époque moderne. (pp. 969-79). Paris, Editions Picard: Construire ! Entre Antiquité et époque moderne
Santiago, Etien (2016). "The Rough Concrete Surfaces of Perret’s Notre-Dame du Raincy", Jennifer Bonner (Ed.), Still Life. (pp. 276-81). New York, Actar. : Still Life
Santiago, Etien (2016). "The Super-Urban House", José Aragüez (Ed.), The Building. (pp. 98-105). Zurich, Lars Müller: The Building
Journal Article
Santiago, Etien (2019). "Notre-Dame du Raincy and the Great War". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 78 (4), 454-71.