Tommy Schaperkotter

Tommy Schaperkotter is an architect, builder, and educator devoted to transdisciplinary exploration of material cultures, construction ecologies, and interdependencies between built and non-built environments. He works at the confluence of climate urgency, labor equity, and design-build processes. His projects include housing in the United States, rural reforestation in Haiti, earthen construction in Austria, and architectural advocacy for displaced communities in Bangladesh.

Schaperkotter received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia and holds a Master in Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he was a co-recipient of the Plimpton-Poorvu Design Prize and the AIA / ACSA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Students Award. In addition to Columbia GSAPP, he also holds adjunct teaching positions at the Cooper Union School of Architecture and the Parsons School of Design.