Alison Mears

Alison Mears is a certified AIA LEED AP Architect and is the current head of the Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons The New School for Design. Mears was previously the director of the BFA Architecture and Interior Design Programs in the School of Constructed Environments and an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Parsons.

Alison Mears
NationalityAustralian
Alma materAustralian National University; University of Canberra; Columbia University
OccupationArchitect

Education

Mears received her undergraduate degree in Science from the Australian National University, her Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Canberra and a Masters in Architecture from Columbia University.[1]

Career

Her prior professional experience has been with Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects, and Mitchell/Giurgola and Thorp Architects. Mears currently manages her own office, Paci+Mears Architects in Brooklyn, New York where she works on small-scale residential and commercial projects. While running her own practice, she has also directed the BFA Architecture and Interior Design programs at Parsons the New School for Design and is the current Dean of the School of Design Strategies at Parsons The New School for Design,[2] where she teaches many community-based studio courses in New Orleans, Washington, D.C., Warren, Ohio, and Skid Row, Los Angeles.[3][4]

Notable projects

With Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects

With Mitchell/Giurgola and Thorp Architects

Publications
  • Mears, Alison. Seeking Shelter- An Investigation into Solutions for the Homeless. Jun 14 2012. ISBN 9781477499207.
  • Mears, Alison, ed. INTEGRAL CITY: A collaborative design approach to downtown Greensboro, NC. Jun 2013.

References
  1. Wolfe, Jennifer. "Parsons Announces New Academic Appointments". Animation World Network. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  2. "AIA NY Newsletter". AIA NY. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. Holmes, Melissa; Mullane, William. "Robins Project" (PDF). Power of the Arts. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  4. "Design Resource Team". Enterprise Community. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  5. "Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center". Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  6. "Friedrichstadt Passagen". Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  7. "Projects". PCF&P. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  8. "Projects". PCF&P. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  9. "Central Terminal Complex, JFK International Airport". Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  10. "Architecture and the Architects". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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