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Curriculum Vitae

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RESEARCH AREA

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My research interrogates the sensorial and perceptual- analyzing how architecture shapes human experience, identity and culture. I employ research-by-design methodologies to examine alternative perceptual relationships with space.

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EXPERIENCE

2019-

Present

2022-

Present

2020-

Present

2019-

2020

2016-

2020

2014-

Present

2011-

2012

2014-

2015

Co-Founder and Architectural Designer

ArchiTAG

London, England, UK

  • working on architectural projects in London and around the world

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Design Critic

Rhode Island School of Design, 

Architecture Department

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

  • teach Advanced Studio and Thesis 

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Assistant Professor

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 

School of Architecture

Hong Kong

  • teach a Masters level design studio and History and Theory coursework

  • coordinate the History and Theory undergraduate program and a member of the exchange and library admin departments

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Unit Tutor

The Architectural Association, 

School of Architecture

London, England, UK

  • taught a design studio (Dip 20) with Selva Gürdogan, Gregers Tang Thomsen and Jonathan Robinson

  • studio collaborated with Civic to participate in the creation of community driven social spaces in Custom House, London

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History and Theory Studies Course Tutor

The Architectural Association, 

School of Architecture

London, England, UK

  • seminar tutor for second and third year History and Theory Studies

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Guest Design Critic

Various Architecture Schools

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Hong Kong University

  • Architectural Association

  • Harvard University

  • Royal College of Art

  • University of Kuwait

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Architectural Designer

Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP

San Francisco, California, USA

  • Architectural Intern working on schematic design, design development and construction documents for high rise projects in China

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Studio & Seminar Teaching Assistant

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

  • T.A. for Sir Peter Cook’s design studio and Neil Leach’s Seminar at the G.S.D. 

2020

2015-

2019

2013-

2015

2007-

2013

2016-

2018

2011

2011

2008

2023

2023

2023

2022

2022

2020

2016

2015

EDUCATION AND AWARDS

Advance HE

England, UK

  • HEA Fellow Teaching Qualification

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The Architectural Association

London, England, UK

  • PhD, "The Dissolution of the Body Image" 

  • supervised by Dr. Mark Cousins and Dr. Mark Campbell; examined by Prof. Barbara Penner and Prof. Barry Curtis

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Harvard University, Graduate School of Design

Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Masters in Architecture II

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Rice University, School of Architecture

Houston, Texas; GPA: 3.71

  • Bachelors of Architecture

  • Bachelors of Arts in Architecture

  • Bachelors of Arts in Visual Arts

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Calouste Gulbenkian Global Excellence Scholarship

  • Scholarship awarded for innovative PhD research on contemporary issues

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Glynda Fitzgerald Cumby Award/ Graham C. Stebbings College Service Award

  • Awards given to a student who exemplifies service and dedication to the college

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Tau Sigma Delta

  • Architectural fraternity recognizing students who attain high scholastic standing in Architecture, intellectual achievement and leadership

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Dunlevie Academic Research Scholarship

  • Scholarship for research focus on genocide, which culminated in a full report on the history and present circumstances and preventative measures of genocide

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Crossley, Tatjana. “The Conundrum of the Stereotype or Symbolic.” I.M. Pei in Cairo. PAX Monographs, Issue 2. (in process)

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Crossley, Tatjana. “Appropriations and extensions of Cultural Spaces in VR and the Metaverse.” SIGraDi 2022 Critical Appropriations. (in process)

  • presented in the SIGraDi 2022 Conference

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Crossley, Tatjana. “Psychologising the Metaverse, a place for cultural extension.” AMPS (IN)TANGIBLE HERITAGE(S). (in process)

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Crossley, Tatjana. “What Constitutes the Virtual: representation and memory in Ancient Roman frescos.” Cogent Arts & Humanities. 9:1. Taylor and Francis. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2022.2139806

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Crossley, Tatjana. “The Other Igloos in the Gulf of Mexico.” Medium. https://medium.com/p/31136864e82e

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Crossley, Tatjana. “Architectural Presence in the Incomplete.” Andrea Palladio in Los Angeles. PAX Monographs, Issue 1. 2020.

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Crossley, Tatjana. “Immersive Design: Dissolution of the Body Image.” Future Technologies Conference. pg. 587-592. 2016.

  • presented in the SAI Future Technologies Conference, San Francisco

 

Crossley, Tatjana. “Subverting the Gaze: Redefining the Object Role, Gaze Subversion Helmet.” UbiComp/ISWC’15 Adjunct Proceedings. pg. 545-550. 2015.

  • included in the Design Exhibition at ISWC 2015

OTHER

SYMPOSIUMS, SPEAKING AND EXHIBITION

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Swimming Pool Stories, AA Public Programme, exhibition and symposium (2023)

  • exhibiting an original 'story' and drawing

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DMUxLISBON (2022)

  • collaborated on an installation with DMU at the 2022 Lisbon Triennale

  • worked on AR components with ArchiTAG and Augmented Architecture

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RIBA CHINA CHAPTER Women in Architecture Exhibition (2022)

  • exhibiting work from CUHK design studio

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Research on the Move (2022)

  • dialogue with M+ and Thomas Daniell (M+ Research Fellow)

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How Do We Sense Space? (2021)

  • organizer of two panels of guest speakers that discussed their work in relation to the sensorial in architecture and design

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Architectural Humanities Research Association, University of Manchester (2019)

  • presented a paper on ‘body image’ formation

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Leeds School of Architecture (2019)

  • presented in a symposium as part of the panel entitled ‘Grafted Scenes’ and discussed representations of perception pertinent to film

  • the symposium interrogated how the cinema and filmic eye has lead to new design processes in cities

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Cambridge Interdisciplinary Performance Network (2019)

  • guest speaker in a panel that investigated how human performance is influenced by design, architecture and urban planning

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Architectural Association (2018)

  • organized and presented in a panel entitled ‘Dissolving Boundaries’

  • presented research about the tenuous boundary of subjectivity as it relates to art and architecture

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Aarhus University (2017-2018)

  • guest lecturer; lecturing on virtual reality environments throughout history and the immersive spaces of the theatre and cinema

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JOURNAL/CONFERENCE PAPER PEER-REVIEWING

  • CAADRIA 2020

  • Technology/Architecture + Design

  • The Journal of Architecture

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