Washington Alexandria Architecture Campus (WAAC)
Alexandria, VA
United States
Job description
The Virginia Tech School of Architecture, based in the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design, invites applications for Tenured/Tenure Track assistant, associate, or full professor, based at the Washington Alexandria Architecture Campus (WAAC). The successful candidate will be capable of connecting theory and innovative practice through teaching, scholarship, creative practice, and engagement with the city. Candidates should demonstrate a strong commitment to architecture and human well-being at multiple scales across the built environment. Qualified candidates will be expected to rigorously engage and advance theoretical, practical, and productive expertise that results in culturally meaningful and well-crafted built environments.
The WAAC is the urban extension of the School of Architecture in Blacksburg, Virginia. Its compact urban campus is embedded in the heart of Old Town Alexandria, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in Virginia, across the Potomac River from the nation’s capital. The WAAC is part of a growing Virginia Tech presence in Alexandria, near the new Innovation Campus.
The WAAC offers stand-alone degrees in Master of Architecture (2-year professional), Urban Design (MSci Arch), and PhD in Architecture and Design Research, as well as educating study-away upper-level Bachelor of Architecture students from the main campus and the National Student Exchange. The WAAC sustains an especially strong and increasingly diverse community and is eager to attract faculty with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. We are looking for people committed to diversifying the profession, willing to contribute their experiences to enrich the campus community life, and who want to work with us to design an architectural education that prepares our students to be active contributors in making the world better.
The primary teaching responsibilities of this position include an Integrative Design Lab or an upper-level Design Lab for graduate or undergraduate students for both semesters and a required course or professional elective in the professional degree programs. Associated service to students and school could include Architecture Licensing advising, internship advising, and serving as liaison to professional organizations.
The Search Committee will look for expertise in areas such as: urban design, building design, professional practice, project management, and contemporary building practices such as adaptive reuse and green building.
Successful candidates will demonstrate their promise of excellence in realizing Virginia Tech’s three-fold mission of research, teaching, and outreach. The position will have responsibility for teaching students across all the programs while maintaining an emphasis in the urban design concentration. This position is a full-time nine-month appointment with an anticipated start date of August 2025.
Required qualifications
–Terminal degree in architecture by the appointment start date
–Professional licensure, accreditations, and substantive practice experience
–Proven ability in studio and seminar teaching
–Successful communication of rigorous research inquiry
Preferred qualifications
–A PhD in architecture or a related field
–Excellence in communication, collaboration, and cross-cultural and/or cross-disciplinary work
–Commitment to humane, socially-engaged design
The review of applications will commence on January 27, 2025. For additional details or to apply, visit the Virginia Tech Careers website here.
