Gregory Marinic, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. He is the Director of URBANIA, a grant-funded research lab that speculates on metropolitan futures with current research focused on housing, urban design, urban morphology, and informal settlements. Prior to academia, he worked in architecture firms in New York and London, including Rafael Vinoly Architects, Gensler, Tsao & McKown Architects, Yoshihara McKee Architects, and ABS Architects. At Vinoly, he contributed to RIBA and AIA award-winning civic, academic, performing arts, residential, aviation, urban design, master planning, and international competition projects. His New York-based multidisciplinary design practice, Arquipelago, has been awarded by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, American Institute of Architects, and Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, as well as exhibited in the AIA Center for Architecture in New York, AIA Center for Architecture and Design in Philadelphia, Estonian Architecture Museum in Tallinn, Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, TSMD Architecture Center in Ankara, and National Building Museum in Washington, DC.
