Chris Malcolm is a graduate student currently pursuing his Masters of Architecture at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology.
Originally born in Miami, Florida, Chris Malcolm has always been interested in technology and the arts. At a young age, he created multiple comic books series, animations, and was interested in becoming a fireman, then a limo driver, then a surgeon, and then to a cartoonist. Notable comic series include The Sushi Boy Chronicles and The Adventures of Marshmallow Man. In high school, he moved from analog media to digital media. Originally just created to share notes,he developed his first website to share school notes with fellow students, host comics and post animations. This propelled his interest into web design and a miscellaneous assortment of computer programming languages. Although computer programming and web dynamics was of deep interest to Chris, he decided to pursue architecture as a major in college, and still continues to design websites and develop new and exciting side projects.
Chris Malcolm attended the University of Florida, and graduated with a Bachelor's of Design and Architecture in 20010. During his studies, he studied abroad for 4 months in Vicenza, Italy as well as participated in the development of the University of Florida installation at the 9th International Beyond Media Visions Festival in Florence, Italy.
Chris Malcolm entered the M.Arch program at MIT School of Architecture + Planning in Fall 2010, directly after receiving his bachelor degree from UF. His major focus is on rational design and the use of digital tools and architecture to evaluate social/economical/environmental problems in modern society.
At MIT, he currently serves as the RPL (Rapid Protoyping Lab) webmaster and has developed the automated online queueing system for the use of MIT SAP's machines and services. He also serves as the TA for Reinhard Goethert and SIGUS group (Special Interest Group in Urban Settlement). Under his Assistantship, he has redisigned the SIGUS website, as well as lead a team of 3 game programmers in designing the educational incremental housing game, Incrementalize It!, to be used in developing countries.
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