Profile
Andy Bako, OAA (he/him) is a licensed architect, computational designer and lecturer based in Toronto, Canada.
He is currently the 2024-2026 Emerging Scholar in Design at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. Before joining the faculty at the UTSOA, he served as the 2023-2024 Schidlowski Emerging Faculty Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University. He holds a Master of Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he was awarded the 2019 Digital Design Prize for his thesis project, "Normal House," which explored the intersections of image culture, suburbia, and the limitations of contemporary design software.
Andy has held teaching positions at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto and the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism at Carleton University. Outside of academia, Andy has led production of exhibitions, installations and has collaborated with institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
Andy has worked for award-winning architectural firms and designers, including Adamson Associates Architects and OMA. In addition, as a computational designer, he has worked with Volkan Alkanoglu Design, LLC. His work has been featured on platforms such as Kooz/Arch and SuckerPUNCHdaily, as well as at the Hot Air Gallery in New York. He has also contributed to international exhibitions, including "Countryside: The Future" at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. His recent publications include contributions to The PLAN Journal, Pidgin, Yale Paprika!, POOL, and the ASCA 2024 International Conference Proceedings.
Email: andrew.bako@utexas.edu
Instagram: @ab.ad.co
Affiliations
2024-2026 Emerging Scholar in Design
The College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University
2023-2024 Schidlowski Emerging Faculty Fellow
The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto
Lecturer
Carleton University Azrieli School of Architecture and
Urbanism
Lecturer
2023-2024
2019-2023
2022
Education
M.Arch I AP, Distinction
Carleton University Azrieli School of Architecture and
Urbanism
B.A.S. Design, Distinction
2011-2016