ABAD Co.

Not a Bad Company

1. PROFILE

II. Publications

III. projects

  1. Overexposed
  2. Train Yourself
  3. Normal House
  4. VA Design LLC
  5. Thomas Demand: House of Card
  6. Greater Toronto Art 21 // GTA360
  7. Countryside: The Future
  8. Booth Cabin
  9. House in North Rustico
  10. Teach on the Beach

IV. teaching

  1. Between the Seams
  2. The Meat We Live In
  3. No Work/Life
  4. LoFi / Mile-X
  5. Phy/gital Ornament
  6. Lazy Computing

    Publications




    Bako, Andrew. “What Mad Pursuit?” CLOG, special issue FEES (web article, forthcoming).

    Bako, Andrew. “TRAIN YOURSELF: Architectural Recycling Between Digital and Physical Realities.” The Plan Journal 10, no. 1 (peer-reviewed journal article, 2025).

    Bako, Andrew. “A Detailed Interface.” Pidgin, no. 33 (journal article, 2025).

    Bako, Andrew. “On Self-Referential Assemblies.” UCLA POOL, Issue no. 9: LOOP (journal article, 2024).

    Bako, Andrew. “Self-Referential Assemblies.” In Proceedings of the 2024 ASCA International Conference: INFLECTIONS (conference paper, 2024).

    Bako, Andrew. “Neural Patina.” Yale Paprika! (web article, 2023). 


    Features




    “Normal House.” Kooz/Arch (online feature), 2019.

    “Normal House.” SUCKERPUNCHdaily (online feature), 2019.

    Bang, Esther, Lane Raffaldini Rubin, and Enrique Silva, eds. Platform 11: Setting the Table (exhibition catalog). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2018.

    Lott, John, and John May, eds. Platform 10: Live Feed (exhibition catalog). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2017.

    Baello, Camille, ed. Building 22, ed. 16 (yearbook). Ottawa: Carleton University School of Architecture and Urbanism, 2016.

    Leblanc, Nicholas, ed. Building 22, ed. 15 (yearbook). Ottawa: Carleton University School of Architecture and Urbanism, 2015.

    Cronsberry, Desirae, ed. Building 22, ed. 14 (yearbook). Ottawa: Carleton University School of Architecture and Urbanism, 2014.


    Awards, Fellowships & Grants




    Emerging Scholar in Design Fellowship
    The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, Austin, TX
    2024–2026

    Emerging Faculty Fellowship Research Grant
    The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, Austin, TX
    2024–2026

    Schidlowski Emerging Faculty Fellowship
    Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent, OH
    2023–2024

    Schidlowski Faculty Research Grant
    Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent, OH
    2023–2024

    Digital Design Prize
    Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
    2019

    Dean’s Honor List
    Carleton University Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Ottawa, ON
    2014

    Lester B. Pearson Scholarship
    Carleton University Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Ottawa, ON
    2014

    Page + Steele / IBI Group Scholarship
    Carleton University Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Ottawa, ON
    2014

    Allan Buchanan Undergraduate Scholarship
    Carleton University Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Ottawa, ON
    2014

    William and Jean Teron Scholarship in Architecture
    Carleton University Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Ottawa, ON
    2013

    President’s Scholarship
    Carleton University Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Ottawa, ON
    2013


    Conferences & Symposia




    ASCA International Conference: INFLECTIONS — Querétaro, Mexico
    Presentation + Panel Discussion, “New Imaginaries, Speculations, Machinations | TILT”
    with Ifeoma Ebo, Jesús Meléndez Vásquez, and Kyle Spence
    Moderated by Taraneh Meshkani
    April 2024

    Creative Conversations: GTA360 — Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto (virtual)
    Panelist with Niko McGlashan
    Moderated by November Paynter
    December 2021

    Architecture in Dialogue — Aga Khan Award for Architecture Symposium (virtual)
    Presenter, Online Exhibition Design
    Hosted by the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
    Moderated by Brigitte Shim
    November 2020

    Normal House — M.Arch Thesis Review, Harvard Graduate School of Design
    Presented to jury: K. Michael Hays, John McMorrough, Preston Scott Cohen, Ellie Abrons, Michelle Chang, Max Kuo, Andrew Witt, Vivian Lee
    Advised by Jennifer Bonner
    January 2019


    Exhibitions




    OVEREXPOSED — University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture
    Curator & design lead, End‑of‑Year Exhibition
    May 2025

    TRAIN YOURSELF — Armstrong Gallery, the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University
    Solo Exhibition, part of Schidlowski Emerging Faculty Fellowship
    April – July 2024

    Architecture After AI — The Bus Stop Gallery, Boulder, CO
    Group Exhibition
    September – October 2024
    Curated by Daniel Koehler, Kory Bieg, and Clay Odom

    Thomas Demand: House of Card — MOCA Toronto
    Project Lead, fabrication and installation of “Triple Folly Pavilion” landscape model
    September 2022 – January 2023

    Greater Toronto Art 2021 — MOCA Toronto (virtual)
    Project Lead, online exhibition design
    September 2021 – January 2022
    Curated by Daisy Desrosiers, Rui Mateus Amaral and November Paynter

    GTA360 — MOCA Toronto (virtual)
    Project Lead, online exhibition design
    September 2021 – January 2022

    Architecture in Dialogue — Aga Khan Award for Architecture (virtual)
    Project Lead, online exhibition design
    Hosted by the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
    November 2020
    Exhibition curated by Brigitte Shim

    Countryside: The Future — Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
    Exhibition design/research collaborator
    February 2020 – February 2021
    Curated by Troy Conrad Therrien

    Memes, GIFs and LoFi Drawings — Hot Air Gallery, New York, NY
    Group exhibition
    September 2019
    Curated by Matt Shaw