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M. Arch, RA.
Teaching Area
Design, theory |
Education
Bachelor of Arts (Duke University, 1977)
Master of Architecture (North Carolina State University, 1984)
Reference
Kim Tanzer is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Florida. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and her Master of Architecture from North Carolina State University.
Much of her teaching and research focuses on the relationship between the human body and large shared spaces such as the city and the landscape, with an emphasis on creating sustainable environments. In her writing, teaching and architectural and urban design she forges connections between the phenomenal experience of space and more abstract understandings of the environment developed by architectural professionals.
In addition to recent architectural projects, including the preliminary design of the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research on the University of Florida campus and a master plan with Tina Gurucharri for Gainesville’s Depot area, Tanzer has worked extensively in Gainesville’s Fifth Avenue/Pleasant Street historically African-American neighborhood. For her community-based teaching, practice and service she has received local and national awards.
In addition to numerous scholarly and popular articles Tanzer recently co-edited The Green Braid: Towards an Architecture of Ecology, Economy, and Social Equity, with Rafael Longoria, published by Routledge Press and Volume 60, Issue 4 of the Journal of Architectural Education entitled “Environmental Architectures and Sustainability” with Vincent Canizaro.
Tanzer currently serves as the President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, following a three year term as the Southeast Regional Director from 2000-2003. During the 2005-06 academic year she served as Chair of the University of Florida Faculty Senate, and in that capacity as a member of the University of Florida Board of Trustees. She served as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Architectural Education from 2005-2007. Tanzer was co-founder and founding Executive Director of the Florida Community Design Center and retains a seat on the Board of Directors.
She maintains a private architectural practice in Gainesville.
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