
JANUARY 2026
+ Autonomous Urbanism (AR+D Publishing) awarded a
2026 AIA NY Design Merit Award by the American Institute of Architects (AIA)
+ Autonomous Urbanism (AR+D Publishing) selected as a
shortlisted finalist for the 2025 On The Brinck Book Award by the University of New Mexico (UNM)
+ Autonomous Urbanism (AR+D Publishing) given a book
review by the Journal of the American Planning Association
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DECEMBER 2025
+ Autonomous Urbanism (AR+D Publishing) awarded the
2025 Gerd Albers Best Book Award by the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP)
+ Emergent Studio's proposal Vanua Sun-Well published in the
book "Climate Art: Powering Island Communities" LAGI 2025 awards publication
+ Evan Shieh presents the peer-reviewed paper "The Future of
Mobility" at the 2025 Conference of Green Digital Intelligent (GDI) Built Environments
+ Evan Shieh joins the Perspective Lab Podcast as an invited
guest for the episode "The Architecture of a Driverless City"
+ Evan Shieh attends final reviews as an external guest
critic at Tamkang University, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), Pratt Institute, and Parson School of Design
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NOVEMBER 2025
+ Emergent Studio's proposal Vanua Sun-Well exhibited at the
"LAGI 2025: Land Art for a Changing Climate" exhibition in Suva, Fiji
+ Evan Shieh publishes the peer-reviewed paper Industrial
Exaptation with Land Journal by MDPI
+ Evan Shieh joins the Interconnected Podcast by Equinix as
an invited guest for the episode "Autonomous Everything: Rethinking Infrastructure for a Self-Driving World"
+ Evan Shieh attends midterm reviews as an external guest
critic at Tamkang University
OCTOBER 2025
+ Evan Shieh featured in the article "100 Visionary Creators
Changing How We See Architecture" by Architizer
+ Evan Shieh gives an external guest course lecture at Pratt
Institute
+ Evan Shieh attends midterm reviews as an external guest
critic at Parsons School of Design
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SEPTEMBER 2025
+ Autonomous Urbanism (AR+D Publishing) awarded two 2025
Architizer Vision Awards: Vision for Transport, Editor's Choice Winner, and Vision for Cities, Finalist
+ Evan Shieh awarded a 2025 S-Lab grant by the Institute for
Design Research & Innovation (IDC) Foundation for the exhibition proposal "Mono-functional Industrial Adaptation"
+ Evan Shieh attends final reviews as a jury panel member of
the "2025 UDL Thesis Publication Seminar"
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AUGUST 2025
+ Evan Shieh serves as a blind peer reviewer for research
paper submissions to the 2025 Conference of Green Digital Intelligent (GDI) Built Environments
+ Evan Shieh nominated & selected to join the International
Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP)
+ Evan Shieh lectures at AHL Architects
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JULY 2025
+ Evan Shieh co-organizes and co-leads the international
"Urban Intelligence Workshop" with Korea University and Parsons School of Design, held at the Division of Smart Cities campus in Sejong City, South Korea
+ Evan Shieh contributes a juror essay to the Form Follows
Life: Reinventing Cities report, published by Non-Architecture
+ Evan Shieh lectures at the organization Lectures on Tap,
hosted by NeueHouse NYC
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JUNE 2025
+ Emergent Studio's proposal Vanua Sun-Well shortlisted as a
Finalist in the international "2025 Land Art Generative Initiative (LAGI)" design competition
+ Evan Shieh lectures at the American Institute of Architects
(AIA), hosted by the Sub-Zero, Wolf, & Cove Showroom
+ Evan Shieh lectures at TYLin Engineering Group
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MAY 2025
+ Evan Shieh co-lectures and co-leads a topical workshop
session at the United Nations HQ for the 10th Annual Science, Technology, & Innovation (STI) Forum as part of the symposium "Future of Cities", organized by NYIT in collaboration with the Consulate General of Denmark NY
+ Evan Shieh attends final reviews as an external guest critic
at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Parsons School of Design
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APRIL 2025
+ Evan Shieh invited to serve on the jury panel of the Urban
Design Lab "2025 UDL Thesis Publication" competition
+ Evan Shieh co-publishes the paper "Envisioning Future
HealthScapes" for the 10th Annual Science, Technology, & Innovation (STI) Forum SDG Conference 2025
+ Evan Shieh lectures at the organization Open Plans, hosted
by Cookfox Architects
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MARCH 2025
+ Autonomous Urbanism (AR+D Publishing) given a book
review by the Urban Design Lab
+ Evan Shieh lectures at the Harvard Alumni Architectural &
Urban Society (HAAUS), hosted by Head Hi Bookstore
+ Evan Shieh lectures at the NYC Department of City Planning
(DCP) Urban Design Division's monthly "BUDS" lecture series
+ Evan Shieh gives an external guest course lecture at
Parsons School of Design
+ Evan Shieh attends midterm reviews as an external guest
critic at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Parsons School of Design
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FEBRUARY 2025
+ Evan Shieh curates the exhibition Autonomous Urbanism at
Education Hall Gallery, NYIT
+ Evan Shieh joins the Most Podern Podcast as an invited
guest for the episode "Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Cities"
+ Evan Shieh gives an external guest course lecture at North
Carolina State University
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JANUARY 2025
+ Evan Shieh interviewed and quoted in NatNews, Issue 148
+ Evan Shieh lectures at Amazon's self-driving vehicle
company Zoox's "CityBeat" quarterly lecture series
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DECEMBER 2024
+ Evan Shieh publishes an op-ed titled "Our Car-Centric
Culture is Hurting New Yorkers" on RealClear Policy (RCPC)
+ Evan Shieh contributes a juror essay to the 2024 UDL
Thesis Publication report, published by the Urban Design Lab
+ Evan Shieh contributes to the exhibition Dreaming of our
Roots at Gallery 61, NYIT
+ Evan Shieh featured & profiled in the Winter 2024 edition of
Metropolis Magazine
+ Evan Shieh attends final reviews as an external guest critic
at Parsons School of Design
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NOVEMBER 2024
+ Evan Shieh named the national 2024 Planet Positive
Educator of the Year by Metropolis Magazine
+ Evan Shieh interviewed & profiled in the Fall 2024 / Winter
2025 edition of the New York Tech Magazine
+ Evan Shieh lectures at Harvard GSD’s “In Dialogue” lecture
series hosted by UD:ID
+ Evan Shieh lectures at the Living Well Club of New Jersey
+ Evan Shieh gives an external guest course lecture at Pratt
Institute
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OCTOBER 2024
+ Evan Shieh awarded the Stretto Alumni Achievement Award
at its 2024 Inaugural Gala
+ Evan Shieh publishes the book Autonomous Urbanism:
Towards a New Transitopia with ORO Editions/AR+D Publishing
+ Autonomous Urbanism (AR+D Publishing) launched as a
lecture at NYIT’s “Worlds Un/Designed” Fall 2024 public lecture series
+ Evan Shieh lectures at the 2024 NYC Architecture Biennale
+ Evan Shieh attends midterm reviews as an external guest
critic at Parsons School of Design
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SEPTEMBER 2024
+ Evan Shieh interviewed & profiled by ArchUncovered
+ Evan Shieh attends final reviews as a jury panel member of
the "2024 UDL Thesis Publication Seminar"
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AUGUST 2024
+ Emergent Studio's proposal Productive Han-Ga-Ram
published in "Land Art, Land Urbanism" archive book of the 2023 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism
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JULY 2024
+ Evan Shieh lectures at NYC Urban Design Forum (UDF)'s
"Office Hours" forum fellow discussion series​
+ Evan Shieh interviewed & profiled by Medium's Authority
+ Evan Shieh attends final reviews as an external guest critic
at the Strother School of Radical Attention
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JUNE 2024​
+ Emergent Studio's proposal Fastscape-Slowscape awarded
3rd Place in the international "Banpo-Hangang River Connection Park and Cultural Facilities" design competition, hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government
+ Evan Shieh awarded a 2024 Emerging Technologies
Implementation Grant by NYIT for the proposal "Geo-Spatial Cartographic Urban Morphologies"​​​​
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MAY 2024​
+ Evan Shieh invited to serve on the jury panel of the
Non-Architecture "Form Follows Life: Reinventing Cities" design competition
+ Evan Shieh attends final reviews as an external guest critic
at Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design
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APRIL 2024​
+ Evan Shieh contributes to NYIT's proposal Future by Design,
curated & exhibited at the 2024 SaloneSatellite, Salone del Mobile Milano
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​MARCH 2024​
+ Evan Shieh invited to serve on the jury panel of the Urban
Design Lab "2024 UDL Thesis Publication" competition
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FEBRUARY 2024​
+ Evan Shieh introduces & moderates the book launch event
"Thinking and Building on Shaky Ground" by Yun Fu, at NYIT's Spring 2024 public lecture series
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JANUARY 2024​
+ Evan Shieh interviewed & profiled by New York Tech News
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DECEMBER 2023​
+ Evan Shieh nominated & selected to join the NYC Urban
Design Forum (UDF) as a forum fellow
+ Evan Shieh attends final reviews as an external guest critic
at Syracuse University, Pratt Institute, and Parsons School of Design
OCTOBER 2023
+ Emergent Studio's proposal Productive Han-Ga-Ram
curated & exhibited at the 2023 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, in the "100-year Masterplan" exhibition
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SEPTEMBER 2023​
+ Evan Shieh appointed to the full-time faculty at NYIT as an
Assistant Professor of Architecture
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AUGUST 2023​
+ Evan Shieh awarded the 2023 Presidential Excellence in
Teaching Award by NYIT at university convocation
+ Evan Shieh gives an external guest course lecture at the
University of Johannesburg
+ Evan Shieh attends midterm reviews as an external
guest critic at the University of Johannesburg
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JULY 2023​
+ Evan Shieh publishes the studio report Extreme Urbanism V:
Exploring Hybrid Housing Typologies (Harvard GSD),
co-edited with Rahul Mehrotra​
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MAY 2023​
+ Evan Shieh attends final reviews as an external guest critic
at Yale University, Columbia GSAPP, and Rensselaer Polytechnic University
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APRIL 2023​
+ Emergent Studio's proposal Future of Highways exhibited at
the "Mediating Data: Digital Cartographies" exhibition at the University of Virginia
+ Emergent Studio's proposal An Ecology of Knowledge
and Culture published in the "Incheon Geomdan Cultural Complex Architectural Review" awards publication
+ Evan Shieh presents at the Association of Collegiate Schools
of Architecture (ACSA)'s 111th Annual Conference
"In Commons", in the Pedagogy: Inclusive Boundaries panel session
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MARCH 2023​
+ Emergent Studio's proposal An Ecology of Knowledge
and Culture exhibited at Incheon City Hall
+ Evan Shieh awarded a 2023 Emerging Technologies
Exploratory Grant by NYIT for the proposal "Artificial Intelligence and the Urban/Architectural Imaginary"
+ Evan Shieh attends midterm reviews as an external guest
critic at Columbia GSAPP, Syracuse University, Pratt Institute, and Rutgers University
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FEBRUARY 2023​
+ Emergent Studio's proposal An Ecology of Knowledge
and Culture awarded an Honorable Mention Prize in the international "Incheon Geomdan Museum-Library Cultural Complex" design competition, hosted by the Incheon Metropolitan City Municipality
+ Evan Shieh interviewed & profiled by The New School News
+ Evan Shieh gives an external guest course lecture at North
Carolina State University and Rutgers University
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JANUARY 2023​
+ Evan Shieh awarded the national 2023 New Faculty Teaching
Award by ACSA/AIAS (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture/American Institute of Architecture Students)
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​OCTOBER 2022​
+ Evan Shieh lectures at NYIT's "Design Dialogs" Fall 2022
public lecture series
+ Evan Shieh attends midterm reviews as an external guest
critic at Columbia GSAPP
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SEPTEMBER 2022​
+ Evan Shieh gives an external guest course lecture at
Harvard GSD
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​​AUGUST 2022​
+ Evan Shieh interviewed & featured by KoozArch Magazine
+ Evan Shieh attends final reviews as an external guest
critic at Columbia GSAPP's Summer Intro program
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JUNE 2022​
+ Evan Shieh gives an external guest course lecture at
Harvard GSD's Design Discovery program
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APRIL 2022​
+ Emergent Studio's proposal Future of Highways awarded an
Honorable Mention Prize in the Non-Architecture "Street of Tomorrow" design competition
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MARCH 2022​
+ Evan Shieh awarded a 2022 Library Course Enrichment
Grant by the University of Virginia for the proposal "Future of Highways"
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DECEMBER 2021​
+ Evan Shieh attends final reviews as an external guest critic
at Cal Poly Pomona University and Orange Coast College
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NOVEMBER 2021​
+ Evan Shieh awarded an A+D Museum 2021 "Still-on-Paper
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OCTOBER 2021​
+ Evan Shieh contributes to the proposal Manaus: A New
Contractual Agreement between City & Forest by Somatic Collaborative, curated & exhibited at the 2021 Venice Biennale of Architecture
+ Evan Shieh gives an external guest course lecture at Yale
University
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SEPTEMBER 2021​
+ Evan Shieh appointed to the full-time faculty at the
University of Virginia as an Assistant Professor of Architecture
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AUGUST 2021​
+ Emergent Studio is founded by Evan Shieh

