ECOGRAM - Key Persons


Ben Prosky

Job Titles:
  • Director of Special Events, GSAPP

Elizabeth Parker

Job Titles:
  • Editorial

Gavin Browning

Job Titles:
  • Director of Events and Public Programs, GSAPP

Mark Wigley

Job Titles:
  • Dean, GSAPP

Melanie Fessel

Job Titles:
  • Architect
  • Designer
  • Director of Design at Terreform ONE
Architect and Designer Melanie Fessel initiated ONE (Open Network Ecology) Odyssey, an interdisciplinary research enterprise based on philanthropic design principles, to integrate ecological issues into the urban environment. Ecology in design is not only a philosophy that inspires visions of sustainability and social justice, but also a focused scientific endeavor. Melanie is currently the Director of Design at Terreform ONE, Ecological Design Group for Urban Infrastructure, Building, Planning, and Art.

Mitchell Joachim

Job Titles:
  • Founding Co - President of Terreform ONE
Mitchell Joachim is a founding Co-President of Terreform ONE. He is an Associate Professor at NYU and EGS in Switzerland. He was formerly an architect at Gehry Partners, and Pei Cobb Freed. He is a TED Senior Fellow and has been awarded fellowships with Moshe Safdie and Martin Society for Sustainability, MIT. He was chosen by Wired magazine for "The Smart List: 15 People the Next President Should Listen To". Rolling Stone magazine honored Mitchell in "The 100 People Who Are Changing America". Mitchell won many awards including; AIA New York Urban Design Merit Award, Victor Papanek Social Design Award, Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity, History Channel Infiniti Award for City of the Future, and Time Magazine Best Invention with MIT Smart Cities Car. Dwell magazine featured him as "The NOW 99" in 2012. He earned a Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MAUD Harvard University, M.Arch. Columbia University.