Mike Christenson
Professor, Architecture
Digital Design Center Director
Credentials
M.Arch, University of Minnesota
Bachelor, Env. D., University of Minnesota
Selected Scholarship
- (2021) Mike Christenson and Erin Kindell. “The Skyway as an Inhabitable Mode of Urban Representation,” in Proceedings, 2020 EAAE-ARCC International Conference, Valencia, Spain, v. 1, p. 252-260.
- (2021) Mike Christenson. “Exchanging Projects: Matchmaking in the Architecture Studio,” in Proceedings, 2019 Fall Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, p. 198-203. (Presented 2019; published 2021.)
- (2021) Malini Srivastava and Mike Christenson. “Play in Architectural Pedagogy: Shifting Allegiances and Trading Projects,” in Proceedings, 2018 Fall Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, p. 16-19. (Presented 2018; published 2021.)
- (2019) Christenson, Mike, David Jason Gerber, Wassim Jabi, Mara Marcu, Andrew John Wit. "Editorial," Architectural Science Review 62:5, 367-370, http://doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2019.1664462
- (2019) Christenson, Mike. Theories and Practice of Architectural Representation. Routledge.
- (2018) Christenson, Mike. "On the Foregrounding of Photographic Biases in Architecture," in Virtual + Actual: Process and Product of Design (2018 Conference of the Design Communication Association).
- (2018) Abdelhamid, Noor, Benjamin Dalton, Mike Christenson, and Malini Srivastava. "Energy Analysis of Public School Buildings Through Visualization," in Virtual + Actual: Process and Product of Design (2018 Conference of the Design Communication Association).
- (2018) Srivastava, Malini, and Mike Christenson. "Play in Architectural Pedagogy: Shifting Allegiances and Trading Projects," in PLAY with the Rules (2018 Fall Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture).
- (2017) Christenson, Mike. "Critical Dimensions in Architectural Photography: Contributions to Architectural Knowledge." In Architecture_MPS, v. 11, no. 2, p. 1-17.
- (2017) Christenson, Mike. "Kinds of Designing and Their Functions in Analyzing." In International Journal of Technology and Design Education, v. 27, no.4, p. 611-626.
- (2017) Christenson, Mike. "Parasitical Analysis in the Built Environment: Scales of Complexity". In Proceedings of the 2017 Conference of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), Ryan Smith, Keith Diaz Moore, and Windy Zhao, Editors, p. 72-79.
- (2017) Christenson, Mike. "Photography in the Urban Renewal Toolkit: The Case of Pruitt-Igoe". In Proceedings of the 2017 Conference of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), Ryan Smith, Keith Diaz Moore, and Windy Zhao, Editors, p. 155-163.
- (2016) Christenson, Mike. Beginning Design Technology. Routledge.
- (2016) Christenson, Mike. "Research Notes: The Photographic Construction of Urban Renewal in Fargo, North Dakota". In Buildings & Landscapes 23.2, Fall 2016, p. 116-128.
- (2016) Christenson, Mike. "On the Construction of Digital Models and the (Non-)Significance of Gravity". In Communicating Speculative and Crative Thinking (Proceedings of the 2016-2016 Design Communication Association Biennial Conference), Steven P. Juroszek, Editor, p. 184-189.
- (2016) Christenson, Mike. "Current Questions on Parasitical Analysis of Architectural Form". In Communicating Speculative and Crative Thinking (Proceedings of the 2016-2016 Design Communication Association Biennial Conference), Steven P. Juroszek, Editor, p. 79-83.
- (2016) Christenson, Mike and Malini Srivastava. "Additive Manufacturing: A Convergence of Form and Material in the Digital Age". In Communicating Speculative and Crative Thinking (Proceedings of the 2016-2016 Design Communication Association Biennial Conference), Steven P. Juroszek, Editor, p. 303-309.
- (2016) Christenson, Mike and Malini Srivastava. "Passive House Design-Build: Generative Full-Scale Pedagogy". In Proceedings, 2016 Passive and Low-Energy Architecture Conference.
- (2016) Christenson, Mike. "Le Corbusier's Museum of Unlimited Extension: Spirals and Occlusion Maps". In Shaping New Knowledges (Proceedings, 104th ACSA Annual Meeting).
Teaching
Mike's teaching areas include: design fundamentals, digital technologies, and comprehensive design.
Mike Christenson

Specialties & Expertise:
Production and dissemination of architectural knowledge