SCI-Arc Welcomes Nathan Hume as Graduate Programs Chair
SCI-Arc is thrilled to welcome Nathan Hume as Graduate Programs Chair, starting January 2026. In this role, Hume will lead SCI-Arc’s Masters of Architecture 1 and 2 programs and oversee its four Postgraduate programs, which advance research in technology, theory, and experimental design.
Hume’s teaching and professional work focus on how drawing and building expertise can empower architects to respond to the social, environmental, and political crises shaping the built world. Currently he is an Associate Professor of Practice at Weitzman Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania where he, over the last 10 years, shaped and coordinated the Visual Studies sequence and Comprehensive Design Studio, and taught in the Post-Graduate program, the MSD-AAD. Hume previously taught at Yale University and Pratt Institute.
Through curating exhibitions and symposia, he has fostered networks that expand architectural discourse and bring new voices and perspectives into the field.
As principal of Hume Architecture and a licensed architect, Hume is recognized for his explorations in materiality, making, and representation, fields that continue to define and challenge contemporary practice. His design work and writing have appeared in Curbed, Project, Log, Posit, Tarp, Paprika, Film Comment, and The New York Times, with exhibitions at The Druker Gallery, the A+D Museum, Yale Architecture Gallery, and the New York Center for Architecture.
“I am excited to lead and contribute to the school’s excellence in design, theory, and experimentation. We live in a moment facing major challenges, divisions, and crises ranging from environmental to social and political as well as economic instability and inequity. These aspects have implications for anyone studying and proposing work on the built environment. They also offer an important set of opportunities for architects to instigate change in the world. Understanding and grappling with architecture’s agencies in these arenas will allow the field and the academy to develop the ways in which students can operate and impact contemporary culture.
I am interested in fostering a community which can take on these challenges while also remaining committed to the education of well-rounded architects who are fearless in facing these challenges and the quickly evolving technological landscape of the field. Balancing history, theory, and current issues with foundational skills and cutting-edge technology will train a generation to not only be able to design but be equipped to build change,” said Hume.
SCI-Arc Director/CEO Winka Dubbeldam shared, “We are delighted to welcome Nathan to SCI-Arc. His vision and extensive academic experience reflects the school’s experimental spirit and its commitment to redefining architecture’s role in the world. Nathan’s leadership will help shape a future-focused pedagogy that connects design intelligence with real-world impact.”
SCI-Arc extends its gratitude for a decade of visionary leadership as Graduate Programs Chair to Elena Manferdini, and dedicated service as Postgraduate Programs Chair to David Ruy. Their contributions have profoundly shaped the school’s graduate culture and its ongoing legacy of innovation.
For more information about SCI-Arc’s graduate and postgraduate programs, visit sciarc.edu/academics.
