Six Architecture Students Selected for Metropolis Magazine’s Future100

Once again School of Architecture and Design students were named to Metropolis magazine’s Future100 list. The program, launched in 2021, recognizes the top graduating architecture and interior design students in the United States and Canada. Students are nominated by their instructors and mentors and chosen by the Metropolis team.

This year, six architecture students (four undergraduate and two graduate) were selected for this prestigious recognition.

Undergraduate Student Winners

Christopher Guardado
Nominated by Gertrudis Brens, visiting assistant professor and interim director of interior design
“Displaying a high level of technical ability and a passion for urbanism, Guardado’s portfolio of large-scale projects is impressive for its fully realized designs,” writes Metropolis magazine.

Matthew Kennedy
Nominated by Giovanni Santamaria, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of architecture
“From multifamily housing to cultural centers, the projects in Kennedy’s portfolio illustrate the role that natural light, outdoor spaces, and landscaping play in occupants’ well-being,” writes the magazine.

Becky Lung
Nominated by Giovanni Santamaria, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of architecture
Lung impressed the judges with her impressive projects. “Lung’s portfolio shows a capacity for deep user research: City Paradigm, a community center concept developed with classmates Naomi Codo and Katie Trainor, is designed to reduce the stigma of food insecurity,” according to the magazine.

Erick Ruivo
Nominated by Michael Nolan, associate professor of architecture
“Ruivo’s technical skill and attention to detail inform work that both engages with and heightens the senses,” writes Metropolis magazine.

Graduate Student Winners

Yousef Ismail
Nominated by Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, associate professor and director of the M.S. programs
“Ismail has been studying architecture since 2014 and has a firm grasp of the technologies used in contemporary practice, from modeling and rendering to 3-D scanning and photogrammetry,” writes the magazine of Ismail’s work.

Salma Kattass
Nominated by Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa
Highlighting Kattass’s approach to design, the magazine writes: “A junior architect and Fulbright grantee, Kattass utilizes methods such as 3-D scanning and point cloud collection to research and represent the spatial experience of various New York museums.”

See the School of Architecture and Design students selected for Metropolis magazine’s 2021 Future100 list.