Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll is a professor of architecture at Kennesaw State University in Marietta
(Atlanta), Georgia. Prior to this appointment he was an Assistant Professor at Syracuse
University. He is a founding partner of atelier BUILD, a design/build firm based in
Montreal. Atelier BUILD was awarded the Canadian Professional Prix de Rome of Architecture
in 2004. The work of atelier BUILD has been published and exhibited in Canada, the
United States, the United Kingdom and Japan. Professor Carroll has worked for a number
of architectural and design studios in London, Sevilla, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver
and Halifax including noted Canadian architect, Brian Mackay-Lyons.
Michael Carroll is the founder and director of MAT_LAB at Kennesaw State University,
a materials library, lab and exhibition space. His research focuses on materiality
in contemporary architecture with a focus of material expressions of under-represented
communities.
As Principle Investigator (PI) he is the architectural designer of the KSU Mini-Pavilion at the Cobb County Safety Pavilion. Together with Dr. Billy Kihei (Co-PI 1) they lead the charge to constuct the pavilion and use it as a site for off-campus research as well as a 'classroom' to instruct elementary students on the interconnection between safety and sustainability.
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