Organschi, Alan W.

Mr. Organschi is design principal and partner at Gray Organschi Architecture in New Haven, a firm recognized at the local, regional, and national level for its innovative conception and careful crafting of architectural projects that range from the adaptive reuse of damaged buildings and neighborhoods to the development and implementation of low-impact buildings for ecologically delicate sites. In 2009 Mr. Organschi and Gray Organschi Architecture were recognized as an Emerging Voice in Architecture by the Architectural League of New York and received an American Architecture Award for their net zero energy Storage Barn in Washington, Connecticut. The following year, the AIA’s Residential Architect magazine named Gray Organschi to its “ra50” list of the top fifty practices in residential design. In addition to writing and lecturing on the integration of construction technologies in design and on the sustainable adaptive reuse of abandoned modern buildings and infrastructure, Mr. Organschi is also the founding principal of JIG Design Build, an offshoot of his work at Gray Organschi Architecture that specializes in the prototyping, fabrication, and installation of building components and systems. After completing his graduate work in architecture, Mr. Organschi edited the 27th edition of Perspecta. In 1992 he was awarded a German Chancellor’s Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, for which he conducted research on the post-unification redevelopment of East Berlin for a year and a half. Prior to teaching at Yale, Mr. Organschi taught at Wesleyan University and Roger Williams University School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation.