Adèle Naudé Santos is a South African born American architect and urban designer focused on low-income housing, campus architecture, and socially conscious design. She is principal architect of Santos Prescott and Associates, based in San Francisco and Somerville, Massachusetts. She served as the Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

from 2003 to 2014. She became a Fellow of

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in 1996.

Early life

Born in South Africa, Santos holds an architectural degree from the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

as well as the

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in London, a Masters of Architecture in Urban Design from

Harvard Graduate School of Design The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is the graduate school of design at Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers master's and doctoral programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban ...

, and a Masters of City Planning from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

. Some of her early work included being part of the design team who worked on

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in London and work on a low-income housing project in Paris. She served as a project architect in

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for

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Academic career

Her academic career includes positions at

MIT School of Architecture and Planning The MIT School of Architecture and Planning (MIT SAP, stylized as SA+P) is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1865 by William Robert Ware, the school offered the f ...

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranke ...

University of California Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...

, and the

. She was the founding Dean of the new School of Architecture at University of California San Diego. In 2013, Santos was instrumental in creating a partnership between the Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT and the American Institute of Architects Decade of Design initiative to link design and public health through research initiatives.

Notable projects

Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia The Institute of Contemporary Art or ICA is a contemporary art museum in Philadelphia. The museum is associated with the University of Pennsylvania, and is located on its campus. The Institute is one of the country's leading museums dedicated to e ...

* Center for the Arts at

Albright College Albright College is a private liberal arts college in Reading, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1856. History Albright College traces its founding to 1856 when Union Seminary opened. Present-day Albright was formed by the mergers of several ins ...

, Reading, Pennsylvania *

Children's Creativity Museum The Children's Creativity Museum is an interactive museum for children aged 2-12 years, located in Yerba Buena Gardens, in San Francisco, California. It offers workshops and exhibits that allow children to produce their own media through various i ...

, formerly named Yerba Buena Gardens Children's Center in San Francisco * City Links, A Vision Plan for San Diego * Franklin/LaBrea Affordable Housing in Hollywood, California

Awards

* Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education from the

and

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(2009) * Terner Prize for Innovation and Leadership in Affordable HOusing, Finalist Mission Creek Senior Community (2007) * Boston Society of Architects John M. Clancy Award for the Design of Socially Responsible Housing, Mission Creek Senior Community (2007) * American Academy of Rome Prize (2002)

External links

Santos Prescott and Associates

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012 - The Davos Debrief: Social and Technological Modelshttps://architecture.mit.edu/faculty/ad%C3%A8le-naud%C3%A9-santos.https://www.architectmagazine.com/aia-architect/aiavoices/the-urbanist_o.
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References

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