Mario Gandelsonas
Mario Gandelsonas, FAIA, joined Princeton’s faculty in 1991. He is an architect and theorist whose specializations include urbanism and semiotics. He is Professor of Architectural Design and the Class of 1913 Lecturer in Architecture. He is simultaneously the Director of the Center for Architecture, Urbanism and Infrastructure.
Mario’s work, which includes residential, institutional, and commercial urban design projects, has received numerous design awards. Most recently, his firm — Agrest and Gandelsonas — was selected to develop a Transit-Oriented Development study for Main Street in Woodbridge, NJ, and a new Vision Plan for the city of Des Moines, IA. In 2003 his firm won an international competition for the Urban Design of the Xu Jia Hui district in Shanghai, which was completed in 2004. The Master Plan includes a business center, a cultural center, a preservation area and the restructuring of the existing shopping area. In 2004 his firm completed the zoning regulations and design guidelines for the new Xu Hui business center. In 2005 his firm developed a Master Plan for the South Amboy Greenbelt and is currently designing a Community Center for South Amboy.
In 2006, Mr. Gandelsonas was elevated by the AIA to The College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the profession. He was honored for advancing the science and art of planning and building by advancing the standards of architectural education, training and practice. Gandelsonas has been published extensively and is a frequent contributor to architectural journals. His most recent book, "Shanghai Reflections: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Search for an Alternative Modernity", examines the transformation of the old city of Shanghai into a modern metropolis from a broad cultural and architectural perspective. In 1999, his book, "X-Urbanism, Architecture and the American City", was published by Princeton Architectural Press. Other publications include "The Urban Text" (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1991) and Agrest and Gandelsonas, Architects (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1994).
He received his Diploma from the University of Buenos Aires and a Certificate from the Centre de Recherche d'Urbanisme, Paris. | 
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