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  • Christopher Beck

    Part-time Lecturer

    Email
    beckc@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    L - 2 West 13th Street

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    Christopher Beck

    Profile

    Chris Beck designs, draws, paints, and writes in Brooklyn, and is a Registered Architect in the state of New York. His research examines the creative process in art and design fields, focusing on the effects of digital technology on methods of making, and systems of capital in labor and production. He also serves as an advisor for the IAM Union, utilizing his experience organizing the first private-sector architecture union. His forthcoming book, The Labor of Architecture: Creativity, Design, and the Building of a New Class Consciousness, will be published with Monthly Review Press.

    Degrees Held

    M.A. in Liberal Arts, The New School (ongoing)

    M.Arch, Rhode Island School of Design

    B.S. in Architecture, University of Maryland-College Park

    Research Interests

    Design Production, Creative Process, Labor Process, Technology, Organizing, Unions

    Past Courses

    Design Studio 1
    PGAR 5001, Fall 2024

    Studio Lab: Research/Writing
    PUID 4111, Spring 2025

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