Emily Abruzzo

Emily Abruzzo is a Senior Lecturer at the Yale School of Architecture and a partner in Abruzzo Bodziak Architects (ABA), a New York and Connecticut-based practice recognized for visionary architectural projects. ABA has received numerous accolades, including the Architectural League Prize and AIA Design Awards.

• BA in Architecture, Columbia University
• MArch with Certificate in Media and Modernity, Princeton University

Her research explores the intersection of architecture with civic engagement, public space, and social equity, particularly through design for maternal health, urban colonization processes, and material experimentation. She advocates for architecture’s role in systemic change, as seen in her studio Designing Delivery (2023), which examines birth environments, and Shed No Tears for a Colonial City (2018), critiquing Rome’s Agro urbanization.

Key projects include:

• Designing Delivery: Addressing maternal mortality through birth center design
• Shed No Tears for a Colonial City: Reimagining public space in Rome’s Agro
• Inglorious Bastard: Revisiting urban villas as social housing

Scientific Awards:

• MacDowell Fellow

Her work bridges practice and academia, emphasizing collaborative research, design-build experiments, and critical engagement with policy and societal challenges.