Michael Meredith & Hilary Sample

Michael Meredith is a Professor at Princeton University School of Architecture, while Hilary Sample holds the IDC Professor of Housing Design position at Columbia University's GSAPP. Both are co-founders of the internationally recognized architecture studio MOS.

Their collaborative work focuses on urban planning and socially responsible architecture, particularly addressing vacant spaces and affordable housing challenges. Recent publications include the 2021 book Vacant Spaces NY and the 2024 Laboratorio de Vivienda, both exploring architectural responses to urban decay and housing inequity.

Through projects like the Apan housing campus in Mexico, they demonstrate expertise in creating community-centric architectural solutions that balance economic constraints with design quality. Their approach emphasizes collective transformation processes rather than top-down planning, as seen in their analysis of New York City's vacant storefronts.