Kristen Landmark Masih

Kristen Landmark Masih serves as an Adjunct Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, contributing to architectural education through foundational studio instruction. Her academic role focuses exclusively on hands-on design teaching within the institution's architecture program.

Her research and teaching interests center on Architectural Design with specialized emphasis on Design Studio Pedagogy, Spatial Composition, and Architectural Elements. She develops student competencies in spatial reasoning and building systems through structured studio sequences that progress from elemental design principles to complex unit-based compositions.

Professor Masih currently instructs ARCH 113 (Architecture Studio I: Elements) and ARCH 114 (Architecture Studio II: Unit), forming critical components of the undergraduate architecture curriculum. These courses establish fundamental design literacy through iterative project-based learning focused on material properties, spatial relationships, and conceptual development.