Matt Hall

Matt Hall is a Professor and Associate Architecture Program Chair at Auburn University's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. His teaching spans all levels, emphasizing beginning design, materials/methods, and fostering critical thinking about design's existential challenges. As a partner in the architecture firm Superunison and the object design studio Obstructures, he bridges academic rigor with collaborative design practice. His research intertwines historical analysis of post-war Scandinavian architects like Sigurd Lewerentz and Bernt Nyberg with speculative critiques of design's societal impacts.

• Educated at Harvard Graduate School of Design (Master) and University of Tennessee (Bachelor)
• Registered Architect in Alabama & North Carolina
• Co-curator of international exhibitions on endangered architecture

Research focuses on:

• Post-war Scandinavian architectural history
• Design's ethical dilemmas and unintended consequences
• Critical estimation of speculative futures
• Architecture as a problem-creating discipline

Scientific awards:

• 2023 AIA Merit Award

Hall's academic practice emphasizes anti-ideological skepticism, preparing students to navigate architecture's subjective and authoritarian aspects. His dual-pronged design work includes spatial projects through Superunison and award-winning aluminum guitars via Obstructures. He contributed to ACTAR's 2021 publication on Lewerentz and A+U's 2017 feature on Nyberg.