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Christopher Kroner

Christopher Kroner believes that design is for everyone and sees architecture as a daily practice of outreach. His work explores ways of regenerating the urban fabric using both new construction and adaptive reuse.

As an award-winning designer and committed architecture and urban design educator, he converted his teaching pedagogy into a revolutionary and immersive model of listening and engagement. When he joined MASS Design Group in 2017, Christopher setup the Hudson Valley Design Lab in Poughkeepsie, where he leads multidisciplinary teams in building networks within communities in need. The design lab works to pioneer community design in American “Fringe Cities.” He sees acts of listening, research, and diplomacy as new methodologies for design agency. He recently completed a USGBC LEED Certified Office and Shop Building for the Hudson Valley Farm Hub (Kingston, NY) and currently leads the design of the Youth Opportunity Union (Poughkeepsie, NY).

Christopher’s urban design work has garnered notable recognition. In 2023, his team’s proposal for the redesign of Franklin Park (Boston, MA) was described as “thoughtful” and “poetic”, and received the Boston Society of Landscape Architects Award in Analysis and Planning. In 2021, the National Canadian LGBTQ2+ Monument (Ottawa, ON), designed under Christopher’s leadership and in collaboration with artist Stephen Andrews, was shortlisted by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

In addition to directing design projects as a Principal at MASS, he leads all Poughkeepsie-based community outreach work, serves as a design consultant to the Poughkeepsie Planning Board, and volunteers on a number of community boards and regional coalitions.

Prior to working at MASS, Christopher spent a decade as an associate partner with Dean/Wolf Architects where he conducted a series of award-winning projects in all stages of design and construction. “Restless Response: Emergency Medical Station 50” at Queens Hospital garnered the American Architecture Prize Gold Medal in Institutional Architecture in 2016, and the station was featured in Architectural Record in March 2017. Additionally, “Ephemeral Edge House,” a rural retreat home south of Albany won a Progressive Architecture Award in 2012 and a New York City AIA Honor Award in 2019.

He has taught architectural and urban design at leading institutions worldwide, including Columbia University, Pratt Institute, and the University of Virginia. Christopher holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University, where he received the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize. He received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia, where he received the Sean Steele-Nicholson Memorial Award.

Courses

Course Semester Title Student Work Instructor Syllabus Requirements & Sequence Location & Time Session & Points Call No.
A6850‑1 Fall 2018
Studio II: The Space Between Cities: Redefining Urbanization in The Hudson Valley
Book spreads designed by Yanli Zhao, Shuo Yang, Junyu Cao, and Angela Crisostomo
Habitat renderings by Yanli Zhao, Shuo Yang, Junyu Cao, and Angela Crisostomo
Section drawing by Yanli Zhao, Shuo Yang, Junyu Cao, and Angela Crisostomo
Justin Moore, Lee Altman, Wendy Andringa, Jerome Haferd, Christopher Kroner, Justin Moore, Michael Murphy, David Smiley M.S. AUD Only
600 Studio
M & TH 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM, F 4 PM - 6 PM
Full Semester
9 Points
73296
A6850‑1 Fall 2016
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO II
Ud altman carmelo ignaccolo deniz onder dissa pidanti raras andrea benavides ward fa16 01 chattanooga river valley
Ud altman carmelo ignaccolo maria isabel carrasco vintimilla mario andres ulloa leon  shuman wu fa16 01 hudson valley region plan
Ud altman carmelo ignaccolo maria isabel carrasco vintimilla mario andres ulloa leon  shuman wu fa16 02 section
Michael Murphy, Lee Altman, Christopher Kroner, James Carse, Sandro Marpillero, Justin Moore Syllabus STUDIO, UD
600 STUDIO
M & TH 1:30 - 6:30 F 1:30- 3:30
FULL SEMESTER
9 Points
61649
A6850‑1 Fall 2015
Urban Design Studio II: City-Regions
Udstudio altman moore hannahmariebeall mahimapandya aminataseck feixiong fa15 04
Udstudio altman moore hannahmariebeall mahimapandya aminataseck feixiong fa15 03
Udstudio altman moore hannahmariebeall mahimapandya aminataseck feixiong fa15 02
Justin Moore, Lee Altman, Sandro Marpillero, Christopher Kroner, David Smiley
600 STUDIO
M, W, & F 2 PM - 6 PM
FULL SEMESTER
9 Points
85779