Encourages students to think critically.
Academic Background: John Fernandez earned his Bachelor of Architecture from MIT and his Master of Architecture from Princeton University.
Research Interests: Urban agriculture, local farming, urban metabolism, material flow analysis, and sustainable architecture.
Appointments: Professor and Director of the Building Technology Program in the Department of Architecture; Director of the Urban Metabolism Group; Co-Director of the International Design Center at MIT; Affiliate with the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI).
Awards: Information not publicly available.
Publications: Published extensively on urban metabolism and sustainable architecture in peer-reviewed journals.
Editorial Contributions: Information not publicly available.