Jana VanderGoot is interested in the intersection of architecture, landscape, and urbanism. Her work and research focus on the ways in which buildings act as extensions of urban ecological networks, and specifically where this applies to forest systems.
VanderGoot is an Assistant Professor of Architecture, tenure track, at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. She holds a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame. Jana is a registered architect, founding partner at VanderGoot Ezban Studio, and 2011 recipient of the Rieger Graham, Prize, ICAA affiliated fellowship at the American Academy in Rome.
VanderGoot’s new book, Architecture and the Forest Aesthetic: A New Look at Design and Resilient Urbanism, was published by Routledge in December, 2017.