Tim B. Castillo

Director ARTS Digital Media Lab [art, research, technology + science]

Associate Professor School of Architecture + Planning Interdisciplinary Film + Digital Media University of New Mexico

Tim B. Castillo is a tenured Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico and a member of the Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media faculty. He is currently the Director of the Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory, an interdisciplinary digital media laboratory at the University.

While at the University of New Mexico Professor Castillo has been pursuing new pedagogies that explore applications related to emerging digital technologies. His research interests revolve around cultural digital media, digital fabrication and interactive immersive environments.

He holds a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University and has taught at New Jersey Institute of Technology, the University of Arizona and the University of Colorado.

Professor Castillo is the founder of Hybrid Environments, a critical design office that focuses on emerging technologies for architecture and design. His work has been published and exhibited nationally and internationally in various locations including the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (Spain), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland), Pavillon de l’Arsenal (France), Bienal of Sao Paulo (Brazil), University of Waterloo (Canada), University of Utah, University of Colorado, California College of Arts, and the University of Texas-Arlington.