<Walter Patrick Smith> — HTBAA Fall 2026

About me

Walter Patrick Smith, AIA, LEED AP, is an architect, designer, educator, and researcher working at the intersection of architecture, computation, biological manufacturing, and environmental systems. He is Director of Education Lab Architects and previously spent 21 years at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where he served as an education design leader. He holds a Master of Science in Computational and Advanced Design from DesignMorphine and is a registered architect in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Florida.

His current research initiative, Auto Troph: Architecture Learns from Life, investigates how architecture might cultivate energy, matter, water, carbon, and habitat by learning from living systems. Through How To Biomanufacture (Almost) Anything, he is extending this work into experimental biomanufacturing, computational cultivation, and biologically produced architectural materials.

Contact info

Walter Patrick Smith, AIA, LEED AP Director, Education Lab Architects, LLC 218 Kathryn Street Lavallette, New Jersey 08735

Email: wsmith.educationlab@gmail.com Telephone: (203) 832-2828 Website: www.educationlabarchitects.com Instagram: educationlab LinkedIn: Walter Patrick Smith

Homework, Labs, and Projects

See the nav bar on the left to look through my work for How To Biomanufacture Almost Anything (Fall 2026)!