Vale’s creative activity and research engages interdisciplinary intersections between architecture, art, theater, urban design, and emerging technology. In her writing and creative practice, she interrogates how artificial intelligence and computational methods of representation are transforming architectural theory and practice. In her collaborative research with computer scientists, she examines how the built environment can respond to autonomous agents, artificial intelligence, and machine vision in ways that improve public health and safety, encourage equitable access throughout cities, and support climate resilience. Vale is also a registered architect and a co-founder and partner at AVV A, llc, who bridges her research into practice, building residences, cultural projects, and theater sets.
Constance Vale
Chair, Undergraduate Architecture; Associate Professor
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- Email: constancevale@wustl.edu
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Architecture faculty win Landmarks award
Kelley Van Dyck Murphy, Constance Vale and Chandler Ahrens — all architecture faculty at the WashU Sam Fox School — have won a Most Enhanced Award from the Landmarks Association of St. Louis.
Ahrens, Vale, Van Dyck Murphy named Exhibit Columbus research fellows
Three faculty members from WashU’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts — Chandler Ahrens, Constance Vale and Kelley Van Dyck Murphy — have been named University Design Research Fellows for the 2024-25 cycle of Exhibit Columbus.
Vale named chair of undergraduate architecture
Constance Vale has been named chair of undergraduate architecture at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.
‘The Autonomous Future of Mobility’
A van gleams darkly in the seedy neon of 1970s Times Square. Taxis queue for gas amidst a global oil crisis. In “The Autonomous Future of Mobility,” the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis explores how car culture shapes American cities, energy consumption and popular notions of freedom and independence.
‘Decoys & Depictions’ symposium Oct. 24-26
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will present “Decoys & Depictions: Images of the Digital,” a symposium exploring how digital images are constructed and operate, Oct. 24-26.