Mike Christenson’s research examines the means and media through which architects make their ideas visible (representation), with a focus on examining and developing media-based strategies suited for analytic and generative purposes.

Recent Papers:

“Capabilities and Limitations of Autodesk Revit in a Construction Technology Course.” Presented at BTES-2006 (University of Maryland).
“A Proposal For a Cross-Disciplinary Design Pedagogy: Generative Full-Scale Investigations.” Presented at DETM-2005 (National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India).
“Promoting Conditions for Productive Accident.” Presented at ASCA-2005 International Conference (Mexico City, Mexico).
“Accident and Predictability: An Analytical Methodology for Persistent Forces in the American City.” Presented at ARCC-2005 Conference (Mississippi State University).
“Productive Accident in Student Analysis of Urban Form and Space.” Presented at ARCC-2005 Conference (Mississippi State University).
“Generative Full-Scale Investigations in Architecture: The Potential of the Unquantifiable.” Presented at the 2005 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities (Honolulu, Hawaii).
“Confidence in the Presence of Conflict: Digital & Analog Media in Architectural Analysis.” Published in Proceedings for DCA-2005 (Montana State University).

Exhibitions:

“Choate-ography”: Exhibit of photography and computer-generated images of the Hannibal Choate Building in Winona, MN, 1995; with Kathy Greden (St. Mary’s University, Winona, MN).