Anastasia Laurenzi

Anastasia Laurenzi is an artist, architectural designer, and the founder of A L | STUDIO, a design/build practice. Her work examines the interrelation of drawing as construction in the studio, on-site, and in the classroom. She recently completed a term appointment as area head of architectural design at the Maryland Institute College of the Arts (MICA), where she redeveloped the program’s curriculum while collaborating on the creation of a new major in Design & Innovation. Leading up to this position, Anastasia spent three years as director of the semester program at Yestermorrow Design/Build School teaching students the design and construction of small-scale, affordable housing in Vermont. 

Anastasia has a Master of Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Memphis, with a concentration in photography and sculpture. Her photography has been shown at Jack Robinson Gallery, and she has collaborated on architectural installations at the Medicine Factory, the Art Museum at the University of Memphis, the Ewing Gallery, College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, and the RISD Museum. Her design/build work has been published in dezeen, LONNY, Rhode Island Monthly, and Outpost Journal.

Anastasia has 25 years of experience working in the fields of art and architecture (and in-between) with Friedrich St. Florian Architects, Oblique Studio, KPF, Richard Fleischner Studio, and buildingstudio. She previously taught at MICA, Yestermorrow Design/Build School, and Roger Williams University.