Alonso L Ortega he/him is an emerging transdisciplinary architectural designer + artist + educator based in New York. His practice focuses on the investigation of materiality, digital processes, and the discipline's capacity to respond to different circumstances, scales, and frameworks. He is currently an Associate Faculty Member at the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University, and a Junior Architect at Mario Gooden Studio. He completed an advanced graduate degree in architecture from Columbia University and a B.Arch. from Iowa State University. It is Ortega's ongoing commitment to pushing the boundaries of architecture and its practice by pursuing curiosity, questioning convention, and navigating problem-solving in a creative manner that continues to add value to the profession.