Joe also serves as Faculty Research Coordinator at the College of Architecture, where professional and academic efforts coincide in the development of Green Building components and products, such as the SPACE. Andrew Vrana is an Architect who has structured his practice around design enhanced by advanced computation and parametric digital design. He has worked in the office of Renzo Piano Building Workshop and now is applying his interests and experiences professionally with Joe Meppelink at Metalab and in academia as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Houston.