B.Arch, University of Southern California; M.Arch II, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Erin Cuevas joins the School as the Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2024–25. During the 2024–25 school year, Cuevas will teach an architecture studio and two professional electives focusing on her research project, “Redefining Performance,” which aims to advance independent, progressive and emerging design practice, stretching architecture into adjacent artistic realms and localities, bridging disciplines and communities alike.
Dismantling the privileged view in lieu of a shared stage, Cuevas’s multimedia work advances the inclusive potential of scenography by employing storytelling of underrepresented voices, site-specific public community events and accessible emerging technology. Often in collaboration with Jana Masset Collatz, as part of their co-founded design practice, CMLA, Cuevas’s work has been showcased in venues such as L.A. Dance Project Studios, A+D Architecture and Design Museum, ACADIA and Architektur Galerie Berlin. Her practice has also received recognition through residencies, grants and published work spanning disciplines, including the Northwest ByDesign Film Festival, Cultured Magazine’s Young Architects list, Goldsmiths’ motion capture residency program and the World Stage Design conference, where CMLA received the first-place design award in 2022.
Prior to joining Syracuse Architecture, Cuevas was the Director of Global Retail Story Design at Nike Inc. in Beaverton, Oregon where she provided design direction of new global retail and seasonal concepts—most recently focusing on the Nike House of Innovation Paris installation for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Cuevas received a graduate degree with distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California (USC). Cuevas taught architecture and digital media at the USC School of Architecture from 2017-2022.
