The AA is extremely sorry to report that Kevin B Pratt, AA graduate in Environment and Energy (2004), passed away on 19 February 2013 aged 43.
Kevin was assistant professor at Cornell University, where he was conducting trans-disciplinary research in architecture and computer science to design and simulate the ecologic behaviour of buildings. His MA dissertation at the AA focused on Hooke Park, at a time when the Dorset Campus had only recently been acquired by the School, making a positive early contribution to the thread of conversations and developments that have followed at Hooke Park since. His energetic and positive outlook on life allowed him to develop strong collaborations such as the one with former AA Tutors Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero with whom he co-run a design studio in Cornell's Diploma school in 2012. He shared his passion for architecture with his wife Dana Cupkova and had three wonderful kids: Talullah, Alexander and Gwendolyn, his youngest, now two years old.
Simos Yannas (AA SED Programme Director) writes: “Kevin was an exceptionally talented individual whose drive, vision, initiative and leadership qualities were unique and irreplaceable. His death at such a young age, and at such a promising moment in his career, is an immeasurable loss for our field of sustainable design in architecture.”
To learn more about Kevin's life and work, visit the Cornell Chronicle.