Clarke Snell is an architect and an Associate Professor of Architecture at the New York Institute of Technology. His professional and academic focus is to develop and apply sustainable and resilient building systems toward a zero-resource architecture. He splits his efforts between (1) applying research into low-tech, high performance materials, assemblies, and systems to the design and construction of small buildings and their micro-climates; and (2) developing architectural workflows that allow performance modeling and simulation to inform form-making. Snell has written several books and numerous articles on related topics. In academia, he has taught a variety of studios and core courses in both architecture and engineering and has conducted research that developing and testing low-tech low-carbon building envelopes, high-performance low-carbon material science, and methodologies for teaching sustainable design. Snell’s design/build work with students features two Solar Decathlon competitions, including the 2015 winning entry.