Roel Krabbendam, Ed.D, M.Ed, B.Arch, AIA, LEED AP

contact:
roel@futureofschools.com
(520) 270-9998

profile:
architect focused on re-imagining public schools.
author exploring learning experiences and environments.
advocate passionate about the promise of public education.

EDUCATION:
FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE-LOS ANGELES
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE-LUGANO
CORNELL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ART, ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
CORNELL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

REGISTRATION
ARCHITECT, STATE OF ARIZONA: CERTIFICATE #49462
LEED ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL: UNITED STATES GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL (USGBC)
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION BOARDS (NCARB)

PRESENTATIONS:
24th DMI: Academic Design Management Conference, Delft, the netherlands. “Re-imagining K-12 school facilities (to empower teachers and students)”
LEARNINGSCAPES, DENVER, CO. “SCHOOL 2070: TWO TRANSFORMATIONS”
EPHEmERAL ARCHITECTURE, ROTTERDAM, NL. “tHE EPHEMERAL CITY”
MAKING CITIES LIVABLE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. “THE EPHEMERAL CITY”

PUBLICATIONS:
“Teachers Re-imagine their Public School: Evidence Supporting Innovations in K-12 Facility Design”. in: Education Today (Australia), (2025, September 6).
“Bored or Burned out? Re-imagining School Facilities to Better Support Teachers and Students”. in: Education Today (Australia), (2025, March 28).
“Re-imagining K-12 school facilities (to empower teachers and students)”. in: 24th DMI: Academic Design Management Conference [Proceedings], pp. 1264-1292.
“Transforming existing schools into Communities of Practice”, 8th Navajo Education Conference, Window Rock, AZ, USA (2024).
“The Educational Ecosystem: New ideas to diversify older schools” [white paper, 2024].
“Re-thinking Schools, Re-thinking Metaphors: A dialogue from Fielding Graduate University’s Doctoral class”, in: Rethinking Schools. Holistic Education Review, 3(1). (2023).
“The next generation of schools: What if we designed schools focused on student engagement?” [White paper, 2021].
”The next generation of schools: What if we designed schools focused on supporting teachers?” [White paper, 2021].
SCHOOL (2018). LUDOVICUS.
”RE-IMAGINING SCHOOL” IN: IMAGINED (2018), CENTRE FOR IMAGINATION IN RESEARCH, CULTURE & EDUCATION.
“AN INFILTRATION OF ELEMENTS” IN: MATTOCH-MCMANUS, M. & BOWER, J. (2007). THE HAWAIIAN HOUSE NOW.
”THE EPHEMERAL CITY” (1992)

EXPERIENCE:
ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES, THE NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, ALGERIA, PERU, AND BHUTAN FOCUSED LARGELY ON PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND HIGHER EDUCATION.

EMILY 2.0, ZERO NET ENERGY DSA PRE-APPROVED CLASSROOM, LOS ANGELES, CA
RICHARD E. BYRD MIDDLE SCHOOL, SUN VALLEY, CA
LOMA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, VALLEJO, CA
PENNYCOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, VALLEJO, CA
HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIVERSIDE, CA
MAGNOLIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIVERSIDE, CA
WARREN LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INGLEWOOD, CA
BENNETT KEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INGLEWOOD, CA
EL MODENA HIGH SCHOOL AQUATIC CENTER, ORANGE, CA
EL MODENA HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS, ORANGE, CA
MEDEA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, OAK PARK, CA
BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, OAK PARK, CA
RED OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, OAK PARK, CA
OAK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, OAK PARK, CA
RICHMOND STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EL SEGUNDO, CA
CENTER STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EL SEGUNDO, CA
ECOLE PRIMAIRE, TAMANRASSET, ALGERIA
TUCSON WALDORF SCHOOL, CAMPUS OF ISLANDS, TUCSON, AZ
PEABODY VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, PEABODY, MA
CHELMSFORD MIDDLE AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, FEASIBILITY STUDY, CHELMSFORD, MA
ACTON BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, FEASIBILITY STUDY, ACTON, MA
TAHANTO MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, BOYLSTON, MA
ACTON TWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ACTON, MA
R.J.GREY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ACTON, MA
DOUGLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ACTON, MA

COCHISE COLLEGE, THE WILLCOX CENTER, WILLCOX, AZ
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, THE AXINN CENTER AT STARR LIBRARY, MIDDLEBURY, VT
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, BIOMASS GASIFICATION PLANT, MIDDLEBURY, VT
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES, MIDDLEBURY, VT
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, DOWLING HALL, MEDFORD, MA
SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BUILDING 19, SPRINGFIELD, MA
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (mit), SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, CAMBRIDGE, MA
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, POLYMER RESEARCH CENTER, AMHERST, MA
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, BAKER LIBRARY RENOVATION, ALLSTON, MA
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, MORGAN HALL, ALLSTON, MA
IST PUERTO MALDONADO, MASTER PLAN, PUERTO MALDONADO, PERU
DIRECCION REGIONAL DE EDUCACION DE MADRE DE DIOS, PUERTO MALDONADO, PERU