21st C. Design Public Scholar, Mina Chow FAIA NCARB is an Adjunct Assoc. Professor at the USC School of Architecture, interdisciplinary licensed architect, and filmmaker. She is founding principal of mc² SPACES which creates multimedia scholarship to communicate important underlying relationships between design and culture.  Her original outreach expands architectural education to new audiences by advancing understanding of design and the profession.

From 2018-2021, she served as an Expo design history consultant for the Department of State; as a member of the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale award-winning U.S. Pavilion team “Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good” ; and a member of the team of award-winning finalists for the Amerika Gedenkbibliothek International Library Design Competition.  Her 2018-2019 documentary “FACE OF A NATION:  What Happened to the World’s Fair?” is receiving national news attention and is recognized on the State Department’s Expo Unit site.  In 2014, she directed USC School of Architecture’s “100 Years of Architecture” short film. In 2011, she created a BRAVE NEW WORLD for the LA Mayor’s office about innovative architecture for the city of Los Angeles. She has directed and produced films for the National Chapter and local Chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the University of Southern California. She has received film grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, the California Architectural Foundation, the USC Architectural Guild, USC US-China Institute and the USC Ambassador’s Fund.

Professor Chow has worked for several innovative architecture firms including Eisenman Architects, TsAO + McKOWN Architects and S.O.M. in NYC. At Harvard University, she co-taught a graduate seminar with Diane Lewis and researched architectural theory with K. Michael Hays. She has collaborated on several design and multi-media projects with the late Doug Michels of the Ant Farm.