Caitlin Charlet

Ms. Charlet is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Environmental Design Department at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she guides the Material Library, heads up the Biomodernity Lab, and teaches architecture and sustainable urban design studios across all levels. Her research is situated at the experimental intersection of transformative design strategies, biogenic material systems and the environment. Ms. Charlet holds a Master of Architecture from the Parsons School of Constructed Environments, with a postgraduate sustainable strategies Certification, and a Master of Science in design and urban ecology from the Parsons School of Design Strategies. She has received numerous global grants, fellowships and artist residencies, including the 2025 Dr. Milka Bliznakov Prize at Virginia Tech, for “Drawing the Unseen: Architectural Narratives of Women Who Shaped Space,” where she is embedded within the International Archive of Women to develop a new drawing project. Ms. Charlet has recently presented her research "Undoing Permanence: Biogenic Material Systems and the Post-Industrial Reimagining of Architecture," at the 2025 AHRA conference in Liverpool, U.K., and curated the exhibition Biogenic Futures: Women Shaping Material Ecologies at the CU Boulder Art Museum, with a related symposium, “Intersections and Collaborations: Unpacking Material Vernaculars of Environmental Design Across Disciplines,” scheduled for March 2026. She is concurrently developing a film titled Material Rebels a documentary film that explores the systemic underrepresentation of women in regenerative material design. Her work has been exhibited at MoMA PS1, the Center for the Built Environment, Storefront for Art and Architecture, and the Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, and is represented in multiple international museum and private collections.