Gillian Strothenke

Gillian Strothenke is a Bachelor of Architecture candidate through Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a student of the CASE undergraduate study program during Spring 2022. Gillian comes from Saratoga Springs NY, and her interests lie in the implementation of renewable energy sources as part of architectural design in both new and existing construction.

During her experience at CASE, Gillian participated in the FROG project, a prototype of a building unit with the intent to limit construction and labor costs given the “plug-and-play” nature of assembly, as well as limit the amount of embodied and operational carbon in its design and function. This proposed building will be powered by geothermal, solar, and/or wind energy based on the feasibility of each given the environment that surrounds it. Gillian is continuing work on the FROG project through an Undergraduate Research Program at the RPI campus upstate during her Fall 2022 semester.