Tekuma Frenchman
Dennis Frenchman is a Senior Partner at Tekuma Frenchman Urban Design and a Professor at M.I.T specializing in Urban Design and Planning. Dennis is the Founder and Chair of MIT DesignX and has held various leadership positions within the university. Their research focuses on Advanced City Design, Digital Technology, Clean Energy Cities, and Innovation Districts. Dennis also teaches courses on City Design and Development, Urban Futures, Digital City Design, and Real Estate Development. Dennis holds a Master of Architecture in Advanced Studies and a Master in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Cincinnati.
Tekuma Frenchman
Tekuma Frenchman is an urban innovation practice designing future cities worldwide. We design to improve and technologically advance the quality of urban life to make cities healthier and more productive. In partnership with MIT Professor Dennis Frenchman, our notable works include the award-winning project for Shenzhen Marine City (China), Seoul Digital Media City (South Korea), the Digital Mile in Zaragoza (Spain), Media City: UK (England), MedellInnovation District (Colombia) and Ciudad Creativa Digital in Guadalajara (Mexico). With over 20 next-generation cities and districts planned across Latin America, Europe, China and the Middle East, the firm’s work touches across multiple spectrums from ideation to master-planning. We work with leading consulting firms to governments and sovereign wealth funds. Our design mission is to empower cities to grow through the intersection of placemaking, culture and technology.