Christina Cunningham

Christina is interested in the intersection of heritage and historic preservation with urbanism. Her past research projects have primarily been located in the Balkans and looking at contemporary urban trends within historic city cores. Her work has included studying the gentrification and environmental damage from increasing tourism in Split, Croatia and researching the impact of foreign influence on separatist tensions and the urban character of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In her undergraduate work, she examined the political nature of UNESCO World Heritage listings in the post-war countries of former Yugoslavia and received a travel scholarship to research built spaces aimed at improving health and happiness in the Balkans and Northern Europe. 

At MIT, Christina has served as a Teaching Assistant for the Fabrication Lab, leading CNC and fabrication software workshops, and worked with the Transmedia Storytelling Initiative to produce and edit transcripts of lectures and events to be published in a book centering on the Initiative's event series.

Christina is a second-year M.Arch student in the Department of Architecture. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2024, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with a concentration in Intensive Design and a minor in History of Art.