Hannah Berryhill

Professor of Practice in Design, Curriculum Coordinator

As part of her commitment to advancing human health and wellbeing in the built environment, Hannah became a WELL Accredited Professional in 2021. Her first design love was interior design, as she received a degree in Interior Design with a minor in Spanish from UT Austin before pursuing a Master of Architecture at Tulane University. Hannah's design and teaching philosophies are rooted in the belief that design should go beyond visual and formal studies to prioritize its multisensory impact on people.

As a graduate student, she spent eight months in Santiago, Chile, working for Felipe Assadi Arquitectos, conducting a travel fellowship on poetry and architecture, and studying for a semester at the Universidad Católica de Chile as an international student. As an undergraduate, she spent an immersive semester as an exchange student at the Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain. These two experiences profoundly shaped her understanding of design. Today, she is a passionate advocate for students pursuing opportunities abroad-- whether an internship, travel fellowship, or study abroad program. In the summer of 2025, she launched the Design program's first faculty-led abroad programming in Barcelona, Spain, and aspires to continue expanding international opportunities for students. 

After graduate school, she worked as a researcher at Eskew+Dumez+Ripple studying architectural acoustics and its effect on building occupants. She later worked as an architectural designer at Trapolin-Peer Architects, where she worked on a range of adaptive reuse and new construction projects. She believes strongly in the symbiotic relationship between professional practice and academia and currently works as an interior and architectural designer at Colectivo. 

At Tulane, Hannah teaches in the core Design studio sequence, coordinating the Design I and II studios and instructing in all levels — from the introductory Fundamentals of Design and Making studio through the senior Capstone. She is also a co-founder of the annual Design Showcase and Runway Show, an inspiring event which highlights student work from multiple Design courses.