Scott Polley

Scott Polley is an architect intern and an officer in the Air National Guard. He believes that everyone should have access to equitable urban systems through policy and the built environment. He graduated from Mississippi State University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Architecture and minor in sociology, receiving the Book Award in 2014 for the studio’s top design project. He furthered his education with Pennsylvania State University’s Geodesign Graduate Certificate in 2021. Scott enlisted in the Mississippi Air National Guard in 2009 as a Battle Management Operator and commissioned to officer in 2024 in the 255th Air Control Squadron. His design philosophy does not require grand gestures to change the world but rather understanding that designing with respect to individual dignity impacts everyone’s world.