january 2009 volume 38 number 5
acsaNews publication of the association of collegiate schools of architecture
Design, Diversity, and the Future of the Profession Read a recap of the 2008 Administrators Conference on page 3
ACSA Releases 8th Edition of Guide to Architecture Schools View details on page 9
in this issue: 2
ACSA Call for Participation
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National Academy of Environmental Design
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2008 Administrators Conference Recap
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ACSA Representative on NAAB Visiting Team Roster Call
Journal of Architectural Education Call for Submissions
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ACSA Guide to Architecture Schools
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2008-09 ACSA Student Design Competitions
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2009 ACSA Fall Conferences 2009 ACSA/NCAA Administrators Conference
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97th ACSA Annual Meeting—Portland
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98th ACSA Annual Meeting—New Orleans
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REGIONAL NEWS
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OPPORTUNITIES
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ACSA Calendar
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52 2009 Walter Wagner Forum
2007-08 ACSA Faculty Design Award Winner J. Meejin Yoon, MIT: Interactive Public Space
call for participation
acsaNews Pascale Vonier, Editor Editorial Offices 1735 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006, USA Tel: 202/785 2324; fax: 202/628 0448 Website: www.acsa-arch.org ACSA Board of Directors, 2008–2009 Marleen Kay Davis, FAIA, President Thomas Fisher, Vice President Kim Tanzer, AIA, Past President Mitra Kanaani, AIA, D.Arch, Secretary Graham Livesey, Treasurer Patricia Kucker, East Central Director Brian Kelly, AIA, Northeast Director Andrew D. Chin, Southeast Director Ursula Emery McClure, AIA, LEED AP, Southwest Director Stephen Meder, West Director Keelan Kaiser, AIA, West Central Director George Baird, FRAIC, AIA, Canadian Director Deana Moore, Student Director Michael J. Monti, PhD, Executive Director ACSA Mission Statement To advance architectural education through support of member schools, their faculty, and students. This support involves: • Serving by encouraging dialogue among the diverse areas of discipline; • Facilitating teaching, research, scholarly and creative works, through intra/interdisciplinary activity; • Articulating the critical issues forming the context of architectural education • Fostering public awareness of architectural education and issues of importance This advancement shall be implemented through five primary means: advocacy, annual program activities, liaison with collateral organizations, dissemination of information and response to the needs of member schools in order to enhance the quality of life in a global society. The ACSA News is published monthly during the academic year, September through May. Back issues are available for $9.95 per copy. Current issues are distributed without charge to ACSA members. News items and advertisements should be submitted via fax, email, or mail. The submission deadline is six weeks prior to publication. Submission of images is requested. The fee for classified advertising is $16/line (42-48 characters/line.) Display ads may be purchased; full-page advertisements are available for $1,090 and smaller ads are also available. Please contact ACSA more information. Send inquires and submission via email to: news@acsa-arch.org; by mail to Editor at: ACSA News,1735 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006; or via fax to 202/628 0448. For membership or publications information call ACSA at: 202/785 2324. ISSN 0149-2446
acsa enhances features of online faculty directory ACSA has launched a new feature in the online Program Directory by reviving the format of the previously published annual ACSA Faculty Directory. Now, logged in members can view PDF summaries of faculty at each full and candidate member school. Names, tenure status, research areas, courses taught, and highest degrees are listed for each faculty member in our database. Visit the online program directory now and log in to view any school’s Faculty Directory summary. This resource makes it more important than ever to keep your online profile upto-date, as the Faculty Directory summary pages pull the latest information each time it is downloaded. Log in at acsa-arch.org and click “my profile” to update your information.
Acsa Seeks Faculty Development Resources For Acsa-arch.org In an effort to expand our Web-based faculty resources, the ACSA is soliciting content for inclusion on our website in the areas listed below. The deadline for publication of resources in time for the 97th ACSA Annual Meeting is February 1, 2009. Submission Authors/schools submitting information will be credited. Submissions will be reviewed for adherence to the call and appropriateness for publication. ACSA reserves the right to decline to publish submitted material.
SubmiT Syllabi + Lectures Articles + Papers Bibliographies Useful Links Successful Practices + Advice
categories Faculty Development Resources Faculty Research & Creative Activity Resources Faculty Teaching Resources: Design Studio Faculty Teaching Resources: Technology Areas Faculty Teaching Resources: History & Theory Faculty Teaching Resources: Practice Areas Download the submission cover sheet at acsa-arch.org/faculty
the national academy begins research efforts The national academy seeks nominations for upcoming research symposia
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national academy of environmental design
The NAED needs your help to nominate participants for each symposium, to provide advice and recommendations on strategic approaches for addressing critical issues in the following areas: 1. University of Florida: Water Symposium
This symposium will explore water using the Apalachicola watershed as a case study. This watershed and the rivers that it feeds extend from western North Carolina southward into Georgia and Alabama and then into Florida where it meets the Gulf of Mexico in the Panhandle near the small community bearing the same name. The majority of the greater Atlanta metro area sits within the upper third of the watershed. Atlanta and other rapidly growing areas in the watershed are placing increased pressure on the finite quantity of available water and are also altering water quality. The result is competition with the region’s historical water consumers, its natural systems and agriculture. 2. University of Minnesota: Sustainable Materials Symposium
This past summer, the steering committee met in Washington, D.C., to discuss the NAED’s governance structure and research agenda. As a result, the NAED was able to incorporate in early November and is currently finalizing the bylaws and a governing council to represent the founding organizations. This governing council will eventually create a Research Committee charged with overseeing research directions and reports. Currently, the NAED operates on the basis of its own endowment and through funds supporting research. Upon joining the other National Academies, funding will come from a range of sources, including the National Research Council, government allocations, private grants, and foundation support. In early spring of 2009, an initial set of research symposiums will be held at major universities around the United States, with the purpose of identifying key questions and issues in areas such as water quality, sustainable materials, and sustainable sites. The NAED will publish the outcomes of these symposiums on its website.
3. University of Texas at Austin: Sustainable Sites Symposium This symposium will focus on presenting, evaluating, and connecting the various sectors of research and applied knowledge available for developing, maintaining, and monitoring sustainable sites. Participants will present existing research and look at gaps or limitations in the knowledge base to support efforts to measure and promote sustainable sites. The Symposium will focus on five research areas that support the Sustainable Sites Initiative: soils, water, vegetation, materials, and human health. Panels of experts will (1) present Sustainable Sites Initiative findings and metrics developed from these findings to date, and (2) present case studies from projects related to each of the five topic areas. Participants will discuss findings and their applications as a group, looking for connections and disjunctions that can be shared broadly and that form the basis for future research. For complete details visit naedonline.org
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Since the National Academy of Environmental Design’s (NAED) creation in May 2007, the organization has made great strides toward its goals of establishing itself to eventually exist as a parallel structure to the existing National Academies. Very quickly the NAED formed a steering committee, which now comprises more than 20 organizations representing over 500,000 individuals in the environmental design disciplines of architecture, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, and communications design. Together, these experts, in areas of scientific and technological endeavor, have begun devising research programs to address critical issues that affect the flourishing of individuals, communities, and the natural world.
The symposium will gather a group of about 12 participants with a wide range of knowledge of sustainable materials, including transformative, biomimetic, biodegradable, lightweight, switch-able, and power generational materials. Participants will provide a brief overview of the newest developments in a particular area of materials research or application and an assessment of where the greatest opportunities and obstacles for further research and development lie. The symposium’s agenda will cover a range of issues related to building materials, with invited participants providing summary presentations in each area.
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2008 administrators conference
Host school reception at Savannah College of Art and Design, Eichberg Hall
design, diversity, and the future of the discipline by pascale vonier
The 2008 ACSA Administrators Conference in Savannah, Georgia, brought together over 200 educators in architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design for four days of discussions around “Design…in the curriculum, in the university, in the economy.”
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Co-chairs Alan Plattus, Yale University, and Crystal Weaver, Savannah College of Art and Design, organized a program of events which led to a timely discussion of change. While design was the impetus, the three day discussions focused for the most part on changes affecting the university and the profession, particularly diversity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and design thinking as a model for entrepreneurship. The discussion during Thursday morning’s Design and Diversity panel began by recalling civil rights leader Whitney M. Young Jr.’s famous speech forty years ago at a convention of the American Institute of Architects. At the time, only 1 percent of the registered architects in America were minorities. Fast-forward to 2008 while the population has changed dramatically, still only 1.5 percent of all U.S. architects are minorities. The panel agreed that effective change in the architecture profession won’t happen without clear, valuable metrics and resolute action. As an example, there are no current systems in place to track the outcomes of programs designed to reach minorities, such as scholarships and high school programs. Looking ahead, the Northeast regional director Brian Kelly urged schools to share their successful best practices and called for a Special Focus Session on diversity at the 2009 ACSA Annual Meeting in Portland. Interdisciplinary collaboration was another significant theme that emerged from the discussions and was punctuated by keynote lectures from James Biber, of interdisciplinary firm Pentagram, and Jeanne Liedtka, from University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business. As Biber said, “Architects have to inherently know how to collaborate. You cannot build anything without working with the interior designer, the contractor, or the electrician.” And while Biber had the benefit of working with the exhibit designers as his team designed the Harley Davidson museum in Milwaukee, not all students share that experience during their studies. As the
world is changing, so are the skill sets expected of graduates joining the workforce. The Friday plenary session, Design Thinking, led by ACSA President Marleen Kay Davis and ACSA President-elect Thomas Fisher, explored the notion of a new university structure, one that moves away from silos to a more problem-based learning system with interdisciplinary centers. While these are not new ideas, Black Mountain College was an experimental school in the 1930s committed to an interdisciplinary approach, these concepts are extremely timely. Future accreditation may be affected by these emerging trends as current discussions focus on graduates who should be adept problem solvers, leaders, and collaborators. The three day discussions and lectures emphasized the power of design thinking as a skill set that can be applied to a variety of arenas, culminating with Jeanne Liedtka’s closing workshop, during which she asked participants to repurpose the skill sets used in the design process for other arenas such as leadership within the university. Many participants found the workshop thought provoking and commented that listening to an outside perspective on design is something that should occur more often both at the ACSA conferences and in the classroom. Inside/Out – Architecture and Interior Design Curriculum II, which preceded the Administrators Conference, engaged over 40 architecture, interior design, and interior architecture educators in a day long discussion. During the meeting, participants also attended the crucial NAAB training sessions where many were introduced to NAAB’s new “Annual Report Submission” system. Savannah College of Art and Design was a gracious host, welcoming the group with classic southern hospitality to a city that was an ideal backdrop for open and engaging discussions. ACSA is already looking ahead to next year’s Administrators Meeting in Saint Louis. We look forward to seeing you there! For more information on ACSA conferences please visit acsa-arch.org.
Following the Administrators Conference, attendees were asked to evaluate how ACSA conferences might be affected by potential budget cuts. A survey was sent to all attendees, here’s what we’ve heard so far.
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In light of potential budget cuts, please evalute the following possibilities. Reducing the number of ACSA conference offerings with peer-review opportunities Low Priority 45% Neutral 30% High Priority 25% Combining Administrators Conference With Other ACSA Meetings High Priority 40% Low Priority 30% Neutral 30% Reducing the number of ACSA conference offerings (those without peer-review papers) Neutral 55% High Priority 35% Low Priority 10% Co-locate conferences with allied organizations High Priority 80% Neutral 15% Low Priority 5% Reduce conference amenities and planning services to reduce registration fees High Priority 45% Neutral 35% Low Priority 20%
From left to right per row: Crystal Weaver, Marleen Davis, Alan Plattus, Brian Wishne, Leonard Bachman, Nathanial Belcher, Tiffany Anderson, Jane Toland, Curtis J. Sartor, Robert W. McKinney, Sabir Khan, Ulrike Altenmueller, Manuel Aguirre Osete, Miguel Rodriguez, Patricia Kucker, Jori Erdman To see more photos from the conference visit acsa-arch.org/conferences
Find the survey here: www.acsa-arch.org/surveys/survey.aspx?survey=58
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Do you agree? Do you disagree? We will be resending the survey later this month to give you the opportunity to share your thoughts.
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call for nominations
ACSA Representatives on NAAB Visiting Team Roster deadline: march 10, 2009
The ACSA Board of Directors seeks nominees for ACSA representatives on National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) school visitation team roster member for a term of four years. The final selection of faculty members participating in the accrediting process will be made by NAAB.
The visit is not independent of the other parts of the accreditation process. The visiting team submits a report to NAAB; NAAB then makes a decision regarding accreditation based on the school’s documentation, the team report, and other communications.
Nominating Procedure 1. Members of ACSA schools shall be nominated annually by the ACSA Board of Directors for inclusion on a roster of members available to serve on visiting teams for a term of four years. 2. Proposals for nomination shall be solicited from the membership via ACSA News. Proposals must include complete curriculum vitae. 3. The ACSA Nominations Committee shall examine dossiers submitted and recommend to the board candidates for inclusion on visitation team rosters.
Team Selection The visiting team consists of a chairperson and members selected from a roster of candidates submitted to NAAB by NCARB, ACSA, the AIA, and AIAS. Each of these organizations is invited to update its roster annually by providing resumes of prospective team members.
Nominee Qualifications • The candidate should demonstrate: • Reasonable length and breadth of full-time teaching experience; • A record of acknowledged scholarship or professional work; • Administrative experience; and • An association with several different schools. Each candidate will be assessed on personal merit, and may not answer completely to all these criteria; however, a nominee must be a full-time faculty member in an accredited architectural program (including faculty on sabbatical or on temporary leave of absence.) ACSA Nominee Selection Candidates for NAAB team members shall be selected to represent geographic distribution of ACSA regional groupings. In particular, the ACSA Board of Directors strongly urges faculty from Canadian schools to apply for nomination. The board will seek to nominate people who, collectively, are representative of the broad range of backgrounds and characteristics exhibited by our membership. The number of candidates submitted to NAAB will be limited in order to increase the likelihood of their timely selection by NAAB for service.
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Description of Team and Visit Pending acceptance of the Architectural Program Report (APR), a team is selected to visit the school. The site visit is intended to validate and supplement the school’s APR through direct observation. During the visit, the team evaluates the school and its architecture programs through a process of both structured and unstructured interactions. The visit is intended to allow NAAB to develop an in-depth assessment of the school and its programs, and to consider the tangible aspects of the school’s nature. It also identifies concerns that were not effectively communicated in the APR.
A team generally consists of four members, one each from ACSA, NCARB, AIA, and AIAS. NAAB selects the team and submits the list to the school to be visited. The school may question the appointment of members where a conflict of interest arises. The selection of the chairperson is at the discretion of NAAB. The board will consider all challenges. For the purposes of a challenge, conflict of interest may be cited if: • The nominee comes from the same geographic area and is affiliated with a rival institution; • The nominee has had a previous affiliation with the institution; • The school can demonstrate that the nominee is not competent to evaluate the program. NAAB tends to rely on experienced team members in order to maintain the quality level of its visits and reports, and to comply with COPA and U.S. Department of Education guidelines. Each team member shall have had previous visit experience, either as a team member or observer, or shall be required to attend a training/briefing session at the ACSA Administrators Conference or ACSA Annual Meeting. Nominations Deadline and Calendar The deadline for receipt of letters of nomination, including a curriculum vitae, is Monday, March 10, 2009. Send nomination materials to: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture ACSA (NAAB Visiting Team) / Eric Ellis 1735 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20006 eellis@acsa-arch.org E-mail nomination preferred; please send all nomination information to eellis@acsa-arch.org. Nominations must be received by March 10, 2009. ACSA will notify those nominees whose names will be forwarded to NAAB by May 2009. ACSA nominees selected to participate on a visiting team will be required to complete and submit a standard NAAB Visiting Team Nomination form. NAAB will issue the roster of faculty members selected for 2009-2010 team visits in November 2009.
For additional information visit www.acsa-arch.org
deadline: march 10, 2009
writing urbanism released as 2nd volume of arch-ed series
The 2009-2010 National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) will comprise thirteen members: three representing ACSA, three representing AIA, three representing NCARB, two representing AIAS, and two public members. Currently Thomas Fowler of Cal Poly State University; Wendy Ornelas of Kansas State University; and Craig Barton of University of Virginia represent ACSA on the NAAB Board. With the expiration of Thomas Fowler’s term in October 2009, the ACSA Board of Directors is considering candidates for his successor at its meeting this March in Portland, OR. The appointment is for a three-year term (Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2012) and calls for a person willing and able to make a commitment to NAAB. The final appointment will be made by the sitting NAAB board itself through selection from a pool of names established by this call for nominations. While previous experience as an ACSA board member or administrator is helpful, it is not essential for nomination. Some experience on NAAB visiting teams should be considered necessary; otherwise the nominee might be unfamiliar with the highly complex series of deliberations involved with this position. Faculty and administrators are asked to nominate faculty from an ACSA member school with any or all the following qualifications: 1. 2. 3.
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Tenured faculty status at an ACSA full member school; Significant experience with and knowledge of the accreditation process; Significant acquaintance with and knowledge of ACSA, its history, policy programs, and administrative structure; Personal acquaintance with the range of school and program types across North America. Willingness to represent the constituency of ACSA on accreditation-related issues. Ability to work with the NAAB board and ACSA representatives to build consensus on accreditation related issues.
For consideration, please submit a concise letter of nomination along with a CV indicating experience under the above headings, and a letter indicating willingness to serve from the nominee, to: ACSA (NAAB Representative) / Eric Ellis 1735 New York Avenue, NW Washington DC 20006 E-mail nomination preferred to eellis@acsa-arch.org.
Writing Urbanism, ACSA’s second book in the Routledge Architectural Education series, asks how cities can become more coherent, sustainable, authentic, and equitable, as well as aesthetically compelling and culturally meaningful. Edited by Douglas Kelbaugh and Kit Krankel McCullough, the essays probe such issues as community, social equity, design theory, technology, and globalism. Urban design continues to grow and mature as a field of study, research and professional endeavor. The collection, from previous ACSA publications and invited essays, is broad and comprehensive in its scope. Combining essays from both practice and academia, Writing Urbanism includes some of the most significant texts on urban design from the last two decades, a period of transformational growth in the field and exponential growth in the metropolis. By assembling a range of voices across different institutions and generations, Writing Urbanism offers a multifaceted portrait of urban design today. Scholars, students and design professionals alike should find this collection to be a useful resource for understanding this increasingly important design field and for insights into the forces that shape the city itself.
Writing Urbanism is available online now! Visit www.acsa-arch.org $35.00—Members / $40.00—Nonmembers + $6.50 S/H
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acsa publications
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journal of architectural education
O P E N C A L L fo r D e s i g n S u b m i s s i o n s Journal of Architectural Education Design Editor:
Jori Erdman Louisiana State University
This is a reminder that the JAE is continuously accepting the submission of previously unpublished design work for blind peer-review. This work may be the product of an academic studio, or created directly by the submitting author(s). Work will be judged primarily on how it extends architectural inquiry, particularly the critical relation of image and text. Submission requirements and the review process are outlined on the JAE website at http://jaeonline.org/ under the category, Design as Scholarship.
General “Design as Scholarship” submissions (those not related to a particular theme call) received by March 12, 2009 at 5 PM EST, will be juried by the JAE’s Design Committee in March 2009. Premiated submissions (received by March 12 and juried in at our March meeting) will be eligible to be published during the 2009-10 academic year in the JAE’s Volume 63. Submission Deadline for inclusion in the Fall issue of Volume 63 is March 12, 2009, 5 PM EST. All submissions received after this deadline will be eligible for publication in a later issue. Refer all inquiries to:
George Dodds, PhD JAE Executive Editor gdodds@utk.edu
Herbert Bayer Lonely Metropolitan, 1932. Courtesy Marlborough Gallery, London
Vernacular Architectures in an Age of Globalization Journal of Architectural Education Call for Submissions Theme editors: Michelangelo Sabatino, University of Houston (msabatino@uh.edu) Bruce C. Webb, University of Houston (bwebb@uh.edu)
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Since the eighteenth century, the vernacular has served to dialectically challenge mainstream architectural establishments. Based in the linguistic distinction between Latin and locally spoken languages of the “people,“ vernacular was borrowed from discourse on linguistics and culture to architecture as a way to recognize the empirical genius and vitality of indigenous architecture distinct from classical architecture and its codes. Throughout the twentieth century, rural building traditions inspired anti-academic, anti-historicist architecture – from Adolf Loos to José Luis Sert and Marcel Breuer. A parallel interest in the industrial vernacular as a product of “anonymous” and rational engineering was advanced by socially-minded architects, urbanists, and historians such as Walter Gropius, Ernst May, Le Corbusier, and Siegfried Giedion. These and others variously advocated a manner of building largely based on efficiency and optimal performance, informed by a vernacular and in opposition to bourgeoisie aesthetics. During the 1960s and 70s American architects such as
Robert Venturi - Denise Scott Brown and Charles W. Moore exploited the exuberant commercial vernacular of American highways as a foil to a received modernism mired in sterile uniformity.
US Eastern Time Zone. Accepted articles will be published in the first bi-annual issue of the JAE, 63:1 (October 2009).
Viewed in terms of the oppositional role they have historically played in cultural-political contestation, what role is there for vernaculars in contemporary practice? Do methods and processes drawn from “outsider” (i.e. non- professional) sources affect contemporary design and discourse, or have they been supplanted by formulaic attitudes of architectural practice and production? Do vital contemporary vernaculars continue to inform and challenge contemporary architectural ideas, practice, and education? This issue of the JAE invites text based (scholarship of design) and design based (design as scholarship) submissions that explore the impact of vernaculars in modern and contemporary architecture and urbanism. The submission deadline for all manuscripts for this theme issue is Monday, March 16, 5pm
Image credit: Zui Ng, Shotgun Chameleon – International Competition for New Housing Prototype in New Orleans. Spring 2006, University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, Professors Rafael Longoria & Fernando Brave.
Guide to Arch itect ure schools The 8th Edition of
the Guide to Architecture Schools is now available for sale online visit www.acsa-arch.org
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ACSA Press is proud to present the 8th edition of the ACSA Guide to Architecture Schools. This book the only complete survey of all accredited professional architecture programs in the United States and Canada. It is an invaluable reference for prospective students, graduate students, educators, administrators, counselors, and practitioners. This newly revised edition contains descriptions of all 133 member schools and over 60 affiliate member schools of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Fe atures :
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student design competitions
NEW ONLIN E SU BMIS SION S
CONCRETE
thinking for a sustainable world
international student design competition
Opportunity
This fourth annual Concrete Thinking For A Sustainable World competition offers two separate entry categories, each without site restrictions, for maximum flexibility. Category I TransiT Hub Design an environmentally responsible Public Transportation Center focusing on architectural innovations to preserve tomorrow’s resources. Category II building ElEmEnT Design a single element of a building that provides a sustainable solution to real-world environmental challenges.
Execution
Show your solutions on up to two 20” x 30” digital submission boards and a design essay uploaded through the ACSA website in Portable Document Format (PDF) or Image (JPEG) Files - www.acsa-arch.org/competitions.
Payoff
Winning students, their faculty sponsors, and schools will receive prizes totaling nearly $50,000.
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Call for Entries
registration begins registration deadline submission deadline results
dec 05 2008 Feb 09 2009 Jun 03 2009 Jun 2009
learn more
Program updates, including information on jury members, as they are confirmed, may be found on the ACSA website at www.acsa-arch.org/competitions.
sponsors
Sponsored by the Portland Cement Association (PCA) & the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) and administered by Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).
For complete information go to www.acsa-arch.org/competitions.
Re-thinking Kahn’s Salk Institute, 2008-09 International Student Design Competition
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Preservation as Provocation
INTRODUCTION Jonas Salk commissioned the renowned Philadelphia architect Louis I Kahn to design his new Institute for Biological Studies in 1959. Together they collaborated and designed a facility uniquely suited to scientific research. This competition invites architecture students to imagine the next chapter in the life of one of America’s architectural treasures, which was designated a Historic Landmark in 1991. This challenge asks designers how the preservation of these extraordinary buildings can provoke a profound rethinking of our current conventions about composition, construction, and building performance. The aim is to envision a new type of facility that would be unimaginable without the existing structures.
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THE CHALLENGE The Salk Institute has been a highly successful research facility, but the changing landscape of science requires an evolution of the campus; along with respect of the architectural and historic integrity of the site. According to the Salk Institute’s Master Plan, “Our successful recruitment efforts are dependent on having state-of-the-art research facilities and equipment, as well as ancillary support systems that allows our scientists to focus on their work.” Embrace the design scheme and intent of the original master plan. SCHEDULE
December 05, 2008
Registration Begins, online
February 09, 2009 June 17, 2009 June 2009 Summer 2009
Registrations Deadline Submission Deadline Prize winners chosen by the design jury Competition Summary Publication
(registration is free)
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Winning students and their faculty sponsors will receive cash prizes totaling $10,000. The design jury will meet in June 2009 to select winning projects and honorable mentions. Winners and their faculty sponsors will be notified of the competition results directly. A list of winning projects will be posted on the ACSA web site at www.acsa arch.org/competitions.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Download the competition program booklet at www.acsa-arch.org/competitions.
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Life Cycle of a School STEEL design student competition
INTRODUCTION The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is pleased to announce the ninth annual steel design student competition for the 2008-2009 academic year. Administered by ACSA and sponsored by American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the program is intended to challenge students, working individually or in teams, to explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. THE CHALLENGE The ACSA/AISC 2008-2009 Steel Design Student Competition will offer architecture students the opportunity to compete in two separate categories: Category I – LIFE CYCLE OF A SCHOOL will challenge architecture students to design a school for the 21st century that critically examines life cycle and proposes an innovative solution in steel. The problem of urban growth and decay is larger than an individual building. Therefore, architects should consider a total life cycle assessment approach to designing buildings so that they may be adaptable, flexible, and accommodate change. This project will allow students to explore many varied functional and aesthetic uses for steel as a building material. Steel is an ideal material for schools because it offers a high strength to weight ratio and can be designed systematically as a kit of parts, or prefabricated, to allow for quicker construction times and less labor, thus reducing the cost of construction. Schools constructed in steel are more flexible and adaptable to allow for diversity of uses over the life of the facility. Category II – OPEN with limited restrictions. This open submission design option will permit the greatest amount of flexibility. SCHEDULE December 5, 2008 February 9, 2009 May 6, 2009 May 2009 Summer 2009
Registration Opens online (registration is free) Registration Deadline Submission Deadline Prize winners chosen by the design jury Competition Summary Publication
Awards Winning students and their faculty sponsors will receive cash prizes totaling $14,000. The design jury will meet in May 2009 to select winning projects and honorable mentions. Winners and their faculty sponsors will be notified of the competition results directly. A list of winning projects will be posted on the ACSA web site at acsa-arch.org and the AISC web site at aisc.org.
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SPONSOR American Insitute of Steel Construction (AISC), headquartered in Chicago, is a non-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry in the United States. AISC’s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural-steel-related technical and marketbuilding activities, including: specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, and market development. AISC has a long tradition of more than 80 years of service to the steel construction industry providing timely and reliable information.
For complete information go to www.acsa-arch.org/competitions.
NEW ONLINE SUBMISSIONS
2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
How can we plan, design, and construct the world between our buildings
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INTRODUCTION The 2008-2009 GREEN COMMUNITY Competition is oriented to challenge students to rethink their communities. From major cities to college campuses, designers, planners, policy makers, and citizens are rethinking their own towns and cities’ relationship to the environment, from where the energy originates, to where the waste ends up. The GREEN COMMUNITY Competition will expand on themes from the National Building Museum’s sustainable exhibits Green Community (2008-2009), Big and Green (2003), and The Green House (2006–2007). The GREEN COMMUNITY Competition will focus entirely on the issues of sustainable development—how can individuals plan, design, and construct the world between the buildings. The GREEN COMMUNITY Competition will encourage students to consider environmental sustainability dependant upon collective, community-scale efforts. The competition will also examine ways of reducing the impact of our built environments on the Earth. The competition will explore sustainable planning strategies such as brownfield/grayfield redevelopment, transit-oriented communities, natural resource management, and land conservation. THE CHALLENGE The GREEN COMMUNITY Competition offers students the opportunity to think critically about their communities, looking ahead to a sustainable future. Locate a site in your local community or region, identify the barriers and strengths to living sustainably, and develop a proposal to create a flourishing and sustainable community using the tools of the environmental design disciplines: architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning. December 5, 2008 Registration opens online (registration is free) February 9, 2009 Registration Deadline May 20, 2009 Submission Deadline June 2009 Prize winners chosen by the design jury Summer 2009 Competition Summary Publication Awards Winning students, their faculty sponsors, and schools will receive cash prizes totaling $7,000. The design jury will meet June 2009 to select winning projects and honorable mentions. Winners and their faculty sponsors will be notified of the competition results directly. A list of winning projects will be posted on the ACSA website (www.acsa-arch.org/ competitions). Competition finalists will present their concepts at the National Building Museum with travel costs covered by the competition sponsors. Prize winning submissions will be exhibited at the National Building Museum, highlighted in Architectural Record, displayed at the 2010 ACSA Annual Meeting and at the 2010 AIA National Convention, and will be published in the competition summary publication.
COMPETITION ORGANIZERS The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1912 to enhance the quality of architectural education. ACSA is committed to the principles of universal and sustainable design. The National Building Museum is America’s leading cultural institution dedicated to exploring and celebrating architecture, design, engineering, construction, and planning. Essential to the profession for more than 110 years, Architectural Record provides a compelling editorial mix of design ideas and trends, building science, business and professional strategies, exploration of key issues, news products and computer-aided practice.
For complete information go to www.acsa-arch.org/competitions.
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COMPETITION SPONSORS Since 1857, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has represented the professional interests of America’s architects. As AIA members, over 74,000 licensed architects, emerging professionals, and allied partners express their commitment to excellence in design and livability in our nation’s buildings and communities. Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects (EE&K Architects) is an internationally-renowned firm that has distinguished itself by creating great places. McGraw-Hill Construction connects people, projects and products across the design and construction industry. From project and product information to industry news, trends and forecasts, we provide industry players the tools and resources that help them save time, money, and energy.
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Southeast Fall Conference architecture is a thing of art Co-chairs: Matthew R. Dudzik and Alexis D. Gregory Savannah College of Art and Design October 8-10, 2009 “ARCHITECTURE is a thing of art, a phenomenon of the emotions, lying outside questions of construction and beyond them. The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US.” Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture Architecture continually struggles with the duality of episteme and techne as expressed through the requirements of reliability and inspiration. These are all ensconced in the three principles laid out in the Vitruvian Triad of firmness, commodity and delight; but how do we, as architects and educators, instill all of these equally into our students? The ever consistent dialogue between the profession and academe raises the question of how to balance the art and the technical in architectural education. The goal is to create a dialogue for the sharing of thoughts and ideas that address the questions raised by the theme of Architecture is a Thing of Art that will focus on the areas of knowledge, craft, art and pedagogy.
SouthWest Fall Conference Chang[e]ing identities: Design, Culture + Technology
Co-chairs: Tim Castillo, Phillip Gallegos, Kristina H. Yu, and Don Gatzke University of New Mexico University of Texas at Arlington (co-sponsor) October 15-17, 2009 Understanding the value of “place” and cultural specificity bring a unique design, technical, and economic responses that challenges traditional canons of practice and pedagogy. The contemporary world is undergoing a major shift in cultural process, global culture is a ubiquitous condition that is a product of media and emerging networks defined by new technologies. As designers we are asked to respond and shape the future utilizing new tools to create designs that will respond to fluid transformation of built environment. As we begin to understand the future of design as a convergence of disciplines, culture and technology, a new paradigm for creating space can emerge. As schools of design begin to recalibrate, the profession continues to explore the interdisciplinary collaboration as a means of execution.
November 4-7, 2009 St. Louis, Missouri
2009 ACSA/NCAA Administrators Conference
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ART+ARCHITECTURE Establishing new directions for creative leadership, education and practice The first joint conference for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the National Council of Art Administrators (NCAA) Host School: Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Washington University in St. Louis
the value of design design is at the core of what we teach and practice
portland, oregon march 26-29, 2009 Host School
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By questioning the broader value of design, the role of architecture can become more significant within society. o What social value does design have for individual inhabitants and clients, for the broader public, and for society as a whole? o What urban and environmental value does design have beyond the building? o What economic value does design have beyond the pro forma? o What aesthetic value does design have for the places and objects of daily life? o What material and technical value does design bring to the physical environment? o What pedagogical value does design education offer to other disciplines? o What are the ways in which design education can promote creative insight and foster the ability to make visions real?
These are just a few of the questions we hope to investigate at the 2009 ACSA Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon. Portland is an excellent city in which to discuss the value of design. Architects there have worked collaboratively with other professions to transform Portland into a vibrant, diverse, and livable city that highlights the multiple benefits of design. They have worked with transportation engineers to develop a comprehensive public transit system that focuses development in a predictable way. They have collaborated with landscape architects to ensure that public open space is a priority in the heart of the city and at its edges. They have teamed with urban designers, interior designers, and developers to create memorable settings and buildings that capture the spirit of the place. Within this intellectual and physical context, we ask conference participants to consider the multiple values of design for our discipline, our profession, and our society.
acsa-arch.org/conferences Full Schedule Information including: Paper Session Authors Special Focus Session, Workshop, and Critical Conversation descriptions Digital Abstract Book coming mid-January Online Registration
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Recent cultural changes have placed architects in a promising position to initiate positive change through design insight and proactive practice. Greater concern for the environment, the desire for a heightened sense of place and sensory experience, technological advances, the increasing importance of visual images in communication, and interdisciplinary collaborations all create favorable conditions for design innovation. As the disciplinary limits of architecture continue to expand, architects and architecture students are faced with the difficult and exhilarating challenge of synthesizing complex issues and diverse knowledge through physical design across many scales.
Michael Pyatok
David Miller
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Miller|Hull Partnership University of Washington
Michael Pyatok, FAIA has 40 years of experience as a nationally recognized architect, advocate and professor, establishing Pyatok Architects in 1984. He has designed over 30,000 units of affordable housing for low-income families and been a leader in the development of participatory community design methods. In addition to actively participating with the firm’s urban design projects, Mike is a Professor of Architectural Design and recently served for three years as the founding Director of Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and the Family at Arizona State University in Phoenix. Mike has served the American Institute of Architects on its National Affordable Housing Task Group. The National Endowment for the Arts sponsored Mike to facilitate housing design workshops and awarded him a grant to write a book about how to design higher density affordable housing called “Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing.” In 2002, Pyatok Architects was chosen as Architecture Firm of the Year by “Residential Architect Magazine”, and “Professional Builder Magazine” identified Mike as one of the 12 thought leaders in the field of development. In 2007, Mike was identified by “Builder Magazine” as one of the 50 most influential people in the development industry.
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Adèle Naudé Santos massachusetts institute of technology
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2009 ACSA/AIA Topaz Winner In addition to her academic work, Santos is principal architect in the San Francisco-based firm, Santos Prescott and Associates. Santos takes a holistic approach to architecture. Her belief that architecture transcends accommodation of programmatic requirements to also satisfy the human spirit has resulted in buildings that are characterized by abundant natural light, connections to nature, and innovative spatial arrangements. She pays close attention to the people affected by her design, whether it be community groups on the development of housing, faculty or administrative committees on institutional projects, or collaborations with artists and administrators on arts-related spaces. Her commitment to design extends beyond practice and academia to embrace civic dimensions. She advises institutions ranging from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Children’s Museum in San Diego, and serves on the peer review committee of the U.S. General Services Administration. “During my entire career, I have combined teaching and practice,” Santos says. “There has always been a cross-fertilization between the two, and, at their best, both teaching and practice have been a form of research. The balance between the two has been an important stimulus to my creativity as a teacher and to my professional work and role as an administrator. Even now, as dean at MIT, I have a small practice, which I find an essential creative outlet, and I continue to teach.”
David E. Miller is a co-founder, with Robert Hull of the Miller/Hull Partnership, a leading Pacific Northwest firm, an architecture professor at the University of Washington, and, since January 2007, has been Chair of the University of Washington Department of Architecture. Miller/Hull has established its self a reputation for buildings that are Modern, but which draw upon the heritage of Pacific Northwest architecture. The firm is particularly successful in winning commissions for public and institutional buildings as well as designing single-family residences. Their work has garnered numerous local, regional and national design awards. Miller’s book, Toward a New Regionalism: Environmental Architecture in the Pacific Northwest (2005) offers the theoretical background for his approach to design. Miller became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1994. Miller/Hull was selected as the AIA Firm of the Year in 2003. David Miller and Robert Hull were co-recipients of the Washington State University Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2007.
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patkau architects university of british columbia 2009 Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal Reciepient Patricia Patkau shares design direction in Patkau Architects with her partner John Patkau. She has a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University and is currently a Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of British Columbia. Since its founding, Patkau Architects has received numerous national and international design awards for a wide variety of building types, including ten Governor General’s Medals, four Progressive Architecture Awards, twelve Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence, and an RAIC Innovation in Architecture Award of Excellence. The firm has also won a number of national and international design competitions for: a major addition and renovation to the Central Winnipeg Public Library, the Nursing and Biomedical Sciences Facility for the University of Texas, Houston, College Housing for the University of Pennsylvania, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo, Ontario and the Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec, a new central library for the province of Québec. The work of Patkau Architects has been published and exhibited widely. Over 200 articles in books and professional journals and three books dedicated exclusively to the firm’s work have been published. The work has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions, including 20 solo exhibitions, in Canada, the United States, and Europe. In 1996, Patkau Architects was selected to represent Canada at the Venice Biennale. Sponsored by: Tau Sigma Delta
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Schedule by Theme
The 97th ACSA Annual Meeting schedule has been organized into themes that are meant to be broad in scope. This is a tentative schedule and subject to change. Please refer to acsa-arch.org/conferences for the most up-to-date schedule.
Technology
Urbanism
Society
Pedagogy
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Partner
1:00-3:00
PS | Teaching Technology as Design (1)
PS | Urban by Design? (1)
PS | The “Social” Value of Design (1)
PS | The Future of the Thesis
SFS | Building Technology Educators Society
WS | Construction Specifications Institute
3:30-5:30
PS | Emerging Technologies: The Ethics of Digital Design
PS | Open Session on Urbanism
PS | Sustenance in Architecture (1)
PS | Open Session on Pedagogy
SFS | IDP/NCARB
WS | Rhino 17
6:00-9:00 Opening Keynote Panel and Welcome Reception
8:00-10:00
Friday
10:30-12:30
Environment
Awards
PS | Teaching Technology as Design (2)
PS | Urban by Design? (2)
SFS | Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism
PS | Architectural History and the Design Studio
SFS | Architectural Research Centers Consortium
CC | The Accessible City: Sustainability’s Next Move
Faculty Design 1
CC | Structures and Sustainability
SFS | The Instant City: Dubai’s Overnight Urbanity
SFS | Designing for Diversity
PS | Design Curriculum Design
WS | Writing Workshop (JAE)
PS | How Long Can You Tread Water?
Faculty Design 2
12:30-2:00 Lunch 2:00-4:00
PS | Design Abstraction and Building Construction
CC | Living Above Mixed Use and the Urban Environment
PS | Architecture as a Vessel for Values
PS | Pedagogies of Study Abroad
WS | ACSA Distinguished Professor (TTTT)
SFS | Environment & Agency
Collaborative Practice
4:30-6:30
SFS | Contemptible Details
SFS | Design for All
PS | The “Social” Value of Design (2)
SFS | Beginning Design
SFS | Journal of Architectural Education
PS | Sustenance in Architecture (2)
ACSA/AIA Housing
Methodology
Research
Aesthetics
Fall Conf’s
Partner
SFS | Architectural Implications of Global Capitalism
CC | On Fingerprints and the Act of Making
PS | Open Session on History/Theory
PS | Collage: An Open Aesthetic for Art and Architecture
PS | Without a Hitch
NAAB APR Preparation
Women’s Lead Council
7:00-8:00 ACSA Awards Ceremony 8:00-10:00 University of Oregon host Party
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Economy
7:30-8:30 ACSA regional Caucuses 8:30-10:00 ACSA Business Meeting
12:30-2:00 Topaz Lunch 2:00-4:00
SFS | Magic of the Real/ Challenge of the Virtual
SFS | The Developer’s Dilemma: Design or Dollars?
PS | What is Design Thinking?
CC | Exchanging Change
PS | Modeling And The Architectural Imagination
PS | Material Matters: Making Architecture
4:30-6:30
PS | Indeterminancy: Designbuild as Reflection-in-Action
PS | More Out of Less: The Value of Resourcefulness in Design
PS | Group Effort: Successful Collaborative Design
SFS | The Competition: Design as Research
SFS | Aesthetic Experience vs. Performative Action
PS | Architecture in the Age of Digital Reproduction
Tau Sigma Delta Member Meeting
7:00-8:00 Closing Keynote 8:00-9:30 Portland State University Closing Party PS | Paper Session
SFS | Special Focus Session
CC | Critical Conversation
WS | Workshop
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Tours Thursday Full Day Tour
Saturday Morning Tour
Columbia River Gorge Waterfalls and Mount Hood “Loop” Tour Visit many of Oregon’s most famous scenic attractions in one day: Multnomah Falls, the Columbia River and Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood! Tumbling waterfalls, incredible scenic overlooks, orchard-filled valleys, majestic mountains, and the Oregon Trail await you on this tour that climbs from sea level to over 6000 feet in one scenic loop.
Trains, Towers, and Townhomes: Portland’s Recipe for Urban Infill In an innovative partnership, government agencies and local developers have funded a unique streetcar system that seamlessly connects to the regional light rail network. The streetcar has been the catalyst for dozens of urban infill projects that have significantly increased the amount of housing in Portland’s downtown core. In this tour, we will use the streetcar to access several notable projects and hear from developers and designers involved in the remaking of downtown.
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The Downtown Park: Investing in the Public Realm Portland’s urban plazas, connected park blocks, riverfront promenades, and small pocket parks will be highlighted on this tour. These public spaces help make density livable and are in large measure responsible for the character and quality of Portland’s downtown. They attract infill development and provide a place for public events of all sizes. But how can an investment in such places be justified amidst concerns over crime, underdevelopment, and increasing maintenance costs? This is just one of many questions about the role of public space in urban development that we will address on this tour.
Friday Afternoon Tour The Pearl District: A Case Study in Urban Redevelopment Until the early 1990s, abandoned warehouses, vacant lots, and deteriorating infrastructure were the norm in what is now a national case study in urban redevelopment. The housing boom of the 1990s, demolition of an elevated roadway, and the eventual construction of a streetcar spurred numerous renovation projects and the construction of many new buildings throughout this old industrial area. Brownfield sites have been converted into brewpubs, urban housing, and shopping streets. With the collapse of the housing bubble and growing concerns about gentrification, what will the future be for the Pearl?
Saturday Afternoon Tour The South Waterfront: A City Under Construction With the success of the Pearl District in north Portland, planners and developers were anxious to find a new area to redevelop. In 2004, their focus turned to the South Waterfront, a former brownfield site now connected to downtown by Portland’s streetcar. The ambitious plans call for a mix of offices, retail shops, and urban housing. The first phase, totaling nearly $2 billion in construction, is nearly complete and includes seven towers and the home of the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Center for Health and Healing, which is connected by an aerial tram to the main OHSU hilltop campus. In this tour, we will look at ways developers and the city linked land-uses, transportation systems, open spaces, and building typologies through comprehensive urban design.
Sunday Full Day Tour Northern Oregon Coast Tour Journey along Oregon’s breathtaking coastline stopping for viewing wildlife, pristine beaches and rocky cliff headlands. Learn about natural, Native American and regional history.
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Hotel Information Hilton Portland & Executive Tower 921 SW Sixth Avenue Portland, Oregon 97204 tel: 503-226-1611 fax: 503-220-2565 web: www.hilton.com Rate: $159 (main building) $179 (executive tower) Hilton Portland & Executive Tower is the largest Green Seal Certified hotel on the West Coast. To earn this prestigious certification, they must adhere to rigorous environmental leadership standards and participate in sustainability programs such as recycling, waste minimization, reduced energy use and green purchasing.
Green Meetings ACSA has joined with Carbonfund.org to become a Carbon Free event. Portland is a great city to implement these initiatives and we encourage you to do your part. If you would like to learn more about this initiative please visit carbonfund.org.
Max Light Rail The MAX Light Rail system is only a block away from the hotel providing access to many of Portland’s main attractions. The MAX Light Rail system provides transportation to and from the Portland International Airport in just 30 minutes as well as other surrounding cities. The closest Light Rail stop to the Hilton Hotel is Pioneer Square South. www.TriMet.org
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New Orleans | March 4-7, 2010 Host School Tulane University
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Bruce Goodwin, Tulane University Judith Kinnard, Tulane University
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Overview What is the role of the building in architectural discourse today? As schools engage in cross-disciplinary dialogues that are essential to the expanded field of architectural practice, does the art and craft of building design remain central to our curricula? Sophisticated technologies now allow us to preview the appearance and predict the performance of proposed buildings. Our traditional conception of design is challenged as decision-making can be automated and building parts can be cut, routed or printed to exact tolerances. Yet the ecological, economic and cultural contingencies that surround each project are increasingly complex. Recent events have exposed the fragility of buildings as objects in the face of natural and man-made forces and the critical role of infrastructure has been made increasingly apparent.
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The 2010 ACSA Annual Meeting will engage multiple themes associated with the changing art of building both as artifact and as process in architecture and related disciplines. The theme encourages debate on how we might balance traditional definitions of aesthetics, urbanism, preservation and construction with innovative practices that shatter the boundaries of architectural thinking. These debates will be informed by the city of New Orleans. More than 3 years after Hurricane Katrina the process and results of the re-building efforts at work in this most vibrant and unique of American cities will be an important point of reference and topic for discussion.
The ACSA Annual Meeting serves as a forum for discussion and speculation related to the meeting theme, as well as the exploration of a broad scope of research, scholarship, and creative activity. Faculty members have the opportunity both to propose session topics and to submit papers related to a range of given topics.
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Proposals for session topics related to the conference theme are requested, as are proposals related to the full range of subject areas within architecture, its related disciplines, and its allied professions. Topic proposals may, for example, address questions relating to history, theory, criticism, design, digital media, technology, pedagogy, construction, materials, practice, society, and culture. Session Topic proposals may also cut across traditional categories or address emerging issues. Session Topic proposals may be broad in reach or sharply focused. Each proposal should clearly identify its subject, premise, and scope of the proposed Session Topic. Session Topic Selection Process
Session Topics are selected through a blind peer review process. In addition to the blind process, the conference co-chairs may identify additional session topics and moderators. The selection process takes into consideration both the merits of the Session Topic proposals, as well as the importance of organizing a diverse set of sessions for the Annual Meeting.
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The authors of the Session Topics selected in the first stage will serve as Session Topic Chairs for their respective sessions. Working in collaboration with the conference cochairs, their responsibilities include: maintaining a blind-review process for all papers submitted during the entire review process; enlisting three blind reviewers for each of the papers submitted to their Session Topic; recommending final papers for presentation; and moderating their respective sessions during the Annual Meeting. Eligibility
All Session Topic Chairs must be faculty, students, or staff at ACSA member schools or become a Supporting ACSA Member by September 1 of the academic year during which the Annual Meeting will occur. Prospective Session Topic Chairs are not required to be members of ACSA when submitting their Session Topic proposal. Please visit the ACSA website, www.acsa-arch.org, to obtain detailed instructions and template for submitting a topic. The deadline to submit a Session Topic is January 4, 2009.
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The Call for Papers will list the final Session Topics and will be announced in the April 2008 ACSANews as well as on the ACSA website. All papers will undergo a blind peer review process. Session Topic Chairs will take into consideration each paper’s relevance to the topic and the evaluation furnished by the three peer reviewers. Typically, each session will be composed of three or four presentations, with time for discussion. All papers will be submitted through an online interface and must meet the general criteria identified in the call for papers and in the submission guidelines.
Each author will be limited to one submission per Session Topic. All authors submitting papers must be faculty, students, or staff at ACSA member schools or become Supporting ACSA members at the time of paper submission. In the event of insufficient participation regarding a particular session topic, the conference co-chairs reserve the right to revise the conference schedule accordingly. Authors whose papers have been accepted for presentation will be required to register for the conference before the conference Proceedings go to press.
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Amonte House, St. Louis, by assistant professors Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim Washington University in St. Louis. Their firm, Axi:Ome, received a 2008 AIA St. Louis Unbuilt Honor Award.
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university wisconsin-milwaukee Robert Greenstreet, Dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, has been appointed to the additional position of the Chair of City Development at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Chair of City Development is a new academic position at the university, and is being funded by the Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation, Wisconsin Preservation Trust, and David and Julia Uihlein Charitable Foundation. The new arrangement will enable Greenstreet to continue his role in leading the groundbreaking partnership between the UWM and the City of Milwaukee. The innovative “town and gown” relationship, the first of its kind in the nation, took Greenstreet four years ago into a shared position with the city as Director of Planning and Design. The Chair of City Development fine tunes the relationship, ensuring that the school continues to have a significant impact on issues of design and development while reducing the administrative aspects of and cost to taxpayers for the role. Under Greenstreet’s leadership, the city’s Division of Planning has for the past four years
been undertaking an ambitious planning strategy that encompasses every square inch of Milwaukee — the first comprehensive planning exercise of its kind. The city has enforced higher aesthetic standards with the new Design Review Team and has developed innovative new ideas developed in the school and fused into the city’s decision-making process, such as the proposed redesign of MacArthur Square, a 22acre downtown site just east of the Milwaukee County Courthouse. Associate Professor Linda Krause and Professor Patrice Petro, Director of the Center for International Education, have organized an international conference titled “Sustaining Cities: Urban Lost and Found.” The conference takes place at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on April 17-18, 2009. Guest speakers from Great Britain, Canada, China, Mexico, and throughout the United States will participate in this multi-disciplinary conference. German Green Building Innovations Seminar presented by the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest was launched in September at SARUP. David Cook presented works by BehnischArchitekten. In addition, Rico Cedro of Krueck Sexton from Chicago presented the Spertus Institute in Chicago and Dr. Robert Him-
mler of energydesign-asia presented Energy Efficient Non-Residential Buildings: Examples and Experiences in Germany. This was part of a series of seminars at Urbana-Champaign, UIC, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Assistant Professor Greg Thomson also spoke about the Solar Decathlon at Urbana-Champaign. Assoc. Professor James Wasley hosted the ‘Carbon Neutral Design Summit’ October 31November 2 in Milwaukee. This AIA funded research and curriculum development project brought a group of 36 leading practitioners, researchers, and academics together to discuss case studies of low and zero-emissions architecture. A second meeting to discuss the question of carbon neutral design in studio education will be held at the Harvard GSD November 21-22 following the USGBC Greenbuild Conference. washington university in st. louis Robert McCarter, the Ruth & Norman Moore Professor of Architecture, published the following essays: “The Topographic Section: Joining Space and the Tectonic in Experience” in Dean/ Wolf Architects: Constructive Continuum (Princeton Architectural Press, 2009); “Brian MacKayLyons: Towards an Architecture of Its Time and Place” in the July 2008 Contract magazine; “The
Kathryn Dean, professor of architecture and director of Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, has published Constructive Practices: Between Economy and Desire, a catalogue of studio and seminar work at Columbia University, which explores the potentials of digital fabrication to reinforce programmatic and cultural identity. Dean also has authored the forthcoming monograph, Dean/Wolf Architects: Constructive Continuum, which documents the work of her office, Dean/Wolff Architects. The monograph, which will be published by the Princeton Architectural Press in 2009, contains two parts: “Metropolitan Montage” and “Landform Logic.” Eric Mumford, associate professor of architecture, co-edited Josep Lluís Sert: The Architect of Urban Design, 1953-1969 (with Hashim Sarkis; Yale University Press, 2008) and has published the following articles: “National Defense Migration and the Transformations of American Urbanism, 1940-42” in the Journal of Architectural Education 61: 3 (2008); “Ripensare all’altezza è una necessità” (Rethinking Highrise) in Il giornale de architettura (Milan; March 2008); and “Doubled Booked,” about new South Korean ar-
chitecture and urbanism, in Surface (Fall 2007). In September 2008 Mumford gave an invited lecture at the Getty Center and Armand Hammer Museum conference, “Against Reason: John Lautner and Postwar Architecture. In June 2008 he spoke at “The Cultures of History” session of the International Union of Architects (UIA) Congress in Turin, Italy. AIA St Louis 2008 Design Awards were conferred on September 11, 2008. Recipients included: Adrian Luchini, the Raymond E. Maritz Professor of Architecture (unbuilt Merit Award, LuchiniAD); Gia Daskalakis, associate professor of architecture (unbuilt Honor Award, Das: 20 Architecture Studio); John Hoal, associate professor of architecture (master planning/urban design Honor Award, H3 Studio); Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim, both assistant professors of architecture (unbuilt Honor Award, Axi:Ome); Eric Hoffman, lecturer in architecture (two unbuilt Honor Awards; the first with David Chipperfield Architects and HOK St Louis; the second with Tony Patterson); Donald N. Koster III, visiting assistant professor of architecture (unbuilt Merit Award, with Washington University in St Louis and Grice Group); Geoff Loo, lecturer in architecture (drawing Distinguished Award); and students Peter Elsbeck, Cristina Greavu and Eric Rang (Architecture Distinguished Award). Igor Marjanovic, assistant professor of architecture, served as Chair of the Drawing Category for the 2008 AIA St Louis Design Awards. A team of six graduate architecture students — led by Ellen Leuenberger and including Denny Burke, Alexander Harner, Michael Heller, Rachel Kerr and June Kim — won the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ Community Service Competition. The competition, which includes a $300 cash prize, centered on an abandoned 8,000-square-foot children’s theater located on the campus of St. Francis de Sales church, 2653 Ohio Ave. (63118). Popularly known as “the Cathedral of South St. Louis,” St. Francis de Sales has been a local landmark since the end of the Civil War. Its six-building campus is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places and includes the elegant Gothic revival church as well as a rectory, a former convent, a gymnasium and two former school buildings, one of which houses the theater.
east CENTRAL Ball State University Chair and Irving Distinguished Professor Mahesh Senagala’s book chapter “Cities, Circuits and Death” has been published in the latest book Critical Digital Studies: A Reader, edited by Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, from the University of Toronto Press (ISBN 978-0-8020-9546-6). The book has been simultaneously published in hard cover and paperback. Other authors featured in the volume include Donna Haraway, Stelarc, Eugene Thacker, Lev Manovich, and N. Katherine Hayles. Professor Senagala’s essay about the five thousand year old Indian city of Banaras is one of the three chapters that reframes the discourse about cities in the digital age. “From the spectacular emergence of new media innovations such as blogging, podcasting, flashmobs, mashups, and RSS feeds to video-sharing websites, like MySpace and YouTube, and online roleplaying games, contemporary society, culture, and politics are being transformed continuously by new digital communication technology. In Critical Digital Studies, internationally renowned theorists Arthur and Marilouise Kroker lead the search for a new method of understanding digitally mediated culture.” More at http://www. amazon.ca/Critical-Digital-Studies-Arthur-Kroker/dp/0802095461 Seven students and five faculty members attended the ACADIA (Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture) 2008 Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota last October. ACADIA president Mahesh Senagala and conference chairs Andrew Kudless and Neri Oxman presented an exciting conference involving 6 keynote presentations, two exhibitions, and ten paper sessions which included a paper presented by faculty Michael Gibson, Kevin Klinger, and Joshua Vermillion showcasing work from the Spring 2008 fabrication seminar “Constructing Information.” Enthusiastic faculty Wil Marquez and Kevin Klinger led off in a Pecha-Kucha-inspired presentation event on Friday night with representing Indiana and CAP with various visual and verbal gems. Students Dustin Headley, Kyle Perry, Deepak Baniya, Adam Buente, Elizabeth Boone, Eric Brockmeyer, and Priyenshu Srivastava attended the conference as well, (EAST CENTRAL continued on page 24)
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Modern is Not a Style: Florida’s Other Tradition of Architecture” in Five Florida Moderns (S. Henry, ed.; Norten, 2008); “An Interview with Morgan Professor Robert McCarter,” Craig Reynolds, in Parnassus (University of Louisville, 2008); “Common Sense: Towards an Architecture both Poetic and Practical,” in Brian Healy: Commonplaces (ORO Editions, 2008); and “The Thought of Construction” in Ghost: Building an Architectural Vision (Brian MacKay-Lyons; Princeton Architectural Press, 2008). McCarter reviewed Aldo van Eyck: Writings (Vincent Ligtelijn and Francis Strauven, eds., 2008) in the December 2008 Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians; and reviewed Encounters: Architectural Essays (2005) by Juhani Pallasmaa in the May 2008 Senses & Society. He also gave the following lectures: “Louis I. Kahn and the Nature of Concrete” at the American Concrete Institute National Convention in St. Louis, November 2008; “Wright at the Start: The Prairie Houses as Origin of Wright’s Ordering Principles,” for SUNY Buffalo/Martin House Restoration Corporation/Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, May 2008; and “The Houses of Frank Lloyd Wright” at the Saint Louis Art Museum, April 2008.
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soaking in the four keynotes, the presentations, and attending intense workshops for advanced digital techniques. During the conference, Senagala was elected president of the organization for a second term. To learn more about the conference: www.acadia.org/acadia2008 Professor Steve Kendall, PhD, Director of the Building Futures Institute, chaired a roundtable at Healthcare Design 08 in Washington DC in November on “Change-Ready Hospitals”. In September, he was appointed to a 25-member national task force charged with making recommendations to the US Veterans Administration on Innovative Future Building Environments for Health Care Delivery. Professor Stephen Kendall has been quoted in Boston Globe’s article on October 26: “The incredible, flexible, movable house: How we could save money, time, and the environment by making homes easy to remodel.” Others quoted in the article include Kieran and Timberlake, Kent Larson of MIT, and author Witold Rybczynski. The conference Education for an Open Architecture, an annual meeting of the CIB Commission W104 Open Building and CIB Commission W110 Informal Settlement and Affordable Housing, took place at CAP last October. CAP and the CIB Commissions hosted the event, which brings in a diverse group of internationally based thinkers to CAP. Keynote lectures by German architect and educator Dietmar Eberle and American architect, educator, and author Paul Lukez were presented during the event, as well as open building based design workshops hosted by Andres Mignucci, Renee Chow, and Beisi Jia. Professor Steven Kendall (conference chair) and instructor Michael Gibson (conference co-chair) organized the conference with Kendall’s CIB colleagues. To learn more about the conference visit www.bsu.edu/bfi/openarchitectureconference
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Lawrence technological university Associate Professor Joongsub Kim, Ph.D., AIA, AICP, was invited to speak at an international symposium entitled “The Role of Food and Agriculture in the Design and Planning of Buildings and Cities,” hosted by the School of Architecture
at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, in the summer of 2008. As one outcome of this symposium, the Detroit Studio Community Outreach Program directed by Dr. Kim is collaborating with the City of Detroit Planning Department to develop urban design guidelines for urban agriculture in Detroit. Adjunct Instructor Ron W. Herzog, AIA, became a LEED AP Accredited Professional by passing the USGBC Exam 2.2 for New Construction. Ohio State University
Associate Professor Jane Murphy presented the paper, “FABHouse Studio” at the UMass 2008 Wood Structures Symposium/2008 ACSA Northeast Fall Conference. Associate Professor Ashley Schafer, co-editor of PRAXIS, 10, Urban Matters, took part in a release event at Artists Space in New York in October, 2008. The double meaning of the title “Urban Matters” refers to the relevance of urbanism for architecture and to the effect of the materials that comprise the contemporary urban condition on the city.
Associate Professor Lisa Tilder was the recipient of the India Boyer ’30 Faculty Award from the Knowlton School of Architecture, given annually to a faculty member in the School who has exhibited outstanding teaching, scholarship or practice. Tilder reviewed the book, Ten Shades of Green: Architecture and the Natural World in the Journal of Architectural Education. Assoc. Prof. Tilder was awarded an OSU Outreach and Engagement grant of $50,000 to support the design and construction of “The POD Project”, a self-sufficient living environment that explores the relationship of design, consumer culture and sustainability. The POD home will be exhibited at the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) in Columbus in 2009. Assoc. Prof. Tilder and Lecturer W. Keoni Fleming are collaborating with engineering faculty and OSU students on the production of “Solar House One”, OSU’s entry to the Solar Decathlon Competition, funded by the United States Department of Energy National Energy Renewal Laboratory. Tilder co-taught OSU’s Rome Program with Arch. Beatrice Bruscoli in spring, 2008.
Professor Jeff Kipnis was exhibition consultant for “COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, Beyond The Blue” (Vienna, Dec. 2007-May 2008), to date, the most comprehensive museum presentation of the global Coop Himmelb(l)au architectural team. The exhibit was conceived as a show of works and a spatial experience that provided insight into the unconventional and pioneering approach of this team who continues to redefine the boundaries of form and material in architecture and urban planning.
Professors Sylvie Duvernoy (Universita’s degli Studi di Firenze), Michela Rossi (Universita’s degli Studi di Parma), and Associate Professor Kay Bea Jones (Ohio State’s Knowlton School of Architecture) hosted 35 Italian students along with 20 Ohio State architecture and landscape architecture students for a weeklong research and design charrette at OSU during April. The jury included practitioners, artists, and faculty. Traveling exhibition of 16 joint proposals by international teams were shown in Florence and Parma and resulted in the publication of Oltre I Gratticielli/Beyond the Skyscraper by Alinea Editrice (Firenze: Alinea, 2008).
Mary-Ann Ray has accepted the position of professor of practice in architecture. Prior to this appointment, Ray was the Taubman College Centennial Professor for 2007-2008 and has also been an Eliel Saarinen Visiting Professors (2002-2003, 2005-2006) with Robert Mangurian, co-principal of Studio Works in Los Angeles. In 2005 Ray and Mangurian established B.A.S.E., the Bejiing Architecture Studio Enterprise for Taubman College where for the last two years Michigan architecture students and faculty member Robert Adams have conducted a spring semester traveling studio.
University of michigan Karl Daubmann has been appointed associate professor of architecture, with tenure, effective September 1, 2008. Daubmann is an architect, a principal at PLY LLC in Ann Arbor, and has taught at the University of Michigan since the fall of 1999 when he arrived as the Williard D. Oberdick Teaching Fellow. He received a Master of Science in Architectural Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999 and a Bachelor of Architecture (cum laude) from Roger Williams University in 1995.
Cynthia Pachikara has been appointed associate professor of art and design, a join appointment between the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning and School of Art & Design. Pachikara has
exhibited nationally in venues including the Forum for Contemporary Art in St. Louis, Consolidated Works in Seattle, Fassbender Gallery in Chicago, SPACES in Cleveland, and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax. Cynthia is cur-
rently developing her shadow installations as temporal public art works designed for unwitting pedestrians in outdoor, urban settings.
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SOUTHeast Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, was inaugurated as the 85th President of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) on Dec. 5, 2008, at The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Malecha was elected as 2008 Vice President/2009 President of The American Institute of Architects, an organization with more than 83,000 members, in San Antonio on May 4, 2007. Malecha says, “This is a time for the AIA to seize the opportunity for leadership. Our profession is bursting with new knowledge; with skills tested by application and measured by how we improve the lives of those who experience our work.” Malecha ran on a campaign theme of Collaborative Leadership. “A greater voice for the membership is vital to our Institute, it is the means by which member intentions become Institute Priorities,” he said in his candidacy speech to the 2007 National Convention. University of Florida Professor Siebein presented several papers at the 156th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Miami, Florida in November 2008. “Experiments to Develop Soundscape Design Methods” focused on a soundscape design method that can be used to evaluate acoustical impacts of planning and building projects on the surrounding community as a way to work toward net zero noise impacts. “Case Study of the Acoustical Analysis for Three LEED for School Applications” focused on case studies of an elementary school, a high school, and a college academic building to meet the environmental quality points for acoustics in LEED for schools requirements. “Acoustical Modeling of Russell Johnson’s Singapore Projects” focused
on the impressive acoustical modeling methods of the Singapore concert hall and opera rooms which has been deemed the “Concert Hall of the 21st Century” as part of a memorial session on the life and work of one of the greatest architect trained acoustical consultants. “An Architects Perspective on Acoustics” focused on an architectural theory developed through graduate design studies work that includes philosophical, aesthetic, and technical thinking about acoustics as generative ideas for architectural form. Professor Siebein and graduate students Adam Boettcher, Joshua Fisher, Selena Paterson, Reece Skelton, and Threcia Robinson presented papers for the 5th Meeting of the Florida Chapter Acoustical Society of America in Tallahassee, Florida in Spring, 2008. The papers focused on work done in Graduate Studio and Acoustics elective courses. Professor Siebein’s paper entitled “Measurement and Mapping of Environmental Noise” focused on measurement and simulation methods that allow environmental noise to be analyzed more closely to the ways that people actually hear sounds. Graduate students Adam Boettcher, Selena Paterson and Threcia Robinson presented “Mapping the Aural Environment” which focused on methods to evaluate acoustical characteristics of outdoor environments so that the salient characteristics of the soundscape or acoustical landscape of the environment could be more completely described. Graduate student Joshua Fisher presented “Possibilities for Designing the Soundscape” which focused on methods to augment typical environmental noise analysis techniques to include ways to analyze and design for sounds rather than noise. Graduate student Reece Skelton presented “Soundscape Analysis Methods to Allow Perceptual Distinction
between Sounds of Relatively Similar Levels” which focused on developing a multi-media method to document the distinctions between qualities of sound with relatively similar sound levels in a natural, outdoor environment. Professor Siebein is also president of the Society and presided over the business meeting held prior to the paper session. The College of Design, Construction and Planning is pleased to announce its plan to develop a new education and research initiative, “CitiLab Orlando,” through a cooperative agreement with the University of Central Florida. Located at UCF’s Center of Emerging Media in downtown Orlando, Citi-Lab will link the multiple resources of the academic community, the public sector and private industry to offer innovative solutions to the problems and opportunities within the built environment of the contemporary American city. As an interdisciplinary design and research facility, Citi-Lab will provide a unique educational experience for participating students and new research opportunities for both UF and UCF faculty. The 3,000 square foot facility will consist of a gallery; working design studios for upper level undergraduate and graduate students; a library and resource center; and a meeting space for discussions and educational events. Continuing its leadership in sustainability, UF’s College of Design, Construction and Planning added a new undergraduate degree this year. The Bachelor of Science in Sustainability and the Built Environment will allow students to focus on creative solutions to the challenges of limited energy, water and land through hands-on (SOUTHEAST continued on page 26)
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sustainable problem solving. At the same time, the college’s highly regarded program in historic preservation added a Master of Historic Preservation degree to its other preservation offerings. The new advanced professional degree will provide a solid academic grounding and practical experience in the rapidly expanding profession of historic preservation research, documentation, planning, design, conservation and the long-term management of historic properties. University of Virginia After nearly a decade of planning including two years of construction, the UVa School of Architecture celebrated a grand “Re-Opening” during fall semester to herald newly expanded indoor and outdoor spaces orchestrated by Dean Karen Van Lengen. The Victor and Sono Elmaleh Wing was designed by Campbell Professor W.G. Clark, the South Wing was designed by Associate Professor William Sherman, and the landscape plan was designed by Emeritus Professor Warren Byrd. Other design-build interventions and renovations were also designed by various faculty members with students.
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In September 2008, ground was broken in Uganda for the Building Tomorrow Academy of Gita. Supported by the University of Virginia, the academy will provide the first-ever permanent public school structure within about a nine-mile radius. It will open by mid-2009 and serve approximately 325 children. The school’s design was created by 15 architecture students in collaboration with engineering students and directed by Assistant Professor of Architecture Anselmo Canfora. Canfora’s project, Initiative ReCOVER, focuses on research, design and fabrication of humanitarian designs that are shared with the general public, disaster relief agencies and those in need of assistance, with an ultimate goal of designing and building safe, healthy and sustainable communities around the world. Associate Professor Phoebe Crisman’s work on three associated projects in the fragile, contaminated ecosystem in Virginia’s Elizabeth River is the winner of the 2008 Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects Prize for Design Research and Scholarship. Crisman
and her collaborators developed urban planning and building strategies designed to help regenerate the ecology of the area and a set of guidelines for sustainable development of the river uplands. Complementing the research and guidelines was the development of the Learning Barge - a floating classroom that provides interactive education for all ages about the area’s ecosystem and the restoration efforts. The Building and Housing Foundation selected UVa’s ecoMOD Project as one of 12 finalists in the World Habitat Awards Program. In addition, the project won the inaugural U.S. Green Building Council Excellence in Green Building Curriculum Awards. ecoMOD is a design/research/ evaluate project directed by Assistant Professor of architecture John Quale and Professor P. Paxton Marshall (Sch. of Applied Engineering) is the engineering director. [www.ecomod. virginia.edu] Several faculty members collaborated to form Grow: DC, one of 24 teams named a finalist in the “City of the Future” design competition organized by the History Channel in January, 2008. The team was led by Assistant Professors of Architecture Jason Johnson and Nataly Gattegno and included Assoc. Professor of Landscape Architecture Julie Bargmann and former Lecturer in Landscape Architecture Christopher Fannin, as well as Quesada Professor William Morrish. The team was consulted by Assoc. Professor and Director of Landscape Architecture Kristina Hill. Assoc. Professor Cammy Brother’s new book examines Michelangelo’s drawings as demonstrative of his dynamic thought processes. In Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture (Yale Univ. Press, 2008), “unlike previous studies, which have focused on the built projects and considered the drawings only insofar as they illuminate those buildings, this book analyses his designs as an independent source of insight into the mechanisms of Michelangelo’s imagination,” said Yale University Press. Eric Field, Teaching Resources Coordinator/ Advanced Technology and Associate Professor Dorothy Wong (Art History) have published a new volume of essays on the Horyuji temple complex of Japanese Buddhism, Horyuji Reconsidered (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008). The
collection is the product of a symposium held in 2005 at the University of Virginia, “The Dawn of East Asian International Buddhist Art and Architecture: Horyuji (Temple of the Exalted Law) in Its Contexts.” Virginia Polytechnic University Mehdi Setareh, PhD, professor, has received an Honorary AIA Award from the AIA Blue Ridge for his contributions to the architectural academia community, as well as for his efforts in assisting Architectural Registration Exam candidates with the Lateral Forces and General Structures exams. The work of noroof architects, the New Yorkbased architecture firm of Margarita McGrath, associate professor, and her partner was featured in an exhibition at the Fordham University Center Gallery in New York, N.Y. McGrath and her partner presented section/ plan combined drawings, 3-D studies, full-size details, and construction documents for their recent Finger Apartment renovation in lower Manhattan. McGrath’s firm, noroof architects, was also selected by Wallpaper* magazine to take part in a series of four talks held during the London Festival of Architecture. The HausWork talks engage eight new and established architectural talents from around the world in debate on the most innovative ways of building in the city. Noroof was also featured in the annual Wallpaper* Architects Directory, now in its eighth year. Michael Ermann, LEED, associate professor, received an honorable mention in the first annual Virginia Society AIA Prize for Design Research and Scholarship with his entry, “Five Sensitivities of a Coupled Volume Concert Hall.” The paper looks at the design of a particular type of performance space, and the influence design decisions hold over the acoustic environment. Ermann also received an Acoustical Society of America Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics grant to create a booklet on the topic of multi-family housing acoustics, with an eye toward architects, contractors, and developers as an audience. His entry was the unanimous first choice among the three judges.
In addition, Ermann was recognized with honorable mention in the first annual Virginia Society American Institute of Architects (AIA) Prize for Design Research and Scholarship for his entry entitled, “Five Sensitivities of a Coupled Volume Concert Hall.” The jury, which was chaired by Cesar Pelli, selected one winner and two honorable mentions. Sonia Hirt, assistant professor of urban affairs and planning, was recently appointed associate editor of the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (JAPR). JAPR is an international scholarly blind-refereed, quarterly journal in the fields of architecture and urban planning. It won the Achievement Award from the Environmental Design Research Association and the first place (Gold) award from the Successful Magazine Publishing Society. It was the
first journal in the world to introduce refereeing to journals in architecture. It also was the first journal since the early 1960s to recreate explicit links between the policy worlds of urban planning and the physical worlds of design. Terry Surjan, associate professor, has become program chair 4+. As program chair 4+, he is currently teaching second-year lab and fourthyear vertical studios, and is coordinating the fifth-year thesis class. Surjan’s professional research group C U P created an exhibit “We Speak in Circles,” which was the displayed in Cowgill Hall, September 1, 2008. C U P is developing the “invisible office” model as a way of alternative practice. Recent graduate Jonathan Hanahan acts as executive chair of design for C U P and is testing this re-
search at the Boston Architectural Center with second-year students. View more information about C U P at web.mac.com/surjan. Paul Emmons, associate professor at the school’s Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, was invited to give the 125th Anniversary Lecture of Cardiff University to the Welsh School of Architecture in November 2008. The lecture was titled, “The Mirror of Design: Embodiment and Imagination in Architectural Drawing Practices.”
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An article by Markus Breitschmid, PhD, assistant professor, entitled, “Un’architettura che, un fondo, è ‘solo’ astratta” has been published in Italian architecture journal Casabella (October 2008).
weST Lecturer Mara Baum spoke at Greenbuild in Boston on integrating evidence-based design and sustainability. Associate Professor, Mona El Khafif delivered a lecture titled “Staged Urbanism as a Construction of Public Space” at the urban symposium “The Temporary City” Ruhrarea, Germany. The lecture and the panel discussion focused on design strategies supporting the use of public space as a social catalyst. The symposium was one of a series of academic events dealing with urban strategies for RUHR.2010—the event that supports the development of the Ruhrarea as a European Cultural Capital. This fall David Fletcher, adjunct professor, lectured on “Void Networks” at the University of Toronto. His work was exhibited in their current exhibition “Landscape Infrastructures”. Additionally, Flectcher’s work on the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan won
an AIA Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design. Adjunct professor Jordan Geiger’s team submission “B&T and Me” (with Shona Kitchen, Derek Lindner and Josh Forgione) was a finalist for commission in the Architectural League of New York’s upcoming exhibition “Toward the Sentient City.” An urban, ubicomp-assisted, month-long game, the project uses the infrastructure and protocols of toll plazas to expose and engage problems of data privacy, cultural identity and freedom of movement in the city; and generate revenue for the remediation of automotive air pollution. Matt Hutchinson, Lecturer, received second prize in the “Round Building Reuse” competition for Orlando, Florida. The competition aimed to have competitors develop an innovative reuse of the Round Building’s precast concrete brisesoleil on another site or sites. Bruce Tomb, senior adjunct professor, exhibited the “Antfarm Media Van v.08” project, a
collaboration with Chip Lord and Curtis Shreier in “The Art of Participation” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. California Polytechnic university, San Luis Obispo In fall Troy N. Peters joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor with a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon. Professionally Mr. Peters is NCARB certified and a registered architect in the state of Illinois and Wisconsin in addition to being LEED accredited. In addition to practicing architecture in the Chicago area Mr. Peters is founder of ArchiPhysics. He is the author of software programs for passive solar calculations, and daylight among other things. His academic research and software designs have focused on various aspects of thermal transfer and passive solar design. Assistant Professor Troy N. Peters presented a paper titled Implementing the 2010 Imperative in a Beginning Architectural Design (WEST continued on page 28)
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Studio at the American Solar Energy Society this past May 2008 in San Diego, CA. Faculty member George Stewart has retired from the Architecture Department and will be teaching fall and winter quarters under the Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP). Trained as an undergraduate at Cal Poly, George joined the Architecture Department faculty in 1984. He is a registered architect and a licensed general building contractor in the State of California, and has worked in several architectural firms throughout California. While George has taught in almost every area of the curriculum, his affinity and expertise in the professional areas of the Architecture Program have made George an invaluable and sought out expert. His understanding of how structures get built, not simply as buildings but foremost as architecture, coupled with an innate talent as an educator, has been instrumental in furthering a polytechnic education that lies at the intersection of art and construction. A lifelong community activist George has given countless hours to the Built Environment Education Program (BEEP) on the Golden Coast; a program geared toward introducing sixth grade students to concepts that can affect the quality of the environment. Professor Don Swearingen has retired from the Architecture Department and will be teaching fall and winter quarters under the Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP). He received his B.Arch from Oklahoma State University and his M.Arch from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Don is a registered architect and has worked professionally in a variety of capacities most notably in Denmark (196970) at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in Copenhagen, and in Sweden (1980-81) at the Royal Swedish Institute of Technology in Stockholm, both times as a guest researcher in the areas of preservation and industrial building systems. Since joining Cal Poly in 1974, Don has contributed his time, talent, and intellectual breadth of knowledge to the lower and upper years of the design sequence. In particular, Don has introduced generations of freshmen students to the fundamental underpinnings of their discipline through drawing. A world traveler, Don has
been instrumental in promoting the two longest running CSU off-campus programs: at the DIS in Denmark and in Florence, Italy. In addition, Don has taught at Cuesta Community College in San Luis Obispo. Professor Christopher Yip was interviewed by the noted Columbia University architectural historian, Gwen Wright, for a segment on the PBS TV program History Detectives which aired nationally on July 7, 2008. Dr. Huining Zhao of Nanjing University of Technology, China is visiting the Architecture Department during the 2008 Fall quarter. Prof. Zhao scholarship will focus on modern American architectural design, city environmental landscape, interior environmental design, and the advance teaching technologies of U.S. universities. In addition to her research, Prof. Zhao will be offering a series of lectures covering a variety of topics. Richard Beller, Dennis Combrink, Randy Dettmer, Chandrika V. Jaggia, Hulett Jones, Ansgar Killing, Eric Nulman, and Bryan Ridley, are returning lecturers in a variety of capacities for the AY 2008-09 . University of California Berkeley While the vast legacy of traditional and vernacular earthen construction has been widely discussed, little attention has been paid to the contemporary tradition of earth architecture. Assistant Professor Ronald Rael, founder of Eartharchitecture.org provides a history of building with earth in the modern era, focusing particularly on projects constructed in the last few decades that use rammed earth, mud brick, compressed earth, cob, and several other interesting techniques in his new book, Earth Architecture (Princeton Architectural Press, 2008). The book also presents a selection of more than 40 projects that exemplify new, creative uses of the oldest building material on the planet. Lisa Iwamoto, Assistant Professor and principal of IwamotoScott was featured on BDUK architectural online magazine with their recent project Voussoir Cloud developed with Buro Happold. The temporary installation at the Southern California Institute of Architecture
consists of a folded lightweight and porous vaulted structure. The project carefully articulated the ultralight compressive members structured through 3D triangular modules folded along prescoured curved seams. Each module is uniquely shaped spanning from 5 to18 inches formed by a custumised material for Voissir Cloud by Lenderink Technologies consisting of wood laminate on three layers of long-fibre paper. This temporary installation implements complex geometry via a bottom-up research methodology deploying an innovative and effective system of digital fabrication, offsite construction and modularisation. The California edition of The Architect’s Newspaper warmly reviewed emeritus Professor Marc Treib’s new book The Houses of Joseph Esherick (San Francisco: William Stout Publishers), featuring an architect who not only left a profound mark on Berkeley, but was a leading influence on his era. The book is part of the Berkeley/Design/Books series, drawing on holdings in the archives of the College of Environmental Design. Civil Twilight design collective was featured by Discovery Channel documentary series, NextWorld. The collective was chosen as one of the two teams awarded as Metropolis’s 2007 Next Generation competition. The Discovery channel series portrays coming decades guided by sustainable innovation solutions. Civil twilight’s proposal consists of lunar-responsive streetlights based on dimmable LEDs and photo-sensor cells developed by alumni Anton Willis (MArch07)and Kate Lydon (MArch07) with Christina Seely and Dustin Cram. The project was also featured at The Buckminster Fuller Challenge competition website this past October. University of Oregon Professor Michael Fifield presented a lecture in October on sustainable communities at the Raleigh Urban Design Center in downtown Raleigh, N.C. He also served as a guest reviewer for Professor Tom Barrie’s graduate housing studio at NC State. Taunton Press has recently published the 3rd edition of the Graphic Guide to Frame Construction by Associate Professor Rob Thallon. This visual handbook for wood-frame construction delivers completely updated
information about the latest materials, building methods, and code revisions. Over 50 new and revised drawings cover energy efficient construction, advanced framing, designs for high wind and earthquake zones, and installation
details for new building materials. This new edition updates the details for engineered lumber products and takes a closer look at the important issue of moisture in wood frame building assemblies. The topic of environmental
responsibility, which has gained serious traction in recent years, has been covered extensively in previous editions but receives further discussion in this latest edition.
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northeast with non-Western art. Her teaching spans from the 18th century to the modern period.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Architecture announces the Robert Robinson Taylor Fellowship in honor of Robert Robinson Taylor. Taylor graduated from MIT in 1892 and was the first African-American to receive an architectural degree in the United States. The Department of Architecture will offer one fellowship each year to in incoming graduate student. Eligibility is limited to U.S. citizens whose ethnic background is one of the following: African-American, Chicano or Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Native American, or Alaskan Native. The Fellowship consists of full tuition, student health insurance, and a 50% stipend, for the nine-month academic year. The Fellowship is renewable for the remaining semesters of residency in the degree program, providing the student remains enrolled full-time and is in good academic standing. Recipients will be selected during the admissions process each year and will be informed in the letter of admission.
Ana Miljacki joined the department in January 2008 as Assistant Professor of Architecture. Her teaching bridges design studios, history, and contemporary theoretical debates on the issues that surround the discipline of architecture.
The department has welcomed two new faculty members: James L. Wescoat, Jr. as Aga Khan Professor and Kristel Smentek as Assistant Professor of the History of Art. Professor Wescoat’s research concentrates on water systems and water policy, especially in South Asia and the US, and on small-scale historical waterworks of Mughal gardens and cities in India and Pakistan. He is currently conducting comparative research on international water problems. Professor Smentek is a historian of eighteenth century European visual culture with specializations in the history of collecting, the art market, and the European encounter
John Ochsendorf, Associate Professor of Building Technology, was one of 25 recipients of this year’s MacArthur Foundation Genius Award. He was recognized for his cross-disciplinary research as an engineer and architectural historian, studying how technologies as old as the Incas can inform today’s construction methods and materials. Sheila Kennedy, Professor of the Practice of Architecture, and principal of KVA MATx in Boston, and MIT alumni Sloan Kulper ’03 and Casey Smith SM’02 were recipients of a 2008 Tech Award, an international award for technology that benefits humanity sponsored by The Tech Museum of Innovation. Their Portable Light Project integrates photovoltaics, digital electronics, and solid state lighting into locally produced textiles such as blankets and clothing, allowing users anywhere in the world to “harvest” renewable energy. Larry Sass, Associate Professor of Computation, was one of five architects selected from a field of 400 to erect a prefabricated house – at fullscale – this summer at The Museum of Modern Art in the exhibition, “Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling.” Sass and his students designed a traditional New Orleans shotgun style house, whose wood and plastic components could be mass- or custom-produced using
a laptop and CNC milling technology and then, like an interlocking puzzle, be erected on site by the client, some friends with mallets. New Jersey Institute of Technology The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is pleased to announce the formation of the School of Art + Design (SA+D) to exist in tandem with the well established New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSoA). The New Jersey School of Architecture was established at the NJIT by the state legislature in 1973. In the 35 years since its inception, the School has grown into an ever more important academic unit within the Institute. Now, NJIT is undergoing an important metamorphosis and the NJSoA is playing a pivotal role. Since his arrival several years ago, NJIT President Robert Altenkirch has made a strong priority of the transformation of NJIT from a traditionally engineering-centric university into a more comprehensive institution. His ambitious plan is predicated on the idea that a more comprehensive and well-rounded university will provide a more fertile intellectual environment for all students and faculty. In the spirit of this plan, Dean Urs Gauchat has struck out with bold initiatives to create a new trajectory for the School. These initiatives include new, design related programs in the fields of Industrial Design (2006) and Interior Design (2008), and Digital Design (2008). These will soon be followed by Fine Arts (2009) and Landscape Architecutre (2010). The new discplines (NORTHEAST continued on page 30)
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have enriched the academic milieu for our existing students and provided new and exciting challenges for the faculty. In conjunction with the formation of the School of Art + Design, NJIT is pleased to announce the establishment of the College of Architecture and Design containing both the New Jersey School of Architecture and the School of Art + Design. Because of the interrelated programs provided by both Schools it became apparent that an umbrella entity was needed to signify the full extent of our curriculum. As a consequence, the College of Architecture and Design (CAD) was established to contain the two closely related and interrelated Schools. The New Jersey School of Architecture will continue to contain the undergraduate and graduate architecture programs, the Master of Infrastructure Planning program and the Urban Systems Ph.D. program (in conjunction with Rutgers and UMDNJ). The School of Art + Design will contain the newer programs. This organization reflects the logical commonality between the Schools yet recognizes the unique identity of each. It is intended to encourage synergies and serendipities between the two and prevent the formation of separate silos. These are momentous developments that represent the next logical step in the evolution of our curriculum. Ryerson University
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The Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University is proud to announce that the Canadian Architectural Certification Board has granted Candidacy status, effective January 1, 2008, for the Department’s professional program in architecture. The program combines a four-year undergraduate Bachelor of Architectural Science degree with a new Master of Architecture degree launched in September 2007. This professional program, particularly in graduate education, is based on the tenet that architects operate in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment. In addition to possessing strong technical skills, the architectural profession requires strong, independent, critical thinkers, who nonetheless are comfortable acting in an increasingly collaborative industry. As issues
around the natural environment increase in importance, architects must be willing and able to take on leadership roles within society. By focusing on a critical study of architectural practice, both in its contemporary forms and in its future potential, Ryerson’s program provides students with the opportunities for intellectual growth needed to develop these leadership faculties. Ryerson University, located in the heart of Toronto, Canada’s largest and most culturally diverse metropolis, is known for innovative programs built on the integration of theoretical and practically oriented learning. With approximately 25,000 undergraduate students, 2000 graduate students, and more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs, the university is distinguished by a professionally focused curriculum and strong emphasis on excellence on teaching, research and creative activities.
Refuge: The Dresser Trunk Project” exhibition, and at Columbia University on November 17, 2008 as part of the traveling exhibition “Spaces of Segregation: The Dresser Trunk Project.” The Dresser Trunk Project included works of eleven prominent artists, architects and landscape architects who explored places of refuge for black travelers during segregation. The explorations took the form of “dresser trunks” resulting in a traveling exhibition that documented popular venues during segregation including hotels, nightclubs, and even a Negro league ball park. Scott Ruff has also recently become Editor-In-Chief of The National Organization of Minority Architects Magazine, a publication that features articles, designs and essays by and about architects, designers and scholars from underrepresented cultural groups. University at buffalo
The Department of Architectural Science, with over 600 students and part of the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science, features a diverse, multidisciplinary faculty dedicated to the pursuit of integrated, more sustainable approaches to the design, construction and management of the built environment. Since its inception in 1948, the Department of Architectural Science has evolved to become an integral and thriving contributor to architectural education in Canada. The undergraduate program offers areas of specialization in architecture, building science and project management. In addition to the new Master of Architecture degree, the Department has initiated a Master of Building Science program in Fall 2008, with a focus on technological innovation in the area of sustainable design. A graduate program in Construction Project Management is proposed to begin the Fall term of 2009. As part of a growing and maturing University, the Department is currently developing future plans for new programs at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, including doctoral programs, which augment and support our position that architecture, and its related professions, must act as stewards of both the built and un-built environments. Syracuse University Assistant Professor Scott Ruff lectured at University of Pennsylvania School of Design on November 14, 2008 as part of the “Places of
Edward Steinfeld participated in a panel discussion on visitable housing at “CNU XVI: New Urbanism and the Booming Metropolis,” the annual meeting of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU). The conference was held in Austin, TX on April 3-6, 2008. The panel provided an overview of progress in the adoption of visitability in the New Urbanist movement. He presented the IDEA Center’s work on developing a Pattern Book on Inclusive Housing Design. Other panel presenters included Shannon Chance, Associate Professor of Architecture, Hampton University and a member of the Universal Design Education Consortium formed by the RERC, who presented the basics of visitability, Ray Gindroz, a Board member of the CNU and Co-founder and Principal, Urban Design Associates, who described the progress made within the New Urbanist movement in adopting visitability and Steven Mouzon, AIA LEED, Principal, The New Urban Guild, an architect who recently designed an accessible Katrina Cottage that was sponsored by AARP as a demonstration project. Dr. Edward Steinfeld participated in the 2008 Conference of the National Council on Aging and the American Society on Aging (NCOAASA), which was held in Washington, DC on March 26-30, 2008. His session on “Emerging Housing Choices for an Aging Society” discussed new trends in design of independent
For more information about the NCOA-ASA Conference, go to http://www.agingconference. org/asav2/conf/jc/jc08
The Urban Design Project has announced that the New York Upstate Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architecture has given the Planning and Analysis Honor of Excellence Award for The Olmsted City - The Buffalo Olmsted Park System: Plan for the 21st Century edited by Robert Shibley and Lynda Schneekloth. The award was given at the annual meeting of the Chapter on November 7 in Utica, New York. See www.urbandesignproject.org for a download of the award winning plan.
Robert Shibley, Director of The Urban Design Project, also reports a new book out, Building Sustainable Neighborhoods: 2007 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence authored by Richard Wener with Jay Farbstein, Emily Axelrod , and Robert Shibley, Bruner Foundation, Boston:2008. See www.brunerfoundation.org.
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Schnebli of Switzerland, winning a major design competition for the Washington University School of Law (recently demolished). Later, as Anselevicius and Rupe, Architects, his firm received several design awards for projects in the St. Louis area.
Faculty at the University of New Mexico regret to announce the passing of Emeritus Dean George Anselevicius, FAIA. Anselevicius served as the dean of the School of Architecture and Planning from 1981-93. He continued to teach at UNM until his death in October 2008.
Born in Germany in 1923 but of Lithuanian citizenship, Anselevicius was sent to England at a young age by his parents to finish high school and avoid growing political unrest. He later went on to receive his architecture degree at Leeds University in 1946. His professional architectural career began in London with employment at the legendary Llewellyn Davies firm. In 1948 Anselevicius decided to immigrate to
George Anselevicicus, FAIA; Dean Emeritus, University of New Mexico.
America, obtaining a position as ‘designer’ with SOM in Chicago. He subsequently worked in the New York office of SOM, with Minoru Yamasaki in Detroit, and later as an associate with HOK in St. Louis. Recruited by Serge Chermayeff, his first appointment as an architectural educator began in 1949 in Chicago with the Institute of Design (the aspiring US Bauhaus). While in practice in St. Louis he was offered a full-time teaching position at Washington University in 1957. He established a private practice with Roger Montgomery (who later became dean at UC Berkeley), and Dolf
Anselevicius accepted the position of the Deanship at the UNM School of Architecture and Planning in 1981, a position he held until his official “retirement.” Subsequently he taught on a part-time basis until his death. Anselevicius served as President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) in 1985-86. He was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 1985 and received an ACSA Distinguished Professor Award in 1993. For his contributions to the School and architectural education, UNM President David Schmidly proclaimed February 8, 2008 to be “George Anselevicius Day” at the University of New Mexico. This event featured guest speaker Ricardo Legorreta, a presentation of the signed Presidential proclamation, and a (SOUTHWEST continued on page 32)
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Dean Roger Schluntz, FAIA, upon informing the School’s faculty and students of his death, noted that “over the course of three decades George Anselevicius graced UNM with his energy, intelligence, creativity, and considerable wit in making the School of Architecture & Planning one of America’s premier places for us to study, teach and work. Both students and faculty have benefited, directly and indirectly, from his unique combination of skills, idealism and penetrating insight. George has left the School a wonderful legacy through his long and distinguished career. We will continue to be inspired by his passion for design and we shall miss him in our daily discourse and study.”
In 1973 Anselevicius was selected Chair of the Department of Architecture at the Harvard GSD. Four years later he was appointed Chair of the then fledgling architecture program at SUNY Buffalo, guiding that institution to its initial NAAB accreditation.
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retrospective exhibition of Anselevicius’ architectural work. An inveterate global traveler throughout his adulthood, Anselevicius was a frequent visitor to countries in Europe as well as India, Israel, and Mexico. Enjoying professional relationships with leading architects of many nationalities, Anselevicius was able to host numerous visitors to New Mexico for the benefit of the architecture program. As a tribute to those initiatives and to continue that educational legacy, the UNM School of Architecture & Planning has established a permanent endowment in the name of George Anselevicius to support international visiting critics and lecturers in future years. [Contributions to this fund should be made to the UNM Foundation and may be sent C/O Office of the Dean, UNM School of Architecture and Planning, MSC 04 2530, Albuquerque NM 87131-0001.] Anselevicius was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn, a distinguished artist and weaver, in 2003. The School hosted a well-attended tribute celebration honoring of the life and work of George Anselevicius on November 1 at the recently opened Pearl Hall on the University of New Mexico campus.
Call for abstracts Deadline: March 27, 2009 Albuquerque, NM August 6-8, 2009 The 2009 BTES conference will assemble architectural educators, researchers and practitioners “who are passionate about teaching the technology of building design and construction”. Through this conference, we hope to bridge the gap between the theoretical and the practical, providing participants the opportunity explore advancements in technology at the intersection of design, theory, and practice. Significant developments in material science, design and manufacture of building components, innovative building systems, and dynamic structures, require specific knowledge and are driving design practice. At the same time, one of the emerging challenges in architectural education, research and practice is to promote integrative design. Despite this call to action, many architectural programs remains fractured and collaborative work between technologists, theorists, and designers is undervalued and underrepresented. Because of this, new models for teaching, research, and creative work are required to intersect these contrasting developments. The conference organizers invite papers and posters that address the broad issues of the theme, special sessions, and other questions. For more information please visit our website: www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/btes2
Environmental design research association: GREAT PLACES AWARDS Call for entries Deadline: February 9, 2009 Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm, EDRA, the Environmental Design Research Association, in cooperation with Metropolis magazine announce the twelfth annual Great Places Awards. Projects should emphasize a link between research and practice, demonstrating how an understanding of human interaction with place can inspire design.
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Awards recognize Design: Excellence in human environments, completed projects; Planning: Proposals for future design, use, or management of a place; Research: Projects investigating relationships between design, human behavior, culture, and experience; Book: Recently published books advancing the critical understanding of place and design of exceptional environments. Jurors DavidLake, Lake/Flato Architects; Elizabeth MacDonald, City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley; Rahul Mehrotra, Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lawrence Speck, Page Sutherland Page; William Sullivan, Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign For information visit www.edra.org and www.places-journal.org
events of note Conferences / Lectures
february 9 Registration Deadline ACSA Student Competitions
march 26-29 97th ACSA Annual Meeting Portland, Oregon
april 29 ACSA/AIA Development Directors Forum San Francisco, CA
30-May 2 Walter Wagner Forum San Francisco, CA
MAY 6 Submision Deadline AISC Student Competition
20 Submision Deadline GREEN COMMUNITY Competition
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1/9/09 SPATIAL ILLITERACIES The 4th Annual Graduate Student Symposium In conjunction with the Roth-Symonds lecture University of California, Berkeley & Centre de Sociologie Européenne, Paris; Yale School of Architecture; March 27-28, 2009; Call for Papers The symposium, Spatial Illiteracies, engages the increasingly complex relationship between space and communication within the discipline of architecture. While greater public access, upward social mobility and democratization—in short, expanded literacy—have been attributed to advancements in communication, the symposium recognizes that the interplay between space and communication can also produce new forms of illiteracy: miscommunication; manipulation; and missed opportunities. Beyond identifying examples that exhibit degrees of illiteracy, the symposium seeks to introduce spatial strategies capable of overcoming these limitations, promoting progress and understanding. Contributions are sought from a wide range of disciplines. Spatial Illiteracies will bring together efforts from the fields of architecture, art history, sociology, law, history, human rights, media studies, international relations, and political science. Questions, comments and submission guidelines concerning the symposium can be directed to the symposium organizers at Iben.Falconer@yale.edu or Olga.Pantelidou@yale.edu. Deadline: January 9, 2009 1/31/09 Preservation Matters: A Symposium on the Future of Preservation Sponsored and hosted by the Tulane University School of Architecture, Lavin Bernick Center, Kendall Cram Lecture Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana; Kenneth Schwartz, FAIA, Dean Preservation has taken on increasingly complex and challenging questions. As we build on the strength of the past and the many productive connections between Tulane and the City of New Orleans, this public symposium will engage questions about the contemporary role of preservation. The symposium includes a nationally prominent and diverse group of preservationists, preservation scholars, historians
and community activists. Proceedings will be published on-line. As we think about the present and the future of preservation’s role at the Tulane School of Architecture (TSA) and in the City of New Orleans, we will also honor the long and distinguished career of Eugene Cizek, FAIA, Ph.D. and his role in leading the history of preservation studies at TSA.
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2/1/09 THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR PRESERVATION EDUCATION CALL FOR PAPERS The editors of Preservation Education & Research invite paper proposals for the second edition of the journal (2009). Papers on all topics related to preservation education, research, and scholarship are considered. The deadline for submission of papers is FEBRUARY 1, 2009. Papers will be blind reviewed and authors notified of publication status by April 2009. Complete guidelines for paper submission can be accessed on NCPE website http://www.ncpe.us or are available through the co-editors, Anat Geva and Nancy Volkman, Texas A&M University (PERjournal@gmail.com). 3/27/09 ASSEMBLING ARCHITECTURE B/T/E/S 2009 CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M. August 6-8, 2009. In keeping with the BTES Mission, this year’s conference will assemble architectural educators, researchers & practitioners “who are passionate about teaching the technology of building design and construction” to engage in lively discussion and debate. Assembling Architecture hopes to bridge the gap between the theoretical and the practical, providing participants the opportunity explore advancements in technology at the intersection of design, theory, and practice. Significant developments in material science, design and manufacture of building components, innovative building systems, and dynamic structures, require specific knowledge and expertise and are driving design practice. However, one of the emerging challenges in architectural education, research and practice is to promote integrative design through interdisciplinary models of teaching, research and practice. Despite this
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AIA Education Honor Awards call to action, many architectural programs remained fractured and collaborative work between technologists, theorists, and designers is undervalued and underrepresented. At the same time, new models for teaching, research, and creative work are required to intersect these contrasting developments. uiweb.uidaho.edu/btes2/Index.htm The 13th National Conference on Planning History Call for Papers The Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH);Oakland, CA, October 15-18, 2009. Papers are cordially invited on all aspects of urban, regional and community planning history. Particularly welcome are papers or complete sessions addressing architecture, planning, and landscape design in the Bay area and the West; environmental sustainability, nature and the metropolis; historic preservation; real estate; regions; public art; and studies that consider race, ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality in planning and the shaping of urban form. Papers presented at the conference will be considered for the Francois Auguste de Montequin Prize (best paper in North American colonial planning history) and a Student Research Prize. Thursday afternoon sessions will be dedicated to the history and future of planning in the Bay area, and SACRPH wishes to extend a special welcome to practitioners based in (or interested in) the region. Inquiries regarding the program may be directed to Program Committee Co-Chairs Alison Isenberg, Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University: isenberg@history.rutgers.edu; and Owen Gutfreund, Associate Professor of History and Urban Studies at Columbia University: gutfreund@columbia.edu. Deadline for Proposals: February 15, 2009
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about the NCARB Prize and the NCARB Grant including publication of NCARB Prize recipients on the NCARB web site. NCARB will confer a total of six cash awards; five awards of $7,500 and one Grand Prize award of $25,000. ncarb.org/prize 1/15/09 2009 GENSLER AFRICAN AMERICAN INTERNSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP (GAAINS) Each year, less than 150 African American students receive accredited degrees in architecture in the United States. Gensler is committed to the value of diversity within our firm and the design industry, and has seen a critical need to support the education and mentorship of this community of design talent. The GAAINS program champions these values, annually awarding two African-American students from NAAB-accredited architecture programs between $5,000 and $10,000 for their final year of academic study. A summer internship opportunity will also be awarded to the top scholarship winner. For more information, or to download application materials, please visit www.gensler.com/#internships. Applicants can e-mail questions or submission materials directly to GAAINS@gensler.com by January 15, 2009.
Competitions 8/18/09
IFLA Student Design Competition Sponsored by the International Federation of Landscape Architects and directed by the Brazilian Society of Landscape Architects Organization Committee (ABAP), the objective of the competition is to recognize superior environmental design achievements made by students in Landscape Architecture programs. The theme of the competition is: “Green infrastructure: landscape, infrastructure and people for tomorrow”. Participants are invited to select a site that challenges the concept of sustainability and to develop designs which investigate, interrogate, challenge and propose sustainable options to the site conditions. Contact Saide Kahtouni at kahtouni@uol.com Deadline for Proposals: February 15, 2009
Call for entries Deadline January 13, 2009 The American Institute of Architects (AIA) invites submissions for the 2009 Education Honor Awards Program for excellence in teaching. An independent jury, chaired by Randy Byers, AIA, of The Design Studio, Inc., Cheyenne, WY, will seek evidence of exceptional and innovative courses, initiatives, or programs that: • deal with broad issues, particularly in cross-disciplinary collaboration and/or within the broader community; • contribute to the advancement of architecture education; • have the potential to benefit and/or change practice; and/or • promote models of excellence that can be appropriated by other educators. A program of the Educator/Practitioner Network (EPN), primary objectives of the award are to discover and recognize the achievement of individuals who serve the profession as outstanding teachers, and to promote models of excellence for classroom, studio, community work and/ or courses offered in various educational settings. Winners will be notified in February 2009 and awards will be conferred during the 2009 AIA National Convention, April 20May 2 in San Francisco, where award recipients are invited to present their work in a seminar on architecture education and display posters in the convention gallery. The awards will also be announced at the ACSA Annual Meeting and included in the ACSA/AIA 2008 Architectural Education Awards publication. For submission guidelines, please go to: www.aia.org/ed_honorawards_2009