CE+D Alumni Weekend 2015

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2015 CE+D ANNUAL ALUMNI WEEKEND April 24-26, 2015, Athens, Ga. UGA COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT + DESIGN | WWW.CED.UGA.EDU

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CE+D ALUMNI WEEKEND April 24-26, 2015, Athens, Ga. All events are held in the Jackson Street Building, unless noted otherwise.

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Schedule at a Glance | CE+D Alumni Weekend

yFriday, April 24z 8:45-10:15

Critique Week Student Presentations

10:30-12:00

Critique Week Student Presentations

12:00-1:00

Distinguished Alumni Award Luncheon Jim Tiller, FASLA, MLA ‘73

1:00-1:30

Presentation by Jim Tiller

1:30-3:00

Critique Week Student Presentations

3:15-4:45

Critique Week Student Presentations

6:00

Reception Memorial Garden

Founders

ySaturday, April 25z 8:15-9:45 Storm Water Management Todd Fuller, BLA ‘07 10:00-11:30 Counts Studio:

Urban Works and Research Chris Counts, BLA ’98 11:30-12:00 CEDAA Business Meeting (Lecture Hall) 12:00-1:30

CED Scholarship and Awards Luncheon (Critique Space)

1:45 – 2:45 Neel Reid Lecture Robert Balentine 3:00-6:00 UGA Preservation Plan Tour Scott Messer, MHP ’97 3:00-6:00 Rhino 3D Computer Workshop Brian Cook 7:00 Twilight Criterium Viewing Party Bar South, 104 E. Washington Street

ySunday, April 26z 9:00-12:00

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Campus Sustainability Tour Kevin Kirsche, BLA ‘98, MLA ‘08

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2015-2016 CED Alumni Association Steering Committee Jon Davis, MLA ’75 President Chip Wright, MHP ’06 Past President Chris Hite, BLA ’87 President Elect C. Clay Mooney, BLA ’79 Secretary/Historian Lydia Doyle, MHP-JD ’10 Member Susan Loftis, BLA ’79 Member Ron Sawhill, BLA ‘80 MLA ’95 Member Donna Butler, MHP ’95 Member Jennie Lynn Rudder, BLA ’93 Member

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Welcome to the 2015 Annual Alumni Weekend at the College of Environment and Design

The CEDAA Steering Committee and the dedicated staff members of the college have put together a wonderful weekend of activities including excellent classes and tours for you to enjoy and, as always, plenty of opportunity to relax and enjoy UGA and Athens.

The Alumni Weekend is a great chance to reconnect and to renew old friendships, remember the good times, and the bad times, that we went through together. The physical environment of the school has changed greatly with the move to the Jackson Street Building, but the values that helped us all learn our profession are alive and well.

Thank you all for coming and have a great time!!

Jon M. Davis, President

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Friday, April 24

8:45-10:15 Critique Week Student Presentations 10:30-12:00 Critique Week Student Presentations 12:00-1:00 Distinguished Alumni Award Luncheon Jim Tiller, FASLA, MLA ‘73, is a registered landscape architect and land planner with three decades of professional experience in all phases of Master Planning, Site Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture and Detailed Landscape Construction. Former professor of Landscape Architecture at Ohio State University’s prestigious School of Architecture, Tiller’s expansive professional portfolio includes coastal and mountain resorts, parks and recreational facilities, golf course and retirement communities, military projects, medical and commercial facilities, streetscape and urban designs, highway beautification, international projects, private residences, multi-family communities and private residential developments.

8:45 Critique Week Student Presentations

1 p.m. Jim Tiller, FASLA, MLA ‘73

1:00 – 1:30 1:30-3:00 3:15-4:45 6:00

Presentation by Jim Tiller Critique Week Student Presentations Critique Week Student Presentations Reception in the Founders Memorial Garden

Saturday, April 25 8:15-9:45

8:15 a.m. Todd Fuller, BLA ‘07

Storm Water Management

Todd Fuller, BLA ‘07, is a project manager with HGOR in Atlanta. Todd’s focus is the development of design solutions. His talents lie in implementing the processes necessary to guide a project and produce the necessary documents to express that view. Todd has worked on projects of varying scales and contexts.

10:00-11:30 Counts Studio: Urban Works and Research Chris Counts, BLA ’98, is the owner of Counts Studio in Brooklyn, New York.

Counts Studio is an award-winning design agency based in New York City that is committed to innovative outdoor urban places.

10 a.m. Chris Counts, BLA ‘98

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11:30-12:00 CEDAA Business Meeting (Lecture Hall) 12:00-1:30 CED Scholarship and Awards Luncheon (Critique Space) 1:45 – 2:45 Neel Reid Lecture Robert Balentine is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Balentine, an investment counseling firm based in Atlanta. Robert has held a variety of leadership positions in the community. He was Chairman of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Vice Chairman of the Woodruff Arts Center and Chairman of the Salvation Army Atlanta Boys & Girls Clubs. He is a board member of the Georgia Prevention Project; founding president of The Southeastern Horticultural Society; and a member of the Elachee Nature Center Advisory Board. Robert is 2 0 1 5 C E + D A N N U A L A L U M N I W E E K E N D | AT H E N S , G A

also founder of the Southern Highlands Reserve (SHR), a nationally recognized native plant arboretum in western North Carolina , which is featured currently in the Circle Gallery (see back cover).

3:00-6:00

UGA Preservation Plan Tour Scott Messer, MHP ’97, is a practicing preservation professional with twenty years of experience in both the private and public sector. Scott is the Project Manager for Historic Preservation and Interim Director of Design with the University of Georgia’s Office of University Architects. In his 15 years with the Architect’s office, he has directed numerous award winning rehabilitation, restoration, and new contextual construction projects throughout the University system. Scott is currently directing the development of the University’s Historic Preservation Master Plan.

3 p.m. Scott Messer, MHP ‘97

3:00-6:00

Rhino 3D Computer Workshop Brian Cook is an assistant professor at the University of Georgia in the College of Environment and Design, and the director of Wide Open Office. He has previously taught at the University of Colorado, both in the MLA program in Denver and in the Environmental Design program in Boulder. His previous courses have explored software, site design, city building and design/build projects.

He has also worked as a landscape architect, completing projects in a range of scales throughout the U.S. Brian’s research engages technology and its effects on our built environment.

3 p.m. Brian Cook, CED assistant professor

7:00

Twilight Criterium Viewing Party Bar South, 104 E. Washington St. The 36th Annual Athens Twilight Criterium in downtown Athens is a professional cycling event and festival, tailored to be enjoyed by fans, families and racers alike.

The Twilight Criterium is a favorite spot on the national cycling tour circuit, both for its unique evening format and the large crowds that gather in Athens’ vibrant downtown area. Founded in 1980 by Gene Dixon, the Athens Twilight Criterium was the first nighttime race in the United States in over 60 years. What began as one race with 40 competitors has since grown to 150 competing cyclists.

CC FLICKR/TJC

7 p.m. Twilight Criterium Viewing Party

PHOTO CREDIT: ATHENS BANNER-HERALD/ RICHARD HAMM

9 a.m. Kevin Kirsche, BLA ‘98, MLA ‘08

Sunday, April 26

9:00-12:00 Campus Sustainability Tour Kevin Kirsche, BLA ‘98, MLA ‘08, serves as Director of Sustainability at the University of Georgia. Kevin is a registered landscape Architect and LEED Accredited Professional with over 17 years of experience in campus sustainability, planning and ecological design. Prior to becoming UGA’s Director of Sustainability in the Facilities Management Division, Kevin served in the Office of University Architects with responsibility for planning, design and project management. In 2010, Kevin was selected to lead the University’s newly formed Office of Sustainability to coordinate, communicate and advance sustainability initiatives at UGA.

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Home to some of the most rare and endangered plant species in North America, the Southern Highlands Reserve is comprised of unique ecosystems including spray cliffs, the Blue Ridge escarpment, and high elevation forests.

Home to some of the most

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS RESERVE

rare and endangered plant species in North America, the SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS RESERVE is comprised of unique ecosystems including spray cliffs, the Blue Ridge escarpment,

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and high elevation forests.

Opening Reception April 2, 4:30 pm

A Garden Rooted in the Place of its Making Circle Gallery

CE+D MAILING ADDRESS: University of Georgia College of Environment and Design 285. S. Jackson St. Athens. Ga. 30602 (706-542-1816)

GALLERY HOURS: WEEKDAYS 9 A.M. - 6 P.M.

The Circle Gallery in the Jackson Street building, is featuring Southern Highlands Reserve until April 30. OPEN FRIDAY+SATURDAY DURING CE+D ALUMNI WEEKEND.

WHO IS WHERE?

JACKSON STREET BUILDING CED Administration BLA and MLA Studios Owens Library Circle Gallery IT offices and Print Room Faculty offices

DENMARK HALL MHP Program and Studios Cultural Landscape Lab Faculty offices

BROAD STREET STUDIOS Center for Community Design and Preservation

FOUNDERS HOUSE AND GARDEN Environmental Ethics Faculty offices

TANNER BUILDING MEPD Program Faculty offices

BISHOP HOUSE Financial office Faculty offices

MAKE A GIFT TO THE CED. Go to www.ced.uga.edu for more info.