Portfolio for GSD

Dan Weissman Master of Architecture Candidate University of Michigan

Certificate in Design Education Boston Architectural College Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Washington University in St. Louis

Robotic Light Art Front Cover: “Terrain_3” 45sec exposure Above: “Elephant Foot” 2min exposure

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part 1. design studio & research Acaba Mundo Telhado Flor

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A flower farm seeks to effect emergent change in a poor community, addressing local land tenure, environmental vulnerabilities, economic growth and the contemporary Architectural Paradigm in a Brazilian Favela.

Lex Mercatoria

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A courthouse rethinks the court system and building through self-organizing systems, parametric relationships and complex topologies using coding and Grasshopper for Rhinoceros.

Dan Weissman

is a Master of architecture thesis candidate at the University of Michigan, where he is currently working on a thesis investigating the complex ecologies of landfills. After completing his undergraduate architectural degree at Washington University in St. Louis in 2005, Dan spent three years working as an architectural lighting designer in Cambridge, MA. Concurrently he taught at the Boston Architectural College, where Dan was funded to develop new lighting coursework recently published as a feature in Architectural Lighting Magazine. Dan's research as a graduate student has delved into multiple facets of a field in crisis.

He hopes to continue his research and learning through a postprofessional degree that combines elements of design research and theoretical thinking with the very real necessity for advancement in the realm of building and environmental technology.

Foamacular Spectacular

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Urban Village Beijing

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A collaborative research project documents a new process for building at full scale using a robotic armature to spray foam, then mill it back to desired form.

A collaborative research project documents urban villages throughout Beijing. As they display unique qualities, patterns emerge. Calvino provides inspiration.

DaWeissBrau

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A graphic novel illustrates the myriad experiences of multiple end-users in the design of an integrated brewery, motel and pub. Received an honorable mention at the 2009 UM Student Show and published in the Spring 2009 issue of Portico.

part 2. professional practice Lam Partners

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Teaching

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APPENDIX

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A Lighting Design firm in Cambridge, MA. During a 3-year tenure, the author contributed to such high-profile projects as Moshe Safdie’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, MO, as well as projects by Randall Stout, KPF, ARC, and Frank Ghery Partners.

Instructing at the Boston Architectural College led to a $20,000 grant, new course work and a Certificate in Design Education.

Macro Movements Resume

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Acaba Mundo Telhado Flor Favela Studio Spring_2009 Instructor: Fernando Lara Location: Acaba Mundo Favela; Belo Horizonte, Brazil S19°55’8.88” W43°56’19.2” Acaba Mundo is a poor favela community of 300 families living precariously along the northern mountainous border of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Project goals Understand slum communities as they exist throughout the post-colonial world, including the Favelas of Brazil.

Understand environmental, socio-economic and architectural factors affecting Acaba Mundo Favela.

Create a design proposal that addresses any or all factors.

Comprehensiveness of project at the discretion of the student.

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Telhado Flor Overview Telhado Flor, translated from Portuguese as “Roof Flower� speculates as to the possibility of making emergent change within the Favela through the introduction of a self-sustaining wholesale flower business. The pilot project seeks to engage the material realities of the Favela, while challenging norms and proposing innovative form through environmental analysis, with the primary goal of enticing community members to plant roof gardens to supplement their income and increase overall surface permeability. Following pages include environmental analysis, business and urban planning/ phasing, and an architectural proposal for the pilot project.

Collaboration Tehlado Flor developed within three unique courses throughout the latter half of the 2009 winter term, intersecting with urban planning, site operation, business, civil engineering and architectural propositions. Consequently, elements of the project have been inherently collaborative.

Project program and entrepreneurial phasing plan: Joanna Hong, Scott Curry & Parke MacDowell [Global Shelter Crisis: Gavin Shatkin + Fernando Lara] Hydrologic cycle, flood control calculations + representations: Andrew Norskog [Site Operations: Geoffry Thun] 20oz Plastic Bottle Wall design and construction: Charlie Skar [Favela Studio: Fernando Lara]

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Crisis. The Favela is the twenty first Century paradigm.

A third of the human population now lives in emergent settlements as squatters, plagued by insecure land tenure, drug trafficking and inadequate health care and nutrition.

Crisis. Global climate change has intensified torrential rains, which rip through communities throughout South America, causing a Katrina-level event yearly.

Crisis. How can architects and planners assist in curbing devastation injured among the poorest communities, while also improving the local economy, all without ruining existing culture?

A solution; Telhado Flor.

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Corrego Cachoera O1m = 8.44ft2 x 4.57ft/s =38.57ft3/s

~350 ft3/s x 20min storm = ~210,000ft3

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Total water that existing sewers can handle: ~65ft3/S = ~39,000ft3

Corrego Dos Carvalhos O1m = 8.44ft2 x 3.1ft/s =26.16ft3/s

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Into existing sewers: ~65ft3/S = ~39,200ft3

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Total water that existing sewers can handle: ~65ft3/S = ~39,000ft3

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Corrego Cachoera O1m = 8.44ft2 x 4.57ft/s =38.57ft3/s

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Flood Control_ Dealing with water on site presented the core environmental problem facing Acaba Mundo.

Analysis of water flows in a 200mm storm event reveal that 80% of water hitting the site does not soak into ground, and the existing sewer system is underequipped to handle run-off.

Therefore, the primary goal of this project is to increase surface penetration in and around community.

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Around the perimeter of Acaba Mundo, surface permeability is approximately 50% depending on slope and vegetation. This area poses a vulnerability to the community both from surficial run-off and speculative development. To that end, a Bamboo Farm will be deployed via home-made rhizome-cannons throughout the watershed. AM will take advantage of multiple species of bamboo to be subsequently harvested by the community for craft and timber [Project executed by colleague Andrew Norskog].

Within the limits of Acaba Mundo, surface permeability is as low as 20%, with rooftops constituting almost 50% of the impermeable surface. A Flower Farm, Telhado Flor, will aim to increase surface penetration on as many roofs as possible through emergent growth, as well as installation of cisterns for water retention and irrigation at critical locations [blue dots].

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Acaba Mundo_Solar Analysis Initial site analysis revealed that Acaba Mundo receives plenty of sunlight at all times of year, perfect for a myriad of plant growth, as seen in illuminance studies below, and shadow diagrams at bottom right.

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FIndings determined the need to provide adequate shading as critical for thermal comfort (well documented and utilized throughout Brazil’s modernist buildings), as well as reduction of contrast ratios due to small apertures within Favela dwellings.

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Telhado Flor_Program The nature of incremental growth and emergent building strategies exemplified within Brazil’s Favelas calls for a novel mode of thinking about how to effect change within such communities. As precedent, complex natural ecologies that develop over time provide a conceptual framework; in succession landscapes, initial seedlings of specific pioneer species pave the way for more complex ecologies to emerge over time. To that end, Mine operations Peak Operation this project proposes the implementation of an economic “pioneer node” within Acaba Land Seeded to Mundo that serves as a catalyst creating spheres of influence toQuerubin Program affect positive change.

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Phase 2 Work with city of Belo Horizonte to instigate wholesale flower business.

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Project Goals 1) Create local economic opportunity for Favelados 2) Improve security of tenure for Favelados 3) Incentivize favela to be a self-regulating entity 4) Address issues of impermeability Mom Dies basic storm-water infrastructure 5) Improve 6) Provide opportunities for improved

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H2O: 1 g/cm3 1 acre = 4,046.86m2

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Constructing a spatial experience around the simplicity of roof gardens, Acaba Mundo may, in the future, be seen as an attraction not for violence, but as the place to visit on saturday mornings to buy cheap flowers, get a coffee and listen to Bosa Nova, all surrounded by hanging gardens. One Favelando remarked that he sees the future of Acaba Mundo like 3 quaint white hill-side H2the O: 1 g/cm 2 towns on Greek islands.

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Telhado Flor_Pilot Project employs design strategies to address the local architectural, environmental, social and material constraints and opportunities of the site, as well as improving surrounding infrastructure. Over time, neighbors may add planted roof gardens to their dwellings to grow flowers to sell through Telhado Flor, as well as adapt, change and improve the constructions of their dwellings based on this influence.

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Digital Crude_ Beyond the scope of site engineering and urban planning, the Telhado Flor pilot project seeks to engage the current architectural discourse by generating discussion as to the roll of digital tools and fabrication within the context of a community that does not have access to such tools.

Telhado Flor speculates toward using digital tools to generate a diagrammatic architectural proposition that could inspire local builders towards more complex design solutions that respond to climactic conditions at multiple performative levels, and formally push the currently perceived limits of the palate of materials available within the Favela.

Although the physical model bases its skin template upon a generative diagram created in Rhinoceros 3D, the digital model could move beyond the diagram towards a more active engagement with the build team, employing techniques utilized by firms like SHoP or Office dA who have used digital design as templates for manual material manipulation and execution. More detailed and full-sized templates created digitally could easily guide builders on site towards the realistic execution of complex geometry that reacts to local environmental conditions, with merely a plotter, plumb bob and level.

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The architecture of federal courthouses must promote respect for the tradition and purpose of the American judicial process. To this end, a courthouse facility must express solemnity, integrity, rigor, and fairness. The facility must also provide a civic presence and contribute to the architecture of the local community.

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Courthouses must be planned and designed to frame, facilitate, and mediate the encounter between the citizen and the justice system. All architectural elements must be proportional and arranged hierarchically to signify orderliness. The materials employed must be consistently applied, be natural and regional in origin, be durable, and invoke a sense of permanence. Colors should be subdued to complement the natural materials used in the design.

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LEX MERCATORIA *Europe wide lex mercatoria (law merchant) was formed, so that merchants could trade using familiar standards, rather than the many splintered types of local law. A precursor to modern commercial law, the lex mercatoria emphasized the freedom of contract and alienability of property. - wikipedia

THE LAW MERCHANT Inorganic Intelligence Fall_2009 Instructor: David Pigram Self Organization Parametric Grasshopper Coding

Project goals Re-conceptualize an institution within the framework of artificial intelligence, self organization and robots.

Learn a piece of software that allows for emergent, evolutionary or parametric relationships to be built.

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Lex Mercatoria Overview Lex Mercatoria provided an opportunity to learn to use self-organizing systems and parametric software to reconceptualize the institution of United States Courthouse at three levels. This theoretic sponge puzzle leaves some loose ends.

1. The System.

Consolidate duplication of services, organized within a building in downtown Detroit on an arbitrary urban site.

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Orchestrate the theatricality of public, secure and restricted spaces within.

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Allow for the flexibility of changing needs of the syvstem over time.

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the system Perpetually underfunded, the Michigan State Court System is over-extended. By law, any municipality over 15,000 people may demand a courthouse. This utilization of resources taxes the system, creating inefficiency and redundancy. In Wayne County / City of Detroit, the 3rd District Court is comprised of Civil, Criminal, Family and Juvenile Courts. All branches are housed in different facilities throughout the city, creating inefficiency and redundancy. Lex Mercatoria seeks to conflate the disparate elements of the court into a single entity.

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the building The courthouse is, at its essence, a series of controlled circulation zones attached to a second series of highly specified programmed spaces. To achieve the desired control of space, most courthouse designs utilize a vertically stacked or horizontally aligned organization of space. Is this the most efficient? Probably. But it precludes the possibility that the courthouse must grow and change over time, adapting to the necessities of the day.

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the room The courtroom itself is sacred space. However, to achieve the flexibility of mega-court, Lex Mercatoria’s courtrooms may adapt spatially to the necessities of the court on a day-to-day, month-to-month or year-to-year basis. Connections between program may shift, expand or contract to facilitate the requirements of the court.

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FOAMACULAR SPECTACULAR THE LAW MERCHANT Inorganic Intelligence Fall_2009 Instructor: DavidCourse Pigram Digital Fabrication II Instructor: Wes McGee Self Organization Parametric Project Grasshopper Utilize the robot to sprayCoding foam.

Conceptualized by Greg Lynn’s “elastic paradigm,” Foamacular Spectacular seeks to re-think how architecture is created, allowing for the creation of crude form in any shape with the ability to mill surfaces for precision on second pass.

Process Test market-available foams.

Design and fabricate dispenser attachment for KUKA Test material and forms

Collaboration This research project was the result of a collaborative effort lead by Kris Walters.

Each team member took on specific roles towards completion of the project: Kris Walters: Robot interface, scripted paths Les Key: Industrial Design of dispenser “Sir Foam’s-a-lot” Dan Weissman + John Puff: Foam form design, fabrication, documentation Jae Ryong Oh - Presentation

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URBAN VILLAGE BEIJING BASE Beijing Spring 2009 Instructors: Robert Mangurian + Mary Ann Ray

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Marco Polo describes a bridge, stone by stone.

“But which is the stone that supports the bridge?”

Kublai Khan asks.

“The bridge is not supported by one stone or another,” Marco answers, “but by the line of the arch that they form.”

Kublai Khan remains silent, reflecting. Then he adds: “Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me.”

Polo answers: “Without stones there is no arch.”

-Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

Theoretical Grounds In 1266 Marco Polo reached Dadu, present day Beijing, under the rule of Kublai Khan. The stories he brought of the West fascinated Kublai, and his stories of the East have become integral to the West’s conception of the East. In our own way, we too seek to document our explorations as Westerners in the East.

Defined by courtyard houses, pool tables, entrepreneurs, construction, demolition, and old ladies making deviled eggs, the definition of an urban village is hardly concise, yet over 500 exist in the greater Beijing metropolitan area. Through Google Earth imagery, this research project has sought out the emergent communities wedged into the cracks of Beijing and imminently being swallowed by its expansion.

Many are in the process of demolition to make way for China’s modernization. Others thrive, secured by locations under power-lines, strong-minded artists or as tourism commodities.

The work presented here seeks to document and understand the condition of Beijing’s emergent communities, to learn from them while exploring China’s northern capital.

Collaboration.

The following pages present a selection of the documentation and produced work by University of Michigan students Andrew Norskog, Lizzie Yarena and myself, with the aid of Frank Kava and Haiyun Kong, and under the guidance of Mary Ann Ray and Robert Mangurian at the BASE studio in Cao Chung Di, Beijing, China. Although all mappings and diagrams were produced by the author, the theoretical grounds, execution of research, included photographs and forthcoming publication by BASE have all been highly collaborative creations, with no element completely executed by a single hand.

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Work Selection Over the course of six weeks, we visited 22 unique villages throughout Beijing.

Documentation exists for all 22 villages, for which individual chapters or volumes will be dedicated in a forthcoming publication by BASE. For purposes of this portfolio, I have elected to show UV-03 as exemplary of our work and process, as it constituted the element of our final production of which I had the most direct influence.

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00. Artists Cao Chung Di 01. Siamese Twins Bei Gao / Nan Gao 02. Jin Ruins Wan Quan Si 03. Games + Rubble Bei Hu Qu 04. Bad Air Bei Luo Ying 05. Whitewashed Xi Bai Xin 06. Gated Wan Ping 07. Floating Qiao Xi Jie 08. Towers + Power Xibali Zhuang 09. Grafted Ling Long Xiang 10. On the Market Shi Li He 11. Chai Feng Zha 12. Bedroom Tourist Xiang Shan 13. Twilight Bei Wu Cun 14. Censored Nan Yuan Zhen 15. Reclaimed Wu Li Gou 16. Pleasant Military Nan Yuan Zhen 17. Textile Upgrade Dong Luo Yuan 18. Sanitary Gao Bei Dian 19. Techno-park Qian Ba Jia 20. Future Builders 2.0 Yao Shun 21. Smudged Gu Cheng Nan 22. Underpass Xiao Bai Jia Cun Note: Stars represent urban villages outside 5th ring-road.

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UV-03 VILLAGE OF GAMES AND RUBBLE 北湖渠 Bei Hú Qú North Lake Canal

1. The Wall 2. Demolition 3. Moon-gate Bathroom 4. Market Street 5. Pool 6. Game Room 7. Market Gate 8. Central Square 9. Building-less Market 10. Crazy Chicken Lady 11. Secret Garden 12. Human Litter Box 13. Kid-following starts 14. Cart-courtyard house 15. Checkerboard Neighborhood 16. Trash on Fire 17. Recycling Center 18. Bike Repair 19. Jing Cheng Expressway 20 Course 20. Beichen Golf

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Date: May 27th, 2009, Time: mid afternoon.

Weather: Overcast and mid 70s.

Travel north on the Line 5; exit from Datun Dong station.

Drive five minutes east on Xindian Lu. Follow white wall, past migrants waiting for a bus and gate into a Golf club.

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“Beijing Beichen Golf Association is located at No. 88, Jiangzhuanghu Road, Chaoyang District. It is 5 minutes’ by car from Chevalier. It is the first city golf club in Beijing covers an area of 1000 mu (66.7 hectares) and has 72 standard poles and 18-hole international standard golf court with total length of 7,040 yards and 9-hole lamplight court. Meanwhile, it boasts 7000m2 hi-grade assembly hall and all high-grade amusement facilities are all in place.� www.qiumadu.com

The man who drives his fancy car to the golf course does not see through white walls capped with tiles.

He does not understand the true nature of the games played in his vicinity.

Another world exists on the other side of his wall.

Slip beyond the wall to find the Village of Games and Rubble. Eight hundred years in the making and re-making, the inhabitants find themselves at the whim of greater forces tugging at and around them. Once much larger, the village has recently been swallowed by golf courses and American simulated gated communities. The heavy carcasses of buildings remain were they fell, pieces slowly reclaimed by the village.

Yet within these walls, men laugh and play pool, women and men play board games while others with babies sit and watch happily. Playing cards litter the walkways.

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One of you attempts to use the moon-gate bathroom, but to your dismay you enter the wrong side first.

Traumatized, you move on, to find a man down the road willing to talk. His name is Gao Hong Xi; A self proclaimed peasant by occupation, he’s only lived in the village for five years, but claims that this village is 800 years old. He hails from He Nan Province, and pays a meager 80RMB/month in rent. He seems happy to see you, and shakes your hand.

You move on wondering what his living conditions are, or actual work? His smock could mean many things.

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Two pool tables are set up under a tent across from your interview, and an old man with a big crooked smile is happy to let you step into his game, smiling broadly as he hands you a stick. It soon becomes clear that he is letting you keep up.

He wins; barely. Across the street, a group of villagers play Chinese checkers and Ma jong on high-tech tables in a game room. One woman caries a baby and watches the games intently. She wears funny plastic stickers under her eyes. Permanent additions, or merely to cover age marks? Some become interested in your presence, while others concentrate on their game. In spite of the devastation and poverty, life seems to continue as normal in this village.

Sifting through the rubble, you’ve found a thriving community. Down the street from games, demolition has left an urban room where peasants gather to buy and sell their wares; fried deviled eggs, live chickens killed on the spot for eager buyers, cucumbers, bananas, T-shirts, ceiling fans.

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At the central market intersection, a woman and her daughter sit in front of a meat stand. Her name is Hu Gui Zhen, and, although she is originally from Li Yu Zhang Village, near Din Xing Town in He Bie Province, she’s lived here for 45 years.

With a shaky hand, she delivers the information, then points towards the the market, suggesting you try one of the eggs that the village specializes in.

Soon a crowd of children find you, and a girl invites you to her courtyard house across from the park.

Although the courtyard is shared by multiple families and cart storage, her home, shared with her parents, consists of one 3m by 3m room with a bunk bed and side tables. She offers you a bite of leftovers from lunch: seasoned potatoes and asparagus.

A man of another family hangs his laundry. He has no interest in answering your questions; although the kids are happy to see you, to him your presence in his home is uncomfortable.

Best to move on.

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Children continue to follow you as you explore the rest of the village, enthralled by your strangeness and the excitement of being photographed. One gives you a gift: their school reader, which they may very well be scolded for losing tomorrow...

You walk by the market again, and become fascinated by Zhang Jian Cong, a produce vendor, who methodically sharpens his knife. He’s lived in the village for 6 years, although originally from Shuang Shi Village, Xi Yu District, Guang Yuan City, inSi Chuan Province; pays 200RMB/ month in rent. Can I give it a go at sharpening?

Sure, give it a try.

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As head out of the village, residents smile when you walk down the road. They shake your hand and wave.

One girl follows you as a cab drives up. She enjoys your company before the dragon-boat festival holiday.

In spite of the experience, you can’t but help question, what business does a foreigner have in this place? Where will the next golf course go? Although everyone is very friendly and happy, What do they believe your visit meant?

Are they concerned about the future of their homes?

What will happen if they must re-locate? And to where?

No answers for now.

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Adventures at DaWeissBrau Brew Factory Perimeter Studio Fall 2008 Instructor: Glenn Wilcox Location: Dundee, MI

Duration of interaction with DaWeissBrau Driver on Rte 23.

To Cabelas?

Tourist

Episode 1.

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Motel Guest

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Afternoon Delight

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Episode 4

. Folding Over

Project goals Understand the relationship between the brewing process and spatial requirements Activate the contextual perimeter condition of Dundee, MI Investigate form and materiality through research Generate a unique brewing experience for the myriad of parties that utilize the building.

Context Situated near the Exit 17 on Route 23 in Dundee, MI, DaWeissBrau exists as a figurative and literal bridge in a site with a contextual pairing: 23-East [Dundee]: “Small town America” - one-square downtown next to a bend in the River Raisin [with requisite old mill]. A stop on Hwy 50 between Monroe + Jackson. Historically a farming/ agrarian community with mixed light industry.

23-West [Perimeter]: Cabela’s Hunting Super-store has created its own context quite literally - all sites available for use around Exit 17 are owned by Cabela’s to promote their agenda.

So grab a cold brew and enjoy!

Representation How does one design and document the plethora of ideas and decisions required in an architectural proposal? Does the traditional drawing set do justice to the myriad of experiences available, the unique site and environmental strategies enlisted, or the structural scheme considered? Adventures at DaWeissBrau poses a possible solution to the schematic design of an integrated Brewery, Motel and neighborhood Pub, utilizing the graphic novel to illustrate multiple unique experiences through DaWeissBrau. The entire book is shown in thumbnails on the following pages (as displayed at critique), as well as selections at larger scale; the complete graphic novel is available as a free PDF download or $14.50 book at: http://www.lulu.com/content/5973429

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This must be that new brewery DaWeissBräu...

Hey Let’s check it out!

That will be $3 per person, can I see your IDs?

Hi! We’d like to take the tour!

I just can’t wait to see this Elephant everyone’s talking about!

Adventures at DaWeissBrAU

We’ll start in a few minutes, feel free to peruse the shop!

Hi folks, welcome to DaWeissBräu! My name is Arty - I’ll be your guide today.

...”Laughin’ on the bus, playin games with the strangers”...

Episode 1: to Cabela’s?

Kyle, Exit 17 is coming up...

...anyways, we have all weekend for Cabela’s!

Alright, alright, let’s do it!

If you’ll follow me to the Brew House...

...”It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saganaw / I’ve come to look for America”...

Woah, what is that?!

Heading north along Rt. 23 just south of Dundee, MI...sometime in the near future

That will be $3 per person, can I see your IDs?

Hi folks, welcome to DaWeissBräu! My name is Arty - I’ll be your guide today.

5 min later...

We’ll start in a few minutes, feel free to peruse the shop!

Hi! We’d like to take the tour!

Alright folks, let’s start the tour! If you’ll follow me to the Brew House behind me...

If you’ll follow me to the Brew House...

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We brew according to the German tradition of Reinheitsgebot - we only use water, barley, hops and yeast...

Our architect designed the building to respond to Reinheitsgebot: The Roof grows barley, the south wall is a green house for growing hops, and the remediation pond collects and filters our water.

So, where are all the pipes? This space seems pretty clean and open for a brewery...

Seriously!

And what’s with this motel?! IN the brewery? Crazy!

Alrighty, we’ve reached the end of the line: Packaging, shipping and storage.

Here in the brew house malted barley is boiled in these tanks. We strain the mash feed that to the cows across the way...

Hops is then added to counter the sweetness of the malted barley...

Or follow me over the roof to DaWeissPub for tasting!

300BBL Bum Bu Bum, movin Beer!

This guy is full of it...

What a lame concept.

The resulting liquid, called “wort” - is transferred to tanks below the gift shop.

The motel above us has vacancies now at $129 a night.

It’s a great time in here late at night!

Hey, get out from behind there! That’s a $500,000 piece of bottling equipment!

Let’s go Tom! This truck ain’t gonna load itself!

Additionally - the double glass wall behind me regulates the temperature. we use it as greenhouse to grow our hops.

The room behind me is refrigerated storage.

Ok - you now have a choice to make:

Head back to the gift shop...

Down here the yeast cultures are added to aid in fermenting the beer in these vats. Jason over there to my left is testing a sample in the lab

Episode 1.

To Cabela’s?

Seriously!

So, where are all the pipes? This space seems pretty clean and open for a brewery...

And what’s with this motel?! IN the brewery? Crazy!

300BBL

The motel above us has vacancies now at $129 a night.

It’s a great time in here late at night!

Hey, get out from behind there! That’s a $500,000 piece of bottling equipment!

Additionally - the double glass wall here regulates the temperature. we use it as greenhouse to grow our hops.

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Jason - walked over the roof from home in Dundee - mid-20’s, went to college studying fermentation sciences. Apprenticed to Glenn.

Plays lead vocals/guitar in the local Dundee Band Lauter Tun.

Oy.

Man, you gotta look out for yourself. But look on the bright side - today we’re brewin’ the octoberfest!

Glen: Oh man my head hurts...

Fantastic We need Spalt Spalter Hops- do we grow that?

Morning Glen! what’s the good word?

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Good. Well, no time like the present right?

It’s beer-thirty!

Local Consumption DaWeissPub

Remediate

Glen stands at computer console - adjusts the mixture while Jason checks valves below the tanks

Uh..hey Jason.

Morning...Back from a night at Caesar’s; whata’ life....

Drink

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Shift 2 He and his wife live on the north-east side Pub 6a Hotel of Dundee near the school. Glen has a bit of gambling problem, and at times spends his Office a nights up in Detroit at the casinos.

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Plan | Entry Level 1:32 Later that day....

Fermentation Tanks Alright, let er’ roll.

Tom and Monica attempt to clean a Fermentation tank while Lloyd sets up the day’s yeasts.

Water and cleaning solution flow into the tank, but immediately blow out - just in time for 11am the tour to walk by...

Tom is a 19yr old slightly slow young fella cousin of Jason - grew up in dundee.

Monica is mid 40’s - been with the brewery since opening after getting fired from Cabela’s for telling a customer to shove their brand-spankin new double-barrel up their_

You think or you know?

SHIT! Damn it Tom! you said it was clamped!

Monica turns the pump off, grabs the hose...

Water + ammonia flow across the floor to trench drains...

I know, I know!

Section | Fermentation + Motel: 1:16

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Store

Tom, i need you to stand here and hold this gasket while i tighten. Can you do that for me?

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[Barley]SPIKEwall DaWeissBrauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s south facade consists of a double-skin greenhouse used to grow hops vines. The unit is derived from the nesting properties of the Barley spike geometry.

One unit is comprised of 3 metal pedals Design of unit developed using Grasshopper for Rhinoceros.

SPIKEwall does not seek to assist in phototropism, but instead uses plant material as a dynamic shading device. Units act as a trellis. External stimuli (light / water) cause the units to move inwards or outwards This gently moves barley vines in and out along with the unit optimizing shading or sun penetration at all times of day and year.

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Folding Over Building Section 1:16

Episode 4.

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Sunlight fades away Beer and a stroll through roof grasses Delicious summer evening

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BOX Designed as a materials investigation before pursuing the brewery design, box seeks to probe the intersection of natural materials and tactility coupled with digital fabrication techniques. Two 7â&#x20AC;? square molds held 1â&#x20AC;? of resin, with evenly cut sticks placed vertically into the resin. After setting, wax was poured into the remaining airspace above the resin to insure easy cutting. Molds were then cut using a 3-axis CNC router. Wax was melted away to reveal the final forms.

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Lam Partners Project Manager | Designer | Design Assistant 2005-2008 Cambridge, MA

Conceptual lighting section Moshe Safdie & Associates National Archives for the Archeology of Israel.

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While working at Lam Partners I had the privilege of working on a wide variety of projects with numerous architects. I filled many roles at the firm, entering as a design assistant, and working up to larger projects as designer and project manager.

Below is a list of projects in which I contributed significant design and/or analytical work. Starred projects have been completed to date, or are in construction.

Working as a lighting designer requires a unique skill set - a thorough understanding of architecture, electric lighting technologies and products, an intuitive understanding of the physics and metrics of light, and how the human eye perceives the world around us.

The process of designing light has provided me an understanding of design research, making design decisions based on computational analysis, product and technology research as well as the aesthetic and intuitive understanding of the perception of space.

Project Manager Lighting design team leader. Attend meetings / design sessions as primary contact, compile documentation (drafting, fixture schedule, cut sheets), perform necessary calculations (and digital modeling/renderings as required), daylighting analysis and design, coordinate fixture samples, details, custom fixtures, review submittals, punch list and aiming session *Tufts School of Dental Medicine ARC Architects Boston, MA *L.L. Bean Prototype Stores Bergmeyer Associates, Inc.[8 stores completed to date] *Gensler Architectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boston Offices Gensler Architects Boston, MA *Nexus Design Center The Green Roundtable with ADD Inc Boston, MA *Kyu Sung Woo Office Kyu Sung Woo Architects Cambridge, MA Erie Art Museum EDGE studio Erie, PA *Wagamama Restaurants Gensler Architects - Boston, Cambridge MA Designer Take part in design sessions and meetings with client and LPI team, design specific parts or spaces within project, perform lighting design services as required by PM. National Archives for the Archeology of Israel Moshe Safdie and Associates Jerusalem, IS *Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Moshe Safdie and Associates Kansas City, MO Dulles International Airport Tier 2 Concourse Kohn Peterson Fox Associates Dulles, VA *United States Institute of Peace Moshe Safdie and Associates Washington, D.C. Design Assistant Given specific tasks by PM: Perform calculations, digital modeling/rendering, documentation, photometric/fixture analysis, daylighting analysis and design. LEED lighting credit documentation: Energy consumption from lighting, aylighting + views *Art Gallery of Alberta - Randal Stout Architects Edmonton, Ab

_Electric Light Modeling (Autodesk VIZ) *Ross School of Business, U. of Michigan Kohn Peterson Fox Associates Ann Arbor, MI

_Daylight Modeling + Analysis (Lightscape), Emergency Calcs (AGI32) Sentosa Island Resort Competition Frank Ghery Partners LLC Sentosa Island, Singapore

_Graphic Lighting Plan (Photoshop, Rhinoceros) *New World Symphony Frank Ghery Partners LLC Miami, FL

_Electric Lighting Modeling of Performance spaces Autodesk VIZ),

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Tufts School of Dental Medicine

The 100,000 SF addition on top the existing structure presented ARC with the unique opportunity to work closely with their lighting designer. We crafted a ceiling scheme for the treatment rooms (the majority of the addition) that allowed for significant amounts of indirect lighting, as well as fully integrated daylighting controls. Other spaces, such as the connecting stairs, allowed for interesting lighting details to occur, illustrated on the following pages.

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IDEXX Daylight Studies Lam Partners was hired as daylight consultant for IDEXX’s new corporate headquarters in Portland, ME. I performed daylighting design studies for the facade; interventions included the use of different transmission glazing for vision, clerestory and spandrel windows, exterior shading, and the ‘Warema’ shading system.

Unfortunately a concrete plant adjacent to the site decided to expand operations, and the project was dropped in 2008.

Analysis techniques: Left page: Lightscape model testing glazing types.

Below: Ecotect + Radiance to test specular reflections produced

by Warema shades.

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Teaching

Boston Architectural College

Over the course of two years, I taught a B1 level architecture studio, TM365 Lighting Design for Interior Designers, and received a grant to begin new lighting coursework at the school.

The following pages highlight the work produced for the grant, for the course taught through the grant, and output of materials created for the Certificate in Design Education under instructors Karen Nelson and Tina Blythe.

It is within this context that i seek to continue my education as an educator, with the intent to expand my role beyond technical coursework to design teaching and methodology through the studio environment.

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Foreword

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Design Certificate program in [BAC] already has a Sustainable The Boston Architectural College irement for all degree program [CE] students, as well as a requ place for Continuing Education of electives that fall within the ber num in certa a students to take Architecture and Design Studies springboard for launching the a as ram We seek to use this prog Sustainable courses category. gn Workshops model, we Desi ram. Using the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing Lighting Design education prog gn workshops to introduce desi with res lectu rates integ that intend to create a course sequence three new courses: First, an epts. We therefore propose advanced lighting design conc of lighting design. Then, two ntals ame course will cover the fund introductory lecture-based lighting study, one focusing on green courses will follow for advanced additional studio-based design Interior Design students that gn. desi ng ighti dayl on r focusing electric lighting design and the othe se may skip the introductory cour gn Desi ting ing TM365/7365 Ligh TM365/7365. have already completed the exist after ence two advanced courses in sequ course, allowing them to take the program, and will create d, the BAC plans to evaluate the Upon completion of the Grant perio in Lighting Design and a r mino a nd the program to segue into students with the title additional course material to expa rding awa rds towa work will BAC lly, the Certificate in Lighting Design. Fina . exam NCQLP qualifications Intern LC upon completion of the

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Lecture: Perception Sketch Problem: Black Paper Metrics Investigation Review Metrics Case Study Analysis Electric Light Research Black Paper Guest Lecture: Why Daylight?

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Case-Study Review Revise Case Study based on review

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Design [Light] Development Project-switch + client meeting Cycle 1: Analysis + first impressions Analysis Progress Return Case Study Assessment

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Analysis Pin-up Switch-back + review analysis Cycle 2: Reflection + Modification Modification development Cycle 3: Physical Model

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Model Testing Reflection + Modification

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Lecture: Digital Modeling Model re-test

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Cycle 4: Execution Concepts Quiz + Discussion Presentation Final Review

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Light|Space Daylighting Seminar

In 2007 I was awarded the $20,000 Nuckolls Grant through the Boston Architectural College to develop new lighting coursework for architecture students (see preceding page).

The resulting seminar gave students a greater intuitive understanding of lighting metrics and daylight through extensive model building and testing (see course sequence at left).

The course also fostered collaborative learning through group modeltesting, as well as developing student’s design skills.

The course was published in the Nov/Dec issue of Architectural Lighting: http://www.archlighting.com/ industry-news.asp?articleID =816059&sectionID=1306 Student work presented here by BAC M.Arch Students in the Spring 2008 term: Sara Addieg, Hiromi Moran and Eileen Sullivan.

Philosophy of Teaching | Outline of Principles Goals

Methods

Promote Interaction ...through group learning and collaboration

...through arangement of space

...through peer-to-peer assessment

Outcomes

Group projects when feasible

Students deal with real-world collaborative experiences, learing to work together in productive ways

Students switch projects after initial investigation to analyze eachother's work.

Students experience the client/consultant relationship

Investigations performed in group setting

Each student experience each other's work and learn from it.

Use student initiated research and presentation instead of lecture

Student gains personal stake in information gleaned

Classroom set up in a roundtable collegial manner

Promotes student initiated questioning

In-class pin-up: Students to Critique each other with written notes and verbal feedback

Gives students the chance to practice giving and receiving constructive feedback

Allows for informal performances of understanding

Desk Crits: Between students or 2 students with teacher Facilitate Self-Reflection

Written reactions

Allow students the chance to understand their work and process through the act of doing.

In class discussions

Allows for a dialoge between different student's perceptions of the course, and coursework

Create Transparency in formal assessment

Grading Rubrics

Creates transparency of performance goals

Student to complete and turn in with finished work

Students understand expectations upfront

Teach at the intersection of design thinking and technical principles

Content Technical Proficiency Quality of Design Solution Graphic Representation Process

Comfort level with tool(s) & integration of systems Formal strategy and execution [concept] View into student's sensibilities towards built work Effort and rigor in the iterative process

Process Exposure: Exploratory exercises Trial: Case Study Analysis Application: Design Problem

Students use new tools and skills to inform design decisions Students use the process of design to learn and master technical and formal strategies that underline those tools and skills.

Learned skill becomes one of many factors in design process.

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Beijing Tianjin

Souzhou Shanghai Hongzhou Kyoto

Milwaukee

Tokyo

Seattle

Eagle River Duluth

Honolulu Hilo

Minneapolis Madison Denver

Chicago

San Francisco

Santa Barbara Los Angeles

Wichita Grand Canyon

San Diego

Phoenix

Santa Fe

Boston

Providence New York Pittsburgh D.C.

Kansas City

Tulsa

Portland

Toronto

Ann Arbor

Baltimore

St. Louis Branson

Eureka Springs

Tucson

Atlanta

Houston Miami Sanabell Key West

Cancun

Jamaica

Shared Bedroom aBedroom Single Unit

Residence Duration 1 Year 6 Months 1 Month Abode Type Family Home Apartment Dormitory/Cabin Moving

Travel Transportation Car One Week Plane One Day Train Boat Layover Heavily Travelled Route

Duration

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Costa Rica Panama Canal

Ca

Macro Movements 1983-2010

St. Petersburg Helsinki

Moscow

Stockholm

Copenhagen Arhus

Berlin

AmsterdamUtrecht London Bath Oxford

San Diego, CA 1983

Bornholm

Baltimore, MD 1983-1986

Essen

Paris

Lyons Piza

Israel Florence Rome

Barcelona Madrid

Lisbon

1985

Shorewood, WI 1986-2001 Camp Interlaken Eagle River, WI Summers 1994-1999

Porto

1983

AMHSI Hod Hasharon, IL Dec. 1999- Jan. 2000

1995 2000 2001

Washington University St. Louis, MO 2001-2005

Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

2002

Antigua

St. Lucia

Barbados

2003

artagena

Denmarkís International Studies Program Copenhagen, DK

2004 2005

Lam Partners Cambridge, MA 2005-2008

2006

Ouro Preto Belo Horizonte

2007 2008 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 2008-2010

2009

Belo Horizonte, Brazil BASE_Beijing, China

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2008-2010

2010

GSI Generative Computing BASE_Beijing, China

2007-2008

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2001-2005

2009

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 2008-2010 BAC Instructor

Light|Space

2008

2005-Present

Awarded Nuckolls Grant BAC Certificate in Design Ed.

2007

2005-2008

Boston Architectural College Instructor B-Studio TM365 Lighting Design

2006

Lam Partners Cambridge, MA 2005-2008

FA2009

Teaching Assistant 212 Studio Denmarkís International Studies Program Copenhagen, DK Urban Solutions Evanston, Il

2005

2007-2008

2004

7.2008 10.2007, 3.2008 10.2007 6.2007

Architecture Study Abroad Europe

2003 Camp Councelor Camp JCC Fredonia, WI

2002

Learn Abroad Work Teach

Washington University St. Louis, MO 2001-2005

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2005-2008

2001

SP2005

2009 2008 2007 2007

2009 2009 2008-2010 2005-2008 2003-2004

Education

University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning [Master of Architecture]

Honorable Mention: DaWeissBrau 2009 TCAUP Student Show Scholarships: Wheeler, Louis + Ruth Redstone BASE Studio: Beijing, China

Boston Architectural College [Certificate in Design Education ] Washington University in St. Louis [Bachelor of Arts in Architecture]

GPA 3.68 | Magna Cum Laude Denmark’s International Study Program Nominations: Custer Service Award + William Tao Prize for Excellence in Building Systems Dean’s Letter

Professional

DaWeissman Studio - Somerville, MA - Ann Arbor, MI

Collaborative practice offering services in multiple ecologies of design: Light: electric + daylight design and analysis, graphic / identity, schematic architectural process, digital modeling / rendering [photometric or other], and custom fabrication.

Clients include: Plasma Studio, London; Goldstein Architecture, Associated Mental Health Consultants

Lam Partners – Cambridge, MA Project Manager: Co-designer with Principal, primary contact with client Designer: Attended meetings, worked with client and design team towards design solutions Design Assistant: Support design team running calculations, 3d Modeling, CAD, Graphics

Urban Solutions – Evanston, Il Schematic Design of Low-income Residence in Evanston, IL | Construction Completed 2005

University of Michigan

Teaching + Education

Graduate Student Instructor: Generative Computing [with Professor Glenn Wilcox]

Boston Architectural College – Boston, MA

Course Developer + Instructor: Light|Space [Nuckolls Grant funded daylighting course] Instructor: TM365 Lighting Design [lighting for interior designers] Instructor: B1 Architecture Studio [3rd semester undergraduates]

BAC Thesis Advisor: (2) MID Candidates + (1) BID Candidate

Guest Lectures

Boston Society of Architects | Sustainable Retail Lighting Design Suffolk University | Perception + Delight in Architectural Lighting RISD | Perception + Delight in Architectural Lighting

Boston Architectural College | MIT Solar Decathlon House Seminar

Washington University in St. Louis - St. Louis, MO

Teaching Assistant – ­­212 Architecture Studio

Publications + Grants

DaErissBrew in Portico - Spring 2009 Anatomy of a Lighting Course Architectural Lighting - Dec 2008 Issue $20,000 Nuckolls Fund Grant Recipient on behalf of the Boston Architectural College Letter to the Editor – Architecture | Boston - Sept-Oct Issue

Search Committee Member: TCAUP Environmental Technology Faculty Search Advisory Committee Member - BAC Certificate Program in Lighting Design Senor Member / Social Chair: TCAUP Architecture Representative Committee Steering Committee Member / Tour Guide Common Boston Vice-President + Treasurer: Washington University AIAS Other: Woodblock printing, Mandolin playing

Committees

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Dan Weissman M.Arch Candidate University of Michigan 401 Lawrence St. #3 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 daweissman@gmail.com

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