Tulane School of Architecture's 2012 Summer Newsletter

Tulane school of architecture

Richardson Memorial Hall #303, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118

Tulane school of architecture

SUMMER

2012 News

letter from the Dean It has been an honor to serve as Dean of the Tulane

In the summer and fall of 2008, I developed a stra-

School of Architecture for the past four years. I

tegic plan with input from the faculty and our Board

continue to be in awe of the work of our students and

of Advisors. That road map has served us well, and in

faculty, combining rigorous education in architecture,

many ways we have accomplished the main goals:

preservation and real estate development with a sense of urgency about the way these fields can and

Strengthen the Core

must engage real challenges in society. As a school,

Raise the Profile

we are helping shape the next generation of leaders

Engage the Community

by developing “the habits of the heart and mind,” as

As a School, we are helping to shape the next generation of leaders by developing ‘the habits of the heart and mind,’ as President Cowen puts it, to make positive contributions and social change.”

President Cowen puts it, to make positive contribu-

This summer I have been working on a new articula-

tions and social change through design. Tulane’s com-

tion of our Strategic Plan and I will be bringing this

mitment to public service and community engage-

vision forward to faculty, students, and the Board of

ment are among the attributes that initially drew me

Advisors in the fall. We are in a different situation now

to the university, and the School of Architecture has

as compared with four years ago, and the way these

worked to further this commitment over the last four

issues are framed presents a somewhat different path

years.

ahead for us as a School:

In many ways, the School of Architecture is unique

Building Opportunity – Community Building

in the way we have embraced the creative potential

Diversity and Inclusive Excellence

Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

Place-Based Creativity

associated with the challenges and opportunities of rebuilding the social, physical, and economic fabric of New Orleans. I am constantly amazed at how fundamental and ingrained community engagement has become for members of the school community— students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends. Whenever

I hope you will follow the progress of the Tulane

students work with a community group, build a struc-

School of Architecture in the many months and years

ture in a neighborhood, develop a vision, partner with

ahead. We are on an extraordinary journey.

a non-profit organization, or design a building that will serve a noble purpose, they clearly understand the relevance of connecting their skills with pressing community and global issues.

Kenneth Schwartz, FAIA Favrot Professor and Dean

Tulane school of architecture

Richardson Memorial Hall (RMH) Sustainable Strategies developed

ThepastFouryears have seen significant changes and MILESTONES within the School of Architecture. THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPRESENT substantial progress FOR the School.

Ogden 8 Exhibition Preservation Matters

IBM Smarter Building

Symposium held in

partnership developed

New Orleans

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2009

Summer

2009

Gray Plosser

Ogden 8

Kenneth Schwartz

appointed as Board

Doug Harmon

Exhibition

appointed as Dean

of Advisors Chair

appointed as

initiated

Architecture Graduate

Spri ng

Summer

2010

2010

Alumni giving percentage doubles

Program Director Marcelle Highstreet appointed as

Sandi Stroud appointed as

Development Director

Founding Director of the Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development (MSRED) program Architect William

McDonough FAIA receives Elizabeth Gamard

Honorary Doctorate,

re-appointed as

addresses School

Associate Dean of

graduation

Students

1st Annual Tulane School of Architecture Newsletter published

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Contents

Cornelius M. Alig, TSA‘78 \\ Lee H. Askew III, FAIA, TSA‘66 \\ F. MacNaughton Ball, Jr., FAIA \\ Maziar Behrooz, AIA, TSA‘85 \\ Melissa C. Brandrup, AIA, TSA’97, MPS‘98 \\ Thomas C. Brutting, AIA, TSA’77 \\ Mary Louise Mossy

Faculty News

Christovich, A&S‘49 \\ Felipe Correa, TSA‘00 \\ Alvin Cox, AIA, TSA‘72 \\ Collette Creppell, AIA \\ Maria Bea de

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AIA New Orleans Awards School news TRUDC Tulane City Center Study Abroad preservation studies urbanbuild MSRED Ogden 8 student News Alumni News in memoriam Calendar

Paz, TSA‘96 \\ Robert P. Dean, Jr., AIA, TSA‘68 \\ Mihnea C. Dobre, TSA‘09 \\ R. Allen Eskew, FAIA \\ S. Stewart Farnet, Sr., AIA, TSA‘55 \\ H. Mortimer Favrot, Jr., AIA, TSA‘53 \\ Jason Gant, AIA, TSA‘03 \\ Kathryn D. Greene, TSA‘78 \\ Robert V. M. Harrison, FAIA, TSA’59, MBA’84 \\ Michael R. Howard, AIA, TSA‘74 \\ Robert A. Ivy, Jr., FAIA, TSA‘76 \\ Dan Maginn, FAIA LEED AP, TSA‘89 \\ William Raymond Manning, FAIA \\ Irvin Mayfield \\ Brad Meltzer, TSA’90 \\ Saul A. Mintz, TSA‘53 \\ G. Martin Moeller, Jr., TSA‘84 \\ Angela O’Byrne, AIA, TSA‘83 \\ Casius H. Pealer III, TSA‘96 \\ G. Gray Plosser, Jr., FAIA, TSA‘68 \\ Richardson K. Powell, TSA‘77 \\ Wellington J. Reiter, FAIA, TSA‘81 \\ Lloyd N. Shields, AIA, TSA‘74 \\ I. William Sizeler, AIA \\ Albert H. Small, Jr., A&S‘79 \\ Markham H. Smith, AIA, TSA‘79 \\ Lawrence W. Speck, FAIA \\ Robert J. Stumm, Jr., AIA, TSA’75 \\ Robert E. Walker IV, AIA, TSA‘92 \\ Susan Whiting, Parent of TSA‘07 Grad \\ John C. Williams, AIA, TSA’78 \\ Marcel L. Wisznia, AIA, TSA‘73

2011-2012 faculty Tracie Ashe, Adjunct Lecturer \\ C. Errol Barron, Favrot Professor \\ Scott David Bernhard, Mintz Associate Professor and Director of Tulane City Center \\ Willam B. Bradshaw II, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Richard Campanella, Senior Professor of Practice \\ Eugene Darwin Cizek, Professor and Emeritus Director of Preservation Studies Program \\ Michael Kent Crosby, Associate Professor \\ Marcella Del Signore, Assistant Professor \\ Tatiana Eck, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Ammar Eloueini, Favrot Professor \\ Abigail Feldman, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Marilyn Lee Feldmeier, Adjunct Assistant Professor \\ Elizabeth Burns Gamard, Favrot Associate Professor \\ Sheena Garcia, Adjunct Lecturer \\Bruce Merriman Goodwin, Associate Professor \\ William Douglas Harmon, Adjunct Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Students \\ Thomas Holloman, Adjunct Assisstant Professor \\ Charles Jones, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Irene Ursula Adelheid Keil, Professor of Practice \\ Joseph Keppel, Adjunct Lecturer \\Judith Ann Kinnard, Professor and Harvey-Wadsworth Chair of Landscape Urbanism \\ John Philip Klingman, Richard Koch Chair of Architecture \\ Heather Ashlie Knight, Adjunct Assistant Professor \\ Andrew Martin Liles, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Tiffany Lin, Assistant Professor \\ A. Kelton Longwell, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Ann Merritt Masson, Adjunct Associate Professor \\ Eugene Eean McNaughton, Professor of Practice \\ David Merlin, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Byron John Mouton, Professor of Practice and Director of URBANbuild \\ Grover Ernest Mouton, III, Adjunct Associate Professor and Director of Tulane University Regional Urban Design Center \\ Michael David Nius, Professor

tulane school of architecture NEWS

of Practice \\ Graham Warwick Owen, Associate Professor \\ Casius Pealer, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Nathan Petty, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Wendeline Harriet Redfield, Associate Favrot Professor and Associate Dean for Academics\\

Writing + Editorial: Elizabeth Davis, TSA ’12; Allison Schiller, TSA ’12;

Carol McMichael Reese, Christovich Associate Professor \\ Samuel Richards, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Bethany Rogers,

Christy Crosby, Executive Assistant to the Dean

Adjunct Lecturer \\ Cordula Roser Gray, Professor of Practice \\ Scott Ruff, Associate Professor \\ Ommeed Sathe,

Graphic Design: Leigh Wilkerson, 10½ Studios

Adjunct Lecturer \\ Milton George Scheuermann, Jr., Adjunct Professor \\ Kenneth Schwartz, Favrot Professor and For inclusion of your news in the annual newsletter, school website,

Dean \\ Lloyd “Sonny” Shields, Adjunct Professor \\ Z. Erol Smith, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Jill Stoll, Adjunct Lecturer \\

Facebook page, and Twitter, send news items directly to Dave

Alexandra Stroud, Adjunct Associate Professor and Director of Sustainable Real Estate Development Program \\

Armentor at darmento@tulane.edu. Please include a description

John Stubbs, Senior Professor of Practice and Director of Preservation Studies Program \\ Jonathan Tate, Adjunct

or explanation of the news item; an accompanying image if ap-

Assistant Professor \\ Emilie Rachel Taylor, Adjunct Assistant Professor and Senior Program Coordinator Tulane

plicable; your full name, graduation year or affiliation with Tulane;

City Center \\ Reuben Teague, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Kentaro Tsubaki, Assistant Professor \\ Seth Welty, Adjunct

and any titles or associations (ex. AIA). Links to articles published

Lecturer \\ Amber N. Wiley, Visiting Assistant Professor \\ Thaddeus Andrew Zarse, Adjunct Assistant Professor

by other sources are also helpful. cover image: Grow Dat Youth Farm

Professors emeritus

photo by Emilie Taylor (TSA ’06)

Geoffrey Howard Baker \\ Ronald Coulter Filson, Dean Emeritus \\ Karen Kingsley \\ Stephen Paul Jacobs \\ Richard Otis Powell \\ Ellen Barbara Weiss

Board of Advisors celebration

FXFOWLE & el dorado

of Tulane City Center and

architects retained for RMH

Grow Dat Youth Farm

Pre-Design Study

President Cowen meets with Dean Schwartz and commits RMH project as a “University Priority”

MSRED program begins RMH Pre-Design Study

Jill Stoll

Completed, Board of

appointed

Advisors commits to

as Associate

100% support

AIA National

Dean of

Career Services

Convention in

Doug Harmon

New Orleans

Workshop series

appointed

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Students

initiated

Associate Dean of

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summer

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2012 a new year!

Collaborations Alvin Cox appointed as Board of

1st MSRED

begin with Tongji University in

Rachel

Shanghai

Malkenhorst

Advisors Chair RMH Capital Campaign Task RMH Charrette for

Force begins

Wendy Redfield

reVIEW 2009-

appointed as

2011 published

Development

class graduates Maurice Cox appointed

Director

Associate

appointed as

Dean for

Associate Dean

Community

for Academics

students and faculty

Engagement

Megan Weyland

and Director

appointed as John Stubbs Alumni giving

appointed as

percentage nearly

Director of the

tripled

Preservation program

of the Tulane

Director of Career Services

Recto Verso

City Center

graduate student publication 1st printing

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Faculty and Staff News As a senior sustainable building advisor for the

Professor Eugene Cizek FAIA received the

United States based Affordable Housing Institute,

prestigious James Marston Fitch Award from the

Adjunct Lecturer Casius Pealer discussed Green

National Council of Preservation Educators. The

Technology and its scope in the region of Oman in

award was presented at a dinner in his honor on

an interview in the July-September 2011 issue of

October 21, 2012 at the National Trust for Historic

Dossier. Additionally, Pealer was selected to serve

Preservation annual conference in Buffalo, New

as a “Design Expert” for the AAF Sustainable Cities

York.

Design Academy in San Francisco April 11-13, 2012.

Cizek has practiced historic preservation since the

Adjunct Lecturer Will Bradshaw was honored

mid-1970’s, beginning with his pioneering advo-

at the White House as part of President Barack

cacy work and restoration projects in the Faubourg

Obama’s “Champions of Change” program, which

Marigny, located adjacent to the Vieux Carré in

recognizes people for outstanding contributions

New Orleans. In 1997 Cizek founded the Master

to their communities. Bradshaw, president and

of Preservation Studies graduate program within

co-founder of Green Coast Enterprises, along with

the Tulane School of Architecture. The Master of

four other New Orleanians, was recognized for

Preservation Studies program has since served

his work to strengthen the local economy, create

as a principal training opportunity in architec-

jobs and help the Gulf Coast recover from the

tural preservation in the state of Louisiana. This

Deepwater Horizon oil spill. “We could not be more

award recognizes Cizek’s keen eye for worthwhile

pleased to be recognized by the White House, and

architectural preservation projects, his wide range

thank President Obama, his administration and

of accomplishments as a teacher, his unmatched

our colleagues at the Clean Economy Develop-

enthusiasm and skills as an advocate and preser-

ment Center for their interest in our work to build a

vation planner, and his role as a mainstay of the

more energy-efficient and sustainable Gulf Coast,”

preservation scene in New Orleans and the nation.

Bradshaw said.

In July 2011, Favrot Professor and Dean Kenneth

The Arts Council of New Orleans announced

The award winning energy-efficient, two-bedroom

Schwartz FAIA was included in Fortune online in

Professor Milton G. Scheuermann, Jr. as a 2011

home designed by Harvey Wadsworth Chair in

a feature of “Green Leaders in Red States.” In the

Community Arts Awards recipient. Since 1977, the

Landscape Urbanism and Professor of Architec-

feature, Schwartz brings attention to New Orleans’

Community Arts Awards have recognized living

ture Judith Kinnard FAIA and Assistant Professor

identity through the “holy trinity” of great food,

individuals, organizations and corporations that

Tiffany Lin was under construction in Lakeview

great music, and great architecture. With an IBM

have made outstanding contributions to the arts

through the 2011-2012 school year. The SunShower

partnership and Richardson Memorial Hall renova-

in New Orleans. The 2011 award recipients mark

house, a response to the 2010 REOSE Sustainable

tions in the works, Dean Schwartz hopes to use

the 35th year of the Arts Council Community Arts

Design Competition, was collaboratively built by

architecture as a jumping off point to launch other

Awards celebration. Recipients are selected for

New Orleans companies Oceansafe, manufacturer

green initiatives within the city.

their artistic excellence, sustained contributions,

of SSIP; The ReGen Group, sustainable design

unique achievements, perseverance, and deep

consultants; C&G Construction, the contractor;

commitment to the arts and local community.

and Woodward Design + Build. This first-edition

Dean Schwartz also delivered a plenary address at the IBM Smarter Cities Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in November, discussing the strategies

Digital Imaging Specialist David Armentor’s

and initiatives that Tulane School of Architecture

photography was selected to be a part of the

and Tulane University have taken in the recovery

PhotoNOLA exhibition this past fall. His work was

of New Orleans. He participated in this event with

on exhibition at the Cole Pratt Gallery on Magazine

Ginni Rometty, the new president and CEO of IBM.

Street and featured his ongoing documentation of

He also gave a talk at the same conference on the

regional sugar mills.

Richardson Memorial Hall Sustainable Strategies project for the school’s 100 year-old building.

The pre-design phase has been completed by FXFOWLE and el dorado architects with a strong team of sustainable engineering and landscape consultants. The proposed renovation would be the one of the first of its kind in the United States— a 21st century update of an important historic structure on a university campus, with serious and far-reaching sustainable design goals.

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Assistant Professor Kentaro Tsubaki’s article, “Tumbling Units: Tectonics of Indeterminate Extension,” is in the new book, Matter: Material Processes in Architectural Production, edited by Gail Peter Borden and Michael Meredith and published

by Rutledge Press. The article explores the nature of extension and aims to raise a fundamental question about the way current architectural practice engages matter and the act of making.

is meant to be a prototype for future SunShower homes. Building materials for future houses of this design can fit into a single shipping container that can be sent anywhere in the world. The house is not only hurricane-proof but also will not collapse in a 7.2 Richter scale earthquake.

Professor Judith Kinnard FAIA was also selected

by DesignIntelligence as one of the 25 Most Admired Educators of 2012. The education role models were selected by DesignIntelligence staff with extensive input from thousands of design professionals, academic department heads, and students. Educators and administrators from the disciplines of architecture, industrial design, interior design, and landscape architecture were considered for inclusion.

Faculty Profile: Errol Barron FAIA Professor Errol Barron’s book, New Orleans Observed: Drawings and Observations of America’s Most Foreign City, was on exhibit at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette last October as part of the university’s 2011 Fall Symposium and Exhibition, Speculative Propositions: Heightened Acuity. Barron was featured along with Richard Ferrier, George Loli, Tom Seacrest, and Greg Watson.

Through written observations and over 124 drawings, Barron reflects on the physical nature of New Orleans and how it may offer alternatives to urban design found in so many American cities. The drawings and accompanying text celebrate the sensuousness and strangeness of America’s most foreign city. A reception was held at the School in February to celebrate this substantial faculty achievement.

from top/ bottom, left/ right

Will bradshaw

Eugene Cizek

david armentor

byron mouton

Marcella del signore

Errol barron

Ammar Eloueini

Honored at White house

James Marston Fitch Award

Bagasse Storage

Soniat House

iLounge

New Orleans Observed

‘Moments’

Professor Kinnard completed her term as Presi-

Visiting Assistant Professor Amber Wiley, Ph.D.

Favrot Professor Ammar Eloueini AIA was

dent of the Association of Collegiate Schools of

was featured in the September 2011 issue of

selected as a finalist for the MoMA PS1 Young Ar-

Architecture (2011-2012). ACSA President Kinnard’s

Preservation in Print magazine. The article, “Brain

chitects Program. Established in 2000, the Young

closing essay addressed the theme of change in

Gain,” highlights smart, driven teachers who have

Architects Program was designed to solidify the

the profession of architecture and in architectural

recently moved to the city and are inspiring New

affiliation between The Museum of Modern Art and

education. She remarked, “I believe that schools

Orleans students.

MoMA PS1 and seeks to identify emerging talent

and faculty need to be more open to evolving and responsive curricula, degree programs and research centers, while expanding our commitment to career mentorship and lifelong learning.”

Assistant Professor Marcella Del Signore exhibited her project “Device for Urban Desire” at the BMW Guggenheim Lab in New York during the Urban Design Week (Sept 15-20, 2011). The project has

Professor of Practice Byron Mouton AIA was

been published in By the City / For the City: The

named one of the Most Creative Teachers in the

Atlas of Possibility for the Future of New York ,

South by Oxford American Magazine in 2011. The

edited by the Institute for Urban Design. Through

esteemed magazine searched for “influential edu-

this research, Del Signore has been invited to the

cators admired by their students and colleagues,

Italian National Institute of Architecture (www.in-

whose classrooms serve as forums for social

arch.it) to lecture and direct a 10-day workshop in

change, whose homes become their classrooms,

digital architecture, technology and urban forms.

and, in some cases [such as professor Mouton’s], whose assignments become homes.”

Another independent research and design project of Del Signore’s, iLounge, was selected to receive

Professor Mouton was also featured in the Times-

a grant to support its full construction and imple-

Picayune this October for his design of the Soniat

mentation of the digital media component. The

Home. In the article, the homeowners discussed

project has since been exhibited at Northern Spark

their satisfaction with the home’s modern design,

Event in Minneapolis in June 2012 and will also

efficient daylighting, and economy of space. The

be exhibited at the 2012 ZERO1 Art & Technol-

design was contracted through his firm, BILD de-

ogy Biennial in San Jose, CA in September 2012.

sign, LLC, and was a collaboration between Byron

iLounge was designed in collaboration with Mona

Mouton and William Soniat, the nephew of the

El Khafif (Associate Professor at California College

homeowner and an employee of BILD design.

of the Arts).

while giving back to the community surrounding the facility in Long Island City, Queens, New York.

Eloueini’s proposal, “Moments,” was developed through his office, Digit-all Studio.

Professor Eloueini is also currently in the construction phase of the J-House in New Orleans. The house was featured on the ABC-WGNO television show, News With A Twist, in March 2012. Photo and text updates of the construction process can be found on the firm’s blog at: www.digit-all.net/ AEDSBLOG. Rodolfo Aguilar, Ph.D., MSRED faculty member and Professor of Practice of Real Estate Finance, and Entrepreneurial Management in the A.B. Freeman School of Business, was the 2011 inductee to the Louisiana State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Hall of Distinction.

Initiated in 2001, the Hall of Distinction recognizes individuals who have made stalwart contributions to the profession of civil and environmental engineering.

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Faculty and Staff News [continued] which looks at 80 local projects from the past 15

Adjunct Lecturer Abigail Feldman’s work, “Re-

years and the ways in which new ideas can be

greening New Orleans,” was highlighted in the July

brought to light in this historic city through its

2011 issue of Garden Design. The article discusses

architecture.

Feldman’s influential work with the Growing Home

At the ceremony in March, Klingman was invested as the Richard Koch Chair of Architecture.

This chair was established through the bequest of the first Tulane undergraduate to receive a degree in architecture. Richard Koch graduated from Tulane in 1910 and became a prominent preservationist and architect, designing dormitories such as Paterson House and leading a

purchase price, if they green it up—with a vegetable garden, flowers and trees, or even a permeable driveway. As of July, Feldman had about 800 participants, with 150 projects completed.

documentary film URBANIZED. Released in the

structures include the West Garage Wall in 1996, the facade of Monroe Hall in 2004 and the Gibson Hall Canopy.

This past year, Klingman collaborated with recent graduate Garret Jacobs (TSA ‘11) to design

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qualifying Lot Next Door for up to $10,000 off the

Professor Grover Mouton is featured in the popular

a member of key campus committees. These

Philadelphia native John Klingman joined the

a new streetcar shelter at the terminus of the

faculty of the Tulane School of Architecture in

St. Charles line at the corner of South Carrollton

1983—the same year he registered as an architect

and South Claiborne. This shelter will provide

in Louisiana. Since that time, he has been an

protection under a 48 ft. long and 9 ft. wide

influential and involved member of the School’s

structure. The design of the shelter is simple

faculty. A ceremony on March 23, 2012 celebrated

enough to complement the historic streetcars.

Professor Klingman’s multi-faceted contribution

The project is ready for public bidding and is

to the School as a respected instructor, an archi-

expected to begin construction in 2012.

tect and as a published writer.

Professor Klingman continues to be involved

Since 1997, Klingman has authored the annual

with the “Dutch Dialogues” project in collabora-

“Best New Architecture” series for New Orleans

tion with Waggoner and Ball Architects and

Magazine. These reviews form the basis of his

others. He will be teaching in the School’s Rome

2012 book, New in New Orleans Architecture,

study abroad program in the fall.

aia awards from top/bottom, left/right

opment Authority, current residents can buy a

Louisiana during the Great Depression.

of several structures on the Tulane campus as

Professor and Richard Koch Chair of Architecture

Program, a division of the New Orleans Redevel-

team that documented endangered buildings in

Klingman has also participated in the design

FacuLty Profile: John Klingman

program. Through the Growing Home Incentive

fall of 2011, award-winning filmmaker Gary Hustwit analyzes the current and projected state of cities and their subsequent effect on communities. In the film, Mouton discussed the post-Katrina rebuilding processes in different neighborhoods of New Orleans. Mouton says he stressed the need for sustainable development and urban-design recovery plans developed with input from the community.

Hustwit also interviewed Mouton about a Biloxi, MS project, where Tulane architecture students from his “Design Urbanism” course have been working with the community to design the public waterfront park ‘Point Cadet.’

Adjunct Assistant Professor Thaddeus Zarse is currently serving as staff architecture writer for the arts magazine ArtVoices. His column, entitled “Art in Architecture,” can be found in the nationally distributed print publication or online at: artvoicesmagazine.com/category/architecture. Articles thus far have included reviews of Marcel Wisznia, SOFTlab and Servo Los Angeles.

Errol Barron

JOHN WILLIAMS

S. Bernhard + E. Taylor

Ammar Eloueini

V House

Weatherhead Hall

Grow Dat Youth Farm

Gutenmacher Apartment

New Faculty appointments Maurice Cox

Jill Stoll

Rachel Malkenhorst

This fall, Tulane School of Architecture will wel-

This summer, Jill Stoll was appointed Associate

Rachel Malkenhorst joined the development

come Maurice Cox to the faculty as the School’s

Dean of Students for the School of Architecture.

team at Tulane University this year as the new

first Associate Dean for Community Engagement.

Stoll recieved a MFA with Distinction from Cran-

Director of Development for the Tulane School of

Maurice Cox is an urban designer, architectural

brook Academy of Art and has been an exhibit-

Architecture. Malkenhorst received her Bachelor

educator and former mayor of Charlottesville,

ing artist and teacher for over thirteen years. At

of Science degree in business administration from

Virginia. He recently served as Director of Design

Tulane, she has instructed first year students in

Woodbury University, as well as architectural pres-

for the National Endowment for the Arts where

drawing, watercolor painting and collage. Stoll has

ervation training from the University of Southern

he presided over the largest expansion to date

worked closely with faculty and students on edit-

California. At Woodbury University she served as

of direct grants to design fields, oversaw the

ing the reVIEW, a publication that highlights top

Director of Development in the School of Media,

Governors’ Institute on Community Design, the

student work biennially. Additionally, she had been

Culture & Design and Director of Annual Giving

Your Town Rural Institute, and the Mayors’ Institute

responsible for curating online galleries of student

and Development Communications. Her experi-

on City Design. The School is excited to fill this

and faculty work as well as the exhibition spaces in

ence spans all areas of advancement including

new position with such an esteemed professional.

Richardson Memorial Hall. Ms. Stoll will be joining

corporate, foundation and one-on-one relationship

Through this position, Cox will have oversight of

the Dean’s Office leadership team which includes:

management, annual fund drives and development

the Tulane City Center, the URBANbuild program and outreach programs of preservation and sustainable real estate development.Cox is a national leader in the field of design and community empowerment. His varied experience will enable him to build upon the rich community base established

by Professor Scott Bernhard over the past five years as Director of the Tulane City Center.

> Wendy Redfield, Associate Dean for Academics > Maurice Cox, Associate Dean for Community Engagement > Jill Stoll, Associate Dean of Students > Wendy Sack, Assistant Dean > Rachel Malkenhorst, Development Director > Kathy Branley, Budget Manager

marketing and communications. While at Woodbury University, she succeeded in helping to close a $24M Building Initiative and was a member of the team that strategically rolled out a new $70M Capital Campaign. Now that she has joined the advancement team in New Orleans, Malkenhorst is looking forward helping support Tulane’s mission and the goals of the School of Architecture.

AIA New Orleans 2012 Design Awards Our faculty, alumni, and students were once again

Adjunct Assistant Professor Emilie Taylor (TSA ‘06)

honored by AIA New Orleans, receiving six out

Associate Professor Scott Bernhard

of the twelve honors given at the 2012 Design

Honor Award Unbuilt Architecture

Awards. Awards of honor and merit were given,

Grow Dat Youth Farm

recognizing the superb work of the Tulane School

A Project of the Tulane City Center

of Architecture community. AIA New Orleans challenged architects to consider what it means to go further in sustainable building practice with this year’s theme: Design Beyond Sustainability.

Professor Ammar Eloueini, International Assoc.

AIA; Jana Masset (TSA ‘09, MPS ‘10) Merit Award Interior Architecture Gutenmacher Apartment, Paris

Wayne Troyer

St. Bernhard Firehouse

Rice Mills Lofts

Merit Award Residential Architecture V House Errol Barron/Michael Toups Architects Nick Marshall (TSA ‘92) Merit Award Architecture St. Bernard Fire Station No.6

AEDS

Chase Marshall Architects

Wayne Troyer (TSA ‘83)

John C. Williams (TSA ‘78)

Merit Award Adaptive Reuse

Nick Marshall

Professor Errol Barron, FAIA (TSA ‘64)

Rice Mill Lofts, New Orleans Wayne Troyer Architects

Merit Award Architecture Weatherhead Hall Hanbury Evan Wright Vlattas + Co in assoc. with John C. Williams Architects, LLC

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School News Career Development Program launched at School of Architecture This year, the School made major advancements in helping students and graduates with their profes-

connects students with a network of profession-

environment cultivated by the Tulane School of

als, including alumni and firms interested in the

Architecture in which students are encouraged

talented designers from the Tulane program.

to work with various mediums and participate in design+build and other entrepreneureal projects.

When questioned about the current architectural job market, Weyland projects optimism stating,

Working closely with students at various stages

“There is a positive movement in firms in a variety

of their architectural education, Weyland has had

of locations and a range of scale and types of proj-

the opportunity to recognize the unique qualities

ect. I think people should maintain an open mind

of Tulane School of Architecture students. The em-

when investigating the current market.” Weyland

phasis on community-based projects, sustainable

consistently connects students with jobs that are

design, and the opportunity for design/build expe-

not posted on firms’ websites. By working one-

rience give the School’s students remarkable skills

one-one with the students, she is able to make

and distinctive qualities that are well respected

recommendations to students and firms as oppor-

in the professional world. Weyland notes, “The

tunities present themselves. While many students

majority of these students have a great deal of

The Career Development Program is intended to

choose to stay in New Orleans’ thriving climate,

confidence in not only their ability but also in what

provide architecture students with the guidance

Weyland has also had success finding placements

they want to focus on post-graduation. Whether

and opportunities to develop contacts within the

throughout the U.S. and abroad.

the student is an undergraduate or graduate, there

sional careers. Director of Career Development Megan Weyland (TSA ’11) is leading this initiative.

While Weyland is a recent graduate of Tulane, she practiced in the field for five years after receiving her B.Arch. from Mississippi State University in 2005. Dean Kenneth Schwartz stated that “her experience in various Chicago practices as well as her scholastic leadership made her an excellent choice for this role.”

profession and to practice the skills necessary to initiate and build a successful career. The program utilizes workshops and one-on-one meetings to give students an understanding of situations they might encounter in their job search and in the profession. The Career Development program also

is a commitment and perseverance in finding a

Many Tulane School of Architecture students are

career path that will allow them to enhance their

expanding their career options and choosing to

innate skills.”

follow non-traditional career paths, taking work at firms that are not involved in typical architec-

Throughout the 2011-2012 academic year Dean

ture. This could be in part because of the unique

Schwartz and Ms. Weyland offered a series of

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MATERIALS & RESOURCES INDOOR AIR QUALITY

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Development Successes The Tulane School of Architecture has seen

In addition to their commitment to the renovation

Development giving is essential to the advance-

unprecedented levels of support over the last four

of Richardson Memorial Hall, each Board member

ment of the School, and the University has taken

years from the Board of Advisors, alumni, parents,

also committed to contributing an average of

note of our achievements in this area:

friends, foundations and corporations. The Board

$2,500 per year (and in many cases more) to sup-

has led the way in an upward trend of giving,

port the ongoing work of the School. Regarding

Total gifts in FY12

and their unanimous support of the vision of the

the Board, Dean Schwartz said, “Our Board mem-

Total gifts in FY08

School has been integral to the success of many

bers contribute in a multitude of valuable ways. In

Total gifts from FY09-12

$5,477,086

of the School’s endeavors. The following are just a

addition to their monetary contributions, they have

Average over four years

$1,369,272

few of the highlights of recent successes.

been active and vocal advocates for the school

Annual giving FY12

$216,814

within their professional communities. Along with

Annual giving FY11

$187,645

our students and faculty, they are among our very

Annual giving FY08

$134,628

100% Board Participation In October 2011, the 42-person Tulane School of Architecture Board of Advisors committed to 100% participation in a “nucleus campaign” to jumpstart the full Richardson Memorial Hall Sustainable

Richardson Memorial Hall Project as a “University priority.” This strong vote of support from the president’s office allows the School to proceed with the full professional services and contracts necessary to begin the work on the building, and to seek private support for the full funding of this project.

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special place.”

munity are grateful to all who support the School

Alumni-giving overall has increased since 2008 from 5% to 14% of approximately 2,600 alumni.

Alumni participation in the Annual Fund is critical in determining the health of an institution as it describes the satisfaction alumni feel with their education. Participation is also an element used in official school rankings. Rachel Malkenhorst, Director of Development for the School of Architecture, commented, “Every gift is a profound demonstration of someone’s belief in what we do. Alumni participation in the Annual Fund is a critical measure of the school’s success. It is exhilarating to be on a winning team like the School of Architecture.”

University President Scott Cowen designated the

$305,861

The members of the School of Architecture com-

a total of $1.4 million in gifts and pledges to the

as well as the Board’s full commitment, Tulane

609 donors

that make Tulane School of Architecture such a

Giving

Based on this success of the nucleus campaign

$2,367,089

best ambassadors in communicating the qualities

Strategies initiative. This commitment resulted in Richardson Memorial Hall fund by March 2012.

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financially and with their time and dedication.

Building this kind of support has already made a major impact on attaining the School’s goals. Every contribution, no matter the size, shows support for the School’s mission. Giving is easy, 100% of the money donated is tax deductible, and 100% of this money comes to the School.

Please join us in supporting the School! www.tulane.edu/giving or you may mail a check to ‘Tulane School of Architecture’, ATTN: Rachel Malkenhorst, Director of Development, Tulane School of Architecture, Richardson Memorial Hall #308, 6823 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118-5698

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workshops with a variety of topics that gave insight into the profession. These workshops culminated in an end-of-the-semester “boot camp” workshop in which topics and experiences that might present themselves in an office environment were discussed in depth. The boot camp organized mock interviews, site and office visits, and offered a variety of topics ranging from IDP and LEED to Specifications. The week was extremely successful and the students expressed that it was a not only beneficial but certainly worth repeating.

The School of Architecture will continue its commitment to positioning students for success during and after their time at Tulane. The significance of career development is being recognized as an integral part of the University’s offerings by both faculty and practitioners. Dean Schwartz notes, “We have made great strides with Career Development already, but with Megan Weyland’s leadership and dedication and with engaged students, we can really excel in this area.”

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from top/bottom, left/right

Richardson Memorial renovations

Johanna Gilligan

megan weyland

Johnson controls

Raphael moneo

Section, facing North

Urban Innovator fellow with Grow Dat farmers

Director of Career Development

Grow Dat Visit

Lecture at NOMA Photo by Judy Cooper, NOMA

Raphael Moneo Lectures at Tulane In January 2012, Tulane School of Architecture proudly welcomed esteemed Spanish architect José Raphael Moneo as the 2011-2012 Eskew + Dumez + Ripple lecturer. Co-sponsored by and hosted at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), the lecture entitled “What is it We Demand of an Architect” was enjoyed by a full auditorium of com-

performance surveys and analyses into prebuilding design practice in the educational setting.

The funds will be used to equip students with the latest, most advanced technologies to collect and analyze building performance data in a newly developed technology course slated to be offered in the 2012-13 academic year. The course will use New Orleans as a living laboratory to collect data

Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Last fall, the School partnered with the Murphy Institute in hosting an “Urban Innovations” lecture series looking at common problems found in inner cities from a design and policy standpoint. The lectures were thought-provoking and well-attended by students and faculty alike.

from traditional and post-Katrina structures.

Continuing with the theme of “Urban Innova-

Johnson Controls Visit

tions,” Tulane University, with the support of

In February 2012, leaders from Johnson Controls

Innovation Challenge. The Challenge is a program

visited the Tulane uptown and downtown cam-

that will help to identify and support local social

puses, as well as the Tulane City Center Grow Dat

entrepreneurs through fellowships. The program

site, to see the improvements their philanthropic

was the recipient of a 2012 Ashoka U Cordes In-

contributions to various design and construction

novation Award, which was presented at an annual

NCARB Award

projects have brought about at Tulane.

event that included over 400 university and social

Through a proposal authored by Assistant

Johnson Controls supervised the expansion and

Professor Kentaro Tsubaki and Adjunct Assistant

efficiency overhaul of the Central Plant and is col-

Professor Z Smith, Tulane School of Architec-

laborating with IBM and the School of Architecture

ture has received a $13,000 National Council of

on a smarter building pilot program for Richardson

Johanna Gilligan was one of four Urban Innovator

Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) grant.

Memorial Hall. Johnson Controls has partnered

Fellows selected through the Urban Innovation

This grant will support the creation and implemen-

with Tulane on many community projects, includ-

Challenge for the 2011-12 year. Gilligan used her

tation of several new methods which integrate

ing Grow Dat Youth Farm, an urban farm where

fellowship to work with the Tulane City Center on

practice and education in the academic world. The

high school students grow fresh produce to sell

the Grow Dat Youth Farm, a food education and

proposal was developed to integrate post-building

and share with others in the city.

empowerment program.

munity members with additional attendees filling an accessory room. Highlighted in his discussion were his more recent works, including the Museum of the Roman Theater of Cartagena, Columbia University’s Northwest Corner Building, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, and the Loyola Church in San Sebastián.

the Rockefeller Foundation, created the Urban

entrepreneurial leaders. Tulane was recognized as a leader in addressing pressing problems including poverty, pollution and public education.

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programs TRUDC tulane regional urban design center Mayors’ Institute on City Design The TRUDC has been selected to host the

Grover Mouton Receives Award for Service-Learning Instruction

South Regional session of the Mayors’ Insti-

Grover Mouton, director of the Tulane

tute on City Design (MICD), to be held in the

Regional Urban Design Center, received the

fall of 2012. The Mayors’ Institute is a National

Outstanding Faculty Contributions to Ser-

Endowment for the Arts leadership initiative

vice-Learning Instruction in Higher Education

in partnership with the American Archi-

award on March 23, 2012 in Hattiesburg, Mis-

tectural Foundation and the United States

sissippi at the Gulf-South Summit on Service-

Conference of Mayors. It is considered to be

Learning and Civic Engagement through

the country’s premier educational initiative

Higher Education. The award recognizes

for public officials.

a faculty member who has demonstrated

In collaboration with the Mayors’ Institute founders, TRUDC Director Grover Mouton

into the university curriculum.

helped form the regional session format in

The award honors Mouton for his work with

1991, allowing each conference to focus on

the TRUDC, which he founded 25 years ago.

the unique planning and design issues facing

The center provides architecture students

a particular region. Since that time, he has

with hands-on training in urban planning,

hosted more than 50 mayors at numerous

matching them with city and town leaders

MICD conferences in New Orleans.

throughout the region who are grappling

Eight mayors from across the Southeastern US will be invited to the upcoming forum, where they will be advised by planning, design, development, and preservation experts from across the country. Professor Mouton and TRUDC staff will visit each participat-

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excellence in incorporating service-learning

with growth and renewal issues. Mouton said, “I was honored that the Gulf-South Summit was so interested in our students and their work in urban planning with communities.

The TRUDC teaches students that design is a powerful political tool.”

ing city, and guide the mayors in selecting

The hands-on opportunities with community

and presenting design challenges from their

development and politics in urban design

respective cities, ensuring that each project

is a unique draw for students. According to

presented is met with appropriate design

Mouton, “We build cities. We give students

and policy solutions from the assembled

the chance to experience what it means to

expert panel.

work in an urban agenda.”

Tulane City Center Grow Dat

Circle Food Store

The Grow Dat Youth Farm continues to earn

NOLA’s The Lens highlighted Emilie Taylor

recognition for the School of Architecture.

and the Tulane City Center in an article that

Members of the Grow Dat team traveled

announced plans to resurrect the 7th Ward’s

to Austin, Texas in March to accept a 2012

iconic Circle Food Store. The TCC is working

SEED Award for Excellence in Public Interest

with the owner of the grocery, Dwayne Bou-

Design. The youth farm project received a

dreaux, and with Tulane’s Freeman School

$1,000 cash prize and all-expense-paid trips

of Business students to bring the grocery

to present at the 12th Annual Structures for

store back to the neighborhood – incorpo-

Inclusion conference at the University of

rating local jobs, health education for the

Texas at Austin campus.

community, and support for local growers.

The 7th Ward in New Orleans is a neighbor-

On March 15, the AIA honored Grow Dat

hood that has a serious lack of fresh food

with the Unbuilt Architecture Award. The

options for residents, and the community

annual Design Awards program celebrates

would love to see the returned access to

the best of the region’s architecture and

healthy eating opportunities.

informs the public of the broad reach and value of architectural practice. This year’s

Guardians Institute

theme was Design Beyond Sustainabil-

The Guardians of the Flame Institute—the

ity, and the Grow Dat campus, built from donated shipping containers, displays many examples of quality, sustainable design.

Donald Harrison, Sr. Museum and Cultural Arts Center—opened in time for Mardi Gras this year. Students worked through the fall and spring to bring a space dedicated to

On March 29, the Grow Dat Youth Farm hosted the NCAA “Growing Opportunity,” an event that brought together students and

Mardi Gras Indian performances, cooking demonstrations, and classes on reading and health to the community. There are two

athletes to plant trees on the farm. Middle

main components to the building: an indoor

school students from Langston Hughes

classroom and an outdoor performance

Academy joined Tulane University athletes

space. Guidance and funds for the project

to plant citrus trees on the four-acre site.

The newly planted fruit orchard can become a source of revenue for the youth farm.

were provided by the Tulane City Center, Tulane School of Architecture, Johnson Controls, the Wisner Foundation, and the

In six years, the citrus trees can produce

Alembic Development Company.

around 5,000 pounds of fruit worth approximately $10,000.

Nantong Delegation The Tulane Regional Urban Design Center (TRUDC) hosted a delegation of government officials from Nantong, China in October 2011. The visiting engineers and politicians used the visit to learn about New Orleans’ flood protection systems in order to protect Nantong from flood threats. The city of Nantong, similar to New Orleans, is influenced by rising ocean levels and the Yangtze River. The TRUDC also presented its most recent work from Longpao, China, upriver from Nantong. The relationship with Nantong began when TRUDC Director, Grover Mouton, and Project Director, Nick Jenisch created a regional strategic plan for Nantong. The visiting officials, in a continuation of the relationship, have invited the TRUDC to lecture in Nantong in the fall.

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Tulane city center

TRUDC

Students at work on Guardians Institute.

Nantong delegation tours Gulf South. Photo by Jeff Soule.

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Study Abroad

Rome Program This fall, the School of Architecture sent a large group of 4th year undergraduate and 2nd year graduate students to participate in the semester long Rome study abroad program under the instruction of professors Errol Barron, Tiffany Lin, Kentaro Tsubaki, Marcella del Signore, and Jill Stoll. In this 16 week program, students lived and worked in a former 17th century convent that is part of Borromini’s St. Agnese church on the Piazza Navona. In addition to the cultural and geographic studies traditionally undertaken, students were introduced to various forms of photography as a means of documentation. Using a traditional, 35 mm Holga camera, students moved outside of their digital comfort zone to create intimate, visual story boards of their travel explorations.

These analog studies resulted in a beautiful collection of photographs that helped inspire design work later in the semester. As a compliment to architectural studies, each student undertakes an Italian language and culture course.

MPS master of preservation studies program

The Preservation Studies program continues

als to promote community-wide discussions

When asked about the experience at the

to excel both as an independent program

and film screenings at the local AIA design

conference, Program Director John Stubbs

and as a valuable supplement to other

center.

claimed the conference far exceeded his

In October 2011, the Master of Preserva-

expectations and was quoted in the lo-

programs within the School of Architecture.

In addition to a wealth of cross-disciplinary classes open to the University, the Preservation Studies program sponsored lecture series brought an enlightening line-up of leading professionals from across the globe to Richardson Memorial Hall. Additionally, the program teamed with local profession-

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tion Studies students joined 2,500 other preservationists in Buffalo, New York for the Annual Conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The conference was held in the developing downtown area at an icon of preservationist work: The Statler.

cal Buffalo paper as saying, “the mayor’s speech was brilliant, the keynote address was brilliant, the architecture was brilliant.”

MPS student Alex Pacheco was particularly taken by the built environment of Buffalo and appreciated the opportunity to admire the work of Louis Sullivan first hand.

programs

Urbanbuild Under the direction of Byron Mouton, students in the URBANbuild program take three courses to develop an understanding of the design and construction process, including a six-credit design course, an advanced technology course, and a professional concerns course. Following this rigorous coursework, a team of 15 students enhance their understanding of this process during the spring semester through building on-site for approximately 50 hours/week.

URBANbuild 7 Over the 2011-2012 school year, Tulane School of Architecture students successfully designed and built the seventh URBANbuild home. This year’s design resulted in a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1200 square foot single family home in the economically developing neighborhood of Central City. Combining two substandard lots to form a 65’ x 62’ property, wider than the traditionally narrow New Orleans lots, this unusual lot size provided the opportunity for interesting explorations that are not normally done in a New Orleans residential design setting. “In this case we have a west-facing façade that is louvered with a pretty inventive screening system,” says Mouton. “Behind that screen is an outdoor living space.”

In May 2012, UB7 passed final inspections and received its Certificate of Occupancy.

Inspector Gary Graham of Safety and Permits was impressed with the students’ hard work, maintenance of the schedule and quality of execution.

URBANbuild 6 Since being featured in last year’s newsletter, URBANbuild 6 passed final building inspection in September 2011. This step made it available for sale.

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Rome program

MPS

UrbanBuild 7

Tyler Guidroz, Interior Columns with Long Exposure, AVSM 3310

Students in Havana, Cuba for study, March 2012.

Photo by Emilie Taylor

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MSRED

master of sustainable real estate development program

Tulane’s Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development (MSRED) program completed its first year with 17 graduates and a blog that tracks program developments. tulanemsred.tumblr.com

Sustainability and Globalization Lecture Series

Green Building

The Sustainability and Globalization Lecture

with MSRED students in July 2011 about

Series in the fall of 2011 and spring of 2012

two approaches to sustainable develop-

brought an impressive group of speakers

ment: preservation and new construction.

to Tulane, including Phil Thompson, Rob

Historic Green was founded after Hurricane

Verchick, Nancy Montoya, Cliff Kenwood,

Katrina in order to educate the community

and Rosanne Haggerty, and was sponsored

on ‘greener’ methods to better their existing

by the School of Architecture’s MSRED

homes, and methods to create energy sav-

program, the World Trade Center of New

ings using small and cost-efficient materials.

Michelle Stanard from Historic Green spoke

Orleans, and the University of New Orleans.

Photo: MSRED Class of 2012 atop NY Times building

Ogden 8 At the completion of spring thesis reviews, the School of Architecture curated the fourth annual Ogden 8 exhibition at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art recognizing 8 student thesis projects.

The event consisted of an open house within the gallery as well as an intimate discussion of the work as it relates to the current architectural

Proposal

climate led by guests Carol Burns AIA (Principal

chapel 7

at Taylor & Burns Architects; Adjunct Professor at Wentworth Institute and Dalhousie Universities) and William Sherman (Associate Vice President for Research, University of Virginia; Founding Director, OpenGrounds; Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia).

This year’s Ogden 8 consisted of the following students: Hee Cho, Matt DeCotiis, Patrick Franke, Jade Jiambutr, Sean McGuire, Josh Mings, Cameron Ringness, and William Trakas. The projects were displayed in the Circle Gallery of the Ogden Museum from May 11-20, 2012.

These 8 projects were chosen from 16 projects which the thesis advisors awarded distinction.

The additional 8 students receiving distinction were: Leland Berman, Elizabeth Davis, Andrew Graham, Michael Landry, Derek Magee, Katherine Peaden, Justin Siragusa, and Cory Squire.

view o of the

ogden 8 from top/bottom, left/right

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Patrick Franke

william trakas

Hee Cho

Flux Capacity: Asymmetrical Activity on Boston’s City Hall Plaza

Sietch Architecture; Urban Strategies for Suburban Expansion in Tucson, AZ

Rebuilding Traditions: A New Cemetery for Seoul, South Korea

programs

Urban Land Institute Conference

Travel

of America Community Development

The 4th Annual ULI Louisiana Conference

This year, the MSRED students travelled to

Financing, FXFOWLE Architects, Alloy

was held in January at the Westin Canal

Washington, DC and New York City to learn

Development, NeighborWorks, Busboys

Place in New Orleans. The conference,

about the scale of development and ap-

and Poets, the National Building Museum,

entitled Best Practices in Commercial Cor-

proaches to sustainability in these cities. The

SORG Architects, Wiebenson and Dorman

ridor Redevelopment in the New Orleans

trip was made possible by an impressive list

Architects, Bowman Consulting, PlaNYC,

Region, addressed questions of commercial

of presenters and supporters including the

Silverstein Properties, the World Trade

real estate development 5 local parishes: St.

Forest City Ratner Companies, the General

Center Organization, MDF Development, En-

Charles, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson

Services Administration, Living City Block,

nead Architects, NYU Schack Institute, HR&A

and Orleans.

JBG Companies, the DC Office of Planning,

Advisors, Cooper Joseph Studio, Enterprise

the DC Department of the Environment,

Community Partners, and the New York and

Canal Park Development Association, Bank

DC Housing Authorities.

MARKET NEAR PASEO REFORMA. TIME: 7:30 PM ON FRIDAY

joshua Mings

Jade Jiambutr

Sean McGuire

cameron Ringness

Matt DeCotiis

Praiseworthy Competition with One’s Ancestors

Infrastructural Amenity; Recharging Bangkok Aquifers

Chaotic Territoriality: Mediating Spacial Conflict in Barrio Bravo, Mexico

EthnoCity: Layers of Urban Alterity: The Unrelenting Paseo

Saint Roch #3: Reinventing the New Orleans Cemetery

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Student news A-Week The theme of this year’s A-Week was “soapbox” and was based on the concept of creating space to facilitate public expression. The only constraint, other than budget, was that the “soapboxes” must have enough mobility to be deployed into a public space.

Additionally, each project’s performance and use had to be documented. The final presentation of each project had to include a 60-second video showing the projects in action. Each team took a unique approach to interpreting the idea of “soapbox,” focusing on vocal and written speech, performance, art, and more topical subjects.

The winning team, led by Casey Bemis and Zarith Pineda, created the “Do-Nut,” which was a human-scale wheel constructed of plywood. Guest architects were Nataly Gattegno and Jason Kelly of Future Cities Lab.

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Casey Bemis and Zarith Pineda

decotiis and Landry

Christopher gassam

Do-Nut. Winning A-week project

Voodoo Fest installation

Live Parametrics

Student Notes

dreams” and the main stage. The interactive instal-

of London’s infrastructure-based growth to other

lation combined dramatic black lighting with wood

cities, such as New Orleans, to spur development

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has

framed towers woven together with nylon rope.

within pre-existing urban centers.

selected five students to receive the AIA/AAF

MEDITATIVE_nodes, designed by architecture

Minority Disadvantaged Scholarship. Since 1970

Lindsey Kiefer (TSA ’12) & Kathryn Callander

thesis student Jason Levy (TSA ‘12), was also

(expected ‘15) were selected to exhibit works in the

selected for installation at the 2011 Voodoo Music

“Undergraduate Juried Exhibition,” at the Carroll

tectural Foundation (AAF), the scholarship has

Experience. The design featured a unique light

Gallery of Tulane. This exhibition was curated by

been awarded to high school graduates, college

show as well as a space away from the crowded

Amy Mackie, Director of Visual Arts, Contemporary

freshmen, and community college students from

stages where people could sit and enjoy the music

Arts Center, New Orleans and ran from January

a minority and/or financially disadvantaged back-

comfortably.

17-27, 2012.

Each year, AIA Louisiana offers an international

The reVIEW is a faculty-curated publication of stu-

travel fellowship that is open to all third and fourth

dent architectural work, featuring first, second, and

year architecture majors in the state of Louisiana.

third year studio work, option platform studios,

Michael Kahn (expected ‘13) was selected as one

as well as final year thesis projects and examples

of this year’s recipients. He was be presented with

from various courses in the years 2009-2011. The

a grant at the Celebrate Architecture Symposium

bi-annual review was distributed to architecture

in Baton Rouge on April 1, 2012. Kahn’s proposal

schools throughout the country and is available for

Through an open competition hosted by the

is to study the defining of urban place and how it

sale through the School’s website.

School and Voodoo Music Experience produc-

is affected by transportation, specifically the role

through a joint effort with the American Archi-

ground who intend to pursue a NAAB-accredited professional degree in architecture. This year Zarith Pineda (expected ‘14) was awarded this prestigious scholarship. Her passion for architecture was apparent to her first year design professor who describes Pineda’s skills as “well above average” and “exceptional.”

ers RE:BE Design, a design by Matthew DeCotiis (TSA ‘12), Michael Landry (TSA ‘12) and Emile Lejeune (expected ‘13) was selected and funded

urban fabric of London. Ultimately, Michael hopes to learn much of the impact of transit nodes on

for construction for the 2011 Voodoo Music Experi-

the development of neighborhoods and public

ence. “Ephemeral Ambiance” created a pro-

spaces. The goal is to be able to apply the lessons

vocative passage between the festival’s “field of

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of the London Underground Tube Station on the

theCharrette, an architecture and design publication written and produced by students at the Tulane School of Architecture, focuses on the power of journalism to expose and investigate themes, trends, and subtleties in an interdisciplinary context both within the city of New Orleans

Elected Student Leaders

Shanghai Internship

2012 Commencement Awards

The Tulane School of Architecture student organi-

Through a new connection with the esteemed

master of architecture

zations have elected the following student leaders

Tongji University College of Architecture and

Alpha Chi Rho Medal

for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year:

Planning, Tulane School of Architecture is hoping

Andrew Eliot Michael Graham

to provide several opportunities for students to

AIAS Co-Presidents: Austin Frankel, Jack Waterman; Vice President: Aubrey Keady-Molanphy.; Treasurer: Logan Leggett; Secretary: Kayleigh Bruentrup; Director of Programming: Noah Conlay; Director of Fundraising: Beau Braddock; Director of Sustainability: Eric Bethany; 2nd Year Representative: Eric Lynn; 4th Year Representative and International Ambassador: John Coyle SAGG President: Evan Amato; Vice President: Michelle Carroll; Treasurer: Georgia Berbert; Secretary: Mary Catherine Bullock; Year 2 Senator: Natan DiaconFurtado; Year 3 Senator: Julia Fishman; Year 2 Senator: Jordan Matthews

study in Shanghai. These opportunities include: a fall semester full-time program in Tongji, a summer study program located inTongji for four weeks with

American Institute of Architects Medal Patrick James Franke undergraduate Elizabeth Marie Davis graduate

the remainder of the summer semester back in

American Institute of Architects

New Orleans, and a dual degree program in which

Certificates of Merit

a graduate student would enroll simultaneously in

Kathleen Audrey Peaden undergraduate

our two accredited graduate programs with the

Matthew Allen DeCotiis graduate

first and third years spent at the home institution,

Thomas J. Lupo Award

and the middle year spent abroad.

Leland Bailey Berman

Working with Tongji University and living in Shang-

Ronald F. Katz Memorial Award

hai, students would be able to experience the

Kathleen Audrey Peaden

historical and cultural influences of the region as well as to discover the Bauhaus traditions present in the area. There are also many major U.S. firms

John William Lawrence Memorial Medal Jade Jiambutr

with offices in Shanghai and the additional op-

Outstanding Thesis Award

theCharrette:

portunity for students to obtain internships while

Sean William McGuire

Editor in Chief: Kevin Michniok; Editor: Cameron

in the program further enhances the appeal of the

Joshua Adam Mings

Conklin

study abroad program as an intercultural exchange

Jill Cameron Ringness

both educationally and professionally.

Malcolm J. Heard Award for Excellence in Teaching Irene Keil Tulane 34 Award Mira Ansel Asher Graduate Leadership Award Lindsay Karis McCook Senior Scholar Award Leland Bailey Berman MASTER OF PRESERVATION STUDIES Outstanding Thesis Award Charles Ian Crawford Service to the Program Award Beth Ann Jacob MASTER OF SUSTAINABLE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT Selected Research Projects Tyler James Antrup Samuel Berman Christian Jonassen Brierre John Louis Eskew Brinda Sen Gupta Stephen Tanner Strohschein Academic Distinction Award Stephen Tanner Strohschein Leadership Award Christian Jonassen Brierre Service to the Program Award John Louis Eskew

Travel Fellowships michael Kahn

Un-competition

London Underground

Grow Dat New Orleans Film

The School successfully increased the quantity of summer travel fellowships awarded to students this year. During the 2012-2013, each

and at a larger international scale. A digital version

This year the School of Architecture Graduate

fellowship recipient will present the findings of

of the Fall 2011 + Spring 2012 issues can be viewed

Student Government (SAGG) helped to fund

their research in a one hour public lecture.

at: issu.com/thecharrette.

the inaugural year of Recto Verso. This full color

Moise H. & Lois G. Goldstein Travel Fellowship

publication highlights graduate student work and

Brinda Sen Gupta (TSA ‘11, MSRED ‘12), The Nine

includes both architectural work and individual

Stories of Stepwells: The Temples of Rajasthan,

passions such as poetry, drawing + sketch, carpen-

Gujarat and Delhi

In their final year, Sean Fisher (TSA ‘12), Allison Schiller (TSA ‘12), and Mike Landry (TSA ‘12) won Honorable Mention in the Un-Competition, a project created by the Chicago Architectural Club and Black Spectacles. The brief asked for a 2-minute

try, photography and sewing. The annual publication is slated to continue next year.

Class of 1973 Travel Fellowship Matthew Kevin Michniok (M.Arch ’13), Transfor-

film that identified a design problem in the com-

Ventures with strong connections to Tulane Uni-

mative Architecture: The Iconic and the Modern

munity, proposed a solution, and articulated a plan

versity and the A. B. Freeman School of Business

Stadium

to make the solution a reality. The student film

were big winners at the 2012 New Orleans En-

Grow Dat Youth Farm-New Orleans highlights the

trepreneur Week, an event highlighting the city’s

strengths of this City Center project bringing to-

thriving startup community. SOLarchitect Studio

gether student design teams with a real non-profit

won The Big Idea Challenge. Co-founded by ar-

client within the community.

chitecture alumnus Alex Landau, the firm provides

In 1991, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands decided to promote national architecture

a free, web-based tool to assess the feasibility of installing solar panels on homes.

John William Lawrence Research Fellowship Jordan L. Matthews (M.Arch ’13), Piloting the Great River Road: A Spatial Navigation of the Mississippi River; Nicholas Christopher Sackos (M.Arch ‘13), Mexico City: Understanding Megacity through Transportation and Architecture; Neena Verma (MArch ’14), The Architecture of

abroad. All over the world new embassies were

Christopher Gassam (expected ‘13) received a

realized by prominent Dutch architects. The film

Newcomb-Tulane Dean’s Grant to do an interdis-

Mission Statements tells the story of four of the

ciplinary project for a semester. The grant project,

most outspoken new embassies, showing the

entitled Live Parametrics, is an Arduino open-

background of the buildings and presenting a view

source lighting installation that uses digital data

behind the curtains of daily life in the embassies.

mapping techniques to explore conceptions of the

Samuel Stanhope Labouisse Memorial Prize

Studio work created by several 4th & 5th year op-

interface between humans and built environments.

Christopher Lawrence Cox (M.Arch ’14), Cypress

tion studios was highlighted in this film.

Slums in India Malcolm Heard Travel Fellowship Michael Shea Trahan (MArch ‘13), Acoustics and Light: Precedents and Implications

Management & Louisiana Architecture

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Alumni News 1960s

Mike Howard (TSA ‘74) and Julie Ford (TSA ‘05)

Thomas C. Brutting (TSA ‘77) turned a historic

of Howard Performance Architecture, were

church in San Francisco into low-income senior

Rob Dean (TSA ’68) and his company, Building

recently recognized for several awards. Howard

housing. The century-old church was abandoned

Systems Design, Inc., developed and is spon-

Performance Architecture received an Award Ci-

for nearly a decade, but retained its neo-Roman-

soring a continuing education opportunity in

tation from the AIA Gulf States for their work on

esque Italianate style with original stained glass

Architectural Record.

the Forbes center at James Madison University.

windows. The architects preserved the facade

Howard Performance Architecture’s design work

and reconfigured the interior to accommodate

1970s

was also showcased on ArchDaily’s website.

seven one-bedroom units and 33 studio units.

Marcel Wisznia (TSA ‘73) was featured in the

Peter M. Trapolin (TSA ’77) and Ashley King

AIA magazine article, “Think Like an Architect,

Morton (TSA ’98) completed the historic reha-

Build Like a Developer.” Since Hurricane Katrina,

bilitation of the Audubon Building, originally

John Williams (TSA ‘78) headed a project that

Wisznia’s firm has focused on designing and

constructed in 1912. Rechristened as the Saint

introduced a Rouses Market into the heart of the

developing mixed-use apartments in historic

Hotel, the building is located in New Orleans’

Central Business District of New Orleans. The

New Orleans buildings. These projects include:

French Quarter at 931 Canal Street. The project

historic building was a car dealership built in 1955

the Garage, a converted Buick dealership; Union

involved an extensive restoration of the exterior

and abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. The

Lofts, which was a Western Union building; the

facade, including the reconstruction of the hard

building was carefully restored in order to receive

Saratoga, an office building from 1953; and the

canopies and portions of the ground floor. The

the historic tax credits and to save a modern-era

Maritime, New Orleans’ first skyscraper built in

interior is now a 174-room boutique hotel, which

structure. In addition to his work with his archi-

1893. The firm preserves the historic buildings

is a part of the Marriott Autograph Collection.

tectural practice, John Williams joined the Board

and integrates new development. Wisznia’s

The Saint Hotel was recently named one of the

of Tulane on July 1, 2012. The Board of Tulane is

Saratoga project was also featured in April’s

World’s Best New Hotels of 2012 by Condè Nast

the University’s governing body.

Multi-Family Housing News.

Traveler Magazine.

The vintage building also had to be brought up to current seismic code requirements.

from top / bottom, left / right

Wayne troyer

Angela O’Byrne

Hiroshi Jacobs

Rice Mill Lofts. Photo by Sara Essex Bradley.

AIA Louisiana Design Award for Merit

Flatlands

1980s

the National Building Museum curator, was inter-

Melissa Brandrup (TSA ‘96) received the 2011 Texas

viewed by Architect magazine regarding the AIA

Society of Architecture Honor Award for Young

Angela O’Byrne (TSA ‘83) and her firm, Perez, re-

Guide. Moeller also serves on the Tulane Schoo of

Professional Achievement (in honor of William

ceived an AIA Louisiana Design Award for Merit for

Architecture’s Board of Advisors as Chair of the

W. Caudill, FAIA). This is the first time an El Paso

The Mission Family Center. The Initiative for a Com-

Industry Partnerships committee.

architect was given this award, which recognizes

petitive Inner City and Fortune Magazine released Eve Blossom (TSA ‘88) received the 2011 INDEX

inner city companies in the nation, in which Perez

Award for her book Material Change: Design Think-

ranked fifth. The Inner City 100 recognizes success-

ing and the Social Entrepreneurship Movement.

ful companies and their CEOs as role models for

Additionally, she gave a TEDtalk in India about

Gina Reichert (TSA ‘97) of Design 99 was featured

entrepreneurship, innovative business practices

using design for social change.

in The Atlantic Cities article, “Affordable Housing

and job creation in America’s urban communities.

Dan Maginn (TSA ‘89) was featured in Architect

serves her profession, influences improvements in the field, and encourages participation of others.

that Doesn’t Scream ‘Affordable,’” by Allison Arieff on October 21, 2011.

Wayne Troyer (TSA ’83) and the Rice Mill Lofts

magazine’s What’s Next video series, talking about

Project was recently highlighted in the New York

his experience in architecture school. He also de-

Cynthia Dubberley (TSA ’98) and Shavon Charlot

Times article, “Where the Walls Do Talk.” Rice Mill

scribed the future outreach of Tulane in “Architec-

(TSA ’04) were both selected in Building Design +

Lofts, an 1892 structure in New Orleans that was

ture Schools and Their Communities.”

Construction’s “40 UNDER 40” competition. The 40 young AEC professionals represent the Class of

once home to a rice processor, has been converted

1990s

2012, and were chosen from among 223 applicants

Tiffany Melancon (TSA ‘96) organized the Ameri-

dating to 2006. 17 of this year’s honorees are

Martin Moeller (TSA ‘84) published a new edition

can Institute of Architects European Chapter four

women, a high for the program.

of the AIA Guide to the Architecture of DC. The

day International Conference in Basel, Switzerland

release of the publication coincided with 2012 AIA

in October 2011.

into housing with an unusual amenity: graffiti left over from its derelict days.

National Convention in Washington, D.C. Moeller,

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the leadership efforts of a younger member who

the 2011 Inner City 100, a list of the fastest-growing

to join the 240 previous recipients of this honor,

Ashley King Morton (TSA ’98). See Peter M. Trapolin (TSA ’77).

2011 DesCours Festiva1 The 2011 DesCours Festival in New Orleans included works by several Tulane School of Architecture alumni. The installation ‘Rendezvous’ was presented by Scott Berger (TSA ‘10), Kevin Muni (TSA ‘10), and Rebecca Miller (TSA ’12).

Igor Siddiqui (TSA ‘98) brought ‘Bayouluminescence’ together with Matt Hutchinson.

‘HYDROFIELD’ was presented by Travis Bost (TSA ’10), ‘Flight Attentive’ by Tony Vanky (TSA ’07), and ‘Vector Knot’ was presented by Hiroshi Jacobs (TSA ‘03) and Casey Hughes.

Three Alumni Elected to Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects Stacy Bourne (TSA ‘90), Dan Maginn (TSA ‘89)

and Ione R. Stiegler (TSA ’83) were elected Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects.

The AIA College of Fellows elected only 105 architects from 120 schools of architecture across the country for this honor in 2012. The School celebrated their election to Fellowship

igor Siddiqui

during the Tulane Alumni Reception at the AIA

Bayou-luminescence DesCours Photo by Allison Schiller

National Convention in D.C. on May 17, 2012.

Peter Trapolin and Ashley King Morton

Mike Howard and Julie ford

Luis Quinones

Saint Hotel. Photo by Will Crocker.

Forbes center at JMU

RELUXED desk light

2000s

Tod Mostero (TSA ‘04) is an architect-turnedwinemaker with a winery in Yountville, California.

2010s

Somatic Collaborative, the design practice of

The Dominus Estate is not open to the public for

Luis Quinones (TSA ‘10) was shortlisted for a light-

Felipe Correa (TSA ’00) and Anthony Acciavatti,

tastin, however, architectural tours of the building,

ing design competition. The project, RELUXED, is

unveiled a proposal for Plaza Republica in Quito,

designed by Herzog & DeMeuron, are offered.

a lighting concept using state of the art materials

Ecuador. The project, described as “a new fine grain open space,” proposes to transform a derelict urban surface into a new cultural landscape to provide the city with a new open space, complimentary to the adjacent Alameda Park. This new urban piece can act as a catalyzer for future urban transformations in the Alameda district.

Archinect highlighted “Flatland,” a recent installation by Casey Hughes and Hiroshi Jacobs (TSA ‘03) in September 2011. The design, selected through a school-wide competition, features red and blue bungee cords spanning between pairs of metal cables, creating a geometry that varies from a pure hyperbolic paraboloid through the force of gravity acting on the elastic cords and relatively inelastic cables. A related installation, “Vector Knot,” was selected for the 2012 DesCours AIA presentation.

Shavon Charlot (TSA ’04). See Cynthia Dubberley (TSA ’98).

Jing Liu (TSA ‘04) and her Brooklyn firm, Solid Objectives–Idenburg Liu (SO–IL), designed a temporary structure to house exhibition booths for 180 galleries offering work to collectors during the Frieze Art Fair’s four-day run in May 2012 on the East River in New York. The volume is six tents in place of the usual one. Principals Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu acquired the largest tents they could find from a New Jersey-based rental company. The designers angled the pieces away from one another at the corners to create an s-curve along the riverbank instead of placing them in a straight line.

Stephen Ortego (TSA ‘07) was recently elected to

and technology. The lamp assumes a charge cycle pose during the day, and a discharge cycle pose at night. As a result, no electricity is required to power the desk light.

Jennifer Gaugler (TSA ‘11) helped MASS Design Group win 2012 Designer of the Year from Contract Magazine for their ability to improve lives through design and setting an example for how designers can choose how they impact an increasingly global community. MASS’s 140-bed Butaro Hospital in Rwanda was also featured in Contract’s October issue when it won the Acute Healthcare Facility of the Year category. Gaugler is a Design Fellow at MASS Design and is currently with MASS in Rwanda working on the expansion of an eightyyear-old hospital in Nyanza.

the Louisiana State Legislature.

Julie Ford (TSA ‘05). See Mike Howard (TSA ‘74).

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Paul Murff O’Neal Jr (TSA ‘52) Paul Murff O’Neal Jr. passed away on August 11,

in Memoriam

2011. Murff, from Shreveport, Louisiana, met his wife, Arey Moss, after the war when they were both working for an architect. They enrolled together in the architecture program at Tulane, where he graduated first in his class. Murff returned to the same firm, with Bill Wiener, Sr, and the firm later became Wiener, Morgan & O’Neal.

Murff designed the LSU Medical Center, and received the distinction of AIA Fellow in 1974.

John Niklaus John Niklaus, civil engineer and longtime Tulane professor, passed away on January 18, 2012. Dr. Niklaus earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Tulane, and he joined the faculty in 1963.

Winning several teaching awards over his 43 years of teaching at Tulane, Dr. Niklaus was also the director of the Chamber of Commerce’s Canal Street improvement project. He was a former president of the Society of Tulane Engineers, designed bridges in New Orleans, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Suzanne Monaco (TSA ‘10)

Arthur q. Davis (TSA ‘42)

Suzanne Monaco passed away on May 6, 2012 at

New Orleans architect Arthur Q. Davis passed

highlighted the firm’s notable buildings. In 1978,

away on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. A

the firm was acquired by the West Coast engi-

World War II veteran, Davis studied with Walter

neering and architecture office of Daniel, Mann,

Gropius and apprenticed in Eero Saarinen’s

Johnson, and Mendenhall (DMJM). Davis worked

Michigan office. In 1947, Davis joined another

with DMJM for twenty years, and then estab-

Tulane alumnus—Nathaniel C. Curtis, Jr. (1917-

lished his own firm, Arthur Q. Davis FAIA and

1997)—in practice in New Orleans. The Curtis and

Associates, in 1998. In 2009, Mr. Davis published

Davis partnership lasted nearly thirty years, and

a memoir, titled It Happened by Design: The Life

its buildings include: the Thomy Lafon Elemen-

and Work of Arthur Q. Davis, which summarizes

superdome under construction

tary School (razed 2011), the Rivergate Conven-

his career and his reflections on the profession.

Arthur Q. Davis, 1975

tion Center (razed 1995) and the Superdome.

He was working on a history of the Berlin Medi-

Journals such as Progressive Architecture, Ar-

cal Center at the time of his death.

the age of 25. Monaco was working as a designer at 450 Architects and was the Managing Director of Architecture for Humanity in San Francisco, CA. She had just completed the design for a playground for the San Francisco Unified School District, her first professional project.

Arthur Q. Davis

chitectural Forum and Architecture d’aujourd’hui

Frank Lotz Miller, photographer. © Southeastern Architectural Archive, Special Collections Division, Tulane University Libraries.

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