College Personnel
Ann Whitside-Dickson Interim Dean Mark O’Bryan Associate Dean for Administration Gregory Luhan Associate Dean for Research David Biagi Director, School of Architecture Patrick Lee Lucas Director, School of Interiors Allison Carll-White Director, Department of Historic Preservation
Schools & Deparments
School of Architecture School of Interiors Department of Historic Preservation
Degree Programs
Bachelor of Architecture 4 years, 133 credits Bachelor of Interior Design 4 years, 133 credits Master of Architecture 2 years, 57 credits Master of Interior Design 2 years, 30 credits Master of Historic Preservation 2 years, 48 credits
Mission Statement
The College of Design strives to be a leading force in the world of design, dedicated to building a spirited and collegial environment where excellence is celebrated. This is accomplished by creating a community in which students are encouraged to exchange ideas and explore the inter-disciplinary connections that exist between the various practices of design. Through this approach, the college educates, trains and prepares students for leading roles in an innovation-driven economy.
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Interim Dean’s Message
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UK/CoD News
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Architecture
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Interiors
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Historic Preservation
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Events & Exhibitions
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Guest Speakers
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Faculty News
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Alumni News
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Pence Hall Renovations
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The end of the 2012-13 academic year finds the College of Design in a state of change. With the departure of Dean Michael Speaks, the rebranding of the School of Interiors, the appointment of two new unit heads, and the imminent renovations of Pence Hall, many exciting projects are on the horizon as we embark on this new academic year.
2013 is the year we turn our attention to the nerve center of the College of Design: Pence Hall. Pence Hall has been the home of UK’s design programs since 1965, and while there have been cosmetic changes since then, an overhaul of the building is long overdue.
One of the more important undertakings in the coming year will be the search for the new Dean of the College of Design. With the search set to take place under the leadership of our new Provost Christine Riordan, I believe, and the University agrees, it is imperative that the College seeks a leader in design, research, and innovation.
UK President Eli Capilouto emphasizes improving the University’s facilities. We will shortly embark on a campaign for Pence Hall so that its appearance matches its reputation. More information about the renovation plans will be made available in the coming weeks.
The College needs to be attractive to prospective students. A survey has found that students who chose rival schools over UK It is my duty to continue to move the College forward, focusing was due in part to the appearance of Pence and its facilities. on projects that will continue the momentum initiated within the The dated and worn presence of the building’s interior belies our College’s three academic units. College’s reputation as design leader.
During my stewardship of the UK/CoD, I will work closely with our Another change within the College is the rebranding the School of faculty, staff, alumni, and friends to ensure the continuance of the Interiors: Planning/Strategy/Design. We feel this new name more mission of the College to educate the architects, designers, and accurately encompasses the expertise of the degree program preservationists of tomorrow. We thank you for your continued and reflects the fluid nature of the field of study. The program will support of the College as we embark on this exciting year of continue to expand and flourish during the incumbency of the challenges and opportunities. School’s new director, Professor Patrick Lee Lucas. I’m also happy to announce that Professor Allison Carll-White Thank you, has been appointed as the Chair of the Department of Historic Ann Whiteside-Dickson Preservation. Her dedication to the program and its students is Interim Dean unparalelled, and we look forward to witnessing the energy and initiative she will bring to the program.
UK/CoD hosts Mayor’s Institute on City Design
On October 10-12, the College of Design hosted the 2012 East Regional Session of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD). The conference, which was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, was held in conjunction with the City of Lexington and MICD Staff. This was the first time an MICD conference was held in Kentucky.
Design Adds Value
During the MICD conference in October, UK/CoD invited resource team members Neil Denari, Jeanne Gang, and Roberto de Leon to discuss with students, faculty, and invited guests how the design of public spaces can benefit a community on an economic, physical, and social level.
Each of the three architects presented projects that addressed The Institute featured collaborative sessions where Mayors the specific needs of a community that were met through presented a case study on an urban design issue facing their city their collaborative design thinking process. Gang spoke of the to a resource team of professionals. The closed door sessions were importance of engaging all stakeholders throughout the design designed to foster an understanding of and appreciation for the process, addressing assets and the needs of users through open role of design in creating vibrant, livable cities, and the importance dialogue. of mayors as advocates for good design. Mayor Jim Gray of Lexington served as the host mayor of the session. Other participants included: Melodee Colbert-Kean of Joplin, MO, Henrietta Davis of Cambridge, MA, Kim McMillan of Clarksville, TN, Lorenzo T. Langford of Atlantic City, NJ, Neil O’Leary of Waterbury, CT, Liz Rogan of Lower Merion, PA, and Vaughn D. Spencer of Reading, PA. The resource team included Gary Bates of Spacegroup, Shane Coen of Coen + Partners, Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects, Paul Morris, Deputy Secretary for the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Roberto de Leon of de Leon and Primmer Architecture Workshop, Susan Sellers of 2x4 Design, and Roger Sherman of Roger Sherman Architecture and Urban Design.
Design Adds Value to the Commons
In Feburary 2013, the five finalist design teams for Lexington’s Town Branch Commons design competition assembled for a two-hour discussion. Mark Johnson of Civitas, Shane Coen of Coen+Partners, Petra Blaisse of Inside Outside, Julien de Smedt & Diana Balmori of JDS Architects/Balmori Associates and Kate Orff of Scape addressed a crowd of over two hundred students, faculty, city officials, industry professionals and members of the public at the Lexington Children’s Theatre. The five design teams were shortlisted by the Downtown Development Authority for the Town Branch Commons Competition. The project involves creating a linear park in addition to a series of pocket parks centered around the Town Branch Creek, which currently flows beneath Lexington’s streets.
Possible Mediums Conference
The HBEER project, the product of a joint venture between the The Possible Mediums Conference, which took place at The School of Architecture and the UK Center for Applied Energy Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture from Research, meets the demand for affordable, energy efficient February 7th - 10th, 2013, brought together 18 designers and 120 housing, while addressing the decline of manufacturing jobs in students from the four co-host schools: The Ohio State University southeast Kentucky. Knowlton School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Architecture, University of Michigan Taubman College UK/CoD receives grant from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet of Architecture + Urban UK/CoD, along with partners Southern Tier Housing Corporation and Planning, and University of Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation, received a $504,000 Kentucky College of Design. grant from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet as part The particpants completed of the TVA Environmental Mitigation Grants Program. UK/CoD’s design workshops and took portion of the grant is $300,000, which will fund HBEER modular part in formal discussions housing research for three years. surrounding the question of mediums in contemporary Design Research: Four Examples from Scandinavia architecture. UK/CoD welcomed guests from Norway, Finland, and Sweden to a Challenging the boundaries of architectural convention, the invited symposium to discuss the recent shift in design that is catalyzed workshop leaders led students in exploratory processes rooted by research, and how that shift enriches the creative process. in mediums external to the discipline or developed from atypical applications of more conventional mediums. The conference The day-long event included presentations from Mari Lending of results, both in design and discourse, demonstrate the profound the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Katja Grillner from potential of an expansion and diversification of architectural the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Ville Kokkonen, Design Director of Artek in Helsinki, and Jonas Runberger of White mediums as format, as material, and as a means of projection. Architects in Stockholm.
HBEER wins Innovation Award
The Lake Cumberland Area Development District recieved a 2012 The speakers presented examples of design research, and Innovation Award from the National Association of Development engaged in discussion about the implications of pursuing design Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation for the Houseboat to as research in both private and public contexts. Energy Effiecient Residences (HBEER) project.
Summer Career Discovery Program
For the second year, UK/CoD Assistant Professor Martin Summers and Instructor Regina Summers led the intensive, two-week Summer Career Discovery Program for high school juniors and seniors. The program served to expose prospective College of Design students to the type of learning environment they would experience as design students. The participants took part in daily writing and drawing sessions, model-making workshops, field trips to relevant sites, project critiques, and attended lectures by other College faculty. Lecture topics ranged from studies in contemporary architecture and interior design to digital design and fabrication. Additionally, they learned how to prepare and present a portfolio of work. They presented their projects in group critiques where they recieved feedback from the instructors, fellow participants, and other faculty members and guests.
Taipei Office Studio
students’ proposals, detailing appearance of the center, but also In the spring semester of 2013 students from the UK/CoD School address how it would be utilized by the community. Concert venues, of Architecture participated in an innovative new studio format exhibition spaces, and sports fields were among the possibilities. called Office Studio. Structured like a global architecture firm, with office branches in two other universities, the National Chiao- Students participate in travel studios in Berlin and Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and The University of Hong Delft Kong, in Hong Kong, Office Studio consisted of twelve advanced Six architecture students from the UK/CoD had the opportunity to undergraduate and graduate architecture students, and was led by live and study in Delft, Netherlands for an eight-week design studio. UK/School of Architecture Assistant Professor Angie Co and Dean Students studied under Siebe Bakker, founder of bureaubakker, Michael Speaks. a firm that facilitates exchanges between various industries and education institutions. The topic for the studio was energy, and All three schools worked together on a project commissioned by the city of Taipei. The students were asked by the mayor’s office how the characteristics and versatility of concrete contribute in Taipei to create planning and architecture proposals for an to a design’s function as well as form. The students researched existing, soon-to-be-decommissioned train depot station located materials and techniques and produced prototypes with various in the Xinyi Business District. The station and its surrounding site concretes. are part of an urban redevelopment initiative launched in 2010 by Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-pin, and are likely to figure in Taipei’s In Berlin, another group of students engaged in projects proposal to host World Design Capital 2016. tailored to address design in. In addition to studio UK/CoD unveils models for Water Innovation Center issues projects and office tours of At the IdeaFestival in Louisville, Associate Dean for Research Gregory design firms, students went Luhan and Architecture student Xiaoyin Li presented student models for the proposed Water Innovation Center in Louisville. The on guided architectural tours project, commissioned by the Louisville Water Company (LWC), of noted buildings such as the was part of a year-long workshop during which students worked Berlin Philharmonic, the state library, the Dutch Embassy, and the with engineers, architects, and designers to develop proposals for BMW plant in Leipzig. a center for education, exhibition, and recreation at the site of the historic water tower on the banks of the Ohio River. The presentation included not only conceptual renderings of the
School of Interior Design is now the School of School of Interiors helps with ArtPlace grant in Eastern Kentucky Interiors: Planning/Strategy/Design
The University of Kentucky School of Interior Design has been Higher Ground, a community performance project in Harlan rebranded as the UK School of Interiors: Planning/Strategy/Design. County, Kentucky, expanded its efforts to use the arts to transform The change was officially approved at a Board of Trustees meeting community, thanks to a generous grant from ArtPlace. in 2013. For the past decade, a diverse coalition in this rural Appalachian The name change reflects the dynamic nature of interior planning, coalfield county has been using local stories, storytellers, and and communicates the expertise of the professional degree. music to create art that helps local people celebrate their The field of study is no longer limited to the concept of interior strengths and address their challenges. With ArtPlace support, the design, but encompasses community outreach, sustainability, and coalition collaborated with Community Performance International, and local economic development and tourism officials to create a environmental and workplace performance. performance and exhibition venue. The new project also included “The study of interiors will change greatly in the face of issues an advanced arts education and projects with local historians and affecting the building arts,” said Director of the School of Interiors artists. Patrick Lee Lucas. “I see a course of study, when allied with other disciplines, in which students engage in a more holistic Students participate in travel studios in Brazil consideration of the human experience in spaces.” Students from the School of Interiors traveled to Brazil as part of the College’s summer travel studio. Students flew in to Sao Patrick Lee Lucas named Director of the School of Paolo, Brazil, where the group of ten worked at Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza, an organic coffee farm, in the small town of Igarai. The Interiors Dr. Patrick Lee Lucas was named the new Director of the School of coffee plantation, which is in the process of becoming a model of sustainable agriculture for the country, hosted the students for Interiors at the University of Kentucky College of Design. three weeks. Professor Lucas comes to UK/CoD from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. He received his Ph.D in American Studies Students travelled the countryside visiting different farms and from Michigan State University, his M.A. in interior design from the observed the methods each farm employed to obtain sustainability, University of Kentucky, and B.Arch from the University of Cincinnati. including their electricity sources and the design of their dwellings.
HP students present survey of Kentucky community Students from The University of Kentucky’s Historic Preservation Department presented information from their comprehensive survey of the Boston community in Georgetown.
traveled to Pine Mountain, KY to participate in a dry stone construction class. Students worked under the direction of Richard Tuffnell of the Dry Stone Conservancy to cut and place stones in a stable manner to ultimately construct a dry stone masonry retaining wall for the Pine Mountain Settlement School.
An audience gathered at the Georgetown and Scott County Museum on East Main Street to learn about the recommendations The dry stone construction trip is a yearly tradition for Historic Preservation students. It serves to foster an interest in preserving and findings of the second-year graduate students. traditional building methods in addition to a better understanding The history of the community lies with its current residents. The of the construction of historic buildings. students suggested an oral history preservation project could not only keep that history from fading away, but also bring the community together.
7th Annual Historic Preservation Symposium
UK/CoD’s Historic Preservation Graduate Organization hosted their 7th Annual symposium at Lexington’s Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. This year’s topic, “Preservation = Jobs”, addressed how the rehabilitation of historic neighborhoods and buildings bolster local economies and generates employment. The invited speakers included Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Colby Broadwater, President of the American College of Building Arts, Terrian C. Barnes of the National Trust Community Investment Corporation, David Feldman of Right-Sized Homes, and Todd Barman of the Main Street Center.
Historic Preservation students participate in dry stone construction workshop Graduate students from the Department of Historic Preservation
4th Annual End of Year Show
visiting artists. The students also provided designs for a series of The University of Kentucky College of Design closed the 2012-2013 plays and exhibitions set to occur throughout Harlan in October academic year with the annual End of Year Show at Lexington’s 2013. The studio explored programming and branding techniques designed to meet the needs of the community. Work on the Harlan Land of Tomorrow Gallery. art center is set to begin in the summer of 2013. Architecture, Interior Design, Students participate in Beaux Arts installation and Historic Preservation competition students displayed the The Beaux Arts Foundation hosted a competition for current products of the year’s College of Design students to construct the full-scale installations research for family and friends for the annual Beaux Arts Ball. over graduation weekend. The studios on display included: • The Taipei Office Studio • The Performa Studio • The Harlan Studio • The Form and Phenomena Studio • The Retail Design Studio • The Lexington Distillery District Studio
ID students exhibit design proposals
The third-year students in the School of Interior Design hosted an exhibition of their proposed designs for an arts center and performance venue in Harlan County at Awesome, Inc. in Lexington, KY. The exhibition featured the proposals for the conversion of an abandoned furniture store into an art and community center. As envisioned, the center included a performance space, gallery, coffee shop, three studio classrooms, as well as an apartment for
Current architecture and interior design students submitted diagrams, images, renders, and models of a proposed large-scale installation. Four designs were chosen to be built for the event, chosen by popular vote.
UK/CoD hosted many esteemed design professionals and academics over the past year. Videos of most of these lectures can be found on our website www.uky.edu/design/videos.
Petra Blaisse InsideOutside Matthew Carter Matthew Carter Interiors Ed Cave VeenendaalCave, Inc Shane Coen Coen + Partners Roberto de Leon de Leon and Primmer Workshop Julien de Smedt JDS Architects Neil Denari NMD Architecs Jeanne Gang Studio Gang Katja Grillner Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm Luann Holmes Haworth
Mark Johnson Civitas Tim Johnson Jim Thompson America Ville Kokkonen Design Director, Artek, Helsinki Jimenez Lai BureauSpectacular Mari Lending Oslo School of Architecture and Design Kate Orf SCAPE Jose Oubrerie Ohio State University Daan Roggeveen Go West Project Jonas Runberger White Architects, Stockholm Jack Weber Gresham Smith & Partners Yuval Yasky Bezalel Academy of Art & Design Jeruselum
Clyde Carpenter reappointed to HPAC
Architecture professor Clyde Carpenter was reappointed by Govenor Steve Beshear as a member of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Historic Property Advisory Commission (HPAC) for a second 4-year term. Professor Carpenter was first appointed to HPAC in 2008.
economic, environmental, and design potentials for distributed manufacturing.
Professors Guinther and Carll-White present at HealthCare Design Conference
Professor Allison Carll-White and instructor Lindsey Guinther spoke at the Healthcare Design conference in Phoenix about the Gregory Luhan receives AIA KY Award Associate Dean for Research and architecture professor Gregory Post Occupancy Evaulation (POE) taking place at the UK Healthcare Luhan received a 2012 Honor Award for Achievement of Excellence Emergency Department. They discussed how the Emergency in Architectural Design from the Kentucky Society of Architects for Department copes with patient volume, how the design meets the users’ needs, and how the users have adapted their work patterns. his involvement with the s.ky blue house. As the study continutes, Carll-White and Guinther will then identify Professors Miller and Summer selected for AIA ways to improve design in the future and illustrate how the environmental quality of spaces impacts care delivery. exhibition Projects completed by Assistant Professors Kyle Miller and Martin Summers were selected to be included in the 2013 AIA Center UK/CoD Professors Honored in Como, Italy for Emerging Professionals Annual Exhibition at the AIA National University of Kentucky College of Design professors Jason Scroggin and Akari Takebayashi, co-founders fo Design Office Takebayashi Headquarters in Washington, DC. Scroggin (D.O.T.S.) attended the A’Design Awards gala in Como, Italy. There they were presented with three awards: The Platinum Wallis Miller chairs design symposium in Oslo Professor Wallis Miller, a guest lecturer at the Oslo School of A’Design for their design Ten to Sen, the Golden A’Design for Zip Tie Architecture and Design, chaired a seminar entitled “Architecture Massimal, and the Bronze A’Design Award for Massimal. and Design Museums in Germany” at the Oslo Centre for Critical Architectural Studies in Norway.
Professors Filson and Rohrbacher exhibit at MIT
UK/CoD Professors Anne Filson and Gary Rohrbacher exhibited their AtFAB collection at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Keller Gallery. The exhibition, entitled Incremental Change, was designed as a status report of the increasing global reach of AtFAB CNC Furniture downloads, and to make a case for the
HP Alum named city preservation officer for Louisville
College of Design alum Cynthia Johnson (B.Arch ‘94, MHP ‘10) was named Louisville’s historic preservation officer, a post in which she will coordinate local, state, and federal historic preservation programs, and advise the city Historic Landmarks and Preservation Districts Commission. The position also includes gathering information to identify, preserve, document, and promote the historical, architectual, and cultural significance of buildings, sites, and neighborhoods throughout Louisville.
Holmes Named UK Alumni Association Board of Directors College Representative Lu Ann Holmes ‘79 was elected to the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors as the College of Design representative. Her term began July 1, 2012, and will continue through June 30, 2015.
UK/CoD Alum featured in Architect magazine for work in Detroit
Dan Kinkead ‘97 and his firm Hamilton Anderson Associates were featured in Architect magazine for their work with the government of Detroit to spearhead the urban renewal efforts of the city.
UK/CoD alum publishes book on historic KY community
Historic Preservation graduate Mark Ramler ‘08 wrote “Camp Springs, KY: Preservation + Guidelines” as a manner of instructing the town’s residents on how to maintain and preserve their 19th century homes.
The Problem
When the College of Design was formed in 2003, the former College of Architecture went from a single unit with only a dean, no departmental structure, and a single student services officer to multiple college unit, each with their own administrator and an expanded staff. Without additional funding to support the requirements of “college making”, all of the outlined administrative changes, have been addressed within the existing confines of Pence Hall. The physical appearance of Pence Hall has hindered the College’s recruitment of both in-state and out-of-state students. Potential students and their parents tour the College and comment on the dated and makeshift facilities. Potential recruits, when reached for comment, cited the superior facilities of other schools as their reason for not enrolling at UK. Pence Hall needs to reflect the high quality of education we provide our students. The building itself should function as a recruitment tool to attract the brightest students and faculty and contribute to the UK’s vision of becoming one of the top public research universities in the country. Additionally, the office operations space does not facilitate the work of the department units, the College business office, student advising, recruitment, and external operations.
The Plan
The renovations will be divided into three phases and completed over the course of 18 months. In the summer of 2013, construction will begin on a new Student Services and recruitment suite in an
existing studio space. A new reception area, office suite for the College directors and business officers will also be part of the first phase. The second phase will include a new space for the College’s external operations, including the offices of development and communication, a conference room for faculty, staff, and visitors, and offices for the Dean for Administration and the Dean for Research. The third phase of the project will include a new office suite for the College dean, as well as the renovation of the first floor hallway to include exhibition space. We will be announcing more information about the Pence Hall renovation in the coming months. Look for news on our website and Facebook.
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