2017 Design and Research Symposium by The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design

SADP Design Research Symposium 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Schedule

PROPOSALS

First Session Frank Zilm

Vaisali Krishna Kumar

Michael Eckersley, Lauren Robinson,

Erin Lourde & Rich Paul Jack Rees, MSAS

Second Session Daniel W. Coburn

Tim Hossler

Matthew Kleinmann

Shannon Criss & Nils Gore

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Posters & Artwork Bob Coffeen

Andrea Herstowski

Tom Huang

Bushra Obeidat

May Tveit

Elise Kirk

Linda Samson Talleur

Third Session Farhan Karim

Joe Colistra

Keith Van de Riet

Fourth Session Chad Kraus

Mahbub Rashid

Mike Sinclair & Mariah Seifart

Kapila D. Silva

Charles Linn

SCHEDULE

8-8.45a

Light breakfast and coffee

8.45-8.55a

Dean’s Welcome Note

First Session: Human Understanding and Design 9-9.15a

Frank Zilm “Understanding the Creative Mind - A Look at the Creative Giants of Mid Century Architecture”

9.15-9.30a

Vaisali Krishna Kumar “Decoding Unprotected Heritage through Community Based Heritage Value Assessment: A Case Study of the Tamil Brahmin Settlement”

9.30-9.45a

Michael Eckersley, Lauren Robinson, Eric Lourde & Rich Paul “Helping People Manage and Secure Their Mobile Devices and Personal Accounts: A User Experience Study”

10-10.25a

Jack Rees MSAS “Surform: An Architectural Vocabulary of Morphogenesis”

10.30-10.50a

Panel discussion

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Second Session: Community and Place 10.55-11.10a

Daniel W. Coburn “The Tonic of Wilderness”

11.10-11.25a

Tim Hossler “The Perfect Souvenir: How objects help define place”

11.25-11.40

Matthew Kleinmann “Mobile Market: A case study for adaptive design in community health”

11.40-11.55a

Shannon Criss & Nils Gore “A Crooked Path: Evolving a design/research agenda at Dotte Agency”

11.55-12.25p

Panel discussion

12.30-1.25p

Lunch with Poster & Artwork Presentation

Posters Bob Coffeen “Measurement of Coefficients of Sound Absorption for Typical Sound Absorbing Wall Panels With and Without Spacing Between Panels and With and Without Hardened Edges” Bob Coffeen “Coefficients of Sound Absorption for Lapendary Panels as They are Typically Installed in Gymnasiums, Arenas, and Similar Spaces” Andrea Herstowski “Tipoteca Italiana Foundazione” Tom Huang “Kaw River Canoe Workshops” Bushra Obeidat “Toward an understanding of first-time users’ wayfinding at KU Edwards Campus” May Tveit “Universal Boxes: The Intersection of Art and Architecture”

Artwork Elise Kirk “Night Train” Linda Samson Talleur “Smeraldina”

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Third Session: Rethinking Fabrication 1.30-1.45p

Farhan Karim “The Dirty Modern: Earth Architecture at the junction of humanitarian crisis, economic development, and environmental sustainability”

1.45-2p

Joe Colistra “The Future of Housing for Smart Cities”

2-2.15p

Keith Van de Riet “Reef Wall Prototype Installation—Design-Build Field Trials in Tidal Waters”

2.15-2.30p

Keith Van de Riet “Craft in the Digital Era: Sullivan revisited with Digital Technologies

2.30-2.55p

Panel discussion

3-3.25p

Coffee Break

Fourth Session: Book Panel Presenters: Chad Kraus, Mahbub Rashid, Kapila D. Silva, Mike Sinclair, Charles Linn 3.30-3.50p

5 minute presentation by each of the four authors

3.50-4.45p

Panel Discussion

Seminar ends

FIRST SESSION: HUMAN UNDERSTANDING & DESIGN

FRANK ZILM, D.Arch Architecture, frankzilm@ku.edu

Understanding the Creative Mind - A Look at the Creative Giants of Mid Century Architecture

A major study was undertaken in the

This presentation will report of the

mid twentieth century of the person-

analysis of the Myer-Briggs and oth-

ality characteristics of 40 leading

er tests and compare the personality

creative architectural designer of

characteristics to more recent

the 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s - Eero Saarinen, I.M. Pie,

studies of architects. Implications

Phillip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Serge

for successful creative practice will

Chermeyoff, etc. Findings from

be proposed and current research

these studies were never published.

highlighted.

I have obtained the test results from the University of California.

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VAISALI KRISHNA KUMAR Architecture, vaisali_k@ku.edu

Decoding Unprotected Heritage through Community Based Heritage Value Assessment: A Case Study of the Tamil Brahmin Settlement

Unprotected heritage of India

heritage values, such communi-

includes vernacular houses, tradi-

ty-based heritage values are critical

tional settlements and vast cultural

in order to construct a sustainable

landscapes that are constantly under

heritage management framework.

the threat of urbanization, negli-

This paper provides an example

gence and inept development strate-

of decoding community-based

gies adopted by the government

heritage values of an unprotected

and the local communities alike.

historic area in India. The site is a

Conservation and management of

Tamil Brahmin settlement in the Fort

this unprotected heritage require

Area of Thiruvananthapuram in the

an understanding of the way local

State of KÄ&#x201C;rala. This 200-years-old

communities who live and use such

settlement is located around the

historic areas value their environ-

historic PadmanÄ bhaswÄ my Temple

ments. In addition to expert-based

and has a distinct character of its

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own, evoked by the architecture

by some of the recent development

of traditional row-houses, known

trends happening in an around the

as Agrahārams, and the lifestyle of

settlement, such as the increased

‘high’ caste, Tamil-speaking, Brahmin

security around the Temple, tourism,

community who serves the Temple.

and rapid urbanization. Inadequate

The qualitative approach adopted

attention to and recognition of the

included interviews and surveys

key elements contributing to the

with locals and heritage experts,

sense of place of the locality, the

analysis of archival material, and

community’s sense of place attach-

observations. Findings reveal that

ment, and their memory of the place

the values identified by the Brahmin

are negatively affecting the heritage

and the non-Brahmin community

of Agrahārams and of the Fort Area.

cannot be categorized into a specific

These aspects require immediate

type of heritage value, but should

attention in order to maintain the

be understood in a holistic manner.

authenticity and integrity of this

These values are severely affected

settlement for future generations.

LAUREN ROBINSON, ERIN PLOURDE, MICHAEL ECKERSLEY & RICH PAUL Architecture

Helping people manage and secure their mobile devices and personal accounts: a user experience study

Executive Summary. Presented is a

of these Solution Areas and yielded

constructive design study involving

five proposed solutions. The Problem.

the use of current mobile devices

Nearly half of mobile device users

and online account services. User

employ little or no real user authen-

research was conducted in the Fall

tication on their mobile devices. And

of 2016 with the intent to better un-

nearly half of shared device users

derstand ways in which people think

employ no real data segregation by

about and behave in regard to issues

separating user accounts. These

of online identity, privacy and security.

factors make vulnerable online

Our intent was to “Make it easier

system security overall, plus put user

for people to secure their mobile

privacy and security at risk individ-

devices and separate their personal

ually. Our Intent. Make it easier for

data from others’ on a shared device”.

people to secure their mobile devices

Interviews and observations were

and separate their personal data

conducted with a sample of over 30

from others’ on a shared device. Our

volunteer informants. User-relevant

Objective. To better understand user

needs and behaviors were assessed

thinking and behavior around mobile

and analyzed by means of Needs

device security and data segregation

Cluster analysis to identify five areas

on shared devices, and propose ways

for design development. Five teams

of leading or incentivizing users to

of 17 graduate and undergraduate

significantly alter or improve upon

KU Design students worked each

status quo behaviors.

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JACK REES, MSAS Architecture, abcjmrees@gmail.com

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An Architectural Vocabulary of Morphogenesis

The term morphogensis in archi-

generalization recognized that there

tecture is usually associated with

are only three types of surface: pos-

parametric design strategies. I intend

itively curved, negatively curved and

“morphogenic” in a different sense.

surfaces of zero curvature. My pre-

Architecture in general, and archi-

sentation will offer a concise exposi-

tectural education, in particular, are

tion of Gauss’ formulation, a proposal

awash in proposals that might be

for a vocabulary sufficient to clearly

best described as “biomorphic.” Yet, in

discuss such shapes in design con-

my experience (in both classes and

texts and a plea for an architectural

crits), students have neither funda-

pedagogy that moves beyond notions

mental understanding of shape-as-

of space as bounded emptiness (i.e.

surface nor vocabulary necessary

beyond perspectival constructions).

to present their designs. Such a

These reflections are a product of an

vocabulary, including a powerful

experiment conducted in Studio 108

generalization of biomorphic shape,

during the fall of 2016. (Surform is

is readily available in the work of Carl

a neologism, shorthand for “shape

Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). Gauss’

conceived as surface.”)

SECOND SESSION: COMMUNITY & PLACE

DANIEL W. COBURN Design, danielwcoburn@gmail.com

An Architectural Vocabulary of Morphogenesis

Three days after the Republican

“we can never have enough nature,”

National Convention of 2016, I

but the word nature is an abstraction,

carefully packed my things and drove

a fantasy, an oversimplification. I did

north. This wasn’t a spontaneous

not find peace in nature, but I came

event. On the contrary, it was a very

to important revelations about my

calculated one. In early July I traded

role and responsibility as a citizen

my small, fuel-efficient hatchback

and artist. The photographic essay

for a four-wheel-drive pickup. I spent

that was born out of my journey

the next three weeks making lists,

represents a meditation on running

conducting research, and gathering

away, a failure to escape our current

provisions, all in preparation to live on

political crisis, and the failure of

the road. My plan: to camp for three

photography to document a redemp-

weeks in national forests along the

tive experience with the natural world.

border to Canada. I would respond

My lecture will include a presentation

to my experiences and surroundings

of photographs made on my journey

with my camera. I drove away hoping

and excerpts from an essay that

to chart an escape route, and to find

accompanies the project. I will outline

solace in nature. Henry David Tho-

plans for my forthcoming monograph

reau proclaimed that, “We need the

and I will also lay the groundwork for

tonic of wildness.” He believed that in

a second chapter of this investigation,

our pursuit to “explore and learn all

which will include the preparation of

things, we require all things be mys-

a vehicle for living a sustainable life

terious and unexplorable.” He said

off-the-grid.

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“An artist’s duty is to reflect the times.”

—Nina Simone

TIM HOSSLER Design, hossler@ku.edu

The Perfect Souvenir: How objects help define place

Creative work and research in association with the 2015-2017 Study Abroad Programs to Cuba Souvenir is French for remembering. What is the perfect object of remembrance for a place? Is it an actual piece of the site (a chunk of the Berlin Wall)? Or an object (made somewhere else) that represents the form of an iconic structure from the location (a model of the Eiffel Tower)? Is it something of today or an artifact of the past? Is it a haphazard selfie or a series of perfectly composed images? Does it celebrate myths or show us reality?

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MATTHEW KLEINMANN Architecture, matt.kleinmann@gmail.com

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Mobile Market: A Case Study for Adaptive Design in Community Health

Over a year in the making, the Mobile

participatory research, community

Market is a project made possible

engagement with residents, business

through interdisciplinary collaboration

plan development, design/build rapid

at the University of Kansas (Design/

prototyping, and the creation of an

Build, Public Health, Business, Law,

informal food distribution network.

and Public Administration). This pro-

Taken together with other Dotte

posal presents the Mobile Market as

Agency projects, this design process

a case study in engaged scholarship,

leverages partnerships and collabo-

highlighting the adaptive design pro-

ration in order to facilitate adaptive

cess taken in response to health dis-

solutions to civic problems that are

parities in the built environment. The

traditionally approached by cities in a

presentation will present a framework

technical way. At the larger scale, this

for the adaptive process of communi-

approach suggests how architects

ty health design, and situate the Mo-

might utilize their design services

bile Market in relationship; meetings

for healthcare providers operating

with potential funders, advocacy with

within a social determinants of health

grocery access task forces, GIS map-

framework.

ping of WIC stores, community-based

SHANNON CRISS & NILS GORE Architecture, scriss@ku.edu & ngore@ku.edu

A Crooked Path: Evolving a design/research agenda at Dotte Agency

Dotte Agency is a trans-disciplinary design/research collaborative based in Kansas City, Kansas. Employing best practices of community-engaged scholarship, it is highly dependent on reciprocal engagement with numerous academic and community partners. As such, the projects need to have some â&#x20AC;&#x153;resilienceâ&#x20AC;? built in so that adaptive responses can be made to changing circumstances and opportunities. This presentation will focus on principles that we have evolved during some key projects over the course of our involvement in Dotte Agency.

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POSTERS & ARTWORK

BOB COFFEEN Architecture, coffeen@ku.edu

Measurement of Coefficients of Sound Absorption for Typical Sound Absorbing Wall Panels With and Without Spacing Between Panels and With and Without Hardened Edges, and Coefficients of Sound Absorption for Lapendary Panels as They are Typically Installed in Gymnasiums, Arenas, and Similar Spaces

It is believed that additional sound

with suitable center drop there is

absorption can be obtained from

no available sound absorbing data

sound absorbing wall panels it

obtained with a lapendary panel

they are installed with spacing

installed in this typical manner. This

between panels and with edges

research will provide coefficients of

that are hardened or not hardened.

sound absorption for wall panels and

However, there is very little data to

lapendary panels as described and

support this believe. For lapendary

with this data obtained using the

panels that are typically installed

reverberation room test method.

horizontally from a ceiling structure

ANDREA HERSTOWSKI Design, herstow@ku.edu

Tipoteca Italiana Foundazione

Working with Sandro Berra the director at Tipoteca on the digitization of a selection of wood type. The Tipoteca Foundation holds the largest collection of wood type in Western Europe.

TOM HUANG Design, tomahawk@ku.edu

Kaw River Canoe Workshops

The culmination of a 7 week course

munity building--how it might be a

offered through a partnership

means to deeper interconnection and

between the Lawrence Arts Center,

understanding between cultures and

the University of Kansas, and Friends

generations. Drawing similarities to

of the Kaw River, the event is part of

knitting or quilting circles, the canoe

KU - Associate Professor of Design

building efforts of the students are

Tom Huang’s ongoing exploration

simultaneously an exploration into

into how “Craft” is not only an object

the aforementioned ideas as well as

(tea cozies, pots, cutting boards,

a message and means to discuss the

boat), but a means, way, or method of

environment and local river aware-

growth (spacecraft, aircraft, healing

ness efforts. The watercraft are po-

crafts). Huang has been curious

etic meditations on the health of the

about how Craft technique, medium,

community, the responsibility of the

and outcome might intentionally be

individual in relationship to the whole,

chosen to foster team and com-

and the parallel life of the river.

BUSHRA OBEIDAT Architecture, b113o388@ku.edu

Toward an understanding of first-time users’ wayfinding at KU Edwards Campus

Research Objective: the research

to calculate the locational properties

investigates the influence of signs’

of the sign including connectedness

locational & spatial properties on the

of spaces and signs’ view-sheds.

number of times people report see-

Using Pearson correlation analy-

ing signs and using them in wayfind-

sis, the study calculated different

ing. Research Process: Unobtrusive

effects of Signs’ spatial properties

observation is conducted of campus’

on the number of times users see

first-time visitors’ initial wayfinding

and use signs in their wayfinding.

behavior from three entrances of

Benefits to KU Edwards Campus:

the KU Edwards campus in overland

Campus personnel can benefit from

park. 37 entry to a destination routes

this research to strategically provide

are observed during this study.

enough information for users to in-

We used geographic information

crease the level of wayfinding ease

systems (GIS) to map these routes.

in the campus areas and enhance

The ground floor plan of buildings

their experience.

were analyzed using space syntax

MAY TVEIT Design, mtveit@ku.edu

Universal Boxes: The Intersection of Art and Architecture

Universal Boxes: The Intersection

throughout the duration of the project

of Art and Architecture, Material

I will also develop two new design

Research and a Series of Litho-

courses.

graphs and Sheet Metal Sculptures

A. Zahner Company (ZAHNERÂŽ) is

is a two semester project wherein I

a fourth-generation, internationally

will immerse myself in the materials

acclaimed engineering and fabrica-

library and project archives at the A.

tion firm known for its specialized use

Zahner headquarters in Kansas City

of metal in art and architecture.

to conduct metal research and develop a series of sheet metal sculptures and corresponding lithographs to be exhibited at one confirmed venue;

ELISE KIRK Design, elisekirk@ku.edu

Night Train

Elise Kirkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photographic work explores regional identity, mythologies of place and liminal states in her native Midwest. She was recently awarded an artist residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, allowing her to continue her research and practice into a new state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Night Trainâ&#x20AC;? is part of an ongoing series in that area.

LINDA SAMSON TALLEUR Design, ltalleur@ku.edu

Smeraldina

Smeraldina is the title of the folio

on the vertical axis to make a folio.

page I contributed to a collaborative

The folio was printed from rules,

accordion-structure book on the

decorative cuts, and polymer plate on

theme of Invisible Cities produced

a Vandercook Universal I proof press.

at Constellation Studios in Lincoln

It is based on the description of the

Nebraska. The book is for exhibition

city of Smeraldina, from Le cittĂ invis-

only and will eventually be donated

ibili (Invisible Cities) by Italo Calvino.

to a museum or library artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; book

Words extracted from the text make

collection. Each sheet is folded in half

up part of the imagery.

THIRD SESSION: RETHINKING FABRICATION

FARHAN KARIM Architecture, fskarim@ku.edu

The Dirty Modern: Earth Architecture at the junction of humanitarian crisis, economic development, and environmental sustainability

During the Korean War (1950-

Soon ‘dirt’ and earth architecture

1953), nearly half million people

became a cultural sign representing

either lost their homes or became

the underdeveloped, traditional and

war refugees, making it the first

fringe societies of the global south

major humanitarian crisis since the

as opposed to the industrially driven

establishment of the UN. The United

international modernism. Being

Nations Korea Reconstruction

patronized by the governments of

Agency (UNKRA, 1951-60) was

the global south and appropriated

formed by the US and South Korea

by Euro-American counter-culture

government in conjunction with

movements, dirt eventually acquired

the UN, which built 5,500 rammed

a complex image – on the one hand

earth housing units. The lightweight

low-tech earth architecture was

manual pressing machine, which

seen by the UN as an inevitable

produced millions of rammed earth

preliminary stage of development

blocks for the housing project was

towards industrial society, but on

adopted from a machine designed

the other hand dirt was seen by the

by the engineers of Center Interam-

counter-culture activists as a natural

ericano de Vivienda (CINVA). CINVA

alternative to the unfettered growth

was one of the US government’s

of capitalism. Dirt as the new cultural

Cold War organizations that oversaw

sign worked well within the structure

the US aided development projects

of global sign system that chal-

in the Caribbean islands and thus, so

lenged the growth-oriented capitalist

went the belief, deter communism.

economy as the main destabilizer of

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south as a material embodiment

The above story tells us about how

of a unique problem that connects

the international network of global

humanitarian crisis, economic devel-

experts formed an overarching nar-

opment, community reformation and

ration about dirt being the raw ingre-

sustainable environment. Using this

dients of postwar, post-colonial mo-

above case study as a springboard,

dernity that brought poverty, forced

I propose to discuss the following

displacement and humanitarian

issues: What is the relationship

crisis within the fold of the burgeon-

between the postwar rise of the

ing environmental consciousness.

environmental consciousness and an

The UN promoted earth architecture

awareness of the existence of global

through various reports, workshops

poverty? How earth architecture

and international seminars as the

was deployed as a tool to bal-

most prudent answer to the Third

ance among the above-mentioned

World’s underdevelopment. Dirt was

factors? How can we connect the

also conceptually very close to a

midcentury comeback story of the

perceived ‘natural life’ of the Third

earth architecture with the emerging

World population who by virtue of

concept of environmental justice,

their poverty cultivates sustainable

climate refugees, and poverty? How

living as opposed to mechanized and

this historical knowledge could shed

affluent West’s ‘unsustainable and

light on the contemporary practices

wasteful’ lifestyle. The rammed earth

of rammed earth architecture. What

housing in South Korea is among

kind of historical data and historio-

many stories about how the global

graphical techniques we need for

organizations like the UN, European

investigating the global structural

Union, British Commonwealth, CIN-

politics of creating and dissemi-

VA, and later Ford foundation played

nating the sign of environmentally

a crucial role in disseminating the

conscious architecture that solves

earth architecture across the global

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JOE COLISTRA Architecture, jcolistra@ku.edu

The Future of Housing for Smart Cities

In 2050 the global population will be

elusive for many. We will not realize

nearly 10 billion people with 70%

this vision of urbanity unless we

of those living in urban areas. Smart

invent new ways of organizing our

Cities with gigabit networks and

cities and new ways of fabricating

connected services will be ubiqui-

buildings. Despite the sea change

tous. Population Health strategies

in technology all around us, we con-

involving vast quantities of biometric

tinue to construct buildings similar

data made possible by these net-

to the way we did fifty years ago.

works have the potential to deliver

Prefabrication, through optimized

healthcare affordably, equitably, and

manufacturing processes is rarely

effectively at scale. They provide

applied to large-scale urban struc-

essential new tools to healthcare

tures. We are working to develop

providers in caring for those most

prototype manufacturing processes

vulnerable in society. And yet, afford-

used to create multifamily housing

able dignified housing that is able to

that has the tolerances of a medical

leverage the connectivity of Smart

device and is able to activate Popu-

Cities will become increasingly

lation Health strategies.

KEITH VAN DE RIET Architecture, kvdr@ku.edu

Reef Wall Prototype Installation – Design-Build Field Trials in Tidal Waters

The “Reef Wall” project is the most

seawall edge. Design challenges

recent development of an ongoing

included 3d modeling and fabrica-

research area to create ecofriendly

tion of complex forms, deleterious

coastal structures that transform

effects of a saline environment on

urban waterfronts into thriving tidal

materials and fasteners, regular

environments. Reef Wall panels were

inundation by tide, waves from boat

developed in response to the ubiq-

traffic, aging seawall substrate and

uitous sterile vertical seawalls that

a complicated permitting process.

line a majority of Florida’s 11,000

Thorough research and design-build

miles of waterways. The panels are

prototyping served as means to test

designed to mimic natural forms to

ideas and overcome challenges,

promote engineered-living shore-

ultimately leading to the final on

lines that support coral, vegetation,

site casting of concrete panels and

shellfish and fish alongside existing

a workshop-style installation. The

anthropogenic needs – primarily

panels are continuously monitored

structural seawalls that stabilize

for biological growth and used as

the shoreline. A location in En-

feedback in the further development

glewood, FL on the Lemon Bay

of fully integrated and more exten-

Aquatic Preserve serves as proving

sive mangrove-like forms within a

ground for the biomorphic design

structural seawall panel.

within the context of a coastal environment and typical existing

KEITH VAN DE RIET CONT. Craft in the Digital Era: Sullivan revisited with Digital Technologies

Perhaps the most recognized pio-

highly ornate details of Sullivan’s

neers in the advent of the high rise

terra cotta work relied on qualified

building typology are Dankmar Adler

human experience, hand-drafted

and Louis Sullivan of the notable

details and close collaboration

firm Adler and Sullivan. Sullivan is

between designer, sculptor and

further regarded as seminal in the

producer. The fall 2016 ARCH 509

organic architecture movement in

design-build studio was challenged

the U.S.; the introduction of highly

to learn and utilize increasingly

ornate systems in Sullivan’s façade

available technologies for design

designs brought natural orders into

and fabrication to achieve the same

the high rise typology that have

level of craft as the trades that

resonance with today’s bioinspired

built the Sullivan designs. Students

designs – particularly in natural

developed detailed 3d models from

ordering systems and parametric

photographs that were then pro-

design. However, in contrast to Sul-

duced using a combination of digital

livan’s era, contemporary buildings

fabrication and traditional means

rely on digital technologies during

for developing terra cotta, plaster

design and production, with in-

and cast stone replicas of Sullivan’s

creasing use of digital fabrication to

Wainwright Building in St. Louis.

execute complex forms generated in

Terra cotta mold and tile production

a 3d modeling environment. Craft in

was carried out with generous sup-

architecture now mostly means re-

port of facilities and expertise from

lying on highly skilled technicians in

the KU Ceramics Department.

the development of machine-based architectural components, yet the

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FOURTH SESSION: BOOK PANEL

CHAD KRAUS Architecture, ckraus@ku.edu

Designbuild Education: Hands On, Minds on

The presentation would explore

era when young people have largely

themes addressed in the book,

been denied integrated tectonic

Designbuild Education, to be pub-

experiences prior to their formal

lished by Routledge on February 19,

education, designbuild steps in to

2017. The presentation would likely

fill the void. The value of designbuild

focus on the book’s introduction, but

education cannot be constrained to

would also include a brief account of

issues of tectonics. It is not merely a

the book’s fourteen essays. Design-

robust substitute for more conven-

build Education adopts the intellec-

tional technical instruction. Its hands

tual framework of American Prag-

on nature invites us to physical-

matism, which is a theory of action,

ly reengage with the world, its

to investigate architects’ compelling

communities, its places, its material

urge to build and how that manifests

offerings, and its future. Yet the val-

in collegiate designbuild programs.

ue of designbuild education cannot

Organized into four themes – peo-

be constrained to vocational training,

ple, poetics, process, and practice

outreach, or skill building. The minds

– the book brings together essays

on nature of designbuild invites us to

by some of today’s most well-known

critically and intellectually reengage

designbuild educators to shed light

as well. Designbuild studios, at their

on the theoretical dimensions of

best, elegantly weave together expe-

their practice and work. Designbuild

riential, hands on, learning with the

education is well positioned as a

rigor of a minds on, and wide open,

complement to design studio. In an

attitude.

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MAHBUB RASHID Architecture, mrashid@ku.edu

The Geometry of Urban Layout

This book is about the geometry of

oped metric geometrical, topological

urban layouts for all interested in

(or network), and fractal measures.

urban form and structure. It presents

Using univariate descriptive statis-

a compendium of the urban layout

tics, these analytic studies identify

maps of 2-mile square downtown

the ordinaries, extremes, similarities,

areas or central business districts

and differences in the geometry

(CBDs) of more than 100 cities in

of these urban layout maps. Using

developed and developing countries.

bivariate analysis, these studies

Created digitally using high-reso-

investigate scaling in the geom-

lution satellite images, these maps

etry of these urban layout maps.

are presented at the same scale for

Finally, using multivariate and factor

comparative geometric investiga-

analysis, these studies develop

tions by urban designers and spatial

precise descriptive categories, types

scientists. The book also presents

and indicators for multidimensional

analytic studies on the geometry of

comparative studies of the geometry

these maps using carefully devel-

of these urban layout maps.

MIKE SINCLAIR & MARIAH SEIFERT Design, mikesinclair@ku.edu

From a Temple of Culture Into a Civic Hub

Based on the my new book “The

from a temple of culture into a civic

Nelson” our presentation will be an

hub that serves as the living room,

illustrated conversation between

and backyard, of our city. Here the

generations about the transforma-

Nelson is much more than a place

tion of one of Kansas City’s most

to seek a solitary experience of art;

loved cultural institutions. Writing

it is a land of first dates, yoga on

about the photographs, Hesse Mc-

weekends, a quick coffee break,

Graw-Vice President for Exhibitions

and perhaps the deepest ideal of

and Public Programs at the San

our community cornerstones — it’s

Francisco Art Institute, said: “These

a place where we are comfortable

images bring together the Nelson’s

simply to wait.” “Sinclair has been

transformation of the last half dozen

called the last chronicler of the

years and Sinclair’s focus on the

American Dream; I think of him

civic fabric and uplift of the city

rather as one of our last hunters of

over the same period. His images

common ground.”

crystallize the Nelson’s makeover

KAPILA D. SILVA Architecture, kapilas@ku.edu

Prospects for managing cultural landscapes of South Asia

In this presentation, I will discuss

region. This volume seeks to redress

the thesis and content behind my

this parochial monument-centric

recently published edited volume

approach to historic preservation. It

Cultural landscapes of South Asia:

points towards a new paradigm of

Studies in heritage conservation

heritage conservation that is focused

and management (co-editor Prof.

on the cultural landscape approach.

Amita Sinha, Routledge, 2016) and

The approach embodies living tradi-

my arguments for the prospects for

tions, active promotion of skills that

managing cultural landscapes in the

had created the aesthetically satisfy-

region, written as a conclusion to

ing and meaningful environments in

the volume. The preserved historic

the past, and interpretive programs

monuments and sites in South Asia

that celebrate cultural values rooted

seem to be narrating an incomplete

in place. I argue that the prospects

story of cultural heritage of the

for effectively conserving and

EXCELLENCE & IMPACT

managing cultural landscapes reside

on the understanding that cultural

in, at the least, five critical strate-

landscapes are evolving, dynamic,

gies: re-assessing the prevalent

and living systems, whose signifi-

regulatory, institutional, and profes-

cance is rooted in the interaction

sional mind-sets on what constitute

of people with their land, and that

cultural heritage; increased localizing

moderating the rate and nature of

of the stewardship of the process;

change in those interactions is the

devising policy and institutional prac-

sustainable way toward the conser-

tices for collaborative governance;

vation and management of cultural

generating an inclusive understand-

landscapes.

ing of the authenticity and integrity dimensions of cultural landscapes; and formulating integrative approach to sustainable conservation and socio-economic development. These strategies however should be based

CHARLES LINN cdlinn@ku.edu

Kinetic Architecture: Designs for Active Envelopes

A shift in the architecture profes-

modern architecture, and discusses

sionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focus toward energy perfor-

the ways contemporary architects

mance, life-cycle costs, and user

and consultants design them.

comfort in the last 25 years has coincided with significant new developments in building envelope design.

The book specifically focuses on faĂ§ades with dynamic components, which form an emerging and signif-

These developments have afforded

icant new development in architec-

architects and engineers opportu-

ture. These are made possible by

nities to create innovative facade

building management systems and

designs that respond directly and au-

controls, advanced HVAC, lighting

tomatically to the environment around

and shading systems, new types of

them, and in some cases have

glass and glazings, coupled with ad-

become landmarks for their cities.

vanced computational fluid dynamics

Kinetic Architecture: Designs for Ac-

simulation and cloud computing.

tive Envelopes traces the historical

Beginning with an analysis of the

development of active facades in

historical roots of these very special

faรงades, the book contains detailed case studies of the faรงade technology and design expertise figuring in 24 buildings from around the globe, including many important structures whose envelopes have never been documented before. Each case study is substantiated with vital statistics such as weather data and climate type, lists of designers, and consultants, and green building ratings.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office Mahesh Daas, Dean Patti Baker, Assistant to the Dean

Committee Rashid Mahbub Andrea Herstowski Michael Eckersley Hai Cui Kapila Silva

Production Team Whitney Juneau Ella Gore