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USC Architecture is a dynamic platform for educating and inspiring citizen architects to analyze problems and create design solutions that both respond to the challenges of our time and embrace the promise of a better built environment. For 100 years, USC Architecture faculty and graduates have pushed beyond the traditional boundaries of the field to pioneer many paradigm-shifting new practices of architecture. Deeply rooted in the city of Los Angeles and also intensely connected to global concerns, USC architects and scholars work shoulder to shoulder with our surrounding communities to develop, empower, and leverage local insight that enables them to become intelligent and intrepid practitioners, and forge creative solutions. For 100 years, USC Architecture faculty and graduates have pushed beyond the traditional boundaries of the field to pioneer many paradigm-shifting new practices of architecture. From innovative post-war housing programs and the advent of California Modernism to some of the 20th and 21st century’s most influential works, this vibrant tradition of ambitious and creative thinking is the driving force that propels USC Architecture, encouraging students and faculty to defy constraints and reimagine the possibilities of the field. USC Architecture is future-focused, with academic programs in architecture, landscape architecture and urbanism, building systems and technologies and conservation, with joint degrees and certificates with other schools at USC. The school has global programs in Asia and Europe and will be expanding to Latin America. The school’s faculty execute research and creative work in Southern California, California’s Central Valley, and other global locations. Recent symposia and topics of emphasis for the school include architecture, democracy and capitalism; technology in the public sphere; and design and justice. This is an exciting time to be in the discipline of architecture, and it is an exciting time to be at the USC School of Architecture located in Los Angeles!

— Milton S. F. Curry Dean Della & Harry MacDonald Dean’s Chair in Architecture

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SCHEDULE

FRI., APRIL 3, 2020 10:30–10:35 AM

WELCOME

10:35–10:45 AM

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AT USC ARCHITECTURE

10:45–11:15 AM

Milton S. F. Curry Dean, Della & Harry MacDonald Dean’s Chair

Dr. Joon-Ho Choi Associate Dean for Research & Creative Work

STUDENT LIFE PANEL

Graduate Student Ambassadors

11:30 AM–1:30 PM PROGRAM SESSIONS

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WES JONES, FAAR Director of Graduate Architecture Programs

DOUGLAS NOBLE, PH.D, FAIA Director of the Chase L. Leavitt Graduate Program of Building Science

TRUDI SANDMEIER Director of Graduate Programs in Heritage Conservation

KENNETH BREISCH, PH.D. Associate Professor, Graduate Programs in Heritage Conservation

ALISON HIRSCH, PH.D., FAAR Director of Landscape Architecture + Urbanism

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ALVIN HUANG, AIA Incoming Director of Graduate Architecture Programs

PROGRAM

DIRECTORS

WES JONES FAAR

ALVIN HUANG AIA, NOMA

ALISON HIRSCH Ph.D., FAAR

DOUG NOBLE PH.D., FAIA

TRUDI SANDMEIER

DIRECTOR, ARCHITECTURE & ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES

INCOMING DIRECTOR, ARCHITECTURE & ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES

DIRECTOR, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + URBANISM

DIRECTOR, BUILDING SCIENCE

DIRECTOR, HERITAGE CONSERVATION

Wes Jones is a partner in Jones, Partners: Architecture, a California-based architectural practice founded in 1993. While Design Partner at HHPJ, his technologically inspired designs for completed buildings and theoretical projects received acclaim for their critical engagement with the contemporary cultural scene and their disciplinary sophistication. His eight Progressive Architecture Design Awards include recognition for the Astronauts’ Memorial at Kennedy Space Center and the $180M South Campus Chiller Plant for UCLA. The work of Jones and J,P:A has been featured in countless publications and exhibitions, and can be found in the permanent collections of most leading design museums, including SFMoMA, CCA, and FrAC. He received an AB with Highest Honors from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.Arch with Distinction from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.

A USC Architecture alumnus and the founder and design principal of Synthesis Design + Architecture, Huang joined the USC Architecture faculty in 2011. He is an award-winning architect, designer, and educator specializing in the integrated application of material performance, emergent design technologies, and digital fabrication in contemporary architectural practice. His work spans all scales ranging from high-rise towers and mixed-used developments to temporary pavilions and bespoke furnishings. He received his M.Arch from the Architectural Association and his B.Arch from USC.

Alison B. Hirsch, FAAR, is a landscape theorist, designer, and historian. Her design and written work focus on how understanding cultural practices, social histories and memories can contribute to the design of meaningful places. She has recently immersed herself in work on the production landscapes of California’s Great Central Valley, focused most particularly on the San Joaquin Valley as a landscape of extremes that embodies the most pressing (socio)environmental questions of our day, particularly as they pertain to global food production. She was awarded a Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Research and Development Grant in 2019 and the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership (2020-2021). Hirsch is also currently working on a book, The Performative Landscape, which emphasizes sociocultural dynamics as catalysts of physical design.

Doug Noble is a co-founder of the Facade Tectonics Institute, established in 2007 as a university-based research and education organization hosting conferences and publishing research focusing on building facade technology. He also founded the CLIPPER Lab at USC with Karen Kensek in 1991 to support research about computers in architecture and design. With Kensek, he conducted early computer-based architecture design studio experiments. Noble is passionate about supporting emerging professionals and academics and created, with Kensek, the “NotLY: Not Licensed Yet” support system for individuals preparing for the Architect Registration Exam (ARE). He is a graduate of the doctoral program in Design Theories and Methods (DTM) in the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley.

From 2000-2011, Trudi Sandmeier worked for the Los Angeles Conservancy, the largest local historic preservation nonprofit in the U.S., holding the titles of Preservation Advocate, Broadway Initiative Coordinator and Director of Education. She co-founded and currently serves as president of the nonprofit Will Rogers Ranch Foundation, an organization dedicated to the ongoing resto-ration, rehabilitation, and preservation of Will Rogers State Historic Park. In addition, she serves as secretary of the Docomomo Southern California chapter, a board member of the Historic Preservation Education Foundation, a member of the re:code LA – Zoning Advisory Committee - Historic Preservation Working Group (Planning, City of Los Angeles), and as part of the Education Committee of the California Preservation Foun-dation. Sandmeier holds a B.A. in History from the University of California, Los Angeles and an M.A. in Historic Preservation Planning from Cornell University.

wesleyjo@usc.edu

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alvinhua@usc.edu

alisonh@usc.edu

dnoble@usc.edu

sandmeie@usc.edu

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ORGANIZATIONS AIAS

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G A SA

NOMAS

S AWA- US C

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The AIAS organization serves as a resource arm for the students of USC at the School of Architecture. The American Institute of Architecture students is the national coalition of students and is based on campuses nationwide. This organization provides the support and resources for the integration of students with their professional counterparts through events planned by the board. USC ASLA is the USC student chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. The organization hosts a series of workshops and professional networking events throughout the year and encourages collaboration across disciplines. The student leaders are dedicated to fostering communication and advancing student development and opportunities within the School of Architecture and reaching our networks across the greater Los Angeles region. We hope to be a strong resource for students entering the program and are available to answer any questions on being new to the city and/or being an advocate for landscape architecture practice. The Graduate Architecture Student Association is an organization comprised and representative of the USC School of Architecture graduate student body. The purpose of this organization is to explore and promote academic and career issues related to the field of architecture. We represent the concerns and needs of all of the graduate student body by providing interdisciplinary exchanges, and provide insight of special interests to its students. Our goal is also to help create memories and connections that will make your time here at USC memorable by working to improve all aspects of the graduate student experience. The National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) Chapter at the University of Southern California strives to enhance the USC Architecture community by promoting the cultural backgrounds and experiences of our minority students. We do this through events and activities that benefit all students and faculty members as well as the community that we live in. The Student Association of Women Architects is dedicated to the advancement and support of women in the field of architecture. SAWA-USC encourages and fosters high levels of women’s achievement in design through conversation, networking, mentorship, scholarship, and more. SAWA-USC cultivates awareness of the value of equality in the workplace. SAWA-USC fosters an empowering environment for women and provides students the opportunity to learn from women faculty, alumni, and professionals practicing in the field of architecture.

STUDENT

LEADERS

RACHEL HAMILTON

Undergraduate school/major: University of Central Arkansas, B.FA, Graphic Design emphasis

AIAS President M.ARCH+2, Second Year rachelh3@usc.edu

Favorite LA / USC moment: Attending snow day in 80-degree weather.

DANIELLE VONLEHE

Undergraduate school/major: California Institute of the Arts, M.A. in Aesthetics & Politics University of Washington, B.A. in English, B.F.A. in Photomedia

Tampa, FL

Medical Lake, WA ASLA President MLA+U, Second Year vonlehe@usc.edu

Favorite LA / USC moment: Exploring the hills of Elysian Park.

JP LUIKART

Undergraduate school/major: B.A. in Architecture, Miami University

GASA President M.Arch, Second Year luikart@usc.edu

Favorite LA / USC moment: Climbing Mount Baldy in January, then staying up all night to finish a model of the McCarthy Way Parking Structure. Traveling to Greece with a multi-disciplinary engineering design team developing a mapping service to improve emergency response in refugee camps.

KATE BOGDANOVA

Moscow, Russia

Undergraduate school/major: B.Sc in Architecture, RWTH Aachen, Germany

NOMAS President M.Arch, First Year ebogdano@usc.edu

Favorite LA / USC moment: The constant feeling of déjà vu, because I’ve seen it all in the movies already.

MADDY CAMPBELL

Walnut Creek, CA

Undergraduate school/major: Bachelor of Business Marketing, Loyola Marymount University

SAWA President M.Arch, Third Year campbeme@usc.edu

Favorite LA / USC moment: Visiting the beach in the morning before afternoon studio

Cleveland, OH

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M. ARCH — M. AAS

DIRECTOR.............................................................. WES JONES, FAAR ASSOC. DIRECTOR................................................... SELWYN TING

M.ARCH +3 COURSE #

M.AAS PP COURSE TITLE

FACULTY

COURSE #

COURSE TITLE

409* DESIGN FOUNDATION.............................................. Maria Esnaola* Scott Uriu Sandra Yum

606

ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL THEORY......................... James Steele, Ph.D.

607

ADVANCED COMPUTATION....................................... Biayna Bogosian

410* COMPUTER TRANSFORMATIONS................................ Erin Cuevas Brendan Shea

608

URBAN THEORY: LOS ANGELES CASE STUDY....................................... James Steele, Ph.D.

505a GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN I — PRINCIPLES.......................................... Eric Haas, FAIA* José Sanchez Doris Sung

609

ADVANCED FABRICATION......................................... Scott Mitchell

702L

ADVANCED GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN- THEMES.............................. Gary Paige

514a

GLOBAL HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE.......................... Ken Breisch, Ph.D.

561

URBANISM THEMES AND CASE STUDIES...................... Faiza Moatasim, Ph.D.

562

ARCHITECTURE THEMES AND CASE STUDIES................................................. Vinayak Bharne

M.ARCH ADVANCED STANDING 511

BUILDING SYSTEMS: MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION.............................. Tigran Ayrapetyan

523bL

STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS......................... Santosh Shahi, Ph.D.

575a

SYSTEMS: THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT.................... Kyle Konis, Ph.D., AIA

605aL GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN II — INTEGRATION....................................... Luciana Varkulja* J. Yolande Daniels Christof Jantzen, FAIA John Mutlow, FAIA Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA John Southern Selwyn Ting Geoffrey von Oeyen * Coordinator ** Curricula for the 2019–2020 academic year

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MLA

DIRECTOR.............................................................. ALISON HIRSCH, PH.D., FAAR ASST DIRECTOR...................................................... ESTHER MARGULIES, ASLA

MLA +3 COURSE #

COURSE TITLE

MBS

DIRECTOR.............................................................. DOUG NOBLE, PH.D., FAIA MBS COURSE #

COURSE TITLE

FACULTY

511L

BUILDING SYSTEMS: MATERIALS & CONSTRUCTION................................... Bhavna Sharma, Ph.D.

513L

SEMINAR: ADVANCED STRUCTURES........................... Goetz Schierle, PH.D., FAIA

515L

SEMINAR: ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS....................................... Joon-Ho Choi, PH.D.

596

BUILDING SCIENCE THESIS PREPARATION................... Karen Kensek

FACULTY

439 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MEDIA WORKSHOP.......... Aroussiak Gabrielian, Ph.D. Esther Margulies

531

THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE....................................... Kat Superfisky

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MEDIA FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE..................... Aroussiak Gabrielian, Ph.D

541aL

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN.......................... Alex Robinson, FAAR

565

GLOBAL HISTORY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE........ Alison Hirsch, Ph.D., FAAR

MLA ADVANCED PLACEMENT

MHC DIRECTOR.............................................................. TRUDI SANDMEIER

531

MHC

THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE....................................... Kat Superfisky

542aL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN.......................... Topics Studio, faculty changes every year 565

GLOBAL HISTORY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE..................................... Alison Hirsch, Ph.D., FAAR

635

LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION: ASSEMBLY & DOCUMENTATION................................. Esther Margulies, ASLA

549

FUNDAMENTALS OF HERITAGE CONSERVATION........... Jay Platt

552

INTRODUCTION TO HISTORIC SITE DOCUMENTATION............................................. Kathryn Horak

553

HISTORY OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE & URBANISM.................................... Ken Breisch, Ph.D.

556

READINGS IN HERITAGE CONSERVATION THEORY........ Trudi Sandmeier

557

SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION OF THE HISTORIC BUILT ENVIRONMENT.......................... John D. Lesak

558

FUNDAMENTALS OF PLACE-MAKING.......................... Vinayak Bharne

* Coordinator ** Curricula for the 2019–2020 academic year

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FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE AFA LIBRARY AT: https://libraries.usc.edu/locations/architecture-and-fine-arts-library

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LIST OF ARCHITECTURE DATABASES: http://libguides.usc.edu/az.php?t=12140 A good place to start for finding relevant articles from a variety of academic sources, as well as images from ArtStor: https://library-artstor-org.libproxy2.usc.edu/#/ and the USC Digital Library: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu. AVERY INDEX TO ARCHITECTURAL PERIODICALS: http://libguides.usc.edu/go.php?c=9232384 A comprehensive American index to the literature of architecture and architectural design. It covers international scholarly, popular periodical literature, publications of professional associations, and major serial publications in the architecture and design of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Australia.

BuildingGreen provides reliable content on sustainable design strategies, green building materials, and case studies of high performance buildings. It is It includes a searchable green building product database, as well as news articles and updates on sustainable design. http://libguides.usc.edu/go.php?c=9233797

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