Message from the Dean Response to the Systems of the Urban Setting, the Histori- Brenda Case Scheer, AIA, AICP Studies

university of utah 2003 Newsletter AGRADUATERCHITECTURE SCHOOL OF VOLUME 16

Message From the Dean response to the systems of the urban setting, the histori- Brenda Case Scheer, AIA, AICP studies. The University of Utah is well known for cal and cultural vernacular, and the natural innovation in digital technology and our faculty is (beautiful/delicate/dangerous) environment. We want to It is an auspicious year for the known for advances in applications of digital media. be known as a school that brings human values to the Graduate School of What is less well known is our strength in traditional forefront. Architecture. Every few media like modeling and sketching. Several faculty On urbanism, we will be active in several fronts. years there is a chance, write and research in this area and our students, First, we intend to reconnect with the community to through the naming of a unlike in many schools of architecture, receive as actively offer our expertise for current problems. Second, new dean, to reenergize, much training in hand media as they do in digital. We we are exploring the possibility of offering an accredited to think about what has are particularly proud of the excellent use made of graduate degree in urban planning. We hope that by come before and what will new digital media, but as I look out my window today, housing such a program in the college we will be able to happen now. I am honored I see students arrayed around the courtyard learning to make synergies between architecture and planning that to have been selected to visualize with hand and eye - by sketching. do not now exist. follow in the footsteps of Our second strength, vernacular studies, comprises More and more, a consistent message is necessary to former deans Roger Bailey, the Western Regional Architecture Program as well as compete and to gain a reputation. Improving our image Bob Bliss, Carl Inoway the multitude of historical and preservation studies is fundamental to our mission - we will be carrying the and Bill Miller. and building assessments of our faculty. Each summer message about our strengths both locally and nationally. Although we are very students take off to document vernacular examples. Our activities will include inviting national visiting different people, I My own research focuses on what might be called scholars, improving our web page and other communica- think our commonality "vernacular urbanism" - the study of ordinary city tions, supporting a national AIAS convention, and is the passion that we form and its evolution. The GSA offers an unusually sprucing up our building. A national presence insures the bring to our work here. wide array of specialized architectural history courses, value of your degree and helps us attract better students A new era implies a new agenda, but it also requires from contemporary Scandinavian architecture to and faculty. respecting what we already do very well. The faculty and I Japanese traditional building. Finally, finding new sources of funding is crucial. have been discussing our strengths as a way of getting at These areas of strength will be built upon as we Dwindling public resources means a much larger part of the fundamental things we do not want to change. move forward with several new initiatives. I have pro- our budget must come from donations and research Foremost among these is the family atmosphere of the posed four fundamental areas for improvement: activities. We are lucky to have a large percentage of our GSA. Our intimate setting allows individuals to be known design, urbanism, image and funding. alumni who give annually to support our program and and nurtured. This is just as important for faculty and staff In design, the faculty and I are interested in our scholarships and we thank you for your continued as it is for students. The scale and openness of the school exploring how we can best introduce methods and support. I look forward to working with you, my door is environment is what attracted me to come to Utah. ideas that nurture the student's natural tendency to always open. Our current strengths also include two interesting and want to improve the world. We see emphasizing an unique areas of concentration: visualization and vernacular ethical agenda, where design is seen as a humanistic

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AWARDS ALUMNI UPDATES Congratulations to All Paul Ellingson, B.F.A. of Arch’63, is Stanley E. O’Larey, B.F.A. in Arch’60, currently working on publishing his book on currently works in carpentry and suggests the continumorphic (sic) theory. that all architecture students be required to Blaine R. Kemsley, M.Arch’83, has work in the building trades during the sum- EMA Architects, LLC won the Best Art-Related Expansion for the year been working for the Department of Defense mer. 2001 in the state of Utah for the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. as a project manager since 1985, and will be George J. Corrigam, M.Arch’75, is heading to Germany to be Chief of the A–E working as a Sr. Project Manager in CA, as Eric Strain, M.Arch’90, of ericSTRAIN, ARCHITECT was the winner of Contracts Unit. well as holding a position as commissioner two awards in the unbuilt category at the Annual AIA Nevada Awards John Blumthal, M.Arch'75, is the prin- in the City of Pleasant Hill Architectural Program for his Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Development Center at cipal of Yost Grube Hall Architecture in Review Commission and the California UNLV and the Mesquite Heritage Museum and Art Center. His firm was Portland, Oregon. He currently is serving as Architect’s Board. the only multiple winner this year, and this marks the fifth year in a row the president of the Portland Chapter of the Eugene E. Carr, FAICP, B.F.A. in that ericSTRAIN, ARCHITECT had been honored at the annual program. AIA, and was recently appointed to serve on Arch’60, is holding a career as a the Portland Mayor’s City Design Initiative Community Development Advisor and Cooper Roberts Simonsen Architects was recognized by the APA for their Task Force. occasionally teaches classes on Urban betterment of Utah communities. They received two achievement awards Dave Pugsley, M.Arch’82, and Wade Planning at the U aside from developing for their Utah Town Master Plan, and their South Salt Lake Light Rail Simpson, M.Arch’89, are working together training programs for citizen planners. Corridor Master Plan. Their plans are anti strip mall oriented and will help at Welles Pugsley Architects in Las Vegas, Steve Crane, FAIA, M.Arch’75, was to clean up parts of South Salt Lake. They also received many awards for which was begun in 1988 by Dave and an elevated to the prestigious College of their work with the Park City Transportation Center including two Envision associate. Recent AIA award winning proj- Fellows this spring. He is a principal in the Utah Governor’s Quality Growth Awards, selection as a finalist in the ects include the UNLV Lied Library and The SLC firm of VCBO Architecture and has Physical Fitness of Cities, and the prestigious Ahwahnee Award, which was Clark County Building Inspector’s Office made many contributions of time to the presented in January of 2002 at a conference held in San Diego, CA. Building. community as well as serving as the AIA Ed Merrill, John McConkie, Ben Salt Lake Chapter President. Rogers, Eric Petersen, M.Arch’99, are all Andrew R. Schafer, M.Arch’99, is cur- completing their internships at Cooper rently living in Portland, Oregon and Roberts Simonsen Architects, as well as employed by Group Mackenzie, which spe- THE UTAH CHAPTER OF THE AIA ANNOUNCED THE tackling the exams. cializes in high-tech commercial/industrial RECIPIENTS OF ITS ANNUAL AWARDS FOR 2001 Jesse Beck, AIA, NCARB, M.Arch’82, facilities. WHICH WERE GIVEN IN OCTOBER 2001. has just completed his 14th year at Freeman William H. Nelson, AIA, B.F.A. in French Freeman Inc in Vermont where he Arch’54, after a long successful career of has been president for five years. practicing architecture in Utah and THE HONOR AWARDS WENT TO Additionally he served as president for the California, has retired and is enjoying the Burlington Rotary Club and in the Lake company of his wife of fifty-two years and Prescott Muir Architects Champlain Regional Chamber of fifteen grandchildren. Utah Museum of Fine Arts Commerce. Randall M. Smith, M.Arch’85, has (Marcia and John Price Museum Building) Jeffery L. Davis, M.Arch’01, is com- founded his own firm entitled Randall M. Gillies Stransky Brems Smith, PC pleting his IDP at Gould Evans Associates in Smith, Architect, and has worked as a proj- Utah Olympic Oval SLC, and is preparing to take the licensure ect and design architect for the last 14 tests. He has been elected to the People’s years. He has completed a number of proj- THE MERIT AWARDS WENT TO Freeway Community Council in his local ects that can be found in the Southern community in SLC. Utah/Nevada area. Jensen Haslem Architect PC Abravanel Hall Expansion Prescott Muir Architects Bridge Projects VCBO Architecture, L.L.C. Brigham Young University Miller Park EMA Architects, L.L.C. Rose Wagner Center for the Performing Arts Phase 2 Gillies Stransky Brems Smith PC South Towne Exposition Center Tobler Duncker Architects, MJSA Architects Jim Webber Residence Randall Smith: Magda Jakovcev Architects Bluff Street Redesign of the Old Ford Motor Company Building ExecutiveTowers

As the new Director of Development I this funding, we must also focus our ty, students, and staff for your generosity. am excited to work with our outstanding energy on new sources of income faculty, alumni, and staff. The past whether it is from architecture enthusi- I look forward to working with you in Gifts financial support of the alumni has been asts, past donors, foundations, or the future. You can reach me at 801- fantastic; in fact, our percentage of corporations, we must seek them out. 581-7174 or via e-mail to alumni donating to the GSA is the The future of our program hinges on [email protected] GSA highest of any college on the "U" cam- successful fundraising. pus. Our thanks to you for this achievement. During the last week of October a repre- sentative of the GSA will be calling By: Laurel Ingham Our primary funding priority at the you. Please take this opportunity to Director of Development GSA is for scholarships for our out- make your donation to the GSA. Your standing and deserving students. On ongoing support will enable us to con- that front we are doing well, thanks to tinue to provide excellence in Laurel Ingham local architectural firms and corpora- architecture education. Let me be the Director of Development tions. However, to continue to provide first to thank you on behalf of the facul- Faculty News

Data Representation Design:

Creating a New Interdisciplinary By: Julio Vision, Research and Practice Bermudez and of Architecture Jim Agutter

This is an in-progress design addressing network monitoring and security. The data architecture responds to concepts of diversity, fields and pattern recognition.

MOST ABUNDANT MATERIAL

What would you do if someone asked you to ing too rapidly to have much hope of understanding it, let association of faculty and researchers spread across the develop a new architecture responding to one of the most alone making use of it. University of Utah. In addition to GSA Dr. Julio pressing needs of our developed world using the cheapest The puzzle is that we have known how to solve Bermudez and Jim Agutter, it includes Dr. Stefano Foresti and most abundant material available? What would you this problem. Evidences about the direct correlation (Center for High Performing Computing), Dr. Dwayne say if you found out that such material is the element fuel- between how data is represented and the meaning we can Westenskow & Noah Syroid (School of Medicine & ing today’s civilization? Would you be more intrigued if extract from it, have been mounting for the last two Department of Bio– engineering), Dr. Frank Drews & Dr. you knew that conceiving and making this new architec- decades. What is needed is data display methods that also David Strayer (Department of Psychology), Dr. Liz Tashjan ture would directly improve, maybe even save the lives of addresses qualitative, perceptual and symbolic space con- (School of Business), and Dale Richards (Technology thousands, perhaps millions of people? Would it matter if siderations. In other words, the solution is representation Transfer Office). We currently have 10 graduate research creating this new architecture meant designing data build- design involving, fundamentally, space, organization, and assistants from music, architecture, computer science, psy- ings rather than physical ones? data. The fact that people have found it so hard to break chology, bioengineering, and business. We also have This is not imaginary, but rather a real opportuni- from the existing depiction methods (2D plots, pie charts, consultants and collaborators in business, medicine, com- ty available to our profession today. How is this possible? waveforms, icons, matrices, etc.) is that they have not puter networking, dance, choreography, music, defense, Systems today are just too complex, large, small, far away employed good information design but rather upon exist- and law. and/or change too fast to allow for direct experience to ing strategies that have limitations. What appears difficult CROMDI professes a new representation archi- drive human decision making processes. As a result, deal- or impossible to accomplish from a hard–science perspec- tecture made out of data, fluctuating with its rhythms, ing with most systems (financial, military, industrial, tive, it appears realizable from an architectural design occupying digital space and aimed at improving the deci- governmental, corporate, biological, etc.) means to engage viewpoint. sion making experience of its users whom, it must be them through representations of their information. These Of course, this is not as easy as it sounds. In order added, spend several hours a day dwelling in its midst. depictions are nothing but data gathered by sensors which to develop such new data representation architectures, Manifesting this belief into a full–fledged interdisciplinary measure essential functions of that system. Thus, it is the many intertwined issues and dimensions must be research effort has proven laborious but extremely reward- data (or better said, data representations) generated by addressed. Not only must we have some cognitive model ing. Succeeding meant to overcome these challenges these systems that drives the decision making. Consider of the user's data–driven decision making process, but also (several of which we continue to face): further that, as we speak, millions of labs and scientists determine the nature and behavior of the data (structure, across the planet are conducting millions of experiments, process), the type of problem, needs and requirements, the (a) Accommodating different methods, techniques, posi- tests, analysis, etc. in uncountable number of fields gener- technology to deliver such depiction, etc. Clearly, this tions, interests, standards, languages, perspectives, ating terabits of data which is waiting for deciphering. cannot be done by architects or designers alone. In fact, knowledge, etc. of CROMDI members’ different dis- Every second, the actions of millions of individuals in the this task would overwhelm any single discipline by its ciplines. The result is group dynamics based on clear developed world are converted into data, sent and stored sheer complexity, scale, multi–dimensionality, etc. roles, respect, trust, and a common language. in servers eager to pass them on to someone that can make Nothing less than a well organized interdisciplinary some sense out of it all. Indeed, data is the cheapest, most approach will do. Bringing together the expertise of signif- (b) Working within a University structure that does not abundant and available material in the developed world. icantly different disciplines provides the necessary tools to encourage interdisciplinary work because it doesn’t fit solve these complex problems. traditional academic and administrative boundaries. MANAGING DATA CROMDI (c) Convincing funding agencies, peers, and journal pub- Living in the early 21st century America means lications of the value of interdisciplinary work in the to be thirsty for data while drowning in it. Like air, we Our research group, CROMDI (Center for the face of a widespread attitude that working across have become insensible to its presence. And like air, we Representation Of Multi–Dimensional Information), was fields is less scientifically rigorous. cannot do without if we are to preserve our way of life. created and operates upon the conviction that the solution Here lies the problem: there seems to be just too much to today’s information crisis is found in interdisciplinary (d) Struggling through disparities in salary and academic data that is too complex, accumulating too fast and chang- data representation design. CROMDI is a 5+ year old recognition among the different disciplines.

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Over $10,000 $1000 – $4,999 MJSA Architects The Graduate School of Architecture P.C. Architects, Inc. gratefully acknowledges the support of ARCOM AJC Architects SC Johnson Fund alumni, friends, corporations, and foun- Louis Foundation, Inc. Alder Sales Corporation Welles-Pugsley Architects dations who have given generously to MHTN Architects Architectural Building Supply Woodbury Group the School. These gifts enhance our Architectural Design West Inc. program and offer students and faculty $5,000 – $9,999 Beecher, Walker & Associates $500 – $999 Robert L. and Anna C. Bliss new opportunities for study and creative Eaton Mahoney Associates Columbia Paint & Coatings Robert S. Carter Foundation work. This list includes gifts received FFKR Architects/Planners II Harmon H. and Claire Reese Davis II, M.D. Roy and Anne-Morgan Jespersen from September 1, 2001 to August 31, Gillies Stransky Brems Smith Etta Keith Eskridge Trust James W. Lewis 2002 to our Annual Fund, our 50 Years Architects, P.C. Robert D. and Virginia Eyestone Midwest Office Supply Company of Building Excellence Campaign, Jensen Haslem Gordon T. Hashimoto Pacific Coast Building Products Inc endowment funds, and scholarships. Henry J. Louis Carl and Rita Inoway Antonio Serrato-Combe The Jacobsen Company Thank you so much for your continued SBR Technologies Thomas Petersen Hammond & Associates Magda Jakovcev-Ulrich support and involvement with the GSA. $100 – $499 VCBO Architecture, L.L.C. Layton Construction Company Inc. Mitchell McAllister John H. Abell William C. and Beverly Miller Verl A. Adams Faculty News

produced along with hundreds of black He also had the opportunity to present a Kazuo and white images, and color slide images. paper at the Beginning Design Student Matsubayashi More recently Peter’s photos of the Manti conference in Portland. In the way of has completed an tornado appeared in both the Salt Lake joint efforts, he and Julio have a paper exhibit in the Tribune and the Deseret News. that has been accepted for presentation at Salt Lake Art the SIGRADI conference in Venezuela. Center titled Continuing his active service agenda, Bill “Perspectives of Miller chaired a National Architectural Julio C. Bermudez taught and Analog- Conflict - Your Accrediting Board accreditation visit to Digital Design Workshop at the View Will Georgia Tech University during February, Universidad de Concepcion School of Change has continued to serve on the Utah Architecture (Concepcion Chile). Depending On Architects Licensing Board, and is on the During the summer he was a visiting pro- Antionio Serrato-Combe: Reconstruction of Comacalco Where You Sit.” boards of Artspace, Inc., and ASSIST, fessor at the University of Colorado's It ran from July 19th to October 3rd and Inc. At the WCARB meeting in Denver College of Architecture. Also, Antonio Serrato-Combe, has recently included Gallery Talks to discuss the pres- Portland this spring, Bill participated in a during the summer he developed a new completed and presented a paper entitled entation. panel discussion on how to better inte- curriculum for the graduate design studio “La Sociedad Interamericana de Grafica grate practice into the educational setting that he teaches. The studio investigates Digital,” which was given in Caracas, Robert Young was on sabbatical for the as part of their “Educator/Practitioner VAS or Voluntary Architectural Venezuela. His paper discussed his cur- fall semester preparing a manuscript for a Forum.” In stepping down as dean, he Simplicity as a way to address the current rent research project involving the book on stewardship of the built environ- will enjoy a year-long academic leave. challenges of our time. theoretical reconstruction of the ancient ment within the existing residential Getting back into his research on site of Comacalco in Veracruz, Mexico. sector. The rehabilitation/restoration of Scandinavian Modernism, Bill and his home won awards from the Utah Beverly spent this August and September IN THE SPOTLIGHT Martha S. Bradley, Associate Professor of Heritage Foundation and the Salt Lake in the Scandinavian countries, and in architecture in the University of Utah’s City Historic Landmarks Commission. spring of 2003, they plan to visit Italy, Gordon Hashimoto is currently enjoying Graduate School of Architecture, has He also presented a paper in May at the Greece, and Turkey. retirement from teaching while he shares been named the director of the Environmental Design Research design space at Pace Pollard Architects University’s Honors Program. She plans Association's (EDRA) international con- Kendra Schank Smith received a Faculty LC. He has planning projects in both to focus on recruitment to increase diver- ference in Philadelphia, and wrote four Research Grant from the U. of U. and Salt Lake City and Portland, Oregon in sity within the program and to increase articles for the Utah Heritage Foundation used it to research the archives of the the works, along with building projects in the number of service-learning honors publication Heritage. Uffizi and the Vatican in Italy as well as Scottsdale, Arizona and Salt Lake City courses offered. She also would like to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of and some local residential renovation. create collaboration between the down- As Bob Hermanson is phasing out of the Art and Avery Library. She signed a con- Most of his planning projects are reli- town community, the Marriot Library and School, he still maintains active with the tract for a book that has a delivery date of giously focused on master plans for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. following: Bob and Julio Bermudez will February 2004 in addition to delivering a churches. In addition to his "retirement" have a chapter in a book to be published paper at the National Conference on the projects, he has adopted a new dog, Molly, Patrick Tripeny had a busy year filled by the Universidad Nacional de Tucuman Beginning Design Student in Portland. a Dalmatian/Lab mix that complements with many frequent flyer miles. He in Tucuman, Argentina. The title is: She also organized a seminar for the Woody and Charlie, his two other attended the International Association of Pedagogical Migraitons: Constructing New AIAS Forum that was held last year in Dalmatian companions. Shell and Spatial Structures in Nagoya, Worlds Through Media. He is enjoying his Pittsburgh. Japan in October where he presented two new house on the Oregon coast. Not rest- Anna Bliss continues work on her 3-story papers. He also traveled to Chicago and ing however, he is involved with several Albert Smith received a University Mural Cowles Building Math department Denver with the American Society of organizations and providing graphic Research Grant to study Antonio Gaudi new home. Bob Bliss completed his term Civil Engineers. He has just completed design services to the Bay Music in Spain during the summer. He signed a as president of the Friends of Gilgal his tenure as the chair of their Special Association which annually sponsors, in contract for a book that will discuss the Garden. He will continue to supervise Structures Committee. He has traveled to addition to a yearly orchestral concert theory of models. construction of the new garden entry, Eugene, OR and Buffalo, NY in conjunc- series, the Ernest Bloch Musical Festival restoration of the grounds, and existing tion with a research project he is a part of which is held in Newport, OR. structure. with faculty from SUNY Buffalo and Additionally, to honor the late Boyd University of Oregon. The project is to Peter L. Goss, Professor and Associate Blackner, Bob plans on making a memori- develop and test computer modules to aid Vice President for Research, spent two al bench in his name to be placed at architecture students to understand con- weeks in June with Bryce Allison, the Salt Lake Tennis Club. cepts in structural behavior. He also M.Arch ‘ 99, documenting sheep ranches co-authored a paper which was published in Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming for the in the June 2002 edition of the Journal of Western Regional Architecture Program Structural Engineering titled “Special and the Western Folklife Center of Elko, Prescott Muir and Bill Miller Structures: Past, Present, and Future.” Nevada. Twenty sheets of drawings were at Bill’s reception

American Institute of Architects Michael W. DeCarlo G. Frank and Pamela Joklik Charsti Ann Merrill Jerry Anderson Bernard J. Dooley Lynn A. Jones Ralph G. and Bonnie Jo Merrill, D.D.S. Bradley D. and Priscilla Sue Anderson Ph.D. Diane M. Dooley Howard A. and Lou Ann B. Jorgensen, Ph.D. Mark Wilson Molen David C. Ayer A.I.A. W. Hague and Sue Ellis Reza H. and Shireen Mahdavi Khazeni Fred and Margaret L. Montmorency Burtch W. Beall Jr. Ralph F. Evans Nancy L. Kimmerly Fred A. and Lucy W. Moreton Jr. Jesse Beck Ralph F. Evans Architecture Jules Knowlton Lynn F. Morgan Peter O. and Belinda K. Bellows Noel and Sue Fagerlund Kevin L. Korpela J. Paul Moslander Dan and Susan Berman Bernardo Flores-Sahagun J. Richard Lacher NJRA Architects C. Kaya Biron A.I.A. Teri L. Gee Landmark Design Inc Ralph T. and Valerie Watson Nagasawa Elizabeth J. Blackner Peter L. Goss Bart C. Lawrence Massoud M. Naraghi David Paul Brems Gordon E. and Kathleen H. Gygi J. Richard Loosle William V. Nelson Richard E. Brimley John M. and Elizabeth H. Hammond, M.D. Kenneth E. and Carol B. Louder Gerald R. Nichols Margaret S. Brixen Kip K. and Marina Littig Harris Donald C. Macdonald Rex D. Nutting William M. and Diane Browning Care L. Heller-Pittman Steve MacKnight Okland Construction Company David N. Buck David M. Herbert Stephen A. Masini Roger K. Olpin John N. Clawson Dr. Robert G. Hershberger Donald W. Mathewson Joseph and Dorothy Ann Palmer Stuart R. Crocker Larick Alan and Elizabeth R. Hill Kazuo and Ikuko Matsubayashi Marc Pange John K. Czerwein John W. and Christina Huish Jerrold R. McElvain Derek and Kimberly A. Payne Jonathan A. Dazley Vinson M. Johnson Rob E. and Jana Lee McQuay Peter Petrie Faculty News

DATA VISUALIZATION continued GSA Students Spend Summer Assessing Buildings Despite these challenges, CROMDI has been very successful at obtaining research in the Grand Tetons grants and publishing its results in leading jour- nals and conferences. In fact, our work has Historic Preservation produced data representation systems that sig- Internship By: Bob Young nificantly improve the accuracy and speed of decision making while reducing the cognitive load of individuals whom confront complex abstract data. This important milestone has lead to the successful commercialization of some Imagine a summer job where you get free run to Over the next ten weeks, this duo explored the of our research output and recently to a spin–off explore a variety of buildings to assess their condition. numerous buildings, measuring them, completing the con- business enterprise. In the past four years, we Imagine that job occurring in a National Park. Imagine dition assessments and making recommendations for either have raised over 1.6 million dollars and another that you are paid well and that your housing is provided as repair or stabilization of the buildings slated to become 1.4 million dollars are secured for the next two part of your employment. If you can not imagine it then housing for future park service employees. These buildings years. Our research and application areas ask Jane Barrett (M.Arch., 2004) or Meghan Golden were originally not part of the park when it was established presently include Anesthesia, Finance, the (BSAS, 2002) how they spent this past summer. For ten but instead were left to the park through a series of Performing Arts, and Network Monitoring and weeks, this pair of Graduate School of Architecture stu- bequests when the last owners passed away. Several of Security. We are engaged in projects supported dents spent their summer in the Grand Tetons National these buildings and homestead date to the early 20th cen- by the NIH, DARPA, NASA, the General Park doing a building condition assessment study of 30 log tury when the area was opened to homesteaders and Electric Medical Division, and the State of and frame buildings that were constructed before the area continued as working ranches and homes until as recently Utah Center of Excellence Program. became a national park. as the 1990s. Exploring these buildings was part of the job At the close of spring semester 2002, GSA as was dealing with rotting floors, buffalo, vermin and For more information, visit Associate Professor Thomas Carter was approached by the other potential health hazards but Meg and Jane also par- www.cromdi.utah.edu/ National Park Service to continue the work started a few ticipated in rehabilitation activities such as replacing logs years before when Joy Pugsley (BSAS, 2002) performed a and rechinking the side of one cabin on the noted similar study at the Rocky Mountain National Park in Mormon row. VISITING FACULTY Colorado. Professor Carter agreed to check into the oppor- At the end of the ten weeks, Prof. Young returned Diversity and Expertise tunity but referred the project to Associate Professor to help wrap up the onsite portion of the project. In the Robert Young who teaches historic preservation technology final coordination meeting, William Swift, head naturalist The GSA has the pleasure of including many for the GSA. The first obstacle was finding "2 or 3 stu- for the park, and Pam Holtman, historic cultural resources faculty members from the local community and dents" willing to agree to a rather uncertain job coordinator from the Denver Regional Office of the beyond to give its students a different perspec- commitment on just three days notice. Fortunately, Jane National Park Service described how the work had been tive on the field of architecture as well as and Meg stepped forward and the project was set in exceptionally impressive and that all those who had getting the expertise from the various teachers motion. The next step was to get a new "cooperative worked with Meg and Jane were extremely impressed by who make up this years’ visiting faculty. This agreement" between the GSA and the National Park their efforts. As it turned out they had been observed or year, our visiting faculty comprises of Gregory Service finalized since the previously existing one had their results had been reviewed by, among others, Richard Allen who is teaching the Advanced expired. After a series of numerous phone calls, faxes, and Moe who is president of the National Trust for Historic Technology: Construction Class, Craig Coburn hand carried transmittals over the next three weeks, a new Preservation. The positive outcome of the project lead to teaches Law for Architects, Steve Crane agreement was approved and the project was truly under- the decision to continue and expand the project to include instructs the Architectural Practice and way. survey of another 30 or so buildings in the Summer of 2003 Philosophy II, Libby Haslam assists in the Work began the second week of June with early and potentially in the following summers to come. Architectural Design Studio, Jeanne Jackson morning temperatures in the upper 20s and afternoon highs The project team extends its thanks to all those teaches Materials and Construction, Magda peaking around 50 degrees. That first week was a time for who made this project possible and such a pleasant success Jakovcev-Ulrich instructs the students in getting acquainted with our National Park Service counter- and looks forward to another successful adventure next Architectural Design Studio and those working parts and setting the overall scope of work. A quick tour year. on their Master’s Projects. Also, we have the of the park to view the buildings revealed a series of log pleasure of having Jill Jones teach the cabins, lodges, CCC Barracks, homesteads, small ranches Architectural Practice and Philosophy I, Hank and outbuildings scattered all over the park. After a few Louis, the Design-Build Studio and the Elective trial runs and modifications to the assessment procedures, Graduate Studio, Alice Steiner, the Project Jane and Meg were left on their own to complete the Finance and Economics, Mike Vela, the onsite work with backup support provided by Prof. Young Contract Documents Class, and June Wang, via the internet and email from Salt Lake City. Work then the Advanced Structures Based on Material began in earnest. Course.

Pam Holtman, Jane Barrett, William Swift, Meghan Golden

J. A. Pett Jr. Michael and Carolyn Stransky Henry Kuo-Cha and Huina Ho Yeh Wayne and Diana Belka Rob Wellington Quigley Janet L. Striefel Shahrzad Zamanpour Patricia Bengochea-Johnson Woodson Rainey Jr. George G. Tate Utah Endowment for the Humanities William H. Bennett Michael C. Raymond Fred L. Thalmann Utah Humanities Council John M. and Jill D. Bezzant John A. Reed Jack Thomas Utah Society-American Inst of Architects Roger Borgenicht David S. Richardson Timothy F. and Claire* Thomas Harvey F. Boyd M. Keith and M. Marian Richardson Stephen G. and Silvia O. Tobler Up to $100 Richard R. Burton Wayne Rossberg Patrick J. Tripeny Charles C. Busch Sanders Associates Architects P.C. Thomas T. and Jeanne Triptow Butler & Evans Architects, L.L.C. Denis W. Butler Steven L. Schonberger M. Louis Ulrich Jr. Coalesce, Inc. Clare Cardinal-Pett Nicholas J. Schou Mark A. Walker Krieger Publishing Co. James O. Chamberlin William C. Selvage Marianne C. Wander Stavro Melathopoulos Architect Ltd. Thayer S. and Sue D. Christensen Wm. C. Selvage, Inc. Michael M. Whelan Gregory L. and Cathi W. Allen Patricia P. Christensen Barry and Robyn Smith Ronald and Elsa D. F. Williams Shane V. and Heidi Argyle Daniel N. Clavin Edward F. and Beverly Smith Nathan B. and Jenny Lind Winters, Ph.D. William Lewis Arthur Michael J. Condie David J. Steffgen John T. Wong Christopher A. Bachorowski William L. and Amy N. Connelly Kevin K. and Alice L. Steiner Sarah Woodhead Karen A. Backstrom A. William and Pauline O. Cordray Jr. Michael J. Stoker Harold P. Woodruff Douglas L. and Julie Banks George J. Corrigan Neal P. and Peggy Stowe Wyatt & Associates P.C. Laura Bayer Walter Cowie Student News

CONVOCATION 2002

Bachelor of Science in Reed Scott Olson Justin K. Heppler Architectural Studies Jessica J. Ostarcevic Tyler Kevin Kirk Carlos R. S Chad Paskett Catherine Tucker Klehr Charles Bradley Allred Everett Jannet Pena Benjamin RJ Lowry Christian Andrew Anderson Elizabeth Michelle Peterson Quinn Devin Lowry as recipient of 2002 Christopher Matthew Arntzen Nicole Christine Ramey Stacey Lynn Lund Samuel Jay Bawden Jason William Sandburg Jarod F. Maw Shawn K. Benjamin Benjamin David Schreiter Stacy Ann Meyer Fellowship Susan Le Cheminant Berman Daniel J. Seelos James Louis Moore Amber N. Bills Richard Jerrad Smith Shailesh Ashok Munot Tara Marie Brodersen Michael R. Spainhower Tetsuya Okazaki Lance Michael Burke Jeremy William Stoddart Dean A. Parker William H. Calder Ryan McRay Tuft Roger Ray Phillips Erik W. Campbell Emir Tursic Carlos Richard Setterberg Brooke Christensen Robert Warren Waters John M. Shirley D Justin Daniels Matthew Lafe Weighall Neil Patrick Smith Jennifer Diamond Philip Douglas Wentworth Collin Jane Tomb Christopher William Ebert Kevin Todd Wilde Melanie Wallace Jeffrey Clinton Galbraith Crystal Williams Kimberly A. Webb Meghan Ellen Golden Jonathan Graham Whipple Melissa Ann Gotberg Tang Y. Yang Joshua Wade Greene Master of Architecture Moab, UT John Hanc Ryan Jeffrey Hammerschmidt Master of Science, Chicago, I Elliott S. Hansen Michael Scott Anderson Architectural Studies Joshua Ray Hansen Benjamin Hyrum Baird Daryl G. Hodgson Pratima Bandla Erika Britt Engberson Christopher Mark Jenkins Jesse Karl Beacom Stephanie Symes Smith Jason Jarrod Johnson Martina Susanne Bello Maria Elena Tosello Shana Kaufman Todd Laurence Benson Michael Breneman Wirthlin William Todd Kelsey Errin Michael Bliss Svjetlana Krtolica Jason Ward Boehner Charles Jefferson Kulp Robert Todd Braun Curtis Troy Leetham Astrid Marion Campbell Brenda Marie Leytham Yashashree Subhash Chitale Curtis Leland Livingston Jocelyn Jill Dance Barton John Lund Olga Filippova AIAS NEWS / STUDENT NEWS Anthony Bosanko Mangum Bradley Gordon Gygi Evan Padruig McCullough Philip Morris Haderlie Brian Robert Mecham Chih-Yuan Han The American Institute of Architecture Students Farm House Corey Wayne Middleton Bryan Keith Harris (AIAS) is a national non-profit organization represent- Bryce Aaron Moulton Lafe T. Harris ing architecture students from the United States and Jonathan Jay Oldroyd Ryan Stephen Henrie Canada. On the national level, AIAS offers many opportunities for students to display excellence in design, advance their leadership skills, have a voice in architectural issues and participate in educational and service activities across the country. The AIAS University of Utah chapter attempts to further students’ education by facilitating student interaction with architects and the public.

Our AIAS chapter sponsors a variety of annual activities including the New Student Orientation, Fall Social following Convocation, pumpkin carving contest, and the GSA T-shirt design contest (last year’s

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Carolyn Cox J. Jason Foster Robert J. and DeAnn Ilg William W. and Merrie Louie Stanley W. Crawley Robert A. and Allene Fowler Marian W. Ingham Benjamin R.J Lowry Jeff and Jan Creveling Jeffrey B. Gardner Roger Jackson J. Michael and Mary A. Mattsson James B. Darling Jerry L. Germer Joan H. James Stephen E. McAlister Jeffrey S. Degen Stephen A. Goldsmith Gary L. Johnson Eric K. McArthur Gail Della-Piana Robert C. Grabarz Jennifer L. Keiser-Ruemmele James R. and Natalie McCullough Wayne K. and Cheryl L. Despain Richard P. and Mary Kay Griffin Sandra L. Kiger Michael A. and Carla McIntire Rebecca Sue Disbro Donald E. Hadden A.I.A. Kevin P. King Kim T. McKay E. R. and Katherine W. Dumke Jr. Kristina Hahn Darius Kouzmitskas Edward S. Merrill Jeffrey Tyler Dunn Richard B. Hall Richard and Margo W. Krystian Stacy Ann Meyer Pascale Durbize William R. Hall Lawrence H. Larsen Joseph S. Milillo John H. Eckersley Liza Hart Matthew K. Larsen Bruce I. Miya Robert D. Ensign Donald C. and Sylvia Hartley Melodie Lewis Alison Mockli Steven F. Espinoza Thomas F. and Tammy Renee Herrera Darek W. and Kayla Leyde Ronald L. and Norma Molen Robert A. Fabri Spencer K. Hill Joseph W. Linton James L. Moore Neil S. Fairbanks Hans R. Hoffman Eric Mark Lofgran Robert I. Moore A.I.A. Holli Jo Feichko Jessica Huber James B. Lohse Christine Ward Morr Raymond A. and Patricia Ferrari Robert P. and Dixie Huefner Jeff M. Lonardo Stephen B. and June W. Nebeker Robert C. Fornataro Gilbert H. and Thelma Iker Margaret B. Losee John H. Newell Student News

2002–2003 SCHOLARSHIPS

Over 300 students, architects, family members and friends came together to celebrate this etterberg selected year’s Master’s Projects at the Salt Lake Hardware Building on April 26 and to attend the presentation of scholarships for next year. Congratulations to all.

Roger Bailey Traveling SCHOLARSHIPS AIA/AAF National Alyssa Kirkland AJC Architects Travis Maughan Alder Sales Corporation Alyssa Kirkland Architectural Building Supply Jocelyn Ashby arlos R. Setterberg has been awarded the ARCOM Michael Nilson 2002 Roger Bailey Traveling Fellowship for Neil Astle Memorial Arrin Holt C his proposal The Iberian Peninsula: Continuing Student Alexander Broadbent/David L. Henderson/ Spain+Portugal. Carlos will travel during the Spring of Eric Alan Jones / Shane Trump 2003 and present the findings of his architectural studies Dixon & Associates Charles Allred during Spring 2004. The fellowship, named in honor of EDA/Ralph Edwards Memorial Lance Shields the founder of the Graduate School of Architecture, is EMA Curtis Leetham given to a graduating student in the Master’s class. Etta Keith Eskridge Kim Pietryga Students submit a proposal along with a portfolio of Robert Eyestone Memorial Yoshi Kono work. The awards jury reviews the submittals and a win- FFKR Richard Wright ner is selected. Following is an excerpt from this years Gillies Stransky Brems Smith Cecilia Uriburu winning proposal. George Augustus Hanks Otto Gehring / Joshua Greene / Brent Davies Lee and Ada Irvine Corey Middleton cock Building Facade, IL “Spain and Portugal each have a rich and lustrous archi- Jensen Haslem Misuk Kang tectural history. There are Roman ruins, Gothic and Kennecott Scholar Mitchell R. McComb / Elpitha Sifantonakis Romanesque Cathedrals, Islamic and Moorish mosques MHTN/Fred Montmorency Seth Striefel each with their own regional flair. The peninsula has MJSA Ben Schreiter grown out of a Roman past into thriving modern coun- Dennis B. Patton & Associates Sanae Adams tries. Regional architecture, developed from external SBR Technologies Brigham Smith influences, is a hallmark of the Iberian Peninsula. The Shido/Hashimoto Chamonix Larsen Wilson contemporary architecture found there is among the Thomas Petersen Hammond Derrick Larm most forward reaching in the world. Both countries VCBO Bryce Moulton boast Pritzker Prize Laureates in Alvaro Siza (Portugal) and Rafael Moneo (Spain). Architects such as Meier, TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS Gehry, Calatrava and Foster continue to keep the penin- Arch 2630 - Design Workshop Cecilia Uriburu / Seth Striefel / Derrick Larm sula at the forefront of architectural development. Arch 2631 - Word and Image Lance Shield / Jane Barrett Arch 3050 - Architect'l Comm I Curtis Leetham By traveling to the Iberian Peninsula I will begin to Arch 3051 - Architect'l Comm II Brian Mecham understand how cities grow in the modern world. What Arch 3210 - Survey World History Samuel Bawden / Corey Middleton did the industrial town of Bilbao accomplish with the Arch 3212 - American Survey Brenda Leytham Guggenheim? How does Barcelona host an Olympics, Arch 4150 - Problem Comm. Joshua Greene construct modern structures and yet still maintain its Arch 6720 - Project Finance Otto Gehring Catalonian flavor? How does Valencia absorb the flow- Environmental Controls Todd Medd / Anchalee Slatore ing architecture of Calatrava? How did the Seville Expo GSA/Computer Systems Philip Wentworth / Jason Sandburg of 1992 react with the Muslim traditions of Andalusia? GSA/Design Workshop Shawna Jacoby How does Lisbon maintain its historic roots in a contem- Materials & Construction Todd Kelsey porary world? Structures Chris Jenkins / Joy Pugsley

Answering these questions will help me to develop my RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS own approaches to architecture, beyond the insulated Kamaja Corporation Research Fellowship Eva Marie Davis / Takenori Komatsu design processes of architectural education. All build- Information Visualization Design Cecilia Parera / Curtis Livingston ings are a part of their surroundings. They may express their own ideas such as Meier’s Barcelona Art Museum AWARDS or attempt to blend as a backdrop such as Rafael Bailey Traveling Fellowship Carlos Setterberg Moneo’s Roman Art Museum. My successes as an architect will be determined by defining how to best respond to the environment of a building."

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winner was Michael Nilson). Firm tours and site tours If you are interested in joining AIAS or would like to Cum Laude, Jeremy Stoddart. Undergraduate students are also regularly scheduled. Last year AIAS organized know more about the benefits of membership please con- elected to the Honor Society of Golden Key included a construction tour of the Salt Lake City Public tact one of the AIAS board members: Alyssa Kirkland, Christopher Jenkins, Scott Olson, and Jessica Library designed by Moshe Safdie. Students also bene- Evamarie Davis, Brian Cody, Christie Finley, Patrick Ostarcevic. Undergraduate students elected to the fit from AIAS supported amenities such as movie Sinclair, or Chamonix Wilson. Registration is also avail- Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi included Joshua Hansen, nights, free breakfasts, and new water filters that have able on our website at www.arch.utah.edu/aias. Shana Kaufman, and Jeremy Stoddar. been installed in the studios. Four graduates students were elected to the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi: Todd Benson, Bradley Gygi, Brian This year our local chapter hopes to provide students EXCHANGE PROGRAM UPDATE Harris, and Tang Yang. Graduate students receiving a with various site tours, firm tours, lunches with archi- 3 Argentineans Visit GSA “Faculty Master’s Projects Award” included Bradley tects, and a mentorship program. Plans for a rendering Gygi, Brian Harris, John Shirley, Kimberly Webb, and workshop and a Beaux Arts ball for the students and Tang Yang. All five awards were given for the high local architects are also currently in the works. quality of design exhibited in their projects. This year three national awards were given. The AIA Certificate, The local AIAS also helps sponsor students to attend for the student with the second highest grade point aver- FORUM, the National AIAS Conference. Last year’s age in their class, was given to Tang Yang. Carlos FORUM was held in Pittsburgh, PA. Students who Setterberg received the Alpha Rho Chi Medal for his lead- attended from the University of Utah were inspired by ership capabilities. The AIA Medal, for the student with lecturers such as James Wines, Will Bruder, Eric Owen the highest grade point average in their class, went to Moss, and Ken Yaeng. They also toured significant Brian Harris. architectural works including Frank Lloyd Wright's The photo shows the Argentinean individuals that visited our school during this past year along with GSA student and faculty. Falling Water and Kentuck Knob. FORUM 2002 will From left to right in the back: UNL exchange students Carolina We congratulate these students for their academic and be held this December in Chicago and promises to be Brussa and Thomas Moravan, 2001 UNL exchange student professional excellence. Alejandro Moreira, GSA graduate student Cecilia Parera, GSA a spectacular event. Eric Lloyd Wright will be the Professor and Argentina Exchange Director Julio Bermudez, UNL visiting scholar Gerardo Aleu, UNL exchange student Esteban keynote speaker this year. Andres Duany and Carol Chicco. In the front (left to right) UNR Visiting Scholar Marisa Ross Barney are also lined up to speak and there will Castagno, and architecture major university student Analia Ferreira. obviously be an abundance of fascinating tours, includ- TOM KASS ENDOWMENT ing a possible tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright home in Former Students Honor Teacher Chicago. The highlight of FORUM every year is the Regarding the ongoing exchange program with Beaux Arts ball. This year’s theme encourages stu- Argentina, we had three students from the Universidad Because Tom has enhanced many of our collegiate expe- dents to dress as gangsters and flappers from 1920’s era Nacional del Litoral School of Architecture visiting this riences throughout the years, and because he is nearing Chicago. For more info, we invite you to visit the past year. They were Carolina Brusa, Thomas Morahan, retirement, a group of his former students has established FORUM web page at www.aiasnatl.org/forum/cityre- and Esteban Chicco. We also had Professor Marisa an endowment/scholarship to honor his devotion to born.html. Castagno from the Universidad de Rosario visiting our beginning design students. The funds from the award school to study the digital integration in our curriculum. will be used to support and reward the learning of basic The local AIAS is also continuing to engage student Also, as part of the exchange program, Professor Aroyo, design and abstract design principles for students, as key interest in a bid to host FORUM in Salt Lake City. director of the Exchange Program in Argentina, will be to the design process. We are seeking input from students regarding whether visiting the GSA in the upcoming academic year. or not bidding for FORUM would be valuable to our During his visit, he will be reacquainting himself with Tom has been an educator and friend for two generations school and if so when would be the best timing. our program and also lecturing, teaching, and promoting of students and the recipient of three prestigious teach- the exchange program with Argentina. ing awards from the University of Utah, including the The AIAS board is excited to be working with the Presidential Teaching Scholar and the Distinguished Teaching new dean, Brenda Scheer, who is our faculty advisor Award, as well as a national award for Distinguished for Fall Semester. Brenda has been extremely support- Professor from the Associated Collegiate Schools of ive of AIAS and we hope that this cooperation will GRADUATION HONORS & AWARDS Architecture. help strengthen our local chapter as well as the GSA. In Academnic Achievement The board has been meeting throughout the summer If you would like to help us honor this dedicated educa- to discuss big plans for the upcoming year; however, At graduation this year, a number of honors and awards tor, please contact Laurel Ingham at the Graduate we require student support to make these plans a reali- were given to our undergraduate and graduate students. School of Architecture, (801)581-7174, or at ty. In addition, we greatly need the help of our Undergraduate honors that went to our students for their [email protected]. alumni, friends, and local professionals to create more academic achievement include: graduating Cum Laude opportunities for the students of the Graduate School Joshua Hansen and Jason Sandburg; graduating Magna of Architecture. Cum Laude, Shana Kaufman; and graduating Summa

In Memoriam ducks through the covered alley next to the Kearns ability to translate it to fit the environment,” said Bill Building on Main Street as a shortcut to the Salt Miller, dean of the U.’s Graduate School of Palace appreciates the vision of Salt Lake City of Architecture. architect Boyd A. Blackner. “That little slot [Alley Annex] between the build- He attended the University of Utah where he ings is an example of a simple, but elegant way of graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1956. looking at things.” Winner of the 1978 National American Institute of Blackner also had a feel for preservation, serving Architects’ Honor Award for the “Alley Annex,” and on the Utah State Board of History. He and his wife, respected as an “architect’s architect” by his peers, Ann Castle Blackner, restored an old farmhouse in Blackner, 68, died of complications of prostate cancer. Midway as a weekend retreat. The Blackners would He leaves a community legacy for projects ranging have celebrated their 47th anniversary. from Deer Valley’s Stein Eriksen Lodge to the foun- “He loved old buildings,” said daughter Liz tains at Abravanel Hall, the Liberty Park Seven Blackner, who followed her father into architecture. Canyons fountain, the University of Utah’s Library In 1997, the same year the architect received the Plaza Waterfall and the University Hospital Fountain, Salt Lake Area Chamber’s Honors in the Arts Award, many done in conjunction with the late philanthropist the avid golfer hit a hole in one at Wasatch State Boyd Atkins Blackner, legendary architect, was pas- O.C. Tanner. Park. sionate about architecture. Anyone who watches the “Boyd Blackner was an exemplary practitioner waters dancing in the fountain at Abravanel Hall or who understood modernist architecture and had the Reprinted with permission from Judy Magid and the Salt Lake Tribune