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tury boulevard transformed for the 21st, a included teams from the School of the Art WEST CENTRAL horizontal deconstructed Willis Tower, an Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and the Univer- industrial district as creative hub, and a sity of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). skyscraper that scrubs the air. ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY The winning team members will receive Studio Associate Professor Antony Wood paid summer internships at Design Or- Professor Robert J. Krawczyk was an in- exhibited Hi-Rise, Lo-Carb, a Spring 2012 un- ganization, the Chicago architecture firm vited speaker at the International Society dergraduate studio Collaboration with Coun- selected by ComEd to design the new fa- of The Arts, Mathematics and Architecture cil on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and cility. The winning team also will receive a Conference, ISAMA 2012, DePaul Uni- Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. $1,500 cash prize to be split evenly among versity, Chicago, IL, June 18-21, 2012. the team members. Krawczyk’s speech was entitled “Exploring Assistant Professor Marshall Brown exhibit- Digital Fabrication.” ed Garfield Boulevard: Completely Stripped Naked, “We’re excited to engage with aspiring ar- Dirty, and Wet, Fall 2011 graduate studio. chitects and provide students with a real- Living Room Realty’s new exhibit, Objects world opportunity to showcase their skills,” in Space, will feature work by Studio As- For more information, visit the Chicago Ar- said Anne Pramaggiore, president and sociate Professor Paul Pettigrew. The show, chitecture Foundation website: www.archi- CEO, ComEd, at a news conference at the open June 22 – August 3, displays living tecture.org Chicago Architecture Foundation. spaces in a storefront gallery, and high- lights locally sourced and produced furni- The July/August 2012 issue of Chicago Pramaggiore served as a member of the ture, textiles, and accessories. Pettigrew’s Architect magazine includes an article on contest jury, which included Jeanne Gang, iCharnley, an iPod stereo system, will be in- Associate Professor Frank Flury’s recent principal and founder of Studio Gang Ar- cluded in the exhibit. The stereo was built undergraduate design/build studio project. chitects; Lourdes Gonzalez, senior vice into and around a single piece of quarter- IIT students adopted the local vernacular— president of Primera Engineers; Raj Gupta, sawn white oak fumigated in ammonium to the round barn—for their design of a visi- CEO of Environmental Systems Design, match the patina of the Charnley House in- tor support facility at Mies van der Rohe’s Inc.; and Wilbur Milhouse III, president terior woodwork. The white oak came from Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois. Read and CEO at Milhouse Engineering & Con- Chicago’s urban forest via Horigan Urban the article at: http://mydigimag.rrd.com/ struction. Forest Products. For more information, publication/?i=116280. visit: www.livingroomrealty.com “Selecting a winner was not easy as all ComEd announced the winners of its “Pow- of the entries were very strong,” said Raj Chicago Architecture Foundation’s new ex- erful Design” contest, in which local archi- Gupta. “It is exciting to see such talented hibit premiering June 22nd features Col- tecture students created design concepts aspiring architects developing design con- lege of Architecture undergraduate and for a new training facility on Chicago’s cepts at this level.” graduate studio work. Unseen City: Designs South Side, on May 1. IIT architecture for a Future Chicago tackles the question, undergraduate students Andrea Zuniga and Participants were at least fourth-year un- “What might this neighborhood and city Daniel Caven created the winning entry, dergraduate or master’s students. While become?” Designs include a 19th cen- entitled “Seed of Light.” The contest also “Seed of Light” won first place, other prize winners included the “Looking In, Climb- ing Up” entry from UIC, the “Arena” entry from UIC, and the “Aletheia” entry from ACSANews Digest is published once monthly and is distributed digitally to the SAIC. all full-time faculty in ACSA member schools via the ACSA Update member- ship email. These Regional School items were originally published on the “We’re excited to offer internships to the ACSA website, which offers extensive coverage of member schools activities talented winners of this competition,” said updated daily. Spero Valavanis, president of Design Orga- Visit www.acsa-arch.org/ACSANews/read for more news. nization. “They have demonstrated considerable skill, creativity and vision and we are © Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 2012 eager to work with them and ComEd on this important project.” 2 ACSANewsDigest

As part of the company’s $2.6 billion in- nal. Likitswat’s design called for a cultural Small Project Structure | Honor Award: vestment under the Energy Infrastructure and recreational site, a food production Richard Blender, Blender Architecture. Modernization Act enacted last fall by and marketplace area, and a habitat island. Garden Infrastructure + Connector; Small the Illinois General Assembly, ComEd will Project Structure | Citation of Merit: Thom- build a LEED-certified facility to train a The Schiff Foundation Fellowship is ad- as Roszak, Thomas Roszak Architecture, new generation of utility workers in the ministered by the Art Institute of Chicago The Clark Family Welcome Gallery at Adler advanced skills needed to modernize the for the purpose of supporting young archi- Planetarium; Small Object | Citation of electric grid. The training center will con- tects. As the Schiff Foundation winner, Fa Merit: Martin Felsen, UrbanLab, Art Chi- tain classrooms, office space, new technol- Likitswat receives a $15,000 award and cago: Video Arcade. ogy exhibits, conference rooms and stu- her project will become part of the perma- dent break areas. It also will feature 20 nent collection of architectural drawings SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY indoor underground cable-splicing bays, housed within the Ernest R. Graham Study a weather-protected pole yard, overhead Center for Architectural Drawings at the Art Professor Jon Davey PhD, AIA, and Assis- conductors, distribution automation equip- Institute of Chicago. tant Professor Shannon Sanders McDonald ment, manholes and substation equipment AIA completed an eight day design char- for use by trainees. ComEd plans to begin Congratulations to Ph.D. student Nghia rette providing design assistance and con- construction on the facility later this year. Phan, winner of the ThinkSwiss Research sultation to families who lost their homes Scholarship! Phan will receive a stipend to or were partially destroyed during the re- “We are proud to be part of this process and study at École Polytechnique Fédérale de cent tornado that struck Harrisburg Illinois. to showcase the work of local architecture Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland under With the approval of the Mayor Eric Gregg students,” said Lynn J. Osmond, president Professor Fernando Porte-Agel, Head of the faculty, undergraduate students, gradu- and CEO of the Chicago Architecture Foun- Wind Engineering and Renewable Energy ate students and March Alumni set up an dation. “We encourage Chicagoans to come Laboratory. Phan will focus on applications atelier (studio) in the Harrisburg Public see the works of these talented students for the small scale wind turbine in the built Library. A total of two faculty, nine stu- enrolled in the top architecture programs environment. dents and one alumnus provided design in a city known for great architecture.” assistance to over 23 families completing The ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship 20 new home designs and 3 structural The Powerful Design contestants were program promotes exchanges and sharing consultations. The Design Atelier (studio) honored at an awards ceremony at 5:30 know-how between the United States and was structured as a typical office with each p.m. on May 1 at the Chicago Architecture Switzerland. student taking on one or more projects, in- Foundation. The entries will be on display terviewing the families and designing their through May 23, 2012. Professor Dirk Denison’s firm, Dirk Denison new homes. Architects, has received The American In- Master of Architecture student Anne Dudek stitute of Architects (AIA) Housing Award Shannon Sanders McDonald, an assistant was chosen as AIA Chicago’s 2012 Martin for the Carmel Residence in Carmel by the architecture professor at Southern Illinois Roche Travel Scholar. Dudek will use the Sea, California. The beach house features University, Carbondale has authored a $5,000 grant to travel to China, where she dramatic views of the Pacific and large slid- chapter in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability, will research living conditions for migrant ing windows that allow breezes through the Science and Technology edited by Robert A workers in cities. Dudek plans to continue house’s courtyard. Jurors praised the inte- Meyers titled: Personal Rapid Transit and this research through her IIT Masters Proj- gration of living and outdoor spaces and its Development. It is a peer-reviewed cov- ect and her planned professional focus on described the residence as “a sanctuary for erage of sustainability science and technol- social architecture. living and meditation.” http://www.aia.org/ ogy from nearly 1,000 of the world’s lead- practicing/awards/2012/housing-awards/ ing scientists and engineers, who write on MLA student Fa Likitswat has won the CarmelResidence/index.htm more than 600 separate topics in 42 sec- 2012 Schiff Foundation Fellowship for her tions. ESST establishes a foundation for the work in Adjunct Professor Terry Guen’s Fall IIT College of Architecture faculty have many sustainability and policy evaluations 2011 graduate studio, “Catalytic Water- been recognized in AIA Chicago’s 2012 being performed in institutions worldwide. ways.” The studio explored urban condi- Small Project Awards. At the May 11th tions adjacent to Chicago’s river and canal event, three faculty members’ firms -re Assistant Professor Norm Lach AIA, Profes- systems in order to design a new sustain- ceived awards. sor Jon Davey PhD, AIA, Assistant Professor able city form that integrates natural eco- Shannon Sanders McDonald AIA and two system types into the urban fabric The College of Architecture faculty honor- students participated in the AIA Leadership ees are listed below by award. For complete Institute this summer in Chicago, Il. This bi- Likitswat’s project, “The Gravity of Trans- coverage of the 2012 awards, including annual leadership workshop assists individu- formation,” focused on the area surround- photos of each winning design, visit AIA als with formalizing and developing broad ing the Santa Fe Railroad elevator at the Chicago’s website (www.aiachicago.org). visions for our profession and communities. head of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Ca- 3 ACSANewsDigest

Assistant Professor Norm Lach AIA, FALA AIA National Convention in Washington, DC. Design Initiative, led by partner and APLA Director of the Architectural Studies Pro- Sponsored by Boral Bricks, the contest was alum Marshall Anderson (’97), was the re- gram completed a one year term as Chair- planned in collaboration with the American cipient of a 2012 Birmingham AIA Honor man of the Illinois Architectural Licensing Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Award for the design of Professor Cheryl Board and is also serving on the Illinois AIA and required students to design a live/work Morgan’s (Director of the Urban Studio) Board of Directors. building using brick for 70 percent of the Morgan Street Loft in downtown Birming- exterior siding. Entries were judged on their ham, Alabama. excellence in live/work design and creative use of bricks by a panel representing indus- The Galley House, a design submission devel- SOUTHEAST try leadership in the architecture, brick, and oped by Architecture and Interior Architec- building industries. Block’s winning design ture students Mary Win McCarthy, Ashley was part of his undergraduate comprehen- Clark and Peter McInish, was selected from sive thesis project developed under the di- a pool of over 100 submissions for one rection of Professor Behzad Nakhjavan. of five top prizes in the 2011-2012 The AUBURN UNIVERSITY Sustainable Home / Habitat for Humanity Dr. Rod Barnett, Chair of the Master of Land- Student Design Competition. The School Magdalena Garmaz, Associate Professor in scape Architecture program in the School of of Architecture, Planning and Landscape the School of Architecture, Planning and Architecture, Planning and Landscape Ar- Architecture (APLA) student team was co- Landscape Architecture, will serve as the chitecture, and Dr. Paul Cullen, A Fulbright sponsored by APLA Architecture Professors Interim Program Chair for the college-wide Scholar visiting from AUT University, Auck- Justin Miller and Robert Sproull, Jr. In ad- Bachelors of Environmental Design major. land, New Zealand, have collaborated to pro- dition to receiving a $1500 cash prize for Her two-year term appointment is effective duce an exhibition entitled “Contingency” the “Best use of Vinyl” award, the team on August 16, 2012. on display in the College of Architecture, will have their design exhibited the ACSA Design and Construction Gallery. This col- 101st Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Auburn University Architecture Thesis stu- laborative project has involved an investiga- CA, in March 2013, and at the American dent work was recently featured in an exhi- tion of a range of urban sites in Auburn and Institute of Architects’ National Convention bition during the first annual ‘Montgomery Birmingham, AL and speculations on their in Denver, CO, in June 2013. The competi- Street Fair’ on April 21, 2012. The event possible development and regeneration. tion was administered by the Association was produced by Helicity Montgomery, a lo- Dr. Barnett and Dr. Cullen have used pho- of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and cal non-profit that seeks to be a catalyst for tographs, models, and drawings to present sponsored by the National Endowment for the continued cultural and social develop- their speculative responses to these sites. the Arts and The Vinyl Institute. ment of the City of Montgomery and sur- rounding areas through arts and commu- Dean’s Executive Board member, Patrick Courtney Brett, a 2007 graduate of the nity engagement. For several years, Auburn B. Davis, Jr., FAIA, has been appointed by School of Architecture, Planning and Land- architecture has cultivated a thesis studio Governor Robert Bentley to the Alabama scape Architecture, was named the AIA’s that explores the possibilities of the urban Board of Architects. Davis, member of The youngest active member by the American revitalization of downtown Montgomery; College of Fellows of The American Institute Institute of Architects this year. Beginning with each passing year the projects have of Architects, has nearly four decades of ex- her college career at Auburn when she was become more and more relevant to the perience as an architect specializing in all just 16, Brett was recruited by Skidmore, conversation about how to improve Mont- aspects of healthcare planning and design. Owings & Merrill in New York out of col- gomery’s urban landscape. By working with He is employed with CMH Architects, Inc., lege. Currently Brett is involved with her the City of Montgomery Department of De- in Birmingham, AL, as Vice President of own firm, Casburn Brett Architecture, in velopment and local architects, professors Healthcare Services. Daphne, Alabama. Behzad Nakhjavan and Magdalena Garmaz have immersed their students in tangible Donald C. Brown, FAIA, from AIA Montgom- Brandon Block, a May 2012 graduate of issues, shaping the would be hypothetical ery, was elected 2013-14 AIA Vice President. the School of Architecture, Planning and explorations into increasingly applicable A 1971 graduate of the School of Architec- Landscape Architecture, was one of two design solutions for Montgomery. Several ture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, top winners in the “Live.Work.Learn” stu- Projects have been selected to be show- Brown is owner and lead principal of Brown dent architecture contest announced at the cased further at Department of Develop- Studio Architecture in Montgomery. 2012 AIA National Convention in Wash- ment at a reception in early June. ington, DC. Sponsored by Boral Bricks, Jane Frederick, APLA ’82, was inducted the contest was planned in collaboration Brandon Block, a May 2012 graduate of into the AIA College of Fellows in Washing- with the American Institute of Architecture the School of Architecture, Planning and ton D.C. this past May. Ms. Frederick is a Students (AIAS) and required students to Landscape Architecture, was one of two top principal in the firm of Frederick + Freder- design a live/work building using brick for winners in the “Live.Work.Learn” student ar- ick Architects in Beaufort, South Carolina. 70 percent of the exterior siding. Entries chitecture contest announced at the 2012 were judged on their excellence in live/work 4 ACSANewsDigest

design and creative use of bricks by a panel Student Néstor Lebrón won an Honorable The ten-day event coincided with the 150th representing industry leadership in the ar- Mention in an international competition to anniversaries of the U.S. Department of Ag- chitecture, brick, and building industries. rethink New York’s Waterfront. The work riculture and the Morrill Act, which created Block’s winning design was part of his un- was exhibited in the Museum of the City land-grant universities. The house was one dergraduate comprehensive thesis project of New York. of only seventeen projects selected to rep- developed under the direction of Professor resent the nation’s land-grant universities at Behzad Nakhjavan. The proposal to rethink San Juan’s Bay in the Smithsonian festival. 2050 submitted by the School’s Competi- UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO tion Studio was selected by the IAAC (Bar- An estimated one million people saw the celona) for its yearly publication. home and nearly 16,000 toured it during The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) School the festival. Since its completion in Sep- of Architecture celebrated its 45th anniver- Fred Díaz y Claudia Cintrón won AIA-PR tember 2011, more than 50,000 people sary with the publication of (in)forma volumes Chapter students awards. have toured the house. 7 & 8. Thomas Marvel (MArch Harvard GSD), Cris- The zero-energy home demonstrated the Last semester our exhibition series was high- tina Cardalda (MArch Harvard GSD), Andrés merits of solar-powered living when a large lighted by WAI architecture think tank, while Mignucci (MArch MIT), Raphael Osuna storm struck the nation’s capital on June this academic year we will be exhibiting the (MArch UPenn), and Yazmin Crespo (MArch 29, leaving thousands of residents without work of architectural photographers Fran- Harvard GSD) have joined our School’s De- power and forcing the festival to close for a cisco Vando, Max Toro, and Ivonne Marcial. sign Faculty. day. Living Light maintained full-power during this time, producing twice the energy the Our upcoming lecture series features Pat- Federico Bares (MAUD Harvard GSD) from house needed for all its normal day-to-day rick Schumacher, Brett Steele, Giancarlo La Plata, Argentina will continue to serve as functions, such as powering its air condi- Mazzanti, Cristián Undurraga, Benedetta Visiting Professor. tioning, television, kitchen appliances, and Tagliabue, Moshen Mostafavi, Felipe Correa, lighting. Throughout its entire stay at the Rodolfo Machado, Jorge Silvetti, Nader Teh- Professor Darwin Marrero designed a Pro- festival, the house was completely removed rani and Eric Goldemberg. Arq publication on Hiram Bithorn Stadium from the electrical grid and self-sustaining in San Juan, PR. in all of its energy production. For the third straight year we will co-organize an exchange of lecturers with Tulane Univer- This summer we offered six international Living Light began with students and faculty sity. Andrés Mignucci will visit New Orleans programs in Corsica, Barcelona, Mexico, in the UT College of Architecture and De- this Fall while Scott Bernard will come to San Cartagena, New York and Sao Paulo. sign and was led by faculty members Stach, Juan in the Spring. The initiative is spon- Richard Kelso, James Rose, and Barbara sored by Orval Sifontes’ Fundación Pro-Arq. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSE-KNOXVILLE Klinkhammer of the college, along with Deb Shmerler in the School of Art, Leon Tolbert Professors Jorge Lizardi-Pollock, Carlos Living Light, the University of Tennessee, in electrical engineering, and Stan Johnson García-Moreira and Dean Francisco Javier Knoxville’s solar-powered house, stood on and Bill Miller in mechanical engineering. Rodríguez, AIA presented the book Am- the National Mall as an exhibit at the Smith- bivalent Spaces: Memory and Oblivion in Modern sonian Folklife Festival, which concluded More than 200 UT students and faculty Social Architecture in Berlin. The book was a earlier this month. across nine academic disciplines designed collaboration between UPR’s CIUDAD urban think tank and Humboldt University’s Max Weber center.

Volume 6 of our journal (in)forma 6 was selected by the Bienal Iberoamericana de Ar- quitectura y Urbanismo in Cádiz, Spain.

We hosted an international symposium titled “Energy: Policy, Technology and Design” together with the UPR Law School and the faculty of Natural Sciences.

Students Angel Vidro and Michael Quiñones won the Third Place in an international competition organized by Suckerpunchdaily for a robotic building. 5 ACSANewsDigest

the house for the 2011 U.S. Department teaching and creative activities, facility op- tural industries. We’re really pleased that it of Energy Solar Decathlon, an international erations, renovations and equipment, and is recognized by Architect magazine.” competition among collegiate teams. UT communication initiatives and efforts. placed eighth overall in the decathlon and This award complements another recent claimed high-standing marks in several honor received by Meppelink and Vrana this categories, including first in energy produc- year. In June, their company Metalab was tion, third in engineering, third in hot-water SOUTHWEST named “Artist of the Year” by Architecture production, third in energy-efficient appli- Center Houston. An exhibition at the center ances, and fifth in architecture. showcased Meppelink and Vrana’s numerous works including three that were supported by After the decathlon, Living Light began the UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON UH Green Building Components. In addition Tennessee Tour. The tour is a joint effort of to the PV-POD, UHGBC products include UT’s colleges of Architecture and Design and University of Houston adjunct professors Engineering, and UT Extension, the outreach Joe Meppelink and Andrew Vrana have de- • Solar Powered Adaptive Container for Every- office of the UT Institute of Agriculture. veloped a number of products to make the one (SPACE) - a recycled shipping con- world a little greener. Recently, their solar tainer that was transformed into solar- For more information about the house and panel mounting device, the PV-Pod, re- powered trailer its next stop on the Tennessee Tour—Chat- ceived high honors from the architecture • gro-POD - an elevated gardening mod- tanooga—visit livinglight.utk.edu/. industry’s leading publication. ule that allows users to grow plants and vegetables in just about any environ- Professors George Dodds, Ph.D., and David The PV-Pod earned a Research and Devel- ment. Matthews have been named associate deans opment Award from Architect, the magazine of the College of Architecture and Design at of the American Institute of Architects. The What began as only a community garden the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. product is featured on the cover of the pub- site has turned into a one-of-a kind project lication’s July edition. for UH’s Graduate Design/Build Studio, a In his role as the Associate Dean of Academic part of the University of Houston’s Gerald D. Affairs and Research, Dodds will administer The PV-Pod offers users an effective and Hines College of Architecture. This summer, curricular development, research activities, simple way to mount solar panels on roof- graduate students are working on a solar- study abroad programs, student professional tops. The actual pod is high-density poly- powered outdoor classroom in a community and academic organizations, and admissions ethylene receptacle that is filled with water garden in Alief. and enrollment activities of the college. to provide balance and weight. Solar panels can then be attached to the pods. If a panel The structure will serve as a place for individ- Dodds, a UT faculty member for nearly needs to be relocated or removed, the water uals to cool off and will also serve as a class- twelve years, has served in numerous lead- can simply be drained. Once emptied, the room area for lessons in gardening. It will be ership roles and been recipient to several PV-Pod can easily be moved, then refilled accessible to all community members. awards. In addition to this position, Dodds with water once it’s repositioned. was recently named Chair of the Graduate For the past 23 years, GB/BS has designed Architecture Program and received one of “The roof has been designed to receive wa- community projects in the Houston area. UT’s most prestigious awards, the Chancel- ter anyway, so there are many levels of why Every year a new location is chosen for reno- lor’s Honor for Excellence in Advising. In late it makes sense,” said awards juror Martina vation based on which sponsors apply. GD/ April, UT also appointed Dodds the Alvin Decker. BS Director Patrick Peters is the leader of and Sally Beaman Professorship, a distin- this project. guished service award which honors only the Meppelink, Vrana and research and design very best teacher-scholars of the university. assistant Travis McCarra developed the PV- “Its purpose is two-fold — to provide a shady Pod through their company, Metalab, with respite from the heat in an area with little Matthews came to UT in 2010 when ap- applied research grant support from UH existing shade and to a mark the community pointed Chair of the Interior Design Program. Green Building Components (UHGBC). garden with a strong vertical presence in a He has nearly twenty years of teaching ex- flat, open area lacking significant landmarks perience in interior design and architecture. The first PV-Pod prototype was created that break the horizon,” Peters said. Prior to coming to the College of Architecture in 2009. In 2011, 40 PV-Pods and solar and Design, Matthews, in addition to his fac- panels were installed on the of the Houston “I am confident that it makes them much ulty position, was the Director of Academic Permitting Center at 1001 Washington Ave. better architects and am pleased that they Technologies at Ohio University. usually realize and value this fact sometime “This is a big award for us,” said Meppelink, during or soon after the studio.” As the Associate Dean of Communications director of UH Green Building Components. and Facilities, Matthews will oversee tech- “The PV-Pod is a product that can have ma- The classroom will be powered by four solar nology issues related to faculty research, jor implications on the solar and architec- panels and was designed in such a way that 6 ACSANewsDigest

the slanted roof will allow rainwater to be col- The firm Alterstudio has been busy this year. for students to reflect on their educational lected into barrels and used later in the gar- The firm includes Associate Dean Kevin Al- journey, and for faculty and staff to focus den. Susan Rogers, an architecture professor, ter, Ernesto Cragnolino [B.Arch. & B.Arch. on maintenance and preparation for the helped with the site plan last summer. Eng. ‘97], and Tim Whitehill [B.Arch. ‘02]. pending academic year. While we do offer On August 8, the “Hillside Residence” will some course work in the summer, many of “We planted an orchard, trees and a path be the setting for one of this year’s “Discover our students and faculty use this time to where the structure is being placed,” Rog- Design Over Dinner,” presented by the Aus- pursue research, foreign travel, and ser- ers said. tin Foundation for Architecture. The “Eliza- vice-learning projects that cannot fit into beth House” won a 2012 AIA Austin Design the normal academic calendar. This is the second solar-powered project GD/ Award and, in January, was open to the pub- BS has done. The first was at McReynolds lic as part of the Austin Modern Home Tour. Professors Brian Orland and Larry Gorenflo Middle School in Denver Harbor last summer. are once again leading a group of students The recently published book, 21st Century Ar- in a study abroad project in Tanzania titled “The reception has been enthusiastically chitecture: Designer Houses, includes a feature “Parks and People: Conservation of Nature warm and supportive. They can’t wait for it to on the “Windsor East Residence” (the only and Community.” This project involves a six- be in place so they can use it,” Peters said. building included from Texas). The firm’s week on-the-ground stay near the Udzungwa design for the “Three Court House” was fea- Mountains National Park in Mang’ula, Tan- The Houston Spark Park Program, along tured in an article in Austin Home Magazine’s zania. For full letter, click here. with the Alief Independent School District, spring 2012 issue. is funding the construction.The project is expected to be completed by August. Alter presented a lecture on current work in Boston, in concert with the opening of an UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE exhibition of five recent houses titled “Look- ing for Trouble.” Hector LaSala and Sarah Young, architecture faculty, and Phanat Xanamane, alumni, are Senior Lecturer and Architectural Conser- members of Creative Action which, in part- vation Laboratory Director Fran Gale and nership with Urban Land Institute of Louisi- independent conservator Casey Gallagher ana, is launching Imagine Downtown: Open [MSHP ‘09] will assist with an evaluative Ideas Competition. They are seeking inno- study of the effects of the 2011 Bastrop vative design proposals to harness creative fire on Bastrop State Park’s historic struc- The following article first appeared on AIA.org, the and sustainable urban design development tures, which were built in the early 1930s website for the American Institute of Architects. of six different sites in downtown Lafayette, by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The Louisiana. Registration deadline: October study is funded by a $25,000 grant to the A recent graduate of Penn State’s five-year 15, 2012. For more information: www.cre- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department from architecture program, Melissa Rodríguez, ativeactionacadiana.org the National Park Service. Assoc. AIA, took a nontraditional approach to getting hired and landed her first job at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN In June, Dean Fritz Steiner traveled to the AIA 2012 National Convention. Turkey. Steiner and landscape architect Lois Weinthal, Associate Professor and Grad- Charles Waldheim, of Harvard University, Why did you attend the AIA 2012 National uate Adviser for the Master of Interior Design were invited by Osmangazi Municipality, in Convention? Program recently presented a paper, titled Bursa Province, and Anadolu University to My advisor, Curt Marshall, offered several “Embedded Emotions in Objects of the Ar- participate on a panel with local experts on students the opportunity to attend the con- chitectural Interior,” at the interdisciplinary devastating earthquakes that struck several vention. Two of us had just graduated so conference, “Objects of Affection: Towards a regions in Turkey in 2011. the conference presented a key networking Materiality of Emotions,” at Princeton Uni- opportunity. For full story, click here. versity. Associate Professor Lois Weinthal also participated on a panel at the Dallas Center for Architecture, organized by the AIA NORTHEAST Dallas Women in Architecture Committee.

Dr. Nancy Kwallek, director of the Interior Design Program, published a paper, titled “Ellen Swallow Richards: Visionary on Home PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY and Sustainability,” in the summer 2012 is- Project by Creative Logic team: Mazhad Tashakori, sue of Phi Kappa Phi FORUM. better living”). The summer is a relatively quiet time in Laurie Beth Donnachie, Pat Laninger, Josh Progar, the Stuckeman School. It provides a period Josh Wentz, Asher Harder 7 ACSANewsDigest

Penn State’s Interdisciplinary Collaborative young age, George is one of the founders Building Information Modeling (BIM) Stu- of SEED: Students for Environmentally En- dio, an initiative of the Stuckeman School lightened Design, a group started in 2009 for Architecture and Landscape Architecture to encourage students from the departments and the Department of Architectural Engi- of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, neering, has won its second award from the Architectural Engineering, and Engineer- American Institute of Architects’ Technology ing to engage in environmentally conscious in Practice BIM Awards Program. The studio architecture. George developed the SEED is the 2012 winner in the Academic Pro- library project and raised $15,000 to build gram/Curriculum Development category. shelving in a shipping container for donat- “Observation Tower,” an unbuilt project by L + A Landscape Architecture, is joined by work from eleven ed books to be sent to a refugee camp in other firms. “Based on our benchmarking, we believe Africa. The project uses recycled materials this is the only university design studio that and includes photovoltaics to power electri- has been selected for an exhibition entitled involves students from all of the major de- cal lighting. He also organized student ex- “unMADE IN CHINA: architecture undone sign and construction disciplines,” said hibitions about sustainable architecture and in the P.R.C. “ Bob Holland, who has a joint appointment planned field trips to architecture firms in in Architecture and Architectural Engineer- Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. For full The exhibition runs through June 20 at the ing and leads the BIM Studio. “We are very story, click here. ide@s Gallery in Shanghai, China. For full proud that Penn State has become a leader story, click here. in the teaching of collaborative design and BIM technology. This studio should help UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO make our students strong candidates for entry into the rapidly changing fields of design Professors Martha Bohm and Christopher and construction.” For full story, click here. Romano led the Sustainable Futures interdisciplinary service learning abroad program from May 20th to July 30th in Mon- teverde, Costa Rica. Students from two US universities participated, and faculty from UB, University of Maryland, University of Wisconsin, and University of Oregon taught Man in native dress in Papua New Guinea. © Photo coursework. The students worked on the provided by Conservation International design for a waste water treatment plant Biodiversity hot spots -- the world’s biologi- in the town of Santa Elena and for a large cally richest and most threatened locations scale, sports complex in the village of Los on Earth -- and high biodiversity wilderness Llanos. In addition, on June 22nd, Profes- areas -- biologically rich but less threat- sor Bohm and Program Coordinator Anibal ened -- are some of the most linguistically Torres organized a half day “Forum on the diverse regions on our planet, according to Future of Sustainable Design” in Monte- a team of conservationists. verde. Invited guests included landscape architect Alberto Negrini, architect Pietro “Results indicate that these regions (hot Stagno, and director of the Federal Asso- spots and high biodiversity wilderness areas) ciation of Engineers and Architects” Olman often contain considerable linguistic diversi- Vargas Zeledon.” http://www.sustainablefu- George Gard, who received his bachelor of ty, accounting for 70 percent of all languages tures.org architecture degree at commencement on on Earth,” the researchers report in the May May 5, was one of three recipients of the 7 early online edition of the Proceedings of Assistant Professor Georg Rafailidis and Clin- inaugural Penn State Student Sustainabil- the National Academy of Sciences. “More- ical Assistant Professor Stephanie Davidson ity Leadership Award and had a tree plant- over, the languages involved frequently are were awarded an honorary mention at the ed in his honor near Fisher Plaza in late unique to particular regions, with many fac- 2012 R+D (Research + Development) Award April. The Student Sustainability Advisory ing extinction.” For full story, click here. by ARCHITECT, the magazine of the American Council, which just finished its first year of Instutute of Architects AIA, for their research activity, initiated the award and honored The international design practice founded on Phase Change Materials (http://www. the students for their peer education, com- by Ron Henderson, head of the Penn State architectmagazine.com/research/2012-rd- munity projects, and campus leadership. Department of Landscape Architecture and awards-honorable-mention-thermometric- Chair in Integrative Design in the H. Camp- fac.aspx). The project Found Space Tiles, Interested in the relationships among art, bell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School of ceramic tiles by Stephanie Davidson and the individual, and the built form from a Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Georg Rafailidis has been selected to be 8 ACSANewsDigest

shown by Material (matera.nl) in the exhi- Professors Hiro Hata and Harry Warren are University of Science’s Digital Studio. Brus- bition Architect@Work in Shanghai China, one of two finalists in the $100 million Mil- cia and Geiger also organized two exhibitions September 2012. The project Bulged Penny lard Fillmore Gates Hospital reuse competi- of their Tokyo-based summer study program Rounds, ceramic tiles, has been selected in tion. They are part of the Chason- Affinity at Shibaura House, a new multi-use building the exhibition Think: Material at IIDEX in team proposing a new Veterinary School. for public and cultural events. Toronto, Canada, September 2012. Work by Stephanie Davidson and Georg Rafaili- Associate Professor Omar Khan and Assistant Assistant Professor Joyce Hwang participat- dis was featured in the recent issue (#27) Professor Laura Garofalo won Second Place ed as a speaker in “Interrogating Green,” a on haptics of Intérieurs Magazine (http://www. in the Second Annual Modern Atlanta Prize roundtable discussion at Storefront for Art magazineinterieurs.com/). Competition/Green Dwelling. Their winning and Architecture which featured a selec- entry was displayed at this year’s “Design tion of contributors to Praxis 13: Ecologics. A project by Assistant Professor Dennis Ma- is Human Week” in Atlanta, GA. The jury The event centered on the interrogation of her was featured in a one-person exhibition looked for “projects that critically consider contemporary approaches to sustainability at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT. In “The today’s notions of sustainability as applied in architecture: http://www.storefrontnews. House of the Unmaker,” Maher transported to the modern dwelling…[and] showcase a org/archive/2010?c=&p=&e=483. She also furnishings and objects from his own house critical investigation into sustainable design gave a lecture in July titled “Constructing and re-framed them through a new construc- practices …as well as projects that thought- Wilderness” at the University of Waterloo in tion in the gallery. The exhibition publication fully dealt with unique geographical, social, Cambridge, Ontario as part of their School includes an essay by Peggy Deamer (Yale political or cultural conditions.” of Architecture lecture series. School of Architecture). Maher also exhibited work as one of two jury-selected featured Associate Professor and Associate Dean Assistant Professor Sergio Lopez-Pineiro, artists at the Echo Art Fair in Buffalo. In ad- Beth Tauke gave two presentations at June Adjunct faculty Curt Gambetta and Assis- dition, sets designed and built by Dennis Ma- UD 2012: Oslo, an international conference tant Professor Joyce Hwang participated in her are featured in the new short filmDissent , on universal design in public space: “LIFE- reviews at the University of Waterloo in July by Italian director Helmut Dosantos. Dissent house: Consumer Preference Study for Uni- as guest critics for Lola Sheppard’s second- recently screened at the AOF International versal Design Features” and “Bridging the year studio. Film Festival in Los Angeles. Dennis Maher Gap: Using Architecture and Social Justice also has begun his residency as the Albright- to Increase Access to Universal Design.” A team of graduate students (including Knox Art Gallery’s Artist-in-Residence. Ma- Courtney Creenan, Kyle Mastalinski, Dan- her is working with local tradespeople in Master of Architecture/Master of Urban iel Nead, Scott Selin, and Lisa Stern) has the home renovation industry in order to Planning dual degree students and recent completed a project called Elevator B, a re-imagine living environments as material, graduates, Courtney Creenan and Michael collaborative project by graduate students social, and psychological constructs. In- Moch presented “Inclusive Public Toilet from the University at Buffalo’s School of formation about the project can be read at Design,” research, proposals and built work Architecture and Planning with the support http://www.albrightknox.org/education/artist- from Beth Tauke’s inclusive design gradu- of Rigidized Metals, a Buffalo based build- in-residence-program/dennis-maher/ ate studio in the fall 2011. ing material manufacturer. The overall goal of the project was to successfully design for In addition, Dennis Maher and Adjunct Assistant Professor Laura Garofalo’s instal- the relocation and habitation of a colony Professor Nerea Feliz led a summer study lation, Buoyant, part of the 13th Interna- of honeybees occupying a building which abroad program in Barcelona Spain. Stu- tional Garden Festival at Reford Gardens/ is scheduled for significant modification at dents made use of new studio space in the Jardins de Metis, opened on June 23rd and Silo City, a dense cluster of grain elevators in Gothic quarter of the city by working on will be shown until September 30, 2012. Buffalo, New York. Elevator B was selected a large scale collective city drawing, and from a group of ten entries by a mixed panel proposing its transformation into a vertical In June, Assistant Professor Jordan Geiger of jurors, who represented Rigidized Metals, Rambla construction. opened “Beau-Fleuve,” an interactive play the fields of architecture and planning, and structure and workshop for immigrant and the bees: www.hivecity.wordpress.com. Professor Edward Steinfeld was awarded the refugee youth in Buffalo, as part of the Flu- rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor rec- id Culture program of lectures and public Andrew Perkins and Matt Bain, both recent ognizing his career achievements. Only sev- arts. The project gathers oral history and graduates from the Department of Architec- en faculty in the entire SUNY system were maps global paths to an online map with ture, SUNY-Buffalo, have been asked and awarded that rank in 2012. Dr. Steinfeld is the invisible policies and technologies that commissioned to work on house in Flint, internationally known as a lead researcher attend migration today. Michigan as part of the Flint Public Art Proj- on accessible environments and inclusive ect. The invitation was offered because of design. Dr. Steinfeld also was a keynote Clinical Assistant Professor Nicholas Bruscia the thesis that they had recently completed speaker at the Universal Design 2012 Con- and Assistant Professor Jordan Geiger pre- in Buffalo, New York. A more in depth de- ference in Oslo, Norway, where he spoke on sented research of the Center for Architec- scription of the project they’ll be working on the “Goals of Universal Design.” ture and Situated Technologies at the Tokyo can be found at the blog which will cover it: 9 ACSANewsDigest

http://dwellingonwasteflint.blogspot.com/p/ about.html. The Flint Public Art Project, which will contain dozens of other installa- tions and performances and constructions: http://www.flintpublicartproject.com/

CANADA

RYERSON UNIVERSITY

The Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University is pleased to announce the appointment of Colin Ripley as new de- partmental chair. Professor Ripley, who has been at Ryerson since 2003, is a partner and director of the architectural firm RVTR (www.rvtr.com), and has been the recipient of a number of awards, including the 2009 Canada Council Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture. He has been published widely both in Canada and abroad and has co-edited the book In the Place of Sound: Architecture|Music|Acoustics.

Beyond his academic and professional en- gagements, Colin brings to the department a new vision for architectural education for the 21st century – one that is responsive to emergent technologies and encourages cross-disciplinary research. He anticipates that the future will see less emphasis placed on the architect as visionary artist and more on the collaborative work of many professionals – architects, building scientists, project managers. It will be about the coordination of complex processes and teams, operating across global and virtual networks, in collaboration with both human and non-human partners.

“I hope to renew Ryerson’s longstanding commitment to the holistic education of professionals for the AEC industry,” says Ripley, “and to update that commitment to face the challenges of coming decades.”