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Celebrating 50 years of the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

v Foreword MAPP@50 Celebrating 50 Years of the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 1967–2017

Writer and Editor: Maggie Haslam Associate Editor: Chris Hinojosa The School The University The Community The World Graphic Design and Layout: Pete Morelewicz 2 The Early Years 45 An Interdisciplinary 77 Intersection of School 105 Discovery through COPYRIGHT © 2018 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 4 3835 Campus Drive Culture and Community Experiential Study All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this work in any form whatsoever 7 Student Life 48 Urban Planning 81 The Colvin Institute 106 Stabiae without permission in writing, except for brief passages in connection with a review. 16 Building the Program: 50 HISP 82 The Practicing Professor 108 The Kea Professorship For information, please write: 1980s and Beyond 57 MRED 83 Environmental Finance 109 Kiplin 28 Resources and Galleries 61 Sustainability Education Center 112 MAPPing the Four Office of the Dean 35 Thesis 62 Competitions 84 Placemaking Corners of the Globe School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation University of Maryland 37 Studio Tech 67 The Changing Face 85 The National Center 114 Sketches from Abroad 3835 Campus Drive 38 The Last of the BARCHs of MAPP for Smart Growth 117 Global Classroom College Park, MD 20742 40 MAPP @ 50: 69 Faculty Impact 88 Mentorship 118 Curriculum Expansion arch.umd.edu Then vs. Now 72 Campus Impact 89 Ph.D. 90 Connecting Education to the Practice By the numbers 92 Education through ISBN 978-0-9854060-0-4 Service 122 MAPP Timeline This book was printed using Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) guidelines. Throughout 94 Bostwick 124 Careers off the Printed in the United States of America Beaten Path Alumni Recollections // Roger K. Lewis’ Shaping the City // 98 Alumni Ties History in Pictures // and more 100 MAPP on the MAP 126 Indicies 130 MAPP Alumni Directory

ii MAPP@50 MAPP@50 iii ALUMNI RECOLLECTION When I was in school, it was the height of the Vietnam War. There were a lot of protests on campus and an 8 p.m. curfew was put into effect; the National Guard was stationed all over cam- pus. The night after the Kent State shooting, I was leaving the architecture building late (we were always work- ing late) and was arrested, just outside of the building as I was walking to my car. I was thrown into a jail in Hy- attsville with about 48 other UMD students and released the next day. Years later, as The School’s Beginnings an architect, I was hired to renovate that same jail. So, ABOVE In the early 1960s, the University of Maryland at justification for the program, operating budget be named and organized as the University’s it all comes full circle. Class of ’72 Tunisia, College Park decided to consider establishing projections for the program, and the budget for ‘School of Architecture’ (‘school’ implying an 1970. Photo taken by Steve Parker. a program in architecture. The professional planning new facilities. Charles Nes’ firm, Fisher, academic unit without separate departments). community strongly supported the initiative; at Nes, Campbell and Partners, was selected to Steve Parker (B.ARCH ’72) the time, no professional architecture degree design the permanent building for the school. In It noted the need for visual aids (architectural programs were offered in the state. University the interim, the University designated Building slides) collection and an architectural library in president Wilson Elkins requested advice from DD, a temporary World War II building, as the the School, argued for the presence of a supply the American Institute of Architects. Institute first home for the School. By the time the School store and a coffee shop, and described a future President Charles Nes, a Baltimore architect, moved into its new building in 1971, our School’s in which academic programs in landscape Knowing Architecture formed an AIA advisory commission, with him- little home campus had grown to include Building architecture, urban planning and architectural self as chairman, and in 1964 the commission DD and four additional temporary structures. historic preservation might also be offered. The from a Hole in the Wall issued its recommendations to the University. white paper helped facilitate communication Slated for demolition once the new build- Among them were that the proposed architec- In the spring of 1967, after a national search, between the dean and the University as the pro- ing was complete, students and faculty took ture program be located on the UMCP campus, the University invited John W. Hill, an associ- gram was initiated and grew. Vice President for OPPOSITE and that consideration be given to organizing ate professor of architecture at the University Academic Affairs R. Lee Hornbake, to whom the advantage of their surroundings at DD and Top: John Hill, Charles Moore and Roger its curriculum as a non-professional under- of Kentucky, to the accept the deanship. In dean reported, was notably supportive as the deconstructed a studio wall simply to see how Lewis plan out the graduate major in architecture coupled with a order to ensure that he and the University fledgling program began to spread its wings. He it was put together. “Building DD was a fantas- School’s inaugural study abroad trip; mid- graduate program leading to the professional were on the same page, Professor Hill wrote was instrumental in the School’s achievement of tic place to learn architecture,” recalls Steve dle: Founding Dean Master of Architecture degree. a white paper to the University outlining his its early successes. John Hill; bottom: the Parker, ’72, a member of the first graduating thoughts about the management and growth class of ’73, known as class. “People just weren’t hung up on it—if the “hole in the wall The application required by the Maryland Higher of the program. The paper described the Excerpted from The Foundation Years: Recollections of the gang,” for deconstruct- Education Commission for approval of the resources and components needed to ensure Early Years of the School of Architecture, University of Maryland, we wanted to see wiring in a wall, we just tore ing a wall of DD, just to 1967-1982, by John W. Hill, FAIA. Hill was MAPP’s founding see its innerworkings. new program, include a narrative outlining the the program’s quality, and proposed that it dean and taught architecture at the school for 30 years. it down to look inside.”

2 MAPP@50 The School The School MAPP@50 3 Above the Fold: Lewis’ Shaping the City changed the way millions look at John Wiebenson’s active civic-minded- ness had as much of Washington, D.C. an impact inside the classroom as it did out; “John was beloved by If you’re a regular reader of the Washington many and a critical Post, you’ve likely come across one of Professor element in the success Emeritus Roger Lewis’ engaging pieces about of the early years of studio,” says alum the D.C. cityscape in his column, “Shaping the Dennis Jankiewicz. City.” Whether he’s revealing the forgotten (B.ARCH ’73) history of an architectural gem or touching on the complex business of urban development, Lewis’ witty, thought-provoking perspectives are popular with design professionals and lay- people alike. This is, in part, because Lewis does Resurrection City not sidestep controversy or complex issues; his columns focus on big-picture, relevant topics The School was founded during a time of for good”—using design skill to help those and projects dealing with design, zoning, land social and political upheaval in the United in need, an early and essential tenant of use, preservation, affordable housing and States. In 1968, with the ink barely dry the school. Wieb was drawn to the idea of sustainability. But, it is also in part due to the on the curriculum offerings, the country the Poor People’s Campaign. Together with accompanying New Yorker-style illustrations, Tunny Lee James Goodell drawn by Lewis himself, that entertain as much was fully engaged in a foreign, unpopu- architect , of Urban as they inform. A Post mainstay since 1984 and lar war 8,000 miles away and, in April, America and Howard University’s Kenneth the only column of its kind in the United States, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Jaden, Wieb envisioned—and later fabricat- “Shaping the City” has been celebrated by the Memphis. Closer to home, riots broke out ed on the National Mall, with a number of AIA, the National Building Museum, The Miami throughout cities in a collective scream UMD students in tow—Resurrection City, Herald and in hundreds of classrooms, several against the injustices of the undelivered consisting of A-frame structures suitable books and professional journals. Many of Lewis’ promises of the Civil Rights Movement. for shelter and part of a larger miniature cartoons are found throughout the third edition of his book, Architect? A Candid Guide to the Word soon spread of a peaceful “sit-in” in city, with meeting spaces, dining, child care Profession, published in 2013 by The MIT Press. the works in Washington, D.C.: the Poor and more—a necessity for the extended pe- People’s Campaign, which had begun de- riod of protest. Despite a deluge of rain that veloping months prior to King’s assassina- month, Resurrection City housed around tion, would stage a visual and vocal protest 3,000 people. against the government’s blind eye on poverty and prejudice. Resurrection City was one of a long line of community and social justice-centered John “Wieb” Wiebenson was the people’s endeavors by Wieb. His legacy and spirit architect; aside from designing buildings, remain as part of the School’s mission to he was a social advocate to the nth degree, create an environment that builds advoca- whose personal mission was to impact the cy, sustainability and economic and social lives of the invisible. A founding member justice. Fifty years later, as we face new of the architecture faculty, Wieb subscribed challenges, we strive to humbly follow in to Dean John Hill’s philosophy of “forces his footsteps.

12 MAPP@50 The School The School MAPP@50 13 Time Out: How Sports Created Community at MAPP Shaping the City, by Roger K. Lewis ALUMNI RECOLLECTION There is no doubt in my mind that UMD’s School of Architecture Bouncing basketballs and loud that was eventually “paid off” I believe that Dean Hill, Frank as charter club officers and got its start in two wooden laughter could not coexist with by a case of Old Maryland Schlesinger and Rik Ekstrom formed the Montgomery my 3-1/2 years at the University temporary classroom build- classes, so the unique new Beer. After the first can was all competed. Mr. Hutton often County Badminton Club, which of Maryland School of Archi- ings, DD and UU, located down sport was over. opened and tasted, the rest promoted fun activities that continues play at several in The Gulch. Nearby was a of the case sat untouched in brought the students together county locations to this day. tecture shaped my views of the single outdoor basketball The studio’s next use was the studio for a long time (not outside of the classroom. world and who I am today. The court with a single street light, first Beaux Arts Ball, with a the usual brief lifespan of Anyway, the school-wide tour- Another activity involving Mr. faculty were amazing, including where architecture students band featuring drummer Mark beer in studio). nament bracket lasted a few Hutton, students, competition could blow off steam playing McInturff ’72, who some of weeks and eventually paired and betting was golf putting Richard Etlin, Frank Schlesinger, ball day or night, when an you may have heard of. Logan Schutz ’73 was com- Logan and Mike in the finals, along the top-level walkway Tom Schumacher, Karl Du Puy, escape was needed from the peting for his Sigma Nu frater- which Logan won, cheered on around the center space. The Brian Kelley, Ralph Bennett and loudly buzzing fluorescent Next, it was determined that nity in intramural badminton by an enthusiastic crowd high original carpet was fast, and lights and the sweltering badminton would be a quiet in winter 1972-1973 and won and low around the center the concrete installers left some Bill Bechhoefer. My class–12 indoor temperatures. use of the center space that the little gold terrapin as Greek space. The center space made interesting breaks in the floor. students pursuing our masters could coexist with classes and badminton champion. Mike an excellent competition bad- Putting from the top of the The new building was ready, studio work. The court was Shpur ’73 competed in the minton court. I am not sure steps to the door of what was degrees–felt more like a fami- after 4 ½ years, for spring laid out, lines were painted, open or commuter division the original design architect the lounge at the other end ly than a group of peers. As we semester, 1972. The new digs eyelets for the net were set intramurals and won, beating envisioned its potential, but gave a challenging 120’ putt. It went through the steep learning were so much better, but into the concrete columns, Bruce Hutchinson ’73 along we discovered it. I think the was up to 150’ when we opened we were no longer near a equipment was obtained the way. court painters were John Van the library doors and putted curve of our first studios and basketball court. A resourceful and play began. It was a nice Fossen, Bruce Hutchinson, across the slate bridge, to the progressed through summers student came up with a novel way to mix students from It was then suggested that the Larry Root, Logan Schutz consternation of Librarian Mrs. diversion for life in the new each studio class, and some School of Architecture should and Mike Shpur, all members Neal. But, of course, we had abroad (such as learning his- building, utilizing an 8’ tall x 18” faculty members, for a little hold their own badminton of 5th-year “Night Crew” that political cover as the Assistant tory and analysis techniques in d. cardboard sonotube. Thus fun amongst all the studio championship in spring spent many hours overnight Dean was one of the golfers. Rome), we were totally immersed was born indoor basketball “in work. Sometimes betting was 1973 for fun, and Assistant in the studio. My apologies to the round” out in the center involved and competition Dean Dale Hutton not only anyone left out. One afternoon we were in the culture of design and of space. This was short lived, as was quite spirited. I believe endorsed it, but competed in putting upstairs when Bruce the School. One of my favorite the University scheduled night the actual bet had been for it and convinced some other The class of 1973 graduated, Hutchinson came running classes was professor Du Puy’s school in the upper classrooms. Michelob in one epic match, faculty to play as well. but not before the center through the bridge and space had also been used for around the top, yelling, “IT’S urban design course where, for a square dance, a rock ‘n’ roll OVER… IT’S OVER,” meaning the exams, he would merely call dance and a show featuring the Vietnam War. For those Lupo and the Gassers, and of us about to graduate with out a year in history and students the Beaux Arts Ball again. The low draft numbers, Hutch would write for an hour about court lines were eventually (11), Michael Dowling (33) urban development happening replaced by a painting of the and Mike Shpur (51), this street grid of Manhattan, but was life-changing news. around the world at that time. In the net anchors were still there Eventually, the three of us my work today, where I am cur- the last time I checked. shared an apartment while working as architects at three rently master planning a new city The spirit of the architecture totally different firms, until for 85,000 residents outside of badminton tournament lived we parted and went our own Muscat, Oman, I am grateful for on when graduates—and ways with our significant now apartment mates— others, having never chosen a the people at Maryland who put Bruce Hutchinson and Mike military career, and still prac- me on this path. Shpur, answering an ad from ticing architecture today. the Montgomery County Recreation Department, joined Mike Shpur (B.ARCH ’73) is an archi- Roger Schwabacher AIA, LEED® AP tect for Montgomery County Public two older county citizens Schools in Maryland. (M.ARCH ‘99)

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One of my favorite books is Persian Letters Universities champion their study-abroad countries that our students have explored and by Charles de Secondat, the Baron de programs so that all who participate—the fallen in love with, time after time. Our newest Montesquieu. Published in 1722, Persian Letters students, the staff, the faculty, the alumni, their long-term program is “Maryland-in-Florence,” is a brilliant political satire that captures the foreign peers and colleagues and the local in which students have the amazing privilege adventures of two Persian noblemen, Usbek communities they interact with—begin to of attending classes in Leon Battista Alberti’s and Rica, during their long visit to France. think how easy it is to imagine that one can be 15th-century masterpiece, the Palazzo Ruccellai, The two travelers narrate their experiences Persian (or any other nationality or ethnicity, for over an entire spring semester. This year alone, in a series of letters, soaked with sometimes that matter). Yes, it is different, perhaps cooler, we are exploring new relationships and new bitter, sometimes juicy anecdotes that reflect perhaps not, but perfectly comprehensible opportunities for student and faculty travel and their astonishment at foreign culture and the and, in fact, rather marvelous to be Persian (or exchange with colleagues from Brazil, the Czech people they meet. The traveler-narrators are anything else)—but not marvelous as in “caus- Republic, Hungary and Russia. themselves frequently the subject of mixed ing great wonder” so much as in splendid and assessment, varying from marvel to complete intriguing; a thing to be learned from. misunderstanding, by their otherwise sophis- ticated and cosmopolitan French hosts. At one For 50 years, our faculty and students have point, an innovative Rica experiments with the undertaken countless journeys of discovery consequences of wearing European clothing and self-discovery. They have travelled through to see whether he would remain the subject history, geography and a mind-boggling variety For 50 years, our of marvel even as he tries to fit into the local of countries and cultures, by mobilizing all their context. He explains the reaction that followed: senses, intellect, energy, experience, intuition faculty and students “I would immediately hear a buzz around me: and talents. Our students have, for years, used “Oh, oh, is he Persian? What a most extraor- the latest in modern technology to excavate, have undertaken dinary thing! How can one be Persian?” (de document, analyze and imagine a future for Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat. Persian the ancient seaside villas at Stabiae, Italy, which countless journeys Letters. 1983 (1722). Translated by C. J. Betts. was buried by the same fiery wrath of Vesuvius of discovery and New York, NY: Penguin Books.) that obliterated Pompeii and Herculaneum. They have explored the history of architecture, self-discovery. In a sense, Persian Letters is the story of a urbanism and landscapes throughout the United study-abroad trip, albeit not organized by a Kingdom, having the unique opportunity to university. The imaginary Usbek and Rica, just immerse themselves in the architectural glories like our own faculty and students today, were of the 17th-century country estate of George Our hope as faculty has always been to inspire driven by passion, curiosity, an insatiable desire Calvert and Cecil Calvert, the 1st and 2nd our students to learn more about other peoples, for self-improvement and self-discovery and Barons of Baltimore (and Charm City’s name- places and communities and other architec- a dogged ambition to make sense of people’s sake). Our students have wandered through the tural, planning, preservation and development differences. In my view, the quote “I would architectural and cultural mystique of Berlin, traditions, but also to learn to self-reflect. immediately hear a buzz around me: Oh, oh, is Copenhagen, Helsinki, Naples, Oslo, Paris, Through immersing ourselves in other cultures, he Persian? What a most extraordinary thing! Reykjavik, Rome and St. Petersburg; they have we not only derive lessons on what could be How can one be Persian?” reflects Rica’s despair dreamed, documented, analyzed, sketched, possible and desirable in our own contexts, but when faced with total miscomprehension. The planned and, from what I hear, partied with we discover assumptions and biases we hold Frenchman uttering these sentences was not unparalleled skill and sophistication. As a matter regarding others and ourselves. Perhaps more trying to be mean, offensive or dismissive to of fact, there have been three study-abroad trips commonly than we think, we do not just learn his Persian guest. He was probably curious, focused on the form and function of English to appreciate cultural differences, but discover intrigued, even enthusiastic. He simply could pubs, where objective analysis probably coin- the similarities that make us all human. not imagine how, in a world of familiar people cided with subjective assessment of beer. Belize, China, Greece, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Peru, and places, anyone/anything could be or Sonia Hirt is Dean and Professor of the School of become so fundamentally unfamiliar. South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and Turkey are all Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

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William Murtagh Charles Moore B. Frank Schlesinger Joseph Passonneau George B. Hartman, Jr. Charles E. Vallhonrat Donlyn Lyndon Joseph Zalewski Paul Rudolph Peter D. Eisenman Colin Rowe Steven K. Peterson Michael Graves Antoine Predock Peter Bohlin Lucien Kroll Jonathan Barnett Roberto Behar Mark Simon Simon Ungers Kea Distinguished Anthony Ames Barbara Littenberg Professorship In Architecture Brian Shea Alan Chimacoff Robert Allies In November 1967, Paul H. Kea and his wife Kea fund to take students on a Grand Tour of Frances Halsband Grace entered into an agreement with the Europe, essentially initiating the School’s long- Attilo Petruccioli University to support the fledgling School of term commitment to international studies. In Brian McKay-Lyons Architecture with annual gifts to establish 2003, Mark McInturff, FAIA (B.ARCH ’72), one David Miller an endowment that, today, supports the Kea of the students in Charles Moore’s era, was Mark McInturff Distinguished Professorship in Architecture. appointed Kea Professor and used his honorar- Andrea Leers Kea, himself one of the blue ribbon panel of ium to recreate, in spirit, Moore’s grand tour by Harold Adams architects who advocated for the establish- taking students on a spring break architectural Eric Naslund ment of the School, understood the impor- tour in Europe. Gary Bowden tance of periodically bringing important Amy Weinstein scholars and practitioners to the campus in Reading down the list of past Kea Professors Joseph Burns order to enliven the discourse among faculty provides a virtual who’s who of notable archi- Maurice Cox Julie Snow and students. One of the early and most tects, theorists and historians. Kea Professors Michael Vergason memorable Kea Distinguished Professorships have been drawn to the University from Nicolas Grimshaw Group MAPP’s Home Across the Pond: Kiplin Hall was awarded to Charles Moore, FAIA (1971), locations around the world and have included William Bechhoefer who utilized the support provided by the recipients of some of the field’s highest honors Filippo Caprioglio The Maryland Study Centre at Kiplin Hall has beautiful home and place of study for genera- easy access to Wales, Scotland, London and the “There is no substitute including, the AIA Gold Medal, the RIBA Gold Steve Ziger been a rich and memorable fixture for MAPP tions of students. throngs of spectacular sites around the English for direct, first had Medal, the AIA-ACSA Topaz Medal and the AIA Adam Gross experience of “site” study abroad excursions to Europe for nearly countryside. Kiplin even inspired a Maryland visits, and these Firm of the Year. Kea Professors have typically Colden Florance 30 years. Situated in North Yorkshire, England, Later, Kiplin served as home base to several Public Television (MPT) documentary, “Kiplin regular trips to Great supported the Integrated Design Studio, Thesis, George Hartman Britain provide just the 17th century manor house was the original UMD study-abroad programs, most notably Karl Hall: Birthplace of Maryland.” Fogle’s efforts to that. Kiplin provides lecture courses and the School’s lecture series. Gregory Giammalvo home of the Lords Baltimore, founder of the Du Puy’s study-abroad semester in the United bring Kiplin into the pedagogy also earned him a home away from While there have been many starchitect Kea Dan Brodkin home for our students Maryland Colony. In 1986, MAPP’s David Kingdom and Don Linebaugh’s historic pres- praise from The Prince of Wales, who wrote Professors, the criteria they must meet for Daniel Solomon and faculty, allowing Philip G. Freelon Fogle, an architecture professor, founded the ervation study of English pubs. More recently, to Fogle in 2013, “As you know, I am passionate them the flexibility to selection is that they demonstrate the highest travel, study, draw and Sylvia Smith UMD Study Centre at Kiplin in the adjacent Dennis Pogue has brought students to Kiplin about using the nation’s heritage as a catalyst levels of excellence in their contribution to the thoroughly involve Jordan Goldstein stable and blacksmith house. Tapping the to work on a long-term survey of the former to regenerate and revitalize local communities, themselves in the profession and/or the academy. Albert Rubeling expertise of area historians, MAPP faculty farm properties of the Kiplin Estate, most of and it gladdens my heart that Kiplin Hall is being cultures of England, Scotland and Wales. Suzane Reatig Kea Professor Andrea Ponzi (above), and a Brian Kelly is Professor and Director of UMD’s Architecture and students painstakingly restored these which were sold off in the early part of the 20th used as a means to educate and inspire count- -Karl Du Puy sketch he drew during a teaching session. Program Andrea Ponsi outbuildings over several years, creating a century. Kiplin’s central location allows students less students from all over the world.”

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