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contents 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.

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