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Aggie constructors Architecture Ranch Stacell remembered place 1st in annual Texas A&M University Press ASC competition Faculty consider “The CRS Team and the Business of Architecture” For the second time in three 16-acre spread years, a team of graduate Edited by Jonathan King and Philip PAID construction science stu- The college has set Langdon with a foreword by Ronald TEXAS 77843 U.S. POSTAGE Skaggs, 2002 PERMIT NO. 215 NON PROFIT ORG. NON PROFIT dents from Texas A&M aside $1 million to COLLEGE STATION placed first in the nation in a develop a 16-acre par- Since the end of the Second World archone. challenging construction cel of land at A&M’s War, few firms have influenced the management competition Riverside Campus ten- practice of architecture as much as WINTER 2004 sponsored by the tatively dubbed the Caudill Rowlett Scott, or CRS. This book about CRS Associated Schools of “Architecture Ranch.” fills an important gap in architectural history by COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE Construction. On Nov. 8, several fac- exploring the ways architects of the mid-20th century Cambodian Land Mine Museum developed methods that allowed professionals to ana- The event, held February ulty visited the site as @ TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Students construct ‘Pet Palaces’ lyze projects analytically and systematically rather Richard Fitoussi, founder of the Cambodian 2003 in Reno, Nevada, part of a daylong char- Land Mine Museum Relief Fund (CLMMRF) On Nov. 22 more than 300 Texas A&M University than relying on the traditional combination of informa- attracted 14 teams from 11 rette aimed at designing tion and intuition. CRS played an important role in the invited two A&M architecture studios to construction science students strapped on their universities. Representing facilities and ideas for Marcel Erminy and Fred profession’s progress by pioneering “programming” to design a modern facility for the Cambodian A&M on the winning team utilizing the new area. Parke sketch ideas. tool belts and built 50 deluxe “pet palaces” as part tailor buildings more precisely to the clients’ and occu- Welcome to the inaugural issue of Land Mine Museum in Seim Reap, were team captain Jim of the Department of Construction Science’s Build pants’ needs. The book, based on oral histories traces archone., a newsletter serving the college Cambodia. Day competition. The project, spearheaded by DeLapp, and teammates the firm’s development from its beginnings to its of Architecture at Texas A&M University. The museum was founded by Aki Ra Seenu Kurien, and Larry instructor Audrey Tinker, was the first event staged emergence as the largest architecture/engineering (above, at right), a former child-soldier who McGinn. In addition to a first at the college’s new 16-acre spread at Texas A&M firm in the United States. archone. highlights news, events and fea- participated in the laying of land mines in his place trophy, the triumphant University’s Riverside Campus. The pet homes, Architecture students design, construct tures posted in detail online at youth and has since dedicated his life to donated to animal shelters, will be auctioned off. 43-foot sculpture to honor late professor “The Architectural Project” Aggies received $1,500 in http://archone.tamu.edu. removing the estimated 6 million mines still prize money. By Alfonso Corona-Martínez; trans- hidden in the Cambodia soil. Capping off his senior year, BED student Patrick In the annual ASC con- Winn and a small group of fellow architecture stu- lated and edited by Malcolm Readers are encouraged to sign-up online The project was directed by studio Quantrill with a foreword by Marco test students are given 16 dents designed and constructed a 43-foot concep- instructors Julie Rogers—who holds a Ph.D. Frascari, 2003 to receive monthly story updates via hours to solve a project tual structure in honor of the late professor Alan in architecture and specializes in Asian art management problem and The Architectural Project considers e-mail. Address changes, photos, news and architecture—and George J. Mann, the Stacell. The memorial was unveiled in the Langford prepare a presentation that atrium in a Dec. 2002 ceremony. For 40 years the practice of architectural design and comments can also be submitted Ronald L. Skaggs professor in Health as it has developed during the last is delivered to a panel of Stacell served as teacher, mentor and friend to a Mark Clayton, Lou Tassinary, Yauger Williams and Office of the Dean College of Architecture A&M University Texas 3137 TAMU TX 77843-3137 College Station, ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Facilities Design. judges the following day. two centuries. In this challenging interpretation of online at [email protected]. Jill Mullholland confer at the “Ranch” site. legion of young Texas A&M designers. design education and its effect on design process and products, Argentinean scholar Alfonso Corona- Martínez emphasizes the distinction between an architectural project, created in the architect’s mind Construction industry leaders ‘The Lucy House’ World-wired ‘Enlightening Lightning!’ ‘Headcase’ and materialized as a set of drawings on paper, and Upcoming events the realized three-dimensional building. The writer examine diversity challenges J. M. Tate ’02 spent his senior Professional process consultant David Sibbet shows how representation plays a substantial role in Feb. 6, 2004 - Rowlett Lecture year designing and building a Construction industry leaders, university officials engages faculty and Dean’s Advisory Council. determining both the notion and the character of “RTKL: The pursuit of great projects” home for a low-income family as architecture, and he traces this relationship from the and students examined diversity challenges com- part of Auburn University’s Renaissance into the Modern era, giving detailed mon to education and the construction industry at “What will it take to Bush Presidential Conference Center Outreach Rural Studio. The Lucy considerations of Functionalism and Typology. a Dec. 2003 conference sponsored by A&M’s Info: Call CRS Center at (979) 847-9357 House, contained by walls built Department of Construction Science. The presen- make the College of of individually stacked and com- “Remembrance and tation, “Building Excellence Through Diversity: Feb. 28, 2004 HRIL Symposium pressed carpet tiles, became a the Design of Place” Partnering with the Construction Industry,” was Sparky Architecture the best Conservation technology, practices memorial to the studio’s founder, moderated by organizational transformation by Frances Downing, 2001 The Veranda, in Bryan, Texas Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee, who The folding rust-colored structure rising above the roof provides expert William A. Guillory school of architecture A kitchen filled with the smell of passed away during the project. a “prayer space” that was requested by the client family. Info: Call HRIL at (979) 845-0384 mouth-watering temptations, a child- in the world?” hood hiding place, or the antiseptic A&M AGC Chapter Italians Erects Aggie-designed 9-11 Memorial waiting room of a hospital may all HRRC increasing its Students unveil designs for Columbia Memorial Built environment leaders help named top in U.S. look different, but each is capable of international influence ‘Vizzers’ help Pixar find Nemo In the wake of 9-11, a group of Texas A&M architecture students bringing vivid memories to one’s mind. chart vision for 21st Century. Trajectory lines, golden spirals and ripple pools studying in the small Italian town of Castiglion Fiorentino formed a Memories of places identify people as individuals were among the architectural features included The A&M student chap- ‘Vizzer’s’ collaborate Evacuation studies, homeland ter of the Associated Digital collaboration unique relationship with their Italian hosts, who 60 years earlier had and tie them to networks of culture and society. security and international training in A&M student designs for a proposed space on planetarium project Architects often subconsciously use such memories General Contractors was Distance and cultural barriers endured the ravages of World War II. United in sorrow spawned projects are on the agenda at the shuttle Columbia memorial. Crafted by students to create innovative places. In “Remembrance and the Inside this issue: recognized by the national Last fall a group of A&M visualization from tragedies decades apart, city fathers challenged the students Hazard Reduction and Recovery in Mardelle Shepley’s Healing Environments stu- disappear in Guillermo Vásquez Design of Place,” Frances Downing suggests ways to students worked with Richard Orville, to design a “9-11” memorial monument as a permanent tribute to Studio designs new facility dio, the designs were unveiled Oct. 31, 2003 to organization as the most de Velasco’s AmeNet-Virtual translate the memory of personal experience and Center. You can read about interim head of A&M’s atmospheric man’s resiliency and the spirit that triumphs over tragedy. The residents of Sabine County, in deep East Texas outstanding AGC student Design Studio where students transfer it intentionally to architecture and design. HRRC scientists’ mission to a for Cambodian Land Mine sciences department, to create an edu- Aggies—Whitney Skinner of Coppell, Lisa Andel of Channel View where the memorial is to be built on land donat- chapter of 2002. The award regularly communicate live with Paper bag hat designs Through her investigation of the act of remember- flood-plagued region in Brazil and Museum was presented at the March cational show, “Enlightening Lightning!,” for and Virginia Sternat of Houston—responded in grand fashion. The ing, Downing has discovered three different acts of their participation in U.S. home- ed by businessman and philanthropist Arthur their counterparts and design Thousands of white paper lunch 2002 AGC National the planetarium at Tarleton State Univer- 12-foot marble sculpture, “Memory,” based on their design, is now a “expression”: naming remembered places, contem- land security discussions in Columbia space shuttle Temple.