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Shannon Chance, AIA, Editor PROCEEDINGS of the 20th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student Hampton University Department of Architecture 20th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student PROCEEDINGS NOT WHITE: Diversity in Beginning Design Education PROCEEDINGS of the 20th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student April 1-3, 2004 Hampton University Department of Architecture Shannon Chance, AIA, Editor Assistant Professor of Architecture Hampton University 20th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student PROCEEDINGS Copyright 2006 Hampton University Urban Institute /individual articles produced and edited by the authors Printed proceedings produced by Shannon Chance, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Hampton University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without written permission of the publisher. Published by: Hampton University Urban Institute Department of Architecture Hampton University Hampton, VA 23668 757-727-5440 fax 757-728-6680 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chance, Shannon Not White: Diversity in Beginning Design Education (Proceedings of the 20th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student) complied by Shannon Chance 1. Architecture - Diversity 2. Teaching - Architecture 3. Teaching - Diversity 4. Teaching - Design 5. Diversity - Design ISBN 0-9785172-0-2 NOT WHITE: Diversity in Beginning Design Education Table of Content 4 Conference Schedule 7 Preface - A Call to Diversify Architectural Education Shannon Chance, AIA Papers 9 Space (Un)veiled: Techne as a Means of Manifesting Invisible Cultures in the Beginning Design Studio Donald E. Armstrong and Carla Jackson 15 Preserving the Past and Designing the Future: A Tale of Two Communities Abimbola O. Asojo 19 Designing a Pavilion for the World’s Fair: Celebrating Cultural Specifi city in the Twenty-First Century Jill Bambury 25 Diversity in Design: The Journal of Inclusive Design Education Alex Bitterman and Beth Tauke 29 Noticing the Framework: Identity as Subject Matter Stephanie K. Bowman 35 Earth Moves: Challenging American Cultural Ground through a Taiwanese Earthquake Memorial Park Competition Shenglin Chang, Ph.D. 43 Diversity’s Effect on Accreditation: Lessons for Architectural Education C. Barnabas Charles, Ph.D. 51 What I Learned from My Assistantship: The Role of Research Assistantships in Beginning Design Education K. Stephen Cox, II and Matt Powers 55 Gender, Memory and (Psycho)analysis Elizabeth Danze 59 Section-Plane Construction from Cube Design: Three Dimensional Modeling of Sections through a Cube Designed with Solids and Voids as a Tool for Understanding the Importance of Sections in Design Elizabeth Lewis Dobson, AIA 63 A Search for Clarity Brian Dougan 69 Representing the Whole Jeremy Ficca 73 Site as Seeing – the Search for Identity and Meaning Isabel Baese Garcia 77 Using a Sensory Approach for Analyzing and Representing Sense of Place Shea Hansen and Matt Powers 83 Cultural Perceptions of Form, Proportion, and Scale 20th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student PROCEEDINGS 1 Ann Gribbin 87 Preparing Students to See: the Role of Vocabulary in Teaching Diversity in Basic Design Richard Hoag 91 Understanding Diversity through Biographical Landscapes Jeffrey Hou, Ph.D. 97 Transforming the Datum: The Readymade Context in the First Year Summer Studio John M. Humphries and Korydon H. Smith 103 Non-Traditional Access to Design Education Ron M. Kagawa, ASLA 109 Towards an “Integrated” Design Pedagogy: Exploring Architectural Displacements and the Location of Culture Beyond the Bauhaus Tradition Akel Ismail Kahera 115 Enabling Diverse Populations to Transform the Near Environment Brian Kane, ASLA 121 The Permanence of Impermanence: Learning from Sukkot Linda C. Klein 127 Designing a Better Crawfi sh Trap – Incorporating Indigenous Design into the Beginning Product Design Studio Andy Loewy 133 Worldviews and Student Development in the Beginning Studios Gretchen Maricak 139 The Postcard Project: The Role of Ready Made Objects in the Design Studio Igor Marjanovic 143 Normalization through Education: A loss of Culture and Identity? Kenneth G. Masden 147 Harnessing Diversity through Integrating and Improving Upon the Work of Others Phillip G. Mead 151 Moments of Conviction: The Problems and Promises of Nurturing Students’ Emergent Cultural and Personal Identities Dr. Elijah Mirochnik 157 Patterns of Progression: Diversity as a Matter of Course(s) Kevin Mitchell 161 Is There a Black Architecture? Incorporating Theories of the African American Design Ethic into Traditional Architectural History Syllabi Barbara Jane Mobarak 165 Deconstruction of Architectural Education Linda Montgomery 171 Disability as Diversity 2 NOT WHITE: Diversity in Beginning Design Education Leigh Polifko 175 Integrating Cognitive Processes into Beginning Design Education Matt Powers 183 Who’s Cube is it? P. Aurora M. Robinson 191 Middle-America/Meso-America: Rural Aliens in Urban Centers Russell Rudzinski and Korydon H Smith 199 Secrets of the Cloth Scott Ruff 205 Shades of Gray; Diversity and the Beginning Design Student Albert C. Smith, Ph.D., R.A. and Kendra Schank Smith, Ph.D. 209 Smudge Tool: Integrating Traditional and Digital Techniques and Pedagogy in a Visual Communications Curriculum Linn Song 213 Not White (in the Usual Way): A Learning Laboratory for Diversity in Beginning Design Education Mitchell Squire 219 Studying Difference: A University General Education Course on Diversity and Design Beth Tauke 223 Re-Beginning: Revisiting Foundation Lessons in Later Years Aron Temkin, RA and Anthony Abbate 231 Street as Common Place: A Full Scale Project in Search of Boundaries Stephen Temple 237 Investigative Space Kirsten G.L.H. van Aalst 245 If Diversity Means Envisioning Nora Wendl, Charles Masterson, and Mitchell Squire 251 Individual Identity in a Group Assignment Daisy-O’lice Williams and Karen E. Williams 20th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student PROCEEDINGS 3 20th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student Conference Schedule Thursday, 1 April 2004 2:00-5:00 Registration/Exhibit Bemis Lab HUD Interns 1:00-4:45 Sketchup Demonstration Bemis Lab Mr. John Selfridge 3:00-4:00 Campus tour I Leave from Bemis Lab Alfred Willis /Ronald Kloster 4:00-5:00 Campus tour II Leave from Bemis Lab Alfred Willis /Ronald Kloster 5:00-6:30 Conference Welcome McGrew Towers Welcome Shannon Chance / Ted Sawruk “The Redesign of Studio Culture” Wayne Mortensen, AIAS Introduction Bradford Grant, Chairperson Keynote Address Sharon Sutton Supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts 6:30-8:00 Reception Hampton Museum Dinner On Your Own 8:30-9:30 Moderators Meeting Shannon Chance / Ted Sawruk Friday, 2 April 2004 8:00- 8:30 Coffee 8:00-12:00 Registration McGrew Towers Lobby HUD Interns 8:30-10:00 Session One McGrew Towers Session A: Ethnic Vocabularies: Dr. Curtis Sartor, moderator 1. Invisibility: The Modernist Black Culture-Modern Architecture Nexus- Mitchell 2. Preparing Students to See: The Role of Vocabulary in Teaching Diversity in Basic Design- Hoag 3. Is There a Black Architecture? Incorporating Theories of the African American Design Ethic into Traditional Architectural History Syllabi- Mobarak Session B: Community and Evolving Programs: Andrew Chin, moderator 1. Beginning with the Beginning in Design Education: A Focus on Historical Awareness- Williams 2. Diversity Found in a Traditional Past- Kloster 3. Middle-America/Meso-America: Rural Aliens in Urban Centers- Rudzinski & Smith Session C: Understanding Methods of Teaching: Dr. Kendra Smith, moderator 1. Everywhere at Once, Yet Someplace After All- Hudson 2. Integrating Cognitive Process into Beginning Design Education- Powers 3. Deconstruction of Architectural Education- Montgomery 10:00-10:30 Break Coffee/Juice 4 NOT WHITE: Diversity in Beginning Design Education 10:30-12:00 Session Two McGrew Towers Session A: Design and African-American Heritage: Alfred Willis, moderator 1. Space (Un)veiled: Techne as a means of Manifesting Invisible Cultures in the Beginning Design Studio- Armstrong & Jackson 2. Towards an “Integrated” Design Pedagogy: Exploring Architectural Displacements and the Location of Culture Beyond the Bauhaus Tradition – Kahera 3. The Infl uence of Multiculturalism and Diversity on Accreditation in Higher Education –Charles Session B: Diversifying the Profession: Architecture and the HBCU: Melvin Mitchell, moderator 1. Assessing Diversity within College Architecture programs- Brazley & Poggas 2. Super-sizing the Black Students Visual and Creative Intelligence: An African-American Cultural Approach to Teaching Concepts & Theory of the Built Environment- Fozard 3. What I Learned from my Assistantship: The Role of Research Assistantships in Beginning Design Education- Cox, Yates & Powers Session C: Design and the Body: Dr. Valerie Prince, moderator 1. Beginning with Bodies – Knights 2. Gender, Memory and (Psycho) analysis – Danze 3. Moments of Conviction: The problems and Promises of Nurturing Student’s Emergent Cultural and Personal Identities- Mirochnik 12:00-1:30 Luncheon Keynote McGrew Towers Welcome Dr. Eric Sheppard, Dean Welcome Dr. JoAnn Haysbert, Provost & Acting President “Diversity in Design: The Journal of Inclusive Design Education” Alex Bitterman and Beth Tauke Introduction Ted Sawruk Keynote Address Ramona Austin Supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts 1:30-3:00 Session Three McGrew Towers Session