Stuckeman student’s design selected for new East Coast Music Hall of Fame Museum
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – A design by Penn State architecture student Nicholas Fudali has been selected to become the look of the new East Coast Music Hall of Fame (ECMHOF) Museum in Wildwood, New Jersey.
Fudali’s winning design was unanimously chosen by the ECMHOF board of directors following an open call for proposals. According to Bill Grieco, vice president of the organization, Fudali’s renderings made it to the short list of three finalists and was the only proposal submitted by a student. A number of architectural drawings were submitted but, according to Grieco, most of them seemed “too simple or too flashy in design.”
Fudali first learned about the development of the new museum on Facebook and was encouraged by Grieco, who is a family friend, to submit his own renderings.
“My design was inspired by the style already used by the ECMHOF board. They are really zeroing in on a retro aesthetic which New Jersey’s music culture stems from,” explained Fudali, who is a native of East Brunswick, New Jersey. “My goal was to stay true to the retro feel and translate it into a three-dimensional representation.”
To achieve his vision, Fudali incorporated elements such as neon tube lights which run around the roof overhang, a vinyl record-inspired entrance to create a memorable first impression of the building experience, and a large music note which serves as a sign and architectural symbol of the building.
“Nick’s design is clean and simple, and really stood out from the beginning. The building looks inviting and resembles a theater, which is fitting since we are celebrating artists and performers,” he said. “It is just amazing. Nick is incredibly talented and has exceptional vision, which will take him far.”
Fudali, who is interning this summer with Nastasi Architects in Hoboken, New Jersey, says he is honored to have had his design selected. He also expressed his gratitude to the entire EMHOF board, and Grieco specifically, for the opportunity to submit his vision.
“I have pursued this profession to create impactful designs and this is such an exciting project to get me started,” he added.
Grieco says he anticipates construction of the building, which will also serve as the organization’s world headquarters, to begin by the end of the year with an expected opening in summer 2020. At that time, the EMCHOF – which celebrates the music of the 1950s, 60s and 70s – will be honoring its first class of inductees, including Connie Francis, Tony Orlando, Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon and Chubby Checker.
If all goes as planned, the building will open shortly after Fudali graduates from Penn State with his B.Arch. degree in May 2020.
AASL Column, July 2019 Lucy Campbell and Barbara Opar, column editors Column by Megan Piemonte, Library Assistant, Boston Architectural College, 2019 Student Travel Award Recipient
Association of Architecture School Librarians 41st Annual Conference Report: March 28-31, 2019, Pittsburgh, PA
I would first like to express my gratitude to the Association of Architecture School Librarians for granting me the opportunity to attend their 41st Annual Conference. This was not only my first time visiting Pittsburgh, but it was also my first time attending a professional conference, and it was truly an edifying experience. I am deeply appreciative to those I had the opportunity to meet at the conference, all of whom were incredibly engaging, accommodating, and congenial.
I found the content overall to be both relevant and diversified. Each presentation offered a new perspective while coinciding neatly with this year’s theme: Articulating the Architecture Information Professional’s Core in a Post-Digital Era. I am eager to apply the invaluable knowledge I’ve gained from this experience to my current role at the Boston Architectural College, and I look forward to attending next year’s conference in San Diego.
Pittsburgh’s Built Environment Following President Chris Sala’s opening remarks and the vendor showcase, Martin Aurand of Carnegie Mellon University moderated a discussion panel on Pittsburgh’s culture and architectural identity. Panelists Christine Mondor of evolve: Environment::Architecture, Rob Pfaffman of Pfaffman + Associates, and art and architecture journalist Charles L. Rosenblum discussed the influence of Pittsburgh’s topography and natural resources on urban design. Major riverways not only abut the numerous mill buildings, but run concurrently with major roadways. As a major hub of industry during the 19th century, remnants of pollution on building exteriors live on as an element of Pittsburgh’s artistic identity. This challenges whether urban revival can be achieved without compromising Pittsburgh’s unique and layered history. This conversation not only provided valuable insight for those of us who were first-time visitors to the city, but it was directly analogous to the many discussions that followed.
Architecture Information in a Post-Digital Era As information professionals, our careers are intrinsically linked with technology; an aspect which furnishes both exciting opportunities as well as great obstacles. Our first joint session, Architectural Information in a Post-Digital Era, discussed some of these challenges. Panelists Matthew Allen of University of Toronto, Katie Pierce Meyer of University of Texas at Austin, and Ann Whiteside of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, addressed the value of teaching data management practices in the classroom. Many students are unaware of the implications of collecting data and the value of archiving their design processes for future generations. I found the discussion on Software Presentation Network (SPN) particularly fascinating, especially as conversations about the pitfalls of the digital dark age escalate within the information science community.
Maya Gervits of New Jersey Institute of Technology and Gilda Santana of University of Miami extended this conversation in their session on documenting non-traditional collections, specifically oral histories. Their discussion further illustrated the importance of archiving for the future. Personal narratives of faculty members can offer valuable contributions to an institution’s collective memory and provide new perspectives into personal and professional relationships within the community.
Even the vendor showcase demonstrated new developments in research tools in order to best meet the needs of the post-digital patron. Though each representative presented the unique components of their respective platforms, each of the databases demonstrated a powerful implementation of metadata which facilitates a variety of search and browse options for users.
The Architecture Librarian’s Role Digital storage and preservation are some of the more discernible challenges we encounter as information professionals in the post-digital era. However, many of the sessions also addressed some of the more inconspicuous challenges that arise. Presentations from Nilda Sanchez-Rodriguez of the City College of New York and Kevin Block of UC Berkeley each addressed perspectives on pedagogical methods in architecture education. Sanchez-Rodriguez detailed the many challenges and opportunities as a solo architecture librarian, whereas Block discussed the interminable challenge of encouraging students to utilize library resources.
From an archival perspective, Pamela Casey of Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library discussed the difficulties of navigating legacy data. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (FLWFA), consisting of tens of thousands of architectural drawings, photographs, models, and other documents, was jointly acquired by Avery and MoMA in 2012. While the procurement of a collection of such remarkable stature and breadth is certainly exciting, it does not come without challenges. Some of which include tackling inconsistent metadata standards and lack of adherence to provenance and original order.
Paula Farrar of University of British Columbia addressed the need for accreditation modernization for American and Canadian architecture schools. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) “Library Statistics Report,” currently does not include data reporting fields for electronic resources which in turn prohibits libraries from disclosing accurate expenditure or proudly exhibiting valuable digital resources held by their institution. This illustrates how fundamentally crucial it is for professionals in our field to maintain corresponding visions of the future in order to ensure seamless progression.
Cathryn Copper of Virginia Tech and Clarissa Carr of University of Florida each presented on the benefits of envisioning the future and the value of hybridity for the modern library professional. Copper addressed students’ preference for a smooth transition between digital and physical collections and the advantages of merging traditional library space with the creative studio environment. Carr discussed Esri Story maps: an innovative method by which to organize information, and provide users with new perspective while also engaging with them socially.
Our final session on architectural design theses appropriately concluded our conversations on designing for the future. Though technology has advanced exponentially over the past couple of decades, digital and physical storage continue to pose preservation challenges. Rebecca Price of University of Michigan discussed the divergent and uneven practices for preserving 3-dimensional models. Panoramic photography presents a possible solution but is very time consuming, and more advanced 3-D preservation practices may not be built to last. These challenges pose the question of what kinds of standards we can implement as architecture information professionals.
I found each of the conference sessions to be distinctly pertinent to my education and professional development as both a student of library and information science and a library professional at an architectural college. Much of my coursework at Simmons has been related to data management and digital services, and each of the presentations at this year’s AASL conference contributed directly to fundamental components of these areas of study. I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to be a part of such meaningful conversations with so many intelligent and innovative individuals. I look forward to maintaining these connections, and I hope to become more involved with this terrific organization.
International engagement was one of the key initiatives we pursued over the past year during my term as President. We reached out to several sibling organizations around the world – EAAE in Europe, ASINEA in Mexico, UDEFAL in Latin America, and AASA in Australasia – to see if there was interest in developing collaborative relationships. At the same time, the International Union of Architects (UIA) contacted us to see if we would work with them as an academic partner.
We have now signed agreements (memoranda of understanding) with four organizations: EAAE, AASA, ASINEA, and UIA. We have teamed up with EAAE to launch the biannual Teachers Conference that will alternate between Europe and North America. The inaugural conference is taking place this week in Antwerp, Belgium, with close to 150 registered participants in attendance. The twenty-four member schools from AASA (in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea) have joined us collectively as affiliate members. We have invited ASINEA member schools to take part in the 108th Annual Meeting in San Diego next year, with an expectation that we would have several parallel (and joint) events in Tijuana right across the border. We have also partnered with the UIA for the 2020 Congress in Rio for the review and selection of papers and design works, essentially merging our International Conference with the largest global gathering of architects.
These agreements and joint endeavors represent the culmination of an initiative started four years ago by former president Marilys Nepomechie. After tentative contacts and initial discussions, we made considerable progress this past year. We signed the agreements but, more importantly, we created new opportunities for our members to engage with colleagues around the world. Our goal is to build expanded communities to develop knowledge that can be shared globally.
Another goal is to deepen the conversation on a variety of topics: student recruitment, study abroad, faculty and student exchanges, research collaborations, and more. Perhaps ACSA could play a greater role in facilitating international activities of our member schools; acting as a broker of potential relationships. (As some of you may recall, these topics were front and center at the 2018 Administrators Conference in Québec City last October.)
However, our focus this past year wasn’t only on international engagement. There were other equally important initiatives, such as a new strategic plan, a new membership structure, the redesign of our largest gathering, the Annual Meeting, and preparations for the upcoming NAAB Accreditation Review Forum that will take place in Chicago at the end of July. It was a very busy year and I am very proud of what we have accomplished over the past twelve months.
This is the last President’s Message from me as I conclude my term on June 30, and begin a new chapter in my academic career as dean of the Hillier College of Architecture and Design at NJIT. It has been a great pleasure and a distinct privilege to work with our board and staff over the past year.
Rashida Ng, from Temple University, will succeed me as president on July 1. I will continue to serve for another year as Past President and look forward to working with Rashida, the Executive Committee, and the rest of the board, as Rashida leads our continuing efforts to advocate for architectural education and research, not only in the U.S. and Canada, but around the world.
Jeff Schnabel named director of Portland State University School of Architecture
Professor Jeff Schnabel, who was promoted to full professor in May, has been named director of the School of Architecture at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. Schnabel will assume the directorship on September 1, 2019, succeeding Professor Clive Knights, who is stepping down to rejoin the School’s faculty after more than 12 years of distinguished leadership.
Co-founder of the Portland Winter Light Festival and a longtime member of the Willamette Light Brigade, Schnabel is a leader in the discipline of light and projected media as a method of transforming the built environment. He holds a Master of Architecture from University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science/Landscape Architecture from West Virginia University.
“Jeff Schnabel is an exceptional leader and designer who has demonstrated his commitment to the ideal of making beautiful, functional, sustainable architecture for the benefit of all, while earning countless kudos from his students. I am thrilled to welcome Jeff as director of the School of Architecture,” said Leroy Bynum, Dean of the College of the Arts.
“He has an extraordinary example to follow; in my years working with Clive Knights, I have been consistently impressed by his leadership, his devotion to the educational needs of architecture students, and his tireless dedication to building a unique architectural program of the highest quality,” said Dean Bynum.
Since joining the PSU School of Architecture faculty, Schnabel organized the symposium “Illuminated City” in 2011, which attracted light artists and designers who worked with Schnabel to create the Portland Winter Light Festival. Schnabel spearheaded the effort to expand the festival to the PSU campus in 2019. He is vice president of the Willamette Light Brigade, a nonprofit organization that lights Portland’s bridges. He is a member of the New York-based Nighttime Design Institute and the Media Architecture Institute in Toronto.
In 2012, Schnabel established the Shattuck Hall Ecological Learning Plaza at the School of Architecture, an experimental space that was initially used to explore green roofs and green walls and is now a space dedicated to design-build projects and full-scale material explorations. With Rudy Barton, emeritus professor, he has led groups of architecture students on several trips to Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, and Girona), investigating and sketching contemporary and ancient architecture and public spaces in Spanish cities both large and small.
Schnabel teaches architecture studios, seminars, and introductory courses at both the graduate and undergraduate level, and has served as thesis advisor for Master of Architecture students since the inception of the degree in 2009.
“Clive Knights led the transformation of a modest program into a fully accredited school populated with a diverse faculty who bring their national and international reputations in service to our wonderful students,” said Schnabel. “I look forward to building on this momentum in support of our students, and furthering our engagement with Portland’s design and creative communities.”
During his 12 years at the helm, Clive Knights oversaw a series of significant developments in the School, including the establishment and accreditation of a professional Master of Architecture program (2-year and 3-year tracks), the founding of the Center for Public Interest Design, an internationally known research and action center, and the launch of the first Graduate Certificate in Public Interest Design in the United States. In addition, he led a major renovation of Shattuck Hall, the School of Architecture’s home on the PSU campus, which achieved LEED Gold certification. Knights will return to the School of Architecture faculty after a year-long sabbatical. Read Professor Knights’s letter to the student community here.
“It has been a remarkable journey, accompanied by talented and supportive faculty,” said Knights. “Jeff has been with us all the way and is the perfect person, not only to sustain the momentum of the school, but to bring a suite of new ideas that will enrich and augment the school’s offerings as well as its standing in the community going forward.”
Thesis students presented their individual research work at the Architecture Research Consortium Center (ARCC 2019) conference in Toronto from May 28-June 2, 2019. It was extremely eye opening and exciting for students to be part of collaborative discussions regarding the practice of research in architecture. Photo (left to right): Dyesha Holmes, Brittany Adkins, Joshua Robinson, Corey Jones and Jeremy Bowen.
Associate Professor Liz Martin-Malikian and department chair, Tony Rizzuto, PhD also presented a paper exploring applied research as a bridge between theory and practice.
Kennesaw State Univesity Architecture Thesis Students Receive URCA Funding
The 2019-2020 academic years starts out strong with the department of architecture being awarded a total of $7,000 during this first round of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (URCA) funding from the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Jared Triemer, Faith in Humanity: an exploration of spiritually inclusive architecture (advisor: Tim Frank) Devon Sams, Golden Scrutiny: from Analog-to-Digital (advisor: Peter Pittman) Ana Giron, Imaginative Engagement: Consolidating Play and Learning through the Spatial Design of Classrooms(advisor: Arash Soleimani) Breck Small, Primary Focus: A New Precedent for Ugandan Education (advisor: Giovanni Loreto) Caleb Lawrence, Atlanta, The Forest City? (advisor: Ed Akins) Marysia LaRosa, Urban Revitalization of the Rust Belt City (advisor: Ed Akins) Chase Sisk, How the Automobile Changes Monroe (advisor: Marietta Monaghan)
ASL Column, June 2019 Lucy Campbell and Barbara Opar, column editors Column by Janine Henri, Architecture and Design Librarian and Team Lead for Collections, UCLA Arts Library
Confiscated at the Border: a Case of Force Majeure, or, Don’t Cross the Border with that Library Book!
The “troublesome” book(1):
Wu Hung. Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the creation of a political space. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. (272 p.: ill. (some col.), maps; 26 cm.)
Contents:
Tiananmen Square: a political history of monuments
Face of authority: Tiananmen and Mao’s Tiananmen portrait
Displaying the people: National Day parades and exhibition architecture
Monumentality of time: from Drum Tower to “Hong Kong Clock”
Art of the square: from subject to site
Coda: entering the new millennium.
Subjects:
Architecture and history–China–Beijing
Architecture–Political aspects–China–Beijing
Art and state–China–Beijing
Tian’an Men (Beijing, China)
Beijing (China)–Buildings, structures, etc.
Wu Hung is Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History, Director of the Center for the Art of East Asia, and Consulting Curator of the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and sits on boards and advisory committees of research institutes and museums in the United States and China. There is no doubt that he is a well-respected and well-established scholar. He has published widely on both traditional and contemporary Chinese art and has received many awards for his publications and teaching activities. Prof. Wu Hung recently delivered the Andrew W. Mellon Lectures at the National Art Gallery (March-May 2019).
According to amazon.com(2), Remaking Beijing
“offers a vivid, often personal account of the struggle over Beijing’s reinvention, drawing particular attention to Tiananmen Square—the most sacred space in the People’s Republic of China. Remaking Beijing considers the square’s transformation from a restricted imperial domain into a public arena for political expression, from an epic symbol of socialism into a holy relic of the Maoist regime, and from an official and monumental complex into a site for unofficial and antigovernment demonstrations.
Wu Hung also explores how Tiananmen Square has become a touchstone for official art in modern China—as the site for Mao’s monumental portrait, as the location of museums narrating revolutionary history, and as the grounds for extravagant National Day parades celebrating the revolutionary masses. He then shows how in recent years the square has inspired artists working without state sponsorship to create paintings, photographs, and even performances that reflect the spirit of the 1989 uprisings and pose a forceful challenge to official artworks and the sociopolitical system that supports them.”
The library cataloged this book in the NA9072 Library of Congress Classification range which is reserved for the architectural aspects of the Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying, and specifically for Public squares and promenades. The book is obviously about much more than the 1989 uprisings, and after studying in the United States, the student had not considered that it might appear controversial.
The Confiscation incident:
UCLA students have a week-long break between Winter and Spring Quarters and one of our graduate students from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) decided to visit her family during the break. She took along one of the books she was reading for a research project. She elected to fly to Hong Kong from where she could take a train to Guangzhou. Thus, she crossed the border into the PRC from Hong Kong. This is where her suitcase was searched and all of her books were examined. Remaking Beijing is highly illustrated, and the customs officer noticed Tiananmen Square photographs. Unable to read English, he took the student to an office where another official could read English and evaluate the book. By this time, the student was petrified, afraid that she would be detained overnight, unable to contact family, and unsure of how this would affect her F1 student visa status. In the waiting room she noticed other detained travelers: apparently luxury items are often smuggled into the PRC through Hong Kong. When questioned and informed that she had to relinquish the book, the student explained that it had been assigned by a professor. She had to sign an official document stating this fact, was fingerprinted, and the incident is now on record in a government file. She was told that it was fortunate that she only had one controversial book with her: had she more than one, she would have had to wait overnight and appear before a superior officer. The book was seized and she was released, but with a caution that this incident could cause her future difficulties.
Upon returning to UCLA she reported the ‘loss’ of the book. Because the print edition is out of print, new copies sell for more than our standard replacement charges. I was contacted by our Head of Access Services to determine next steps. Fortunately a copy of this book is located in another library on campus, and a reasonably priced e-book version is available for purchase. Together with library administrators, we determined that this incident was a case of Force Majeure, thus the library could use its own funds to acquire an e-book replacement. But I also asked the student for permission to share her tale and for assistance alerting other foreign students: please don’t take library books across the border! Do not risk jeopardizing your visa status!
The National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB) has issued “Draft 0” versions of the 2020 Conditions and Procedures for Accreditation, which are publicly accessible through the following links:
These two documents will be discussed at the 2019 Accreditation Review Forum (ARForum) that will take place on July 25 and 26 in Chicago. The boards of five U.S. collateral organizations (ACSA, AIA, AIAS, NAAB, NCARB) will meet then to also consider the future of architectural education, with guests and members of two NAAB-appointed groups that worked on drafting the two documents.
The “zero” drafts were prepared by the 2019 ARForum NAAB Steering Committee and the NAAB Task Force, respectively. ACSA was represented officially on the 15-member Steering Committee by Bruce Lindsey from Washington University in St. Louis, Rebecca O’Neal Dagg from Auburn University, and Michaele Pride from the University of New Mexico. Kate Schwennsen from Clemson was also a member of the group. John Cays from NJIT, Rocco Ceo from the University of Miami, and David Hinson from Auburn were on the NAAB Task Force (as NAAB board members), which was led by NAAB President-Elect Barbara Sestak from Portland State University. Tom Fisher from the University of Minnesota was an invited member of the Task Force.
In other words, a good number of members of these two groups were from our schools; our community did have a say in the preparation of the drafts and we were offered an opportunity to provide feedback about the proposed ideas during a NAAB workshop at the 2019 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh.
Nevertheless, we encourage our members to carefully review the “Draft 0” of the Conditions and Procedures. The Conditions in particular contain significant changes. You will notice that SPCs are no longer there; in their place are Program Criteria and Student Learning Criteria. The draft document also describes the “Defining Values of the Profession” that programs must address as part of the accreditation process.
We welcome your feedback about the proposed changes before the ARForum takes place at the end of July. Please send your comments by July 1 to president@acsa-arch.org. Please note that we may share them with NAAB and let us know if you would like to remain anonymous.
Also, please note that NAAB will issue “Draft 1” of the Conditions and Procedures after the ARForum, which will be available for public comment until mid-November, i.e. we will get to discuss them at the 2019 Administrators Conference in New Orleans. “Draft 2” will be produced after the public comment period ends on November 22, 2019. The final version will be issued after the NAAB Board meets at the end of January.
As a final note, the programs going up for accreditation in 2021 will have a choice to use either 2014 Conditions and 2015 Procedures or the 2020 versions. All programs that will have accreditation visits in 2022 or later will have to use the new 2020 versions. So, please review the drafts as they contain some significant changes and let us know what you think. We look forward to hearing from you.
Title: Architecture Graduate Student Presents Hybridized Infrastructure at National Symposium
May 29, 2019
Exploring how architecture can improve water management and engage communities in New Orleans, recent master’s architecture graduate Riley Lacalli developed a project that proposes a new infrastructure system and presented his work at a national conference this spring.
The CriticalMASS Graduate Research Symposium at the University of North Carolina Charlotte in April brought together 14 students for presentations to panels of experts from across the country. Lacalli, who graduated from the Tulane School of Architecture’s M.Arch I program in May, said the experience at CriticalMASS was both informative and inspiring with students’ topics ranging from virtual libraries to smog-diffusing glass, Lacalli said.
“The diverse representation of projects reinforced the idea that architecture can be used to positively influence a variety of problems,” he said.
Lacalli’s thesis project “Pumps Politikos” addresses urban infrastructural systems and the problems many cities, coastal cities in particular, are facing as the threat of climate change rises. Among his design solutions, he proposes a series of canopies, elevated above streets and around pumping stations, as green spaces for not only rainwater collection but also civic engagement. The goal is to create a better water management system that utilizes every drop of water as an asset and, by making these sites accessible, reconnect communities to infrastructure allowing them to play a role in the monitoring and management of the system.
“To combat issues such as rising sea levels, land loss, and an increased occurrence of natural disasters, urban environments and the machines that keep them afloat must be redesigned in a multi-scalar, multi-systemic manner,” said Lacalli. “My interest in architecture lies in its ability to contribute to many different disciplines and across many different scales. I would love to get involved with an architecture firm that is taking on projects at a larger city or neighborhood scale, specifically projects that work with the existing fabric and attempt to provide holistic and dynamic responses to potential problems.”
Title: Norman Collaborates for Whitney Biennial 2019 Installation
May 28, 2019
Assistant Professor Carrie Norman has collaborated with Kenyan-born, Chicago-based artist Brendan Fernandes for the sculptural installation “The Master and Form,” currently on display through Sept. 22 at the Whitney Museum of American Art for the Whitney Bienniel 2019.
This installation, created through Norman’s practice Norman Kelly, explores the intersections of dance + sculpture + performance through devices that put dancers into specific positions and forms indicative of the technique of ballet.
“As a former dancer training in the ballet world, I’ve always been questioning my body, my sense of who I was in that world. Ballet is a very specific type of dance form and specific types of bodies are required to perform the gestures or to be ‘technically successful’ in that space. I think about race, class, gender through ballet, those things are very much set through Western hegemony narratives. Part of what I’m doing in this work is to be critical and to break down those binaries because we are in a space that we need to change that and dance needs that so much in its narrative, to think about things differently.” – artist Brendan Fernandes
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