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Link to the Spring 2021 Panel Series:
https://architecture.catholic.edu/academics/lecture-series/spring-2021-panel-series/index.html
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Join CUArch 2018 Walton Critic Susan Jones (atelierjones, Seattle) in a talk about the interactions between materiality, light, design, sustainability and the sacred in architect Jones’ practice (ranked 7th in the US for design quality in late 2017)
“Light Leaps Forward” will be on 09/17/18 at 5:00pm in the Koubek auditorium followed by a reception.
Open to all.
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Reclaim + Remake Symposium, April 11-13, 2013 “Waste is a Resource in the Wrong Place and Time”
The symposium is proposed to bring together the most innovative practices in education and research for current and future reuse and recycling of material resources in the built environment. Keynote Speakers: Dr. Charles J. Kibert, Professor and Director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Mr. Jan Jongert, Founder 2012Architecten, Rotterdam, Mr. Scott Boylston, Professor and Coordinator of the Masters in Sustainable Design Program, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Abstracts for presented papers and designs are welcome from designers, educators, researchers and advanced university students who are engaged in knowledge creation and dissemination for the responsible use and end-of-life management of building material resources. Abstracts should be 300-500 words. A two-stage blind process will be used for abstract submittals and for full paper submittals. Proceedings will be produced from accepted papers and presentations. Abstracts Deadline: November 12, 2012.
More information and submissions: http://architecture.cua.edu/reclaimremake
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Associate Professor Eric J. Jenkins‘ sketch “Drawing Light from Darkness” was awarded Runner Up amongst registered architects in Architectural Record’s 2014 Napkin Sketch Contest.
Associate Professor Adnan Morshed will present talks based on his forthcoming book, Impossible Heights: Skyscrapers, Flight, and the Master Builder (University of Minnesota Press, Fall 2014), at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University Museum in September 2014 and the Birkbeck, University of London, in October 2014 – http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/impossible-heights. He will be a panel discussant at the biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments in Kuala Lumpur in December 2014.
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Associate Professor Eric J. Jenkins, as an AIA District of Columbia chapter board member, is organizing a two-part portfolio and résumé workshop. The fall session will be a “how to” of graphic layout and content with a spring session will be one-on-one “desk critiques” with an architect and student. Students and recent graduates from the area schools of architecture are invited to attend these free workshops.
Associate Professor Adnan Morshed, PhD, will present two talks based on his forthcoming book, Impossible Heights: Skyscrapers, Flight, and the Master Builder (University of Minnesota Press, Fall 2014). The first is at the Wolfsonian-Florida International University in Miami Beach on Sept. 19, 2014 and the other at the Birkbeck, University of London, on Oct. 23, 2014. Professor Morshed will serve on the keynote panel at the Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 2014.
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As part of the Catholic University of America Fall Lecture series, Nader Tehrani wil present his lecture “DA DA A NADAA” at 6pm on November 5th, 2012 at the Koubek Auditorium in the Crough Center for Architectural Studies, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., N.E. Washington D.C.
Working on interdisciplinary platforms, Tehrani has focused his research on the transformation of the building industry, innovative material applications, and the development of new means and methods of construction. As the founding principal of office da, Tehrani has received many prestigious awards for his work, including the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award, and 13 Progressive Architecture awards. Tehrani is also a professor and the head of the Department of Architecture at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning.
Photo Samsugn Model Home Gallery by Seungbum Kim
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The Summer Institute for Architecture at The Catholic University of America is pleased to present three cutting-edge studio and/or workshop opportunities for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. We are interested in inviting candidates from other schools to participate in the Summer Institute for Architecture at CUA. The SIA design studios are a unique opportunity for students to work with leading practitioners, to engage with fellow students from a diverse range of other academic institutions, and to experience summer on the east coast.
The following two architectural design studios are 12-week design studios (6-credit hours) with the summer term running from May 7 – August 4, 2012.
The Diller Scofidio + Renfro studio will be led by Ben Gilmartin, Principal and Design Director at DSR. Diller Scofidio + Renfro is internationally recognized for their innovative, inventive and creative work. Their work includes, in NYC, the High Line, Alice Tully Hall, Julliard School, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Most recently, DSR was short-listed for The National Mall Design Competition to re-vision Union Square and the Sylvan Theatre on the Washington Monument Grounds. Mr. Gilmartin will frame the design problem based upon a theme and students will seek design solutions in response to the critical underpinnings of the studio framework. During the summer, the studio will travel to NYC to visit DSR’s office and have an opportunity to engage in discussion with Liz Diller.
Situated Explorations is a domestic travel studio option offering two city landscapes for students to investigate via three-day intensive interaction and engagement with invited design critics. The Summer 2012 program offers travel to NYC where students will work with Tod Williams Billie Tsien Associates, and to Boston where students will work with Stoss LU. While interacting with design critics at each of the offices, students will use their time in each city to execute field studies, documentation, and develop initial design proposals. Students return to CUA to continue to work on the design problem after each visit. At the end of the term, there will be a final exhibition of work with a roundtable discussion between the guest critics and other invited guests.
SIA/CUA is also pleased to offer this design-build workshop course: Reclaim + Remake, an 8-week intensive workshop (6 credit hours) running from May 7 – June 29, 2012. Students will deconstruct a historic and abandoned church in rural Ohio near Wheeling, WV, and design-build an installation / structure at the same site using the reclaimed materials. Students will gain knowledge in construction safety and skills, cooperative design and work experiences, community engagement, and the opportunity to create a fully realized design and construction project using reclaimed building materials. A goal of this program is to help define and develop a deep consideration of the consequences of the acts of materials use in design, the value inherent in abandoned places and buildings, and the current social and environmental paradigm of waste and abuse of natural and cultural resources.
Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students can apply to our Summer Program. The application can be found at the following link on the CUA website. (http://summer.cua.edu/applications/index.cfm) Applications for these programs are due by April 15, 2012.
You can also find out more information about the Summer Institute for Architecture at http://architecture.cua.edu/summerprograms/index.cfm.
Contact person: Julie Ju-Youn Kim RA AIA, Associate Professor / Director, Summer Institute for Architecture
kimk@cua.edu
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“Box of Miracles: Contemplating a 21st Century Convent” opened January 29th at the Art Gallery of the Wesley Theological Seminary’s Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion. The exhibit features selected design work by CUA sacred space and cultural studies concentration students and senior undergraduate students, and will run until March 1st. This work was produced last semester under the guidance of 2012 Walton Critic Alberto Campo Baeza and CUArch Associate Professors Julio Bermudez and Luis Boza.
Photo Cube I, Guadalajara, Mexico by Estudio Carme Pinós
Carme Pinós, an Architect and Urbanist based in Barcelona, lectured on her work Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Koubek Auditorium of the Crough Center for Architectural Studies. Pinós set up her own firm in 1991, after a decade of partnership with Enric Miralles. She has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the National Prize of Architecture by the Spanish Architects Association in 1995, the 2001 Prize by the Professional Architect Association of the Comunidad Valenciana for the Juan Aparicio Waterfront in Torrevieja, the 2005 Arqcatmón Prize by the Professional Architect Association of Catalonia for the Cube Tower in Guadalajara, as well as the 1st Prize of the Biennial of Spanish Architecture in 2007 for the same building. In 2008 she received the National Prize of Architecture and Urban Space by the Catalan Government for her professional work. Her current work includes the Catalan Government Headquarters in Tortosa, the Museum of Transport and Metropolitan Park in Málaga, “La Gardunya” Square in the Historical District in Barcelona comprising “La Gardunya” Square Design, “La Massana” Fine Arts Center, a Housing Block and “La Boqueria” Market’s back façade, as well as a Department Building in the New Campus of the University of Economics in Vienna, the Caixaforum in Zaragoza and the Cube 2 Tower in Guadalajara (Mexico).
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The School of Architecture and Planning of The Catholic University of America proudly presents Professor Adèle Naudé Santos, Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning in the Inaugural Lecture honoring George T. Marcou, FAICP Professor Emeritus, on Wednesday 10/26/11, 5:30pm at the Koubek Auditorium of the Crough Center for Architectural Studies, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20064.
Professor George Themistoclis Marcou taught at The Catholic University of America from 1962 to 2002. Born in Cairo, Egypt, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology earning a bachelor’s degree in Architecture in 1953, and a master’s degree in city planning in 1955. During those years, he met a fellow student and the woman who would become his beloved wife during 56 years, Margaret, who also graduated from MIT. Both raised five children, three golden retrievers, and later enjoyed their eleven grandchildren. Professor Marcou was widely known for his professionalism, wonderful sense of humor, and practical approach to problem solving. Traveling around the world with Margaret, whether it was for business or for pleasure, was a great passion where his fluency in Arabic, Greek and French came in handy. His career as an urban planner began in 1962, when he founded Marcou, O’Leary and Associates, a planning and urban development consulting firm. There he directed projects for numerous counties and cities both in the United States and abroad. The firm received urban design awards from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, including an award for its preservation plan and program for the Vieux Carré Historic District in New Orleans. Projects in the Washington area included Fiscal Impact Analyses for Montgomery County, a program for revitalization of downtown Frederick, Maryland, campus plans for George Washington University and the National Institutes of Health, planning studies for Fairfax County and a study of Washington’s skyline for the National Capital Planning Commission. The firm was acquired by Westinghouse in 1973. In 1977, Professor Marcou became the first manager of the Community Development Bureau of the Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade, developing policy and action programs for the business community dealing with public issues. Later in 1979, he was appointed Deputy Executive Director of the American Planning Association (APA) where he was responsible for its policy and lobbying program. He also served on the APA’s Political and Legislative Committee. In 1993, Governor Schaffer of Maryland awarded Professor Marcou the Governor’s Award for Professional Excellence and the following year appointed him to the State of Maryland Economic Growth, Resource Protection and Planning Commission on which he served for five years. He was often asked to be a guest lecturer at conferences and universities in the U.S. and abroad. These invitations took him to Denmark, Greece, Italy, and the Netherlands. He was a longstanding member of Lambda Alpha International, an honorary land economics society and the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Professor Emeritus George Marcou passed away on April 28, 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland.
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