Students from NC State College of Design Honored with Architecture Award during the 2018 Venice Biennale
An inquiry of innovation, forward thinking, and global design has inspired the work of students at North Carolina State University’s College of Design School of Architecture. Eleven students who participated in an advanced architecture studio, Airport Design (ARC 503), were invited to exhibit their work, “Airports of the Future: Global Design Thinking,” during the 2018 Venice Biennale. This exhibition has been honored by the European Cultural Center (ECC) with The Architecture University Project Award 2018 for its contribution to research, for highlighting the significance of airport space, and for valuing the experiential journey.
Five student teams each created designs for airports in different cities around the globe, integrating advanced transportation technologies while considering their location’s culture, geography, and economy. Starting with the concept of the airport as a vital urban site of connection and exchange, the student teams developed radical new building typologies—pushing the limits of what an airport can be in an increasingly networked world. With the guidance of Professor of Architecture Wayne Place, Ph.DP., and Curtis Fentress, FAIA, RIBA; Ana-Maria Drughi; and Joshua Stephens, AIA, NCARB, of Fentress Architects, the student teams developed comprehensive strategies for their chosen sites, including proposals that focused on issues of sustainability, ecology, building technology, and social justice.
Their project models and video concepts are on display through November 25, 2018, in Venice at the Time Space Existence exhibition hosted by the European Cultural Centre. The exhibition explores imaginative concepts of future innovation in air travel and anticipates the constantly evolving global challenges of airport design.
NC State University, College of Design, School of Architecture will be holding an Open House for graduate programs in Architecture. The event will provide an opportunity for prospective graduate students interested in learning more about the degrees offered, admissions, program highlights, and certificate and concentrations within Architecture. All are Welcome and Registration is encouraged.
DATE: Friday, October 19th
TIME: 11:45 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. (evening events are optional)
LOCATION: NC State College of Design, School of Architecture: Raleigh, NC
LEARN MORE: HERE (https://design.ncsu.edu/event/architecture-graduate-open-house-2/)
SUMMARY: Eight projects on the topic of All-Inclusive Engagement in Architecture will be selected by peer-review and will be included in an upcoming publication edited by Farhana Ferdous and Bryan Bell.
The case studies sought should present sociallyengaged architecture as a broad project that demonstrate new innovative modes of architectural production that serve through architecture a multitude of “others” – those who live in poverty, are being victimized, forced into being refugees, suffering famine or homelessness. The book terms this work, taken as a whole, all-inclusive engagement.
The proposed book offers a framework of scholarship to understand various aspects of an emerging architectural culture broadly through critical discussion of theoretical, methodological and empirical evidence. Variously termed as public interest design, humanitarian architecture, pro-bono architecture, participatory architecture, and/or community architecture, the modernist utopia— architecture as an instrument of social change has returned to recent architectural discourse with a vengeance to the degree that it conceives a radical reformation of the profession and its relationship to society. While much of the available scholarship on social engagement in architecture is portrayed as a sheer pragmatic response to the economically divisive world, the proposed volume argues that this emerging trend requires a deeper theoretical analysis.
Current literature presents a disjunction between action-based community-engaged projects and theoretically based scholarship as a major gap in knowledge in the education of Architecture and Public Interest Design. To fill this gap, we seek field-based case studies that also establish a theoretical foundation to assess the scope, limitations, diversities, and possibilities of their social engagement. Although there are a number of good books on this topic, which is evidence of the burgeoning market of readers of the subject, most focus on discussing the working methods, techniques, and various pragmatic aspects of socially engaged architecture. This book will fill the lacuna by giving an in-depth analysis of all-inclusive engagement from socio-cultural contexts that framed the practice, as well as address the inadequate theoretical discussion on the topic.
Two case study projects will be selected for each of the following four topics:
I. Design Pedagogy
II. Theory and Scholarship
III. Contemporary Practice and Digital Engagement
IV. Community Health and Engaged Urbanism
SCHEDULE: 10 January 2018: Submissions due by author including name, institution/organization, project title, 300 word abstract, 8-10 images (med/low resolution). Select one of the four topic areas from list above and include as first key word.
5 February 2018: Editors shortlist the project, send the invitation to submit the draft chapters
1 March 2018: Author submits 1500 words chapter with maximum 10 high-resolution images with copyright permission and release by each subject included
31 March 2018: Editors send the chapters for the peer-review process
15 April 2018: Editors send the reviewers comments to the authors
30 May 2018: Author submits the final chapter to the editors
This call seeks College and University projects that evince the strategies and philosophies of public interest design pedagogy. Submitted projects will be double blind peer reviewed for inclusion in Part 2 of the book, Public Interest Design Education Guidebook: Curricula, Strategies, and SEED Academic Case Studies, edited by Lisa M. Abendroth and Bryan Bell and under contract with Routledge. This publication, the second in Routledge’s Public Interest Design Guidebook series, will address a specifically academic audience of educators, scholars, and administrators intent on understanding the complexities of public interest design pedagogy.
Submissions are desired from across the disciplines of design including but not limited to: architecture, communication design, environmental design, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, service design, urban design, and urban planning. Applicants whose projects embrace diversity and inclusion both within the academy and beyond are strongly encouraged to submit.
Please visit the SEED Network for complete information about the review process, submission themes, schedule, and requirements.
Questions may be directed to: Lisa M. Abendroth, Professor Communication Design Coordinator Metropolitan State University of Denver Founding Member, SEED Network
Now available — Public Interest Design Practice Guidebook
Public Interest Design Practice Guidebook: SEED Methodology, Case Studies, and Critical Issues introduces the standards and rigor that are needed to build public interest design into a practice that has a major global impact. Writings by Thomas Fisher, Heather Fleming, Michael Cohen, Michael P. Murphy Jr., Alan Ricks, and others cover topics such as professional business development, increasing positive impact, design evaluation, capacity building, and many more.
Themes, including public engagement and project assessment, are presented throughout the book and provide clear methods for an informed practice. Included are a step-by-step methodology and other tools for professionals to grow their public practices with new clients, new fee sources, and more meaningful design solutions. Groundbreaking is an Issues Index that categorizes 90 critical issues addressed by design which are clearly documented by an array of community projects focusing on global challenges.
This comprehensive manual also contains a glossary, a case study locator atlas, and a reading list, integrating research and techniques so that you can design community-centered environments, products, and systems. Whether you are working in the field of architecture, urban planning, industrial design, landscape architecture, or communication design,this book will inspire a public interest design practice that is informed and inclusive.
Professor Thomas Barrie was an invited speaker at a symposium entitled “Transcending Architecture” hosted by the School of Architecture, The Catholic University of America, October 6-8, 2011. His paper, “The Domestic and Numinous in Architecture,” focused on domestic symbolism often incorporated in sacred architecture.
The European Review has published Professor Thomas Barrie’s article “Sacred Space and the Mediating Roles of Architecture” (European Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, 79-94, 2012)
A review of Professor Thomas Barrie’s book The Sacred In-between: The Mediating Roles of Architecture (Routledge, 2010), appeared in the fall issue of Faith & Form magazine (Vol. XLIV, No. 2, 2011).
The Person Street Project, a community-based urban design project conducted at the College of Design’s Downtown Design studio fall semester 2011, concluded with a public exhibition on Friday, December 2nd. The exhibition, mounted in a storefront space on Person Street, featured urban design proposals and housing designs produced by twelve students in an ARC 401, Architectural Design Urban, studio led by Professor Thomas Barrie. Over 200 people attended the opening, and the project was featured in an article in the News and Observer. The project included research on contemporary urbanism, mixed-use development, and existing city studies and development plans for the project area; the urban and streetscape design for the Person Street neighborhood; and the design of a mixed-use, housing project for the development sites at the north end of Person Street.
The project partners were the Person Street Partnership and the City of Raleigh Urban Design Center. Project sponsors included the Person Street Partnership, the Society for the Preservation of Historic Oakwood and the School of Architecture.
NC State University College of Design in conjunction with the Department of City Planning, Urban Design Center and NC State Foundation presents the 12th Annual Urban Design Conference Urban Reset: green. smart. just
Set for March 17, 2012 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Raleigh Convention Center.
In the new global economy, successful cities will be green, smart, and just. What should we be doing to design our cities to be more carbon neutral, technologically advanced, and socially equitable? The 2012 annual urban design conference will answer these questions and challenge participants to lead us toward becoming a truly world class region.
Speakers:
Susan Anderson, Director, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) for the City of Portland Simon Atkinson, Professor of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin/NC State University Jerome Chou, Director of Programs, Design Trust for Public Space Don Edwards, Principal and CEO, Justice & Sustainability Associates Adam Goldberg, Smart+Connected Communities, Cisco Systems Susan Piedmont-Palladino, Curator, National Building Museum, editor, “Intelligent Cities” Jess Zimbabwe, Director, ULI Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use, MODERATOR
Also, Mitchell Silver, AICP, President of the American Planning Association and Chief Planning & Development Officer and Planning Director for the City of Raleigh, will offer remarks on his observations of the “urban reset.”
APPROVED: 7 hours AIA/HSW/SD and 7 hours AICP CM.
Seeking approval: NC Board of Landscape Architects and GBCI (for LEED AP)
Interested in seeing AIA North Carolina’s Center for Architecture and Design while you’re in downtown Raleigh. The Center for Architecture & Design will have a public grand opening on March 17. Ride the R Line after the conference and join them!
Growing in Place Symposium
The 9th annual Urban Design Conference is presented in concert with the 5th annual Growing in Place Symposium held the day before, on March 16, 2012, also in downtown Raleigh. Discounts available when registering for both.
Photo: North Carolina State University’s team in Walt Disney’s Imagineering 21st ImagiNations Design Competition L-R Kyle Thompson, Michael Habersetzer, Andy Park, Brian Gaudio Photo Credit: Gary Krueger, Walt Disney Imagineering
February 3, 2012 — Glendale, CA – The winners of the annual Walt Disney Imagineering ImagiNations Design Competition were announced on Friday, February 3 at Imagineering headquarters in Glendale, California. The ImagiNations Design Competition is a program designed and sponsored by Walt Disney Imagineering to encourage university students to consider careers in creative and technical fields including digital arts, engineering, and architecture.
For this year’s ImagiNations design competition, students from American universities and colleges were given a unique challenge: “Imagine it’s the year 3011. Disney has entertainment experiences all over the world, many which don’t even exist today. The human race is finally living on the moon and Walt Disney Imagineering wants to be the first one to provide entertainment and/or recreation to the new citizens there. What would you imagine that this new Disney experience could be?”
First Place and “Best in Show” was awarded to students Brian Gaudio, Michael Habersetzer, Andy Park and Kyle Thompson of North Carolina State University. Their project, “The Mind of Molly Mouse” utilizes modern-day 3011 technology to communicate the sweeping story of Molly, a descendant of Mickey Mouse, over the course of their stay.
Second Place was awarded to Carnegie Mellon University “Create the Night Finale,” which is an interactive nighttime spectacular and experience. The three members of the Carnegie Mellon University team are Michael Honeck, Ping Li, and Franz Mendonsa.
Third Place was awarded to Utah State University for their Disney Galactic Cruiseline: “The Oneiro.” Guests will be at ease in this contemporary environment designed to offer the luxuries of a seven-star resort with the thrill of space exploration. The three members of the Utah State University team are Jason Cooper, Adam Dambrink and Philip Le Goubin.
Twenty-one college students from six universities were finalists in Walt Disney Imagineering’s 21st ImagiNations Design Competition. ImagiNations is an annual program designed and sponsored by Walt Disney Imagineering, the creative arm of all Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide, which allows participants to showcase their talents and gain practical knowledge in design from leaders in immersive storytelling and themed entertainment.
This marks the third time in four years that a North Carolina State University team has placed in the top three. Last year’s North Carolina State team “Fantasia: The Lost Symphony,” placed second in the competition.
Participants work for several months on their concepts and presentations, which are evaluated by a team of Imagineers. The projects and concepts presented are not necessarily intended to be built by Disney – they are a way for the entrants to demonstrate their skill and creative abilities. In consideration for the opportunities provided by Imagineering, submissions become the sole property of Walt Disney Imagineering and Imagineering retains all rights to use and/or display the submissions and the materials contained in them.
A position at Walt Disney Imagineering is often found on surveys of “dream occupations,” and the company uses ImagiNations as a way to reach out to the widest possible talent pool for its future. The top three placed teams were awarded cash prizes with the first place team receiving $3,000. An additional $1,000 grant was awarded to the first place team, to be equally divided among its sponsoring universities and/or organizations.
The six teams of finalists visited Walt Disney Imagineering in Glendale from January 30 to February 3 to make professional presentations to the judging panel, interview for paid internships and get a behind-the-scenes tour of Disneyland from the viewpoint of Imagineers. During their week at Imagineering, the teams met and networked with Imagineers from a variety of disciplines.
Imagineers are famous for telling stories through three-dimensional attractions and experiences. The judges are looking in particular for the ability of technology, architecture, costumes, transportation, and attractions to support the story – and participants are advised to “begin with a great story before developing anything else.”
The judges apply the same criteria to the entries as they would to their own work – beginning with the team’s ability to collaborate across different disciplines and backgrounds; the mastery of their individual skills; whether it provides an engaging guest experience; the ability of the experience to demonstrate respect and inclusion for the diverse array of families who visit Walt Disney parks & resorts, and that it is unique in that it is not limited to what guests already experience in Disney parks and resorts.
The competition is open to students from colleges and universities in the United States that are Juniors, Seniors, or full-time Graduate students, or within one year after graduation, enrolled in Architecture, Arts, Animation, Computer Science, Construction/Project Management, Creative Writing, Engineering, Game Design, Graphics/ Communications Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interactive Media Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Media Production (Digital, TV, Film), Theater Design & Production.
Malecha Awarded the 2011 F. Carter Williams Gold Medal
Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, of the College of Design at North Carolina State University was awarded the 2011 F. Carter Williams Gold Medal during the annual AIA North Carolina conference held at the Raleigh Convention Center September 8-10.
The F. Carter Williams Gold Medal is the highest honor presented by the chapter to a member of AIA North Carolina in recognition of a distinguished career or extraordinary accomplishments as an architect.
Malecha was honored for his immense contributions to the architecture profession including seventeen years as an architect and educator in the state of North Carolina with a career spanning over five decades between two coasts.
“He’s accomplished more in his career to date than other distinguished professionals have accomplished in this state in a life time,” says alumnus John Atkins III, FAIA.
In 2009, Malecha served as president of the American Institute of Architects, providing distinguished service and leadership throughout a tumultuous time in the nation’s economy.
Alumnus Phil Freelon, FAIA, says, “He’s a leader in the academic and professional world. One could argue that Dean Malecha’s most significant and lasting contribution has been his effort to bring these two factions together. He has written extensively on this topic and he continues to work tirelessly to bridge the gap between architecture education and practice.”
Assistant Professor Burak Erdim, has joined the faculty at College of Design School of Architecture at North Carolina State University.
Burak Erdim is a registered architect and he is currently finalizing his dissertation in Architectural History titled, “Modernism and Revolution: Architectural Education, Development, and the Cold War Middle East, 1950-62,” under the direction of Professor Sheila Crane at the University of Virginia.
His research focuses on post-colonial encounters across the globe, particularly in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. He presented his work in a number of conferences and invited lectures nationally and internationally, and published a component of his master’s work on Bruno Taut’s encounter with Turkey in an essay titled, “From Germany, to Japan, and Turkey: Modernity, Locality, and Bruno Taut’s Transnational Details from 1933-38.” The essay was included in Lunch (2007), an academic journal published by the University of Virginia School of Architecture.
As a Ph.D. candidate, Burak has spent a year as a Fulbright Research Grantee (2007-08) and as a Dumas Malone Research Fellow (summer 2008) in Turkey.
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A team consisting of Architecture graduate students K. Matt Teti and L. Katy Kiang and Architecture undergraduate students Stacy Goodman and Elizabeth Gutierrez led by Assistant Professor Dana Gulling won first place at the national NCMA Unit Design Competition. The competition is sponsored by the National Concrete Masonry Association’s Education and Research Foundation.
The School of Architecture’s ARC 232 Structures and Materials course has been participating in the annual competition for over 15 years. In recent years, NC State has been placing at the national level including last year’s third place finish after Georgia Tech and University of Southern California. This year, NC State was able to dethrone Georgia Tech who won previously for three years in a row.
Prior to joining the Architecture faculty in 2012, Professor Gulling was at the University of New Mexico and Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). She has over seven years of teaching experience and research in the area of building technology and design.
Gulling says, “I am very proud of the students and all of their hard work. The students submitted a wonderful design proposal and gave an excellent presentation at the NCMA conference. Also, I would like to thank (Professor of Architecture) Pat Rand and Frank Werner (local sponsor with Adams an Oldcastle company) for the feedback that they gave to the students during the design process.”
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