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UVA Selects Malo A. Hutson as Dean of the School of Architecture

The University of Virginia announced today that Malo A. Hutson has been appointed the dean of the School of Architecture, effective July 1, 2021.

Hutson is currently a tenured professor and director of the Urban Planning Ph.D. Program in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University in the City of New York, as well as director of the School’s Urban Community and Health Equity Lab. He is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the areas of community development, environmental justice, and urban health. Hutson brings with him a proven track record of academic leadership and his collaborations across disciplines in both the academic and professional sphere place him at the nexus of environmental, architectural, and urban equity studies.

“Malo brings a depth and breadth of experience and scholarly accomplishment that stand out in his field,” said Liz Magill, UVA Provost. “Just as important is his vision for the future of UVA Architecture and its ability to create solutions for real world problems. Malo has continuously demonstrated strategic brilliance in connecting architecture and urban planning to other disciplines for the benefit of his community, his students, and his profession.”

At Columbia Hutson was a faculty member of both the Earth Institute and the Columbia Population Research Center, where he co-led the urbanism group. He also served as director of project development for Columbia World Projects, a university-wide initiative focused on mobilizing Columbia University researchers to work on global challenges in concert with government, the private sector, and community organizations. In this role, he helped build teams and develop a portfolio of projects in excess of $100 million with wide strategic scope and significant social impact, including several projects sited in Virginia.

“I’m thrilled to be joining the School of Architecture as dean,” said Hutson. “The A-School faculty and students are at the cutting edge of research, teaching, and creative practice. Collectively the A-School community is working to address some of the most pressing issues facing our society, ranging from climate resilience to environmental health and racial justice.”

Hutson’s research focuses on community development and urban equity, including the intersection of urban planning and racial, ethnic, and health inequities and the interplay of the built environment and health. He is also the co-founder and a principal of a professional services consulting firm specializing in community-centered projects that improve the economic, environmental, political, and social well-being of urban residents. His recent research and consulting engages local government agencies around food systems and equity. He is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards throughout his career, including the Salzburg Global Fellowship, two Mellon Fellowships, and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Scholar Fellowship, among many others.

“Among Dr. Hutson’s many qualities that impressed the committee is his commitment to advancing the public good through both institutional leadership and relevant scholarship,” said Jeana Ripple, associate professor of architecture, director of the Master of Architecture program, and co-chair of the search committee. “The committee is thrilled with Malo’s vision, experience, generosity, and dedication to advancing design and scholarship, inclusive excellence, alumni engagement, and funded research capacity.”

Prior to Columbia University, Hutson held a tenured appointment as Chancellor’s Professor of City and Regional Planning in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the College of Environmental Design, University of California at Berkeley. He also chaired the Urban Studies program and served as the associate director of the Institute of Urban and Regional Development, overseeing significant research funding to foster collaborative research and scholarship across the Berkeley campus and globally.

In addition to his scholarly accomplishments, Hutson is a respected teacher and mentor in the design and planning community.  Throughout his career, he has overseen multiple award-winning dissertations and has helped undergraduate and graduate students achieve highest honors in the field, including Fulbrights and two Schmidt MacArthur Fellowships funded by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

“In the past years, Professor Hutson’s contributions across GSAPP and Columbia University have been nothing less than tremendous,” said Amale Andraos, dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. “He has made a lasting impact on many of us as a colleague and as an inspiring teacher and advisor to our students. While we are saddened to see him leave, I am thrilled he will be joining you in this leadership position which no doubt will be transformative, with positive ripples across our disciplines and fields.”

Hutson’s work in support of diversity, equity, and inclusion goes beyond his research and student engagement. At Columbia, he serves as a member of Columbia University’s Provost’s Advisory Council for the Enhancement of Faculty Diversity and the co-leader of the GSAPP’s Anti-Racism Task Force.  In these roles, he devised and contributed to strategic approaches to address racism, create pipeline diversity, support inclusive excellence and equity, and strengthen the presence, prominence, and role of women and underrepresented minorities in leadership positions at Columbia.

Hutson received a bachelor of arts in Sociology in 1997 and a master’s of City Planning in Regional and Economic Development in 1999 from the University of California at Berkeley. In 2006 he received a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT, followed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Scholar postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health.

Hutson succeeds Dean Ila Berman, who returns to the School of Architecture faculty after a five-year term as dean.

“Ila Berman has successfully steered the School of Architecture toward a more inclusive and more interdisciplinary future during her tenure as dean. We’re fortunate that she will continue to contribute the School’s progress as a member of the faculty,” said Jim Ryan, UVA President. “Malo Hutson is the right person at the right time to lead the School’s next chapter. He brings many strengths as a scholar, leader, and practitioner in the areas of community development, environmental justice, and urban health, and it will be a pleasure and honor to welcome him to the UVA community. Provost Magill and Associate Professor of Architecture Jeana Ripple, along with the entire search committee, have recruited an outstanding new dean, and I am grateful for their efforts.”

Hutson will be joined in Charlottesville by his wife, Moira O’Neill, and their two children, Nia and Liam.

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Prof. Francis Kere; Professur ‘Architectural Design and Participation’, Fakultaet fuer Architektur an der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen (TUM); fotografiert am Lehrstuhal am 18.02.2019; Foto: © Astrid Eckert / TU Muenchen;
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Francis Kéré, 2021 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medalist in Architecture

Burkinabé architect Francis Kéré, founder of the Berlin-based firm Kéré Architecture, is the 2021 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture.

Kéré received his architectural degree from the Technische Universität in Berlin in 2004, having originally been trained as a carpenter both in his native country of Burkina Faso and in Germany. While still an architecture student he set up the association Schulbausteine für Gando e.V, later named Kéré Foundation e.V., which loosely translates to “School Building Blocks for Gando” to fund the construction of a primary school for his hometown.

He went on to complete his studies and build the Gando Primary School as his diploma project in 2004, the same year he also founded his own architectural firm Kéré Architecture. His first-ever building was awarded the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture, recognized not only for its innovative construction techniques and expressive care in craftsmanship, but also for being built cooperatively by the Gando community.

Over the course of nearly two decades, Kéré has gone on to become one of the world’s most distinguished contemporary architects, celebrated for his pioneering communal approach to design and his commitment to sustainable materials, as well as modes of construction. Inspired by a curiosity for the particularities of any given locality and its social tapestry, he and his diverse team at Kéré Architecture have completed renowned projects across four continents. Most prominently these include his design for the Burkina Faso National Assembly in Ouagadougou; the Léo Surgical Clinic & Health Centre (2014) in Léo, Burkina Faso; IT University in Burkina Faso; the Lycée Schorge Secondary School (2016) in Koudougou, Burkina Faso; the Serpentine Pavilion (2017) in London; and Xylem (2019), a gathering pavilion for the Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail, Montana.

For its remarkable success in combining socially engaged and ecologically resilient design Kéré Architecture is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (2009), the Marcus Prize (2011), the Global LafargeHolcim Gold (2012), the Schelling Architecture Foundation Award (2014) among others. In 2017, Kéré received two prominent honors, the Prince Claus Laureate Award and the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, for which he was praised for being “an alchemist working with local materials and technology to design buildings of meaning and beauty.”

The medal is typically presented in observance of Jefferson’s birthday, April 13, during celebrations including a formal dinner at Monticello, a medal presentation at UVA and public talks by the medalists. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Architecture medal will be given during a virtual event. In In recognition of this distinguished honor, the UVA School of Architecture will host this virtual public talk by Kéré on Monday, April 12 at 5 p.m. (EDT), hosted on Zoom.

The boundary-pushing architectural practice championed by Kéré has attracted the attention of exhibition makers and curators, allowing him to oscillate between the realms of architecture and art. Commissions have included the Serpentine Pavilion (2017) – as the first architect of African descent to receive it; a visitors pavilion for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (2018); showcases at the Venice Biennale of Architecture (2016 & 2018); and various solo exhibitions, including at the Museo ICO in Madrid (2018), the Architekturmuseum in Munich and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (both in 2016). His work has been selected for group exhibitions such as: “AFRICA: Architecture, Culture and Identity,” at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk (2015); “Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement,” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010); and “Sensing Spaces,” at the Royal Academy, London (2014).

A current project, the Benin National Assembly in Porto-Novo, is designed to embody the identity of the people it serves. Kéré said, “This project gives shape to our ideas about community gathering, the importance of indigenous forms of governance and what contemporary African architecture can be on a national scale.” The government building includes an adjacent park that can be used by city residents as a central recreation space, creating a sense of openness and transparency, while expressing the democratic values of the people of Benin.

This project evokes the values inherent in the inspirational work of Kéré and his expertise in tackling complexity with understated elegance across scales and contexts. As School of Architecture Dean Ila Berman said, “Beginning with Francis Kéré’s original work in Gando and throughout his acclaimed career, he has not only taught the world that architecture and education are for everyone, but also has exemplified how architecture can build capacity in communities, foster environmental and cultural resilience, and inspire creativity while immeasurably serving the public good.”

On the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, April 13 (known locally as Founder’s Day), the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello join together to present the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals to recognize achievements of those who embrace endeavors in which Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence and third U.S. president, excelled and held in high regard. These medals are the highest external honors bestowed by the University of Virginia, which grants no honorary degrees. 

photo credit: Astrid Eckert

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Projecting Fellows, a free, virtual, five-evening symposium hosted by the University of Virginia School of Architecture, launches Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 and proceeds weekly on Tuesday evenings from 6-8 pm EST through February 2nd, 2021. The event series brings together the 2019-2020 class of fellows from American architecture schools to explore a cross section of emerging interests in the discipline and the vehicle of the fellowship project.

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Each year, several architecture schools nationwide name fellows to join their programs and develop an intensive research or teaching project during a short-term appointment. With the fellowship comes some combination of project support, cross-pollination between research and teaching, and a platform with which to present and exhibit the work. Commonly selected via national call for proposals, fellowship projects are dually indicative of emerging interests in academia and evolving institutional agendas. While each school supports the development and dissemination of fellowship work, no comprehensive venue for dialogue between fellows has taken shape.

Leveraging the new normal of virtual engagement, Projecting Fellows creates a discursive platform, inviting fellows to share their work and to address emergent directions in architectural discourse. The paradigm shifts of 2020 make such dialogue across geographic boundaries and institutional lines more critical than ever. Projecting Fellows will address the meta project of the architectural fellowship – its role, its curation, and its consequences in shaping the discipline.

Across the series, twenty-four fellows and ten moderators representing seventeen American architecture schools will participate. Each evening will feature short presentations by a series of fellows, followed by discussion led by a pair of distinguished moderators. All events are free and open to the public. Please register in advance for access to the live Zoom sessions via the event website (projectingfellows.com).

January 5th: Digital Imaginary

Moderators: Maya Alam, Dana Cupkova

Fellows: Viola Ago, Galo Canizares, Michael Jefferson, Zahra Safaverdi, Benjamin Vanmuysen

 

January 12th: Material Cultures

Moderators: Brandon Clifford, Alvin Huang

Fellows: Adam Barrett Miller, Jacob Comerci, Zach Cohen, Katie MacDonald, Kyle Schumann

 

January 19th: Publics

Moderators: Sylvia Lavin, Jason Young

Fellows: Jorge Orozco Gonzalez, Karen Kubey, Piergianna Mazzocca, Young-Tack Oh, Ryan Roark

 

January 26th: Infrastructures and Ecologies

Moderators: Neeraj Bhatia, Felipe Correa

Fellows: Priyanka Bista, José Ibarra, Zannah Matson, Galen Pardee

 

February 2nd: Modes of Practice

Moderators: Erin Besler, Sekou Cooke

Fellows: Menatalla Ahmed Agha, Matīss Groskaufmanis, Eduardo Mediero, Amelyn Ng, Hans Tursack

Hosting Organization: University of Virginia School of Architecture

Organizers: Katie MacDonald & Kyle Schumann

Art Direction & Graphic Design: Chris Cote

Web Design & Development: Wei-Hao Wang

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SAO PAULO: A RADICAL EVOLUTION [SYMPOSIUM]

PRESS RELEASE

No other city in the world has as great a concentration of inner-city post-industrial land as that of São Paulo. This unique urban situation demands attention and rewards analysis.

São Paulo: A Radical Evolution Symposium brings together a number of internationally renowned scholars and practitioners in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism and urban governance to reflect on São Paulo. The discussion will focus on the city’s river systems, primarily the Tietê River, and the re-integration of its adjacent post-industrial land into the life of the city. Furthermore, the panelists will deliberate on the design procedures that can transform post-industrial land into vibrant mixed-use inner-city districts.

Supported by the Haddad Foundation, the event marks the launch of São Paulo: A Graphic Biography (University of Texas Press, 2018), the first comprehensive study of the city’s evolution, by Felipe Correa, Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor of Architecture and Chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of Virginia.

Comparative in scope, the symposium opens a dialogue between world renowned international experts who have developed extensive research and complex projects in equivalent metropolitan areas across the globe, and Brazilian urbanists who have deep knowledge of the lessons and challenges —current and historic— present in São Paulo. Organized in three interrelated topics based on chapters and themes from the book, panelists and respondents will open conversations on the exchange of urban concepts and technical expertise across disciplines, continents and cultures, and how these relate specifically to São Paulo.

Hosted by Insper and organized by the University of Virginia School of Architecture, along with the South America Project and Harvard University’s Brazil Office, the event opens an important space for discussions between design and governance, placing São Paulo in the context of global design practices.

 

WHAT: SAO PAULO: A RADICAL EVOLUTION [SYMPOSIUM]

WHEN: NOVEMBER 27, 2018 @ 9am

WHERE: INSPER AUDITORIUM [300 Quatá Street, Vila Olímpia – São Paulo/SP – Brazil]

 

CO-CONVENED BY: FELIPE CORREA AND SOL CAMACHO

SPONSORED BY: THE HADDAD FOUNDATION

 

[FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC]

Registration required. Please RSVP: saopaulo@somatic-collaborative.com

Press inquiries: saopaulo@somatic-collaborative.com; @aschool_uva; @felipecorrea_sc

 

SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS

– Renato Anelli
Architecture Historian and Professor, Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo

– Vinicius Andrade 
Principal, Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados
Professor of Urbanism, Insper (São Paulo)

– Ila Berman 
Dean and Edward E. Elson Professor, University of Virginia School of Architecture

– Anita Berrizbeitia 
Professor of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design

– Priscila Borin de Oliveira Claro 
Professor, Insper
Member of the Núcleo de Medição para Investimentos de Impacto Socioambiental (São Paulo)

– Sol Camacho 
Principal, Raddar Architecture
Cultural Director, Instituto Bardi

– Felipe Correa 
Principal, Somatic Collaborative (New York City)
Chair of the Department of Architecture and Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor, University of Virginia School of Architecture

– Sergio G. Lazzarini 
Chafi Haddad Professor of Management, Insper (São Paulo)

– Jorge Francisco Liernur 
Architecture Historian and Professor of Architecture, Universidad Torcuato di Tella (Buenos Aires)

– Raul Justo Lores
Journalist and Writer
Editor in Chief, da Vejinha (São Paulo)

– Michael Maltzan 
Principal, Michael Maltzan Architects (Los Angeles)

– Michael Sorkin
Principal, Michael Sorkin Studio (New York City)
Distinguished Professor of Architecture. The City College of New York

Download the Press Release and Poster.

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UVA School of Architecture Welcomes New Faculty – Ali Fard and Ghazal Jafari

The School of Architecture is very pleased to announce the recent addition of new faculty members to UVA.

Ali Fard, a designer and researcher, with a doctorate from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, will be joining the School of Architecture as an Assistant Professor of Urban Design. Ali is the co-founder of the award-winning Op.N, a research and design practice that investigates the operational networks of urbanization, their dialectical relationship to urban agglomerations, and potential spatial registrations that arise from these contextual frictions. Op.N’s work and research exists at the critical junction of architecture, landscape and urban processes. Ali has served as the editor of the New Geographies journal since 2012 and his work has been featured in publications such as The Water Index and Bracket 3: At Extremes. He has held teaching positions at the GSD and University of Waterloo, recently teaching studios and seminars such as: “Species, Spaces and Productive Territories: New Botanic Landscapes,” “Information, Communication, and the Evolving Conceptions of Urban Space,” and “Active Media: Dynamic Representation in Design.” Ali’s current research investigates the operational landscapes of connectivity and the urban/spatial disposition of information and communication technologies. Ali will be teaching between the Urban and Environmental Planning and Architecture Departments and will be a leading contributor to the Next Cities Institute and curricula associated with the Urban Design certificate program and future MUD program. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors and a Master of Architecture from the University of Toronto and a Doctor of Design from the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. 

Ghazal Jafari, an architect and urban designer, and co-founder of Op.N with Ali Fard, will be joining UVA School of Architecture as an Assistant Professor. Ghazal holds a B.Arch. degree from Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran, a Master of Urban Design from the University of Toronto, a Master in Design Studies in Landscape, Urbanism and Ecology and a Doctor of Design, both from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. With an interdisciplinary and cross-scalar approach to design research and practice, Ghazal’s work is situated at the convergence of infrastructural landscape, geography, and complex territorial mechanisms. Ghazal has served as a co-editor and key contributor to numerous recent titles including, New Geographies 09: Posthuman (GSD and Actar, 2017), EXTRACTION EMPIRE: Undermining the Systems, States & Scales of Canada’s Global Resource Empire(MIT Press, 2018), and IMPLOSIONS / EXPLOSIONS: Towards A Study of Planetary Urbanization (Jovis, 2014). Ghazal co-authored the multi-media project, THE MISSING 400: On the Omission of Women from the Built Environment with Pierre Belanger and Hernan Bianchi, presented in the format of an open letter to Charles Jencks, and addressing the inequalities evident in the history of architectural canon. Prior to co-founding Op.N, she has work with the Planning Alliance in Toronto on projects such as the Port Lands redevelopment and the Oyu Tolgoi new mining town masterplan in Mongolia and with Lateral Office based in Toronto, on Ice Link, Next North, among others. Together, Ali and Ghazal’s research and design practice has investigated diverse and complex territorial networks through projects such as Arctic Resource Urbanization: Urbanization Processes of Resource Extraction in the Arctic, Passive >> Performative: Productive Urban Conduits as Catalysts for Development in Montreal, Parallel Networks: New York’s 6th Borough as a Blue Network, and Infostructures: New Spatial Typologies for an Emerging Information Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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UVA School of Architecture welcomes Ehsan Baharlou as Assistant Professor of Architecture, Advanced Technologies

The School of Architecture is very pleased to announce the recent addition of Ehsan Baharlou to its faculty.

Ehsan Baharlou, a designer and researcher, with a doctorate from the University of Stuttgart, will be joining the School of Architecture as an Assistant Professor of Architecture, Advanced Technologies. Ehsan is currently a post-doctoral associate at MIT, working within the Composite Architectures research group, led by Professor Mark Goulthorpe. Ehsan’s research focuses on the automated production of composite housing and the development of CAD/CAM software customization in composite architectures. His doctoral research was completed under the supervision of Professor Achim Menges and explored the integration of fabrication and construction constraints into a computational model for the realization of informed form generation. This research is part of Ehsan’s ongoing work with the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at Stuttgart, which included the ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion (2014-2015), integrating robotic fabrication and an agent-based computational design method. Ehsan has taught computational design seminars and studios to undergraduate, graduate and thesis students over the last seven years. His current research and design work aims to bridge the gap and mediate the cyber-physical interactions between complex forms and advanced manufacturing tools, shifting from a paradigm of abstracted computational design toward an integration of both physical (fabrication and production) and digital investigations. Ehsan Baharlou also holds a Master of Science in Architecture with distinction from the Islamic Azad University of Tehran.

For more on Ehsan’s research, design, and teaching, please visit his website at www.ehsanbaharlou.com

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UVA School of Architecture Selects Felipe Correa as Chair of Architecture

 

The University of Virginia School of Architecture has appointed Felipe Correa as the Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor and the new chair of Architecture.  Currently an Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Architecture in Urban Design program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, Correa will assume the role on July 15, 2018.

Correa is an internationally renowned architect and urbanist. Working at the confluence of architecture, urbanism, and infrastructure, he has, through his design practice Somatic Collaborative, developed design projects with the public and private sector in multiple cities and regions across the globe. Designing across multiple scales and varied contexts, Correa is known for using architectural commissions, design competitions, and diverse forms of applied research to facilitate design’s role as a critical mediator between society and space.
At Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, Correa co-founded and directed (in collaboration with Ana María Durán) the South America Project (SAP), a trans-continental applied research network that proactively endorses the role of design within rapidly transforming geographies of the South American continent. Correa’s forthcoming book, São Paulo: A Graphic Biography (University of Texas Press, October 2018), presents a comprehensive portrait of Brazil’s largest city, narrating its fast-paced growth and offering a compelling vision of how a city can transform its post-industrial fabric to alleviate the extreme socio-economic divide between city center and periphery. Correa is also the author of the recently published, Beyond the City: Resource Extraction in South America (University of Texas Press, 2016) and Mexico City: Between Geometry and Geography (ARD, 2015). 
 

 

 “As one of the leading scholars on architecture and urban design in Latin America, Felipe brings a wealth of knowledge, creativity and experience to UVA,” said Ila Berman, Dean of the School of Architecture. “He will be a tremendous addition to the leadership team of the Architecture School and we’re extremely excited to welcome him to the community.”   

Correa’s design work, research, and writings have been published in journals, including Architectural Design, Architectural Record, Harvard Design Magazine, MONU, Ottagono, and PLOTamong many others. He has lectured and exhibited worldwide at many universities and conferences, most recently at Columbia University, Cornell University, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Tulane University, University of Pennsylvania, The National Arts Club of New York, and the Pan-American Architecture Biennale. He is the co-editor of Lateral Exchanges: Architecture, Urban Development, and Transnational Practices, a publication series that explores the role of architecture and urbanism in the context of international development.

In addition to previous academic appointment at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, Correa has taught at Cornell University’s School of Art, Architecture and Planning and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, School of Architecture. Through his academic appointments, he has served various leadership and advisory roles in support of curriculum and student affairs, including the Office of the Provost’s Advisory Board for Architecture Research at Universidad de la República (Uruguay), the Dean’s Academic Diversity Committee at Harvard, and the Dean’s Board of Advisors at Tulane University, among others. 

 

Robin Dripps, Fitz-Gibbon Professor of Architecture and member of the search committee, expanded upon Dean Berman’s enthusiasm about the addition of Correa to the faculty and as the Architecture Chair. “Felipe arrives at the School of Architecture with impressive accomplishments in academic leadership. Demonstrated over a wide range of scales, intellectual territories, and operational logics, he is an impressive intellectual and administrative leader. Felipe’s remarkable research accomplishments and publication record fit well within the department and School while considerably extending possibilities for future research. As a strong advocate for students to take on projects of their own even outside the University, he will help our students in establishing greater presence within the larger global discourse on architecture and design.”

“I am thrilled to join the UVA faculty as the new chair of the Department of Architecture. The instrumental and methodological diversity found in the school’s faculty, paired with an energetic student body, makes the department an ideal laboratory to further advance a collective agenda on how architecture can better bring spatial and aesthetic synthesis to the design challenges of the twenty-first century,” Correa said. 

“It is a distinct honor to join UVA and continue to build upon the extraordinary legacy of design education across multiple scales and mediums already present in the department and the school.” 

Correa received a Bachelor of Architecture from Tulane University in 2000, and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 2003. He is a multi-year recipient of the David Rockfeller Center for Latin American Studies Research Grants, a Graham Foundation Grant awardee, and received the Academic Excellence and Leadership in Urban Design Award from Harvard, among many other awards and fellowships. His work has been exhibited world-wide, most recently in Germany (Ways of Life: Rethinking the role of hinterland living), in Lisbon (The World in Our Eyes: Lisbon Architecture Triennale), in Rotterdam(International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam), and in Buenos Aires (Bienale Internacional de Buenos Aires).

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The University of Virginia School of Architecture has appointed Bradley Cantrell as the new chair of Landscape Architecture.  Currently an associate professor of landscape architectural technology and director of the Master in Landscape Architecture degree program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, Cantrell will assume the role June 25, 2017.

Cantrell comes to the University with a rich background in environmental and ecological design and its relationship to emerging technologies. His research investigates the role of digital media and computation in directing an environmental design process that operates as living model of landscape.

Cantrell proposes “synthetic ecologies”—infrastructure innovations that use the complexity already in nature to inform data-driven processes and environmental decisions, from river spillways to pollution remediation.  “Brad’s research rethinks the relationship of landscape design to material and ecological systems through the use of computational and responsive technologies, allowing him to choreograph the forces found in nature,” said Ila Berman, Dean of the School of Architecture.

“His work is at the cutting edge of landscape architecture and he will no doubt be a tremendous addition to the UVA School of Architecture faculty. My thanks to the search committee for their leadership in bringing Brad to the School and larger university community.”   

Cantrell’s previous academic appointments include The Rhode Island School of Design and the Louisiana State University Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture. One of the two books Cantrell has co-authored won a 2012 American Society of Landscape Architects Award of Excellence and is used as a standard text in many landscape architecture programs; it is currently in its second edition. He is widely published in a range of peer reviewed architecture journals.

Julie Bargmann and Michael Lee, both associate professors in Landscape Architecture and co-chairs of the search committee, echoed Berman’s enthusiasm about the hire. “We are thrilled to have Brad Cantrell join us at UVA. Cantrell is at the leading edge of innovations linking computational logics, ecological analysis, responsive environments and site design. His expertise will complement that of our current faculty and be a draw for students as we continue to expand the frontiers of landscape architecture.” 

“I am excited to be joining the faculty at UVA,” said Cantrell. “I have always admired the school’s commitment to craft and building that is advanced through design speculation. I look forward to working with the faculty to tune the department as we develop curriculum, collaborations, and student experiences to help form the future trajectory of the school and our disciplines.” 

Cantrell received a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from the University of Kentucky in 2001, and a Master in Landscape Architecture II from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 2003. There he was the recipient of the Harvard Graduate School of Design Digital Design Prize for his innovative work in animation, film, and responsive technologies. Cantrell spent a year in Rome as a Rome Prize Fellow, where he pursued advanced studies in landscape architecture. In 2014, Cantrell was a 2014 TED Global Fellow.  He has been awarded substantial grant funding for his projects and participated in both academic and industry competitions, winning significant recognition for his innovative designs. He is currently the principal architect and owner of Visual Logic, a firm specializing in responsive environments and design visualization.  

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The University of Virginia School of Architecture has named Spanish architect Iñaki Alday to serve as R. Quesada Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture. The five-year appointment, which was announced by Architecture School Dean Kim Tanzer, will begin Aug. 1.

“Iñaki’s expertise in design and practice will add a significant dimension to not only our programs in the Architecture School, but to the global scope of our community as well. We are so pleased that he has decided to join our faculty and School,” Tanzer said.

Alday replaces associate professor of architecture Craig Barton, who held the post since 2007 and will return to full-time teaching.

An internationally recognized practicing architect, Alday is principal of aldayjover architecture and landscape in Barcelona, Spain, an office founded in 1996 with partner Margarita Jover. The firm specializes in works of public architecture, urban space and landscape, and has received numerous design awards, including the FAD Prize of City and Landscape and the European Urban Public Space Prize. Alday and Jover will maintain their practice in Spain, returning periodically to oversee key aspects of current projects. Jover will begin an adjunct teaching appointment as a lecturer in architecture in the spring 2012 semester.

Alday was born in Zaragoza, Spain, and received his degree in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia Vallès School of Architecture in Barcelona. He has held visiting and associate professor positions in the Vallès School of Architecture, as well as visiting professor or lecturer positions in several architecture and landscape programs.

Alday and Jover gave the 2010 Benjamin C. Howland Memorial Lecture at the U.Va. School of Architecture, titled “Beautiful Floods,” a transcription of which is featured in the school’s student journal, “Lunch 6: Systems.” [link to: http://www.arch.virginia.edu/spotlight/lunch6/ ]

The School of Architecture includes four departments – architecture, architectural history, landscape architecture, and urban and environmental planning – supporting a tapestry of interdisciplinary research themes that connect the faculty’s research with the curriculum and engage in the most important issues of the day.

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University of Tennessee
College of Architecture and Design
Open House

November 11, 2011

The University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design is hosting its first college-wide Open House, Friday, November 11, in tandem with university-wide Open House, Saturday, November 12 (http://admissions.utk.edu/undergraduate/). Home to diverse and internationally recognized practitioners, scholars, and teachers, the college offers a wide array of programs: first-professional undergraduate degrees in architecture and interior design, first-professional graduate degrees in architecture and landscape architecture, and post-professional programs in architecture and landscape architecture (http://www.arch.utk.edu/Academic_Programs/academicprograms.shtml). The all-day event begins on the university’s Knoxville campus and includes presentations by faculty and students, tours of our award winning facility and multi-disciplinary design-build projects such as The New Norris House (http://www.thenewnorrishouse.com/) and the Living Light Solar Decathlon House (http://livinglightutk.com/), the historic Norris Dam, and the university gardens. The day will conclude with a talk by local historian and author Jack Neely, and a reception at the university’s Downtown Gallery of art. The event is free of charge but spaces are limited. Please contact Ms. Vanessa Arthur (varthur@utk.edu). For more information consult: http://www.arch.utk.edu/.

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