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Faculty and students from the University of Oklahoma College of Architecture’s Sustainable Building Program were awarded a $90,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency after winning Phase II funding at the EPA P3 Expo and Competition in Washington D.C. The students performed demonstrations of their Compressed Earth Block (CEB) building technology on the National Mall April 21-23. The team was made up of construction science assistant professor Dr. Lisa Holliday, assistant professor of architecture Daniel Butko, Ph.D. student Matt Reyes, construction science students Molly Lyons and Kyle De Freitas, and architecture students Herve Sivuilu and Aaron Crandell. The team was awarded the grant at a ceremony Monday night. The grant will allow the CEB team to build a compressed earth block house in Norman, Oklahoma in partnership with Cleveland County Habitat for Humanity (CCHFH). The team will compare the CEB home to a conventionally wood framed house recently built by CCHFH to National Green Building Standards (NGBS) on an adjacent lot. Both houses will be instrumented, monitored, and compared for all aspects of sustainability as defined by the NGBS. The ultimate goal is to design a system whereby Habitat for Humanity affiliates across the United States could use CEB technology to provide affordable housing that is more resistant to wind damage and more environmentally sustainable than those built with conventional technologies.

Anthony Cricchio, assistant professor of architecture, received an Award of Excellence from the American Society of Architectural Illustrators for his work “Over Hong Kong.” His selection will be featured in the Architecture in Perspective exhibition that will travel around the country this year. His piece was chosen from nearly 400 entries from five continents.

Hans Butzer, associate professor of architecture, and his team had the official ribbon-cutting ceremony with the City of Oklahoma City for their Skydance Bridge. The bridge, meant to evoke the “sky dance” of Oklahoma’s state bird, the scissor-tailed flycatcher, eventually will connect the north and south sections of the MAPS 3 urban park. The bridge will be lit up at dusk each day.

5th-year architecture student in the Philadelphia Studio, taught by Dr. Khosrow Bozorgi, professor of architecture, had their final presentations with KlingStubbins. Brad White Fiske, FAIA, Senior Principal, Director of Design, Philadelphia Office, and Joseph Castner, AIA, RIBA, Principal, Managing Director, Cambridge (Mass) Office  gave the final review. The students worked on the project generating design concepts for a diverse architectural mixed-use development that connects the University of Pennsylvania to downtown Philadelphia. The students used the College of Architecture’s Distance Learning Center to video conference with KlingStubbins including Richard Farley, FAIA, PE, LEED AP, Principal, Director of Corporate and Commercial Projects, staff and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and other city officials in Philadelphia throughout the fall and spring semesters.

Kansas State University

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David Seamon, Professor of Architecture, published the article, “A Jumping, Joyous Urban Jumble”: Jane Jacobs’s Death and Life of Great American Cities as a Phenomenology of Urban Place,” in the peer-reviewed, open-source Journal of Space Syntax, vol. 3 (fall), pp. 139-49 (available at: http://joss.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/journal/index.php/joss/issue/view/5/showToc ). Seamon attended and presented a blind peer-reviewed paper at the annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, held at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, August 8 -11.

Associate Professor of Architecture Mick Charney conducted the workshop “Looking for Mr. Wright, and Finding Him on Facebook” at the Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK at the 19th International Conference on Learning, August 14-16.  Additionally, Charney presented the paper “Hint Fiction and Vivid Grammar: Quick Ways to Jump-start Writing Objectives” at the 13th National Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning in Traverse City, Michigan, September 20-23; he also served as a judge for the Laurie Ryan Memorial Award, a $400 prize presented to the author of the best poster at the Lilly Conference.

A team of K-State students advised by Assistant Professor Michael Gibson collaborated with the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center in Topeka, KS to design and construct a new outdoor pavilion to enhance the Discovery Center’s outdoor learning initiative. The pavilion (photo above), dubbed the “Outdoor Learning Classroom,” was supported in tandem by the Discovery Center and by Westar Energy, who provided reclaimed utility poles to serve as the primary structure. Students ultimately provided over 800 hours of volunteer work over four weeks designing and constructing the project. The project opened in late August and the process and final installation is exhibited in a blog found at http://teeculus.wordpress.com/. 

Professor of Architecture Peter Magyar and his ARCH 806 Master of Architecture students went on a week-long field trip to Budapest, Hungary, for an architectural site visit during September 2012, which is a first step in the planned cooperation between K-State and the Technical University of Budapest. The maiden trip project, which will be designed simultaneously by selected students of both Universities, hopefully will be followed by cooperation between other colleges, resulting in possible student and faculty exchanges, and mutual research projects.

Professor of Architecture Susanne Siepl-Coates and her ARCH 806 Master of Architecture students went on a week-long field trip to Zurich, Switzerland to visit the 2012–2013 Distinguished Regnier Visiting Professor Beat Kaempfen in September. Visiting many of Kaempfen’s exemplary buildings, students learned about Swiss standards with regard to ecological, sustainable and energy-efficient design.

Professor of Architecture Jim Jones and Professor of Architecture Dragoslav Simic took their ARCH 304 and ARCH 806 Master of Architecture students on a week-long field trip to Honduras for an architectural site visit for the design of a Trauma Center for the Island of Roatan.

University of New Mexico

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Geoffrey C. Adams, Associate Professor, has been appointed the new Director of the Architecture Program in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico.  He succeeds Mark C. Childs, Professor, in this position.

Matthew Gines, Lecturer and Director of the Fabrication Lab, launched CRAF+T: The Center for Research in Advanced Fabrication and Technology. The Center’s research focuses on four areas; digital fabrication, building technology + practices, generative design, and enhanced computational processes.

James and Claudia Horn, Lecturers, led the Global Studio, with the recipient of this year’s Marjorie Mead Hooker Visiting Professorship, Will Bruder.  13 students participated in this intensive summer studio program.

Geraldine Forbes-Isais, Professor and Dean,  and Michaele Pride, Professor and Associate Dean for Public Outreach + Engagement, are planning for The Public Interest Design Institute® to provide training to architecture and other design professionals in public interest design with in-depth studies on methods of design related to critical issues faced by communities, September 2011. 

Prof. Pride and Lecturer Garrett Smith, instructed and guided the summer travel program to Switzerland and Italy. 

Noreen Richards has been appointed visiting assistant professor. She is actively creating connections between the architecture program and the University’s Sustainable Studies Program.

Roger Schluntz, professor and former dean at the University of New Mexico, was elected as the President Elect of the organization; he will then serve a two-year term as President effective 2013.

Kristina H. Yu, Assistant Professor, has presented at the conference, Suburbs and the 2010 Census, at George Mason University, School of Policy, two working papers.  She participated in the National Housing Conference: Solutions for Sustainable Communities.  These presentations and participation are related to her ongoing research and new seminar course titled ‘where is housing now?’.

The American Institute of Architects Students chapter on October 27-30, 2011 will host the regional West Quad Conference. The conference is titled, DEP: Dialogue Evolving Process. The conference questions, “How are architects evolving the standardization of the built environment?” Several workshops, tours and structured discussions and development curriculum are planned. The Keynote speakers are John Padilla (Vice-President AIA National), Eddie and Neal Jones (Jones Studio Inc) and Tom Wiscombe (Emergent Architecture).

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Diebedo Francis Kere, founder of Kere Architecture (http://www.kere-architecture.com) based in Berlin, Germany has been chosen as the 2011 recipient of the Marcus Prize for Architecture.

The Marcus Prize is a $100,000 award funded by the Marcus Corporation Foundation and administered through the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning to recognize emerging talent in architecture worldwide. The Marcus Prize provides a $50,000 award to the winner and a further $50,000 to the School to run the competition and bring Kere to Milwaukee to lead a design studio.

During the spring 2012 semester, Mr. Kere will make scheduled visits to the School. He will co-direct a graduate studio project on specific challenges in architecture that inspire enduring benefits to the physical environment, and will be invited to participate in public workshops and lectures.

Diebedo Francis Kere was born in Burkina Faso in 1965, the first-born son of the chief of the village of Gando. He was awarded a scholarship to complete his secondary education in Berlin and, upon completion, enrolled in the School of Architecture at the Technical University of Berlin. In 2004 he completed his degree.

In 1998, Kere founded the organization Bricks for the Gando Schools, through which he raised the funds to build a new primary school in his home village. Here, he adapted construction techniques to take advantage of passive ventilation strategies, local resources and technical skills. The results illustrate the power of architecture to change a community.

On May 19, 2011, a six-person jury convened in Milwaukee to select among the 30 international nominees drawn from 13 countries, all practicing architects who were nominated by one or more of a select international committee of nominators. The Jurors: Toshiko Mori, FAIA, the Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and principal of Toshiko Mori Architect, (New York City); Carlos Jimenez, Principal of Carlos Jimenez Studio, Professor at Rice University and a jury member of the Pritzker Architectural Prize, (Houston); Sarah Herda, director of The Graham Foundation for the Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, (Chicago); Robert Greenstreet, Dean, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning (Milwaukee), Steve Marcus, CEO, The Marcus Corporation Foundation (Milwaukee) and Chris Cornelius, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning (who will coteach the studio with Kere) reviewed the portfolios, CVs and work statements of each nominee before selecting Kere to receive the Marcus Prize.

According to juror Toshiko Mori, “Kere is…able to translate western architectural traditions into indigenous processes and values. His desire to make sophisticated and uncompromised buildings with so few resources is an empowering and optimistic lesson to share with students.”

The Marcus Prize has been awarded to MVRDV, Rotterdam (2005), Barkow + Leibinger Architects, Berlin (2007) and Alejandro Aravena, Elemental, Chile (2009). Work from the Marcus Prize studios has been published on countless websites and international journals, and in several books, including Skycar City (Aktar) and Architecture Now! 7 (Taschen). The student work has been displayed at the 2008 Venice Biennale and has won a design award. The Marcus Prize has been described as “the most lucrative prize for young designers in the world matched only by the Pritzker.”

The Marcus Corporation Foundation is the philanthropic arm of The Marcus Corporation, a lodging and entertainment company with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Marcus Prize is part of the Marcus family’s ongoing commitment to support the growth and development of the practice of architecture in Milwaukee.

Prof. Bill Huxhold is to be inducted into the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)’s GIS Hall of Fame later this year. URISA established the Hall of Fame in 2005 “to recognize and honor the most esteemed leaders of the geospatial community. To be considered for the GIS Hall of Fame, an individual’s or an organization’s record of contribution to the advancement of the industry demonstrates creative thinking and actions, vision and innovation, inspiring leadership, perseverance, and community mindedness. In addition, nominees must serve as a role model for those who follow. URISA Hall of Fame Laureates are individuals or organizations whose pioneering work has moved the geospatial industry in a better, stronger direction.”

The Association of Architecture Organizations honored www.NEXT.cc at its Philadelphia conference October as the sole U.S Nominee and Award winner at the United International Architects Competition in Japan.  Prof. Mark Keane, UWM, president, and Prof. Linda Keane, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, director of NEXT.cc welcome all ACSA members to engage in this free K-12 design education website <www. NEXT.cc>.

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