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University of Texas at Austin

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Associate Professor Dr. Ming Zhang and Associate Professor Vincent Snyder have been promoted to the rank of full professor.

Professor Coleman Coker received an award from the Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund in Galveston to support his summer Gulf Coast DesignLab project, which will partner with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to design and build an environmental education pavilion in Galveston Island State Park. Associate Professor Uli Dangel’s new book, Turning Point in Timber Construction, was published by Birkhäuser Basel.  Associate Professor Matt Fajkus was interviewed for two stories by Modern Austin. Together with other architects and designers in Austin, including Michael Hsu [BArch ’93] and Professor Kevin Alter, Fajkus expressed his opinions regarding “an Austin vernacular.”  Matt Fajkus Architecture’s [Bracketed Space] House received local and international media attention. Featured on Arch Daily and Dezeen, this Austin contemporary house was recognized for design that “embraces rolling terrain.” The MF Architecture design team consisted of Matt Fajkus and David Birt, and the project was managed by Jayson Kabala and UTSOA alumnus Travis Cook [MArch ’12].  UTSOA’s Center for American Architecture and Design released Centerline 11: Critical Mass, edited by Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Programs Francisco Gomes and featuring the work of Ensemble Studio, Harquitectes, and Perraudin Architects. The Centerline series is edited by Kevin Alter. Associate Professor Fernando Lara developed a partnership with the Romano Guerra editorial house to publish bilingual books (English/Portuguese or English/Spanish) on the architecture of Latin America. The first two books of the series, “Latin America:Thoughts,” are now available as e-books and in print: Architecture and Nature by Abilio Guerra and Ode to the Void by Carlos Teixeira..

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a five-year, multimillion dollar grant to the School of Architecture and its consortium partners to fund a transportation center that will aim to enhance mobility in megaregions.   The School of Architecture will receive $1.4 million for the 2016-17 fiscal year, with subsequent awards through 2020. The grant is one of 32 that will be awarded to lead consortia under the DOT’s University Transportation Centers Program. Dr. Ming Zhang, Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning and faculty researcher in the Center for Transportation Research at UT Austin, will oversee the Cooperative Mobility for Competitive Megaregions, or CM-2 consortium. The CM-2 consortium, which UT Austin will lead, includes researchers from Louisiana State University, Texas Southern University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Sinclair Black, FAIA, received the Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Honor of Llewellyn W. Pitts, FAIA, during the Texas Society of Architects 77th Annual Convention and Design Expo in San Antonio. Kory Bieg recently completed a temporary public art installation for the Waller Creek Conservancy’s 2016 Creek Show. Bieg also chaired the 2016 TxA Emerging Design + Technology conference for the Texas Society of Architects Convention and Design Expo.  Interim Dean, Elizabeth Danze, FAIA, was featured in the November issue of Austin Woman Magazine. In the interview, Danze discusses her motivations for teaching. Danze also served as a keynote speaker during the Psychology of Architecture Conference December 4 and 5 on the UT Austin campus.  Matt Fajkus Architecture, has received an international commendation at the 2016 Blueprint Awards ceremony in London. Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla has been racking up prestigious awards for his book, Mixtec Stonecutting Artistry/El arte de la cantería mixteca. The Pan-American Biennale, which recently took place in Quito, Ecuador, honored him with the International Award on Theory, History, and Critique of Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape for best publication. Miró Rivera Architects, firm of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, Juan Miró, was named the 2016 Texas Architecture Firm of the Year by the Texas Society of Architects.  Allan W. Shearer and former School of Architecture Dean Fritz Steiner have co-edited a special issue of the journal _Landscape and Urban Planning_ on the emerging practice of geodesign. Dr. Danilo Udovicki-Selb contributed chapters to three books, including “Between the Retour à l’Ordre and the Neue-Sachlichkeit: Jacques Gréber and the 1937 Paris World Fair” in ”EXPOSIÇÕES INTERNACIONAIS – ENTRE O JARDIM E A PAISAGEM URBANA. Do Palácio De Cristal Do Porto (1865) À Exposição De Paris (1937); “L’Exposition de 1937 n’aura pas lieu: The Invention of the Paris International Expo and the Soviet and German Pavilions,” inArchitecture of Great Expositions (London: ASHGATE), 2015; and “Between ‘Proletarian Vanguard’ and Establishment: Boris Iofan’s Two ‘World Pavilions,’” in Measuring Against the West: A History of Russian Exposition and Festival Architecture (Rutledge: Abingdon-on-Thames), 2016. UTSOA’s Center for American Architecture and Design has released two new Centerline volumes edited by UTSOA faculty: Unsettling Agenda, edited by Professor Wilfried Wang; and Critical Mass, edited by Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Francisco Gomes.

Texas A&M University

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ACSA Counselor and Architecture Professor earns 2016 Regan Interdisciplinary Prize

For orchestrating transformational educational experiences through innovative design studios and research initiatives that facilitate student collaboration with peers and professionals from other disciplines, Ahmed K. Ali, assistant professor of architecture, was chosen to receive the 2016 J. Thomas Regan Interdisciplinary Prize.

Established by the College of Architecture’s Dean’s Advisory Council to honor Regan, former dean of the college and champion of interdisciplinary education in the built environment disciplines, the prize is awarded annually to a faculty member selected by a faculty committee from a pool of nominees. Regan died in 2015.

In a spring 2016 studio, Ali’s students collaborated with construction science students, Gessner Engineering, the Coulter and Lily Rush Hoppess Foundation and the city of Bryan to design and build a prototype structure for vendors at the Brazos Valley Farmers Market.

The studio immersed students “in an in-depth and hands-on learning experience in the design, engineering, fabrication, and construction of the structure,” said Weiling He, associate professor of architecture, in a letter supporting Ali’s nomination.

That same studio also engaged graduate landscape architecture students, who created master plans for an historic city block in Bryan that incorporated the farmers market structures, spaces for a new visitor center building, courtyards for outdoor activities and a community garden.

“His students appreciate his direction, enthusiasm and skills in leading such complex projects,” said George Mann, professor of architecture, in a letter supporting Ali’s nomination. “His enthusiasm for teaching by doing is inspiring and I believe he is becoming one of the emerging leaders of the college.”

In fall 2016 studio, Ali’s students collaborated with Zahner Metals, General Motors and the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development to design building envelopes skins, and roofing systems from auto manufacturing byproducts.

“Ali is an internationally recognized academic advocating resource reuse in the construction industry,” said He. “His design innovations that employ reused materials have been published and presented in journals and conferences worldwide,” said He.

Ali, who joined the Texas A&M faculty in 2015, earned three graduate degrees at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — a Ph.D. in 2012, a Master of Science in Architecture in 2012 and a Master of Architecture in 2004 — as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture degree at Alexandria University in Egypt in 1997.

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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University of Nebraska’s CRP Studio Is Making a Difference in Lincoln Neighborhoods 

Great places to live rarely happen by accident. Sought-after cities and neighborhoods take years of planning to develop, maintain and in some cases redevelop. Most cities have areas that are economically depressed and in need of revitalization. Assessing the condition of these older neighborhoods is an important first step in planning for positive change. Graduate students pursuing the Master of Community and Regional Planning (MCRP) degree at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have been collaborating this semester with NeighborWorks Lincoln, the Lincoln/Lancaster County Planning Department and the City of Lincoln Urban Development Department in the initial stages of community planning in one of Lincoln’s older neighborhoods.

 

Residents’ concerns about vacant and neglected properties, graffiti, weeds, litter and other safety and quality-of-life concerns prompted the collaboration between the NeighborWorks Lincoln and the Community and Regional Planning (CRP) program. NeighborWorks Lincoln is one of over 240 nonprofit community development organizations in the NeighborWorks America network. This 2010 pilot project, funded by the Woods Charitable Fund, allowed the work to assess physical conditions, especially the housing stock, in several of Lincoln’s older neighborhoods.

Even though that grant-funded project has ended, the need to assess and improve Lincoln neighborhoods still exists. NeighborWorks Lincoln is currently in the process of developing more moderate- to low-income housing in Lincoln’s South Salt Creek Neighborhood, either by building new construction and/or rehabilitating existing homes.

The collaborative emphasis involves much more than a focus on improving housing; NeighborWorks and CRP want to see the neighborhood holistically enriched and stimulated as a result of residents becoming involved in a community planning process. As part of the collaboration, CRP agreed to participate in the data collection and analysis process in the South Salt Creek Neighborhood as the focus of a semester-long master’s studio project. Students have conducted a door-to-door survey of residents and a condition-of-properties observational survey that uses 35 physical conditions criteria in order to build a quantitative database. In addition to the questionnaires, the team has met with neighborhood residents to inform the community about their work and gauge interest for future grassroots efforts.

This partnership has apparently been beneficial to everyone involved. For the students, it is an invaluable learning experience. “This is a great opportunity for students to conduct field work, assemble and analyze data, and understand the relationship between nonprofit organizations and city governments and how they interact and work together,” commented Gordon Scholz, CRP professor and interim program director. For NeighborWorks Lincoln and the neighborhood residents, the project has helped identify and provide evidence of issues in the neighborhood, as well as generate interest and elicit participation from residents. Furthermore, the project is providing a foundation for further neighborhood revitalization planning efforts.

“There are only two staff persons at NeighborWorks Lincoln who work with community engagement, so we’re pretty swamped. This background information-gathering which the students have conducted is a crucial first step in preparing to create a revitalization plan for any area. NWL and CRP have a long history of working together, which is a win/win because it expands NWL’s capacity, provides students with hands-on experience and benefits the community,” stated Pat Anderson-Sifuentez, community builder for NeighborWorks Lincoln. She continues, “City staff members have been cut back over the years, so if CRP students can assist with gathering and analyzing some information necessary, such as census data, property assessment scans and resident surveys, it helps NWL and Planning staff in their work.”

One of the reasons this partnership was worked well thus far is the mutual understanding of community planning as a long-term and continuing process. “At the outset in this project, Gordon Scholz, NWL staff and Lincoln Planning and Urban Development staff met to make sure that the information gathered would be put to good use,” said Anderson-Sifuentez. “The work has already evolved over the years from doing just scans of properties, expanding to include resident surveys and public meetings. I hope we can continue to build on this process so that future University classes can build on what the previous classes have done.”

When the semester ends, it doesn’t mean a student has to stop working on the project, Scholz adds. “After this semester, if a student wants to continue working on the project, they can choose to pursue it through independent study or a professional project in subsequent semesters.”

In addition to supporting community development work, NeighborWorks Lincoln sees this project not only providing students with a great learning experience, but also impacting future individual decisions made by each student. “These students are improving the community they live in, and projects like this also serve as a way to connect students with meaningful service learning opportunities that will engage them with the community and possibly encourage them to stay in the area after graduation,” stated Chief Operating Officer of NeighborWorks Lincoln Shawn Ryba.

An affinity for Lincoln and its residents may have started to take root among the students.

“It was great to interact with residents of the community, and it will be fun to watch the exciting future this community has in store,” commented CRP student Maggie Harthoorn. Other students were equally enthusiastic about their skill development throughout this semester-long project.

“This experience has helped me to hone my GIS, Illustrator and InDesign skills in an environment with real deadlines and deliverables to a third-party partner such as NeighborWorks,” commented CRP student Andy Pedley.

As a culmination of their community condition analysis, CRP students will make recommendations to NeighborWorks Lincoln for community improvements in the neighborhood they have studied. These results will give city stakeholders a useful perspective regarding the conditions of this neighborhood and a reference for future planning and decision-making.

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Project will use drones to survey wetland habitats

Nebraska researchers are turning to the air to help monitor wetland habitat conditions.

Funded through a $203,220 Environmental Protection Agency award, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Zhenghong Tang and Wayne Woldt plan to develop a methodology to use unmanned aircraft systems to conduct dynamic monitoring and precise assessments of playa wetland habitats. Areas the team plans to focus on include hydrological conditions, vegetation and energy levels, and wildlife usage in the Nebraska Rainwater Basin.

Surveying the public waterfowl production and wildlife management areas across the basin will require multiple field trips to complete the data collection during the spring and fall migratory seasons.

During the drone flights, the team will use multispectral sensors for detection of soil moisture levels and mapping of wetland inundation during spring migration season; thermal imaging cameras and oblique photogrammetry for evaluation of wildlife use and its distribution on playa wetlands; and 3D imagery for surveys of plant community conditions, estimations of energy availability and assessments of vegetation management effectiveness.

The use of UAS is a huge improvement over the traditional large, plane or ground surveying methods commonly used. This method will provide improved imaging with greater resolution and detail in a cost-efficient, timely and flexible manner. The new surveying tools and applicable protocols will offer wetland managers a greater understanding of wetland spring inundation conditions. If this method proves effective, the methodology can be replicated elsewhere. Having this information for wildlife managers will advance conservation efforts.

“Conducting timely monitoring and accurate assessment is extremely important for wetland managers to implement appropriate conservation programs to increase the quantity and quality of wetlands,” said Jeff Drahota, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist with the Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District. “This Unmanned Aircraft System provides an advanced new tool to conduct more rapid, precise monitoring and assessment for playa wetlands.”

In the past, environmental disruptions such as reduction in water flow because of upstream diversions, sediment, invasive species and poor water quality have contributed to major losses in playa habitat. By keeping a closer eye on the situation, wildlife managers will be able to identify threats before they negatively influence the wetlands or reach a point that will be very costly and time intensive to restore. With successful adoption of the proposed methodologies, this project has the potential to transform reactive wildlife management to a proactive and efficient system.

The data analyzed during the assessment stage will help close the information gap and help wildlife managers implement proven restoration practices, choose more effective treatments and create a better understanding of this delicate ecosystem throughout its annual cycle.

“It is important to test and verify the innovative UAS methodology in wetland monitoring and assessment,” Tang said. “This project is a great first step to an exciting new way to conserve our wetlands.”

Tang is an associate professor of community and regional planning in the College of Architecture. Woldt is an associate professor of biological systems engineering. Tang and Woldt are co-principal investigators on the research project.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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University of Nebraska’s College of Architecture Among Awardees at AIA-NE Annual Gala

 

At this year’s Excellence in Design Gala, the American Institute of Architects, Nebraska Chapter (AIA-NE) presented five Honor Awards and eleven Merit Awards selected from Nebraska architects’ submissions and evaluated by Ohio jurors.
Faculty, students and alumni from the College of Architecture were among the honorees. 

Architectural Program Director Jeffrey L. Day (and his Omaha and San Francisco based architectural firm Min | Day) won two distinguished honors at the event. Min | Day was presented with the following awards on September 29th:

 

  • • Honor Award in the Architecture category for their project entitled “Blue Barn Theatre & Box Car 10” Omaha, Nebraska.  This project was conceived as a new arts hub in a rapidly changing district near downtown Omaha. The experimental theatre opens to the city outdoors through a public open space anchored with a mixed-use building.
  • • Merit Award in the Unbuilt Architecture category for their project entitled “Hexad” Lincoln, NE. 

Hexad is a caretaker’s house for a private estate in a sculpture garden. The 832 sq. ft. building separates the basic functions of home into living, eating, bathing and sleeping, into four 160 sq. ft. wings. Current M.Arch student Jacob Doyle also worked on the Hexad project while an intern at Min | Day in 2016.

 

College of Architecture recent graduates were recognized as well. David Alcala and Joshua Puppe, both currently employed in BVH’s Lincoln office, won a Merit Award in the Emerging Professionals category for their project entitled “Ephemerality – St. Joseph’s Catholic Church,” a project they designed in ARCH 410 under studio instructor Mark Bacon’s direction.

In this design, the church is strengthened through the employment of light, material logic and the concept of ascension through architecture. The project’s goals were achieved through designing spaces around light such as the main chapel and other areas in darkness such as the private chapel to reflect the program of the room. The project was previously recognized with an SGH / Dri-Design scholarship.

 

Several College of Architecture alumni had their work recognized with the AIA-NE Excellence in Design awards and the full award list may be accessed through www.aiane.org website. The Excellence in Design program is an annual event for Nebraska architects who submit built and unbuilt projects for consideration. Categories for consideration include Architecture, Interior Architecture, Unbuilt, Excellence in Masonry and Details. For Emerging Architects the categories are Unbuilt Design and Architectural Detail.

 

Projects were judged based on a variety of features, including unique design, originality, extended use attributes, sustainability, budget and use of environmental surroundings. More information about each of these projects can be found at

 

http://www.aiane.org/aia_design_awards/2016_excellence_in_design_awards/.

 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Olshavsky Writes Forward for Pérez-Gómez

How do you react when someone like Alberto Pérez-Gómez, one of the world’s leading architects and thinkers asks you to write a forward for a collection of essay’s he’s written over the last 30 years. 

Without question, you say yes! “It’s an honor to be able to write a forward for someone who has contributed so much to the field through their work and as an educator,” commented Dr. Peter Olshavsky. “I was even more excited by the idea that it was for a two-volume set that gathers together three decades of scholarship that has been personally meaningful to my work and my approach to architectural education at UNL.” 

The publisher describes the collection as a piece that deliberately blurs the edges of history and theory; the first volume focuses on architectural theories and practices both historical and recent, and the second on more general aspects of architectural philosophy.

Olshavsky entitled his forward, “The Untimely Thinking of Alberto Pérez-Gómez,” for the collection, Timely Meditations: Selected Essays on Architecture (2016).  Olshavsky’s forward argues for the “untimely” nature of Pérez-Gómez’s thinking while introducing this eminent historian’s remarkable collection of essays, which revises and builds upon his work.

Pérez-Gómez and Olshavsky have known each other for a long time. In fact Pérez-Gómez was Olshavsky’s doctoral supervisor at McGill University, and they continued to stay in contact.  Recently, Pérez-Gómez read one of Olshavsky’s essays in the 2015 book Architecture’s Appeal where Olshavsky described Pérez-Gómez’s work, so he reached out to Olshavsky and asked him to submit a text for his new essay collection. For more information visit:
https://www.createspace.com/6241830

 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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2016/2017 Hyde Lecture Series opens another exciting chapter for the design and planning disciplines as speakers take a fresh, in-depth look at the latest developments in their respective fields.

The College’s Hyde Lecture Series is a long-standing, endowed public program. Each year the College hosts compelling speakers in the fields of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and planning that enrich the ongoing dialog around agendas which are paramount to the design disciplines and our graduates.

Learn More- http://architecture.unl.edu/deg…/2016-17-hyde-lecture-series

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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University of Nebraska’s Professor Rumiko Handa recently had a letter to the editor published in the current (Fall 2016) issue of Architecture Boston, a quarterly publication of the Boston Society of Architects (both print and online), and can be found at
https://www.architects.org/architec…/…/temporary-summer-2016.

Handa was invited by the Deputy Editor of the magazine to contribute based on her recent book, Allure of the Incomplete, Imperfect, and Impermanent. 

University of Texas at Austin

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UT AUSTIN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE ANNOUNCES FALL 2016
LECTURES & EXHIBITIONS SERIES
New Season Features Alberto Campo Baeza, Craig Dykers, and Exhibitions on Félix Candela, the U.S. Incarceration System, and More…

AUSTIN, TX—The School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin announces its Fall 2016 Lectures and Exhibitions Series. Featuring an international line-up of speakers, including Alberto Campo Baeza of Spain, Marc Barani of France, and Juan Igancio del Cueto of Mexico, the series will cover issues pertinent to the fields of architecture, design, and sustainability, with insights from leading practitioners in those areas.

Highlights include a talk entitled Intellectual Enjoyment by Alberto Campo Baeza; a lecture by celebrated architect and UT School of Architecture alum Craig Dykers; a discussion of Watershed Architectures and Opportunistic Ecologies by Brook Muller; a lecture by Margaret Griffin, who will serve as the school’s Eugene McDermott Centennial visiting Professor this fall; an investigation of 0 Km Architecture—a practice that uses local materials, techniques, and labor to minimize one’s carbon footprint while promoting the local economy—by Camilla Mileto & Fernando Vegas; and lectures exploring digital technology by Marc Fornes, Branko Kolarevic and Vera Parlac. Matthew Crawford, author of The World Beyond Your Head, will give a special lecture as part of The Secret Life of Buildings symposium, a collaboration with the school’s Center for American Architecture and Design.

Exhibitions slated for the fall include: Living Wall: Collaboration + Fabrication, a behind-the-scenes look at the five-year research project that resulted in the school’s innovative green wall installed on the UT Austin campus; States of Incarceration: A National Dialogue of Local Histories, an investigation of the history of incarceration in the United States—from the Angola slave plantation-turned-prison in Louisiana, to the legacies of the Dakota Wars for Native American incarceration in Minnesota; and Candela’s Shells, an exhibition celebrating the reinforced concrete shells of Spanish-Mexican architect Félix Candela, organized by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

All lectures and exhibitions are free and open to the public.

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Lectures
Lectures begin at 5 pm.

Monday, August 29
Alberto Campo Baeza
Estudio Arquitectura Campo Baeza, Madrid
Jessen Auditorium

Monday, September 19
Caroline Bruzelius
Duke University
Goldsmith Hall 3.120  

Monday, September 26
Branko Kolarevic & Vera Parlac
University of Calgary
Goldsmith Hall 3.120

Wednesday, October 5
Marc Fornes
THEVERYMANY, New York
Goldsmith Hall 3.120

Monday, October 17
Craig Dykers
Snøhetta, Oslo
Jessen Auditorium

Wednesday, October 19
Matthew Crawford
Author, The World Beyond Your Head
Co-sponsored by the Center for American Architecture and Design
Jessen Auditorium

Monday, October 24
Marc Barani    
Atelier Marc Barani, Nice          
Goldsmith Hall 3.120

Monday, October 31
Juan Ignacio del Cueto 
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Goldsmith Hall 3.120

Friday, November 4
Camilla Mileto & Fernando Vegas
Mileto & Vegas Arquitectos, Valencia
Goldsmith Hall 3.120

Wednesday, November 9
Margaret Griffin
Griffin Enright Architects, Los Angeles
Eugene McDermott Centennial Visiting Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Goldsmith Hall 3.120

Wednesday, November 16
Brook Muller  
University of Oregon
Goldsmith Hall 3.120

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Exhibitions
Exhibitions are held in Mebane Gallery in Goldsmith Hall, and are open Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Living Wall: Collaboration + Fabrication   
Curated by Danelle Briscoe, The University of Texas at Austin
Wednesday, August 31 – Friday, September 23
Opening reception on Wednesday, August 31 at 5:00 pm

In May 2016, the Living Wall project was installed along the façade of Goldsmith Hall, home to UT Austin’s School of Architecture. An investigation of the role of ecology in architecture, the 20 x 25 foot structure is comprised of a patent-pending honeycomb design and native flora specially selected to attract local fauna. Five years in the making, the project tests the limits of what’s possible with green walls through ongoing research and data analysis. Living Wall: Collaboration + Fabrication charts the progression of the project’s cross disciplinary collaboration and multiple fabrication efforts that assisted in its development and research. The exhibition is curated by Associate Professor Danelle Briscoe, one of the lead Project Investigators since its inception in 2010. The Living Wall is a collaboration with the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. 

States of Incarceration: A National Dialogue of Local Histories
A project of the Humanities Action Lab
Wednesday, October 5 – Friday, October 21
Opening reception on Monday, October 10 at 5:00 pm 

A traveling exhibition created by a national community of over 500 people in 20 cities, States of Incarceration investigates mass incarceration and immigrant detention in the United States, and encourages viewers to consider the implications of our country’s current system. With research contributions from university students— including several from the University of Texas at Austin— the exhibition features: interviews with formerly incarcerated people, corrections officers, and policy advocates_ images capturing the evolution of crime and punishment in different contexts_ and data demonstrating the explosive growth of incarceration and its impact on American society. States of Incarceration also includes a web platform, statesofincarceration.org and a podcast series. In a section of the presentation entitled Spatial Stories of Migration and Detention, students from UT’s School of Architecture mapped the physical locations, architectural forms, and building history of detention centers in Texas (and the stories of those who had been held in them) to create visual narratives of the migration journeys and experiences of detainees from the state. The exhibition is organized by the Humanities Action Lab, a collaboration of 20 universities led by The New School in New York, and including The University of Texas at Austin. 

Candela’s Shells
Curated by Juan Ignacio del Cueto 
Monday, October 31 – Monday, November 28
Opening reception on Monday, October 31 immediately following the lecture

Felix Candela (Madrid, 1910- North Carolina, 1997) reached worldwide fame with his concrete laminar structures, also known as ‘shells’, which he built in Mexico between the 1950s and 1960s, using a European construction technology that reached the peak of its development in Mexican soil. He created new pathways for this specific construction technology by using the hyperbolic paraboloid, and taking advantage of the structural and expressive advantages of this geometric form to create works that left an indelible mark on architecture of the 20th century. Candela’s Shells features stereolithographic models and 3D animations (all produced by School of Architecture, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), as well as reproductions of the original drawings and photographs of Candela’s most important works, from the Cosmic Rays Pavillion (Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, 1951) to the Sports Palace (Mexico City, 1968).

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MEDIA CONTACT:
Kathleen Brady Stimpert, 512.471.0154, kathleenstimpert@utexas.edu
 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Daniel Piatkowski, Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, publishes his inaugural book chapter as a CRP faculty member. Piatkowski’s co-authored chapter “Advancing discussions of cycling interventions based on social justice” is the sixth chapter in Bicycle Justice and Urban Transportation published by Routledge.

Piatkowski’s chapter is about laying a groundwork for deciding if and when investing in bicycle infrastructure can forward social justice goals in a city’s transportation system.

Piatkowski and co-authors articulate how often times decisions to implement interventions to promote cycling are done without really examining or thinking about how these changes are realized differently across various populations and geographies and how the importance of one person being able to cycle, weighs against the sacrifices it requires from another. Piakowski’s piece encourages those who promote cycling to challenge and rethink assumptions about the cycling culture, the neighborhood transformation and the planning processes. The authors suggest justifications for advancing efforts should be examined closely as part of the planning process.

“Simply promoting cycling across the board for reasons of health, environment or ‘choice’ often leads to misplaced priorities that do little to address the plight of population groups who are often neglected in transportation planning and could best benefit from more bicycle-friendly neighborhoods and cities.” (Chapter 6)

The chapter was co-authored with Karel Martens (lead author), Kevin J. Krizek and Kara Luckey.

Piatkowski has done extensive research with transportation, particularly focusing on how land use and transportation planning can foster equitable and sustainable communities. He is principally interested in analyzing the effects and community transformations related to walking and bicycling planning. His research has been featured on National Public Radio, the Washington Post, the Atlantic and CityLab’s “Future of Transportation” series. Piatkowski’s work has been published in numerous places including seven peer-reviewed journals and has been presented at 17 national conferences.

Piatkowski explains, his career in community planning didn’t lead him to cycling transportation research but his passion for cycling led him toward a career in planning. One might say, it’s all about choosing the right path.

At UNL, Piatkowski teaches land use and transportation, urban design and research methods.

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