SUSTAINABLE DESIGN LECTURE SERIES AND INTEGRATED COURSES

This fall, Associate Professor Werner X. Lang is teaching a pair of integrated courses, the Seminar in Sustainable Design and the Advanced Design Studio on Sustainable Architecture, designed to give an in-depth insight into the principles of high-comfort / low-energy architecture.

The seminar will serve as the "laboratory" for analytical research in the field of sustainable design, while the advanced design studio will use the results of this theoretical research as the driving force for innovative design solutions (synthesis/application of knowledge gained).

Experts from various fields related to sustainable design will be invited to share their knowledge with the participants of the seminar. The students will analyze various topics and present their work in class.

An accompanying lecture series, "Issues in Sustainability," is open to the public. All lectures are at 5:00 p.m. in Goldsmith Hall 3.120.

September 15, Devon Patterson
SCB, Chicago
"Sustainability as a Driving Force for Design"

September 24, Jan Cremers
Universität München
SolarNext AG, Rimsting, Germany
"Modern Textile Architecture: Smart and Sustainable"

September 29, Bob Harris
Lake|Flato Architects

October 13, Michelle Addington
Yale School of Architecture, New Haven
"Smart Materials"

October 22, Christian Werthmann
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
"Green Architecture: Plants and Landscaping as Part of Sustainable Building"

October 29, Nico Kienzl
atelier ten, New York
"Advanced Tools for Building Simulation: Energy/Light"

The "Issues in Sustainability Lecture Series" is sponsored in part by the Edwin A. Schneider Centennial Lectureship and Bartlett Cocke Regents Professorship.

Events

For the latest updates, check out the online UTSOA Calendar.

EXHIBIT

Continuing through September 16
Mebane Gallery
Goldsmith Hall

"Excellence In Design"

LECTURE

Monday, September 15
Goldsmith Hall 3.120, 5:00 p.m.

Devon Patterson
Solomon Cordwell Buenz
Sponsored by the Schneider Lectureship in Architecture

"Sustainability as a Driving Force for Design"

Devon Patterson, AIA, LEED AP, is involved with the design and planning of numerous large-scale projects at Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) including high and mid-rise residential, institutional, laboratory, office, and retail buildings. As chair of SCB's sustainability committee, Patterson leads a number of the firm's sustainable design initiatives. This includes ensuring all design projects are assessed for certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program (LEED). In addition, Patterson oversees the in-house LEED professional development program, along with an environmental design lecture series.

"Issues on Sustainability" Lecture Series

LECTURE

Wednesday, September 17
Goldsmith Hall 3.120, 5:00 p.m.

Anna Klingmann
Universität der Künste, Berlin

"Heroes with Flaws: Toward a Paradigm of Authenticity"

PANEL PRESENTATION

Wednesday, September 17
Goldsmith Hall 3.120, 6:00 p.m.

DesignWorkshop and Gensler
Sponsored by the Career Services Office

Representatives from DesignWorkshop and Gensler will lead a panel presentation to discuss their collaboration at The Domain, a mixed-use development in north Austin.

Todd Johnson, a partner and principal with Design Workshop, has devoted his career to planning and designing memorable projects throughout the United States, Canada, the Middle East, and Asia. He earned a master of landscape architecture degree from Harvard University and is an expert in creating urban spaces that celebrate public activity -- using walkways, streets, buildings, parks, plazas and art to stimulate interest and activity. These accomplishments are always built on a solid understanding that collaboration between public and private sectors, between members of a collaborative team, is essential to achieving success.

Peter Merwin of Gensler has 25 years experience in the architectural industry with over 10 years experience in large retail and mixed-use developments. He earned a bachelor of architecture degree from Rice University and is currently directing the design of a 176-acre mixed-use development in Austin, Texas. His expertise extends to retail design and TI guidelines and has produced successful designs for over 40 clubs and restaurants across the U.S.

DesignWorkshop recently opened an office in Austin, and Gensler launched their new Austin location last spring.

DEMO & EXHIBITION

Sunday, September 21, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Austin Children's Museum
201 Colorado Street

Studio PLAY Hands-On Demonstration

Studio PLAY, the advanced design studio directed by Associate Professor Louise Harpman in spring 2008, will be hosting a hands-on demonstration of custom-designed science toys at the Austin Children's Museum on Sunday, September 21, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public. The toys were designed by students to demonstrate certain basic science principles, such as velocity, buoyancy, and balance. Come out and PLAY!

An exhibition of the students' designs for a Community Science Workshop remains on display in the community gallery at the Austin Children's Museum.

EXHIBIT

September 22 through October 2
Mebane Gallery
Goldsmith Hall

"Posters from the Soviet Revolution: 1917-1929"

Curated by Danilo Udovicki-Selb.

LECTURE

Wednesday, September 24
Goldsmith Hall 3.120, 5:00 p.m.

Jan Cremers
Universität München
SolarNext AG, Rimsting, Germany

"Modern Textile Architecture: Smart and Sustainable"

"Issues on Sustainability" Lecture Series

CAREER EXPO

Thursday, October 2
Goldsmith Hall, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Employers will be at the School of Architecture to showcase their work and employment opportunities to students. Structured as a traditional career fair, students will learn about the firms and what experience their internship and full-time positions might offer. Firms will raise awareness and brand themselves among the UTSOA community. Students from all disciplines in the school are invited and may interview for positions during Career Week 2009 (February 24-26, 2009).

Career EXPO events are FREE to all students.

For more information or for registration, please visit the UTSOA Career Center web site.

CENTER LUNCH FORUM SERIES

The Center for American Architecture and Design hosts a Friday Lunch Forum Series from 12:00 to 1:30 in the Battle Hall Conference Room (room 101).

The aim of the series is for faculty and students to meet in an informal atmosphere to debate topics and to share ideas about history, practice, theory, and new directions for architecture. Forum topics/titles are confirmed a week prior to each forum date. Visit the Center web site for updates. The fall 2008 schedule includes:

• September 12, Wilfried Wang, "Context as the Matrix for Specific Architectures"
• September 26, Mirka Benes, "Landscape Representation and Landscape Architecture: Interdisciplinary Approaches"
• October 3, Tere O'Connor, Visiting Artist, Co-sponsored by the UT Department of Theatre & Dance, "Choreographing Architecture: Rammed Earth"
• October 24, Michael Oden, "Local Economic Growth and Quality of Life"
• November 7, Bob Paterson, "Local Sustainability - Keys to Succeed?"
• November 21, Ulrich Dangel, "Sustainable Timber Construction in Vorarlberg"

The Friday Forum is also webcast live (visit the Center's web site), and you are invited to call in live with questions or comments during the discussion at 512.471.9890.

CITY FORUM SERIES

City Forum is an urban issues speaker series hosted by the School's Community and Regional Planning Program. The bi-monthly program features discussions of contemporary urban issues with national and local perspectives. During the fall of 2008, the program will be held on selected Fridays from 12:00 noon until 1:30 p.m. in the Texas Union Board of Directors Room, 4.118 (on Guadalupe Street between 22nd & 24th Streets). Upcoming speakers include:

• September 19, Dr. Michael Holleran, Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation,
  "Cultural Resource Survey 2.0: expert meets wiki"

For more information on the City Forum Speaker Series or to be added to the email list, contact Jenni Minner at minnerj@gmail.com.

FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP

Associate Professor Juan Miró's firm Miró Rivera Architects has been short listed for the 700,000 sq. ft. Qatar Foundation Headquarter Expansion Building in Qatar. After a Request for Qualifications review, five firms were selected to submit designs for the building to be located in Education City, outside the capital city of Doha. The campus has buildings designed by Isozaki, Legorreta, and Koolhass, and the Qatar Foundation is looking for an international emerging architect for this building. Miró Rivera Architects is the only firm from the U.S. selected, the other are from Spain, Britain, Denmark, and Lebanon. Professor Miró and his partner Miguel Rivera were invited to Qatar in June to visit the site and meet with officials. They are returning to Qatar this month to present their design.

"BIRTH OF THE COOL" LECTURE SERIES

Pierre Koenig. The Eames chair. California cool. Starting February 2009, as part of their Odyssey Personal Enrichment Program, the UT-Austin Division of Continuing Education will offer a five-lecture series exploring some of the most important developments in American architecture and interior design of the 1950s and early '60s, a period famous for its aesthetic of cool, sleek modernism. Designed to complement the nationally acclaimed "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury" exhibition hosted at the Blanton Museum of Art February 22–May 17, 2009, the series will examine the dynamic architects and designers whose innovative work shaped American postwar culture and whose influence is still felt in our continued fascination with modernist cool.

Lectures will be led by outstanding School of Architecture faculty with wide-ranging expertise in the roots and influences of modernism. Topics include Frank Lloyd Wright, the Case Study House program, Joseph Eichler’s postwar projects of mass-scale modernism, the deconstruction of "cool" in furniture and interior design, and postwar experiments with prefabrication. Don’t miss this informed and inspiring tour of some of the most iconic buildings and furniture of the twentieth century.

Enrollment is open to all; however, you must register. For information on the series, registration, costs, or Continuing Education courses at UT-Austin, start here.

"Birth of the Cool" Lecture Series

February 19, MODERN LIFE
Associate Dean Kevin Alter

Caught up in the euphoria of post-war America and the expansion of the middle class, Eichler Homes built 12,000 houses over the course of twenty years that demonstrated an unequivocal enthusiasm for the possibilities of modern architecture. An examination of this unique phenomenon provides a glimpse into the extraordinary possibilities of modern life and serves to refresh our own contemporary ambitions for what one might expect out of the built environment.

February 26, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND POSTWAR AMERICA
Associate Professor Richard Cleary, Ph.D.

In the years following World War II, Frank Lloyd Wright, then in his eighties, produced a remarkable body of work ranging from his Usonian Houses for the middle class to public buildings, such as the Guggenheim Museum and the Beth Sholom synagogue, to skyscrapers and city plans. All were of a piece in his mind as expressions of organic design in harmony with the promise of American democracy.

March 5, THE CASE STUDY HOUSES:
MODERNISM AND THE POSTWAR AMERICAN HOME
Lecturer Monica Penick, Ph.D.

This lecture examines Arts & Architecture’s Case Study House Program (1945-62) as a product of the social, cultural, economic, and architectural climate in which it emerged, and as a public forum for critical debate about the nature of modern architecture and modern living.

March 12, PRETTY COOL DIGS
Associate Professor Carl Matthews

This lecture and visual presentation explores how modern furniture, accessories, and interiors have been used in mass media (print, television, movies) to create and reflect a "cool" identity. Works of Eames, Saarinen, Noguchi, and many others will be included in the presentation.

March 26, PREFABRICATION AND EMERGENCY
Lecturer Elizabeth Alford

This lecture will discuss changes in production of houses in response to wartime industrialization by comparing two houses: Konrad Wachsmann and Walter Gropius’ “Packaged House” and Alison and Peter Smithson’s “House of the Future” exhibition house. Both houses exploit construction techniques developed during World War II, but are diametrically opposed in terms of attitude and tone, showing the arc of the cultural transition taking place during these years.

ALUMNI NEWS

ALUMNI UPDATES

The New York Times's David Dunlap shared details on the latest version of the planned September 11 memorial museum at the World Trade Center site in the Times's September 9 edition. He observes, in part:

The architect Craig Dykers [B.Arch. '85] has been working since 2004 on the design of a museum building for the World Trade Center site. In the end, he realized there could be no more powerful a centerpiece than something Minoru Yamasaki designed 45 years ago.

To an otherwise Spartan design for the twin towers, Mr. Yamasaki, the original architect, added one instantly recognizable flourish: trident shaped columns at the base of the buildings, which created an arcade of almost Gothic proportion. Enough of these enormous steel tridents survived the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001, that their familiar silhouettes came to symbolize endurance in the face of catastrophe.

Two surviving tridents from the north face of the north tower, each almost 90 feet tall, will return to ground zero to be incorporated in the atrium of the museum pavilion designed by Mr. Dykers and his colleagues in the firm Snøhetta, which is based in Oslo and New York.

"The two tridents placed side by side will create an immediate visual reference to the distinctive 'Gothic arch' motif of the twin towers," Snøhetta said in a statement of its architectural intentions, "and, in their re-erection at the site, will convey strength, fortitude, resilience, survival, and hope."

The pavilion will serve as the entrance to the subterranean exhibition galleries of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center. As the only part of the museum that is above ground, the pavilion will be highly visible from the surrounding streets and from the landscaped memorial plaza and pools that will wrap around it on three sides.

Snøhetta's involvement at the site dates to 2004, when the firm was selected to design a museum complex that was to have included the Drawing Center from SoHo and a new institution known as the International Freedom Center. That plan collapsed in 2005. Snøhetta then began working on a much smaller structure to serve as the museum's front door.

View the entire Times article online here.

ALUMNI CONNECTIONS

We want you to stay involved and connected to the school, so join us for one of our many upcoming alumni events:

• Houston Alumni Reception at The Grove Restaurant - Thursday, October 9, 2008
• TSA Alumni Reception at the Petroleum Club of Fort Worth - Thursday, October 23, 2008
• AIA Alumni Reception in San Francisco - Thursday, April 30, 2009

More details will be available on the School of Architecture alumni web page as the events approach. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Stacy Manning at smanning@austin.utexas.edu or 512.471.0617.

The School of Architecture is continuing its effort to find (and maintain) the most accurate contact information for all of our alumni. From young alumni receptions to 50-year reunions, and everything in between, we hope you will stay in touch. Would you like to mentor a student? Do you need to hire a fellow Longhorn? Looking for networking or continuing education opportunities? We can help, but we need to know how to reach you!

Stay in touch with former classmates--update your record and contact preferences by logging on to the university's online alumni directory.

Thanks for helping us improve our relationship with you. We look forward to hearing from you!

ASSISTANT DEAN JEANNE CRAWFORD PROFILED IN
OUR CAMPUS

Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs Jeanne Crawford was featured in the September 2008 issue of Our Campus. The faculty and staff publication features news about campus events, as well as accomplished staff members and faculty members’ research, published books and essays, awards and accomplishments.

The article by Noel Clare Radley reads in part:

In her 20 years of service to UT, Jeanne Crawford has witnessed the evolution of student advising. Now assistant dean of the School of Architecture, Jeanne tells how, years ago, she became the first employee on campus to hold the title of academic advisor. The story begins in the Undergraduate Advising Center (UAC).

Until the School of Undergraduate Studies replaced it in May, the UAC was the center for student advising. For seven years, Jeanne worked at the UAC under the direction of Alice Reinarz. Jeanne describes Reinarz, now the assistant provost for enrollment at Texas A&M, as a progressive woman who believed that advisors should hold permanent, professional positions within the University. Reinarz reshaped the student development specialist advisor that exists today.

According to Jeanne, her career has followed a varied and “circuitous route.” Yet in each position, she has unfailingly returned to serving young people. [...] Upon entering the UT community, Jeanne began advising students in the School of Nursing, continuing to serve them at the UAC where she counseled students from many majors, degree plans and schools across campus. During those years, she witnessed extensive organizational changes at the University. “Because we’re so large, everything’s always evolving,” said Jeanne. “Faculty changes, student changes, staff changes, program changes, everything changes.”

Jeanne fostered the development of the Gateway program, which she coordinated from the Dean of Students’ Office. During her three years as program director, the Gateway program won the national Noel-Levitz Retention Excellence award for helping students from underrepresented high schools achieve success during their first years. Jeanne’s philosophy remains rooted in proactive support of the student population.

In the School of Architecture, she has created an advising office where students feel comfortable and have access to accurate information. “I want the students to know from the day they come, even at orientation, that this is the one place that they can go to find an answer,” said Jeanne. “To me, that’s really important. This should be the one thing that they don’t have to worry about, even though there are so many things to juggle.”

Jeanne joined the School of Architecture in 2000, and in 2003, she was promoted to assistant dean. Her work on behalf of students has twice earned her the UT Staff Excellence Award, most recently in 2008. She has three times been awarded the Vick Award for Academic Advising, and has received two School of Architecture staff awards as well. “It isn’t any different as you go from school or college to school or college,” said Jeanne. “Students are there, they have goals, they want to be successful--their family wants them to be successful. And I feel that we’re challenged, but also gifted, when parents say, ‘We’re sending you our daughter or son, to help them realize their goals’.”

Helping students to realize their dreams is Jeanne’s forte. “[Students] are the reason for our day, not the interruption for our day. I think if you keep that philosophy, it really focuses your work on what it should be focused on.”

SUPPORT UTSOA

HONORING THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF FRANCISCO "PACO" ARUMÍ NOÉ

When Dr. Francisco Arumí Noé (or "Paco" as many knew him) first began teaching at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture in 1971, he was decades ahead of the curve. Long before skyrocketing energy prices brought widespread public attention to the true social and environmental costs of excessive energy use, Paco instilled in his students the importance of designing effectively with rather than in opposition to "Mama Natura." His pioneering research led to cutting-edge developments in energy analysis and efficiency standards for buildings, and under his leadership, the school established what is now the master's degree program in sustainable design.

On September 16, 2005, we lost this treasured friend, mentor, and visionary. We invite you to join us in honoring his legacy by making a gift to the:

FRANCISCO ARUMÍ NOÉ MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP IN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

This fund will provide vital financial support to graduate students committed to the study, research, and advancement of sustainable design.

To date, we have raised nearly $25,000, but we need your help to reach our final goal of $50,000 by December 31. On January 1, 2009, the minimum required to establish a graduate fellowship at The University of Texas at Austin increases to $200,000, so please consider making a gift now to fulfill this endowment while the goal is within reach!

$5, $50, or $500..., any level of gift makes a difference! Visit Paco's memorial web page to make a contribution today! And, share your favorite memories of our dear friend and colleague.

Questions? Contact Julie Hooper at jhooper@austin.utexas.edu or 512.471.6114.

FRIENDS OF ARCHITECTURE

Friends of Architecture (FOA) is an annual giving program within the School of Architecture with a mission to increase knowledge and awareness of superior architecture, planning, and design and to advance quality education for future generations. Our members are current students, faculty, alumni, patrons, practitioners, and aficionados who believe in the significance of the built environment and are looking to take part in shaping its future by supporting excellence within the School of Architecture.

FOA membership benefits include involvement opportunities through the school's lectures, exhibitions, and publications and access to significant architecture and design with our exclusive tours.

How to Join
As of September 1, 2007, all donors to the Annual Fund Program who direct their gifts in the amount of $50 or more to the School of Architecture automatically receive a one-year membership to Friends of Architecture.

Make your gift today at our giving page. Click on "School of Architecture" in the right-hand menu to make your donation and start receiving your FOA benefits!

You may also make a contribution directly to FOA online. Log on to our web site to join online, learn about member benefits, and get information about upcoming tours and events.

Tours in the Works
Friends of Architecture invites you to join our one-of-a-kind tours of urban design and landscape, historic buildings, and private residences. We work hand-in-hand with our award-winning alumni and expert guides to take members behind the scenes of significant public masterpieces and offer exclusive access to new and amazing private spaces.

We are now accepting deposits for advance registration for our February 2009 tour of San Antonio. Reserve your space by logging on to the Friends of Architecture web site for more information and registration.

Friends of Architecture would like to thank our Corporate Silver members and supporters Curtis & Windham Architects and Lucifer Lighting Company.

CONTACTS

In this fast-paced world, there's a lot of news to keep up with. We know you are doing great things, and we rely on you not only to share your stories, but also to keep us up-to-date on your contact information so that we can share our stories with you. Alumni, please send your news and contact updates to our new Associate Director of Constituent and Alumni Relations, Stacy Manning at smanning@austin.utexas.edu. Students, faculty, and staff may send updates to eNews editor Pamela Peters at p.peters@mail.utexas.edu.

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Dean's Office
512.471.1922, fax 512.471.0716

Center for American Architecture and Design
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Center for Sustainable Development
teresacarr@mail.utexas.edu, 512.475.7995

Assistant Dean for Development
Julie Hooper, jhooper@austin.utexas.edu, 512.471.6114

Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Jeanne Crawford, jcraw@mail.utexas.edu, 512.471.0109

Graduate Program Coordinator
Rosemin Gopaul, gopaul@austin.utexas.edu, 512.471.0134

Associate Director of Constituent and Alumni Relations
Stacy Manning, smanning@austin.utexas.edu, 512.471.0617

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Carrie O'Malley, carrie.omalley@austin.utexas.edu, 512.471.1333

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