City Forum Present Dr. Afrona Parvin with "Autonomous Adaptation in Built Environment: Towards Resilient Informal Settlements."
SUBJECT
Of Montenegrin descent, Vladimir Djurovic was born in Lebanon in 1967 and pursued his studies abroad. He received his Undergraduate Degree in Horticulture from Reading University in England and his Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Georgia in the U.S. After working in the U.S. for several years, he returned to Lebanon to establish his landscape architectural practice in 1995.
Modularity is a term with many meanings in many contexts ranging from architecture to design to engineering and software development. Regardless of which type of modularity we refer to, one of the most essential - if not the most essential part of a module - is its interface, or the link / juncture between two or more modules. Using countries and cultures as a metaphor for modules in a global society, one can observe that between countries and cultures this interface can be of a physical nature; borders and landscapes, or of a metaphysical nature; between language and rituals (culture).
GENSLER ON CAMPUS
Tuesday, November 3 | 11:30 AM
Goldsmith Hall 2.110 (Main Jury Room)
Join representatives from Gensler for a portfolio and resume workshop at 11:30am in the Main Jury Room (GOL 2.110) on Tuesday, November 3. A lunch reception will follow on the south lawn of Sutton Hall courtesy of Gensler.
Sponsored by UTSOA Career Services
Bob Yaro is currently the Potter Rose Visiting Professor of Planning at The University of Texas at Austin. Since 2002, he has been Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.
From 1990-2014, Yaro was Executive Director and then President and CEO of the Regional Plan Association (RPA) in New York, America's oldest metropolitan policy group. In 2014, Yaro retired after 25 years in leadership positions at RPA. He currently serves as RPA president emeritus and senior advisor.
Faculty, students, and alumni from the graduate program in Historic Preservation attended the week-long Association for Preservation Technology Conference at Kansas City, Missouri this fall.
The group stayed in downtown Kansas City and took part in conservation workshops, field sessions, and paper presentations. Alumni Namyuck Ahn and Sujin Kim were honored with student scholarships, and they presented their papers on Energy Retrofit of Historic Structures and 3D Documentations of Historic Structures, respectively.
James W. Shepherd, AIA, LEED AP, joined the cathedral staff on April 23, 2013, as director of preservation and facilities. His position resulted from the recommendations of the Restoration Task Force that convened for the cathedral following the earthquake of August 23, 2011; his work focuses on leading the institution’s efforts to repair all earthquake damage, upgrade critical infrastructure systems, and preserve the fabric of the cathedral and related properties on the Cathedral Close.
This pre-Halloween workshop gave participants the choice of ten unique masks based on the likenesses of SOA faculty and staff. Materials Lab researchers produced digital models of the faces using the 3D scanner in the Technology Lab, then fabricated molds out of MDF with the CNC router. Masks were made of styrene on the Design Lab's new vacuum former. A big thanks to Michael Benedikt, Judy Birdsong, Elizabeth Danze, Larry Doll, Jeff Evelyn, Charlton Lewis, Juan Miro, Larry Speck, Dean Steiner, and Nichole Wiedemann for lending us their likenesses.