Travel as Architecture Pedagogy: Constructing Student Memories

The paper explores how travel, through the experience of study abroad programs, affects the spatial imagination and design methods of architecture students. Travel experiences can be a critical factor in shaping a student's design thinking, as memorable imagery of places, spaces, and people is stored and reassembled along with new experiences in subsequent conceptualizations. The paper seeks to answer several questions: How do profound personal observations and experiences influence student design thinking? How is new context observed, assimilated, processed, and finally implemented? By immersion in a different culture, students acquire a level of insight that significantly accelerates experimentation in their future work. The paper will explicate the role and influence of travel, displacement and creativity in study abroad programs by demonstrating actual student work, project assignments and the pedagogy applicable

The High Line, New York, NY

Collection of architectural photographs, 120 JPEG image files total. Photographs taken on 5/31/2012.Visual documentation of the New York City High Line, an elevated rail line renovated to create a public park and greenspace between 2006 and 2011. Designed by James Corner/Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro; planting design from Piet Oudolf; lighting design from L'Observatoire International; engineering design by Buro Happold. Photographed by Smilja Milovanovic-Bertram, May 31, 2012.The Meadows Foundation, grant #2008060137Architectur

41 Cooper Square (Cooper Union academic and student services building)

Collection of architectural photographs, 141 JPEG image files total. Photographs taken on 6/15/2011 and 5/29/2012.Visual documentation of the Cooper Union Academic and Student Services Building, New York, NY. Designed by Morphosis Architects, Inc., with Gruzen Sampton, LLP (associate architects). Designed 2004-2006; built 2006-2009. Photographed by Smilja Milovanovic-Bertram on June 15, 2011 and May 29, 2012. The building has been LEED certified with a Platinum (highest) rating.The Meadows Foundation, grant #2008060137Architectur

Reading the Italian city

Lecture slideshow (Microsoft PowerPoint presentation)Students in the UT School of Architecture's Study in Italy program were assigned to design a new community center for host city Castiglion Fiorentino. This slideshow presents a selection of student works, including models and project sketches of four different designs.The Meadows Foundation, grant #2008060137Architectur

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, after 2009 additions and renovations

Collection of architectural photographs, 59 JPEG image files total. Photographs taken on 6/1/2012.Visual documentation of renovations to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, completed in 2009. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXFOWLE. Designed 2004. Photographed by Smilja Milovanovic-Bertram, June 1, 2012. Updates to the Lincoln Center complex included a redesign of Alice Tully Hall, additions and renovations to the Juilliard School, the construction of the Hypar Pavilion/Illumination Lawn, and the public Promenade project.The Meadows Foundation, grant #2008060137Architectur

In the Spirit of Texas Rangers

This presentation was part of the session : Pedagogy: Theories, Approaches24th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student"But we see their greatness... We must look to it for continuity; to transmit to the future generations." Bernhard Hoesli In short years between 1951 and 1956 at the University of Texas at Austin, a young group of architects, later named the "Texas Rangers"-- Bernhard Hoesli, Colin Rowe, John Hejduk, Robert Slutzky, Lee Hodgden, John Shaw, and Werner Seligmann -- set out to restructure architectural curricula. The new curricula emphasized space embraced history with the use of precedent and included urban context stressing regionalism. This was radically different from the Harvard / Bauhaus model, which was devoid of history, regionalism and phenomenology. The program was short lived and within three years of its initiation the original members of the group left the University of Texas. As the original faculty dispersed, the new pedagogies were adopted and adapted by other schools as members of the Texas Rangers disseminated their ideas. Bernhard Hoesli went to Eidgenossische Technische Hochshule (ETH), John Hejduk to Cooper Union, and Colin Rowe to Cornell University. The impact of this curricula reverberates years later both in the U.S. and Switzerland. Generations of students have been impacted in various ways. The pedagogy of the 1950's is alive and well at the University of Texas today. This paper will address the current design pedagogy of the University of Texas with comparisons to first year design at ETH. Hoesli's legacy will be examined and contrasted to its evolution at the University of Texas

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Lecture slides (Microsoft PowerPoint presentation)A broad overview of the issues involved in designing sustainable buildings, and of how various construction methods and design features are used in sustainable architecture. Topics covered are: envelope, lighting, heating, cooling, energy production, water and waste, and LEED rating categories.The Meadows Foundation, Grant #2008060137Architectur

Case studies

Lecture slides (Microsoft PowerPoint presentation)The overall topic of sustainable architecture is examined by looking at six "camps" within the sustainability movement, each of which emphasizes a different viewpoint and set of goals for sustainable design. Case studies are included to illustrate each approach. The lecture covers the following camps: 1. Eco-Technic Camp [Case study: Kunsthaus Bregenz (Peter Zumthor; Bregenz, Austria)] [Case study: Zollverein School of Management and Design (SANAA; Essen, Germany)] 2. Eco-Medical Camp [Case study: Vidar Institute (Erik Asmussen; Järna, Sweden)] 3. Eco-Centric Camp [Case study: Rauch Residence (Roger Boltshauser, Martin Rauch; Walgau Valley, Germany)] 4. Eco-Aesthetic Camp [Case study: 290 Mulberry (SHoP Architects; New York, NY)] 5. Eco-Cultural Camp [Case study: Community Center, Raggal (Johannes Kaufmann; Great Walser Valley, Germany)] 6. Eco-Social Camp [Case study: Housing Development Sandgrubenweg (Gerhard Hörburger; Bregenz, Austria)] [Case study: Charles Hostler Student Recreation Center (VJAA; The American Univeristy of Beirut)]The Meadows Foundation, grant #2008060137Architectur