NEWSLETTER - February 9, 2024 |
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"PUBLICNESS" 2023-2024 LECTURE SERIES |
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Join us on February 12th for the fifth event of our 2023-2024 lecture series titled, "Publicness."
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Publicness refers to the power of architecture and design to shape our built environment for the benefit of society at large. It celebrates conditions of interaction, adaptability, collaboration, spontaneity, and openness.
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Our next lecture, titled "INTERDISCIPLINARY INFRASTRUCTURES," will be led by JENNIFER BIRKELAND, RLA FAAR and JONATHAN A. SCELSA, AIA NCARB FAAR, on February 12th, 2024.
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JENNIFER BIRKELAND, RLA FAAR is currently an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at Cornell University in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She is a licensed landscape architect in the state of New York and a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. Jennifer received her Master of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University and has a Bachelor’s of Science in Landscape Architecture from California Polytechnic State University Pomona. Read more on Jennifer Birkeland...
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JONATHAN A. SCELSA, AIA NCARB FAAR is an Associate Professor of Architectural Design + Technology at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Jonathan is a Licensed Architect in the state of New York. He received his Master of Architecture in Urban Design with Distinction from Harvard University, and received his Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University. Read more on Jonathan Scelsa...
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Birkeland and Scelsa's lecture and Q&A will be held in the Gallery on the ground floor of the Huckabee College of Architecture. The event will also be streamed live via the Zoom information below.
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Fourth-year design students were given an opportunity to lend their design skills to a worthy cause. CASA is a volunteer-based organization that assists children currently in foster care. Volunteers act as advocates for the children as they navigate the foster care system. One of the organization's major fundraising efforts, Casas for CASA, is an annual raffle event where the winners receive custom-built playhouses designed and donated by local businesses and individuals. Events such as this are vital to the non-profit’s funding, with Casas for CASA historically raising up to $80,000 annually.
This semester two sections of 4602, instructed by Instructor Lenora Ask and Associate Professor Peter Raab, spent the first week focused on furthering the Casas for CASA mission through design, beginning with a visit from CASA representatives Lauren White and Tabitha Rendon who shared the mission and importance of the work of Casa and their fundraising efforts. Students then developed drawings and models that met the CASA’s building code, presenting solutions ranging from small play structures, children and grown-up playhouses, chicken coops and a custom pickup bed camper. The exercise was an opportunity for the students to re-awaken their design muscles after the holiday. Both sections met to evaluate the work’s innovation, buildability and marketability.
A CASA supporter was inspired by the the HCOA students’ design contributions and donated the cost of construction materials to assist in the development of one selected project for the raffle.
For more information about CASA and their work, visit their website here.
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Assistant Professor Dr. Asma Mehan’s monograph, “Tehran: from Sacred to Radical," which was published by Routledge in 2022, was featured at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference of The Association for Asian Studies 2024. This event took place in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, bringing together scholars and experts in Asian studies from across the nation.
Dr. Mehan's monograph offers an exploration of the urban and architectural transformation of Tehran, delving into its historical, cultural, and socio-political dynamics. Her analysis presents a perspective on the city, tracing its evolution from a sacred space to a hub of radical urbanism. This monograph contributes to the field of Asian studies and serves as a resource for scholars interested in urban studies, architecture, and the socio-political landscape of the Middle East.
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Assistant Professor Dr. Asma Mehan is part of the 2023 - 2028 Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Best Published Paper Award Committee. She joins a panel led by Chair Elisabetta Vitale Brovarone of the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) at Politecnico di Torino.
The committee also features António Ferreira, representing the Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment at the University of Porto, Portugal, Michael Getzner from the Vienna University of Technology, Menelaos Gkartzios affiliated with both Izmir Institute of Technology and Newcastle University, and Kadri Leetmaa from the University of Tartu.
Initiated in 1995, with the first award given in 1996, the AESOP Best Published Paper Award honors the work of professionals and scholars in European planning journals, emphasizing the diversity and academic depth in spatial planning across Europe. This award also fosters the exchange of scholarly literature among different national academic cultures.
Each year, the Editorial Boards of over 20 European planning journals nominate the papers for this accolade, spotlighting exceptional research and thought leadership in the planning community.
For further information about the award, visit the AESOP website here.
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Chris Taylor will present his lecture “Pedagogy of Weather” in the 2024 Stieren Arts Enrichment Series at Trinity University in San Antonio on Thursday, February 29th. The event brings together an array of leaders in art, music, drama, communication, literature, art history, and aesthetics.
In his lecture, Taylor will present “Land Arts of the American West at Texas Tech University,” the transdisciplinary field program dedicated to expanding awareness of intersections between human construction and the evolving nature of the planet, and the solar-powered Terminal Lake Exploration Platform, an example of visual and performative research operating within vastly under-examined endorheic conditions.
To learn more about the event, click here.
To read about the Terminal Lake Exploration Platform, click here.
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The Land Arts 2023 Exhibition will be opening with a reception that will take place from 6-8 p.m. Friday, February 23rd, 2024, at the Museum of Texas Tech University, located at 3301 4th Street in Lubbock, Texas. (Please enter from the North.) This exhibition will be on view through April 21st, 2024. Admission is free.
The exhibition culminates the semester-long transdisciplinary field program Land Arts of the American West presenting works by students Tatsuki Hoshihara, Lorri Kershner, Rohan Khanna, Maeve Kirk, Heidi Landau, Stirling Lemme, Laurel McLaughlin, Stinne Storm, and 2023 field resident artist Dionne Lee.
Land Arts of the American West is a “semester abroad in our own backyard” where architects, artists, historians, and writers camp for fifty-three nights while traveling 5,576 miles overland to experience major land art monuments while also visiting sites expanding their understanding of what land art might be. Land Arts hinges on the primacy of first-person experience and the realization that human-land relationships are rarely singular.
To learn more about Land Arts of the American West, click here.
For further information, please contact Chris Taylor at chris.taylor@ttu.edu.
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Associate Professors Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller are featured on the latest episode of the podcast 99% Invisible. The episode, titled “Imitation Nation,” is produced by Sonia Paul with host Roman Mars. 99% Invisible focuses on “the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world.”
In the episode, Kripa and Mueller discuss the past and future of simulated urban environments used to train for urban warfare, illustrating some key moments in the evolution of these fake city forms. The episode draws heavily on Kripa and Mueller’s original research and findings detailed in their recent book “Fronts: Military Urbanisms and the Developing World (AR+D, 2020),” which revealed the locations and legacies of over 500 simulated sites around the world. From this foundation, the show outlines how training sites are adapting to more recent conflicts and continuing to impact the lives of role players working and living in these growing urban simulations.
You can read more about the episode here: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/imitation-nation/.
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An interview with Associate Professors Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller by Cyrus Peñarroyo is published in the latest feed of Gradient Journal. Gradient is an “online platform for architecture and urbanism” from the University of Michigan Taubman College, centered on nascent conversations in the architecture and design disciplines. The most recent feed on Infrastructures, co-edited by Peñarroyo, Malcom McCullough, and Vyta Pivo asks "how can architects’ insights into locality, scale, and embodiment bring more kinds of participants [...] how might a clear focus on infrastructure transform the social, cultural, and political commitments of the discipline itself?”
In the interview, titled “Between, Within, Across: Situating Infrastructural Design,” Kripa and Mueller discuss their investigative research and design work that operates within the infrastructural context of the US-Mexico border, enabling new and more equitable futures. Kripa and Mueller’s work is also featured heavily in the issue’s feature “Keywords for Infrastructure,” illuminating concepts like “counter-mapping,” “vulnerability,” and “hybrid” for the journal’s broad audience.
To access the article, click the link here.
To view the feature “Keywords for Infrastructure” click the link here.
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Assistant Professor Dr. Mahyar Hadighi delivered a presentation at the "Space Oddity: On Spatial Narratives" conference. Collaborating with Mehrdad Hadighi from Penn State University, their paper was titled "Space as Oddity: Donald Judd’s 100 untitled works in mill aluminum." The event, hosted by the Research Center for Communication and Culture at Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon, served as a platform for researchers and cultural practitioners to exchange insights and contribute to the contemporary discourse on spatial narratives and narratives on space.
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TTU HCOA Alumni David Farell, AIA NCARB, was featured in the January/February 2024 Edition of Texas Architect Magazine for his company’s involvement in the renovation of The Hill shopping center in northeast Dallas. This project was completed by Architect LRK in collaboration with Farrell Architects and developer Cypress Equities.
The Hill shopping center has been in place since 1977 and has undergone several demolitions and renovations in past decades. The most recent renovation undertaken by Architect LRK was centered on green energy and featured an internal-facing design.
To learn more about the project, click the link here.
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The Huckabee College of Architecture and the Design Leadership Alliance will be hosting the Annual Spring Alumni Celebration on Saturday, March 23rd, from 1:00 - 4:00 PM CDT. The event will be held at the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas.
For any further inquiries, please contact Assistant Director Deirdre Odell at deirdre.odell@ttu.edu.
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Students,
The deadline to submit job postings for the Huckabee College of Architecture 2024 Career Fair has been extended to FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024. This year we will have a lineup of approximately 50 employers joining us in person with numerous opportunities ranging from internships to full-time positions.
You can access your account on hire red raiders at https://ttu.12twenty.com/Login. Be sure all your information is correct and have a link of your portfolio available. Please note, your portfolio link must be made shareable for the firms to access.
Please watch your email for additional information from the Hire Red Raiders team regarding the Career Fair.
The Career Fair Mixers will be held Tuesday, February 20th, and Wednesday, February 21st from 6:00 - 8:00 PM CST on the ground floor of the HCOA. We encourage students to attend and take advantage of this great opportunity to network with firm representatives and fellow students!
Please contact assistant director of alumni relations, Deirdre Odell, at deirdre.odell@ttu.edu with any additional questions.
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