NEWSLETTER - November 17, 2023 |
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The Huckabee College of Architecture, for the second year, participated in the Art & Architecture Festival at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. This year’s theme was Take the Groovy Way, which included seven projects dispersed across Bindy Bazaar Woods in the Groovy Way trail, the fairground’s entrance from the site of the historic 1969 Woodstock Music Festival. Between September 13th and 17th, over 75 participants came from Kean University, the University of Kentucky, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, Cornell University, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Texas Tech University to create design-build installations.
The HCOA’s addition to the festival was Java & Jam, a thin-shell pavilion clad in bio-waste composite materials. Java & Jam's build team included Texas Tech University students Enrique Espinoza, Mark Segovia, Zoe Wall, Shailyn Beaty, Matthew Coyle, Emily Hammer, Kristen McCullough, Emily Perez, Abigail Petrofes, Kani Willis, and Antonio Braz Camargo. Additional support also came from Syracuse University students Aiden McGorry and Isaac Mendez, as well as professionals working in the United Kingdom, including Melissa Eagleton and Kiri Channer. Construction was led by Assistant Professor Erin Hunt and former HCOA Instructor Neal Lucas Hitch. The team incorporated coffee grounds, sawdust, non-toxic glues, plywood, and white grape pomace sourced locally from Upstate New York into the ensemble of computationally generated forms.
To read more about this festival and the pavilion, please visit www.archpaper.com or www.archdaily.com.
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Second-year undergraduate students in ARCH 2503 Architectural Design III recently exhibited their studio work at Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail on November 3rd. The show took place at Assistant Professor Nero Chenxuan He’s CASP work studio space.
Students leveraged researched case study projects to create hybrid models that generate form and space. Students selected and organized building elements to design modules that considered moments of mass and void, and how the object meets the ground. The models also explored ways in which tectonics, form, space, and circulation can combine at multiple scales of resolution.
ARCH 2503 explores methods for engaging and responding to design considerations at multiple scales. The studio frames the fragment and the whole as equal parts in an architectural proposal and recognizes the coordination of systems as an opportunity for design.
In this course, building tectonics serves as a primary lens for understanding the ways structures’ elements come together in support of a spatial, formal, sequential, and aesthetic agenda. The final project will be an arts academy in Lubbock’s Arts District. Students’ proposals will apply organizational and programmatic principles in the design of a building responsive to the site’s physical context and latent atmospheres.
The course was led by coordinator Assistant Professor Nate Imai, Assistant Professor Nero Chenxuan He, Visiting Assistant Professor Pat Klieopatinon, Instructor Lahib Jaddo, and Lecturers Deborah Pittman, Marshall Drennan, Lauren Phillips, and Steven Roop.
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Yumeng Wu, a 3rd-year architectural student, has received the Buena Vista Scholarship, a distinguished opportunity provided through the Texas Tech University Study Abroad program. She was supported in her decision to apply by Associate Professor Dr. Brian Zugay and Assistant Professor Nate Imai, who provided recommendation letters. Yumeng is eager to demonstrate her academic determination, study skills, and passion during her study abroad in Spain, scheduled for spring 2024. She looks forward to seizing this opportunity to articulate her academic and personal goals and showcase her unwavering commitment to making the most of this transformative opportunity. Yumeng is deeply grateful for the support and guidance that made this educational endeavor possible, and eagerly anticipates the enriching education she will receive in Spain.
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Assistant Professor Dr. Asma Mehan has contributed to the book "OTHER DESTINATIONS: Translating the Mid-sized European City," recently published as an initiative of Writing Urban Places led by the Delft University of Technology. The book, edited by Sonja Novak, Michael G. Kelly, Jorge Mejía Hernández, and Giuseppe Resta, examines the distinctive character and urban practices of Europe's mid-sized cities.
Dr. Mehan's chapter, "Caponapoli," offers an academic exploration of Naples, informed by the city's representation in Italian crime novels, especially those by Massimo Siviero. The chapter provides an insightful urban narrative analysis of Naples, dissecting its societal, historical, cultural, and architectural complexities.
For a richer understanding of the narrative techniques and the city's portrayal, Dr. Mehan interviewed Italian author Massimo Siviero in April 2022. This conversation has enhanced the depth of the "Caponapoli" chapter with detailed authorial perspectives on the city's depiction.
To read the article, click the link here.
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Assistant Professor Dr. Asma Mehan participated in the SAHANZ PhD Colloquium 2023, organized by the Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand, which took place on November 2nd, 2023. The colloquium, hosted in partnership with Curtin University, convened a gathering of experts in architectural research, history, and scholarship to discuss recent academic advancements.
During the event, two PhD projects were prominently reviewed:
Maqsood Rezayee from the University of Auckland presented "Neo-liberal Planning in Practice: Use Value or Exchange Value? A Post-Marxian Examination of Auckland’s Housing Affordability Issue." His research offered a Post-Marxian critique of neoliberal planning policies, examining their impact on housing affordability in Auckland, particularly the tension between use value and exchange value in urban planning.
Donya Masoomikhameneh from Deakin University discussed "Industrial Vacancy, Historical Values, and City: Developing Case-based Architectural Interventions Strategies for the vacant Dennys Lascelles Wool store in Geelong." Her study explored how architectural interventions could reinvigorate the vacant Dennys Lascelles Wool store in Geelong by proposing strategies that honor the site's industrial heritage while adapting it for new uses.
The colloquium was a vital forum for advancing architectural research, offering a platform for emerging scholars to contribute to the dialogue on architectural history and theory.
The article can be read by clicking here.
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Assistant Professor Erin Hunt was recently elected to the board of directors of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA). From 2024 to 2026, she will contribute her expertise and skills. ACADIA is an international network that unites digital design researchers and professionals. It is dedicated to promoting and facilitating the critical exploration of computation's role in architecture, planning, and building science. ACADIA's work cultivates innovation, creativity, and sustainability.
To read more about the election results, please visit the link below:
http://acadia.org/features/3PW3AN
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Assistant Professor Dr. David Turturo, AIA, presented the paper "Wilderness Urbanism as Collaborative Ecology" at the Impact23 - Ecologies of Attention symposium in Essen, Germany, on November 8-12, 2023. Dr. Turturo was one of three architects among twenty-six speakers selected from around the globe to present among an interdisciplinary field of experts. Dr. Turturo's paper presented the work of Texas Tech University students as a model for collaborative innovation across disciplines. Dr. Turturo also offered a history of the dialectic relationship between the urban and the wild as a feedback loop that generates unconventional ecological solutions.
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Professor Joe Aranha travelled to Thailand to participate in the 12th International Seminar on Vernacular Settlements (ISVS) conference hosted this year by Silpakorn University, Bangkok. The theme of the conference was ‘Vernacular Built Environments: Toward a Sustainable Future.’ Aranha was invited to chair a session by Dean of Faculty of Architecture and Associate Professor Dr. Apiradee Kasemsook at Silpakorn in recognition of his involvement with the ISVS organization and his research on traditional architecture in Southeast Asia.
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In fall of 2023, Professor Joe Aranha offered his Mexico Studio, a graduate topical studio created by him in 2003 and held ten times since then. An immersive learning experience being an essential component of the course, the studio travelled to Mexico for a week to focus on the location's culture and architecture. The project brief for this semester was a proposal for a public market and related outdoor urban public spaces. The prompt for the studio asked students to examine markets as urban centers where, since the earliest cities, citizens from all walks of life come together to trade, interact and celebrate local culture and interact as a community. The project also incorporated accommodation for informal street vendors and the ancient tradition of the Tianguis, or traveling markets, that occur weekly and seasonally in cities and towns in Mexico.
The field experience in Mexico included curated walking tours, special lectures, and interactions with architecture students at Universidad de la Americas Puebla (UDLAP) who collectively provided local perspectives on architecture and urban conditions. In addition to markets and public spaces, the visit also included the Barragan house, Teotihuacan, projects by Legoretta, Chipperfiled, Toyo Ito and works by some well-known Mexican architects.
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Assistant Professor Nero Chenxuan He was invited by the Head of the Asian Campaign at Adidas to make an installation at the Adidas a3 storefront in Shanghai, China based on his research on quasi-autonomous design as both a new campaign for Adidas and public storefront art. The installation combines the traditional handcrafted tie-dye fabric of the artisan with the designer’s digitally fabricated re-creation in animated format. It untangles the emerging need for a critical understanding of phygital design and phygital material by exploring its most definitive qualities in the context of a quasi-autonomous collaboration between human agency and the computer. The physical installation was fabricated by collaborator Fanglu Lin.
Professor He's research has previously been presented at the ACADIA and CAADRIA Joint Exhibition (see the HCOA Newsletter from November, 3rd, 2023).
For more information on Nero He’s work can be found by clicking here.
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In partnership with the Design Leadership Alliance, the Huckabee College of Architecture held its Annual Alumni Reception in conjunction with the Texas Society of Architects (TxA) 84th Annual Conference & Design Exposition on November 2nd, 2023, in Fort Worth, Texas.
The evening was a true testament to the talent, innovation, and dedication exhibited by our esteemed alumni and faculty, and was a celebration of their remarkable achievements and outstanding design projects.
This reception also offered long-time friends and colleagues the opportunity to reconnect and provided exciting opportunities for its attendees to engage with new faces and expand their professional networks. The HCOA wishes to extend a heartfelt thank you to the alumni and friends of the college who attended the reception and made the event such a tremendous success. Your contributions not only reflect the excellence within our alumni community but also inspire future generations of architects and designers.
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Among the awardees for the TTU HCOA Design Leadership Awards for 2023 were:
Lance Evans — Distinguished Alumnus
Professor Dr. Clifton Ellis — Kleinschmidt Award
Clayton Korte for Kingsbury Commons at Pease Park in Austin, TX — Design Honor Award
Nick Deaver Architect for Spelunk in Austin, TX — Design Honor Award
Nick Deaver Architect for Shibui in Austin, TX — Design Merit Award
Georgia Thomas — Student Design Leadership Award
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Again, we applaud each of our award winners and thank those in attendance for engaging in meaningful conversations and fostering connections that will undoubtedly contribute to the continued growth and success of our HCOA community.
We look forward to seeing you next year for the TxA Annual Conference in Houston, October 3rd - 5th, 2024! More information on next year's event can be found by clicking here.
Those interested in learning more about our alumni events or how to get involved at the HCOA can contact assistant director for alumni relations, Deirdre Odell, at deirdre.odell@ttu.edu for additional information.
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HCOA alumnus, Jerry Wayne Pasche, recently passed away on September 5th, 2023. Mr. Pasche was born in Hillsboro, Texas, and received a degree in architecture from Texas Tech University in 1961.
The HCOA is saddened to learn the news of Jerry's passing and extend our sincere condolences to his loved ones during this difficult time.
Mr. Pasche’s full obituary can be read by clicking the link here.
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NOTICE: Facilities at the Huckabee College of Architecture will operate under adjusted hours during the week of Thanksgiving, starting from Wednesday, November 22nd, through Sunday, November 26th.
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Wood Shop & Digital Fabrication Lab
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Thanksgiving Break (Nov. 22 - 26)
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday: CLOSED
Friday: CLOSED
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 3:00 - 9:00 PM
Regular hours of operation will resume on Monday, November 27th, from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM CST. Please contact unit manager, Hinton Vick, at (806) 834-8482 or by email at architecture.shops@ttu.edu with any additional questions.
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Thanksgiving Break (Nov. 22 - 26)
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday: CLOSED
Friday: CLOSED
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED
Regular hours of operation will resume on Monday, November 27th, from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM CST. Please contact unit manager, Nathan Lusk, at architecture.print@ttu.edu with any additional questions.
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Thanksgiving Break (Nov. 22 - 26)
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: CLOSED
Friday: CLOSED
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 1:00 - 10:00 PM (Resume Regular Hours)
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Additionally, the Architecture Library would like to remind students to please return or renew any book(s) currently checked out before the winter break. For assistance or additional questions, visit the Library in-person or email libraries.architecture@ttu.edu.
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The Advising and Student Success Units at the HCOA extend heartfelt appreciation to all who joined them in The Corner on November 6th to celebrate and support our first-generation students. Special recognition goes to Calvin Strempel, HCOA’s first-gen peer mentor, for hosting the successful Architex Games & Gathering event that evening. Calvin is available for first-gen student meetings on Mondays at The Corner from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM CST.
During the first-gen event, a Cocktail Napkin Design Contest was held that presented students with a 'pumpkin-themed HCOA' design prompt. Entries, featuring unique designs, were anonymously voted upon by staff and admin.
Congratulations to the winners:
1st place - Kylee Tyra
2nd place - Bryce Bergeron
3rd place - Chance Welles
The winning designs can be viewed in the Architecture Library and will be posted throughout November. This event marked the inaugural Cocktail Napkin Contest and National First-Gen College Week for the Advising and Student Success Units at the HCOA, and they wish to extend their gratitude for the contributions that made it a success. Special thanks to the HCOA staff for their enthusiastic participation, and an extra-special acknowledgment to assistant dean for external affairs, Darrick Wade, for inspiring this creative initiative.
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