Member
Profile 
University of Houston
ARCC
Member Unit:
Gerald
D.
Hines
College
of
Architecture
University
of
Houston
Houston
,
TX
77204-4000
Phone:
713-743-2400
Fax:
713-743-2358
E-mail: Mashburn@UH.edu
http://www.arch.uh.edu
ARCC
Representative:
Leonard
Bachman
Associate Professor
College
of
Architecture
University
of
Houston
Houston
,
Texas
77204-4431
Phone:
713-743-2372
Fax:
713-743-2358
E-mail: LBachman@UH.edu
College
Profile:
Over
its 50 year history, the
College
of
Architecture
at the
University
of
Houston
has focused on design as the fundamental and essential activity of our
discipline. Today the college is growing in many ways -- its student body is
becoming larger and more diverse, and test scores for applicants accepted to its
programs have risen across the last several years. The college now houses
Texas
' first program in industrial design, and the first Master of Science in Space
Architecture program in the
United States
. These new programs distinguish the college from competing programs and add
faculty expertise in areas important to the future, such as sustainability,
advanced materials, human factors, advanced computing, and methods of
industrialized production.
As
a public college of architecture located in a major
U.S.
urban setting, we are able to take advantage of the numerous cultural,
professional and industrial resources of the fourth largest American city. With
its unique form and vitality,
Houston
provides an exceptional laboratory for exploring problems and potentials of
contemporary society. http://www.arch.uh.edu/home/index.html
Educational
and Service Programs:
Community-Based
Projects
Guest
Lectures and Exhibits
Field
Study
Internship
Research
Programs:
The
Sasakawa
International
Center
for Space Architecture
The
Sasakawa
International
Center
for Space Architecture (SICSA) is a unique research, design, and teaching
entity within the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture. SICSA was founded in
1987 with a $3 million gift provided by the Japan Shipbuilding Industry
Foundation. The organization’s mission is to plan and to implement programs
that will advance peaceful and beneficial uses of space and space technology.
SICSA also pursues planning and design for difficult and extreme environments on
Earth that can benefit from advanced approaches, systems and applications that
are revealed through space exploration. SICSA is internationally
recognized for its leadership in the field of space architecture
Comprehensive
information about SICSA and its programs is available through: www.sicsa.uh.edu.
University of Houston:
www.uh.edu
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