NEWSLETTER
Year 36, Issue 2 | Fall 2012
Contents
ARCC Newsletter 36-2 Fall 2012
President’s Message
President’s Letter, September 2012
Keith Diaz Moore, PhD, AIA (University of Kansas)
Iterative Resilience: Synchronizing Dynamic Landscapes with Responsive Architectural Systems
By Meredith Sattler, Louisiana State University
Conferences
ARCC 2013 Architectural Research Conference at UNCC
University Of North Carolina At Charlotte
March 27-31, 2013
> Call For Papers: Abstracts Due: October 8, 2012
EAAE-ARCC 2014 Conference: University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Architecture
Beyond Architecture: Making New Connections and Intersections
Dates: February 12-15, 2014
Call to be announced – subscribe to the ARCC newsletter to receive notice
King Medal 2011-12 Recipients
Student Award For Excellence in Architectural +Environmental Research
2011 Incentive Fund Award – Major Award
Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design
2011 Incentive Fund Award – Minor Award
Lawrence Tech’s makeLab
2011 Haecker Award Winner
Lisa Heschong,Heschong Mahone Group, Inc.
2011 New Researcher Award Winners
Dr. Rima Al Ajlouni, Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University
Dr. Zhongjie Lin, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte
2011 Best Paper Award
The best paper for the 2011 ARCC Architectural Research Conference was awarded to Michael D. Gibson of Kansas State University for his paper “Integrating geometry and light: daylight solutions through performance-based algorithms“.
Exhibition As Research: An Interior Affair: A State Of Becoming
Curtin University, Australia
Human-environment-technology interactions and the lower Mississippi River delta
Louisiana State University
UTSA Architecture Researchers Study Sustainability in San Antonio Neighborhoods
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) College of Architecture
sLAB Costa Rica: building a recycling center for Nosara
NYIT/HOLLER Architecture
Research Projects at Mississippi State: Prof. Alexis Gregory
Mississippi State
Ball State and the Greening of Campus IX
Ball State University
New Issue: Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology
University of Michigan Architecture PhD Program
Fully funded positions available to study in focus area of Design Studies
BSU Geothermal Conclave I
Ground-Source Geothermal Resources: An Important Source of Renewable Energy
11-13 February 2013
EDRA44PROVIDENCE (EDRA 2013 Conference)
EDRA44Providence takes place May 29-June 1, 2013 at the Westin Providence Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island.
AIA-NIBS Memorandum of Understanding
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding underscoring the two organizations’ mutual interest in the design, construction, operations and maintenance of high-performance buildings and the desire to collaborate on issues surrounding these topics.
New Book: Stewardship of the Built Environment: Sustainability, Preservation and Reuse
Robert A. Young, Professor of Architecture at the University of Utah College of Architecture + Planning
UTSA Professor Publishes a Book About The Historic Center Of Lima, Peru.
Angela Lombardi, College of Architecture, University of Texas at San Antonio
New Essay Collection Investigates Public-Interest Architectural Internships
Bridging the Gap: Public-Interest Architectural Internships, a collection of 19 essays edited by Professor Georgia Bizios (North Carolina State University) and Katie Wakeford.
New Publication: Integral Sustainable Design by Mark DeKay
Integral Sustainable Design: transformative perspectives by Mark DeKay (Earthscan/Routledge 2011)
Book Review: Integrated Sustainable Design
Hamilton, M. (2011). Integral Sustainable Design: Transformative Perspectives, by Mark DeKay [book review]. Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, 6(3), 137-148.