Dr. Mark Brack, delivered two papers in October on his research regarding
hermitages erected in 18th-century picturesque gardens. One lecture was
in Toronto, Canada, at the Society of Utopian Studies and the other was
given to the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
at the University of Georgia in Athens.

Nicole Koltick, is the director of the newly formed Design Futures Lab, a
Master’s Interior Architecture + Design thesis research group in critical
design practices and speculative proposals relating to objects, interiors
and environments. The lab currently has 7 students in residence for the
year. The approach of the lab is trans-disciplinary and involves
collaborations with architects, biologists, engineers, computer scientists
and interaction designers in exploring design futures scenarios. The
integration of new developments in these fields translated into potential
objects and environments suggests a new model of interdisciplinary design
research and collaboration.

Nicole Koltick, had an essay entitled Entropic Ecologies: a Prosthetic
Approach published in Volume Magazine, issue #31 Guilty Landscapes.
http://volumeproject.org/blog/2012/05/08/volume-31-guilty-landscapes/