Published by PennDesign Alumni Association (PDAA)
Volume 6, Number 1
September 2005
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| The alumni newsline for the University of Pennsylvania School of Design Published by PennDesign Alumni Association (PDAA) Volume 6, Number 1 September 2005 |
| RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA |
| The Penn community extends its deepest sympathy to those affected by Hurricane Katrina. PennDesign offered enrollment to displaced students, and a number of Tulane students accepted the offer. They plan to arrive this week. For more on Penn's response to the hurricane, read the message from Penn president Dr. Amy Gutmann. |
| THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT |
| 2004-2005 was a record-breaking year for annual giving, with more than $360,000 raised from over 1100 donors. Read more about the successful year in our Annual Report. |
| FACULTY SPOTLIGHT |
Enrique Norten, Miller practice professor of architecture, and James Corner MLA'86, chair of landscape architecture, won the competition to design a new Guggenheim Museum and surrounding park in Guadalajara, Mexico (at right). |
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| PENN IN PORTLAND |
Join Randy Mason, associate professor of architecture, for an alumni gathering during the National Preservation Conference in Portland, OR. |
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| SIMULATION + BUILDINGS |
| Interested in gaining a competitive edge in the building industry? Earn up to 16 AIA-CES learning units at SIMULATION + BUILDINGS, a two-day program organized by Penn's Building Simulation Group with emphasis on thermal and lighting simulation. Introductory/advanced sessions: September 24/September 25; Meyerson Hall. |
| ON THE LINE |
2000s |
| Lorlene Hoyt PhD'01 is an assistant professor in the department of urban studies and planning at MIT and was recently reappointed to a second four-year term. |
| 1990s |
| Melissa Cicetti C'89 MArch'93 announces the publication of Marking the Land 1 featuring over 90 of her photographs of structures, some in use and some abandoned, that dot the landscape throughout the American Southwest (University of New Mexico Press, 2005). |
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Elizabeth Hitchcock MArch'92 passed her FAA checkride in July and is now licensed as a private pilot (single-engine land). She doesn't plan on giving up her day job, however, working as the senior facilities planner at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Fellow alums in the Chicago area (especially those with their own planes) are welcome to contact her at elizabeth@alumni.upenn.edu. |
| Jennifer Johnson MArch'93 is a vice president of Corgan Associates, Dallas, TX. In June she was recognized by Dallas Business Journal as one of the top business leaders in the Dallas area under the age of 40. As team manager of the aviation group, she is the architectural project manager for the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport's Terminal C in-line baggage screening project and she has worked for the past four years on D/FW Airport's new international Terminal D. |
| Ted Han Soo Kang MCP'98 and Sabrina Kang are proud to announce the birth of their son, Ethan Matthias, on April 30, 2005 in Toronto, Canada. Ted works for KPMG. |
| Saeri Kiritani MFA'97 received a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in the performance art/multidisciplinary work category. |
| Victor Marquez MArch'98 won second place in the competition for the Guadalajara Public Library in Mexico; images are on his website. He has received a 2005-2008 Fulbright Scholarship to pursue a PhD in science & technology studies at Cornell University; his research will focus on technology transfer among hemispheres. |
| Namita Modi MArch'92 has been working for Dennis Wedlick Architect as an associate architect/designer for 7 years. She is currently involved with him in forming a new group of residential architects called CORA, Congress of Residential Architecture, a forum for advocating and enhancing residential architecture in North America. |
| Ralph Muldrow MArch'93 CRT'93 has been named associate director of the Clemson University/College of Charleston joint graduate program in historic preservation. He is the Simons professor of architecture and preservation and an associate professor of art history at C of C, and a licensed architect. He lives in Charleston with his wife and their children, Kristmar (11) and Benjamin (8). |
| Ramsey Silberberg MLA'96 reports that her firm Meyer + Silberberg Land Architects is a finalist with artist Donald Lipski for both the Flight 587 Memorial, Queens, NY and the Public Art and Landscape Design Competition for Brandywine Park, Wilmington, DE. |
| 1980s |
| Marco Frascari PhD'81 has been appointed the new director of Carleton University's School of Architecture. He took the post this summer, having served as the G. Truman Ward professor of architecture at Virginia Tech State University. |
| Robert F. Keppel MArch'80 MCP'80 CRT'80 and David F. Ertz MArch'81 partners at Cope Linder Architects, Philadelphia, are involved in the firm's renovation of the Sterling Hotel, Wilkes-Barre, PA, and a mixed-use development for Mutual of Omaha (NE) that is part of the neighborhood redevelopment initiative, Destination Midtown. |
| Elizabeth Koreman MLA'88 is pleased to announce the opening of CALYX STUDIO, a new Chicago-based consulting firm dedicated to supporting the planning and environmental design process by incorporating sustainability into all aspects of project development. |
| Steven Martin MArch'81 has been appointed principal at Gensler and practices in the Washington, DC office, where he leads the professional services practice area for the Southeast US. He also serves as the 2005 chair of the facility management knowledge community advisory group of the American Institute of Architects. |
| Leah Reynolds MFA'86 had a solo installation, Notes from the Bottom of the Pool, at 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY from August 9-27. |
| George C. Skarmeas PhD'83 has been elected to the board of the |
| Timothy W. Smith MArch'85 CRT'85 was recently named a principal at SERA Architects, Portland, OR, where he is director of urban design and planning. He is vice president of the Portland Planning Commission, and serves on the Portland chapter of the AIA urban design committee and the Portland Mayor's Central City Round Table. He presented the paper Civic Ecology: An Intentional Framework for Sustainable Place Making at the International Federation of Housing and Planning spring conference in Portland. His current work at SERA includes transit-oriented development, new community planning, downtown urban design, campus planning and rural planning projects in the Pacific Northwest, California and Asia. |
| 1970s |
| Allen Hickling MArch'70 MCP'70 CRT'70 reports from Warwickshire, England that he has developed an online museum and shop for toy forts and castles. |
Claire Marcus CW'74 BFA'76 MFA'78 |
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| John Woolsey BFA'72 MFA'73 is co-authoring with Manuel Molles, professor of biology at the University of New Mexico and director of the Museum of Southwest Biology, a college-level environmental science text to be published by W.H. Freeman. Since graduating from Penn he has combined an exhibiting career in fine arts and a career in graphics in which he has illustrated many science texts and developed graphic media and animations for science markets. His firm, JB Woolsey Arts, Inc, moved this summer to a new space in the Crane Arts Building in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia. |
| 1960s |
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Robin Fredenthal MArch'63 was commissioned by Reflexite to create a steel sculpture to honor its founder, Bill Rowland. Brilliant Corners was dedicated at the company's headquarters in Avon, CT on July 14, 2005. The 12x12x12' geometric figure composed of 5 tetrahedrons was created by Robin in 1975 at his working scale of 2 1/2" with the assistance of Jim Simmons. Strickened with a form of Parkinson's, Robin has assistants to help articulate his discoveries. For Brilliant Corners he relied on Jim Simmons and Steve Sears C'65 MFA'69, as well as Sharif Malik and William Whitaker MArch'96. |
| Donald Leslie Johnson MArch'60 has completed further studies on the architecture and biography of Frank Lloyd Wright released this year as The Fountainheads: Wright, Rand, the FBI and Hollywood (McFarland, 2005), following on his book, co-authored with Donald Langmead, Architectural Excursions: Frank Lloyd Wright, Holland and Europe (Greenwood, 2002). |
| 1950s |
| Rick Eckhart C'55 MCP'58 recently toured Mykonos, Rhodes, Santorini, Istanbul, Ephesus, Athens, Naples, Rome, and Venice; a great treat for a retired city planner. "Old Roman and Greek architects and planners did a great job of creating cities that live on well today. Even Ephesus, with its Roman ruins has a marble street that still works well after about 2000 years. We still need to take heed of how they did it! Also impressed with their transportation systems, no matter what country or place." |
| HAPPENINGS |
LECTURES + SYMPOSIA |
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EXHIBITIONS Through September 30 SCULPTURE FACULTY EXHIBITION At left: Plinth by Terry Adkins November 4-15 NEIL WELLIVER / ROBERT SLUTZKY Addams Gallery, Addams Hall Opening: November 4, 6-8pm |
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ALUMNI EVENTS Wed, September 28, 7:30-9:30pm ALUMNI RECEPTION AT NTHP-PORTLAND Fri, October 7 - TBC ALUMNI RECEPTION AT ASLA-FT LAUDERDALE Friday, November 4, 4-6pm HOMECOMING GALLERY HOP Kroiz, Arthur Ross and Addams Galleries; ICA |
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