The alumni newsline for the University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Published by PennDesign Alumni Association (PDAA)
Volume 8, Number 5
January 2008
|
|
|
The alumni newsline for the University of Pennsylvania School of Design |
|
|
|
GET INVOLVED WITH PENNDESIGN IN 2008! |
- Be a resource for current students by registering with the Penn Alumni Career Network, PACNet |
|
|
|
MIAMI, NEW YORK + CHICAGO ALUMNI EVENTS |
|
| Join us for exciting alumni events this month! Tuesday, January 15, 5:30-7pm, Margulies Art Tour, 591 NW 27th Street, Miami, FL; Cost: $15 Miami collector Martin Z. Margulies W'59 will lead an exclusive alumni tour of the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, an extensive collection of contemporary and vintage photography, video, sculpture and installation. Click here to register online; space is limited, so look for an email confirmation. |
|
|
|
Wednesday, January 16, 5-8pm Opening Reception for PennDesign NY Alumni Art Show on view through January 29 Louis Meisel Gallery 141 Prince Street, New York, NY 28 alumni artists will exhibit drawing, painting, photography, sculpture & video. Visit the NY chapter webpage for details; RSVP here for reception with name, degree and year. |
Friday, January 25: save the date for a Private Tour of the Field Museum's Maps: Finding Our Place in the World exhibition, part of Chicago's city-wide Festival of Maps. Details and online registration coming soon to the website; alumni in the greater-Chicago area will receive email invitations shortly. |
|
|
|
|
|
PENNDESIGN ANNUAL |
|
Our annual print newsletter, PennDesign Annual, will soon be on its way to your mailbox, chock-full of PDAA, School, and Faculty News, the Honor Roll, and much more! If you do not receive your copy over the next several weeks, please logon to the Online Community to update your street address, then contact the Alumni Office to request a copy mailed to you. The newsletter will also be available online shortly; visit the website for updates. |
|
|
| ARCHITECTURE STUDENT TAKES TOP HONORS | |
| Congratulations to Bridget Schmelzer MArch'09, whose 2006 project, The Tectonics of Relaxation, completed in Jenny Sabin's 500-level design studio, was awarded first prize at the conference TECTONICS 2007: International Student Design Competition, Eindhoven, The Netherlands!
In this design competition, students from different disciplines were asked to give their view on tectonics by creating a design and justifying their design in the spirit of TECTONICS: Making Meaning. Entrants were encouraged to involve different design and engineering disciplines; one of Schmelzer's images for her entry is pictured at right. |
 |
| ROUNDTABLES ON ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION | |
| Join Detlef Mertins, professor and chair of architecture, for Terms of Engagement, a series of roundtables on architectural education. This special event, held Thursday, January 24, 1-7pm, coordinates with the exhibition WORK WORK WORK from the Architecture Studios at PennDesign, on view January 22-31 in the Meyerson Galleries and Dean's Alley. A reception will follow the roundtables. | |
|
ON THE LINE |
|
Please note: some alumni names are hyperlinked to email addresses |
|
|
2000s |
|
|
|
Kazi K. Ashraf PhD'02 guest-edited a special issue of Architectural Design ("Made in India," December, 2007) on contemporary architecture of India and the sub-continent. He also published an essay, "Taking Place: Landscape in the Architecture of Louis Kahn," in the Journal of Architecture Education (November, 2007). Rita DeAngelo C'07 will show a continuation of her thesis work, Tree Shadow Series, at the Washington Art Association in Washington Depot, CT, through January 27. Tree Shadows X: Construction Elevator is pictured at left. |
| Siyoung Lee MFA'04 is showing his work at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts; Anonymity: Absence of Ego is pictured at right. In Mystical Memory, on view through February 3, he explores the concepts of transformation, the process of creation, and organic growth through his use of timber and handmade paper materials. Lee is currently pursuing an MA in art education with a K-12 teaching certificate, and teaches in Albuquerque schools. |
 |
| Zhongjie Lin MS'04 PhD'06 recently received a book contract from Routledge for his research on Metabolism, the Japanese architectural avant-garde movement in the 1960s. Entitled Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement: Urban Utopias of Modern Japan, the book is scheduled to be published in 2009. |
|
| Jenny Sabin MArch'05 lecturer in architecture, and a colleague, Peter Lloyd Jones, faculty member in pathology and laboratory medicine at Penn, were awarded a 2007 Upjohn Research Grant by the AIA. Their project,Nonlinear Biosynthesis, aims to foster new and ongoing dialogues between the disciplines of architecture and biology and to jointly investigate fundamental processes in living systems and their potential application in performative structures and sustainable buildings and vice versa. The Upjohn Research Grant provides base funds to be matched for applied research projects that advance professional knowledge and practice. |
|
|
Melinda Sanchez C'02 MCP'03 |
|
|
1990s |
|
|
Urshula Barbour MFA'94 |
|
| Scott Doyle MS'99 was recently promoted to Division Chief, Grant Programs and Historical Markers, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in Harrisburg, PA. He served as Keystone Historic Preservation Grant Manager for the previous three years. Doyle will oversee all PHMC grant and historic marker programs. |
|
| Paul Fabozzi MFA'93 recently showed a group of large paintings in the exhibition Paris, New York, Philadelphia at Fuel Collection in Philadelphia. The exhibition is a collaboration between Fuel Collection and White Columns in New York. |
|
|
Brian Phillips MArch'96 |
|
|
1970s |
|
|
|
Bill Becker MArch'71 with Brian Szymanik MArch'04 and Jessica Brams-Miller MArch'06, all of DLR Group Becker Winston, celebrate their firm's 2007 Community Design Award from the Community Design Collaborative and AIA Philadelphia. The firm provided services on a pro bono basis to the Byron Story Foundation for the Conceptual Design for an Alternative Education Center in the Francisville section of Philadelphia. The Byron Story Foundation was created to honor the memory of the founder's son, a victim of gun violence, by empowering at-risk youth through educational and outreach programs. Rita Bernstein MFA'76 recently exhibited a prayer tent in Vero Beach, FL. Each of the twenty artists who participated in Inspired Art picked an Oriental Carpet from which to make a work of art. Bernstein's inspiration was an antique Gabbeh. Gabbeh Chapel, formed from four silk textile creations, is pictured at left. |
 |
Elaine Austin Crossman BFA'75 MFA'77 will have work in the Bates College Museum of Art's exhibition, Taking Different Trails: The Artist's Journey to Katahdin Lake. The show will run from January 17 - May 24, 2008. Crossman, who has lived in Maine since 1976, also participated in the Maine Bureau of Public Lands auction of works by Maine artists to aid in the purchase of Katahdin Lake. Jim Schaefer C'69 MFA'74 announces his web site www.oceanart.info featuring his paintings and essays. Conchita 1 is pictured at left. |
|
1960s |
|
|
Peter Piven MArch'63 |
|
|
|
|
HAPPENINGS |
|
LECTURES February 5 February 7 |
|
EXHIBITIONS + SPECIAL EVENTS January 15 TOUR OF MARGULIES WAREHOUSE Miami, FL January 16 ALUMNI ART SHOW - OPENING RECEPTION Exhibition on view through January 29 New York, NY January 17-25 POST-FOREST College Green Interdepartmental Faculty Debate: Conversations 2.1: Surface and Depth: Between Architecture & Landscape, moderated by Helene Furjan and Karen M'Closkey: Jan 17, 6:30pm; Reception: Jan 17, 8pm January 20 - May 4 THE MAP IN THE TENT: THE NEW YORK STATE PAVILION AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR Queen's Museum of Art, NY Curated by the Architectural Conservation Laboratory, PennDesign January 22-31 WORK WORK WORK from the Architecture Studios at PennDesign Meyerson Galleries and Dean's Alley Terms of Engagement: Roundtables on Architectural Education, convened by Detlef Mertins: Jan 24, 1-7pm; Reception: Jan 24, 7pm January 25 TOUR OF MAPS EXHIBIT Field Museum, Chicago, IL |
| Check out Alumni Events to learn about other upcoming programs on campus and in your area. Join "QuakerNet" - Penn's Online Community to find classmates and update your contact information. |
||
|
|
||
|
KEEP IN TOUCH |
|
SUBMIT brief news items (3 sentences or less) for this newsline by the 25th of the month prior to publication; include your name and degree/year; we will publish your email address unless told not to. |
