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Architectural education has become too focused on abstraction and has limited the opportunities to learn the built realities of the design profession. Within the field of architecture there is an array of skills required to realize a project beyond the obvious design skills.  These include an ability to communicate, problem solve, and lead. Some of these skills are taught in school while others are not regarded until we are graduated and starting our first jobs. Hands-on design-build experience is a necessity in architectural education. Design-build involvement prepares architecture students for the inevitable realities of design and construction..(more)

4/08/2016

Blind Design // Sevrin Scarcelli
An Architecture Student’s
Necessary Experience // Sevrin Scarcelli

4/01/2016

The subject of women in architecture has gained popularity over the last few years. The traditional models and assumptions of leadership in architecture are now constantly being questioned and the conservative field is slow to meet the demand for change. Across the board, it has taken decades for women to gain any recognition in their respected profession. Many women have struggled to gain ground and have laid the first stones on the path to success for their peers. However, there are those who argue, men and women alike, that “women aren’t oppressed anymore, so does this issue even matter now?”...(more)

The Challenge of Women in
Leadership Roles // Tamra Collins

4/13/2016

What happens in architecture when the sense of sight is taken away? Architecture as an experience comes from how we move through a space. The experience begins when the senses of the body are heightened. These senses are sight, sound, smell, touch, taste and gravity. Gravity is a combination of sight and touch, it is the force that our surroundings exert on our bodies as we are moving through space. As humans, we are visually dominant beings. We have two eyes, forward facing above our ears, nose, and mouth resulting in a  priority of vision that overtakes our sensual experience and dulls out the other senses.  Today, architecture has become so focused on the visual experience that the potential for a multi-sensorial experience has been muted...(more)

The field of architecture, like many other professions, is changing rapidly. The industrial and technological revolutions have added many new possibilities and areas to the discipline. Among many other innovations, the internet and its online databases have created an environment where architects no longer have to engage in direct collaboration with the fabricators of building systems. This causes more harm to the profession because of the way communication platforms are engaged. Instead of collaborating with manufacturers, architects now browse an online database, select a rain screen from a manufacturer’s website, copy and paste the details into a drawing set, and then alter the building’s design slightly to accommodate the manufacturer’s predetermined specifications...(more)

Opening Collaboration Between Architects and Fabricators // Torrence Campbell

4/01/2016

Environmental Awareness // Phil Macaluso

4/15/2016

The process of designing spaces to bring a distinctive attention to our environment is a very intricate process. There is obviously a benefit and value placed on this notion because we can see countless examples in modern day works of landscape design, architecture, and artistic works. This aspiration for designers to expand the user's understanding of an environment requires a much higher understanding of that environment by the designer themselves. As architects we are taught throughout our schooling to conduct in-depth site analyses that dig deep into the essence of the place and can reveal aspects and opportunities for the design. Through the process of designing with a conscious awareness of a place, an architectural work can also benefit sustainability practices, conservation efforts, and create beautiful, spiritual places...(more)