June 11, 2009
This summer and each fall, DCP students have the opportunity to study in Paris, France. In addition, we have had countless studios over the years study New York, through both visits and on-campus studio work.
As our students develop their problem-solving skills and their design language, the opportunity to study some of the world’s greatest cities provides case studies, real examples of what works and what doesn’t. It also provides inspiration and avenues for exploring.
Case in point, The New York Times recently covered the architecture of Paris and the High Line project in New York. Don’t miss the multi-media on the High Line project, including this slide show.
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Posted by Julie
May 28, 2009
It’s interesting how the Internet represents today and tomorrow, but at the same time, can connect us to the past. Last week, I discovered an article online that referenced UF architecture students and the School of Architecture’s Preservation Institute: Caribbean (PI:C).
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Posted by Julie
April 22, 2009
It’s that time of year. For every design student, it is a milestone in their development as an architect, interior designer or landscape architect. It’s pin-up time.
In April of each year, the hallways are filled with second-year students and their pin-up boards. As an observer, I enjoy this time of year — watching as the various projects are displayed in the hallways. But that’s easy for me to say. My future is not on the line.
It began last week with both the architecture and interior design students. The architecture students pin up on the first and second floor. But outside my door is where the interior design students were putting their boards. The students flood into the hallway with their boards and their hammers, stepladders, cement blocks and plenty of pins.
The boards stayed in place for a week, and then, the landscape architecture students moved in with their boards. The experience is similar but the result is different. The hallway has a different look and texture.
Before long, the walls will be white again. But in the meantime, I will enjoy absorbing the designs outside my door.
Click here to view photos from this year's pin-up.
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Posted by Julie
February 17, 2009
One of the great things about working in the Architecture Building is the ever-changing views. Walking through the building’s atrium, you may discover a unique display of student-created newsstands or a scene from Italy. Or an installation of
African architecture. Or a
Design 3 exhibit.
In the hallway outside my door, I find a rotating series of models, posters and design projects. To share these with you, I will be posting photos on this blog with the views from outside my door.
Today, I find a Design 4 project. This is the School of Architecture’s sophomore class. At the end of the semester, these students will select and arrange their best work to display during “Pin-up,” a critical component for admission into upper division.
View outside my door today: Tower Project by Design 4 students
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Posted by Julie
February 5, 2009
Throughout the years, DCP students have travelled to New York to study the city and learn about its urban fabric. At home, I have many, many photos of the buildings in New York from the time when my husband travelled there several years ago as a student with the UF School of Architecture.
Today, on the NY Times website, I discovered a unique way to study the city. Through the use of Legos.
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Posted by Julie
January 14, 2009
Whenever you have time to spare on campus, be sure to check out the student work on display in the Architecture Gallery.
This week, the School of Architecture’s Studio Mexico program is presenting “Placemaking in the Historic Tequila Valley, Jalisco.” William Tilson, assistant dean for international studies and service learning, gave a tour of the exhibit to alumni Carlos Barrios and Rob Blakeslee, now practicing in Orlando (above).
All three men agreed that students bring fresh approaches to design problems abroad because they do not have any preconceived ideas about how things “should” look.
Next week, the gallery will feature 21 landscape architecture student projects from the fall Paris Program, including a re-imagining of the Jardin des Tuileres for the 21st century.
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