This summer, DCP students are running to class all over the world. Check out these photos from the landscape architecture and urban and regional planning students at the Bali Field School:
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International summer school
July 8, 2009
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New York to Paris
June 11, 2009This 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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It’s pin-up time
April 22, 2009It’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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75 years of landscape architecture
March 23, 2009The Department of Landscape Architecture celebrated 75 years of landscape architecture education at UF this past Sunday with a gathering of almost 100 alumni, faculty and students in the gallery in the Architecture Building. Alumni reminisced with old friends while watching a photo slide show and toured the student studios.
Here are some pictures from the event:
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Solving design problems around the world
January 14, 2009Whenever 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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Hot careers
September 24, 2008This month, Inside Higher Ed reviewed the rating systems that evaluate sustainability programs at colleges and universities. While reading this article, I embarked on a journey of hyperlinks to discover various rankings and listings across several websites. All of the UF rankings information you will find on our website in October. But I found some interesting information about careers in the college’s disciplines.
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