Entries from Clone of CDes News tagged with 'college of design'
Introducing Architecture Professor William Conway's Book: Everyday Spaces of Healthcare
Everyday Spaces of Healthcare is a new collection of case studies by College of Design architecture Professor William F. Conway, FAIA. In the book, Professor Conway reviews problems and possibilities facing designers and clients in a select series of contemporary healthcare facilities. His case studies introduce readers to innovative approaches to four familiar territories: gardens, pathways, waiting areas, and retail environments. The research recognizes the benefits that can accrue from attention to them, and presents findings for those in the healthcare design industry. Conway is also the principal at Conway+Schulte Architects. The project was funded by a research grant from the Thomas Horty Healthcare Design and Build Fund, Conway+Schulte Architects, and the College of Design. More information on the...
Thomas Meyer Receives Minnesota Alumni Service Award
Thomas Meyer (B Arch, '74), FAIA, founder of the Minneapolis-based architecture firm MS&R Architects (Meyer, Scherer and Rockcastle, Ltd.), was honored late last week with the University of Minnesota Alumni Service Award at the annual Alumni Awards Celebration. The award recognizes Meyer's 30-plus years of service to the University, College of Design, and School of Architecture. At the ceremony, Meyer spoke eloquently on his affinity for the school through his experiences as a student, architect, teacher and adviser: It is said that "Architecture is a continuing dialogue between generations." For me, the School of Architecture has been the forum for that dialogue: first as a student, then architect, then teacher, now advisor. Across generations, its students, faculty colleagues and...
Monday Minute, October 24, 2011: Our summit with Target
Dear Colleagues, As I mentioned in my last Monday Minute, on Thursday and Friday of last week we held a two-day charette with Target to devise a better relationship between our two entities. While a mere three miles separates two of the biggest design leaders in the country, too often our work together remains ad hoc. While these relationships have been terrific, when someone gets promoted or moves, the bond that had been established breaks. We want to change that. So, with a desire to foster greater synergies between us, approximately 50 (25 from CDes & 25 from Target) got together and used some of that design thinking we teach everyday to explore new and exciting opportunities. During both...
College of Design Students Featured at Sustainability Symposium
On Wednesday, October 26, from 2:30 - 6:00 pm, over forty students from eight different colleges will be sharing their sustainability research at the Student Sustainability Symposium sponsored by Institute on the Environment (IonE). To register or learn more about the event, please click here. Of the forty entries, at least eight are connected to the College of Design, including: Jonee Kulman Brigham - Center for Sustainable Building Research (Liberal Studies Student) Art, Story and Infrastructure: A Model for Experiential Interconnection in Environmental Education Students for Design Activism - Landscape Architecture Three Ring Gardens: Growing Parks, People, Pride Promoting Sustainability through Education, Green Space, and Community Development Erin Lilli - School of Architecture Perceptions of Density in the Residential...
Now Available - The Fashion Reader: Second Edition
Linda Welters (PhD '81 Home Economics) recently published a book co-edited with Abby Lillethun titled The Fashion Reader: Second Edition, which includes the essays "Aging and Demographics: Implications for the Fashion Industry" by Claire Lacoste Kapstein (BS '01 Clothing Design, MA '04 DHA, PhD '06 DHA) and "Wearable Technology" by apparel design faculty member Lucy E. Dunne. For more on the book, visit Amazon.com here....
Join Architecture Grad Students for Supper Club this Friday
First-year architecture grad students are looking for volunteers who would like a free meal this Friday evening. That's right, arch students will be planning and executing meals for small groups of guests at 11 sites throughout the Grand Rounds this Friday, October 21, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, rain or shine. The exercise is the beginning phase of their final design project where students will be designing food-related venues for each of these sites. To make reservations, sign up on the north door of the GD1 studio (Rapson Hall, 235). For those outside of Rapson, they can contact Kevin Ellingson (the TA for GD1) at elli0464@umn.edu. On Thursday evening those who sign up will receive an email with instructions...
Monday Minute, October 17, 2011: Advisory Board Recap
Dear Colleagues, Last week our advisory board members from across the country, and around the world, descended on our College for our biannual meeting. The feedback that we received was both reassuring and extremely helpful. They liked our updated mission, and enthusiastically supported our vision and the direction we're headed. They also heard inspiring student stories - including a presentation by M Arch students regarding Haiti - and saw first-hand the state-of-the-art DigiFabLab and upcoming virtual reality installation in Rapson courtyard. The board thinks that our direction and the investments we've made and continue to make, have put us on a course to transform design education, our disciplines, and people's perceptions of our College. Some of our board members have...
U of M College of Design's DigiFabLab Officially Opens
Tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 14, marks the official grand opening of the College of Design's Digital Fabrication Lab, or DigiFabLab - a state-of-the-art digital prototyping and fabrication facility. The DigiFabLab allows students to explore additive and subtractive prototyping and manufacturing technologies, and includes 3D printers, laser cutting systems and CNC milling equipment. It is located in Rapson Hall, on the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus. The Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Stratasys corporation - the inventor and world's largest manufacturer of fused deposition modeling (FDM) equipment - has generously donated over $50,000 in 3D printing equipment, including a Dimension SST 1200 printer and associated materials, for the DigiFabLab. "I'm grateful our commitment to creativity and advancing technologies is shared with terrific community...
Design Democracy Fellowship Winners Announced
The prestigious Design Democracy Fellowships in the College of Design's School of Architecture have been awarded to three M Arch student entries that exemplify the values at the core of the fellowship - good design, every day, for everyone. The 2011 Design Democracy fellows include: Ben Garrison - Minneapolis Farmers Market Addition Under the direction of Adjunct Professor Jennifer Yoos, Garrison's project was an addition to the Minneapolis Farmers Market, on North Lyndale, that expanded the existing outdoor market space and proposed a new facility for a year-round market. With the newly built Target Field, the entire North Loop area is the site of a rejuvenation effort. Jurors praised the maturity of the design response and it's demonstrated restraint integrating...
Laurie McGinley (M.Arch) Heads to San Salvador
Laurie McGinley, an M.Arch graduate and student in the M.S. program in Sustainable Design will present findings collected as part of her third year graduate design studio "Contested Terrains" at the 28th annual ELEA conference in San Salvador, El Salvador. McGinley is one of nine students selected to present a paper on her research. She is the only presenter at the international conference for Latin American architecture students from a university in the United States. McGinley's research examines the endemic urban sinkhole condition in San Salvador as a potential opportunity to migrate Salvadorans to more sustainable water use habits in their homes and places of employment. She will gather additional information while in El Salvador to complete her M.S....
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