Recent Faculty Activities

Ulf Meyer has written a book entitled “LX Architecture—In the Heart of Europe” that has been published in three languages (German, English and French) by DOM Publishers of Berlin, Germany.

The following faculty presented papers at the annual national conference of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, held January 14-17, 2009, in Tucson, AZ.

• Eric Bernard (with graduate student David Kersey), “Improving Landscape Architectural Problem Solving:  Integrating GISciences and technology Educational Objectives in Landscape Architecture Curricula”
• Blake Belanger, “Operative Terrain:  An Armature for Design Studio and Seminar Integration Focused on Contemporary Theories of Landscape and Urbanism”
• Tim Keane (with graduate student Christopher Sass), “Historical Inventory and Analysis of the Riparian Vegetation Corridors in the Black Vermillion Watershed, Kansas” and “Geomorphic Stream Stability Assessment, Prediction and Validation”
• Katie Kingery-Page, “Kabul University Gateway:  Learning from Anthropology in Design Education” and “Re-founding Space:  Planting Design as a Minimalist Strategy”
• Melanie Klein, “Communicating Innovative Ecologic, Economic and Social Sustainability for the Damaged Landscape”
• Stephanie Rolley (with graduate student Hilary Noonan), “Critical Practice, Case Application to Urban Design”
• Stephanie Rolley (with graduate student Desmond Poirer), “Guidelines for Landscape Architects Collaborating with Skatepark Design/Build Companies”
• Stephanie Rolley is also presenting a series of papers related to design communication through diagrams, literature maps and other means of visualizing concepts and process. Rolley is also an invited panel member in a discussion of the future growth of the landscape architecture profession and the role of universities in meeting the projected demand.

Three faculty from the College of Architecture, Planning and design participated in the Seventh Annual Hawaii International on Arts and Humanities held in mid January, 2009.

• Mick Charney, architecture, led a workshop entitled “Call Me Ishmael: What Our College-Age Students Don’t Know About Religion… But Should (and Why?).” As part of the workshop, he discussed strategies used in his architectural history classes to help students develop the background knowledge needed to understand and appreciate the structures they are studying.
• Katrina Lewis, interior architecture and product design, chaired a session and presented “Drawing Out Tradition” about her experiences mentoring Afghan architecture professors and students at Kabul University in 2007 and 2008. She examined the crossroads of traditional architectural training, the importance of sketching in Kabul University’s modern curriculum and teaching methodology.
• David Sachs, architecture, chaired a session and presented a paper entitled “Learning to Work in China:  RTKL 2003-08.” He discussed the first five years of the RTKL office in Shanghai and the venture’s remarkable success, based on the firm’s ability to negotiate skillfully in a very different economic, political, social and cultural environment.