3/30/2015
INAUGURAL U-SERVE A SUCCESS!
STUDENTS AND FACULTY SURVEYED 439 PROPERTIES IN EAST LITTLE HAVANA
More than 200 School of Architecture students, faculty and staff came together on Wednesday, March 25, at Little Havana’s Jose Marti Park for the inaugural U-Serve Day. The participants were able to inventory 439 properties in the neighborhood, encompassing 25 square blocks of territory, using a Geographic Information Systems-based (GIS) smartphone app that was modified by faculty members for this project.
City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado kicked off U-Serve with a lesson to students, giving them some background and history of Little Havana, including that it was once called Riverside. Regalado also said that Jose Marti Park was not far from the place where Julia Tuttle and Mary Brickell joined forces, from opposite sides of the Miami River, to form the City of Miami in 1896 -- the only woman-founded major city in the world. Waves of immigrants since that time have called Little Havana home, Regalado said, which is part of why it is so important to the history and shape of Miami.
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SoA CURRENTS LECTURE WITH BERNARD KHOURY TONIGHT: LOCAL HEROES A native of Lebanon, Bernard Khoury is on the country’s best known and most award-winning architects. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and then at Harvard University. He began his private practice in 1993 and has developed an international reputation and significant, diverse portfolio of projects. His work has included mixed-use developments, residential and commercial work. His gift for using architecture to help heal the damages of war and social issues, most notably a nightclub on the former site of a refugee camp in Beirut, earned him the nickname of the “bad boy of architecture.” READ MORE.
6:30 p.m., Glasgow Hall
UM SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS WORKING TO CREATE A NEW KIND OF
GREENHOUSE IN WYNWOOD
The Green Dream started as a commitment for the Clinton Global Initiative University. Third-year School of Architecture students Smitha Vasan and Mary Wissinger worked together on the idea to turn a discarded shipping container into a greenhouse and art space and showcased that at in a booth at the CGIU Exchange.
With the help of BeeFree Media in Wynwood, Vasan and Wissinger are now turning their green commitment into action. The students are planning to build an aquaponic greenhouse on top of that shipping container and use the container itself for a different environmentally-themed exhibition at each ArtWalk leading up to Art Basel in December. READ MORE.
ROME GOES TO SICILY
Carmen Guerrero, director of the Rome Program, and professor Jaime Correa will lead the Rome-Sicily course. Guerrero has recently begun to work with the University of Palermo, and that has opened the door to this month-long, six credit studio program opportunity. Open to upper level (4th and 5th years) and graduate students, the studio offers the opportunity to study a mosaic of cultures through the architectural
styles, various dialects and diverse food. READ MORE.
HEALTHCARE STUDIO STUDENTS SPEAK TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, PROFESSIONALS
It was a busy Wednesday for our Healthcare Studio students and Professor Joanna Lombard on March 25. In the morning, students Camilo Tirado, Stephanie Muskus, Madeline Gonzalez, Junya Huang, Divya Gosain, Andrea Delgado and Taylor Lichteberger, seen with Dr. Samir Elmir and Roland Pierre from the Florida Department of Health, presented work the students did on the Liberty City Health District to the FDOH Miami-Dade Senior Leadership Team on Wednesday morning.
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HOMETOWN MAPS ILLUSTRATE THE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY OF SoA STUDENTS, ALUMNI
The Hometown Map has been a first and second year tradition at the School of Architecture since 1997. Prof. Joanna Lombard designed the initial concept as a research assignment to help students develop and combine geographic, socio-cultural, drawing and mapping skills. Now it’s moved into the twenty-first century, thanks to collaboration between the SoA’s Gilda Santana and Li Yi.
Anyone who would like to submit a Hometown Map can do so by emailing Santana at gsantana@miami.edu. READ MORE.
SOCIAL MEDIA WORKSHOP FOR ALL FACULTY AT NOON APRIL 6
All interested faculty are invited to attend a basic social media workshop with Annette Gallagher, our director of communication, in the Old Gallery. Annette will explain the basics of social media, including the different channels the School uses and the School's strategy for each one. Lunch will be served, so please sign up by emailing Annette at a.gallagher1@umiami.edu by Friday, April 3.
Don’t miss the Architecture Career Fair! At the BankUnited Center’s Hurricane 100 room, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 31. Bring your Cane ID, several copies of your resume and dress professionally. If you have any questions, contact Academic Services.
The next SoA Currents Lecture, Monday, April 6, will feature Robert Wennett, the developer behind the 1111 Lincoln Road garage and retail complex on Miami Beach. Wennett is President of UIA Management, LLC (UIA) and has more than 25 years of experience in acquisitions and structuring and negotiating real estate transactions aggregating three billion dollars in value.
April 8 includes an exciting combination of events! In addition to SoA's own Roberto Behar giving a Tecnoglass Call to Order Lecture on “Building Stories: Some Works by R&R Studios,” the Call to Order exhibition also premieres in the Korach Gallery.
Cooper Robertson is inviting students to apply for its summer internship program. Applications are due by April 3, and must include a cover letter, resume and 3 to 5 pages of work samples. Mail submissions to Cooper Robertson, Summer 2015 Internship, 123 William Street, New York, NY 10038.
The Institute for Classical Architecture and Art has opened the fourth annual Addison Mizner Medal for excellence in classical and traditional architecture and allied arts for entries. The deadline for entry is April 6. READ MORE.
