Damon Arrington Damon Arrington graduated from the MLA Program in 2016 Why did you choose SSA? Living in Red Hook during Hurricane Sandy was eye opening. Watching the waters consume my neighborhood shook me to the core. After the storm I knew that a career in Landscape Architecture could guide me in the steps necessary to help protect and educate my neighborhood. Future storm surges are inevitable, but now I am equipped with a vocabulary that is based in systems thinking. I wasn’t leaving NYC, so City College was the only option for me. The tuition at City College was also a… Read More »
Shabir Ahmadi Shabir Ahmadi, a Fulbright Scholar from Afghanistan, graduated from the Masters of Urban Design Program in 2015 Why did you choose SSA? Already having a degree in architecture, I wanted to continue my education in urban design. Obtaining a degree in urban design gave me a wider perspective in the field of architecture. It provided me with the understanding of design for better life of people and communities. It made me understand that design can actually solve community problems and can create a better life for residents. It gave me the understanding of designing… Read More »
Photo: The Odyssey School, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, California, 1970. Taken by Jim Campe. var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide(); Professor… Read More »
var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide(); Anina Gerchick’s “Reclaim the Rails” project is a winner in the 2016 National Grant Competition for Emerging… Read More »
Nine studios focusing on sites as nearby as Morningside Heights and the South Bronx and as far afield as Amazonia and Siberia are available to advanced architecture students in fall 2016. Jacob Alspector Guggenheim Redux: Contemporary Art Museum – Interventions, Reinventions and Disruptions Nandini Bagchee South Bronx X Change Lance Jay Brown Mixing Uses: Integrating Urbanism Alberto Foyo Quality versus Inequality Athanasios Haritos Sacred Space/1000 Beds Quardean Lewis-Allen Unrenewal: Design for the New Economy William MacDonald Emergent Scapes: EScapes Elementary School… Read More »
Image: Video stills of the computational pneumatic simulation and real-time responsive interaction through the use of physical computing technologies. (Melendez, 2016, ©) var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element… Read More »
Barcelona Study Abroad class in summer 2016, the 15th anniversary of the David Werber International Travel Fellows program. Photo courtesy of Associate Professor Fabian Llonch. var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; }… Read More »
var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide(); The student-edited landscape architecture journal, PLOT volume 4 (Waste Stream) has received the 2016… Read More »
var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide(); Katherine Serrano B Arch ’16 has been named the inaugural BKSK Research Fellow at City College of New York for… Read More »
The Spitzer School is proud to recognize the class of 2016. Nearly 100 graduates were awarded degrees of Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master of Urban Design. Students also received so many awards and scholarships that, for the first time, a separate award ceremony was held. Winners include substantial scholarships from WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate for Valeria Rybyakova M Arch ’16, Lyubov Tsinis M Arch ’16, Mitalee Chawda M Arch ’16, and Danica Vildoso B… Read More »
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