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TULANE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE NEWS
C O N T E N T SFACULTY NEWS 2
SCHOOL NEWS 6
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS 9
TRUDC 10
PRESERVATION PROGRAM 11
MSRED 12
TULANE CITY CENTER 14
URBANBUILD 16
OGDEN 8 17
STUDENT NEWS 18
ALUMNI NEWS 20
IN MEMORIAM 24
AIA NEW ORLEANS AWARDS 25
Writing + Editorial: Jennifer Gaugler, TSA ’11Graphic Design: Leigh Wilkerson, 10½ Studios
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cover image: Fourth floor studio space, Richardson Memorial Hall. Photo by Jill Stoll, June 2011.
2010-2011 TULANE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE BOARD OF ADVISORSCornelius M. Alig, TSA‘78 \\ Lee H. Askew III, FAIA, TSA‘66 \\ F. MacNaughton Ball, Jr.,
FAIA \\ Maziar Behrooz, AIA, TSA‘85 \\ Melissa C. Brandrup, AIA, TSA’97, MPS‘98 \\ Thomas
C. Brutting, AIA, TSA’77 \\ Mary Louise Mossy Christovich, A&S‘49 \\ Felipe Correa, TSA‘00
\\ Alvin Cox, AIA, TSA‘72 \\ Collette Creppell, AIA \\ Maria Bea de Paz, TSA‘96 \\ Robert P.
Dean, Jr., AIA, TSA‘68 \\ Mihnea C. Dobre, TSA‘09 \\ R. Allen Eskew, FAIA \\ S. Stewart
Farnet, Sr., AIA, TSA‘55 \\ H. Mortimer Favrot, Jr., FAIA, TSA‘53 \\ Jason Gant, AIA, TSA‘03
\\ Kathryn D. Greene, TSA‘78 \\ Robert V. M. Harrison, FAIA, TSA’59, MBA’84 \\ Michael R.
Howard, AIA, TSA‘74 \\ Robert A. Ivy, Jr., FAIA, TSA‘76 \\ Dan Maginn, AIA LEED AP, TSA‘89
\\ William Raymond Manning, FAIA \\ Irvin Mayfield \\ Brad Meltzer, TSA’90 \\ Saul A. Mintz,
TSA‘53 \\ G. Martin Moeller, Jr., TSA‘84 \\ Angela O’Byrne, AIA, TSA‘83 \\ Casius H. Pealer
III, TSA‘96 \\ G. Gray Plosser, Jr., FAIA, TSA‘68 \\ Richardson K. Powell, TSA‘77 \\ Wellington
J. Reiter, FAIA, TSA‘81 \\ Lloyd N. Shields, AIA, TSA‘74 \\ I. William Sizeler, AIA \\ Albert H.
Small, Jr., A&S‘79 \\ Markham H. Smith, AIA, TSA‘79 \\ Lawrence W. Speck, FAIA \\ Robert
J. Stumm, Jr., AIA, TSA’75 \\ Robert E. Walker IV, AIA, TSA‘92 \\ Susan Whiting, Parent of
TSA‘07 Grad \\ John C. Williams, AIA, TSA’78 \\ Marcel L. Wisznia, AIA, TSA‘73
2010-2011 FACULTYCatherine Emily Barrier, Adjunct Assistant Professor \\ C. Errol Barron, Favrot Professor
\\ Scott David Bernhard, Mintz Associate Professor and Director of Tulane City Center \\
Willam B. Bradshaw II, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Richard Campanella, Research Instructor \\
Eugene Darwin Cizek, Professor and Director of MPS Program \\ Carey Rose Clouse, Adjunct
Assistant Professor \\ Tara Cotterman, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Michael Kent Crosby, Associate
Professor \\ Robert DeCosmo, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Marcella Del Signore, Assistant Professor
\\ Ammar Eloueini, Favrot Associate Professor \\ Abigail Feldman, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Mari-
lyn Lee Feldmeier, Adjunct Assistant Professor \\ Elizabeth Burns Gamard, Favrot Associate
Professor and Associate Dean \\ Jason Gant, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Bruce Merriman Goodwin,
Associate Professor \\ Ken Gowland, Adjunct Lecturer \\ William Douglas Harmon, Adjunct
Assistant Professor \\ Hiroshi Jacobs, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Irene Ursula Adelheid Keil,
Professor of Practice \\ Michael Keller, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Judith Kinnard, Professor and
Harvey-Wadsworth Chair of Landscape Urbanism \\ John P. Klingman, Favrot Professor and
Richard Koch Chair of Architecture \\ Heather Ashlie Knight, Adjunct Assistant Professor
\\ Lee Ledbetter, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Andrew Liles, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Tiffany Lin, Assistant
Professor \\ Ann Merritt Masson, Adjunct Associate Professor and Assistant Director of
MPS Program \\ Eugene Eean McNaughton, Professor of Practice \\ David Merlin, Adjunct
Lecturer \\ Judi Shade Monk, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Byron John Mouton, Professor of Practice
and Director of URBANbuild \\ Grover Ernest Mouton, III, Adjunct Associate Professor
and Director of Tulane University Regional Urban Design Center \\ Michael David Nius,
Professor of Practice \\ Graham Warwick Owen, Favrot Associate Professor \\ Sam Richards,
Adjunct Lecturer \\ Carol McMichael Reese, Christovich Associate Professor \\ Cordula
Roser Gray, Professor of Practice \\ Scott Ruff, Associate Professor \\ Keli Rylance, Adjunct
Lecturer \\ Milton George Scheuermann, Jr., Adjunct Professor \\ Kenneth Schwartz, Favrot
Professor and Dean \\ Lloyd “Sonny” Shields, Adjunct Professor \\ Jill Stoll, Adjunct Lecturer
\\ Allison Stouse, Adjunct Lecturer \\ Alexandra Stroud, Adjunct Associate Professor and Di-
rector of Sustainable Real Estate Development Program \\ Jonathan Tate, Adjunct Assistant
Professor \\ Emilie Rachel Taylor, Adjunct Instructor and Senior Program Coordinator Tulane
City Center \\ Mark Wesley Thomas, III, Adjunct Assistant Professor \\ Kentaro Tsubaki,
Assistant Professor \\ Ellen Barbara Weiss, Favrot Professor \\ Thaddeus Andrew Zarse,
Adjunct Assistant Professor
PROFESSORS EMERITUSGeoffrey Howard Baker \\ Ronald Coulter Filson, Dean Emeritus \\ Karen Kingsley \\ Stephen
Jacobs \\ Richard Otis Powell
The theme of transitions seems to be fitting for the third annual Tulane School of Architecture newsletter since my
arrival. During the past year, we have set in motion many changes that will bring new direction and vitality to the
School while honoring the School’s distinguished history. As dean, I aspire to continue the traditions that have made
the School a leader in architectural education, and encourage fresh new ideas, innovations, people, and plans to
ensure that our students are well positioned and prepared for a fast-changing profession.
This summer, we welcomed the first graduate student class of the Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development
program, adding another dimension to the multi-faceted educational environment at the School. Under the leader-
ship of founding director, Alexandra (Sandi) Stroud, this program will provide another option for graduating archi-
tecture students and others who wish to add a capstone degree that can prepare them for work in a world where
knowledge of sustainability is valuable at many levels. Through a national search, we also recruited a new leader
for the venerable Preservation Studies program, John H. Stubbs, as well as a new Associate Dean for Academics,
Wendy Redfield. To complete the school’s leadership team, I have promoted Doug Harmon as Associate Dean of
Students. These colleagues have displayed true passion for their work and a commitment to education throughout
their careers. They will be promoting excellence in our School through their example and leadership. There are also
several new adjunct faculty and you will hear more about them in the future.
We have selected a strong and experienced design team to lead the renovation of Richardson Memorial Hall. Our
wonderful building needs to be upgraded to a facility that can carry us into the future through evolving program-
matic improvements, energy-saving updates to all building systems, and technological integration of smart building
software. This project is focused on a didactic and sustainable future that recognizes our historic building as one of
our strongest assets. We will be working with the design and engineering team to retain the best aspects of Rich-
ardson Memorial Hall, while creating new features and spaces that will dramatically reduce our carbon footprint and
enhance the use of the building for students, faculty, and staff for its next century of use. We will need significant
financial support from alumni and friends to implement the vision for Tulane Sustainable Strategies. The upcoming
Capital Campaign will include our plans for the building and related programmatic opportunities for the School.
This spirit of revitalization combined with the maintenance of unique traditions is also reflected in our rebuilding
work in the City of New Orleans. As the city goes through a period of transition, the Tulane School of Architecture is
contributing in many substantial ways. In this continuing process, we are re-positioning ourselves as a school more
fully dedicated to sustainability, including cultural sustainability, both within and beyond Richardson Memorial Hall.
The forward-thinking spirit of the Tulane School of Architecture is reflected in the many accomplishments and en-
deavors of our faculty, staff, students, and alumni featured in the following pages. I am proud of these achievements
and honored to be serving as dean. I look forward to seeing what the next several years will bring to the already
distinguished track record of the school.
Kenneth Schwartz, FAIA
Favrot Professor and Dean
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Harvey Wadsworth Chair and Professor Judith Kinnard, FAIA and Assis-
tant Professor Tiffany Lin have won the New Orleans Sustainable Design
Competition. Participating firms were invited to design a self-sufficient
home out of readily-available materials which could fit into a single cargo
container and be erected quickly after a natural disaster. The home also had
to provide its own water and electricity, resist 160 miles-per-hour winds,
and have a seismic rating of 8.2. Kinnard and Lin won with their proposal
for a Sunshower SSIP House that features several innovative sustainable
strategies while also respecting the New Orleans climate and way of life.
One part of a dual-roof structure channels rainwater into a cistern while
the other supports photovoltaic panels to collect solar energy. The house
is designed to take advantage of natural light, utilizing Sliding SIP panels
for generous cross-ventilation. An outdoor deck and strategic apertures
encourage indoor/outdoor living and provide a sense of connection to the
environment. The house will be constructed in New Orleans to serve as an
exhibition space for the competition as well as a model for disaster relief
housing. The sponsor of the competition, REOSE LLC, will also manufacture
the house as a kit to be sold online.
Adjunct Assistant Professor Heather A. Knight (TSA ’06) and Laura Ewen
Blokker (TSA ’07) have been awarded a Fitch Foundation Mid-Career Grant
for their joint proposal, “Louisiana’s Bousillage Tradition: Investigation
of Past Techniques for Future Practice.” Bousillage is a Colonial building
technique used in Creole and Arcadian Louisiana during the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries that utilizes a wood frame construction filled
with dried clay. Knight and Blokker will produce a report that combines
material analysis with oral history, field studies, and mock-ups. They plan to
present their findings at conferences and subsequently publish a full report
documenting their work.
Richard Koch Chair of Architecture John Klingman and Visual Resources
Curator Francine Stock, along with Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc (a former stu-
dent at Phillis Wheatley and actress on the television show ”Treme”), were
recently interviewed by Doug MacCash of the Times-Picayune about the
status of the historic Phillis Wheatley Elementary School. A 1950s Modern-
ist building designed by local architect Charles R. Colbert, the school was
closed after Hurricane Katrina despite sustaining little damage. It was el-
evated one story above the ground, which provided a shaded play-space for
children under the building, but also prevented flooding during Katrina. The
building was a valuable example of regional modernism in New Orleans
and was unfortunately demolished in June of 2011. Video of the interview
was posted on April 6, 2011 on www.nola.com.
Professor of Practice Byron Mouton (TSA ’89) was featured in a recent
article in Architectural Record about Make It Right’s work in the Ninth Ward
of New Orleans. To date, the non-profit organization has completed nearly
50 homes and brought over 200 people home to the Ninth Ward. Working
with Make It Right, Byron Mouton’s firm, bild design, completed a two-story
house with the help of students at the Tulane School of Architecture. The
house was to be among the first duplexes built, but the owners opted
instead for a single-family residence with a small artist’s studio. Mouton’s
design, in step with the neighborhood’s contemporary silhouettes, has a
roof line that angles from a single level in front to two stories in the rear.
Byron Mouton was also selected as one of the first four Social Entrepre-
neurship Professors at Tulane in recognition of his community engagement
work with students and non-profit partners. “Byron is committed to critical
design and construction assignments that are focused on environmental
remediation, and the construction of affordable housing in New Orleans and
throughout the Gulf Coast,” said University Provost Michael Bernstein.
F A C U LT Y + S T A F F N E W S
1 Sunshower SSIP House, Judith Kinnard and Tiffany Lin 2 Byron Mouton 3 Robert R. Taylor and
Tuskegee: An African American Architect Designs for Booker T. Washington, Ellen Weiss 4 Phillis
Wheatley School 5 “Louisiana’s Bousillage Tradition: Investigation of Past Techniques for Future
Practice,” Laura Blokker and Heather Knight 6 Wendy Redfield. Photo by Jill Stoll.
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Professor Ellen Weiss, Ph.D. will be retiring this fall from a long teaching
career at the Tulane School of Architecture where she taught the history of
architecture from 1987 to 2011. The author of numerous articles, reviews,
chapters, and reports on American architecture and urbanism, her interest
in specialized communities with a utopian edge fuels her current work
on the Tuskegee Institute and its MIT-trained architect Robert R. Taylor.
NewSouth Press will publish Robert R. Taylor and Tuskegee: An African
American Architect Designs for Booker T. Washington in late 2011. Dr.
Weiss studied at Oberlin College, the University of California at Berkeley,
and the University of Illinois at Urbana. She has taught at colleges and
schools across the country and in Canada. She has served on the boards of
the Society of Architectural Historians, the Vernacular Architecture Forum,
and the Southeast Society of Architectural Historians. Her Tulane courses
focused on European architecture and urbanism from pre-history through
the eighteenth century, American urbanism, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Associate Professor Michael Crosby has published a resource for climate
sensitive design titled, Green House Manual; North America; A Bioclimatic
Design Analysis. This manual of building typologies and case studies serves
as a reference for designers and students interested in the relationship of
climate to building form. It focuses on buildings in North America, and is
the first of a three-part series Professor Crosby is producing with financial
support from the Tulane School of Architecture and the Tulane City Center.
Adjunct Associate Professor and MSRED director Alexandra Stroud
(TSA ’91) published an article, “Sportsman’s Paradox,” in the August 2010
issue of Landscape Architecture. The article sheds light on the conflicted
relationship to ecology that is shared by the Louisiana fishing and oil drilling
industries.
Favrot Associate Professor Wendy Redfield joins the School of Architecture
as Associate Dean for Academics this summer from North Carolina State
University where she has taught since 1998, and served as Associate Direc-
tor of the School of Architecture and Director of Graduate Programs from
2005-2008. She received a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University
(1985), and an M.Arch from the University of Virginia (1990). Her teaching
was recognized on a national level in 2004 with the Association of Col-
legiate Schools of Architecture New Faculty Teaching Award, and in 1997
with an honorable mention in the AIA Education Honor Awards Program.
She has lectured widely on pedagogical method, and her teaching and
students’ work have been featured in numerous publications and exhibits.
Her scholarship focuses on site and urban issues as well as the cultural
aspects of architecture. She has delivered papers at conferences nationally
and internationally, and has published writings and mounted exhibits on the
subject of site representation and analysis. She edited Modulus 20: Stew-
ardship of the Land, published in 1991 by Princeton Architectural Press. Her
funded research on the sites of some of Le Corbusier’s buildings resulted in
the article, “The Suppressed Site: Revealing the Influence of Site on Two
Purist Works,” published by Routledge Press in 2005 in Site Matters: Design
Concepts, Histories and Strategies. She is a registered architect, and has
practiced architecture on both the East and West Coasts. She continues to
pursue design projects through University-affiliated community outreach,
recently completing a funded project for affordable housing and neighbor-
hood design in Henderson, North Carolina.
NEWLY APPOINTED ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ACADEMICS
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Assistant Professor Marcella del Signore was lauded as a “Young Italian
Talent” in the Architecture and Design Category from the Italian Ministry of
Development and the National Youth Agency. She has also been selected
to exhibit her work at the MAU-01 Exhibition in Perugia, Italy as part of the
FESTARCH, an international architecture festival curated by Stefano Boeri.
Visual Resources Curator Francine Stock wrote an article titled “Is There a
Future for the Recent Past in New Orleans?” for Issue 8 of MAS Context, a
quarterly journal on urban issues created by MAS Studio. Stock, who is also
president of DOCOMOMO Louisiana, calls to light the plight of mid-century
public schools in New Orleans which are mostly demolished or in danger of
demolition. She also exhibited her artwork in the Favrot Lobby of Richard-
son Memorial Hall from February 28–March 25, 2011 in a show called,
“Francine Stock: Material Language.”
Favrot Professor Errol Barron (TSA ’64) and Jacob Brillhart (TSA ’99)
mounted an exhibition called, “The Architecture of Drawing,” at the Art
Center/South Florida in Miami which ran from February 25–April 3, 2011.
The exhibition brought together these two architects from two generations
in an examination of the role of hand drawing and painting in the digital
age. Featured work included sketches, paintings, and models by Errol
Barron, who teaches design and drawing at Tulane School of Architecture,
and Jacob Brillhart, who does the same at the University of Miami. “The
Architecture of Drawing” exhibit was lauded by the Miami Herald.
Errol Barron’s sketches have also been included in a new book, Architect’s
Sketchbooks, published on March 14 by Thames & Hudson. The book show-
cases a variety of process sketches from a wide range of notable architects.
A total of 85 architects and studios are featured, including Shigeru Ban
and Norman Foster, with incorporated commentary by Office dA Editor Will
Jones from the architects on how the sketches developed into fully realized
designs.
Adjunct Assistant Professor Thaddeus Zarse served on the 2010 AIA Ar-
kansas Design Awards jury with Steve Dumez and F. Macnaughton Ball, Jr.,
and was on a selection jury for the Arts Council of New Orleans and Broad
Community Connections collaboration to provide iconic signage to local
businesses on Broad Street. Zarse also wrote an architectural review of the
930 Poydras apartments by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple which appeared on nola.
com where he is a regular contributor. He hopes to create an open dialogue
to discuss architecture and planning in New Orleans.
Adjunct Assistant Professor Carey Clouse and Adjunct Associate Professor
and Director of TRUDC Grover Mouton have been awarded Community-
Based Research Grants (CBR) from Tulane’s Center for Public Service for
2011. Their proposals help to link public-service with academic research,
and will employ students within the School of Architecture. Carey Clouse
will use the CBR funds to continue her work on a digital open-source urban
farming toolkit. Already underway, this toolkit incorporates the design,
planning and logistical support that many farmers need by sharing maps,
diagrams, data and resources on one central website. Grover Mouton will
expand a current recovery design initiative in St. Bernard Parish. The TRUDC
is engaged in administering NEA grant funding for the revitalization of
Village Square, a flood-devastated housing site in transition from private
to public ownership. Over the next year, the TRUDC will guide the renewed
site’s transformation to public open space, integrating playgrounds, park
land, festival grounds, and other recreational uses. CBR funding will allow
students of architecture to engage the public, report directly to Parish
officials, and create detailed design proposals and site improvement recom-
mendations for Village Square.
The Architecture of Drawing, Errol Barron and Jacob Brillhart Winning design for the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (Holocaust) Architectural Design Competition
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Visiting faculty member Michael Gruber is part of the winning design
team for the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (Holo-
caust) to be located in Ferrara, Italy. The design team was a collaboration
between Studio Arco of Bologna, Michael Gruber of Los Angeles, -scape Ar-
chitects of Rome, and Kulapat Yantrasast of Los Angeles. The international
competition drew more than fifty submissions, including entries from Peter
Eisenman and Daniel Libeskind, and challenged architects to transform an
old prison site into a welcoming educational space by modifying exist-
ing buildings and adding new buildings needed for the museum program.
Construction on the museum is expected to start in 2013.
Ammar Eloueini has been promoted from Associate Professor to Favrot
Professor of Architecture as of July 1, 2011. On January 24, 2011, construc-
tion began on Professor Eloueini’s J-House located in uptown New Orleans.
The house is sited on a standard New Orleans-sized lot in a flood-prone
area, and the design seeks to turn these restrictions into opportunities.
As a new take on the raised shotgun typology, interior spaces are housed
within two tubes that twist ninety degrees from the front end to the back
end of the house, generating space underneath the house and a skylight in
the roof. On May 26, 2011, ArchDaily featured an article on the house along
with construction-progress photographs.
Mintz Associate Professor and Director of the Tulane City Center Scott
Bernhard was interviewed for an article in Architect magazine about
sustainable design strategies for hot, humid climates. The article, entitled
“Sweat the Details,” appeared in the May 2011 issue of Architect. It spot-
lights the nonprofit Lime Agency for Sustainable Hot/Humid Design which
Bernhard started with his wife, Carrie Bernhard (TSA’02). One of their goals
is to create a series of downloadable guides on strategies for designing
buildings in tropical and subtropical climates.
Dwell magazine highlighted Adjunct Lecturer Abigail Feldman in a story
about the Growing Home program in which she helps Lot Next Door prop-
erty owners to develop landscaping schemes that significantly discount the
price of a lot. Feldman taught two studios at the School of Architecture this
year, and is a landscape designer and the founder of New Orleans-based
firm, Heavy Meadow.
NEW FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Amber Wiley joins the School of Architecture faculty in the fall of 2011
from George Washington University where she received her Ph.D. in Ameri-
can Studies specializing in architectural history, urban history, and African
American cultural studies. She was the recipient of an AERA Minority Dis-
sertation Fellowship in education research and a SRI Foundation Research
Fellow Scholarship in historic preservation for her dissertation, “Concrete
Solutions: Architecture of Public High Schools During the ‘Urban Crisis.’”
She received her B.A. in Architecture from Yale University, and her Master’s
in Architectural History and Certificate in Historic Preservation from the
University of Virginia School of Architecture. Her areas of focus combine
architectural theory and history with cultural issues of race, class, collective
memory, narratives of power, and urban policy. Her research interests are
centered on the social aspects of design and how it affects urban com-
munities. Wiley had a feature article published in the fall 2010 Vernacular
Architecture Newsletter entitled, “LeDroit Park: A Study of Contrasts,”
which analyzed one neighborhood’s development through major housing
trends from romantic suburb to New Deal public housing. It illustrated how
a low-income neighborhood fought the encroachment of Howard University
through preservation. She taught an upper level seminar, “Design, Preserva-
tion, and Memory in DC,” while at George Washington and was a faculty
member of the Lutheran College Washington Semester program. She also
served on the board of the Latrobe Chapter of the Society of Architectural
Historians.
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S C H O O L N E W S
RICHARDSON MEMORIAL HALL RENOVATION CHARRETTEThe Tulane School of Architecture hosted the Richardson Memorial Hall
Sustainable Strategies Charrette on March 22-23, 2011 to examine the
architecture building’s current state, and generate visions for its future
renovation. FXFOWLE and el dorado inc. (Dan Maginn, TSA ’89, is a founding
partner) were selected as the architects for the project. For the charrette,
participants were divided into five teams. Each included representatives
from FXFOWLE, el dorado and their consultants as well as faculty, admin-
istrators, staff, Board of Advisor members, and students. After hearing
presentations of the initial studies performed by the design firms and their
consultants, the teams brainstormed innovative ways to address four
areas of concern: climate and envelope, systems, interior organization and
function, and site and campus relationships. At the end of the second day,
the teams presented their final conclusions at a town hall meeting open to
everyone in the school.
RICHARDSON MEMORIAL HALL’S IBM PILOT PROGRAM As part of the Richardson Memorial Hall Sustainable Strategies project,
Dean Kenneth Schwartz initiated a collaboration with IBM and Johnson
Controls Inc. on smart building technologies. The aim of this project is to
meter, monitor, and analyze energy flows for Richardson Memorial Hall.
This system will allow the school and university to monitor improvements
in new building systems and to optimize performance into the future. Dean
Schwartz was also invited to participate in the IBM National Conference on
Smart Building Technology which took place in June of 2011 in New York
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National “Pulse” Conference in
February held in Las Vegas. Samuel Palmisano, Chairman and CEO of IBM,
has invited Dean Schwartz to deliver a keynote address and to participate
in panel discussions at the IBM SmarterCities International Conference in
Rio di Janero in November of this year. He will be talking about the smarter
building systems and initiatives tied to the Richardson Memorial Hall
renovation project. Randall Dalia (TSA ‘80) was instrumental in helping to
establish this partnership with IBM.
NETHERLANDS VISITDean Kenneth Schwartz visited the Netherlands from November 9-12, 2010
as a member of Senator Mary Landrieu’s congressional delegation to study
Dutch coastal restoration and flood control efforts. Senator Landrieu and
the Royal Netherlands Embassy led the trip for a contingent of Louisiana
state and local officials as well as academic leaders to learn more about
the water management systems of a country largely below sea level,
similar to New Orleans. The trip also included an oil-spill response compo-
nent. The partnership between New Orleans and the Netherlands is also
reflected in the Dutch Dialogues, a workshop hosted at the Tulane School
of Architecture with Koch Chair and Professor John Klingman and Adjunct
Associate Professor Grover Mouton as key participants.
AIA CONFERENCEThe American Institute of Architects national conference was held in New
Orleans this May. The theme of the conference was Regional Design REVO-
LUTION: Ecology Matters. School of Architecture faculty and Advisory Board
members were involved in the convention in various ways, including giving
tours of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and Tulane City Center proj-
ects, leading panels and workshops on topics from regional modernism to
post-Katrina historic preservation, and giving presentations on sustainable
real estate development. Professor Ammar Eloueini served as Exhibition
Chair of the National Convention Committee, and Professor Byron Mouton
collaborated with Dan Maginn (TSA ’89) who designed and created “The
Avenue,” a sustainable design installation on the convention expo floor.
Materials used to construct the installation were provided by conference
organizer Hanley Woods. After the conference, the materials were donated
to Tulane University for the construction of the 2012 URBANbuild house.
ACCREDITATION REPORTSNAAB’s Architectural Program Report and Visiting Team Report have been
posted on the Tulane School of Architecture website under “Degrees and
Programs.” The School has full six-year accreditation as determined on
NAAB’s last visit in spring of 2008.
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SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS ANNUAL MEETINGThe Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting was held from April
13-17, 2011 in New Orleans. Meeting topics included post-disaster historic
preservation and the challenges of preserving modernist buildings in a
city with a strong vernacular tradition. Professor Emerita Karen Kingsley
delivered the introductory address titled, “New Orleans Water Works.”
Participating faculty and staff included Director of Preservation Studies
Eugene Cizek, John Klingman, Ann Masson, Francine Stock, and head of the
Southeastern Architectural Archives Keli Rylance.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CONFERENCEThis year’s continuing education conference was held on November 13,
2010 with a theme of “Issues and Case Studies in Sustainable Design.”
Koch Chair and Professor John Klingman acted as Conference Chairman,
and presenters included Edward Mazria, founder and executive director of
Architecture 2030; Ted Flato, FAIA, principal of Lake|Flato Architects; and
Joan Krevlin, FAIA, partner in BKSK Architects LLP.
JOB SEARCH POINTERSThe Tulane School of Architecture has put together a list of the top ten tips
for finding employment in a difficult job market. Job tips run the gamut
from the traditional—networking with former professors, joining profes-
sional organizations—to the modern—establishing a personal website,
taking advantage of online social networking. The presentation is linked
on the school website and has played on the digital screen in the lobby of
Richardson Memorial Hall.
CHINA CENTRAL TELEVISIONDean Schwartz and Yueqi ‘Jazzy’ Li, expected ’13 and a graduate of Beijing
#4 High School in China, were interviewed by China Central Television for
the popular program, “Leading Universities of the World.” Filming took
place at Richardson Memorial Hall and at the Hollygrove Market & Farm, a
project of the Tulane City Center.
SKY MAGAZINEThe Tulane City Center was featured in Sky Magazine, the in-flight maga-
zine for Delta Air Lines. The article, “Sustainability Goes to School,” refer-
ence’s TCC’s work in areas such as affordable housing with a description of
the URBANbuild program, urban cooperative gardens, and an image of the
Hollygrove Market & Farm under construction.
ARCHITECTS AS DEVELOPERS PANELHighlighting a recent trend in the profession, a panel discussion on
“Architects as Developers” was held at the Tulane School of Architecture
on March 18, 2011. The session was moderated by the new Director of the
Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development Program, Alexandra Stroud
AIA LEED AP (TSA ‘91). The panelists, who spoke about their experiences
straddling the fields of architecture and development, were Marcel Wisznia
(TSA ’73), Principal of Wisznia Architecture and Development; Andy Spatz
(TSA ’73), Partner at Berry Spatz Architects and Adas Spatz Properties; and
Ryan Carley (TSA ’96), Development Manager at JCH Development.
MORNING WORKSHOP WITH JAMES CRAMERTulane School of Architecture faculty and New Orleans AIA members were
invited to a workshop on February 8, 2011 featuring James Cramer of the
Greenway Group and the Design Futures Council. The workshop, arranged
by Dean Kenneth Schwartz, focused on trends in architecture, the construc-
tion industry, and the design professions.
WAGGONNER & BALL ARCHITECTS COMMIT TO FUND A YEARLY LECTUREDavid Waggonner, FAIA and F. Macnaughton Ball, Jr., FAIA have been
deeply involved with the Tulane School of Architecture for many years.
Their firm, Waggonner & Ball Architects, has generously committed to fund
a yearly lecture at the school. Mac Ball has also joined the Tulane School of
Architecture Board of Advisors.
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Eskew+Dumez+Ripple Lecture
Ammar Eloueini, International Assoc. AIA
Principal, AEDS & Favrot Associate Professor
Tulane School of Architecture
Stanley Saitowitz, Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects Inc.
Walter Wisznia Memorial Lecture
Wendy Evans Joseph, FAIA / Chris Cooper, AIA TSA ‘91
Cooper Joseph Studio
Hilary Sample, Principal, MOS llc & Assistant Professor
Yale School of Architecture
Peter Gluck, Peter Gluck and Partners Architects, New York
Francisco Javier Rodriguez, Principal, RSVP Architects & Dean
University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture
Edward Ford, Vincent and Eleanor Shea Professor of Architecture
University of Virginia School of Architecture
Azby Fund Lecture
Thesis Show at the Ogden Museum of Art
Commentators: Charles Waldheim, Professor and Chair, Department
of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design & Sarah
Whiting, Dean, Rice University School of Architecture
Design Principal, WW Architecture
STUDENT LECTURESJennifer Gaugler, TSA ‘11
Class of 1973 Travel Fellowship
Thomas J. Bogan, TSA ‘11
John William Lawrence Travel Fellowship
Kevin Muni, TSA ‘11
Moise H. and Lois G. Goldstein Travel Fellowship
SUMMER CAREER EXPLORATIONS The Career Explorations in Architecture High School Program will run again
this summer under the leadership of Associate Professor Michael Crosby.
The three-week course of study is geared toward high school students, but
prospective graduate students can also enroll in order to explore a possible
career in architecture. Through lectures, design exercises and field trips, the
students are immersed in architectural education as well as the culture of
New Orleans. The program has been running successfully for over twenty-
five years.
DOCOMOMO AND TULANE RELEASE IPHONE APPTulane University and DOCOMOMO US/Louisiana have partnered to release
an iPhone app highlighting the significant, threatened, and lost modern ar-
chitecture of New Orleans. The location-based app allows users to browse
modern buildings in New Orleans by architect, neighborhood, category
or status (extant, threatened or razed). Descriptions of buildings were
written by DOCOMOMO members, students in Francine Stock’s Regional
Modernism class at the Tulane School of Architecture, and Karen Kingsley,
author of Modernism in Louisiana. Historical information was provided by
Tulane Libraries’ Southeastern Architectural Archive, the Tulane School of
Architecture’s New Orleans Virtual Archive, and the New Orleans Public
Library’s City Archives. The software was designed and is supported by the
Innovative Learning Center, a division of Tulane Technology Services.
CITIZEN ARCHITECTOn February 21, filmmaker Sam Douglas screened his documentary, “Citizen
Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio,” at Richard-
son Memorial Hall. The screening was followed by a question and answer
session with the audience.
Thesis Show at the Ogden Museum of Art: Sarah Whiting and Charles Waldheim. Photo by Jill
Stoll.
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CHINA SUMMER PROGRAMProfessor of Practice Irene Keil and Assistant Professor Tiffany Lin guided
a group of architecture students for the summer study abroad program in
China. The program was eight weeks of studio and travel based in Beijing
with field trips around the vicinity. Research was conducted on rural and
urban villages located on the edges of cities, and studio work involved
research, mapping, analysis and architectonic explorations. Students were
given the opportunity to define their own projects under the guidance
of their instructors. The program collaborated with B.A.S.E., the Beijing
Architecture Studio Enterprise, a laboratory and center for architecture in
Beijing founded by Robert Mangurian and Mary-Ann Ray in 2006. B.A.S.E. is
located in a thriving arts district in Beijing, and the summer program shared
their facilities, providing the opportunity for students to work in a stimulat-
ing creative environment.
On March 28, 2011, B.A.S.E. co-founder Mary-Ann Ray delivered a lecture
at the Tulane School of Architecture entitled, “Ruralopolitan Stuff: projects
in China and elsewhere.”
Dean Schwartz visited the summer program in Beijing in late May. He also
visited with the Deans of Tsinghua University of Beijing and Tongji Univer-
sity of Shanghai to explore collaborative opportunities. In Beijing, he was
assisted and guided by rising fourth year student Yuequi ‘Jazzy’ Li. Dean
Schwartz also had the opportunity to meet with a prominent Tulane alum-
nus Harry Lu (TSA ‘90) in Shanghai. Mr. Lu has offered to sponsor several
Tulane students for internships in his office starting next summer.
ROME PROGRAMAssistant Professor Marcella Del Signore led a successful Rome Study
Abroad Program this past fall with a group of enthusiastic and talented
architecture students. The program included a number of field trips to
cities such as Tivoli and Venice. The students lived and worked in a former
17th century convent on the Piazza Navona. Tulane collaborated with The
Pantheon Institute in Rome which coordinates study abroad programs in
architecture and the liberal arts. The curriculum, co-taught by Assistant Pro-
fessor Tiffany Lin, was equivalent to fourth year and includes design studio,
drawing, history of Rome, and structures/technology. Students also studied
Italian language and culture. Upon their return, an exhibition of their work
was mounted in the lobby of Richardson Memorial Hall.
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TRUDC ENGAGES STUDENTS IN CHINAThe Tulane Regional Urban Design Center (TRUDC), directed by Adjunct
Associate Professor Grover Mouton, continues their collaborative relation-
ship with the American Planning Association on a new project in Longpao,
China. Part of the greater Nanjing metro region, Longpao faces great
growth potential thanks to construction of the latest Yangtze River bridge.
The TRUDC has crafted a low-carbon strategic master plan for the 52
square kilometer site, recommending environmentally sensitive methods of
development. Using alternative power sources, applying phytoremediation
and other low-impact techniques to its damaged ecosystem, and modern-
izing existing municipal services, the plan aims to distinguish Longpao as a
model for sustainable design. Accommodating 250,000 new residents, the
proposal features a dense, limited development footprint that preserves the
existing agricultural villages and landscape, and protects one of the last
untouched wetland areas along the Lower Yangtze.
Following its tradition of student engagement, the TRUDC has directed
several students and alumni throughout the design process. Kevin Muni
(TSA’11) conducted on-site analysis in Longpao and collaborated with
the TRUDC on design development. Muni, TRUDC Project Director Nick
Jenisch (TSA’03), and recent graduate Robert Bracken (TSA’08) worked with
Mouton to create project design concepts, environmental remediation and
protection strategies, energy efficiency requirements, development density
models, transportation plans and specifications, and project renderings. The
project also served as an academic exercise in Mouton’s Design Urbanism
seminar with students tackling graphic representation and spatial design at
the scale of the city.
The team presented the project design and findings to Party Secretary Li
Shigui of Nanjing’s Liuhe District, and will subject the plans to an expert
panel review in August 2011.
LAKEFRONT SCENIC HIGHWAY – CHANGXING, CHINA A project designed in 2008 by the Tulane Regional Urban Design Center has
begun construction 100 miles west of Shanghai in the city of Changxing,
China. The one-billion RMB ($150 million USD) urban design and infra-
structure project was led by TRUDC Director Grover Mouton, and includes
one of the first scenic highways in China. Professor Mouton presented
designs to Zhejiang Province leaders in Fall 2008, and the project is now
under construction along Lake Tai, China’s third-largest lake. TRUDC Design
Associates Robert Bracken and Nick Jenisch aided Mouton in design,
collaborating with the American Planning Association and the Changxing
Planning Department.
POINT CADET – BILOXI, MSThe TRUDC designed a new public waterfront park for the city of Biloxi, MS
on a 17 acre oceanfront site known as Point Cadet. This prime property,
representing the last public waterfront green space in East Biloxi, will soon
become the city’s newest park. It will feature fishing piers, public marina,
event and performance spaces, children’s play areas, recreation paths and
activities, gardens, pavilions, and more. New buildings will host farmers
markets, fishing tournaments, restaurants, and other activities. A new
Seafood Industry Museum is planned for the site.
As part of Professor Grover Mouton’s “Design Urbanism” seminar, a group
of sixteen architecture students worked with the TRUDC to help create this
new vision for Point Cadet. The students met with Biloxi Mayor A.J. Hol-
loway and presented their ideas to the public. The project provided students
an opportunity to engage with community members in the creation of a
real-world project adhering to budget and regulatory constraints.
The TRUDC continued work on the project through Summer 2011, specifying
design details and helping the city identify and allocate various funding
opportunities. Construction on the park is expected to begin later this year.
The design process will be featured in a documentary in Fall 2011.
T R U D C TULANE REGIONAL URBAN DESIGN CENTER1 Grover Mouton sketch of TRUDC’s low-carbon new town, Longpao, China 2 Scenic highway
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PRESERVATION MATTERS 2 SYMPOSIUMOn Saturday, April 9, 2011 the Tulane School of Architecture’s Preservation
Studies program hosted the Preservation Matters 2 symposium. The theme,
“Latin America’s Urban Heritage,” was chosen to reflect the geographic and
cultural proximity of Latin America’s historic cities to New Orleans, and the
lessons that could be shared between preservationists from both places.
The symposium was co-sponsored by the Tulane School of Architecture,
Tulane’s Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies, and the
New Orleans chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Invited experts
included Gustavo F. Araoz, AIA, President of the International Council of
Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS); Isabel Rigol-Savio, Ph.D., Professor of Ar-
chitecture and Historic Preservation, Havana, Cuba; Eduardo Rojas, Principal
Urban Development Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB);
and John H. Stubbs, Vice President for Field Projects, World Monuments
Fund (WMF). In addition to encouraging a mutually beneficial dialogue, the
event also honored Gene Cizek, FAIA, Ph.D. upon his retirement as Director
of the Master of Preservation Studies program. Dr. Cizek has led preserva-
tion studies at the School of Architecture for many years, and he has played
a major role in historic preservation in New Orleans.
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION conference and reception
Dean Kenneth Schwartz and Preservation Director Dr. Gene Cizek hosted a
reception on October 28, 2010 for Tulane School of Architecture alumni at
the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s National Preservation Confer-
ence. The conference took place in Austin, Texas and many current Master
of Preservation Studies students were in attendance.
JOHN H. STUBBS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF PRESERVATION STUDIES John H. Stubbs has been appointed Senior Professor of Architectural
Preservation Practice and Director of the Master of Preservation Studies
program in the Tulane School of Architecture. In anticipation of his leader-
ship role at the School, John Stubbs has said, “what an honor it will be to
continue the important work in historic preservation education at Tulane
developed under Professor Eugene Cizek, FAIA, Ph.D. Gene Cizek and I were
both inspired by an earlier notable Tulanian, James Marston Fitch, who
from the mid-1960’s became known as the father of historic preservation
education in the United States.” John Stubbs had a particularly close rela-
tionship with Fitch, having studied under him at Columbia University and
later as his assistant for a decade in corporate architectural preservation
practice with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners in New York City.
From 1990 until 2011, John Stubbs served as Vice President for Field Proj-
ects at the World Monuments Fund in New York where he directed scores
of the organization’s projects across the world. Beginning in 1989, he served
for twenty years as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Historic Preservation
in Columbia University’s Graduate Program in Architecture, Planning and
Preservation. He taught the theory and practice of architectural preserva-
tion, and the history of classical architecture. John Stubbs has also taught
preservation documentation and design studios at both Columbia and the
School of Architecture at Louisiana State University (LSU). He holds a Mas-
ter of Science in Historic Preservation from Columbia University, a Bachelor
of Science in Construction Technology from LSU, and attained post-graduate
training as a UNESCO Fellow at the International Centre for the Conserva-
tion and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) in Rome. In 1978, John
Stubbs worked as a Historical Architect for the Technical Preservation
Services Division of the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C.
administering federal tax incentives for rehabilitating historic buildings. He
later went on to serve as Assistant Director of Historic Preservation Projects
at Beyer Blinder Belle in New York for ten years, and as a Trustee of the
Archaeological Institute of America.
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M S R E D P R O G R A M
NEW MASTER OF SUSTAINABLE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMThe new Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development (MSRED) program
welcomed its first class of students in June of 2011. The program will
prepare graduate students from diverse fields to explore the potential
for regenerative development of cities with a focus on environmental
responsibility. The entering class of 18 students come from undergraduate
programs in architecture, liberal arts and sciences, engineering, business,
and more. Both resident and visiting faculty will teach courses in business,
architectural design, planning, and related fields, and utilize lessons from
New Orleans as well as case studies from across the country. The program
will assist graduates in finding opportunities to work in both for-profit and
non-profit settings.
INAUGURAL CLASS (pictured above)
Back row (left to right): Andrew Mayronne, Kasey Liedtke, John Moore,
Sassan Nikdast, Sam Berman, Danny Monckton, John Eskew
Middle row: Tyler Antrup, Vann Joines, Carter Broun, Colin Ferrell, Elizabeth
Simpson, Deborah Light, Tanner Stroschien, Christian Brierre
Front row: Steven Kennedy, Brinda Sen Gupta, Amy Montgomery
ALEXANDRA STROUD APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF MSRED PROGRAMAlexandra Stroud, AIA LEED AP (TSA ’91) has been appointed as Director
of the program. She is an alumna of the Tulane School of Architecture and
holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. She has over eighteen years of experi-
ence as a licensed architect and real estate professional specializing in
financial and feasibility analysis, development implementation and project
management. Her company, Urban Focus LLC, provides strategic real estate
development and consulting services for communities and municipalities.
Her experience includes affordable housing financing and development as
well as mixed income transit oriented development in New Orleans and the
surrounding region, Washington DC, Maryland, Northern Virginia, Boston,
Massachusetts, Detroit, Michigan, Minneapolis-St Paul and Oklahoma City.
GREEN FINANCE CONFERENCEThe new Master in Sustainable Real Estate Development program and
the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Center for Real Estate Analytics
jointly hosted a conference entitled, “Strengthening the Green Foundation:
Research and Policy Directions for Development and Finance,” in the Lavin-
Bernick Center on March 10–11, 2011. The conference brought together top
scholars and practitioners to encourage a dialogue about green building and
the role that the real estate industry plays in supporting green develop-
ment. The keynote speakers were Raphael Bostic, Assistant Secretary in
the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
and Scott Muldavin, CRE, CMC, the Executive Director of the Green Building
Finance Consortium.
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1 Will Bradshaw (Case Studies in Real Estate Development) is co-founder
and president of Green Coast Enterprises, LLC, a New Orleans-based
company which has developed award-winning real estate projects in North
Carolina, Massachusetts, and Louisiana. Bradshaw was named one of the
twenty-five most promising social entrepreneurs in America by Business
Week. Bradshaw holds a Ph.D. in City Planning from MIT, Masters Degrees
in City Planning and Real Estate Development from MIT, and degrees in
Physics and Cross-Cultural Studies from Davidson College.
2 Casius Pealer (Thesis/Applied Practice) is principal of Oystertree Con-
sulting, L3C, whose mission is to provide affordable housing and community
development advising services with an emphasis on green building. He also
served as the first Director of Affordable Housing at the U.S. Green Building
Council, and is currently the Chair of the American Institute of Architects
Housing Committee. He received a Master of Architecture degree from
Tulane University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
3 Reuben Teague (Legal Issues in Real Estate Development) is co-founder
and principal of Green Coast Enterprises, LLC. He previously worked as a
law clerk, a policy analyst for Public Citizen, and a business strategy consul-
tant for the Kalchas Group/CSC. Teague was also named one of the twenty-
five most promising social entrepreneurs in America by Business Week. He
holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts
in Economics from Princeton University.
4 Kelly Longwell (Legal Issues in Real Estate Development) is a Director
in the New Orleans Office of Coats Rose where she focuses on real estate,
affordable housing and taxation. She has experience in real estate develop-
ment, corporate and partnership taxation, and tax-exempt organizations.
She is listed in Woodward/White’s Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate
Law. She has a LL.M degree in Taxation from New York University, a J.D.
from Louisiana State University, and a Bachelor’s degree from Tulane.
5 M. Tatiana Eck, LEED AP (Sustainable Design and Development) is a
registered architect who started out working in architecture and develop-
ment at William McDonough + Partners. She most recently served as Vice
President of Architecture and Development at AIG Global Real Estate
Investment Corporation where she has directed projects throughout the
U.S. and around the world. She earned a Bachelor’s in Architecture from
Princeton University, and a Master of Architecture and Master of Urban and
Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia.
6 Ommeed Sathe (Public Private Partnerships Seminar) has served as
Director of Real Estate Development for the New Orleans Redevelopment
Authority (NORA) since June of 2007. He manages all of the agency’s
acquisition, redevelopment, and disposition programs. He has raised large
amounts of capital to support both residential and commercial develop-
ment. He holds a J.D. from Harvard University Law School, a Master of
City Planning from MIT, and Bachelor’s degrees from Columbia University in
Urban Planning and Neuroscience.
MSRED: NEW FACULTY Under the leadership of director Alexandra Stroud (pictured above), the following faculty members will be teaching as adjunct lecturers in the new Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development program.
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T U L A N E C I T Y C E N T E R
FAUBORG DELASSIZE COMMUNITY GARDENThe Tulane City Center partnered with Jericho Road and Friends of Fauborg
Delassize to build a shade and storage structure for the Fauborg Delas-
size Community Garden in the fall of 2010. Adjunct Lecturer Andrew Liles
(TSA ’10) led the project as a design seminar for a team of nine students.
The structure provides shade, seating, storage for gardening tools and
supplies, and convenient work surfaces. The design team also incorporated
solar-powered lighting and a barbecue grill so that community members can
bring food from garden to plate and share the harvest with the neighbor-
hood. At the project’s recent grand opening, residents of all ages celebrated
by tasting healthy grilled vegetables.
PROJECT ISH The Tulane City Center worked with Hagar’s House, a transitional shelter for
women with children, and the First Grace Community Alliance on a student
design-build project called Project Ish. Fifteen students, led by the Tulane
City Center’s Senior Program Coordinator Emilie Taylor (TSA ’06), designed
and built an addition to the house by enclosing the existing back deck to
transform it into a playroom and educational space. They collaborated
closely with the residents and staff of Hagar’s House, and the project was
designed and built over the course of a 13-week studio in the fall of 2010.
The design includes a linear storage wall, a loft playspace, and a butterfly
roof which collects rainwater to be used in the adjacent community garden.
Project Ish is one of several projects that the Tulane City Center initiated in
2010 with the help of Johnson Controls, Inc.
GROW DAT The Grow Dat Youth Farm program was founded by New Orleans food
educator Johanna Gilligan in collaboration with the Tulane City Center and
Tulane’s Social Entrepreneurship Initiatives. The farm’s mission is to intro-
duce local youth to the process of growing food. To achieve this goal, paid
interns are recruited from local high schools and youth organizations. The
farm will also provide classes in cooking, nutrition, and finance. Two option
studios at the School worked jointly this spring on the design for the farm.
One studio, led by Scott Bernhard, focused on the building elements on
site and the other, led by Abigail Feldman, focused on a master landscape
plan. The building stage is supported by major gifts from Maziar Behrooz
(TSA ’85), and John and Anne Mullen. By January 2012, one acre of the farm
is expected to be in production. The Grow Dat Farm was recently featured
in The Gambit, a local New Orleans publication. The Times-Picayune also
ran a ‘Living’ section cover story on the farm at the end of its first success-
ful year in June. Program support has been provided by EPNO, Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Louisiana, New Orleans Outreach, and ConAgra.
HOLLYGROVE MARKET AND FARM The Hollygrove Market and Farm has been named one of five Great Places
in Louisiana by the 2010 Louisiana Smart Growth Summit. The Hollygrove
Market and Farm was showcased during a special reception in Baton Rouge
as part of the Summit held by the Center for Planning Excellence.
MILLION DOLLAR PLEDGE Johnson Controls, Inc. has made a ten-year pledge to the Tulane City Center
for $1,000,000. The money will support community initiatives and publica-
tions of the TCC. Johnson Controls, Inc. is also working with IBM on the
Richardson Memorial Hall smart building program.
Project Ish. Photo by Will Crocker.
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GUARDIAN’S INSTITUTE – DONALD HARRISON SR. MUSEUMThis summer, the Tulane City Center and the Guardian’s Institute will imple-
ment Phase 1 of a community center for the Upper Ninth Ward which will
support the Guardian’s Literacy Program and other Institute initiatives. The
Guardian’s Institute is dedicated to education and personal development
through the perpetuation of the Mardi Gras Indians, jazz, brass bands, and
other cultural traditions. Associate Professor Scott Ruff and his design team
of students have been working with the Guardian’s Institute and Alembic
Development Corporation on the Schematic Design. Phase 1 includes an
overall site scheme as well as the design of a multifunctional outdoor
covered performance space, and an adjacent room which can be used
for performance preparation and indoor events. Groundbreaking for this
structure, which will be called the Donald Harrison Sr. Museum, will take
place at the end of August. A design build seminar class will construct the
museum during the Fall 2011 semester.
2011-2012 PRO BONO PROJECTSEach year the Tulane City Center sends out a Request for Proposals to the
New Orleans community and a team of jurors decide on which two projects
will be selected for pro-bono design services. The projects selected for the
2011-2012 academic year will be the Nowe Miasto Community Center/
Cooperative Housing Project, and the New Orleans Dance Collective Studio.
Both projects are in the Mid-City neighborhood and are being developed by
non-profit organizations who are making large impacts on the New Orleans
community in the areas of low income housing and cultural activities
respectively. The TCC is pleased to partner with these non-profits on an
exciting new round of projects. The jurors for this year’s selection were Pro-
fessor Errol Barron (TSA ’64), Nina Feldman of the New Orleans Neighbor-
hood Development Collaborative, Dean Kenneth Schwartz, Adjunct Lecturer
Allison Stouse (TSA ’97), and Marcel Wisznia (TSA ’73).
URBAN INNOVATIONS Tulane City Center Director Scott Bernhard published an article in Innova-
tions Journal entitled, “Engagement, Ecology, and Design Education:
Outreach Work of the Tulane City Center.” The theme for the Summer 2010
issue of Innovations was “Urban Innovations: New Orleans Five Years After
Katrina,” and the issue also featured a lead essay by Tulane University
President Scott Cowen and Amanda Cowen on “Innovation Amidst Crisis:
Tulane University’s Strategic Transformation.”
URBAN INNOVATION CHALLENGE Tulane University established a new fellowship this year with the creation
of the Urban Innovation Challenge. Four fellows were selected to work on
solving problems in urban revitalization, education, health, and economic
development under the mentorship of faculty and staff at various centers
and institutes across the university. Candy Chang was named a fellow with
the Tulane City Center and will be working during the 2011–12 academic
year on developing an online platform for neighborhood residents to col-
laborate with community leaders.
PRESS FOR TCC PROJECTSTulane City Center projects were featured in 3 significant publications last
year: The Power of Pro Bono, edited by Jon Cary, New York, Metropolis
Books: 2010; How to Rebuild a City: Field Guide from a Work in Progress, by
Anne Gisleson and Tristan Thompson, New Orleans, LA, Press Street: 2010;
and Why Design Now? edited by Ellen Lupton, Cara McCarty, Matilda Mc-
Quaid, Cynthia Smith and Andrea Lipps, New York, Cooper-Hewitt National
Design Museum: 2010.
Grow Dat Youth Farm Fauborg Delassize Community Garden
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URBANbuild06This year, URBANbuild students under the direction of Professor of Practice
Byron Mouton returned to work in the established, yet still struggling, urban
context of New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood. This is the sixth home
constructed by the program, and the fifth developed in collaboration with
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans and grant support from the
Diener Family Foundation.
Prototype UB6 is designed for placement on a common infill lot of the
city, anticipating positioning between two adjacent homes. The scheme
responds to the dense urban fabric of the neighborhood through continued
investment in the development of a generous front porch and a rear porch
as seen in other URBANbuild homes. However, the UB6 strategy also intro-
duces a side yard garden, inviting natural light into the home and providing
immediate access to ‘contained’ green space. Living, eating, and sleep-
ing spaces are divided into three distinct volumes clustered around this
garden. The front and rear covered porches act as extensions of the interior
space, and cross ventilation is abundant when the intermediate doors and
windows are opened throughout the scheme.
As with past URBANbuild homes, passive cooling is provided with attention
paid to solar orientation, the provision of covered outdoor space, and reli-
ance upon developing insulation systems combined with the specification of
energy efficient mechanical systems. In addition, the UB6 scheme collects
water and carefully deposits it in three specific locations for use with gar-
den maintenance while also decreasing impact on the already problematic
groundwater conditions of the environment.
Students have once again provided a successful dwelling strategy to an un-
derprivileged New Orleans neighborhood. More information may be found
at www.URBANbuild.tulane.edu.
URBANbuild04 RECEIVES LEED CERTIFICATIONThe URBANbuild 4 house at 2036 Seventh St. in New Orleans, designed
and built by Tulane architecture professors and students, has been certified
LEED Silver by the U.S. Green Building Council. It is the first LEED-certified
project for the School and collaborator Neighborhood Housing Services of
New Orleans. On December 10, 2010, first-time homeowner Tami Hills was
presented with her LEED certificate by Director of URBANbuild Byron Mou-
ton, Dean Kenneth Schwartz and CEO of Neighborhood Housing Services
Lauren Anderson. The green features of the house include energy-saving
insulation, low-emissivity windows, sustainable materials such as bamboo
flooring and zero-VOC paint, and Energy-Star fixtures and appliances
FAST COMPANY RECOGNITION The May issue of Fast Company Magazine included the URBANbuild pro-
gram in its listing of 51 “bold ideas and brilliant urbanites” from every state
in America. The list recognizes both for-profit and non-profit ventures that
take innovative approaches to benefiting their community.
TULANE EMPOWERSTulane University President Scott Cowen has chosen to highlight the Tulane
School of Architecture’s URBANbuild program in his most recent “Tulane
Empowers” video newsletter. The video features local resident Tami Hills,
the proud owner of a house built by Tulane architecture students as part
of the URBANbuild program. In addition to being Tami’s first house, the
URBANbuild 4 house is the first URBANbuild house to receive LEED certifi-
cation. Located in Central City, the house makes a significant step toward
revitalizing a recovering neighborhood.
URBANbuild 04, Photo by Will CrockerURBANbuild 06 under construction
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Dean Schwartz presented “Provocations: Tulane School of Architecture Thesis
Projects 2011” on Friday, May 6 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Calling
themselves “The Ogden 8,” their theses were presented at a public exhibition
highlighted with a reception and commentary by Charles Waldheim, Professor
and Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Gradu-
ate School of Design, and Sarah Whiting, Dean of Rice University School of
Architecture and Design Principal of WW Architecture.
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STUDENT NOTESKevin Michniok (expected ‘13) and John Nelson (expected ‘13) appeared
on a college-themed episode of CNBC’s, “Mad Money,” hosted by Jim
Cramer. The students made reference to Tulane and the Tulane School of
Architecture while on the program.
Alexandra Bojarski-Stauffer (expected ‘13) has been awarded a Gordon
Summer Fellowship for research and design to be completed in the sum-
mer of 2011. The title of her proposal is “New Urban Housing in Shanghai,”
and she will be working under the advisement of Harvey-Wadsworth Chair
of Landscape Urbanism Judith Kinnard, FAIA. The highly competitive Gordon
Fellowship is awarded to one male and one female student of Newcomb-
Tulane College each year. Alexandra will study the urban living conditions
of young working women in Shanghai and propose a new urban housing
prototype that is better suited to their needs.
Each year, AIA Louisiana offers an international travel fellowship open to
all third and fourth year architecture majors in the state. Michael Kahn
(expected ‘13), a rising fourth year M. Arch undergrad and B.A. History
candidate, was selected as one of this year’s recipients and was presented
with a grant. Michael’s proposal is to study the making and defining of
urban place and how it is affected by transportation—specifically the role
of the London Underground Tube station on the urban fabric of London.
Ultimately, he hopes to learn about the impact of transit nodes on the de-
velopment of neighborhood and public space. The goal is to be able to apply
the lessons of London’s infrastructure-based growth to other cities, such as
New Orleans, to spur development within pre-existing urban centers.
Jennifer Gaugler (TSA‘11) and Kevin Muni (TSA‘11) were selected to
receive the Tulane 34 Award in honor of their exemplary leadership, service
and academic excellence. The Tulane 34 Award is presented to 34 outstand-
ing undergraduate and graduate/professional school students throughout
Tulane University who have distinguished themselves during their collegiate
life at Tulane. Named for the year in which the university was founded,
1834, Tulane 34 is among the most coveted university-wide honors be-
stowed upon students.
THREE SUKKAHS, THREE SITESTwenty architecture students divided into three teams built three sukkahs
on campus this fall. In cooperation with Rabbi Yonah Schiller, the Excecutive
Director of Hillel, faculty members Scott Ruff and Judi Shade Monk guided
the teams through the process of designing and erecting their structures in
front of the Lavin-Bernick Center, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, and Bruff
Commons. The respective teams for these sites were team leader Michael
Greene (TSA’11) with T.J. Bogan (TSA’11), David Campanella, Laura
Casaccio (TSA’11), Audrey Flynn, and Jason Liu (TSA’11); team leader
Garrett Jacobs (TSA’11) with Tyler Guidroz, Michael Kirschner, Tessie
Murphy (expected ’14), Allie Seiersen, and Frank Xiong; and team leader
Nels Erickson (TSA’11) with Xiaoyun Li, Ian Rosenfield (expected ’15),
Nora Schwaller, Alexander Shporer, and Josh Ungar. All students
expected ’13 except as noted.
SOUNDECOLOGIESSoundEcologies is an installation designed and fabricated by students led
by Assistant Professors Marcella del Signore and Victor Jones during the
spring 2009 Digital Fabrication Seminar. The installation was recently ex-
hibited at the Nous Gallery in London as part of the 2010 London Festival of
Architecture’s Spontaneous Schooling Exhibition showcasing the outcomes
of 86 architectural workshops around the world.
GRADUATE COLLOQUIUMThe graduate student body organized the second annual Graduate Student
Colloquium which was held on April 1–2, 2011. The theme of the colloqui-
um was transformative and emerging voices in the design field as students
were interested in diverse career paths, and how the changing social and
economic landscape has affected the roles of contemporary design profes-
sionals. Five panelists were invited to New Orleans from around the country
for two days of lectures, roundtable discussions, and interactions with
students. Participating speakers were Ben Bischoff of MADE, Alan Ricks
of MASS Design Group, Gina Reichert (TSA’97) of Design_99, Dan Maginn
(TSA’89) of el dorado, and Guy Martin Wenzel of Guy Martin Design.
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“Passive Extrusion” by Scott Heath, Allison Powell, and Alex RatliffGraduate Colloquium 2011
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AIA MINORITY SCHOLARSHIPRising second-year student Zareth Pineda (expected ’15) has been award-
ed an AIA Minority Scholarship. The scholarship is given to five students in
the nation who are pursuing a NAAB-accredited degree in architecture.
PASSIVE HOUSE DESIGN COMPETITIONOnline design community, DesignByMany, hosted a Passive House competi-
tion in which two teams of Tulane students were selected as finalists. The
two finalist teams were “Passive Extrusion” by expected ‘12 students Scott
Heath, Allison Powell, and Alex Ratliff, and “GreeNola” by expected ‘13
students Hannah Ambrose, Rianna Bennett, and Marcus Allen. Par-
ticipants were asked to design a low-cost, low-energy house for the Lower
Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
A-WEEKEach year students at the Tulane School of Architecture participate in a
one week design-build collaboration known as A-Week. This year, students
were asked to design an installation that involved sensory interaction and
also considered sustainability. Over one hundred students divided into eight
teams participated, and as per A-Week tradition, Jing Liu (TSA‘04) of SO–IL
was the practicing architect who acted as advisor for all the teams. The
winning project, created by a team led by Jazzy Li (expected ’13) and Eric
Baumgartner (expected ‘13), consisted of a curtain of straws which could
act as a projection screen and create sounds when blown in the wind.
DANAUSDanaus was a polymorphic installation designed by Tulane architecture
students in Ammar Eloueini’s Digital Fabrication class and installed in Rich-
ardson Memorial Hall last spring. The students began with an exploration
of anamorphic projection, creating the illusion of a complete perspective
of a cube when standing at the entrance to the lobby, although the shape
is actually fragmented onto several different surfaces. The entire piece is
made of foam that was routed on a CNC machine.
AWARDS
American Institute of Architects
Medal
Kevin Levi Muni undergraduate
Jennifer Anne Gaugler graduate
American Institute of Architects
Certificates of Merit
Kevin Wayne Franklin undergraduate
William Joseph Rosenthal graduate
Alpha Chi Rho Medal
Anne Morgan Peyton
Thomas J. Lupo Award
Adrian Reifer
Ronald F. Katz Memorial Award
Alexandra Michelle Wirthlin
John William Lawrence
Memorial Medal
Kevin Wayne Franklin
Outstanding Thesis Award
Anne Morgan Peyton
William Joseph Rosenthal
Malcolm J. Heard Award for
Excellence in Teaching
Elizabeth Burns Gamard
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Kevin Levi Muni
Jennifer Anne Gaugler
Lawrence Travel Fellowships
Lee Berman
Josh Mings
Class of 1973 Travel Fellowship
J. Cameron Ringness
Goldstein Travel Fellowship
Allison Schiller
Graduation Address
Furman Ezekiel Jordan III
HONORS
Summa cum laude
Kevin Levi Muni university honors
Kevin Wayne Franklin departmental honors
Cum laude
Scott Isaac Berger
Adrián Reifer
Anne Morgan Peyton
Garrett Loren Jacobs
Zachery Kyle Bishop
Mollie Margaret Burke
Frances Andrea Guevara
Tau Sigma Delta
Scott Isaac Berger
Mollie Margaret Burke
Kevin Wayne Franklin
Garrett Loren Jacobs
Kevin Levi Muni
Anne Morgan Peyton
Thesis Commendations
Kevin Wayne Franklin
Jennifer Anne Gaugler
Terrill Matthew Hewett
Garrett Loren Jacobs
Kevin Levi Muni
Devin Nicole Oatman
Anne Morgan Peyton
William Joseph Rosenthal
Simcha Ze’ev Ward
Alexandra Michelle Wirthlin
A-week winning project,Strawblurry Fields, by Jazzy Li and Eric Baumgartner. Photo by Jill Stoll.
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T. Sellers Meric (TSA’52) and Raymond C. Breaux won the gold medal in
Men’s Doubles Tennis at the Summer National Senior Games held in Hous-
ton, Texas, the week of June 27, 2011. Meric and Breaux, both 83 years old,
have been tennis partners for 18 years, participating in various local and
national tournaments. They have participated in four NSGA Summer Games
and hope to continue their winning streak in the years to come. Besides
their accomplishments in the Senior Olympics, Meric and Breaux have been
ranked nationally by the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) as high as #2, and
previously have been ranked co-#1 in doubles in the South. In 2001, Meric
received the Distinguished Alumnus Architecture Award from Tulane School
of Architecture.
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Chris Theis, AIA (TSA’68) has been awarded a 2010 ACSA Distinguished
Professor Award which recognizes four educators each year for sustained
creative achievement in the advancement of architectural education through
teaching, design, scholarship, research, or service. Theis has been a profes-
sor in the Louisiana State University School of Architecture since 1988, and
served as director from 1988-1994. He is a LEED-accredited professional
with years of experience in the private sector as well as in academia. As an
educator, he has focused attention on sustainable design.
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Marcel Wisznia (TSA’73) was featured in the May 2011 issue of Preserva-
tion in Print in an article titled, “AIA New Orleans President Uses Historic
Tax Credits to Redefine Downtown Living.” The article discusses his work
as both architect and developer, and features several of Wisznia’s projects
including the Union Lofts, the Maritime, and the Saratoga.
left to right: Raymond C. Breaux and T. Sellers Meric (TSA’52)
GOOD MUSIC. GOOD FOOD. GOOD ARCHITECTUREA Tulane School of Architecture alumni reception timed to coincide
with the national AIA convention was held at Latrobe’s on Royal
on May 11, 2011. Musical entertainment was provided by Board of
Advisor member Irvin Mayfield and the Jazz Playhouse Revue. The
reception was hosted and supported by Suzanne and Brad Meltzer
(TSA’90), Laura and John Williams (Newcomb’74, TSA’79), Kathryn
and Graham Greene (TSA’78 and ’79), and Coleman Adler.
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TWO ALUMNI ELEVATED TO AIA COLLEGE OF FELLOWSAndrew Trivers, FAIA (TSA’69) has been President and Principal of his own
firm since 1975, guiding its growth and developing a national reputation
in urban redevelopment, adaptive re-use and historic rehabilitation. He is
noted for his work in rebuilding communities and has worked on projects
throughout the United States. Andrew is also extremely active in his com-
munity, lending an advisory role to numerous civic, cultural and educational
organizations. Andrew received his Master of Architecture in 1969 from
the Tulane School of Architecture, and a Master of Architecture and Urban
Design in 1973 from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Nathan B. Cherry, FAIA, AICP, LEED AP (TSA‘86) is the Director of the
Planning and Urban Design Group of RTKL Associates Inc. based in Los
Angeles, CA. With 25 years of experience as an architect and planner, he
specializes in Urban Redevelopment, Transit Oriented Development, Sports
and Entertainment Districts, and Campus Planning. He has extensive project
experience in North America, China, Russia, Southeast Asia, and Austra-
lia. He has also written and lectured extensively. His books include Jane
Jacobs Reconsidered to be published in 2011, and Grid / Street / Place:
Essential Elements of Sustainable Urban Districts published in 2009 (APA
Planners Press).
Andrew Trivers FAIA (TSA’69) Nathan B. Cherry FAIA, AICP, LEED AP (TSA’86)
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Robert Ivy, FAIA (TSA’76) has been appointed as the new Executive Vice
President/Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Architects,
effective February 1, 2011. Ivy was the Editor in Chief of Architectural
Record since 1996 as well as the Vice President and Editorial Director of
McGraw-Hill Construction. He was a principal with Ivy Architects and a
managing partner with Dean/Dale, Dean and Ivy for nearly fourteen years
before moving to corporate executive positions. He was a recipient of the
Crane Award in 2009, the American Business Media’s top award for lifetime
contributions to business media. In 2010, he was recognized as a Master
Architect by Alpha Rho Chi, an architectural fraternity, for communicating
the value of design to a new generation. In his new position with the AIA,
Ivy will lead the national organization in Washington, D.C.
Tim Culvahouse, FAIA (TSA’79), a principal at Culvahouse Consulting and
Editor of arcCA (Architecture California), has written a series of essays on
New Orleans architecture and urbanism in Design Observer. He began with
an article titled, “Stoop, Balcony, Pilot House: Making it Right in the Lower
Ninth Ward,” followed by “The New Orleans Corner Store” and “Black in
Back: Mardi Gras and the Racial Geography of New Orleans.”
Graham Greene (TSA’79) and his associates at Oglesby Greene, Inc., won
a 2010 AIA Dallas Design Award for Interior Architecture for their work on
a house located along a wooded bluff above White Rock Creek in Dallas,
Texas. Greene’s firm won the Texas AIA Firm of the Year Award several
years ago.
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Angela O’Byrne (TSA’83) is CEO of Perez, APC, which was recently
awarded the Inner City 100 Award, ranking number 5 on this year’s list. The
award is given by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and by Fortune
Magazine to successful, fast-growing inner city companies serving as role
models for urban entrepreneurship and innovative business practices. The
Inner City 100 Awards seek to demonstrate the potential for businesses to
anchor and succeed in inner city neighborhoods.
The “Half-There House,” designed by Maziar Behrooz (TSA’85) was fea-
tured in the Wall Street Journal in June 2011 as well as the online version
of Wallpaper* Magazine, and the online version of Architectural Record.
Behrooz designed the house in East Hampton, NY to nestle into a grassy
slope so that the back half of the house is actually underground, while the
front part of the house is covered by a distinctive curved metal roof.
Founding Directors Thomas Phifer and Stephen Dayton have announced
Gabriel Smith (TSA‘88) as Director at Thomas Phifer and Partners. Smith
earned a B.Arch at Tulane University, an M.Arch II from Harvard University
and is a LEED-accredited professional. He is currently working on museum
and gallery projects, and a net-zero Federal Building.
Eve Blossom (TSA’88) has published a book titled, Material Change: De-
sign Thinking and the Social Entrepreneurship Movement, which has been
announced as a finalist for the INDEX: Award 2011 in the WORK category.
Blossom is the founder and CEO of Lulan Artisans, an international for-profit
social venture which produces hand-made natural textiles through collabo-
ration between U.S. designers and artisans in Southeast Asia.
1 9 9 0 sChengzhi (Harry) Lu (TSA’90) is the Managing Principal of WWCOT’s
Shanghai Office, one of the most prominent U.S. design firms in China.
Under his leadership, the firm has won several international design and
planning competitions. During a trip to China this spring, Dean Kenneth
Schwartz visited Lu in Shanghai.
Daniel T. Hubbell, AIA LEED AP (TSA‘91) recently published The New
Orleans Cultural Travel Sketch Series featuring five hand-drawn, signed and
numbered fine-art prints of historic New Orleans landmarks. The artwork is
intended to promote New Orleans tourism by illustrating why New Orleans
vernacular and culture is worthy of being preserved and protected. Hubbell
is donating 25% of the proceeds to benefit the Friends of the Fishermen
under the auspices of the Louisiana Seafood Board.
40 Braewood: Winner of the 2010 AIA Dallas Design Award for Interior Architecture. Image
courtesy of Oglesby Greene, Inc.
Robert Ivy FAIA (TSA’76) Angela O’Byrne (TSA’83)
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Casius Pealer (TSA’96) was profiled in AIArchitect for his work in moving
70 historic homes that were slated for demolition in New Orleans. Pealer is
the former Director of Builders of Hope, which at the time was working with
a non-profit housing developer to create infill housing in neighborhoods that
were flooded by Hurricane Katrina. Seeing a connection between the desire
to preserve the threatened vernacular houses and the need to infill empty
lots in other parts of the city, Pealer and Builders of Hope moved the 70
homes in a period of four months. The homes will be rehabbed so families
can move into them. Pealer sees the effort as a way to allow for both his-
toric preservation and large scale economic development in a deep-rooted
but still living city. Pealer is now a Senior Sustainable Building Advisor
for the Affordable Housing Institute, and the Chair of the AIA Housing
Committee. Pealer spoke at the Affordable Housing Development Summit
in Muscat, Oman. This annual event focuses on increasing private sector
involvement in low cost housing programs in countries throughout the
Middle East. He represented the Affordable Housing Institute, and spoke on
“Affordable Green Building Techniques in Hot and Dry Climates.”
Tiffany Melancon (TSA’96) is the chair of this year’s AIA Europe Interna-
tional Conference and Chapter Meeting. The conference will take place in
Basel, Switzerland on October 14-16, 2011, and will focus on a theme of
“Art, Industry, and Crossing Borders.” Registration opens in July. Melancon
is also the 2011 Co-Director of AIA Europe – Swiss chapter.
Kenneth Bryant (TSA’98) was featured in The Tulanian, the quarterly
magazine of Tulane University, in a story about how he saved a historic New
Orleans house from demolition. The S.W. Green house, located in Lower
Mid-City, was built in 1928 by Weiss, Dreyfous & Seiferth Architects for
Smith Wendell Green who was born a slave, but later became the wealthi-
est African-American man in the city. Bryant’s advocacy for the house led
Mayor Mitch Landrieu to set aside funds for it to be moved off the site of
the future Veterans Administration Hospital.
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Felipe Corréa (TSA‘00) has been appointed as Director of the Master in
Urban Design Degree Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design,
effective October 2010. He has been a Professor of Urban Design at the
GSD since 2008. His most recent research focuses on diverse models of
urbanization created by resource extraction within the South American
continent. Other recent research initiatives have focused on Andean topog-
raphy and its imprint on the Latin American city as well as on New Orleans,
and its forms of exchange with the material forces of the Mississippi River.
Ramiro Diaz (TSA‘00) of Waggonner & Ball Architects was recently
highlighted in an article published by Bloomberg for his work with the Dutch
Dialogues. Waggonner & Ball and the Dutch Dialogues, with mention of
Tulane as host, were also featured in Harry Shearer’s film, “The Big Easy.”
SO-IL, the firm founded by Jing Liu (TSA’04) and Florian Idenburg, has been
prolific in their exhibition of design work this year. SO-IL was commissioned
to design the main pavilion for Get It Louder, a biannual media and arts
festival in Beijing. The “Flockr” pavilion served as a hub for the event and
Kevin Frank (TSA‘05) wins the Arcadis “Imagine” ideas competion with his project “Venturi Effect
Turbine Lattice: Harvesting Urban Wind Energy Between Buildings”.
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NEW ORLEANS MAGAZINE BEST OF 2011The March 2011 issue of New Orleans Magazine featured five new projects
in the yearly “best of” New Orleans architecture series by Professor John
Klingman. Congratulations to all of the following Tulane alumni and Advi-
sory Board Members who were involved in these projects:
Errol Barron, TSA‘64
Jared Bowers, TSA‘08
Cynthia Dubberley, TSA‘98
Randy Hutchison, TSA‘97
Wendy Kerrigan, TSA‘03
Nicholas Marshall, TSA‘92
Charles Montgomery, TSA‘74
Jennifer Pelc, TSA‘05
Captain James G. Rogers Ret., TSA‘70
William P. Sealy, TSA‘73
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930 Poydras Residential Tower, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple. Photo by Jill Stoll Robert Bracken’s team competition entry: “Quality and Efficiency: A New Corporate Icon Embody-
ing Company Legacy”. Shanghai, China, 2011.
housed many of the festival’s activities. SO-IL also had a winning design,
“In Tension,” in the Sukkah City competition held in New York City, as one
of twelve entries that were selected to be built from over six hundred en-
trants. The materials for “In Tension” can be transported by a single person,
and the structure was constructed of materials recycled from “Pole Dance,”
SO-IL’s winning entry for last year’s MOMA/P.S.1 Young Architect’s Program.
Kevin Frank (TSA’05), Jenny Pelc (TSA’05), and Breeze Glazer (TSA’06)
have launched a new online magazine called ARCHILEPSY. Describing it as
“a webzine for savvy designers,” the editors intend to replace the standard
design industry magazines with “an alternative that is smart, relevant, criti-
cal, and, of course, fun.” ARCHILEPSY is free and can be accessed online at
www.archilepsymagazine.com.
Kevin Frank (TSA ’05) won the annual “Imagine” ideas competition which
is open to all 15,000 employees of Arcadis. Frank’s team proposed an urban-
scale matrix of wind turbines that are placed between buildings to take
advantage of the high wind speeds created by the Venturi Effect. Frank’s
project is now in research and development, and the next step will be site-
specific field testing which will begin in the city of Chicago.
The New Orleans Mission Family Center, which developed out of a studio
project at the School, recently received LEED Silver certification. In the
spring of 2004, Steven Verderber led a studio to design a transitional
homeless shelter for the New Orleans Mission. The plan to build the shelter
with Habitat for Humanity was derailed by Hurricane Katrina, but Verderber
and Breeze Glazer (TSA’06) continued to work on the project until it was
completed in 2008. It is one of the only LEED-certified shelters in the nation.
Rodney Dionisio (TSA‘98) also worked on the project and Perez, APC,
whose CEO is Angela Byrne (TSA‘83), served as the architect of record.
Tony P. Vanky (TSA’07) has been elected to the National Architectural
Accrediting Board (NAAB). His term began in October 2010 after the NAAB
Board of Directors Annual Meeting. He previously served as National Vice-
President of the AIAS, and on the Board of the Association of Collegiate
Schools of Architecture and National Associates Committee of the AIA.
The 930 Poydras Residential Tower by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple has won a
national 2011 Housing Award from the AIA. The project was one of seven
selected nationwide in the Multifamily Housing category on the basis of
sustainability, affordability, innovation and design excellence. EDR Principal
Allen Eskew FAIA, is on the Tulane School of Architecture’s Board of Advi-
sors, and Jose Alvarez (TSA’07) served as Project Architect. Thanks to
the generosity of Project Developer Brian Gibbs (MFIN‘95), Dean Kenneth
Schwartz hosted a reception for graduating students and faculty in the Sky
Lobby of the 930 Poydras Tower in January.
Robert Bracken (TSA’08) participated in an invited design competition
for the new headquarters of a major Chinese corporation as part of a
three-person team of Harvard students, and won second place. The program
called for both office space and retail on a prominent riverfront site in
downtown Shanghai. Bracken’s team won a $15,000 prize and may compete
in another round of competition if the company chooses to develop the
finalists’ concepts further.
Cassandra J. Howard (MArch’09, MPS’10) has been elected to the AIA
New Orleans Executive Board as the 2011 Associate Director. Cassandra
has been a member and leader of the AIAS since 2001 and the AIA since
2005. She believes it is vital to bridge the gap between students and young
professionals to encourage cross disciplinary communication. She currently
works on large-scale projects focused on post-Katrina redevelopment at the
New Orleans firm of Mathes Brierre Architects.
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Radha Mistry (TSA‘10) and Colin VanWingen (TSA‘10) formed a partner-
ship called GOATstudio in order to enter a New Orleans design competition.
They were recently featured on ArchDaily for their submittal to DesignBy-
Many’s Passive House competition in which they placed second.
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I N M E M O R I A MDrew Brislen (TSA ’93), a lifelong resident of the South Coast of California,
drowned while free diving off Laguna Beach on May 26, 2011. After earning
his master’s degree, he moved to San Clemente where he worked in archi-
tectural design and contracting in Laguna Beach for the last 15 years. Drew
is survived by his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Sage and Addie. A paddle
out memorial was held at San Clemente’s North Beach on June 2, 2011.
Victor Bruno (TSA ’43 and M.Arch ’47) was a modernist architect who
designed many homes and businesses in New Orleans. He passed away on
June 5, 2011, leaving behind a legacy of architecture throughout the city.
Bruno made an effort to balance modernist materials with the language of
the city’s historic architecture, and designed prominent buildings such as
the Gallery Apartments on St. Charles Avenue and the now-gone PDQ Car
Wash near Metairie Road. He earned three degrees from Tulane: a Bach-
elor’s in Engineering and Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Architecture.
Jeffrey Hugh Goldman (TSA ’75) passed away on September 4, 2010
from Lou Gehrig’s disease. Goldman received a Master of Architecture from
Tulane University in 1975 and become an accomplished architect, designer,
artist, photographer, and writer. He contributed generously to numerous
institutions in New Orleans including the Tulane School of Architecture.
Emeritus Professor of Architecture James R. Lamantia, Jr., died on Febru-
ary 20, 2011 after a long illness. His association with Tulane University
spanned over 55 years as alumnus, full professor, Director of the Tulane
Graduate Program in Architecture and, in 1993, first recipient of the Richard
Koch Chair in Architecture at Tulane University. He earned international
recognition when he received the Prix de Rome and a Fulbright Fellowship.
In 1964, he ventured to form James R. Lamantia, Architect, and moved his
practice to New York City where he was responsible for several renova-
tions in Central Park, the World Trade Center, and Lincoln Center. His design
work reaped a multitude of honors and awards. An accomplished painter,
Lamantia exhibited his work in museums across the country.
Linda Lawlor (TSA ’80) passed away on September 27, 2010 after a brief
battle with lung cancer. After graduating from the School of Architecture,
she moved to San Francisco and became a principal in the architecture firm
of DGA San Francisco, designing interior commercial spaces.
Lloyd Sensat passed away on February 18, 2011. Imbued with a passion
for historic architecture and preservation, Sensat was a high school art
teacher for 30 years, and more recently, gave walking tours of historic
neighborhoods and cemeteries. He and Eugene Cizek, Director of Preserva-
tion and his partner of 34 years, restored two historic houses in Faubourg
Marigny. Sensat earned a Bachelor’s degree at the University of Southwest-
ern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and, after serv-
ing in the Air Force, a Master’s degree at LSU. Together, Sensat and Cizek
established the Education Through Historic Preservation Program to teach
students about the art and architecture of historic sites. They received the
Honor Award in 1981 from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Robert Harrison, FAIA (TSA ‘59, MBA ‘84)
announced his support of the new Master
in Sustainable Real Estate Development
Program in the form of a $25,000 gift for
scholarship support. Harrison is a graduate
of the School of Architecture, and earned an
MBA in Business from the A.B. Freeman School of Business. He has
recently returned to the School of Architecture’s Board of Advisors
where he served for many years. Harrison’s gift will prepare students
to explore the regenerative development of cities.
Saul Mintz (TSA ‘53) and his wife, Jean, have
pledged $25,000 to provide for the continued
improvement of the School of Architecture’s
computer resources. This gift adds to Mr. and
Mrs. Mintz’s significant generosity in this vital
area of student and faculty work over a num-
ber of years. Saul Mintz is a graduate of the School of Architecture and
the Chairman of the Board for Strauss Interests in Monroe, Louisiana.
He also serves on the School’s Board of Advisors.
Marcel Wisznia (TSA ’73), a distinguished
architect, developer and dedicated member
of the Tulane School of Architecture Board
of Advisors, has announced a gift to fund an
endowment for a yearly lecture in memory
of his father. His $100,000 gift is the latest
in a long history of generous support for the School of Architecture by
Wisznia and his wife, Elizabeth. The yearly lecture series is named in
honor of his father Walter Wisznia, one of the most influential modern
architects in southern Texas during the second half of the 20th century.
William and Jane Sizeler have provided a
$25,000 gift for the Public Service Fellowship
Program. Their gift will provide students the
opportunity to work under the supervision of
a faculty member in paid summer internships
with non-profit organizations in the greater
New Orleans area. One fellowship will be funded each summer over
the next five years. Jane is a graduate of the Tulane School of Social
Work, and William attended the School of Architecture (where he
serves on the Advisory Board), before transferring to the University of
Pennsylvania where he completed his degree.
G I V I N G M A K E S A D I F F E R E N C E
The support of our alumni and friends is critical to our ability to provide the best
opportunities for our students and to continue the School’s upward trajectory.
Gifts to the Tulane Fund, designated to the School of Architecture, can be made
online at: www.tulane.edu/~giving/
To learn about other funding priorities at the School, contact Ron Cropper, Direc-
tor of Development at [email protected] or 504.314.2494.
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Adjunct Assistant Professor Emilie Taylor (TSA ’06) with
Associate Professor Scott Bernhard, AIA
Award of Merit Interior Architecture
Storypod, The Neighborhood Story Project
A Project of the Tulane City Center
Professor Errol Barron, FAIA (TSA ’64)
Award of Merit Interior Architecture
Yoga Studio, Sylvi Beaumont
Errol Barron/Michael Toups Architects
Professor Ammar Eloueini, International Assoc. AIA
Award of Merit Divine Detail
Gutenmacher Apartment, Paris
AEDS
Professor Judith Kinnard, FAIA with Assistant Professor Tiffany Lin
Award of Merit Project
Sunshow SSIP House
Judith Kinnard LLC
Professor of Practice Cordula Rosor Gray, AIA
Award of Merit Master Planning
A.L. Davis Park
Award of Merit Master Planning
Hollygrove Market & Farm
Award of Honor Architecture
Hollygrove Pavilion
Projects of the Tulane City Center
CRG Architecture
Adjunct Professor Carey Clouse, AIA and Zachary Lamb
Award of Honor Adaptive Reuse
Award of Merit Juror Favorite
Cart Coop
Crookedworks
2 0 1 1 D E S I G N A W A R D S AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS NEW ORLEANS CHAPTER
Our alumni, faculty and students were once again honored by AIA New Orleans, receiving eight out of the twelve honors given at the 2011 Design Awards. Awards of honor and merit were given, recognizing the superb work of the Tulane School of Architecture community. AIA New Orleans celebrated their centennial anniversary with this year’s awards theme, 100 Years of Excellence in Design.
1 Hollygrove Pavilion, Photo by Will Crocker 2 Storypod, Photo by Will Crocker 3 Sunshow SSIP
House 4 Guntenmacher Apartment, Paris 5 Yoga Studio, Sylvi Beaumont 6 Holly Grove Market
and Farm 7 A.L. Davis Park 8 Cart Coop
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Richardson Memorial Hall #303, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118
F A L L 2 0 1 1September 12 JULIA CZERNIAKDirector of UPSTATE Associate Professor of Architecture Syracuse School of Architecture
September 19DAVID SMITH*
October 3SHARON ZUKIN, PH.D*Professor of Sociology, Brooklyn College CUNY
October 17RON SHIFFMAN, FAICP*Professor, Graduate Center for PlanningPratt School of Architecture
November 14 JOHN KLINGMAN*Richard Koch Chair and Professor of ArchitectureTulane School of Architecture
S P R I N G 2 0 1 2January 27RAFAEL MONEO, HON. FAIA Josep Lluis Sert Professor of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of DesignLecture co-sponsored and held at New Orleans Museum of Art
February 6ADAM YARINSKY, FAIA LEED APPrincipal, Architecture Research Office (ARO) New York, NY
February 27BILLIE TSIEN, AIAPrincipal, Tod Williams Billie Tsien ArchitectsNew York, NY
May 4 - May 14 THESIS SHOWOgden Museum of Southern Art 925 Camp St., New Orleans LA
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*Urban Innovation Series. Co-sponsored by The Murphy Institute