Podcasts about Rural Studio

Director of Rural Studio at Auburn University Andrew Freear joins the podcast to discuss the student-led design-build process, the success of the studio, and his approach to bringing architecture to rural Alabama. CLAIM CEU CEDIT HERE

Andrew Freear discusses the Rural Studio, an off-campus design-build program of Auburn University's architecture program. Freear explains how students get a hands-on educational experience through immersive team projects that are intricately linked to an under-served rural population in West Alabama. The program gives students the skills to negotiate projects outside of architectural academia, including with subcontractors and the local community. Freear describes how this type of education and experience gives architecture students a chance to develop imagination around rural design as well as empowers them to be agents of change and solution-makers with the ability to impact society for the better.  Learning objectives:  Explain how the Rural Studio design-build program works. Discuss how students at the Rural Studio engage with the local residents and contractors. List some reasons Freear thinks architects can benefit from working in rural communities. Describe what Freear means when he says “architecture is a political act.” Credits: 0.5 AIA LU/HSW  Speaker: Aaron Prinz

In our final guest-hosted episode, researcher and designer Josh Wasserman, from episode 44 talks to Andrew Freear, Director of Rural Studio which part of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture of Auburn University. Freear lives in a small rural community in Hale County, West Alabama, where for twenty years he has directed this unique architecture program where students design and build community buildings, homes, and landscape projects for under-resourced local towns and non-profit organization. Freear explains how the project has evolved over the years, and about the unique experience where the students live and work in-situ and are responsible for all aspects of the design and build process including liaison with community partners, local authorities, and those who will be using or living in the buildings.About Andrew Freear:Andrew Freear is the J. Streeter Wiatt Professor and Director of Rural Studio. He was educated at the University of Westminster and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He has designed and built exhibits for the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Whitney Biennial, the Museum of Modern Art, the Milan Triennale, and the Venice Biennale. His honours include the Ralph Erskine Award, the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, and the Architecture Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Freear was a 2018 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University and in 2020 received the President's Medal from the Architectural League of New York.Connect with Rural Studio: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Rural Studio Farm Connect with Josh Wasserman on LinkedIn Key QuotesWe're here to educate architecture students and help them get a good design education.Architecture students get to not only design their projects, but they get to build their projects.There's a responsibility to make sure that you are building something that will be here a long time.In the late nineties we built a house out of carpet tiles.We asked ourselves could we come up with an affordable home that anyone and everybody could afford.We bring young folks into a place like this and they bring energy and it breaks down some boundaries. class boundaries, race boundaries, misconceptions about this place.We have ambitious students who want to, save the world and you can't come to a place like this and tell people how to live their livesI think we should care about the craft of things. We should care about the way things are put together. And from concept to compete completion. It's a richer world if it's that way.This series is kindly supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. Read the transcription for this episode at our website

Sue Stockdale previews the guest-hosted episodes that will be featured in Series 12. They are:Dr. James Kisia talks to guest host Racheal Wanjiku Kigame from episode 12 about using mentorship to cultivate leadership in AfricaPierre Heistein talks to guest host Brendan Davis from episode 58 about recording the story of the Atuel RiverCori Myka talks to guest host Rob Lawrence from episode 42 about helping non-swimmers overcome fear of deep waterAndrew Freear talks to guest host Josh Wasserman from episode 44 about how Rural Studio creates sustainable impactThis series is kindly supported by Squadcast –the remote recording platform which empowers podcasters by capturing high-quality audio and video conversations. Read the transcription for this episode and connect with us onTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn Sign up for our newsletter | Read our Impact Report Sound Editor: Matias de Ezcurra (he/him)Producer: Sue Stockdale (she/her)

Replay: Voices from the Future of the ProfessionFuture leaders of the profession share diverse perspectives on race, equity, and architecture.Guests:Leslie Epps, NOMA Student Representative, AIAS & NOMAS Leader at The City College of New YorkSarah Curry, AIAS, Assoc. AIA, NOMABeresford Pratt, AIA, NOMAMelanie Ray, AIA, NOMA, LEED Green Associate, NCARB, Fitwel Amb.Kendall A. Nicholson, Ed.D, Assoc. AIA, NOMA, LEED GALeslie Epps, NOMA Student Representative, AIAS & NOMAS Leader at The City College of New YorkLeslie Epps is an accomplished rising fifth year architecture student at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. She has been passionate about architecture for half of her life and is eager to learn more and enact change moving forward in her career. Awarded NOMA Student Member of the Year 2019, Leslie Epps founded the CCNY NOMAS Chapter in 2018 and served as President until early 2020. Epps also received the title of NOMA Student Representative and serves on the NOMA Board of Directors for the role. In the future she aspires to combine architecture with urban planning in an effort to address social issues and ultimately better society. Sarah Curry, AIAS, Assoc. AIA, NOMASarah Curry just finished an exhilarating year of living and working in Washington, DC as the 2019-2020 President of the American Institute of Architecture Students. No matter what her next chapter of life holds, she intends to explore and practice her passions for evidence-based and equitable design while pursuing licensure. None of that work would feel fulfilling though, if she is unable to continue advocating for the underserved and supporting design students and others who are interested in designing responsibly for those who need it the most. Originally from outside of Atlanta, Sarah earned her B.Arch in 2018 from Auburn University and completed her Thesis Design-Build Project at Rural Studio the following year. Her very flexible life plans include going to graduate school, teaching, and eventually enjoying nontraditional practice in the vast field of architecture.Beresford Pratt, AIA, NOMABeresford Pratt is a licensed architect and Associate at Ayers Saint Gross in Baltimore, MD where he has worked on a multitude of education/institutional projects. He is passionate about active learning environments and pipeline initiatives, and he enjoys this cross pollination with his professional work. He is currently serving his second year in the AIA as the Mid Atlantic Young Architects Regional Director in the Young Architects Forum (YAF), and he is currently an editor for the YAF's publication Connection. Beresford is also a co-founder of Baltimore's local chapter of The National Organization of Minority Architects (Bmore NOMA). Beresford sits on the board and is the Communications Chair/Director. Outside of the industry, if he is not playing soccer, he enjoys volunteering his time with the United Way Central Maryland, and he currently sits on the Emerging Leaders United Council.Melanie Ray, AIA, NOMA, LEED Green Associate, NCARB, Fitwel Amb.Melanie Ray is a licensed architect and Associate in the Housing/Mixed-Use studio at Hord Coplan Macht in Baltimore, MD. Since graduating from Penn State's architecture program in 2015, she has worked on various mixed-use and affordable housing projects, as well as community development projects in Baltimore city and beyond. She is the 424th living black woman licensed in the US to practice architecture and seeks to be an active mentor to promote the goal of doubling the number of licensed black architects by 2030. She currently serves as the Vice President of the Baltimore Chapter of NOMA, Bmore NOMA, and the Northeast University Liaison for NOMA National. In addition to her work at HCM, Melanie is a regular volunteer for pro bono design projects through such organizations as The...

Frank Harmon on the purpose of writing and sketching, what makes great writers, artists, and architects, and the importance of giving people a sense of place. Frank Harmon, FAIA, is a nationally renowned award-winning architect, a professor of architecture at NC State University's College of Design. and a popular mentor to four decades of student architects. A graduate of the Architectural Association in London and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he has also taught at the Architectural Association and has served as a visiting critic at Harvard, the University of Virginia, and Auburn University's renowned Rural Studio. Among dozens of design awards throughout his career, Frank received AIA NC's highest honor, the F. Carter Williams Gold Medal, in 2013. Frank is also a published writer and illustrator, using hand-drawn sketches and 200-word essays that consider the relationship between nature and built structures in his online journal Nativeplaces.org. In 2018, ORO Editions published a collection of sketch/essay duos from the journal and Frank's thoughts on the value of drawing in a hardback book entitled Native Places: Drawing as a Way to See. He is currently working on a new book that celebrates the people, places, and stories behind eight of his signature projects. Frank lives in Raleigh in the award-winning modernist house and lush gardens near NCSU that he designed with his late wife, landscape architect Judy Harmon. Favorite quotes “My goal in life is to make short sentences.” “We lost contact with our senses by making everything depend on the visual.” “When we draw, we touch.” “Once we've bought into the digital internet world, we're never going to get rid of it.” “When we make a place [we should make it] situated in its place so that we've got something physical and concrete that grounds us in an otherwise unlimited digital world.” “Genius is the ability to recall your childhood at any time.” —Baudelaire Books Native Places: Drawing as a Way to See by Frank Harmon The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses by Juhani Pallasmaa Links Frank's Instagram Native Places blog by Frank Harmon Frank's Drawing as a Way to See talk at Clark Nexsen (2019) Frank's Heritage talk at Creative Mornings Raleigh (2014) Less is Love by Frank Harmon People mentioned Ernest Hemingway Joan Didion C. S. Forester Tadao Ando Kevin Carl - Child psychologist, friend Pablo Picasso Henry David Thoureau - “ Every child discovers the world anew.” Peter Zumthor Jordan Gray (podcast) Charles Baudelaire - “[G]enius is nothing more nor less than childhood recovered at will.” William Shakespeare Alice Munro - Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 Marlon Blackwell William Faulkner - American writer Glenn Murcutt Tom Kundig Ted Flato Rick Joy - Studio Rick Joy Brigitte Shim - Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Brian MacKay-Lyons Patricia and John Patkau - Patkau Architects Larry Scarpa Frank Gehry James Monroe Henry Woodhead Mies van der Rohe Tadao Ando Le Corbusier Chapters 00:00 · Introduction 01:14 · Writing 05:00 · Becoming an architect 06:21 · Frank's book 07:19 · Living in London 09:03 · Studying abroad in the US 13:37 · Childhood place 20:38 · Born with screens 23:39 · Design 27:42 · Place 33:41 · Good architecture 37:10 · Bad architecture 38:48 · Frank Gehry's middle finger 39:31 · Native Places: Drawing as a Way to See 43:47 · The best way to write 44:23 · The purpose of sketching 45:45 · Thanks 46:09 · Outro Submit a question about this or previous episodes. I'd love to hear from you. Join the Discord community. Meet other curious minds. If you enjoy the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps. Show notes, transcripts, and past episodes at gettingsimple.com/podcast. Theme song Sleep by Steve Combs under CC BY 4.0. Follow Nono Twitter.com/nonoesp Instagram.com/nonoesp Facebook.com/nonomartinezalonso YouTube.com/nonomartinezalonso

Welcome back to another episode of INTO THE AIRBNB, where we talk with Airbnb Hosts about their STR experience. Today's guest is Maureen Buggerman, a superhost based in Selden, Kansas; she owns and manages a small studio which she built in a compact portion of a big barn. In this episode, she'll tell us about her experience and journey as a host of the only Airbnb listing in town, some numbers and demographics insights of her area and how the market behaves through different seasons. Visit Maureen's Airbnb profile: https://abnb.me/sr3V7D34gqb Sponsored by Airbtics: the Affordable Accurate rental Analytics. If you'd like to get interviewed and share your story with us, please send us an email at delia@airbtics.com with the subject: “Podcast Interview request submission”. Find out more at: app.airbtics.com

A conversation about a recent lecture by Andrew Freear and Rusty Smith of Rural Studio at The Architectural League.LinksAndrew Freear and Rusty Smith, Rural Studio: The Challenges of Sustainable Rural Living (YouTube)Archispeak #170 - Guerilla Architecture; a conversation with Steven Hoffman of Rural Studio after a viewing of the Citizen Architect documentary.SponsorEnscape is a real-time rendering and VR tool for the AEC market. It empowers design workflows by plugging into building modeling software and turning the models into immersive 3D experiences. Visit https://enscape3d.com/archispeak to sign up for a free 14-day trial.

What do you think about when you pass a homeless encampment or homeless shelter? Do you assume most of the people living there have substance abuse or mental health issues? It is a common myth. The truth is the age at which people are most likely to find themselves in a homeless shelter in the US is in infancy. To shine a light on important initiatives and programs currently available to reduce homelessness in the US and how we all can make a positive impact, Positive Psychology Podcast Host, Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with two educators about solutions proven to work to alleviate homelessness. Coauthor of In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What to Do About It, Marybeth Shinn dispels common myths about homelessness and shares how we all can be part of the solution. Associate Director of Rural Studio at Auburn University, Rusty Smith, describes how reducing homelessness strengthens communities, especially in persistently impoverished communities and the innovative approaches of Rural Studio and Front Porch Initiative.

Episode 037: Lessons from the Class of 2020What can we learn about navigating uncertainty from graduates of the class of 2020? 2020 was unlike any year. This week we sit down with three talented, emerging leaders from the class of 2020 to hear their journey. We’ll revisit their last semester in the studio, discuss Zoom graduations, and the exhausting process that led them to landing jobs.  We hope that their lessons learned will inspire others. We also hope that firm leaders will listen to these stories and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges our newest graduates entering the profession have been facing. Guests: Alison Katz received a Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University in May of 2020 with a minor in Social and Political History. She is currently working as a Design Associate for https://www.bcworkshop.org/ (buildingcommunityWORKSHOP) (a Texas based nonprofit community design center) in Houston. She is interested in the intersection of community based design, sustainability, and politics, and is dedicated to exploring ways to use design tools within the built environment to create a more equitable society for marginalized and historically disenfranchised people. Haley Evans graduated with a Masters in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis in May of 2020. In 2018 she received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Bowling Green State University. She is currently working as an Urban Designer at H3 Studio, a design, research, and planning firm. She has always steered her practice and studies in a way that integrates architecture, graphic design, and urban design. She is passionate about sustainability and advocates that untraditional design approaches are necessary to create a better and more just future of the build environment.    Kyra Stark received her Bachelor of Architecture from Auburn University in May of 2020. She currently lives in Seattle, Washington and works at http://www.thirdplacedesigncoop.com/ (third place design co-operative). Kyra became interested in community-engaged design and affordable housing during her thesis year at Auburn University's design-build program, Rural Studio. Kyra is also passionate about education and leadership, which stems from her time as Treasurer and President of Auburn University’s American Institute of Architecture Students (“AIAS") Chapter, as well as serving on the https://www.aias.org/ (AIAS) National Board of Directors as the South Quad Director. Kyra believes that we all have a role to play in creating a more healthy, sustainable, and equitable future. Show Links: https://www.bcworkshop.org/ (buildingcommunityWORKSHOP) https://www.linkedin.com/company/h3-studio/about/ (H3 Studio) http://www.thirdplacedesigncoop.com/ (third place design co-operative) https://www.aias.org/ (AIAS)

Samuel Mockbee was just the second architect to earn a MacAurthur Fellowship--also known as a MacAurthur genius grant. His understanding of the ways that the spaces we inhabit transform our lives inspired him to create the Rural Studio at Auburn University. Jillian Snodgrass tells the story of a man whose fascination with design grew out of his desire to affirm the humanity of those who inhabited places he built. Produced by Kenzie Pitts.

Andy Mangold is the founder of Lucky Paper, a blog devoted to cube, battlebox, and other such sandbox environments. He co-hosts the Lucky Paper podcast, which has quickly proved itself a must-listen resource for cube enthusiasts. In this first segment of a two-part conversation, Andy and I set out to talk about cube in schematic terms, discussing how we approach cube curation largely without focusing on individual cards or strategies. Tune in next week for part two, when Andy will introduce us to a new cube format that he pioneered. Special thanks to Patreon members and to super patron Djake Noose for their support! Resources Cited: “Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio”: http://citizenarchitectfilm.com/ “Patchwork Girl,” Shelley Jackson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patchwork_Girl_(hypertext) Guest Resources: Lucky Paper Podcast: https://luckypaper.co/podcast/ Lucky Paper Blog: https://luckypaper.co/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/luckypaperMtG Charitable Organization Featured: Sunrise Movement: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/ Support the Show: ►Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/culticcube ►TCG Affiliate: http://bit.ly/2QdJxdg ►Inked Gaming Affiliate: https://bit.ly/3iTRwby ►Amazon Affiliate: https://amzn.to/31igBF9 I have partnered with a few online retailers. If you make a purchase via any of the affiliate links above, I will receive a small commission at no additional cost to yourself. I appreciate your support! Show Contact: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/culticcube Linktree: https://linktr.ee/CulticCube Twitter: https://twitter.com/CulticCube Email: culticcube@gmail.com Eleusis Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/culticcube The Cultic Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/cultic Disclaimer: Cultic Cube is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/culticcube/message

Ridgeview House BioThis 2500s house is nestled within a grove of heritage live oak trees on a 3/4 acre lot in the Barton Hills neighborhood of Austin, TX. Our clients wanted to build a house that respected the mid-century character of the neighborhood, while pursuing a bold and contemporary approach to design. The outcome is a project which creates strong, unexpected connections between indoors and out, with an angular roof form and black vertical siding that simultaneously camouflage and contrast the house with its leafy natural surroundings.Initially conceived as a renovation project, the footprint closely mirrors the idiosyncratic H-shaped plan of the original house, which 'grandfathered in' certain areas of the trees' critical root zones, permitting them to be built over. The new plan creates a clear logic with a 'public' wing (containing kitchen, dining, media room and screened porch), a 'private' wing (of bedrooms and bathrooms) and a living room bridging between the two.The exterior is clad in a common fiber-cement 'board and batten' siding. Painted black, with the battens multiplied in a dense, vertical pattern, the siding takes on artful 'forest-like' qualities. The front porch and carport soffit are clad in a stained pine, providing a warm counterpoint to the starkness of the black exterior. Buried at the center of the house is a bathroom unexpectedly bathed in natural light from a skylight overhead. The light cascading down the white, textured tile creates the feeling of an 'inner sanctum', a retreat from the exuberant embrace of the outdoors across the rest of the house. Robert BioRobert grew up making things in the woods of Alabama and helping his Dad on jobsites around the state. Since beginning his architectural studies at Auburn University twenty five years ago, his diverse design and building experience has centered on material experimentation, building systems and well-crafted details. He has an intuitive design sense, a sophisticated understanding of construction processes, and exacting quality control standards, making him an invaluable leader through all phases of a project. Prior to founding Thoughtbarn, Robert worked in the offices of Baldridge Architects in Austin, Adjaye Associates in London and Roth + Sheppard in Denver, and was a lead research member for the Plastics in Architecture project conducted by current Kieran Timberlake Research Group director Billie Faircloth. He was also a founding partner of BBIITT (Building Integrating Technology), a digital fabrication consultancy that collaborated with other design firms to create products, furniture and small scale works. Robert has taught graduate and undergraduate studios at the University of Texas School of Architecture and is a regular visiting critic.Lucy BioOriginally from the UK, Lucy’s stateside experiences span from a small town in rural Alabama (at the Rural Studio) to the West Coast (grad school at Berkeley) to over a decade in Austin running Thoughtbarn along with her husband Robert Gay. Their work focuses on architecture and public art projects that synthesize an economy of means with inventive material strategies and a responsiveness to social and environmental context. A skilled communicator and organizer, she has a passion for delivering project excellence within complex urban settings and in fusing design practice with public interest and advocacy work. She attended the Outreach Program at Auburn University's renowned Rural Studio in Alabama and was awarded the Branner Travelling Fellowship from UC Berkeley, which enabled her to spend a year working with architects around the globe innovating with participatory design methods. Lucy was the recipient of the 2020 AIA Austin Emerging Professional Award and currently serves on the Publications Committee of Texas Architect magazine and the board of Civic Arts, a non-profit which integrates the arts and culture into community planning. She lives with Robert and their two kids on a small lot in East Austin and is a champion of land use reform in the city that would allow more families to do the same. Web/Social MediaWebsite: www.thoughtbarn.comInstagram: @thoughtbarnFacebook: @thoughtbarn See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summer break is here, and this is a redux of a previous episode where we discussed the movie Citizen Architect with a very special guest, architect Steve Hoffman.We also welcome a special guest, Cormac's longtime-friend from architecture school Steven Hoffman, who was not only in the movie about the Rural Studio but was also a student and instructor there.

Episode 009: Voices from the Future of the ProfessionFuture leaders of the profession share diverse perspectives on race, equity, and architecture. Guests: Leslie Epps, NOMA Student Representative, AIAS & NOMAS Leader at The City College of New York Sarah Curry, AIAS, Assoc. AIA, NOMA Beresford Pratt, AIA, NOMA Melanie Ray, AIA, NOMA, LEED Green Associate, NCARB, Fitwel Amb. Kendall A. Nicholson, Ed.D, Assoc. AIA, NOMA, LEED GA Leslie Epps, NOMA Student Representative, AIAS & NOMAS Leader at The City College of New York Leslie Epps is an accomplished rising fifth year architecture student at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. She has been passionate about architecture for half of her life and is eager to learn more and enact change moving forward in her career. Awarded NOMA Student Member of the Year 2019, Leslie Epps founded the CCNY NOMAS Chapter in 2018 and served as President until early 2020. Epps also received the title of NOMA Student Representative and serves on the NOMA Board of Directors for the role. In the future she aspires to combine architecture with urban planning in an effort to address social issues and ultimately better society.  Sarah Curry, AIAS, Assoc. AIA, NOMA Sarah Curry just finished an exhilarating year of living and working in Washington, DC as the 2019-2020 President of the American Institute of Architecture Students. No matter what her next chapter of life holds, she intends to explore and practice her passions for evidence-based and equitable design while pursuing licensure. None of that work would feel fulfilling though, if she is unable to continue advocating for the underserved and supporting design students and others who are interested in designing responsibly for those who need it the most. Originally from outside of Atlanta, Sarah earned her B.Arch in 2018 from Auburn University and completed her Thesis Design-Build Project at Rural Studio the following year. Her very flexible life plans include going to graduate school, teaching, and eventually enjoying nontraditional practice in the vast field of architecture. Beresford Pratt, AIA, NOMA Beresford Pratt is a licensed architect and Associate at Ayers Saint Gross in Baltimore, MD where he has worked on a multitude of education/institutional projects. He is passionate about active learning environments and pipeline initiatives, and he enjoys this cross pollination with his professional work. He is currently serving his second year in the AIA as the Mid Atlantic Young Architects Regional Director in the Young Architects Forum (YAF), and he is currently an editor for the YAF’s publication Connection. Beresford is also a co-founder of Baltimore’s local chapter of The National Organization of Minority Architects (Bmore NOMA). Beresford sits on the board and is the Communications Chair/Director. Outside of the industry, if he is not playing soccer, he enjoys volunteering his time with the United Way Central Maryland, and he currently sits on the Emerging Leaders United Council. Melanie Ray, AIA, NOMA, LEED Green Associate, NCARB, Fitwel Amb. Melanie Ray is a licensed architect and Associate in the Housing/Mixed-Use studio at Hord Coplan Macht in Baltimore, MD. Since graduating from Penn State’s architecture program in 2015, she has worked on various mixed-use and affordable housing projects, as well as community development projects in Baltimore city and beyond. She is the 424th living black woman licensed in the US to practice architecture and seeks to be an active mentor to promote the goal of doubling the number of licensed black architects by 2030. She currently serves as the Vice President of the Baltimore Chapter of NOMA, Bmore NOMA, and the Northeast University Liaison for NOMA National. In addition to her work at HCM, Melanie is a regular volunteer for pro bono design projects through such organizations as The Neighborhood Design Center and Habitat for Humanity. Kendall A. Nicholson,... Support this podcast

According to a brief published by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, white college freshmen entering civil, mechanical and electrical engineering programs outnumber Black and Indigenous People of Color 7:1. A panel of experts at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine cited factors such as lack of funding and resources available for minorities who want to focus on STEM, the lack of accessibility to technology by low-income students, and sub-par teaching at lower tier schools. These experts never toured The Howard School's Future Ready Institute of Architecture, Engineering and Construction in Chattanooga, or met its director, Japho Hardin.Japho designed his fellowship to enroll at Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsville, VT. Afterwards, he will experience an off-campus design/build program called The Rural Studio at Auburn University, and document prominent works of American Architecture in New York City. His mission, both at The Howard School and with this fellowship, is to provide Architectural & Engineering Design students with equitable access to quality design education.

In this episode, we follow up on the homework assignment and watch the Citizen Architect movie... because, what else do you have to do?We also welcome a special guest, Cormac's longtime-friend from architecture school Steven Hoffman, who was not only in the movie about the Rural Studio but was also a student and instructor there.

Brandon Johnson, owner of Dance Theater shares how he is handling the shut down during the pandemic. He shares how he decided not to do virtual classes, how he is shifting his entire season, and how he has not lost one student despite the already challenging economic structure of his small town in upstate NY. If you would like a copy of the letter he sent out that prompted 100% parent support visit: www.BrendaBobby.com

Dan Wheeler is a founding principal of Wheeler Kearns Architects and a Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dan works and practices to educate his colleagues, clients, and students of what architecture can bring to elevate experience, and the responsibilities that come with this ever-optimistic endeavor. Dan received his education at the Rhode Island School of Design, including two years study in Rome and an association with Machado Silvetti Architects. Prior to establishing his own practice, he was an Associate and Studio head at Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Chicago (1981-87). Dan is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Traveling Fellowship in 1980, the CCAIA Young Architect Award (1985), AIA Fellowship (for Design, 1998), Chicago Tribune’s "Chicagoan of the Year" in Architecture with Lawrence Kearns (2008), and the AIA Illinois’s Nathan Ricker Clifford Award for Architectural Education (2017). He has served as Interim Director for both the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and the UIC School of Architecture and has been a consulting architect/educator to Auburn University’s Rural Studio since 2002. He lectures regularly and frequently sits on professional and academic juries. His work spans the gamut of project type; public institutions, non-profit organizations, and private commissions. He draws to see, to test, to explain, and to build well places of authenticity. Find Dan and his firm's work at WKArch.com, and follow them on Instagram @wheelerkearnsarchitects Keep up with Student Architect! Studen Architect Instagram - @studentarchitectpodcast Website - omargarcia.info/student-architect Thanks so much! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Transformer's co-Founder, Executive & Artistic Director Victoria Reis interviews DC based photographers Cynthia Connolly and Farrah Skeiky about their roles documenting DC's punk and DIY communities. This conversation responds to the exhibition Present Tense: DC punk and DIY, Right Now, Transformer's 17th Annual DC Artist Solo Exhibition, featuring photography by Farrah Skeiky. Present Tense is on view at Transformer January 18 – February 29, 2020. transformerdc.org Farrah Skeiky is a music and documentary photographer in Washington, DC. Raised in Seattle and later in the DC suburbs, Skeiky has been immersed in two regions known for significant contributions to underground music that have informed her work. She began photographing live music in 2008, and her role as a musician as well as a zine maker contribute significantly to her photographic perspective. Her work focuses primarily on punk, DIY, and drag communities. farrahskeiky.com Cynthia Connolly is a photographer, curator, letterpress printer and artist who lives in Arlington, Virginia. She graduated from both the Corcoran College of Art and Design, and Auburn University’s Rural Studio, worked for Dischord Records and booked an avant-garde performance venue, d.c. space. In 1988, she published Banned in DC: Photos and Anecdotes From the DC Punk Underground (79–86) through her independent press Sun Dog Propaganda. Internationally shown and a prolific artist, her photographic work, postcards and books were exhibited in Beautiful Losers in the United States and Europe from 2004–2009 establishing herself as a pioneer in DIY culture. Reviewed internationally, her photography is in many private collections, as well as The J. Paul Getty Museum, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Smithsonian Museum of American History and the legacy collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. cynthiaconnolly.com. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.

What exactly is the Serenbe Institute for Art, Culture and the Environment and why did Steve Nygren start it? As a restaurateur, Steve Nygren owned multiple locations and had a home in Midtown Atlanta, the city’s arts center. He saw firsthand the importance of supporting the arts and how it can strengthen and build healthy communities. Serving on multiple boards he came to realize how arts organizations continually struggle to receive sufficient funding even when the broader community and foundations do provide support. So when Steve decided to build a community from scratch, he knew arts would be an integral part of Serenbe and wanted to build in a permanent source of funding that would give an organization a financial springboard; so he created a stand alone non-profit organization, the Serenbe Institute for Art, Culture and the Environment. Built into the organization is a 1% transfer fee on every house sold or resold in Serenbe, and 3% fee for every piece of undeveloped land sold; since its inception, Serenbe has contributed over $4 million in funding to the Institute.Once all the legal details were in place the next step was finding someone to run it. John Graham became that person, starting as a consultant for the Institute and after becoming enamored with the community he decided to stay and became the Institute’s founding Executive Director. The first arts program, AIR Serenbe, an artist-in-residence program, kicked off the Institute, with big plans to fund a pottery studio. There was early success with the residency but no permanent home, artists stayed in resident’s extra bedrooms or garage apartments. Since then Serenbe partnered with Auburn University’s design build architecture program, Rural Studio, to build two dedicated artist cottages on the Art Farm at Serenbe. Then in 2009 Brian Clowdus showed up suggesting Serenbe needed a theatre. The Institute granted him a start-up budget of $40,000, and Serenbe Playhouse was born. Now 10 years later, it is a nationally-recognized outdoor theatre producing six site-specific productions, musicals and plays each year. Since then, the Institute has grown, introducing Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre in 2017, a Serenbe Fellows program, Serenbe Film with more units and programming that bring all forms of art and environment programming to the community and visitors from around the globe.Questions Answered:What is the Serenbe Institute for Art, Culture & the Environment?Why was it important for Steve Nygren to honor the arts in a specific way at Serenbe?How do Serenbe residents support the Serenbe Institute?How did Steve Nygren get the idea to use transfer fees as a permanent source for arts funding at Serenbe?What was the first arts program in Serenbe?How did former Atlanta Ballet principals end up creating a company under the Serenbe Institute?

Show Notes: Kerry’s quilt kickstarter (~3:00)Vipassanā mediation/retreats (~5:30) Sitting practice meditation (~12:55) We discuss morning routines and I’m a complete nerd for people’s routines - here are a few examples of morning routines from other thought-leaders (~14:40) Sam Harris morning guided meditation (~17:05) Julia Cameron The Artist’s Way (~22:00) Sam Harris guided meditation app (~23:00) Auburn University Rural Studio (~19:15) Director of Rural Studio and Kerry’s mentor: MacArthur Fellow Samuel Mockbee (~20:38) “You are the architect of your education” and other quotesPhiladelphia Charter High School for Art and Design (~25:40) Big Yellow Arrow (no link, because, believe it or not, this was before Instagram ruled everything we do! Just imagine an 80-foot yellow arrow carried around and positioned across the country...brilliant!) (~27:16) Remaining permeable to new ideas - Debbie Millman and Ingrid Fetell Less discuss this on an excellent episode of Design Matters (~32:20) The idea of streamlining your life to free your mind to focus on your passions (~33:30) My Five-Cut Friday’s Playlists - see all of the playlists on my Spotify account (~45:50) Kerry’s Five-Cuts with the theme “Searching for Space"My Five-Cut Fridays for April 12, 2019 (the date of the release of this episode) A list of five books hand-picked by Kerry: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-pa Turner You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin by Rachel Corbett His Dark Materials (Trilogy) by Philip Pullman Where to find Kerry online: Personal website (KerryLarkin.com) Comma Workshop (CommaWorkshop.com) Instagram (@commaworkshop)

Architect / Professor [Education]: Barcelona School of Architecture, Rural Studio at Auburn University, and University of Illinois at Chicago [Work]: Poblenou Park in Olympic Village, 1992 Olympic Games, Millennium Park Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Washington University School of Architecture Often, we overlook the triumphs and failures of how the world around us comes together. We're talking about the design of public spaces. Our guest this week--Xavier Vendrell--has shown and proven his prowess on the very subject. Working currently as a professor for Auburn University's renown rural studio, Xavier spends time walking us through both his story and his inspiration. For anyone interested in urban design--this is a perfect primer.

This episode, featuring Linda Eliasen and Jon Gold, addresses the relationship between the design process and production. Does an understanding of the materials and techniques used to manufacture your designs make you a better designer, or hold you back from doing truly innovative work? When should we push limitations of production and when should we just stick with a tried-and-true, established solution? Links Ueno Designer News Stranger Things MailChimp Dropbox Impostor Syndrome Tron The Matrix What Next for Design? with Jonathan Ive Ruby on Rails Objective-C SDK Caylee Betts on Twitter React Frank Gehry Pixar Concept Cars Artificial Intelligence Arup Develops 3D Printing Technique for Structural Steel Reality Distortion Field Everything is a Remix Fractals Samuel Mockbee Rural Studio

Cathy Byrd meets artist Jack Sanders at his studio in East Austin. From Cleburne, Texas, Jack studied at Auburn University and the School of Architecture at the University of Texas before he founded his company DesignBuild Adventure. Hear Jack talk about his muse Sam Mockbee and the late architect's Rural Studio program, El Cosmico, and his commitment to slow architecture, storytelling and dreaming. Sound Editor: Leo Madriz  Photo credits noted in captions  Music: Ross Cashiola, Trains in the Grass

Auburn’s Rural Studio in western Alabama draws architectural students into the design and construction of homes and public spaces in some of the poorest counties. They’re creating beautiful and economical structures that are not only unique but nurture sustainability of the natural world as of human dignity.

Auburn’s Rural Studio in western Alabama draws architectural students into the design and construction of homes and public spaces in some of the poorest counties. They’re creating beautiful and economical structures that are not only unique but nurture sustainability of the natural world as of human dignity. In this edition, Krista interviewed Andrew Freear, director of Auburn University’s Rural Studio in western Alabama. Here’s your chance to listen to their entire, unedited conversation and observe the editorial process. And let us know what you think. See more at onbeing.org/program/architecture-decency/66