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Spanning Lines of Longitude and Latitude Discussing University Works Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Escuela de Arquitectura y Estudios Urbanos Triangulation/Ribs Small / Large Inflatables Computer Models II The Room A Lot with Little Virginia Tech, School of Architecture + Design Four Black Boxes and a Beacon: a Theater for Roanoke, Virginia Olympic Village 2016+ Immanence Sculptural object: A House A House for a Farmer and His Dog Plus Requisite Outbuildings Parsons, the New School of Design, School of Constructed Environments Bangkok Market: An Architecture of 3 Ecologies Bangkok Piers Pratunam Pier Bangkok: The Three Ecologies Bridging Ban Krua University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Architecture New York is Not a Place Family Off-Grid Scenarios: Solutions for the Endless City RUBIXtube Collective Nesting: Urban Housing Prototype University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design Montreal: Port/City Automatic Revisited: Fabricating Sustainable Concrete Elements Difference and Innovation in New Housing Typology Edison Redux Hotel Affect-ed Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid A Viewpoint: A Continuous Circuit Tourist Topography in Paraty, Brazil Revitalization of the Southwest of Merida, Yucatán: “Chain-Value” Buildings Musical Acoustics Research & Coordination Institute (M.A.R.C.I.) Flamenco Diffusion Center Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona Recirculation in Terramar University and Student Housing in the Center of Amsterdam Erik Gunnar Asplund’s Stockholm Public Library Expansion “Conservatori del Liceu” Building in El Raval Neighborhood New Topography for “Autòdrom St. Pere de Ribes” ETH Zürich, Faculty of Architecture Office Space Zürich See Hochhaus in Zürich Leutschenbach Concert Hall in Dubrovnik Museum Würth Museum Würth Waseda University, Department of Architecture The Memorial of Jorge Oteiza Standing on the Kawasaki Harbor Jorge Oteiza Museum 2009 Modern Times Museum of Sculptor Jorge Oteiza in Golf Thinly Town: Reversible Landscape of the Underpopulated Village University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Design, Architecture, and Built Environment The Ruins of Modernism Beirut City Sydney Concert Hall The Gap Vehicles of Memory

Introduction

Virginia Tech, School of Architecture + Design

April 5, 2010

Introduction by Kathryn Clarke Albright.

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Virginia Tech, School of Architecture + Design. © Courtesy of Kathryn Clarke Albright.

Mission

The mission of the School of Architecture + Design is to create a setting for the pursuit of theoretical, practical, and productive knowledge, embracing the duality of the education of an individual and the practice of a profession. The School takes a decidedly Modern position towards design and simultaneously seeks to understand the structure of historical development and culture. The School has a long-standing commitment to international and urban studies through the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, the Study Abroad Program, and the University’s Center for European Studies and Architecture.

The objective of the School of Architecture + Design is to produce graduates who will be leaders in their chosen professions and in the communities in which they live. The School seeks to provide a forum that cultivates vigorous dialogue and debate, enriching the interrelations between education and practice

Source: archdesign.vt.edu/about

Introduction

The School of Architecture + Design at Virginia Tech is comprised of four disciplines – architecture, interior design, industrial design and landscape architecture. Lead by Scott Poole, the director since January 2004, the school seeks collaboration among disciplines, integration and application of knowledge from multiple disciplines, and projects that extend our reach beyond the borders of the university.

The projects selected for this publication draw from both its undergraduate and graduate programs. Katie Jones, Rachel Islin, and Iris Lui worked collaboratively on a project within the context of CHICAGO STUDIO, an alternative to the traditional design studio that integrates education and practice for upper level architecture students. Students are situated in offices in Chicago for six weeks of the semester where professionals review and help advance their work.

Jeremy Keagy, Andrew Montgomery, and Matt Sander were three of ten finalists for the PELLA PRIZE that is School’s top recognition for excellence in design for undergraduate thesis. The three proposals reflect the individually defined focus of research, study and formulation made in conjunction with two faculty advisors. Over the course of two semesters students exhibit their work publically in Cowgill lobby three times. The undergraduate faculty selects the top proposals as finalists who must give public presentation to students and faculty.

Meredith Barker received the top award in the graduate program for excellence in thesis. Each graduate student has a committee of advisors he or she works with throughout the year. The graduate faculty makes the selection for this award.

Kathryn Clarke Albright

Students | Projects

Meredith Barker | Four Black Boxes and a Beacon: a Theater for Roanoke, Virginia
Rachel Islin, Katie Jones, and Iris Lui | Olympic Village 2016+
Jeremy Keagy | Immanence
Andrew Montgomery | Sculptural object: A House
Matthew Sander | A House for a Farmer and His Dog Plus Requisite Outbuildings

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Kathryn Clarke Albright

Kathryn Clarke Albright is a professor in the School of Architecture + Design at Virginia Tech, where she teaches undergraduate students at multiple levels of the architecture program. Albright has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Architecture & Urban Studies since 2016. Prior to coming to Virginia Tech, she practiced from 1986 to 1993 in San Francisco as a partner with Solomon, Inc. focusing on urban design and various scales of residential projects. In 1994 she earned a Master of Design Studies from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Albright’s research focuses on the multiple scales of the urban condition that includes work with the Blacksburg Farmers Market. In 2001 she founded, Friends of the Farmers Market, a 501c3 non-profit in Blacksburg and led the efforts that resulted in the 2009 opening of Market Square Park, with its timber-framed pavilion.