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ISSUE 04 I SUMMER 2017
HSANEWSDRURY ARCHITECTURE 2017
HIGHLIGHTS
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FACULTY NEWS
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STUDENT WORK
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ALUMNI UPDATES
DEAN'SGREETING
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Greetings HSA alumni and friends! We
hope you will enjoy this fifth appearance
of HSAnews. The extended size of
the issue reflects its importance in
connecting an alumni community that
now stretches from Springfield across
thirty-six US states and ten foreign
countries. Our current student body is also increasingly diverse in
its geographic origins, with thirteen states and sixteen countries
represented.
The HSA has always looked outward, and is still one of the only
US programs in which all graduates participate in a study-abroad
experience. This summer I was able to help celebrate that vibrant
tradition, as alumni, faculty, and administrators gathered in Aegina to
mark the fifteenth anniversary of the Drury Center in Greece, as well
as the twenty years that have passed since now-emeritus faculty
member Alkis Tsolakis led our first semester-long Greek experience
in Volos. Students have also spent semesters in Denmark, Spain,
and Italy, and countless shorter-term summer trips have also helped
open our eyes to the world.
We also enjoy increasing connections with Chinese schools and
businesses. Founding Director Jay Garrott began a relationship with
Tsinghua University in 2000, taking multiple groups of students to
teach in that school’s English Summer Program. He also spent the
spring 2012 semester at Tsinghua teaching and conducting research
on Beijing’s traditional hutong courtyard-based urban developments.
More recently, collaborations with Chinese practices ARTS Group
and Jianxue Architecture have supported internships and travel for
twenty-two students in four years. These connections have been
facilitated by HSA Architect-in-Residence Yong Huang, who also
teaches at China Academy of Art and leads his own design research
studio based in Hangzhou.
As always, our commitment to international experience is balanced
by intensive investigations of local and regional design challenges,
led by our Center for Community Studies, which has now served over
fifty communities throughout the region. This investment in our own
place is a product of our exposure to other places and cultures as
well as our foundation in the liberal arts and in applied critical and
creative thinking. You’ll see direct evidence of this among the many
exemplary student projects published here.
ROBERT WEDDLE
VIRTUAL REALITY RESEARCH PROJECT
Associate Professor David Beach, along
with HSA alumni Alaa AlRadwan ’15
(former Research Associate with the
MIT SENSEable City Lab) and Brian
Vanne ’16 (HSA Design Fabrication
Coordinator), and Dr. Jessica Snyder of
NASA, are working on a Virtual Reality
project designed to decrease pediatric
patients’ anxiety during hospitalization
for sickle cell pain crisis through the
digital construction of stimulus rich
virtual reality environments. The project
is being developed as a collaborative
effort between the research team
established by Alaa and Drury
University, with students and faculty
from HSA designing the immersive
experiences in VR. The goal of the
project is to assess the effectiveness of
virtual reality experiences as compared
to other activity options for the patient.
Virtual reality is offered as a tool to
complement the child’s therapy and
quantitatively assess its ability to
decrease anxiety using physiological
measurements captured using sensors
in real-time during the study.
DEAN’S VISIT TO CHINA
Professor and Dean Dr. Robert Weddle was invited to China
in early April to represent Drury’s architecture program at
the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, during an exhibition
and symposium celebrating the 10th anniversary of the
CAA’s School of Architecture and of the school’s Xiangshang
campus, designed by CAA architecture Dean and Pritzker
Prize winner Wang Shu and his partner and wife Lu Wenyu.
Dean Weddle spoke in the symposium entitled “Return to
Reality: Architectural Education Leadership Forum,” sharing
Drury’s liberal-arts based model with assembled deans and
directors from around the world. Along with Drury, North
American schools represented were MIT, Penn, Cornell, and
RISD. The visit also included a critique of student work from
the studio of Drury Architect-in-Residence Yong Huang,
who was teaching at CAA during the spring. In addition to
the CAA events, Dean Weddle met in Beijing with leaders of
the Chinese architectural and engineering practice Jianxue,
who this year have hosted HSA interns in their Shanghai and
Hangzhou offices, and have generously sponsored our fifth-
year MARC 520 research studios.
SPACE AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF COMPASSION
As part of the Global Studio course, HSA students studying with Adjunct Instructor
Eleni Katsoufi at the Drury Center in Greece during Spring 2017 critically engaged
the role of architecture and urban design in the improvement of public health.
Researching and working with sites in rapidly changing areas of central Athens,
the students proposed projects that addressed the improvement of urban public
space while introducing a Health Center to the area. The proposals were included
in the exhibition Space and the Architecture of Compassion that took place in the
Michael Cacoyiannis Foundation in Athens in June 2017. Other projects included in
the exhibition were realized by student teams from Coventry University, Neapolis
University, the University of Nicosia, and the Athens and Patras Schools of
Architecture, as well as by recent graduates from Schools of Architecture in Cyprus
and Greece, the Bartlett School of Architecture, the Harvard GSD, the Politecnico
di Milano, and the University of Kent. The exhibition was organized and curated in
association with Compassion, a not-for profit volunteer association that undertakes
actions in Cyprus, Germany and Greece, attempting to define issues of health care
spaces, pain and disease in contexts of socio-urban crisis.
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LIFE INTERRUPTED: ART FOR
SOCIAL CHANGE
The art and work of Professor Nancy
Chikaraishi was the subject and inspi-
ration for “Life Interrupted: Art for So-
cial Change”, a week-long February 2017
multi-disciplinary project that brought
together the Arts, Architecture, Hu-
manities, History and Political Science
departments at Drury; local community
leaders; and the CORE Performance
Company of Atlanta and Houston. The
subject of “Life Interrupted”, the WWII
Japanese-American Internment Camps
in Arkansas, originally part of an earlier
project by Chikaraishi, was expanded,
re-worked, re-presented and debated.
The aim was to bring about awareness
and knowledge of the history of the
Camps, and discuss how similar issues
of racial prejudice, discrimination,
immigration, civil rights violations and
xenophobia are still present, with their
critical study as pertinent today as it
has ever been. Events included a dance
performance and workshop by the
CORE Performance Company at Drury’s
campus, roundtable and panel discus-
sions, and an interactive art installation
and exhibition by Chikaraishi at Drury’s
C-Street Gallery.
IM/PERMANENCE LECTURE SERIES
The 2016-17 HSA Lecture Series, organized by Professor Dr. Saundra Weddle,
explored the theme of permanence and impermanence in architecture, as described
in the series statement:
At least since Vitruvius identified firmitas as one of architecture’s essential qualities,
architects, historians, theorists, and critics have assessed buildings based, at least
in part, on their durability. Today, however, the value and significance of permanence
are contested. In a cultural context that increasingly favors mobility and flux, are
we witnessing the emergence of a paradigm that favors impermanence? How can
architecture and cities reflect and respond to this shift, while remaining meaningful
for generations to come?
Lecturers presenting their work under this theme included Felipe Vera from the
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Santiago, Chile), Peter Kimelman of Flux Foundation
(San Francisco, CA), Frank Jacobus and Marc Manack of SILO AR+D (Fayetteville,
AR), David J. Lewis of LTL Architects (New York, NY), Niall Atkinson from the
University of Chicago (Chicago, IL) and Gena Wirth of SCAPE (New York, NY). The
series’ final two speakers, part of the Librarium series of events and jurors of the
prizes (see p.10), were Josh Harrold of BNIM (Kansas City, MO) and Billie Faircloth of
KieranTimberlake (Philadelphia, PA).
NEW HSA STAFF
Casey Dye and Brian Vanne ’16
joined the HSA staff in the late fall
of 2016. Casey Dye is the School’s
Administrative Assistant, helping to
run the office and market the program.
Casey spent her high school years in
Gardner, Kansas before heading to
Lawrence to study at the University
of Kansas where she graduated
with a degree in Design (emphasis
in Illustration and Animation) and a
Business minor. Her design interests
revolve primarily around storytelling,
whether it’s through illustrating a
fictional story or developing a brand’s
character. Brian Vanne is the School’s
Design Fabrication Coordinator,
overseeing fabrication machinery
as well as software and related
processes involved with operation and
implementation. A Missouri native,
Brian grew up in Mountain Grove, and
graduated from Drury in 2016 with a
Master in Architecture and a Bachelor
of Arts in Fine Arts (Painting). His
professional interests currently focus
on the intersection of digital tools and
implementation, manifesting in work
related to CAD/CAM methodology,
VR technology, and small-scale art
installations.
THE DRURY CENTER IN GREECE @ 15
The Drury Center in Greece (DCG) celebrated its 15th anniversary in July. Alumni
initially joined HSA Professor Emeritus and founding DCG Director Alkis Tsolakis for
a week of site visits in Athens as well as in Volos, where the DCG was based from
2002 to 2011. For the main event on the island of Aegina, home of the DCG since
2011, Drury President Dr. Tim Cloyd and Mrs. Cloyd joined HSA Dean Dr. Robert
Weddle and other Drury faculty and members of the local Drury community in
celebrating the history and continued success of the program. On the sidelines of
the event, DCG Director Eleni Dellagrammaticas and HSA Associate Professor and
former DCG Director Dr. Panos Leventis led a steering committee meeting where
local instructors and current and former faculty and staff of the program had the
chance to discuss with the President the role of the DCG within the University, and
ponder opportunities and ideas for its growth. Since 2002, nearly 1000 students
have participated in semester and short-term programs at the DCG. The semester-
long studies program in Aegina remains a fixture of the HSA educational experience,
emphasizing cultural and community engagement through both curricular and co-
curricular programs and activities.
ARE WE WITNESSING THE EMER-GENCE OF A PARADIGM THAT FAVORS IMPERMANENCE?
D R U R Y A R C H I T E C T U R EBrollyflock!, FLUX Foundation 2011. Photo by Jess Hobbs.
Zoa, FLUX Foundation 2012. Photo by Sidney Erthal.
Poster Design by Frank Norton.
LIBRARIUM2017 EVENTS
LECTURE SERIES
Wednesday
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10/14Wednesday
10/26
Felipe VeraUniversidad Adolfo IbáñezSantiago, Chile
Peter KimelmanFlux FoundationSan Francisco, California
Frank Jacobus and Marc ManackSILO AR+DFayetteville, Arkansas and Charlotte, North Carolina
Thursday
5/4Friday
5/5
Josh Harrold ’02BNIMKansas City, Missouri[4:00 P.M.]
Billie FairclothKieranTimberlakePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania[1:00 P.M.]
At least since Vitruvius identified firmitas as one of architecture’s essential qualities, architects, historians, theorists, and critics have assessed buildings based, at least in part, on their durability. Today, however, the value and significance of permanence are contested. In a cultural context that increasingly favors mobility and flux, are we witnessing the emergence of a paradigm that favors impermanence? How can architecture and cities reflect and respond to this shift, while remaining meaningful for generations to come?
FALL
Friday
2/10Friday
3/24Wednesday
4/12
David J. LewisLTL ArchitectsNew York, New York
Niall AtkinsonUniversity of ChicagoChicago, Illinois
Gena WirthSCAPENew York, New York
SPRING
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FACULTYNEWSFollowing a national search, the National Architectural
Accrediting Board (NAAB) has selected HSA Professor
Emeritus and former Director Michael J. Buono FAIA
to serve as an Evaluator for the Education Evaluation
Service for Architects (EESA). Evaluators complete an
independent, objective evaluation of an individual’s
education credentials against the NCARB Education
Standard in order to determine whether he/she meets
the education requirement for an NCARB Certificate
or registration in a U.S. Jurisdiction. Occasionally
evaluators are asked to recommend policy changes
for EESA, to contribute to the NCARB Education
Committee’s deliberations on matters related to
the NCARB education requirement, or to contribute
to the ongoing dialogue within the NAAB regarding
continuous improvement to EESA processes.
In fall 2016, Professor Dr. Saundra Weddle collaborated
with co-editor AnnMarie Brennan (Melbourne School
of Design) to produce a special issue of the Journal of
Architectural Education, a peer-reviewed publication of
the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
The published articles focused on topics related to
architecture as a key actor in creating social and
political change. This academic year also saw the
publication of two articles on Weddle’s research of
Venetian convent architecture: “Domus Humilis: The
Conversion of Venetian Convent Architecture and
Identity,” in Conversions: Gender and religious change
in early modern Europe (eds. Helen Smith and Simon
Ditchfield, University of Manchester Press), and “’Tis
Better to Give than to Receive: Client-Patronage
Exchange and its Architectural Implications at
Florentine Convents,” in Studies on Florence and the
Italian Renaissance in Honour of F. W. Kent (eds. Cecilia
Hewlett and Peter Howard, Brepols).
Associate Professor and Associate Dean Dr. Karen Spence published the book chapter “Presence and
Absence” in Shadow Patterns: Reflections on Fay
Jones and his Architecture, edited by Jeff Shannon
(University of Arkansas Press, 2017). “Presence and
Absence” offers a phenomenological interpretation of
Jones’ Thorncrown and Cooper Chapels: Heidegger’s
phenomenology describes a thing as “present”
because it creates a new insight, showing something
familiar in an unfamiliar way; simultaneously, a thing
is “absent” when it disappears into its utilitarian
role. Jones’ chapels demonstrate these qualities, as
their structures awaken associations to histories and
contexts while quietly attending to functions. Other
authors in Shadow Patterns include Robert Ivy, Robert
McCarter and Juhani Pallasmaa.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office
issued a second patent to Assistant Professor Gerard Nadeau (# US 9,546,478) on January 17th, 2017. The
new patent is a continuation of the previous one (# US
8,833,000) named “Continuous Tension, Discontinuous
Compression Systems and Methods.” Nadeau’s work
continues to focus on form-finding methodologies
in design, and especially on the development of
types of self-supporting lattice structures known
as “tensegrity” structures. The new patent includes
small changes to the language of the original one,
significantly enlarging the range of similar structures
covered by the joint patents.
MARSHALL ARNE
Associate Professor Marshall Arne
has been working on a design for
a neighborhood Bocce Ball court
behind the Cherry Picker cafe, on
the corner of Pickwick and Cherry
Streets in Springfield’s Rountree
neighborhood. Arne, along with HSA
Dean Dr. Robert Weddle and Drury
Professor Dr. Jeff Vandenberg, met
in early 2016 with Tom Billionis,
then the owner of Cherry Picker,
about creating the Bocce court.
When Billionis tragically passed
away in the summer of 2016, the
project became more of a memorial
for Billionis and his legacy of
urban rejuvenation. Working with
Josh Widner, Billionis’ partner
at Cherry Picker, and Michelle
Billionis, Arne completed the design
and construction documents.
It is planned for the court to be
inaugurated before the end of 2017.
BRUCE MOORE
Professor and former HSA Associate
Director Bruce Moore continues
to provide regular acoustic
consultation and forensic code and
standard consultation, working
with local and regional firms. Moore
has most recently been acoustical
consultant on two projects with
Dake Wells Architecture, Reeds
Spring Middle School and Carrie’s
Café in Pummill Hall at Missouri
State University. Moore is currently
on the design team for a major
redesign and sanctuary addition
to Northside Christian Church with
Hood Rich Architects.
KEITH HEDGES
Associate Professor Keith Hedges is the editor-in-chief of the new 688-page
student edition of Architectural Graphic Standards (12th Edition), published by
John Wiley in April 2017. The student edition of AGS condenses information from
the professional edition, which has sold over a million copies since its first release
in 1932, in order to provide students with a powerful learning resource. Covering
design and documentation for a variety of projects, AGS offers extensive visuals and
expert discussion to prepare students for work in a modern professional practice.
This updated edition provides the latest information on significant architectural
developments and movements, and offers detailed coverage of sustainability,
economy and technology, alongside current building standards and best practices.
The companion website includes instructional material such as sample curricula,
student exercises, and classroom projects which Hedges developed.
YONG HUANG
HSA Architect-in-Residence Yong Huang, along with design assistants Chenglang
Xia, Sunny Hu and Adam Brillhart, designed the Experience Mathematics Center
of Su Buqing, an interactive learning and exhibition center that celebrates the
research of a distinguished 20th century mathematician and educator. The building
is located in Su Buqing’s hometown in historic Pingyang County of Zhejiang
Province in southern China. In a crop field at the entrance to the town’s main
street, the building is surrounded by layers of mountains. Situated between the
edge of the town and the rural landscape, the building is designed as a cluster of
small houses, mediating the scales of the town and the mountains. The structural
form is generated by a series of parabolic and hyperbolic shapes, which manifest
Su Buqing’s main contribution to mathematics – the conic curves and affine
differential geometry. The goal is for the dynamic spatial experience of the building
to dramatically enhance visitor interaction with the exhibition, and promote the
culture of mathematics research and education.
PANOS LEVENTIS
Associate Professor and International
Studies Coordinator Dr. Panos Leventis
continued his work on contemporary
urban issues in the context of multiple
crises with two publications: For the
review titled “Learning from Athens:
Austerity and Crisis Urbanism(s)”
published in the Journal of
Architectural Education in August 2016,
Leventis reviewed three edited volumes
on the so-called financial crisis ripping
apart the social and urban fabric of not
only Athens but of a number of cities
around Europe and beyond. In January
2017, his chapter titled “Dead ends and
urban insignias: Writing street art (hi)-
stories along the U.N. buffer zone in
Nicosia”, dealing with an urban context
ravaged by war and governed by forced
spatial divisions, was published in the
volume Graffiti and Street Art: Reading,
Writing and Representing the City,
edited by Konstaninos Avramidis and
Myrto Tsilimpounidi and published by
Routledge.
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Professor and Director of the HSA Design-Build
Program Traci Sooter is now a regular contributor to
The Nature of Cities (TNOC), an online interdisciplinary
platform that aims to share diverse and transformative
ideas about cities as ecosystems of people, nature, and
infrastructure, working as/for “many voices, greener
cities, better cities.” Sooter’s latest contribution to
TNOC was titled “Response and Recovery After the
Deadliest United States Tornado in a Century” and
described the aftermath, organization, and design
response to the May 22nd, 2011 tornado catastrophe in
Joplin, Missouri.
In May 2017 Professor and Dean Dr. Robert Weddle
appeared on the Ozarks Public Television program
“Sense of Community,” participating in a round table
discussion on the importance of innovation for the
Springfield community and region. Dean Weddle
discussed the vital role of the HSA and the ways
architecture education can provide a model for
fostering and teaching innovation.
Associate Professor and International Studies
Coordinator Dr. Panos Leventis continued his research
on medieval and renaissance urbanism in Famagusta,
Cyprus, with a public lecture titled “Medieval and
Renaissance Famagusta: Place, Architecture and Urban
Experience” given at the Cultural Center of the Embassy
of Cyprus in Athens in October 2016, and a paper titled
“Revisiting Multiplicity: Famagusta and Late Medieval
Urban Models in the Eastern Mediterranean” given at
the conference “Melusine of Cyprus.” Studies in Honor
of Annemarie Weyl Carr in May 2017. Additionally, a
chapter titled “Fragmentation and Unity: Episodes in
the Urban Topography of Famagusta” is included in a
book on the medieval and renaissance history of the city
to be released by Brepols.
Professor, former HSA Director, and HSA Center for
Community Studies Director Jay Garrott gave the
case-study presentation “The Kitchen Inc. Campus
Redevelopment: A Public-Private Partnership in
Community Planning” at the 2017 joint conference
of the Community Development Society (CDS) and
the National Association of Community Development
Extension Professionals (NACDEP), which took place
from June 11-14 in Big Sky, Montana. The presentation
displayed the design process and results of the
Spring 2016 Community Studio project, undertaken
at the request of The Kitchen Inc., for the redesign
of a 3.5-acre site at the Commercial Street Historic
District of Springfield, MO, a property containing 8
historically diverse structures. The presentation was
co-authored by HSA Center for Community Studies
collaborator Jeff Barber.
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SAUNDRA WEDDLE
In spring 2017, Professor Dr. Saundra Weddle enjoyed a part-time appointment
as Visiting Professor in the Sam Fox School of Visual Arts & Design at
Washington University in Saint Louis. In collaboration with Daniel Bornstein,
Professor of History and Religious Studies and Stella K. Darrow, Professor
of Catholic Studies, she is the recipient of a grant from the Andrew Mellon
Foundation for a project entitled Technologies of Segregation in Italian
Renaissance Cities, in association with WUSTL’s Divided City Initiative. The
project focuses on the cities of Cortona and Venice, whose differences of
geography, history, and scale offer revealing test cases for how the natural and
built environment reflected and shaped social differentiation in pre-modern
Italian cities. For Venice, Weddle will demonstrate how legal and administrative
systems of social segregation responded to perceived threats to the desired
equilibrium and found expression in architectural and urban forms. Institutional
examples include the Jewish ghetto; dedicated living and storage spaces for
foreign merchants; the public brothel; hospices for laywomen; and hospitals.
These will inform a particular focus on the forced confinement of upper-class
women in convents, with attention on specific technologies of segregation:
patterns of convent foundation and development, conventions of building
form and function, patronage networks, and the influence exerted by civic and
religious authorities. The project will involve two symposia at WUSTL during
the 2017-18 academic year, bringing together American, Italian, and Canadian
scholars to explore the opportunities and challenges of working with emerging
technologies in relation to themes of identity and urban space.
MAURIZIO SABINI
Professor and former Director Dr. Maurizio Sabini is the editor of The Plan Journal
(TPJ), a new publication that intends to disseminate and promote innovative,
thought-provoking and relevant research, studies and criticism in architecture,
design and urbanism, with contributions selected on innovation, clarity of purpose
and method, and potential transformational impact on disciplinary fields or the
broader socio-cultural context. The ultimate purpose of the TPJ is to enrich the
dialog between research and professional fields, in order to encourage both
applicable new knowledge and intellectually driven modes of practice.
The first themed issue of the TPJ, “Design for Social Impact”, offers an opportunity
for reflection on what has already become a fundamental and integral aspect of
our practice and research. Sabini hopes that this issue of TPJ can help readers
appreciate how architectural and urban design intelligence, if properly stretched,
can still make a difference in the world.
ALKIS TSOLAKIS
Professor Emeritus Alkis Tsolakis, currently Dean of the College of Art and Design
at Louisiana State University, was selected for induction into the French Republic’s
prestigious Ordre des Palmes Academiques, an award that recognizes both
foreigners and French citizens living abroad who promote French education and
culture. The Order of the French Academic Palms was founded by Napoleon in 1808
to honor educators and is the oldest non-military decoration of the French Republic.
Awarded by the Prime Minister of France upon the recommendation of the Minister
of Education to outstanding members of the university community, induction in the
Order recognizes the significant contributions of teachers through their teaching,
scholarship and leadership over the course of their careers.
KAREN SPENCE
Associate Professor and Associate
Dean Dr. Karen Spence published the
book A Primer on Theory in Architecture
(Routledge, 2017). Spence believes that
many books on theory in architecture
assume a basic understanding of
the subject—yet this assumption
diminishes the power and use of theory
by both students and professionals.
A Primer on Theory in Architecture
addresses this by focusing on a
primary explanation of what theory
is and how it operates. By defining
theory and examining how it relates
to other subjects such as history,
design and criticism, these areas and
the connections between them gain
clarity. The book explores the influence
of different viewpoints, thus aiding in
developing a greater transparency of
these works. Examples from well-known
sources demonstrate the discussion,
allowing readers to understand how to
recognize the elements, characteristics
and views within the writings.
GERARD NADEAU
Assistant Professor Gerard Nadeau was a recipient of this year’s Creative
Achievement Award at the 2017 Conference of the Association of Collegiate
School of Architecture (ACSA) in Detroit, Michigan. Nadeau received this award
for the collaborative “Art of Space” project that he initiated and spearheaded
during his years at HSA. The ACSA Creative Achievement Award recognizes
“a specific creative achievement in teaching, design, scholarship, research or
service that advances architectural education”. The other two recipients of
2017 ACSA Creative Achievement Awards were Lydia Kallipoliti of Rensselaer
Polytechnic and Alexander Eisenschmidt of U. of Illinois Chicago.
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BRANDON ROELLIG Librarium Winner: Top Thesis Project
“Reclaiming Place: Architectural Translations of Identity” | Klaksvík, Faroe Islands
MARC 557: Senior Seminar, Fall 2016 | MARC 521: Architectural Design X (Thesis), Spring 2017
Saundra Weddle, Seminar Instructor | Panos Leventis, Studio Instructor
STUDENTWORK
The HSA’s annual Librarium Exhibition
and Award event was first held at
the end of the 2003-2004 academic
year. Studio faculty nominate student
projects for an end-of-year exhibition
of exemplary student work. A jury
consisting of a distinguished HSA
alumna or alumnus, as well as a
celebrated outside professional or
academic, assesses the work over the
last two days of the spring semester.
Initially, one winning project was
selected from across the final three
years of the program and announced
following a public lecture on the
final day of the academic year. In
recent years, the Librarium awards
program has been expanded to include
recognitions for the most distinguished
5th-year Thesis Project, 4th-year
Comprehensive Studio Project, and
a third project drawn from a group of
at-large entries. Winning students
are awarded gift certificates from
William Stout Architectural Books in
San Francisco, evidencing the faculty’s
continuing belief in the importance
of professional libraries for students
and emerging practitioners. This year,
the Librarium events were held on May
4th and 5th, with the jury consisting
of Billie Faircloth of KieranTimberlake
(Philadelphia, PA) and Josh Harrold ’02
of BNIM (Kansas City, MO).
In an era of global homogenization, meaningful places of exchange that communicate history and daily
rituals must be established to maintain the relationship between culture, place, and geography. Wishing
to evidence that cultural identity is generated from the physical setting, activities, and meanings that
characterize place, this project proposes an interactive historical archive and performance space in the
seafront core of Klaksvík, with auxiliary docks for cultural activities along the urban waterfront.
GARRETT GRELLE Librarium Winner: Top At-Large Project
“Art Vessel” | Venice, Italy ARCH 418: Architectural Design VII
(Urban Context), Fall 2016
Robert Weddle, Studio Instructor
The longevity of buildings implies permanence,
and completed buildings are often understood and
experienced as immutable realities. The goal of
this project is to instead present the transience
of buildings by proposing a floating pavilion to
host installations for the Venice Biennale. The
pavilion moves from the apparently solid and
permanent to the unstable and temporary. It is
entered on floating trays of broken material, and is
constructed with an external frame of paper tubes
and a translucent paper skin.
COLE ROBERTS Librarium Winner: Top Comprehensive Studio Project
“Drury University Teaching Theater” | Springfield, Missouri
MARC 519: Architectural Design VIII (Comprehensive Studio), Spring 2017
Bruce Moore, Studio Instructor
This proposal arranges the programmatic requirements into three major components and organizes them on a linear circulation and composition that allows for
optimal campus accessibility and connectivity. The building seeks to provide functionality and ease for campus users during the day, while, during evening events
and productions, the visitors experience a multi-sensory interaction with form, light, texture and space.
LIBRARIUM AWARDS
J O S H H A R R O L D
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QUOC HUYNH
“Under the Shadow” | Berlin, Germany | Honorable Mention Archasm Competition “Schools Without Classrooms” | 2017 Team: Quoc Huynh, Huy Pham HSA student Quoc Huynh collaborated with a friend on Archasm’s “Schools
Without Classrooms” competition that run from April to June 2017.
Archasm is a website devoted to sponsoring and publishing the results
of international architectural competitions. The projects were to be sited
at Berlin’s Tempelhof Feld on an area of 9840 square meters, of which
a maximum 8000 square meters could be built. Entrants were asked to
ponder an age where learning was “not systemized, but optimized,” to
reconsider the type of schooling environments, and to more meaningfully
incorporate environment and landscape into this new type. Quoc’s entry,
centered on modular designs inspired by nature while using contemporary
science and technology, was awarded an Honorable Mention out of a total
of 406 international entries. Three projects were awarded top prizes and 10
were awarded honorable mentions.
ACCOLADES
ABIGAEL WELLER “Manifest: Community Organization” | Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
MARC 557: Senior Seminar, Fall 2016 | MARC 521:
Architectural Design X (Thesis), Spring 2017
Saundra Weddle, Seminar Instructor | Panos
Leventis, Studio Instructor
This proposal serves as a design example of
organizational cycles within racially and socially
segregated cities. The program includes meeting
spaces, learning labs, galleries, green spaces
and a transit hub to provide opportunities
for both individuals and collectives to reflect,
research, recruit, act and react to sociopolitical
injustices. The main programmatic elements are
arranged along a meandering pedestrian corridor,
encouraging the public to engage with the social
and constructed context.
J.R. MCCLELLAND “Usono Tower” | Belleview, Washington | Librarium-nominated project
MARC 520: Architectural Design IX (Exploration), Fall 2016
Marshall Arne, Studio Instructor
The proposal for Usono Tower is an interpretation of a farming community vertically allocated to a single
building in a suburban neighborhood of Bellevue. The highrise building creates less of an impact on the
surrounding context by being an arrangement of residential units with adjacent hydroponic agriculture.
Units are vertically inter-connected via a network of retail and green spaces.
ETHAN KAPLAN “Philoxenia II: Refugee Housing at the Athens Central Train Station” | Athens, Greece |
Librarium-nominated project
ARCH 418: Architectural Design VII (Urban Context), Fall 2016
Panos Leventis, Studio Instructor
While accommodating close to 1,000 refugees, this proposal investigates a new form of urban
infrastructure in a hybrid, multi-use linear design. Rather than interfacing with the city at functional
points, the design offers an integrated model, one that includes rail depots and cargo storage. Further
investigating the idea of architecture as topography, the design ponders possibilities for configuring new
types of infrastructure in dense urban environments.
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BRANDON BISKUP “Remembrance Garden, Hazelwood Cemetery
Visioning Project” | Springfield, Missouri
ARCH 417: Architectural Design VI (Community
Studies), Spring 2017
Jay Garrott, Studio Instructor
Part of a comprehensive group study of
Springfield’s Hazelwood Cemetery, the proposed
Remembrance Garden removes the public-works
facilities currently located along the cemetery’s
western edge, replacing these disruptive
functions with dignified spaces dedicated to
tranquil reflection. The new area would house a
military memorial, scatter garden, columbarium,
and covered pavilion.
COLLIN TUCKER “Biennial Exhibition and Pedestrian Bridge" |
Chicago, Illinois | Librarium-nominated project
ARCH 315: Architectural Design V (Synthesis),
Fall 2016
Maurizio Sabini, Studio Instructor
A vertical expression of the programmatic
separation guides the design of this proposal,
which, rather than imposing on the site, extends
the topography over much of the building. The
exhibition spaces are organized at the upper level,
above ground, over slender supporting columns.
Two open courtyards allow secondary access,
give light to the lower/underground program, and
lead to the library and cafeteria. The pedestrian
bridge arches across the freeway and connects
the project to the city.
LI LI LIU “Exploring the Past to Envision the Future” |
Beijing, China
MARC 557: Senior Seminar, Fall 2016 | MARC 521:
Architectural Design X (Thesis), Spring 2017
Maurizio Sabini, Seminar and Studio Instructor
This project approaches Chinese heritage and
interprets traditional architecture by offering
new definitions and possibilities to the concepts
of locality and preservation. A hybrid library
and cultural center is inserted in the fabric
of central Beijing. While the design approach
looks to the future of media and information
centers, typological and structural references
to the region’s cultural and built heritage are
emphasized and maintained.
BLAKE MOONEY “Flood-Resilient Housing” | multiple locations,
Louisiana | Librarium-nominated project
MARC 557: Senior Seminar, Fall 2016 | MARC 521:
Architectural Design X (Thesis), Spring 2017
Maurizio Sabini, Seminar and Studio Instructor
This project proposes various designs and
typologies of flood-resilient housing for Louisiana
areas that are susceptible to flooding. As flat,
low-lying topographies riddled with waterways
are highly prone to flooding, and weather patterns
such as hurricanes and heavy rainfall intensify
flood phenomena, the proposals address needs
of varying size and specificities based on existing
local typologies and regional inhabitation
models.types of infrastructure in dense urban
environments.
MEAGAN LEY “School for Sculpture” | Chicago, Illinois | Librarium-nominated project
ARCH 315: Architectural Design V (Synthesis), Fall 2016
David Beach, Studio Instructor
Housing two educators, their art studio, and classrooms, School for Sculpture, at Lake Shore Park in Chicago, blends art with park.
Blade wall structural frames define the building’s and outdoor sculpture gallery’s spaces and functions. Translucent panels move
to diffuse direct sunlight and views in while ever-changing the façade’s profile, but when shading or privacy is nonessential, panels
can be arranged for one’s own architectural expression.types of infrastructure in dense urban environments.
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MICAELA LOPEZ “School for Sculpture” | Chicago, Illinois |
Librarium-nominated project
ARCH 315: Architectural Design V (Synthesis),
Fall 2016
David Beach, Studio Instructor
Located in Lake Shore Park, the sculpture school
and park culturally and recreationally enriches
this already active community hub. By emerging
from the land and connecting to the Lake Shore
Trail, the horizontal edge it creates contrasts
with the vertical urban landscape and becomes a
lakeshore landmark for both the area locally and
the Chicago urban region.
BRYAN WILLIAMS “Drury University Teaching Theater” | Springfield, Missouri | Librarium-nominated project
MARC 519: Architectural Design VIII (Comprehensive Studio), Spring 2017
Bruce Moore, Studio Instructor
A new performing arts center on a liberal arts campus warrants numerous opportunities. This design proposes new formal and visual identities for the Drury
community. Simultaneously, reaching beyond its primary functions via physical, volumetric and programmatic connections, the building serves the broader,
regional community with evening and weekend events.
COLTON CONNOR “Drury University Teaching Theater” | Springfield,
Missouri | Librarium-nominated project
MARC 519: Architectural Design VIII
(Comprehensive Studio), Spring 2017
Traci Sooter, Studio Instructor
Identifying various groups of users from both the
Drury community and the city, the building and
the site were designed as per the Vision 2020
plans to expand the Jordan River valley into and
though the southeast corner of campus. The
project thus connects to the expanded park,
while simultaneously maintaining direct access
to the university and Drury Lane. The indoor
formal theater, classrooms and support spaces,
and the proposed outdoor entertainment space,
thus become part of a unified academic/urban
narrative.
VICTORIA ZIEGLER “Occupy 2020: Support for Social Reform” |
Washington, DC | Librarium-nominated project
MARC 557: Senior Seminar, Fall 2016 | MARC 521:
Architectural Design X (Thesis), Spring 2017
Saundra Weddle, Seminar Instructor | Maurizio
Sabini, Studio Instructor
This project proposes a hub for a number of
Occupy platforms. Acting as a support system
for present and future protest, the hub provides
necessary programmatic spaces for the
movements to better communicate their agenda,
to expand and to grow. Within today's socio-
politically charged atmosphere, the proposal
allows for users to better organize their struggle
and mobilize support for urban and social change.
SARAH WATTS “Detoxing the Machine: Bronx Transfer Station” | New York, New York | Librarium-nominated project
MARC 520: Architectural Design IX (Exploration), Fall 2016
Yong Huang, Studio Instructor
This proposal for the Bronx Metropolitan Transfer Station hopes to inspire an awareness of the
environmental and psychological toxins humans dwell in, including but not limited to chemical
alterations and exposure, contaminations, depression, emotional trauma and self-doubt. On an 80 x 100
foot site, the project houses and uses the process of phytomediation – a natural process of absorbing
toxic metals from contaminated soil into the leaves of a hyperaccumulator plant – to achieve its goals.
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ALUMNIUPDATESJason Dale Pierce ’00 accepted a new position as Architectural Discipline Director at Jacobs in St. Louis, following a 10-year tenure at HOK. Jay Reeves ’00 is now an Architect on the staff of St Louis based architecture and design firm SPACE, following his tenure as Director of Design at Bond Architects, also in St Louis. Ryan King ’01 is now Regional Director for the St Louis offices of BSA LifeStructures. Ryan has been with BSA LifeStructures since 2011, initially as Project Architect, and later as Director of Architecture. Jody Adoo ’03, along with his decade-long tenure at Ellerbe Becket (as of 2009 part of the AECOM group) in Washington DC, has also become the CEO of OSINI in his home country of Ghana. John D’Agostino ’03 is now Associate Principal at Davies Collaborative in the greater St Louis area. John has been part of Davies Collaborative since 2014. Daniel Madryga ’05 was Associate Editor of 2015 Competitions Annual, published in 2016 by The Competition Project. Sarah (Barb) Joos ’06 accepted a new position as Architect at CORE Construction. CORE maintains 14 regional offices in seven states, and Sarah is based in their Molton, Illinois office. Lalima Chemjong ’07 accepted a new position as Architectural Designer at CannonDesign in St Louis, Missouri. Craig Culbertson ’08 is now Base Operating Support Program Manager at Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Norfolk, Virginia. Rohit Handa ’10 accepted a new position at Holo-Blok Architecture & Planning in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Kuleya Bruce ’11 is back in Springfield, working at Buddy Webb & Company. Daniel Renner ’11 accepted a new position as Architect with Olson Kundig in Seattle, Washington. Devon Sides ’12 is now Project Architect at Core States Group in Rogers, Arkansas. Chris Schupp ’13 is now designer at NSPJ Architects in Prairie Village, Kansas. Paden Chambers ’14 of nForm Architecture gave a lecture titled Bissman’s Springfield: A Study of Precedent and Place at the Springfield Art Museum, inaugurating the Bissman Homes Tour benefiting the restoration of the Maple Park Gazebo in Springfield. Alaa AlRadwan ’15 accepted a new position as Architect at Aghanim Industries in Kuwait City, Kuwait, following a two-year tenure as Research Fellow at MIT. Bader AlShawaf ’15 is now Architect at AGi Architects in Kuwait City, Kuwait, following an intership at BDP Design Partnership in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Mikhail (Misha) Digman ’15 accepted a new position at Trivers Associates in St Louis.
D E S I G N S T U D I O R E V I E W E R S
Many thanks to the following alumni, their employers, and other professionals who participated in design studio reviews and various educational activities at HSA during the 2016-17 academic year:
Bates & Associates (Springfield, MO)Rich Conyers ’15
Butler, Rosenbury & Partners (Springfield, MO)Laura Daughtry ’02Nate Hay ’13Layne Hunton ’12Chris Swan ’98
Buxton, Kubik and Dodd (Springfield, MO)John Luce ’95Jon Nuessle ’15
Casey (Springfield, MO)Ben Hall ’12
Dake Wells (Springfield, MO)Shane Algiere ’10Cara Collins ’12Kirk Dillon ’10Jason Hainline ’97Bethany Henry ’08Matt Thornton ’04Andrew Wells ’91Amy (Ehlers) Wiley ’09
[Freelance]Drew Kemp-Baird ’14
Hood Rich (Springfield, MO)Nick Beishir ’13Billy Kimmons ’99
Jacobs Engineering (St Louis, MO)Laura (Gaska) Vierrether ’11
Missouri State University – Planning, Design, and Construction (Springfield, MO)Mark Wheeler ’01
nForm (Springfield, MO)Paden Chambers ’14Danielle Clay ’12Stephanie Shadwick ’05Travis Tindall ’06
Paragon (Springfield, MO)Nathan Burkholder ’14Brad ErwinAlex Mosby ’12Josh Warren ’15Kirsten Whitehead ’14
Sapp Design (Springfield, MO)Kristi Beattie ’04Devon Burke ’13Julia Hartman ’16 (now with DRAW, Kansas City, MO)Brandon White ’16
SFS (Kansas City, MO)Shane Fowler ’07
Tarlton (St Louis, MO)Micah Gray ’12
V Three Studios (St Louis, MO)Luke Pulliam ’07
HSA’s biennial recognition of exemplary design work resulted in five winning projects out
of over twenty submitted. Projects were juried in March at the offices of Wheeler Kearns
Architects in Chicago. Head juror Dan Wheeler, FAIA was assisted by Patricia Saldaña Natke,
AIA (UrbanWorks, Ltd.) and Andrew Metter, FAIA (Andy Metter Studio).
2017 HSA ALUMNI DESIGN AWARDS
Merit Award “Hope Pavilion” (Wake Forest, North Carolina)
John Whitaker ’07, Design Team Member
Honor Award “Davis-Harrington Welcome Center” (Springfield,Missouri)
DAKE WELLS ARCHITECTURE Andrew Wells ’91, Lead Designer
Mark Wheeler ’01, Bethany (Kehlenbrink) Henry ’08, Cara Collins ’12, Design Team Members
Honor Award “Rudisill Multi-Use Development”
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
John Whitaker ’07, Matthew Kempf ’10, Design Team Members
Honor Award “North Transfer Station” (Seattle, Washington)
MAHLUM ARCHITECTS Luke Pulliam ’07, Lead Designer
Merit Award for Interiors “Pummill Hall” (Springfield, Missouri)
DAKE WELLS ARCHITECTURE Andrew Wells ’91, Lead Designer
Jason Hainline ’97, Amy (Ehlers) Wiley ’09, Monica Stegall ’08, Design Team Members
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BUTT JOINT GLAZIERS AND THE BJG SCHOLARSHIPBY JULIE SPENGLER ’94
In mid-August of 1989, the Nintendo Gameboy had just been
released, the Berlin Wall was about to be toppled, and a group of
60 or so college freshmen met for the first time in the basement
of the FSC Commons at Drury College. At that time, the basement
was known as the Rathskeller, and it was where first, second and
third year architecture students were given drafting desks to work
throughout the year. The fourth and fifth year students were in a
building called Harwood Hall, which was located where the Olin
Library now stands. The freshman class was a diverse group - some
were older, even married with children, some were from states and
countries far removed from the Midwest. But the bond that formed in
that musky basement - with its fireplace and conversation pit - was
oddly instantaneous. By the fall of 1990, the Hammons School of
Architecture was completed and ready for student occupation. The
bare concrete floors with ‘tombstone’ electrical outlets were a cold
change from the warm brick walls of the Rathskeller. On the first day
of classes, we found we had lost about half our number and were
down to a slim 32 students in second year studio. The professors told
us it would get even smaller.
They were right. By fourth year, the class of ’94 was down to a sparse
17. But as the class size got smaller, our group grew tighter. There
were barbecues on the roof, Wiffleball games in the auditorium, and
late night food runs to blow off steam. We would post inane topics
THE BJGS IN FLORENCE DURING THEIR STUDY
ABROAD TRAVELS (1992)
and lists on the class dry erase board, encouraging anyone to add
something funny or enlightening. Those who were stronger in design
concepts helped those who were lacking. Study groups were held
for Physics and Structures. We didn't compete with each other. We
encouraged each other. Arguments would arise now and again, but
some fresh air and a little time healed everything. We became more
like siblings than classmates. We ended up with a graduating class
of 16 students. The missing 4th year classmate was Garen Miller,
who had taken the year off to go to Washington DC and serve as
national president of the AIAS. We still claim him, even though he
graduated in 1995. While we parted ways in 1994, taking up jobs in
various cities and states, we never grew apart. The new technological
miracle of personal email enabled us to stay in touch with updates on
jobs, marriages and children. We still often travel individually to visit
each other, and try to have a group reunion every few years. Our last
reunion in 2014 was attended by 12 of the 17 of us. Plans are already
in motion for our 25th reunion in 2019.
The obvious absurdity of the name “Butt Joint Glaziers” comes from
serendipitous timing in the fall semester of our 5th year. We had a list
(on the dry erase board, of course) of possible nicknames for our class
as we found “5th Year” and “Class of 94” to be too pedestrian - we
deserved better. “Alkis and the Charrettes” was leading at the time,
with something to do with grout being a close second. We had a guest
lecturer with a topic that included indoor mall storefronts. The man
kept saying “butt joint glazing” over and over. Our nickname search
was done. We doubt that much else was learned from that lecture
other than that sophomoric term - a glazing method some of us have
actually used over the years with great success and good aesthetic
Around 1996, the idea of the scholarship was circulated in the group.
The response was enthusiastic and soon the paperwork was filed
with Drury bearing the name “BJG Scholarship” - as our actual class
name was, not surprisingly, seen as immature. We all gave what we
could during the first few years. We never pushed for donations. If one
couldn’t give for a year, or did not feel comfortable giving, somebody
else would help out. We always managed to provide something to give.
A few of us would travel to Springfield on the day of the Bug Boil and
formally present the award to the recipient. When we couldn’t make
the presentation, Bruce Moore stepped in to help - ensuring that
students were aware of the scholarship’s existence, and presenting
the award. The alumni office eventually contacted us to suggest that
we formalize the scholarship, as it seemed to have found a foothold.
They suggested we turn it into a general HSA alumni scholarship, for
all classes to donate towards. As always, The Glaziers discussed this
as a group. We felt that if Drury wanted a general HSA scholarship,
then Drury could create one on their own. There was no need to
change what we had built. This was our legacy.
During later years the scholarship was somewhat overshadowed by
other events in our lives, with donations becoming minimal as our
attentions focused on careers and families. In 2013 the alumni office
contacted us again, this time suggesting changing the scholarship to
an endowed type. As always, we discussed this as a group and agreed
to take the chance to make it endowed, understanding that this
change required significant financial commitment. We don’t know
the amounts that were individually donated to make this happen, but
it did happen, and that is what is important. Most likely some of us
donated larger amounts consistently, year after year. Certainly the
rest of us continued to donate as well, when we could. And just like
in our HSA years, we came together as a class and achieved this. We
are proud that this scholarship exists and still bears our name. It is a
living testament to the unique nature of The HSA Class of 1994 a.k.a.
The Butt Joint Glaziers.
THE BJGS DURING THEIR 15-YEAR REUNION (2009)
results. Alkis was our professor that semester and once he started
calling us “The Glaziers” - in that deep Greek tone - it was a done
deal. We officially became The Butt Joint Glaziers.
The Butt Joint Glaziers (BJG) Scholarship was started because so
many of us came from families of modest means. Studying abroad
was (and still is) a requirement in order to graduate from HSA.
We were surprised that, at that time, Drury did not have financial
assistance for a required study abroad. There were several grants for
students who elected to study abroad, but they were very specific
in nature and few, if any, applied to our needs. Many of us took out
loans and scraped money together to participate. A small group of us
discussed this issue as students, and decided that we did not want
those coming after us to have to undergo similar financial hardships
and lack of options. We agreed that once we graduated and got our
feet on the ground, we would start a scholarship dedicated solely
to HSA Study Abroad - knowing that even a marginal sum would be
helpful to future students.
THE BJGS IN THE HSA FIFTH-YEAR STUDIO (1993):
First Row L to R: Brad Place, Greg Meyer
Second Row L to R: Shelly (McDonough) Bear, Craig Aossey, Dana (Cloud) Gould
Third Row L to R: Alkis Tsolakis (sitting), Eric Shaver, Julie Spengler
Fourth Row L to R: Dave Horst (standing), Gopal Shrestha, Heather (Borgschulte)
Machicao, Jason Barnes (behind Heather Machicao), Kathy (McDonald) Shrestha
Fifth Row L to R (on the wall): Tom Carr, Jennifer (Hartwig) Hedrick, Dave
Machicao, Rod Lindsey.
*As previously noted, missing Garen Miller.
HSA CLASS OF 1994
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A DECADE OUT
SUSTAINABLE JOURNEY Since earning her Bachelor in Architecture from HSA and Drury, Amanda (Taylor) Snelson ’08 has been practicing architecture in Springfield and Los Angeles. She is a LEED BD+C Professional, and a licensed architect in Missouri and California. Amanda was initially an intern sustainability consultant for Jason Hainline at Environmental Market Solutions, and then worked at Dake Wells Architecture in Springfield for two years (2010-12), engaging in a number of projects from concept through construction. After moving to California in 2012, she worked with Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects for three and a half years. As Architect and Project Manager for a number of designs, Amanda saw projects all the way from programming to occupancy, completed her licensure and spearheaded in-house licensure support, and started a Green Team group to better steer the firm towards a bottom line of sustainability. The firm won the AIA Firm of the Year in 2015. As of June 2016, Amanda practices with ZGF Architects in Los Angeles, seeing interior architecture and expansion projects through completion, with an emphasis on building renovation, adaptive reuse and sustainable strategies. She is currently working on a Net Zero Energy classroom building for California State University Long Beach, further learning from knowledgeable colleagues about project
A PATH TO LEADERSHIP Shane Aaron ’07 joined Selser Schaefer Architects in Tulsa, Oklahoma immediately after graduating from HSA in May 2007. He became a Licensed Architect in 2012 and an Associate with the firm in 2013. In early 2017 he became the firm’s youngest Partner to date. Shane oversees the firm’s business and financial operations, and leads the teams that provide services for H-E-B Grocery Company, the largest grocer in Texas, and Treehouse, a sustainable home improvement company. Shane has won numerous awards for H-E-B projects, including the 2016 AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Designation for H-E-B Mueller. It was the first grocery store to receive an AIA COTE Award, with the top ten projects chosen from over 3,300 entries. In addition to his work for H-E-B and Treehouse, Shane has worked on a wide range of education, healthcare, religious and community projects. Among those are Tulsa’s Bishop Kelley High School Stadium, the GSI Ambulatory Surgery Center, the Southern Hills Baptist Church remodel, numerous projects for Church on the Move, and the Ice House adaptive reuse. He also worked on the Childers Middle School remodel in Broken Arrow, and the W.W. Hastings Urgent Care in Tahlequah. Shane has been involved in the local community as, among others, a Board Member for Tulsa’s Street School, an Emerging Professionals Committee Member for the AIA Central States Region, and the Associate Director and Chair of the Young Architects Forum for the AIA Eastern Oklahoma Chapter. Selser Schaefer Architects, formed in 1993 by Janet Selser and Robert Schaefer, is an award-winning architectural design firm, drawing upon years of experience and evidence-based best practices to design environments that support and create community. In early 2017, Selser and Schaefer sold the firm to Shane and four other employees, while remaining active as mentors to the new ownership team.
BALANCING RESEARCH, HISTORY AND PRACTICE After graduating from Drury with a double major in architecture and art history, Claire Ashbrook ’06 took a job with DeStefano and Partners in Chicago, where she worked on institutional projects for Northwestern University and College of DuPage, including COD-TEC, a new technology education center that received the AIA Chicago Chapter Distinguished Building Award and the AIA Illinois Chapter Mies van der Rohe Honor Award. Claire left Chicago in 2009 to pursue a graduate degree in architectural history at the University of Virginia. While in Charlottesville she worked, among others, for the Montpelier Foundation, working with the curatorial staff of the Montpelier Estate to help research and plan the restoration of the Estate to its original design, and for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, aiding the Monticello curatorial staff to prepare the premises for visitors. Her graduate work at UVA (2010-12) focused on post-colonial modern architecture in Southeast Asia, specifically on Cambodian
MUSEOLOGIES Jessi Mueller ’07 graduated from Drury in 2007 with a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History, and passed the LEED exam soon thereafter. For the
performance, technical design and project management. Alongside being a member of the 2015-16 AIA LA Design Awards and the 2016-18 AIA California Council Professional Practice Advisory committees, and attending career fairs for Long Beach middle school students and upcoming graduates at UCLA and Woodbury University, Amanda has been busy participating in the 2017 Women Build with Habitat for Humanity, organizing a ZGF group to take part in the Great LA River Cleanup, running the LA Marathon to raise money for Every Mother Counts, backcountry camping, hiking, running, and exploring both city and wilderness.
architect Vann Molyvann. Through grants she was able to research in Phnom Penh, accessing the national archives and surveying Molyvann's work, a unique opus employing spatial and infrastructural design strategies, contemporary takes on traditional approaches to regional architecture. Since 2014 Claire works in Kansas City, Missouri as Project Architect at STRATA Architecture + Preservation, a firm of experts on historic materials and on understanding the technology and narratives of historic structures. She puts to practice the lessons learned throughout her educational and professional experiences, from working on historic structures being converted into contemporary hotels, to helping with the stabilization of a Christopher Wren Church. Claire’s parents recount that as a toddler she always chose “This Old House” over “Sesame Street”. No wonder.
next three years she was employed at Sam Winn & Associates in Springfield, working primarily on K-12 education projects. In 2010 she moved to St. Louis, completed her architectural license process, and started working at CASCO as project manager for a retail client. A summer 2012 encounter in the Amazon jungle with a Museum Studies professor from Tufts University introduced to Jessi the possibility of exhibition design as a career option. Thinking back to her experiences at Drury including a course with HSA’s Dr. Saundra Weddle on the History of Museums and Collecting, research on the architecture of museums for multiple classes, and a study abroad design project in Volos, Greece for a traveling exhibition of Greek artifacts, convinced Jessi to apply for a graduate degree in Museum Studies. While studying for her Masters Degree at the University of Missouri in St. Louis, she worked in the design department of the Saint Louis Art Museum as an assistant exhibition designer. Jessi graduated in 2015 with a Masters of Arts in History and a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies, and was immediately hired by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art as the Museum’s sole Exhibition Designer. At Crystal Bridges, Jessi is responsible for all special exhibitions, focus shows, permanent collection and outdoor installations that the Museum undertakes. Through the design process, Jessi generates and uses floor plans and elevations, three-dimensional computer models, and at times actual scale models of several galleries, and is also responsible for color, material and furniture design and selection, using the design skills she learned at HSA, thinking about how occupants, in this case visitors, approach, circulate, and synaesthetically experience a space.
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Shane Aaron ‘07 Selser Schaefer Architects, Tulsa OK Bruce Adib-Yazdi Vecino Group, Springfield MO Claire Ashbrook ’06 STRATA Architecture + Preservation, Kansas City MO Vincent Ebersoldt ’93 Ebersoldt + Associates, Saint Louis MO Ian Ford ’01 MSR Architecture, Minneapolis, MN Emily (Hudson) Harrold ’04 Gould Evans, Kansas City MO Christopher Johnson ’02 Enclosures Group, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, New York NY Billy Kimmons ’99 Hood-Rich Architecture, Springfield MO Jennie (Hill) LeNoue ‘07 KEPHART, Denver, CO John McNabb ’04 SAPP Design Associates Architects, Springfield MO (President, AIA Springfield) Russ Moffett Vecino Group, Springfield MO (Past-President, AIA Springfield) John Oke-Thomas ’90 Oke-Thomas + Associates, Springfield MO Jason Dale Pierce ’00 Jacobs, Saint Louis MO Jeff Price ’91 J. Price Architecture, Liberty MO Stephanie Shadwick ’05 nFORM Architecture, Springfield MO Julie Spengler ’94 The Lawrence Group, Saint Louis MO Tracy Steinhauser ’06 Christner / formwork architecture, Saint Louis, MO Andrew Wells ’91 Dake Wells Architecture, Springfield MO Jennifer Wilson nFORM Architecture, Springfield MO Gwynn Zivic ’99 Mackey Mitchell Associates, Saint Louis MO Charles Hill (emeritus) Gaskin Hill Norcross, Springfield MO Fred Powers (emeritus) Powers Bowersox Associates, Saint Louis MO
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FULL-TIME FACULTY Marshall Arne David Beach Nancy Chikaraishi Jay Garrott Keith Hedges Yong Huang Panos Leventis Bruce Moore Maurizio Sabini Traci Sooter Karen Spence Robert Weddle Saundra Weddle
IMAGE CREDITS
00: Casey Dye 01: Robert Weddle 02: David Beach 03: Eleni Katsoufi 04: Casey Dye 05: The Drury Center in Greece 06: Karen Spence 07: Marshall Arne 08: Gayle Babcock - Architectural Imageworks, LLC 09: John Wiley 10: Routledge 11: Yong Huang 12: Detail, Jacopo de’ Barbari, View of Venice, ca. 1500 13: The Plan Journal 14: Routledge 15: KieranTimberlake 16: BNIM 17: Matthew Kempf, John Whitaker 18: Gayle Babcock - Architectural Imageworks, LLC 19: John Whitaker 20,21: Integrated Design Engineers LLC 22: Gayle Babcock - Architectural Imageworks, LLC 23–25: The BJGs 26: Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects 27: Selser Schaefer Architects 28: STRATA Architecture + Preservation 29: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
EDITOR: Panos Leventis DESIGNER: Frank Norton
JONAS GASSMANN “In/Visible Settlement” | Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine | Librarium-nominated project
MARC 557: Senior Seminar, Fall 2016 | MARC 521: Architectural Design X (Thesis), Spring 2017 Saundra Weddle, Seminar Instructor | Panos Leventis, Studio Instructor Urban design can be a powerful tool in formulating ideological narratives. Within the contested landscape of East Jerusalem, government and planning practices often construct narratives that exclude the right to the city for Palestinian and other inhabitants. This project proposes viewing the inhabitation of contested barrier zones from multiple perspectives in order to question the homogenous and single-sided expression of urban environments, while simultaneously proposing new ways of experiencing layered historical sites.
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