College of Architecture & Design
Research & Scholarship in Sustainability
Note: This document does not represent the entire breadth of research, scholarship, community service and professional activity undertaken by faculty of the LTU CoAD. Activities presented herein are limited to recent efforts in areas connected to issues of sustainability.
Anirban Adhya, PhD
William Allen
Peter Beaugard
Constance Bodurow
Daniel Faoro
Jin Feng
Dale Gyure, PhD
Joongsub Kim, PhD, AIA, AICP
Glen Leroy
Janice Means, P.E.
Keith Nagara
Tom Nashlen
Edward Orlowski, AIA, LEED AP
Philip Plowright
Ashraf Ragheb
Martin Schwartz
James Stevens
Anirban Adhya, PhD
Publications
Adhya, A., Plowright, P., & Stevens, J. (2010). "Rethinking Enclosure." In the Proceedings from the 2010 Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment. Saudi Arabia: King Saud University.
Adhya, A., Plowright, P., & Stevens, J. (2010). "Defining Sustainable Urbanism: towards a responsive urban design." Proceedings from Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment. Saudi Arabia: King Saud University.
Urban Design Project (2007). "Queen City Waterfront, Buffalo Waterfront Corridor Initiative: A Strategic Plan for Transportation Improvements." Buffalo, NY: University at Buffalo
Presentations
Adhya , A (2010). Sustainable urbanism: towards a responsive urban design. In the Proceedings from The 8th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
Adhya, A., Plowright, P., & Stevens, J. (2010). "Defining Sustainable Urbanism: towards a responsive urban design." In the Proceedings from 2010 Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment.
Saudi Arabia: King Saud University.
Awards
2008 APA Professional Award. Recipient of the planning excellence for a best practice award
(with Urban Design Project, University at Buffalo/SUNY for Queen City Waterfront-Buffalo Waterfront Corridor Initiative: A Strategic Plan for Transportation Improvements]. Contributed to works, illustrations as an urban design associate.
In the News
ACSA News, February 2009
Regional News, Lawrence Technological University (page 27-28)
2008 Detroit Eco-Village Competition
Professional Activities
Participated in the American Institute of Architects organized AIA 150: Neighborhood by Design charrette to develop sustainable communities in southeastern Michigan, 2009.
Community Service and Outreach
Led the IDS4 Detroit Studio (with Constance Bodurow), which worked with the Woodbridge neighborhood community and the Woodbridge Neighborhood Development Corporation (WNDC) (President Graig Donnelly) to develop a eco-friendly and zero-energy urban housing prototype for the community and for the City of Detroit. This was part of the Green Initiative taken by the City of Detroit under Mayor Cockerel's Green Task Force. It was an important outreach program for the Detroit Studio to be part of such a timely and relevant initiative.
William Allen
Community Service
Wetlands Review Board; Member: Waterford Township, Michigan
Oakland County: Greenways task force. / Blueways.
Participated in Generation G; an environmental outreach to the Detroit schools. Presented two lectures (Cass Tech and Brandon School of Choice) on sustainable architecture.
Professional Associations/Affiliations
MSPO: Michigan Society of Planning Officials: Member
Peter Beaugard
Publications
Peter Beaugard, AIA-Detroit, “Unsolicited Architecture”, October 2008 with Jim Stevens and Ryan Malloy (faculty at Eastern Michigan University).
Adviser to the Project M design seminar in Detroit. Project M plans to use graphic design to promote social awareness and active change in Detroit.
Constance Bodurow
Publications
Constance C Bodurow, Calvin Creech, Alan Hoback, Jordan Martin, Multivariable Value Densification Modeling Using GIS, Transactions in GIS, ISSN 1467-9671, Edited by: John P. Wilson, PhD, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Volume 13, Issue 0, Date: June 2009, Pages: 147-175,
Constance Bodurow, The Value of Density: Multivariable Modeling + Mapping, proceedings of City Futures ’09 Conference, Track 2: Knowledge and Technology in Urban Development, European Urban Affairs Association (EUAA), June 2009.
Constance Bodurow, Calvin Creech, Jordan Martin, Aaron Olko, Value+Density = Convergence of Intensity, Symbolic City: Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences (SUES), Nov. 18, 2009.
Constance Bodurow, Architectural Research Centers Consortium, Newsletter Spring 2010 [Year 34, Issue 1], Research Report Value Densification/Convergence of Intensity[Ci]/ Density=Green[Parametric Urbanism], pages 18-19,
Constance Bodurow with Jordan R.M. Martin, Convergence of Intensity: or how to purposely shrink a city, American Collegiate Schools of Architecture, proceedings of RE-Building: 98th ACSA Annual Meeting, Tulane University, Topic: Shrinking Cities Syndrome: Agendas for Rebuilding; New Orleans, LA , Part 7.
Constance Bodurow with Jordan R.M. Martin, Convergence of Intensity [Ci] or how to purposely shrink a City, The Second International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development SAUD 10, The Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region (CSAAR) July 2010 (23% acceptance rate).
Constance C. Bodurow, Calvin Creech, Jordan Martin, and Alan Hoback, Value Densification Community Mapping Project, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Report on University Research Volume (TBA), ISBN (TBA), George Elvin, PhD, LEED AP, Editor-in-Chief.
"Multivariable Value Densification Modeling Using GIS", Transactions in GIS, Wiley-Blackwell, expected June 2009, by Constance C Bodurow, Calvin Creech, Alan Hoback, and Jordan Martin.
"City of Worth:Value Densification Community pilot project (VDCpp)," proceedings of "Seeking the City: Visionaries on the Margins" 96th ACSA Annual meeting", March 27-30, 2008, Houston, TX
"Assuming Responsibility: The Architecture of Stewardship: Value Densification Community Pilot Project (VDCpp)," Bodurow, C., et. al., Proceedings of the 2007 ACSA Southeast Regional Conference, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, 11-13 Oct 2007
"VDCpp Methodology," Bodurow, C., et. al., Proceedings of the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Central Regional Conference, 19-21 Oct, 2007, University of Waterloo, Cambridge, ON, CA, pp 4-3 to 4-29
"Tools for Designing the City: Value Densification Community Pilot Project (VDCpp)," Bodurow, C., et. al., Urban Design Track of the 48th Annual ACSP 2007 Conference, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Oct 2007
Research
studio[Ci] - an interdisciplinary design research lab [CoAD/CoE] on campus which focuses on sustainable urbanism and the creation of net zero energy communities (see latest Alumni magazine article on page 10-11: http://digitaledition.qwinc.com/publication/?i=72939)
Applied design research is being funded through an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Research for Practice Grant (1 of 10 in the USA - $7,000) and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Detroit Office ($58,000). The UDM Masters of Community Development Program partially funded the pilot project in 2007 ($3,000).
Value Densification Community Pilot Project (VDCpp) and Value Densification Community Mapping Project (VDCmp); Detroit, MI, Winter 2007 - current
A collaborative, multidisciplinary urban design research project involving the creation of a free-ware Digital Interface to map community assets and measure physical and social density and empower the community to envision their social, economic and environmental future.
Pilot Project (2007) and Mapping Project (2008-current) with the Southwest Detroit Development Collaborative (SDDC) a consortium of 25 community development and social service organizations. Research Partners: Calvin Creech, PE, LEED AP, and Jordan Martin, Lawrence Technological University and Alan Hoback, PhD, PE, Chair UDM Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Detroit Mercy.
NOLA Field Studio, New Orleans, LA, Winter 2006-2008
Working with architecture students and restoration professionals to provide affordable architectural and site design services to NOLA residents post-Katrina. In partnership with Turner Restoration and NOLA Preservation Resource Center. Funded by Homeowners.
Presentations and Workshops
Selected Presenter: Constance Bodurow, The Value of Density: Multivariable Modeling + Mapping, City Futures ’09 Conference, Track 2: Knowledge and Technology in Urban Development, European Urban Affairs Association (EUAA), 04-06 June 2009, Madrid, Spain.
Invited Presentation (Constance Bodurow, given by Calvin Creech): Multivariable Value Densification Modeling using GIS: ESRI Users Conference, San Diego, CA, July 2009.
Value Densification Community Mapping Project, American Planning Association 2009 National Planning Conference in Minneapolis, April 25–29, Technical Session S203.
American Institute of Architects National Convention: The Power of Diversity, San Francisco, CA, May 2009:
Speaker: Research for Practice: Value Densification Community Mapping Project
Speaker: Cultivating the Next Generation of Regional and Urban Designers; The Tale of the Floating Floor Plan
Moderator: AIA Honor Awards for Regional + Urban Design
Value Densification, American Collegiate Schools of Architecture, The Value of Design, 97th ACSA Annual Meeting Poster Session Presentation: Portland, OR March 2009.
The Value of Density: Seeing is Believing, Urban Affairs Association (UAA), Chicago, IL, March 2009.
Invited Presenter, ARCHIS RSVP event, sponsored by NAI, Volume Magazine, a, February 20-22, 2009, Warren, MI: Value Densification Warren_Macomb.
Invited Presenter, Pecha Kucha Night Detroit, February 2009: Value Densification Community Mapping Project.
Invited Presenter, "The Value of Density: Seeing is Believing," Michigan Association of Planner (MAP) Annual Meeting, Kalamazoo, MI, October 2008
Invited Presenter, CityScape Detroit: Current Trends in Architecture, 23 Feb 2007
Professional Practice
DesignEquity Urban Design + Planning Detroit MI Principal, 2003-Present
DesignEquity is founded on the philosophy that: design brings value; the identity and resources of a place are assets for its future revitalization; and that every community deserves good design. 2007-2008 projects include: • Detroit LISC | Metro Detroit Regional Investment Initiative (MDRII) Fort Visger Revitalization Plan in Detroit, Ecorse, and Riverview with Corporate Facts + Heritage Development Partners LLC
Expanded Application of the VDCmp Digital Interface for mapping data for the City of Warren/Macomb County at the ARCHIS RSVP event, sponsored by NAI, Volume Magazine,a, February 20-22,2009, Warren, MI.
Grants Received
Research: Design (applied) research funded during 2008-2009 academic year by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Research for Practice (RFP) Grant (1 of 10 in the USA - $7,000), and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Detroit Office ($58,000). Employed a CoAD architecture student Research Assistant part time and research partnership with the Lawrence Tech College of Engineering Civil Engineering Department:
Awards
Faculty Recipient (with Steven Schneemann) of the 10th ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition for the 2009-2010 academic year sponsored by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), Re-Ligare Institute: Second Prize (The Vertical Landscape by IDS4 Spring 2010 students Stephen Bonamy and Michael Fontana) and Honorable Mention (IN[tro]VERSION, by IDS4 Spring 2010 students Daniel Merritt and Kyle Post).
Faculty Recipient (with Paul Wang, Jim Stevens, Jin Feng, et al.) of the d3 Natural Systems Competition, Special Mention: Infrastructure: Sponge City, 2010 CoAD International Design Workshop: Shanghai China with Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences (SUES), August 2010.
2009 Lawrence Tech University/CoAD Graduate Research Assistantship to support future [DENSITY] =GREEN Research Initiative.
2008 AIA National Research for Practice (RFP) Grant Award for Value Densification Community Mapping Project (VDCmp)
2008 Eco-Village Student Design Competition Studio (with Anirban Adhya), Detroit, MI, Student Awards: First Place (Graham Spittal + Jason Pillon), + Honorable Mention (Jordan Martin)
Community Service
Advisory Group Member (1 of 5 in the USA) American Institute of Architects (AIA) Regional and Urban Design (RUDC) Knowledge Community. In 2007, I served as Chair of the AIA/RUDC KC Spring Roundtable in Providence RI: Expanding Scale: Architects as Design Agents in the City + Region
Joliet Cooperative Building Committee (JC_BC) Chair and Project Lead for HVAC/WSO Qualitative Assessment
Detroit Synergy Group (DSG): Advisory Board Member,
Lafayette Park Greenway Garden: Founding Coordinator
Riverfront East Alliance (REAL): Detroit East Riverfront Development Review Representative
Design Matters: Architecture +Urbanism op/ed series for the Metro Times, Detroit's weekly alternative: Going green in Southeast Michigan: 7 architectural projects and a number of questions, 18-24 June 2008
We Are (or Aren't) Alone: Second Thoughts on Shrinking Cities, 14-20 Feb 2007.
In the News
Detroit Free Press: Population Density to Guide Detroit's Destiny by John Gallagher August, 15, 2010.
Daniel Faoro
Research Awards & Grants (active 09-10)
Recipient of the Evans Grant for historic preservation from the Michigan Architecture Foundation. Grant funds are for use in restoration of interior furnishings of the Frank Lloyd Wright Affleck House, June 1, 2010.
Awards & Honors:
Competition winner: Carolyn Lamb, Ryland Phelps and Amy (Schwerdtfeger) Keyzer took first place in the architecture design category of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air- Conditioning Engineers 2010 competition. Co-advisor with Associate Professor, Janice Means PE, ASHRAE. Project was presented and exhibited at the ASHRAE awards ceremony in Las Vegas, NV, January 2011.
Research Proposals
Sustainable Building Systems, Alternative Energy Infrastructure Technologies: (Status concept and proposals under development)
Diatom house
Corrugated Wood Composite Bio- Board floor roofing panel system
SIPS Cement board /BioBoard exterior Wood and Bio-Board Interior Finish
Bamboo Plywood Engineered lumber Beam
Presentations and Workshops
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Southeast Conference (Oct 11-13, 2007, Washington D.C.) Peer reviewed work and presentation at conference; work published in the proceedings, 10-20-2007. Abstract Submission: Sustainable Structural Systems
Building Integrated Alternative Energy / Sustainability Based Building Systems. ASHRAE Conference SOS for the Environment, peer reviewed paper presentation 3-11-2008 at LTU.
Professional Associations/Affiliations
Associate Membership in ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air conditioning Engineers, 5-2007.
Research/Papers
ASHRAE SOS For the Environment Conference Presentation (3/10/2009):
Title: Building Information Modeling and Sustainable Building Design.
Abstract: The work examines the development of building information modeling as an outgrowth of object oriented software. The author will summarize the key relationships to sustainability based metrics to measure a projects environmental responsiveness, and linkage to practice management strategies of integrated project delivery methods. The work will review the development of this software, types of proprietary systems, interoperability characteristics to analysis software and potential future research directives in the field.
Title: Performance-based Directives in Architectural Studio-based Education: Methods and Studio Project Outcomes in Sustainable Architecture and Design .
ACSA Annual Meeting, March 24-28, 2009, Portland, Oregon.
Conference Session: Environmental Value of Design
Daniel Faoro, Associate Professor Primary Author, Janice Means Assistant Professor CoAD, Co-Author.
Abstract:
The authors present an overview of a pedagogical approach to studio design education. The work incorporates academic views of the cognitive aspects of the creative process, strategies and principles to engender placemaking derived from knowledge attained through research into local culture and tradition and physical science based metrics of sustainable design in the design studio learning experience. An overview of the course structure, design process and select examples of studio student design projects are provided. The work is intended to stimulate dialog and advance instructional methods that provide opportunities for performance -based assessment methods in architectural education.
Grant Search in progress.
Carbon Footprint Study, LTU Campus. Center for Sustainability Grant Search Application in Progress to locate funding for a continuation of the research done by Laura Long , Spring
2008 study evaluating the Campus Carbon Footprint using Clean Air Cool Planet Software.
Professional Service
Book Reviewer for Sustainable Construction and Design, by Regina Leffers, 2009-06-08
Publisher: Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0135027284, June 2008. Compensated work by publisher $75.00. Reviewed and completed report on one chapter.
Jin Feng
Research
In-process with an EPA funded grant called "P3" (People/Prosperity/Planet) with Dr. Lisa Anneberg (PI) and Janice Means titled Development, Design & Consumer Testing of Marketable Residential LED Light Luminaries." The lighting design and research project on the improvement of lighting environment in the Engineering Building Room E101 in ARI 5143 Lighting Design and Research was presented by Janice Means and Filza Walters in poster format at the EPA-sponsored National Sustainability Expo in Washington DC. Co-author of Multidisciplinary Laboratory for Development, Design and Consumer Testing of Marketable Residential LED Light Fixtures, presented at Frontiers in Education Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 12, 2007 by Janice Means. This paper was co-authored with Janice Means (primary author), Dr. Lisa Anneberg, and Christina Snyder.
Chinese Village Tradition: Environmentalism and Popular Religion. Supported by EarthWatch Institute with field work expenses and international volunteers (sequel to research project Chinese Village Tradition in the previous three years). Collaborators: Dang Anrong (Tsinghua University), Jiang Lu (Eastern Michigan University), and Liu Yanfeng (Yulin College).
http://www.earthwatch.org/expeditions/feng.html
Presentations
Jin Feng, Jiang Lu, and Jiang Hongxing, “Neo-vernacular Architecture: a case study in Yunnan Province of China,” Interior Design Educators Council 2010 annual conference, Atlanta, Georgia, March 24-27
Research Projects in Progress
Morphological Analysis of an 18th Century Chinese Garden. Collaborator: Shinming Shyu, Eastern Michigan University.
Prototype of New Cave Dwellings - Collaborators: Dang Anrong of Tsinghua University, China and Jiang Lu of Eastern Michigan University
Papers Presented
Cave Dwelling and Sustainable Design. Symposium on Green Vernacular Architecture, Yunan Institute of Technology, Kunming, China, June 24, 2007
Lectures
Green Design and Green Culture. Symposium on Green Vernacular Architecture, Yunan Institute of Technology, Kunming, China, June 24, 2007. Lecture was also given at the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University on June 22, 2007.
Research Papers
Interaction between Vernacular Culture and Classic Culture through Mediation of Popular Culture. Accepted for presentation at The 16th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (2009 in Kunming, China). Co-authors: Jiang Lu and Dang Anrong.
Awards
Earthwatch Institute PI of the Year 2007
Community and Professional Service
Planning and design for the development of eco-tourism in the village of Dang Jia Shan, Shaanxi, China.
Dale Gyure, PhD
Presentations and Workshops
Chaired a session "The Baby Boom Suburban Landscape Beyond the Home," Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting, April 2008, Cincinnati, OH.
Vernacular Architecture Forum
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
Supervised two master's theses as Thesis Co-Director for the Master's program in Historic Preservation, Goucher College, Towson MD
Asked to be peer reviewer for articles under consideration for ARRIS: Journal of the Southeastern Society of Architectural Historians and Winterthur Portfolio.
Joongsub Kim, PhD, AIA, AICP
Publications
Kim, J. (2009). Contemporary Urbanisms and Their Roles in Sustainable Urban Revitalization. Proceedings of the International Conference on Green Tech., Eco Life & Sustainable Architecture for Cities of Tomorrow 2009 (GEST 2009), Korea Institute of Ecological Architecture and Environment & Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
Presentations
Paper Title: Contemporary Urbanisms and Their Roles in Sustainable Urban Revitalization
Conference: International Conference on Green Tech. Eco Life & Sustainable Architecture for Cities of Tomorrow 2009 (GEST 2009)
Korea Institute of Ecological Architecture and Environment and Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, November 2009
Presentation Topic: Community Participation, Service Learning, Design as Activism, & Social Construction in Architecture & Urban Design: Detroit Studio Experience
Symposium: “Residents-participation Techniques in World Community Regeneration”
Conference: International Conference on Green Tech. Eco Life & Sustainable Architecture for Cities of Tomorrow 2009 (GEST 2009)
Korea Institute of Ecological Architecture and Environment and Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, November 2009
Peer-reviewed Articles
Kim, J. (2009). “The Value of Urban Agriculture in Urban Design and Development: Literature Review and Case Study in Detroit” Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture National Conference, Portland, Oregon.
Kim, J. (2007). "Evaluating New Urbanist Claims: Increase in Walkability, Diversity, and Sense of Community." Proceedings of the 2007 Future Design Conference at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Book Chapter
Kim, J. (2009). “Community Participation and Participation Techniques for Urban Revitalization: Literature Review and Case Studies in the United States” In Residents-participation Techniques in World Community Regeneration, Seoul, Korea: Yonsei University Press (Note: English version to be published in Spring 2010).
Under Review for Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
Kim, J. (2008). "Does a New Urbanist Development Promote Walkability, Sense of Community, and Diversity?" Journal of Urban Design
The Detroit Studio Publications
City of Inkster Master Plan Study
Funded by Inkster Tax Increment Finance Authority, 2008
Troy Maple Road Corridor Study
Funded by Oakland Business Review, 2007
Research Awards & Grants (active 09-10)
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Designing Hope Farms: Urban Agriculture as a Catalyst for Economic Revitalization in the Hope District, Joongsub Kim (PI), Summer 2009 - Summer 2010, $15,000.
Yonsei University, Korean Ministry of Land, Transport, and Maritime Affairs, and Korea Institute of Ecological Architecture and Environment (Urban Regeneration Project Grant Program), Critique of contemporary urbanisms and their role in community revitalization, Joongsub Kim (PI), Fall 2009, $2,000.
Research Work In Progress:
Research on Current Trends in Urban Regeneration in the USA:Planning and Design Guidelines for Sustainable Urban Design and Urban Agriculture Development in Detroit
Sustainability in social, cultural and political contexts: part of an international joint research project on urban regeneration in collaboration with researchers in Sweden, Japan, Korea, England, Australia, Ireland, the USA, and Canada, funded by Yonsei University in Korea and the Korean Ministry of Land, Transport, and Maritime Affairs.
Education of children about urban agriculture, sustainability and revitalization of vacant properties, funded by a 2009 grant from the American Architectural Foundation, Washington, D.C.
The role, application, and benefits of urban agriculture in architecture, planning, sustainable urban design, and sustainable community development, supported by LTU Research Assistantship.
Grants Received
Accent on Architecture Community Grants Program: Spring 2009:
Funding agency: American Architectural Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Project title: Education of children about sustainable urban design and community garden developments in Detroit
Principal investigator: Joongsub Kim
Grant amount: $1,500
Accent on Architecture Community Grants Program: Summer 2007 - Fall 2007:
Funding agency: American Architectural Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Project title: "Kids' Farms: Children designing a sustainable community"
Principal investigator: Joongsub Kim
Grant amount: $1,500
Grant Proposals
Ford College Community Challenge: Ford Motor Company Fund
"E. Forest Avenue Hope District: Sustainable Community Development":
Grant Amount Requested: $100,000 (decision pending)
Funding agency: Ford Motor Company
Project Director: Joongsub Kim (developed the proposal)
Collaborator: Howard Davis, Friends of Detroit Tri County Community Development Corporation
The Detroit Studio: A Green Urban Design Education and Community Outreach Center (Congress earmark proposal):
Grant Amount Requested: $1,500,000 (decision pending)
Funding agency: Congress
Project Director: Glen LeRoy
Principal Investigator: Joongsub Kim
Collaborator: Mark Brucki, Howard Davis
Conference Paper Presentations
“The Value of Urban Agriculture in Urban Design and Development: Literature Review and Case Study in Detroit”, The 2009 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture National Conference at the University of Oregon, Eugene / Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, March 2009.
“The Role of Urban Agriculture in Design and Planning”, The 2009 Environmental Design Research Association National Conference, Kansas City, MO, May 2009.
"Evaluating New Urbanist Claims: Increase in Walkability, Diversity, and Sense of Community." The 2007 Future Design Conference at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, October 2007
"Challenging Contemporary Urbanisms: Stewardship and Social Construction"
The 2008 Environmental Design Research Association International Conference, in Veracruz, Mexico, May 2008: (Paper accepted but not presented due to scheduling conflicts)
International Symposium Presentations
Kim, J. (2008). "Urban Agriculture in the Community Design Studio: The Detroit Studio Example." Symposium theme: "The Role of Food and Agriculture in the Design and Planning of Buildings and Cities," hosted by the School of Architecture at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, May 2008.
Invited Speaker
International Symposium on Urban Regeneration, sponsored by Yonsei University, Jejudo, Korea, 2007. Lecture topic: Urban Regeneration and New Urbanism: Some Key Trends and Examples in the USA.
International Exhibitions
"Urban Regeneration: Case Studies in the USA" by Joongsub Kim assisted by Christine Freundl, Exhibition at Urban Regeneration International Symposium (Group Exhibitions): "The Urban Renaissance Project [Socially Integrated Housing Community Regeneration Technology]," hosted by Yonsei University, COEX Intercontinental Hotel, Seoul, Korea, Spring 2008.
"Urban Agriculture in the Community Design Studio: The Detroit Studio Example" by Joongsub Kim, Exhibition at Ryerson University Symposium (Group Exhibitions): "The Role of Food and Agriculture in the Design and Planning of Buildings and Cities," hosted by the School of Architecture at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, Spring 2008.
National Exhibition in USA
"Urban Agriculture Health Fitness Lifestyle Center" by Joongsub Kim, BSA Annual Grant Awards Exhibition (Group Exhibitions), Sponsored by the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) and the American Institute of Architects, the American Institute of Architects National Convention, Boston, MA, Spring 2008.
Detroit Studio Public Presentation & Exhibition
"E. Forest Ave. Hope District Master Plan Study Project"
The Detroit Studio Community Outreach Program Spring 2008 Project, Club Technology Building, Detroit, MI, May 2008
Awards
Award of Merit for Best Practice in K-12 Architectural Education, sponsored by the American Architectural Foundation, Washington DC, Spring 2008.
Community Service
Peer-reviewed Journal Reviewer:
Journal of Planning Education and Research (JPER)
The Annual Proceedings of the Environmental Design Research Association
Summer Community Outreach Program with Children:
Worked with middle schools in E. Warren Community to educate children about designing a sustainable community, Summer 2007 - Fall 2007
Service on Community Developments:
Friends of Detroit Tri County Community Development Corporation
City of Detroit Planning and Development Division
Christ Community Development Corporation:
Worked with the abovementioned non-profit community development organizations or municipal agencies to find appropriate opportunities to serve their needs regarding various community development-related matters.
Worked with the following non-profit community development organizations or municipal agencies to serve their needs regarding various community development-related opportunities:
DWEJ (Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice)
Detroit Eastside community groups on sustainable community development
Other Service:
Detroit Housing Commission Advisory Committee Member
Professional Associations/Affiliations
Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)
Professional Activities
Application of Urban Agriculture in Urban Areas: Challenges and opportunities in Korea (project conducted at Konkuk University, Korea)
News Media
Participated (as Chair of the American Institute of Architects Detroit Chapter Urban Priorities Committee) in an Interview with TIME regarding development efforts in Detroit (other participants: AIA Detroit Chapter President, AIA Detroit Chapter board members and committee chairs); published in TIME blog in Spring 2010.
Interview and Publication by Washington Post:
Salant, Katherine (2007). "At Kentlands New Urbanism has unlocked a sense of community," WashingtonPost.com, November 3, 2007.
(Interviewed by the Washington Post reporter and my research on Kentlands and New Urbanism was cited in the news article.)
Interview with WDET-FM Radio:
Interviewed by WDET-FM Radio Regarding the Hope District Project undertaken at the Detroit Studio, Spring 2008.
Glen Leroy
Presentations
LeRoy, Glen, Climate Change, Sustainability, and the Economy of Cities and Regions, AIA Michigan Annual Meeting and Mid-Summer Conference (keynote speaker), Mackinac Island, MI, August 7, 2010.
LeRoy, Glen, Michigan in an Era of Climate Change, AIA Flint. Baker College, Flint, MI, May 25, 2010.
LeRoy, Glen, Positioning Michigan in an Era of Climate Change. AIA Michigan Legislative Day, Lansing, MI March 17, 2010.
LeRoy, Glen, Sustainability: An International Perspective, SOS Annual Conference, Southfield, MI, February, 18, 2009.
LeRoy, Glen, Positioning Michigan in an Era of Climate Change, AIA Mid-Michigan, Lansing, MI, October 15, 2009.
“Michigan in an Era of Global Climate Change.” Presentation to Frankenmuth Rotary Club, July 17, 2008.
“Michigan in an Era of Global Climate Change: A Role for Educators and Educational Facilities,” Presentation to American Institute of Architects Michigan, October 18, 2008.
“Assessing Implications of Climate Change for Southeastern Michigan,” Presentation at Climate Change Conference at Wayne State University. October 21, 2008.
“Michigan in an Era of Global Climate Change.” Presentation to The Taubman Company. Executive Staff Meeting. December 3, 2008.
“Michigan in an Era of Global Climate Change.” Invited to present at a special meeting to Governor Granholm and Key Environmental Policy Staff. December 3, 2008.
“Michigan in an Era of Global Climate Change.” Presentation to Skanska Sustainability Leadership Symposium, January 15, 2009.
“Architectural Responses to Global Climate Change.” Presentation to AIA Michigan Leadership Conference. Traverse City, Michigan. January 17, 2009.
“Sustainability Issues for Michigan: The Great Lakes Greenbelt.” Panelist for Sustainable Architecture: Building a Greener Michigan,” sponsored by WWJ Radio. February 17, 2009.
“Sustainable Architecture and Planning: Implications of Global Climate Change” Sichuan University, College of Architecture and Environment. March 3, 2009.
“Sustainable Architecture and Planning: Implications of Global Climate Change.” Nanjing University, School of Architecture. March 3, 2009.
“Michigan in an Era of Global Climate Change.” Keynote Speaker at Municipal Sustainable Business Forum, Sustainability Conference at NSF International, Ann Arbor, Michigan. April 14, 2009.
“Michigan in an Era of Global Climate Change.” Speaker for AIA Grand Valley Chapter lecture series, Grand Rapids, Michigan. May 7, 2009.
Keynote Speaker: "Growing with a Greening Economy" Symposium presented by NSF International, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 14, 2009. Lecture topic: "Michigan in an Era of Global Climate Change"
Community Service
Troy Chamber of Commerce, Transit Committee. Workshop participant/panelist on proposed multi-modal transit hub.
Session leader and sponsor: "Green Box City". Worked with K-5 students at Eastover Elementary School from Bloomfield Hills in design of a 1,500-square-foot "green box city". Sponsors and assistants included Lawrence Tech students, and representatives of ITC Holdings Corp., a Novi-based utility company.
Exhibitions
Green Box City Exhibition. Green Street Fair, Plymouth, Michigan. A public exhibit of the Green Box City project in conjunction with Eastwood Elementary School. May 1-3, 2009
In the News
Time Magazine, The Detroit Blog, Quoted in “Designing a Better Detroit” by Karen Dybis, January 20, 2010.
WaterWorks, a publication of NSF International’s Water Programs, “NSF Hosts Growing with a Greening Economy Forum,” Article profiling Glen LeRoy’s keynote address at the Growing with the Greening Economy Forum, published in December, 2009.
WJR Radio, Interview on Transportation Design, Sustainable Architecture, and Architectural Management Programs, Detroit, MI, December 3, 2009.
Media
Quoted in "Kid City goes Green" by Shawn Lewis. Detroit News April 9, 2009.
http://detroitnews.com/article/20090409/SCHOOLS/904090401/1026/Bloomfield+Hills+students+box+up+ideas+for++green++buildings
Janice Means, PE, LEED AP
Publications
Means, Janice K. and Filza H. Walters, Do High Performance-Labeled Buildings Really Perform at the Promised Levels?, CLIMA2010 Congress CD (ISBN 978-975-6907-14-6), R6-TS77-OP04r
Means, Janice K., Jessica Turner, Ryan Grabow and Jonathan Cebelak, Interim Results of Monitoring and Simulating Two Existing, High Performance Buildings to Achieve and Maintain Sustainable Operation, 2010 ASHRAE Annual Meeting Transactions, Volume 116, Part 2, 2010
(Abstract Approved, Paper not submitted) Means, Janice K., Tools for Designing High Performance, Sustainable Buildings, King Saud University Conference on Technology and Sustainability, Saudi Arabia, 2010.
One of several contributors to the writing of a new chapter, “Sustainability”, in the ASHRAE 2009 HVAC Fundamentals Handbook.
Co-author of “Performance-based Directives in Architectural Studio-based Education: Methods and Studio Project Outcomes in Sustainable Architecture and Design”, presented at the 2009 Annual ACSA Conference in Portland, Oregon on March. Paper was co-authored with Daniel Faoro and peer reviewed for publication.
Author and presenter of “Resources for Designing and Maintaining High Performance Buildings” at the February 26 2009 meeting of the Southfield Rotary Club at the Skyline Club in Southfield.
Authored and presented invited paper, “How Do We Keep High Performance Buildings Performing at High Levels?” at the 2009 Facilities Management Expo at Rock Financial Showplace on March 18, 2009.
Chapter 36, "Solar Energy Equipment", in the ASHRAE 2008 HVAC Systems and Equipment Handbook. One of three contributors to the revision
Books
Hertel, Mark, Charles Cromer and Janice K. Means, Chapter 36 Solar Energy Equipment, ASHRAE 2008 HVAC Systems and Equipment Handbook, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, (ISBN 978-1-933742-33-5).
Research
EPA funded "P3" (People/Prosperity/Planet) grant with Dr. Lisa Annaberg (PI) and Jin Feng titled "Development, Design & Consumer Testing of Marketable Residential LED Light Luminaires".
Support of the 2007 Solar Decathlon:
--Proposed and was successful in obtaining a $1000.00 donation from the Detroit Chapter of ASHRAE for the 2nd year in a row.
--Tutored engineering student, George Ritter in June 2007 on HVAC design and supplied him with manuals for sizing duct work.
--Met on two separate Saturdays with SD team members to tutor them. Subjects included calculating heat loss and heat gain and the characteristics and variety of energy conserving windows. I also donated an ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook to the group and demonstrated window variations with actual examples of super glazing and moveable insulation which could be used to improve windows further.
--Provided exhibit space and opportunity for SD students to speak before the luncheon at the February 20, 2007 Seminars On Sustainability-SOS for the Environment.
--Chaperoned and assisted SD team members in the deconstruction of an Oakland County Road Commission condemned house to obtain electrical devices and copper tubing on September 22, 2007.
--Introduced ASHRAE member and former Detroit Chapter President, Alan Deal, to project and he subsequently donated materials and supplied expertise in the installation of the radiant floor panels.
--Introduced the ThermalNetics Company to the project. ThermalNetics President, Rick Sutkiewicz, permitted one of his engineers to work several days with George Ritter on the design of the HVAC system and selection of equipment.
Presentations and Workshops
Means, Janice K. and Jessica Turner, Interim Results of Monitoring and Simulating Two Existing, High Performance Buildings to Achieve and Maintain Sustainable Operation, 2010 ASHRAE Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 28, 2010.
Means, Janice K., Do High Performance-Labeled Buildings Really Perform at the Promised Levels?, CLIMA2010 Congress, Antalya, Turkey, May 12, 2010.
Means, Janice K., Energy Standard Behind the Federally Mandated Energy Code Upgrade: ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1 1999 to 2004 Changes Relative to the Building Envelope, Building Enclosure SOS 2010 Conference, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI, February 26, 2010.
Means, Janice K., Energy Standard Behind the Federally Mandated Energy Code Upgrade: ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1 1999 to 2004 Changes Relative to the Building Envelope, Building Enclosure Council of Greater Detroit Meeting, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI, November 12, 2009.
"Work In Progress-Multidisciplinary Laboratory for Development, Design and Consumer Testing of Marketable Residential LED Light Fixtures", presented at Frontiers in Education Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 12, 2007. Paper was co-authored with: Electrical Engineering Associate Professor, Dr. Lisa Anneberg and Architecture faculty members: Christina Snyder, Lecturer in Architecture and Jin Feng, Associate Professor, and peer reviewed for publication.
"Metrics for High Performance Buildings" at the March 11, 2008, Seminars on Sustainability-SOS for the Environment at Lawrence Tech. .
"Metrics for Operating High-Performance Green Buildings" at the 2008 Facilities Management Expo at Rock Financial Showplace on April 1, 2008
Community Service
Habitat for Humanity: organizer for participation in the Habitat for Humanity Oakland County Blitz Build through my church
The Facilities Committee for South Oakland Shelter Program: organized and chaired program for about 30 homeless men, women and children for a week
Contributed information on ASHRAE documents availability to the Detroit Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT).
Professional Associations/Affiliations
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) at the local, regional and Society (international) levels:
Served on the 2008-2009 Detroit ASHRAE Board of Governors
Chair of the 2009 Seminars On Sustainability
Served as Delegate as past Chapter President at the Region V Chapters Regional Conference, August, 2008
Active voting member of two technical committees and their handbook committees at the international level
Program Chair for TC 2.8 Solar Energy Utilization, and as such, coordinate and facilitate technical committee sponsored seminars and transaction presentations at ASHRAE Conferences.
Worked with technical committees, TC6.7 SOLAR ENERGY UTILIZATION and TC2.8 BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SUSTAINABILITY including writing/editing of two chapters content for the 2008 and 2009 ASHRAE.
Official Delegate for the Detroit Chapter of ASHRAE at the ASHRAE Chapters Regional Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana on August 1-16, 2008.
Arranged for Lawrence Tech first place awardees of the 2008 ASHRAE Student Design Competition to exhibit at the 2009 Seminars On Sustainability conference. The Detroit Chapter of ASHRAE also awarded each of the three student winners $200. Three LTU students were awarded 3rd place in the 2009 ASHRAE Student Design Competition.
Served as 2007-2008 President of the Detroit ASHRAE Chapter
Served as Delegate (originally Alternate Delegate) in place of previous Chapter President at the Region V Chapters Regional Conference in August of 2007
She is a trained instructor in the ASHRAE/ IESNA Standard 90.1, and coordinated and co-taught a training session offered at LTU in February 2005.
Active voting member of two technical committees and their handbook committees at the international level
Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD), active member - Vice Chair of the ESD Affiliate Council.
Committee; member of Green Guide Sub-Committee; member of Programs Sub-Committee.
News Media
Detroit ASHRAE Inside, “Janice K. Means, PE, LEED® AP is Recognized”, Article recognizing promotion to Associate Professor included a photograph with SOS2010 Conference keynote speaker, Stanford Ovshinski, inventor of ovonics and amorphous silicon photovoltaics, April 2010, Vol 37, No. 7, page 5.
Oxford Leader Newspaper, “LTU Students Study Energy Efficiency at Upland Hills”, Article on students instrumenting and monitoring the Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center in Oxford, Michigan for an ASHRAE Senior grant and the spring 2010 elective course High Performance Building Evaluations, February 10, 2010.
ACSA Regional News - Lawrence Tech on invited presentation given for the Building Enclosure Council of Greater Detroit on November 12, 2009, February 2010, Vol. 39, No. 6, page 33.
ACSA Regional News - Lawrence Tech on LEED® 2.2 class given in spring 2009 sponsored by the Lawrence Tech ASHRAE Student Branch (Faculty Advisor), professors who have received LEED accreditation and other sustainability-related certifications, and ASHRAE Senior Grant (Faculty Advisor) regarding instrumentation and monitoring of high performance buildings, December 2010, Vol. 39, No. 4, page 23.
WJR AM760, “Sustainability and Energy Conservation”, Lawrence Tech Update Interview aired week of October 12, 2009.
Interviewed for Industry Visions Films, a web/TV/radio media company. The interview can be viewed at www.industryvisions.com/films.aspx under "ESD Energy Efficiency-American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers".
Research Awards & Grants (active 09-10)
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, ASHRAE's Senior Undergraduate Project Grant Program: Monitor & Simulate Two Existing, High Performance Buildings to Achieve and Maintain Sustainable Operation, Janice K. Means, Faculty Advisor, Jessica Turner (Architecture) and Stephen Gillette (Engineering Technology), student co-grantees, September, 2009-May, 2010, $5000.00.
Grants
Professor Means completed a $6,000 State of Michigan Vital Signs grant in 2004-05, and worked with Robert Fletcher in the College of Engineering on the aforementioned 10kW PV array. She was primarily responsible for outreach and education through design and construction of an interactive kiosk, brochures, and signage. In addition, she and Dr. Fletcher are near completion of a $2,000 Veraldi Center grant for development of a manual and class materials for using NREL software and webpage content.
ASHRAE grant ($5000) will be started with the fall 2009 semester. This grant is related to the "High Performance Building Investigations" and "High Performance Building Evaluations" courses being offered fall 2009 and spring 2010. Research and courses will include monitoring performance of the Taubman Student Services Building and the Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center in Oxford, MI.
Reviewer
As Program Chair of the ASHRAE Technical Committee 5.7 Solar Energy Utilization, organized and submitted proposed programs on solar energy for the 2009 ASHRAE Annual Meeting (June, 2009) and the ASHRAE Winter Meeting (January, 2010).
Keith Nagara
Patents (MyT Team Project)
Pending: Integrated Mobile Storage Cargo Unit.
Pending: Customer Valuation Business Model.
Trademark: “Sustainafacturing” .
Creative & Professional Work
Ford Sustainable Vehicle Concepts for Developing Countries driving future vehicle demand and production.
Tom Nashlen
Community Service
Consultant on the Nomination of Highland Cemetery of Ypsilanti to the National Register of Historic Places. Requirements for nomination include the historical research of town and site, on-site photography of its buildings, monuments, objects and artifacts of funerary art, and complemented with historical maps, plans of the original environmental designers and architects, and the conversions of their scanned raster images into vector format to show their original as-built conditions and the acquisitions and changes having taken place over 140 years.
Edward Orlowski, AIA, LEED AP, ADPSR
Publications
Orlowski, Edward. “The Accidental Environmentalist: The Birth of a Sustainable Architecture Studio” . The Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 2004 West Regional Conference: Other Shades of Green; Bass, J., and Neumann, O., Conference Coordinators, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, The University of British Columbia, 2004, pp. 37-42.
Orlowski, Edward. “Culture, Terra, and Terror: The Collision of Culture and Environment.” Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 2002 Southwest Regional Conference: Land, Culture, Practice; Blizzard, M., Canizaro, V., Conference Co-Coordinators, San Antonio, Texas, The University of Texas – San Antonio, 2002, pp.87-96.
Orlowski, Edward. “Reclaimed Landscape: Efforts in Sustainability in an Industrial Wasteland” Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 2001 West Central Regional conference: Architecture: Landscape; Major, J., Conference Coordinator, Lawrence, Kansas, The University of Kansas, 2001, pp. 187-194.
Presentations
Orlowski, Edward (Coauthored with James Stevens). “Bombing Detroit: Activist Architecture as a Pedagogical Model.” Accepted for AASHE Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado. October 2010 (Presented by James Stevens).
Awards
The Environmental Interpretive Center at the University of Michigan – Dearborn
Staff designer (Luckenbach | Ziegelman and Partners). Building received a 2003 AIA Michigan Design Award.
Faculty Advisor to Students Dominick Grecki and Kevin Leslie
Honorable Mention – 2004 EPA / Labs 21 Design Competition
Faculty Advisor to Students Carlos Lopes and William Kwasniak
Selected Exhibitors – Architectural Record New Orleans Housing Prototype Competition
(Spring 2006)
2008-2009 Thesis student Kris Phillips received the AARC / King Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural Environmental Design Research.
Faculty Advisor to students Jason Gaudette and Michael Neuhalfen
Honorable Mention (Technique) - Integrated: 2011 Socio Design Foundation Competition
Community and Professional Service
Chair, New Building Committee of the Friends for the Dearborn Animal Shelter. Committee conducted feasibility and economic studies for alternates regarding construction of a new sustainable DAS facility.
Member of ACSA/NAAB Task Force on Sustainability. Participated in discussions of sustainability with respect to NAAB accreditation criteria, pursuant to formal recommendations to the NAAB. Participated in review of draft changes to NAAB criteria.
Special Awards Judge (Sustainable Building), 2008 National Engineers Week Future City Competition, Novi, Michigan (January 22, 2008)
Chair, LTU Sustainability in Education Task Force / Sustainability in Education Committee (September 2008 – present)
News Media
Quoted in "Adoption by Design: Eco-Friendly Animal Shelters for the 21st Century" by Melissa Wiley. Greater Philly Tails (web)
http://www.tailsinc.com/index.php?body=april_adoptionbydesign&domain=greaterphillytails.com
Interviewed by JoAnn Amicangelo for a 2005 article in Crain’s Detroit Business on the topic of ‘Smart Homes’.
Faculty Advisor to Students Carlos Lopes, Brandon Jensen, Nick Jablonowski, Elvana Vila, and William Kwasniak Student work posted on ‘Project New Orleans’ website (http://www.project-neworleans.org/news.html)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
Member, The American Institute of Architects
Member, US Green Building Council - Detroit Regional Chapter; LTU representative for the national organization
Member, Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility
Professional Activities
Chair, New Building Committee of the Friends for the Dearborn Animal Shelter. Served in an advisory capacity regarding next steps in pursuit of the FFDAS goal of building a new, sustainable shelter.
Guest juror – ARCH 3231 Architectural Design III (instructor G. Scott Shall, Temple University). Topic area: Infrastructure as a driver of sustainable design.
Philip Plowright
Publications
Abstracts (Peer Reviewed)
"Rethinking Enclosure" Philip Plowright, James Stevens, Anirban Adhya (synchRG). Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment. King Saud University, Saudi Arabria. January 2010.
"Defining Sustainable Urbanism: towards a responsive urban design" Anirban Adhya, Philip Plowright, James Stevens (synchRG). Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment. King Saud University, Saudi Arabria. January 2010.
Research
Co-founder of synchRG. Finalizing the legal creation of an Institute to develop applied research in the applied art and design fields (May 2009). The Institute will support existing College programs such as urban design, interior design, transportation design, architectural design and imaging. It will allow the expansion of applied art programs under the College and proposed to be a leading academic center, not an infrastructural resource.
Applied Research:
Project.1: The Wall Expanded
This project is a survey of alternative, non-traditional, and possibly non-architectural materials and assemblies based on the layered approach to wall. These systems will be explored for their viability for adaptation into architectural systems. Limited material research will also occur based on alternative assembly systems. This is envisioned to be centered on possible alternatives to existing structural systems. The focus will be driven by cost, both material and labor, as a baseline for robustness and viability. This will be combined with sustainability issues of health, energy (embedded, reduction, recovery) and reproducibility. The design team will take a 'scalable prototyping approach', moving from computer simulation to built prototypes.
Project.2: The Plug-n-Play House
The goal of this project is to develop the plug-n-play house as a cost effective universal system or global framework that could be appropriated in a very site specific way or a local context. The project intends to develop the houses as "living-pods" with standardized ports for different parts - easy to get, easy to assemble, easy to add or subtract, and easy to replace. The final goal would be to build a prototype of a plug-n-play house as a new model of single-family home in the region. Further opportunities lie in (1) extending the design and the technology to multiple family housing in Detroit and beyond and (2) understanding the effects of the new plug-n-play prototype of house on the notion of dwelling and home - its meaning, its function, and its form.
Project.3: Rebuilding Home: meanings, functions, and formal aesthetics of dwelling
This research will study the dynamic relationship of the place of "home" and the space of the "dwelling" by questioning and critically examining the rationale behind the architectural form of the dwelling. The research is grounded in the "theory of place" that describes a place as an amalgamation of meanings (social-cultural values), actions (functional needs), and environment (morphology and design attitudes). This research proposes to examine the dwelling form in relation to these three aspects of place: (1) reflection of multiple meanings and values, (2) reflection of changing functional needs, and (3) reflection of physical environmental needs.
Grants
LTU Seed Grant ($2883.00). The LTU Seed Grant was awarded towards the Rethinking Enclosure project. This project is part of a larger sequence of research being pursued by a group of Lawrence Technological University architecture faculty. The intention of the project arc is to bring systems theory and non-discreet object studies to bear on architectural design, construction and materials through field effects and nonlinear assemblages (physical/social). Rethinking Enclosure has been accepted as an abstract (No. 2/2-1/030) to the International Conference on Technology and Sustainability in the Built Environment (see attachment), held at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia on 3-6 January 2010.
DTE Energy Foundation Grant ($15,000) - 2007
Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Grant Phase 2 ($50,000) - 2007/08
Professional Activities
AIA Keynote address, Michigan AIA Annual Design Retreat, September 12-14, 2008. Invited keynote address to annual design retreat with students from the Solar Decathlon project.
“Rethinking Enclosure” Philip Plowright, James Stevens, Anirban Adhya (synchRG). Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment. King Saud University, Saudi Arabria. January 2010. (Full paper accepted – second peer review).
“Defining Sustainable Urbanism: towards a responsive urban design” Anirban Adhya, Philip Plowright, James Stevens (synchRG). Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment. King Saud University, Saudi Arabria. January 2010. (Full paper accepted – second peer review).
ESD Future Cities, January 22, 2008 - (Competition Judge)
Masco R&D Group, January 30, 2008 (roundtable discussion)
Masco R&D Presentation, March 17, 2008 (guest speaker)
DTE Energy Green House Presentation, November 12, 2007 (with Dr. Robert Fletcher)
Discussion of the opportunities that DTE Energy could pursue with ongoing Alternative Energy park development. Round table discussion with leaders at DTE Energy.
EMAEE (Eastern Michigan Association of Energy Engineers) Presentation, April 8, 2008
Invited speaker to the general meeting of the Eastern Michigan Association of Energy Engineers. Presentation was on sustainability, systems and housing.
News Media
Competitions:
Wettbewerbe Aktuell
German Architectural Magazine (web/print)
Chichen Itza Landscape Competition
3rd place (Faculty advisor to student Steve Nieslen)
http://www.wettbewerbe-aktuell.de/showpix?pixloc=previews/99999999/295&pixnr=4
Competition online
Plattform fur Wettbewerbe (German Architectural Webzine)
Chichen Itza Landscape Competition
3rd place (Faculty advisor to student Steve Nieslen)
http://www.competitionline.de/site/20012003162947/20012003162947.php?wettbewerb_id=9427
OA Ordem Does Arquitectos SRS
Chichen Itza Landscape Competition
3rd place (Faculty advisor to student Steve Nieslen)
http://www.oasrs.org/conteudo/agenda/noticias-detalhe.asp?noticia=1054
Campus Responsables (France)
Interview:
http://www.campusresponsables.com/ressources.html (Summer 2007)
Solar Decathlon Articles:
"Lawrence Tech Students Combine Theory and Practice", Technology Century, Vol. 12, No. 3 June-July 2007
X-ology, Spring 2007
"Lawrence Tech Team takes solar challenge", The Detroit News, June 6, 2007
"Go Green", Southfield Eccentric, June 3, 2007
"House of the Rising Sun", The Oakland Press, June 20, 2007
"Soaking up the sun", Detroit Free Press, June 24, 2007
"LTU Taking on Nation, World In Solar House Competition", Detroit Auto Scene, July 2, 2007
"LTU works sunup to sundown on solar house", Southfield Eccentric, July 19, 2007
"Tremendous opportunity (Letter to the Editor)", Troy Daily Tribune, August 5, 2007
"LTU solar house may come to rest in Troy", Troy Eccentric, August 16, 2007
"LTU student energy builds solar house", Southfield Eccentric, September 2, 2007
"Solar home open houses are set", Observer & Eccentric, September 6, 2007
"Solar house to shine at Lawrence Tech Southfield", Detroit Free Press, September 11, 2007
American Hardwood Information Center
Interview on sustainable wood
http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/display_article.asp?subID=79
MITECHNEWS.COM
Green Tech Article, Tuesday, October 23, 2007
"Lawrence Tech Students Reach for Sun Power"
http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=7807
Ashraf Ragheb
Research Awards & Grants (active 09-10)
Upjohn Research Grant awardee, AIA 2009
Grants
Prof. Ragheb and Dan Jacobs, principal of A3C Architects received the AIA' Upjohn Research Grant of 2008 for their proposal, "Cradle to Grave: Case Studies of Buildings' Environmental Footprint". Upjohn Grant is the most recent and most prestigious awards ($25,000) to be given by AIA for applied research for academia and profession.
Presentations
Ragheb, A., “A Method Towards Developing an Environmental Profiling for Buildings Using Life Cycle Analysis, Keynote speaker, commencement speech of the ARCC (Architectural Research Centers Consortium) conference of 2010, Howard University, Washington DC. on Wednesday, June 23rd
Professional Associations/Affiliations
Society of Bldg Science Educators SBSE, member
AIA, member
CSI, honorable guest speaker, annual meeting, June 2008
Martin Schwartz
Publications
“Daylight and Meaning in the Architecture of Gunnar Birkerts.”Article: NYT Magazine, Louis Poulsen Co., Copenhagen. Published online February 10, 2010
http://www.louispoulsen.com/en-us/Downloads/Literature/AIA_CES%20Credit.aspx
“Architecture in the Light of Day.” Blog, Martin Schwartz, author, with illustrated texts about daylight and architecture
http://www.architectureinthelightofday.blogspot.com/
“Organizing Architecture: Daylight in Jorn Utzon’s Bagsvaerd Church,”Abridged version of longer previously published essay: Fellowships in Architecture, Taubman College of Architecture of Architecture and Urban Planning, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Oro Editions, Pt. Reyes Station, California, 2009
Completed fall 2008 and scheduled for publication summer 2009
"Path"
Article about the Allen Creek Greenway Conservancy, the Allen Creek (Ann Arbor) Greenway, and the design of its logo
The Great and Small Gazette, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Melbourne, Australia; February 2008
Letter to the Editor of Architectural Research Quarterly
Cambridge University Press; to be published in Volume 13, Number 1, June 2009
The editor of ARQ, Professor Richard Weston of Cardiff University (Wales, UK) specifically solicited my response to two articles in the previous issue to discuss the influence of daylight and its thermal energy on architectural space and form.
"The Work Speaks for Itself" (book-length essay) in Gunnar Birkerts, Metaphorical Modernist
Edition Axel Menges, Stuttgart, scheduled for publication in the summer 2009
Mr. Birkerts is known for his interest in daylighting and for his relatively early incorporation of energy saving design strategies in his architecture.
"Daylight and Meaning in the Architecture of Gunnar Birkerts," NYT Magazine
Louis Poulsen Co., Copenhagen, scheduled for publication in the summer 2009
The article is an extension of the research carried out for "The Work Speaks for Itself," but concentrates on several significant projects and how Birkerts explored his daylighting strategies in different types of buildings.
"Inhabiting Light: Daylight in the Work of Jorn Utzon," NYT Magazine
essay (cover story) published in the spring 2006; co-written with Richard Weston
"Light Organizing Architecture: Jorn Utzon's Bagsvaerd Church," Jorn Utzon Logbook, Volume II: Bagsvaerd Church, Edition Blondal Hellerup, Denmark: 2005; essay published in the monograph on this significant building.
Presentations and Workshops
"How Light Generates Architectural Space and Form"
Lecture and all-day workshop presented to the fifth year thesis students at the School of Architecture, University of Kansas, October 24, 2007
"Research and Architectural Practice"
Public panel discussion with James Timberlake, Will Wittig, and Dan Pittera at the School of Architecture, University of Detroit-Mercy, November 12, 2008
Invited Speaker
Workshop and lecture at the School of Architecture, University of Arkansas, October 24, 2007. Topic: How daylight and darkness (including visual and thermal energies) influence the generation of architectural and urban space and form
Frederick Charles Baker Distinguished Professor in Lighting at the Department of Architecture, University of Oregon, Spring, 1994
Willard A. Oberdick Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, The University of Michigan, 1991-1993
Community Service
Allen Creek Greenway Conservancy, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Member and Secretary, Board of Directors
ACGC is an incorporated not-for-profit land trust seeking to establish a Greenway in the existing floodway and floodplan in downtown Ann Arbor.
James Stevens
Books
Accepted abstract for book publication, Terrain Vague, The Interstitial Challenge. An inquiry into the social and environmental dilemmas of Detroit, USA and Clichy-Sous-Bois, Paris, France. May 15, 2010.
Papers
Peer Reviewed Paper: “Rethinking Enclosure” Philip Plowright, James Stevens,
Anirban Adhya (synchRG), April 15, 2009. Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment. King Saud University, Saudi Arabria. January 2010.
“Defining Sustainable Urbanism: towards a responsive urban design”, Anirban Adhya, Philip Plowright, James Stevens (synchRG). Conference on Sustainability and the Built Environment, April 15, 2009. King Saud University, Saudi Arabria. January 2010. (supportive role).
Research
synchRG: Project Abstract (April 2009)
Enclosure
Looking at changes in fabrication, material research (including the sport apparel and outdoor clothing sectors), and focusing on small actions involved in complex systems (including material properties, cost, light transmittal, thermal and hygroscopic actions, appearance), researchers at Lawrence Tech are examining a layered, micro-climatic approach to building enclosure. The intention is to rethink the operation and fabrication of the house, focusing on passive systems (energy neutral) and zero-waste fabrication. While there has been some activity in European research based on the idea of breathing walls and dynamic insulation, there has been no complete approach that considers social effects, cost influences, fabrication process and construction.
The project was initiated from two concerns. The first was the overall cost of sustainable housing, which put it out of the reach of the average individual. The second was the fact that zero-energy housing and sustainable building was predicated on the super-sealed box. There are flaws to this approach as it is only as good as the assembly of elements and tends to fail either by construction processes or at points of weakness such as windows and doors. It is also not a efficient system but deals with conditioning issues through density and volume as point sources rather than field effects. If instead the wall is approached not as a divider but as a mediator or connector, what would occur and would there be a serious advantage in terms of environment, cost, health and sustainability?
synchRG members: Philip Plowright, Jim Stevens, Anirban Adhya
Format: Applied Research
Status: Active, second feasibility study/design work (Summer 2009)
Professional Activities
Launched make-Lab.org, website for makeLab the digital fabrication lab at Lawrence Technological University, May 1, 2010.
Launched, www.makelab.wordpress.com, the blog for the digital fabrication studio at Lawrence Technological University, May 15, 2010.
Community Outreach and Work of Students
Guided students in the development of renovation proposals for the Mellus Newspaper building in Lincoln Park on behalf of the Lincoln Park Preservation Alliance.
Creative & Professional Work
Established a digital fabrication shop at the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit. The facility is complete with a wood shop and a 4’x8’ Computer Numeric Controlled (CNC) router table. Fabrication of research projects (Rethinking Enclosure) started, May 1, 2009.
Media
Quoted in "Lawrence Tech Students Create Vision for Mellus Building" by Jon Zemke. Metromode April 9, 2009.