Tag: Pedagogy
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Dwelling on Climate: Using Comparative Design Methodologies to Develop Responsive Architectures in Hot and Cold Climates
Bradley Walters and Chang He “A well-designed house not only fits its context well but also illuminates the problem of just what the context is, and thereby clarifies the life which it accommodates.”1 In his Notes on the Synthesis of Form, Christopher Alexander frames the work of design as moving beyond solutions, allowing us to…
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Rituals of Place: Measure and Meaning in Ephemeral Landscapes
Carley Rynar, Bradley Walters, and Adeline Hofer When we engage the physical world outside the studio, site and landscape become more than passive tableaus or inert media within which we operate. The lands within which we work are, in fact, complex and nuanced fields marked by overlapping and competing systems. When we consider the human condition within these natural…
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So you want to be an Architect?
Assistant Professor Bradley Walters, AIA, NCARB serves as the IDP Education Coordinator for the University of Florida. In this annual lecture, he introduces the Intern Development Program (IDP) and provides an overview of steps required to become a licensed architect in the United States. While the discussion is specifically targeted to current undergraduate or graduate students…
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Active Lines: Liminal Marks + Material Constructions
The planning and development of large-scale projects requires investors to commit significant capital resources to their realization. These commitments are made based on the promise of a return, whether it is in the form of financial gain, an icon in one’s name, or both. The promises are materialized in words, numbers, and in visual documents:…
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Out of Thin Air
We cannot expect to extract ideas and schemes from the student without first feeding his mind and imagination. Bernhard Hoesli and Colin Rowe, 1954 (1) As informational networks bind us ever more tightly together, they also introduce unseen gaps and fissures within fields of knowledge. While in some cases, these are the product of distraction…
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Independent Research in the Final Year: Masters Research Projects at the University of Florida, 2000 to 2010
Submission to the Journal of Architectural Education JAE 65:1 Ending Design | Spring 2011Collaborative Work with Martha Kohen, Ann Lindell, and Kevin Fitzgerald Abstract The Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Florida is conducting institutional research regarding the changing nature and gradual evolution of its end-of-studies Masters Research Project (MRP). Covering a decade…
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Analog Alchemy and Digital Digressions: Hybrid Practices
Over the course of the last decade, the critical discourse around contemporary architectural practice has tended to eschew celebration of singular, expressive, and emotive authors in favor of collaborative team-based practices. It has been represented increasingly by a successive shift in production from active (and willful) actions towards passive (analytic or found) actions. The most…
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Knots and Nurbs: Relational Spaces in Variable Fields
Legibility of constructed space is largely based on relationships internal to a work, relationships that can be read or understood through the terms of the construct itself. Components are set in relation to one another, marking purpose and intent, shaping space through their interactions within a field. It is through numerous iterations, constant study and…
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