BRADLEY WALTERS ARCHITECT

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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…

  • UF Team Wins First Place in the US DOE Solar Decathlon 2023 Design Challenge New Housing Division

    The University of Florida won First Place in the New Housing Division of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2023 Design Challenge. Competition award winners were announced at the conclusion of the Solar Decathlon Competition Event in Golden, Colorado, April 20–23, 2023. Students from 55 Finalist Teams represented 43 collegiate institutions from around the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…