Professor Arpad Daniel Ronaszegi

This summer I had the opportunity to visit some offices in central and northern Europe funded by a SCAD Presidential Fellowship. One of the offices was JDS Architects, an emerging and already leading firm with innovative approach to architectural design process. The office is run as an interactive, collaborative studio; design ideas are generated through discourse and intuitive and analytical processes are simultaneously explored. The office was founded by Julian De Smedt.

I felt very thankful that Julian took time from his busy schedule (he just came that morning from the airport flying in from New York) and spent several hours sharing with me ideas about his office and how they approach architecture. We had a great lunch in one of the local oriental restaurants. Julian maintains an exciting office environment and produces inspiring designs at all scales – furniture, architecture and cities.

JDS Architects

• Hedonistic rooftop penthouse – Copenhagen DK
• Maritime youth house - Copenhagen DK
• Mountain, residential, parking and retail complex - - Copenhagen DK
• VM house, residential and retail - - Copenhagen DK
• Office images, including Holmenkollen ski jump, model photos

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This summer I had the opportunity to visit some offices in central and northern Europe – one of the offices was the Stuttgart office of Behnisch Architects – an award winning world renown office. I visited one of their recently completed buildings, the Unilever Headquarters – mixed use office, retail complex – and the adjacent Marco Polo Towers – a residential/ retail mixed use mid-rise building. Both used innovative technologies, among the many interesting features: the Unilever building  has an innovative protective and reduced weight foil facade, the Marco Polo tower a sculpted reinforced concrete facade.

I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing Stefan Rappold, partner at the Stuttgart office, and one of the projects architects, Dennis Wirth. I am also thankful to Bettina Wassermann, who helped to arrange my visit, including a private tour of the Unilever Headquarters in Hamburg. I definitely find Behnisch Architects as one of exemplary offices as they have one of the most effective creative work environments among the offices that I visited.

Behnisch Architects

• images from their Stuttgart office
• Unilever Headquarters and Marco Polo Tower in Hamburg, Germany

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Another firm I visited as part of my SCAD Presidential Fellowship was the dutch firm, NL Architects.  They are known for their innovative and experiential investigations of architecture. Their office is in Amsterdam located on a scenic canal.

NL Architects

• Kameleon housing and retail mixed use complex, Amsterdam NL
• office images, including model photos of Groninger Forum

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Below are links to student portfolios

Graduate

Evan Gray :: architecture portfolio and thesis book

Lauren Fraley :: urban and landscape design

Eric O’Neill :: architecture

Candice Alinovich :: architecture

Felipe Cardenas :: architecture and interior design

Martin Ronaszegi :: architecture

Thesis

Brian Behnemann :: Thesis 2010

Undergraduate

John Kirsimagi :: undergraduate

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Resources for professional practice students

AIA 2012 Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

 NCARB Rules of Conduct

Saieh , Nico . “Infographic: The AIA History” 17 May 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed 21 May 2012.

AIA History – The Burbs – more at ArchDaily.com

Quirk , Vanessa . “After the Meltdown: Where does Architecture go from here?” 17 Apr 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed 21 May 2012.

After the Meltdown: Where does Architecture go from here?

Steven Holl,FAIA 2012 AIA Gold Medalist

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I am using a review form that provides both visual and numerical feedback plus comments for the students on their projects. This combination of visual and numerical evaluation makes feedback more effective and easier to understand.

As part of this process I use a two stage review process:

+ students need to submit their work for a preliminary review, they receive a preliminary grade using the visual aspect of the form, following, they can make revisions and improve their work.

+ For the final submission they receive the visual as well as the numerical feedback and their final grade. Both the preliminary and the final grade are on the same form.

This method effectively encourages students to improve their work and see their progress on the same form.

Click here to see a sample form:

First submission example

Final submission example

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