Today the student of the Architectural Design Academy had the pleasure of visiting The School of Architecture at Morgan State University in Baltimore Maryland.
The visit was kicked off with an introduction from the Assistant of the Dean, Evan Richardson. It was apparent that the goal of the visit was to get the students engaged as they were almost immediately tasked to build a tower out of paper as tall as they could. Sounds simple enough, but there was a catch.......it had to hold an egg at the top. The teams rushed to construct their towers and when time we up the towers were tested. Each design was unique in it's own way. After the challenge students were given a tour of the beautiful building. They were able to see the studio room, fabrication laboratory which housed state of the art laser cnc cutter, a cnc router, 3d printer and traditional power tools , computer labs, and various other rooms. I'd like to extend a special thanks out to Suzanne Frasier of Morgan State for her continued support of the Architectural Design Academy. Thanks for hosting such a nice event! I'd like to wish the seniors that are out on their internships good luck. I'm very excited for them.
I want to wish the students in my 2 year class good luck as they being taking their AutoCAD Certified Users exams. GOOD LUCK ALL!!!!!!!!!
What is the Architectural Design Showcase? It is an event held for students to showcase their senior project. The major goal of this project is to connect the students to a group of architectural professionals that can evaluate their work and provide valuable feedback. So, we extended out invites to local architects and other professionals in the field. Nearly 30 professionals attended the event. A little about the project........I showed a video about the solar decathlon, which is an annual competition that many universities enter to design and build cost efficient solar powered houses that are constructed at the competition. Next they were introduced to a house named the F10 house, which is an award winning piece of architecture. It utilizes various methods of incorporating some "green building systems", such as a bottle wall. Here is some more information about the F10 house. LINK So their journey began, students they set out to redesign the remaining units on that street. It all started with a few simple sketches and they were off and running. They learned a wide range of skills from this project, from conceptual design through generating construction documents. They were also tasked with creating all of the display boards seen in the pictures below. I would like to extend a HUGE THANKS to everyone that was able attend the event. All in all, the event was a great! I am looking forward to doing it again next year! So........ Tomorrow is the big day. Projects are done, displays are up, folks are coming. Students says until 9:25 putting the finishing touches on the projects. I think they came out great. It's now up to them to put on a great display. I want to wish all of my seniors good luck. This past week was a very humbling experience for me. The students in my Advanced Architectural Design Academy are preparing for the 2014 Architectural Showcase on Feb. 19th. I am absolutely humbled by their level of dedication to their project. I had more than half of the class stay to work till about 7pm (normally out at 1:50p) on Tuesday and Wednesday. It has been amazing to see the growth in their skills since first meeting them at the beginning of the school year.
Students putting final touches on their projects. Yesterday, Nov 11 2013. We took an extended day field trip to Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob, I'll start it off and say it was COLD at Fallingwater. During this trip we were able to not only visit the homes, but we were also able to visit the grounds at both locations. The experience was so great that I hope we get to repeat it in the future.
Last night the students of the Howard County ARL Architectural Design Academy were invited to present their project from their final project from their Jr. year. They presented at the AIA Baltimore Excellence Awards held at the New Baltimore Design School. The project that they were invited to present was one were the designed lamp in the De Stijl. Attached below are photos from the event. |
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