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In This Issue
Announcements
Studio Mexico Exhibit
Students Help "Bridge" Orlando Residents
UF Community Campaign
Disaster Training Seminar
Events
 

UF College of Design, Construction and Planning 

 
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Announcements 
 
 Michael Kuenstle was elected to serve on the Board of Trustees as a director to the Florida Foundation for Architecture.
 
Joseli Macedo presented her paper, "Ten Years of Intervention: Evaluating an Informal Settlement in Brazil," at the ACSP Conference Oct. 1.  
 
 
Reminders
Oct. 9
Deadline to submit an abstract to the 2nd UF Water Institute Symposium.

Oct. 23
UF Community Campaign ends.
 
Oct. 30
Deadline for nominations for the 2010 Superior Accomplishment Awards.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Studio Mexico Exhibit Opens
Oct. 12
 

 
This past summer, 22 students spent four weeks in Guadalajara, Mexico working on design projects in historic areas.
 
Their work will be on display from Oct. 12-17 in the gallery. There will be a reception at 5 p.m. Monday Oct. 12.
 
All are welcome!

  
 
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The next issue will be distributed on Oct. 23. Submissions are due by Oct. 16.
  
  
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DCP News             Oct. 9, 2009
 
Students help "bridge" Orlando residents 
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The Architecture Advanced Graduate Design One studio recently participated in a four-day workshop with Yasha Grobman, post doctoral fellow in Harvard Graduate School of Design, as part of their semester-long collaboration with the city of Orlando, through DCP's Citylab-Orlando.
 
The 48 students are developing design ideas for the city's Bridge District, a section of Orlando between Washington and Church streets that is split by Interstate 4. 
 
 
 UF Community Campaign
 
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The online campaign ends Oct. 23.
 
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Contact Julie Frey if you have any questions.
 
  Disaster Training Seminar:
Students learn to evaluate disaster-ridden structures 
 

On Sept. 14, two graduate Advanced Structures classes gathered to learn how to evaluate building structures after natural disasters, such as hurricanes and earthquakes.

The speaker was Michael Lingerfelt, AIA, LEED, an Orlando based architect currently providing similar training through AIA Florida to architects and engineers throughout the country.
 
The event was organized by architecture structures faculty Michael Kuenstle and Nawari Nawari. 
 
"Bringing a person like that to our school is part of a continued effort to bridge between academy, profession and community," Kuenstle said.
 
Events
 
Architecture Lecture Series
Oct. 12: Juhani Pallasmaa, an architect and professor from Helsinki, Finland, will present "Touching the World-Architecture and the Senses," from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Norman Hall.
 
Exhibit Opening
Oct. 12: The Studio Mexico Exhibit begins with a reception at 5 p.m. in the gallery. All are welcome.

Building Construction Career Fair
Oct. 13: Each year over 100 companies and over 400 students attend the career fair. This semester's fair will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.
 
BCN Homecoming BBQ
Oct. 17: The Gators are scheduled to play Arkansas. Plan to stop at Rinker Hall at 9:30 a.m. for a tour of Rinker Hall, the Charles R. Perry Construction Yard and to visit with fellow alumni. BBQ runs from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
 
Architecture Lecture Series
Oct. 22: Heinz Tesar, an architect and a professor from Vienna, Austria, will present "Recent Works-Architecture of Layers," from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Norman Hall.
 
The Changing Place of Business Reception and Lecture
Oct. 22: David Lanthrop, director of Research and Strategy for Steelcase, Inc., will speak at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art about the new meanings of knowledge work, creative class, innovation and learning in a world of social enabling technology.
 
Southwest Florida Gator BCN Club 2009 Golf Classic
Oct. 23: For more information, contact Kim Stanley at the Rinker School of Building Construction at 352-273-1187.

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