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INTEGRATED:DESIGN SCHOOL FOR THE SOCIALLY-AWARE EDUCATION

How can a school inspire socially-aware design?

PART 1: 2010 Programming Competition

PART 2: 2011 Design Competition


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SOCIO DESIGN FOUNDATIONTM 1Fostering Dialog on the Social Impact of Design

INTEGRATED: DESIGN SCHOOL FOR THE SOCIALLY-AWARE EDUCATION2010/2011 Programming and Design Competitions

Our participants were challenged to develop the architecture for a design school that wouldpromote a socially-aware education for its students.

In lieu of research support, SDF relied on the talent of its participants. In spring 2010, SDFheld the first of the twoIntegrated competitions, one that focused on programming. Thewinning entry was published June 25, 2010, and was offered to the participants of the 2011Design Competition as inspiration for creative programming. 2011 participants were able touse the 2010 winning program as a strict foundation for their own work, as a platform on whichto explore their own ideas, or simply as inspiration.

2011 Design Competition

Winning Entries

1st Place: John Poelker .......................................................................................................................2

2nd Place: Alejandro Garca Pedrn and Raquel Sola Rubio ..............................................................3

3rd Place: Lee Ka Ki, Wu Hei Nam and Lam Cheuk Yiu .....................................................................4

Honorable Mentions

Jason Gaudette and Michael Neuhalfen.............................................................................................5

Garam Hann .......................................................................................................................................6

Allyn Hughes and Erin Jennifer Ota....................................................................................................7

Alireza Karimi, Sima Latifian, Mohhamad Moradi and Alireza Rafiee.................................................9

Fatemeh Mardani, Farnaz Shahdoosti and Fereshteh Shahmiri ......................................................11

Jury Panel ..............................................................................................................................................13

2010 Programming Competition

Challenge..........................................................................................................................................19

Winning Entry: Lipika Mukerji............................................................................................................19

(Please except our apologies: after a delay in the jury process, all biographies for 2011 participants are pending.)


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INTEGRATED: DESIGN SCHOOL FOR THE SOCIALLY-AWARE EDUCATION2011 Design Competition

Perkins+Will / John Poelker1st Place

biography pending


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Alejandro Garca Pedrn and Raquel Sola Rubio2nd Place

Alejandro G. Pedrn and Raquel Sola Rubio

Alejandro and Raquel are fifth year

students at the School ofArchitecture in the PolytechnicUniversity of Valencia, and havestudied at the Faculty of Architecturein the Technical University of Brno,Czech Republic. Both are united bypassion for design and architecture.They consider architecture as amediator and enhancer of humanrelationships. They founded Cruxfluxtwo years ago, an architecturalstudent group. In their shortprofessional practice, they haveworked with architects such ManuelCerd Prez. Alejandro andRaquels projects have beenselected for books such as Self-Sufficient City(published by Actar),university publications and otherlocal publications and exhibitions.

Alejandro Garca Pedrn (LosPedrones, 1988) was raised in asmall wine village, 70 km fromValencia. He currently combines his

studies with sax playing in a bigband.

Raquel Sola Rubio (Manises, 1988)is always involved in social projectsfrom within the Manises christiancommunity. She is an educator andvolunteer at a center for thedisabled.

www.cruxflux.net


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Lee Ka Ki, Wu Hei Nam and Lam Cheuk Yiu3rd Place

biographies pending


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Jason Gaudette and Michael NeuhalfenHonorable Mention for Technique

Jason Gaudette

Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario,Canada, Jason is currently a seniorat Lawrence TechnologicalUniversity in Southfield, Michiganand will graduate with a Bachelor ofScience in Architecture in May 2011.Prior to attending Lawrence Tech,Jason graduated with a Diploma ofArchitectural Technology from St.Clair College, Windsor. He has workexperience in multiple disciplines ofcommercial construction.

Jason believes that architectureshould meet societys needs, beefficient, sustainable, inspire,enlighten, and revitalizecommunities.

Mike Neuhalfen

Born in Las Vegas, but raised in theMetropolitan Detroit area, Mikecurrently lives in Ann Arbor,

Michigan. He is a senior atLawrence Technological Universityin Architecture and will begraduating this May. Mike alsoattended Eastern MichiganUniversity for a short time; with afocus on Secondary Education andScience.

Mike thinks we can design buildings that still intrigue peoples imagination while being sustainable.Architecture can still be fun, exciting and responsible at the same time. We should design withsustainability in mind not only because we are supposed to, but because we can.

Jason and Mike have enjoyed working together in multiple design studios while attending LawrenceTechnological University. Their present work represents education, experimentation, and interactionthrough site and structure.


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Garam HannHonorable Mention for Composition

Garam Hann

Garam is an undergraduate student majoring in architecture at Hanyang University in Seoul, SouthKorea. Before pursuing architecture, she was always interested in the relationship between disciplines.Garam draws inspiration for his architectural process from the arts, music, film and literature. Shebelieves architecture can be understood in ways that extend beyond its traditional meaning. In thefuture, she hopes to participate in creative projects motivated by the convergence between architectureand different academic fields.

Currently, her design projects mostly focus on the interactions that emerge from architecture, such asthe relationship between the designer and user, a building and its surrounding environment, the pastand future. To Garam, architecture is a place where ends meet.


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Allyn Hughes and Erin Jennifer OtaHonorable Mention for Philosophy

Allyn Hughes

Raised in the typical all-Americanfamily, Allyn was the perfect, darlingchild of the 1990s. The realizationthat she was no different than anyother suburban brat has provided

just enough angst to fuel her work.In May 2011 she will graduateVirginia Tech with a degree inArchitecture. Dissatisfaction is acommon theme, which proactivelyleads to big dreaming. There is adefinite art to uncertainty, which is a

life long study of hers.

Her present work addresses thesocial impact of the builtenvironment. Through new socialspaces, one has the potential tomediate between objects, events,and people. She remembers lifeprior to social media, a life thateveryone is racing to forget. Somemay call it nostalgia, but shebelieves premeditated socializingcan be disseminated into todaysworld. Currently, there is apreexisting network of irrelevantsystems (parks, strip malls, parkinglots, etc). They fail to adjust tocontemporary needs, which leavesthese spaces unnecessary. A newtypology is born when these datedsystems are reworked to providequality public spaces. Contextinforms the social needs of the site,which then creates endlesspossibilities for social rehabilitation.

Erin Jennifer Ota

Erin is a student who will graduate in May 2011 with dual degrees in Architecture and Economics fromVirginia Tech. Her current work studies how the substitution of strip malls for public dwelling spaces(i.e. plazas, atriums, arcades) has made the suburban economy relatively more inefficient. Otas thesismaintains that the suburban typology denies opportunities for public spaces to be inhabited free ofcharge by requiring consumption to dwell in strip malls (i.e. coffee shops). This condition subjects oneto spend more income than could be necessary to dwell, requiring one to perform additional labor,engendering poorer health, and consequently encouraging less efficient labor output. Her primary focus


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is how over-laboring, in response to the over-consuming that suburban space encourages, affectslaborers health and subsequent economic efficiency at different scales. Specifically, she is studyinghow this condition impacts the distribution of economic welfare between global corporations invested instrip malls and Americans residing in suburban communities. To speculate on Architectures impact,she is proposing a typology that substitutes strip malls with Leisure Lending Banks; communitycenters discouraging excess labor and consumption through free group gazing, financed by local

employers looking to optimize labor production and health insurance companies.


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Alireza Karimi, Sima Latifiann, Mohhamad Moradi and Alireza RafieeHonorable Mention for Technique

Alireza Karimi

Alireza was born on June 10, 1985, in Shiraz, Iran. He graduated with a Bachelor degree in architecturefrom Shahid Chamran University in Ahvaz, Iran. Currently, he is pursuing a Masters of Architecture atthe Art University of Tehran. During his architecture studies, he focuses on sustainable design, aboutwhich hes written several articles and will write his thesis.

[email protected]

Sima Latifian

Sima was born on March 22, 1985, in Tehran, Iran. She has been interested in architecture since highschool, and so continued her education with a Bachelors degree at Yazd University. She believes thatarchitecture can thoughtfully create environments through cultural reflection and by providing for thepsychological needs of its users.

Sima is now a postgraduate student at the Tehran Art University. This was her first architecturalcompetition, which she entered with three of her colleagues at university.

[email protected]


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Mohammad Moradi

Mohammad was born on Feb 18, 1986, in Kermanshah, Iran. He graduated with a Bachelors degree inarchitecture from Shahid Chamran University in Ahvaz, Iran. Believing that architecture has a closerelationship with other academic fields, he examined the relationship between architecture and thesocial sciences in his bachelor thesis. To recognize the value of architecture in culture, he designed a

public space to encourage peoples interactions with each other.Mohammad is now a postgraduate student at the Tehran Art University. His primary concern is studyingthe principles of spatial composition in Iranian architecture. For his masters thesis, he is studied theIranian bazaar, and designed a commercial complex based on its spatial design. In addition to histhesis, he has also had several articles printed in Iranian magazines.

[email protected]

Alireza Rafiee

Alireza was born on June 13, 1984, in Herat, Afghanistan. By that time, war was threatening peopleslives. Many people migrated abroad, including Alirezas family. He stayed with a family who helped him

overcome the obstacles and hardships of studying in a foreign country. After finishing elementaryeducation in Iran, he returned to Afghanistan where he earned a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineeringat Heart University. After graduation, he worked as a technical office engineer with METAG and TEPEconstruction companies in Afghanistan. His enthusiasm for architecture led him to postgraduate studiesat the Tehran Art University.

Alireza is looking forward to a bright future for Afghanistan. He is preparing to rehabilitate hishometown, and is eager to find opportunities to acquire more knowledge. He is a son of peace,determined to improve the world through his art.

[email protected]


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Fatemeh Mardani, Farnaz Shahdoosti and Fereshteh ShahmiriHonorable Mention for Architectural Response

Fereshteh ShahmiriFatemeh Mardani

Born in Iran, Fatemeh earned herBachelor of Architecture at KashanUniversity and is currently pursuingher Master of Architecture at TehranUniversity of Art. Through her thesis,Urban Public Open Space in theMiddle of Tehran, she is focusing onthe role and importance of openspaces for public health.

Between degrees, Fatemeh alsoparticipated in Urban Landscape

Aesthetic Congress offered by NazarResearch Center and Iran ArtistsCenter, Urban Landscape NationalCongress offered by NazarResearch Center, IranianArchitectures Perception & CriticWorkshop offered by IransArchitectural Events Center,Architectural Concept NationalCongress offered by ArchitecturalCollege, Tehran University of Art,and participated in and receivedhonorable mention in the IranianArchitectures Perception Workshopoffered by the Iran ArchitecturalEvents Center. After two years atNazar Research Center, where sheworked in theoretic affairs related tothe Manzar Journal, Fatemeh beganand continues to work at Tracture

Office in Transformative Architecture. When not exploring architecture, Fatemeh enjoys playing piano,swimming, cycling, yoga, traveling and photography.

Farnaz Shahdoosti

Born in Tehran, Iran, Farnaz earned her Bachelor of Architecture at Qazvin University and is currentlypursuing her Masters of Architecture at the Tehran University of Art. Her primary focus is exploring theproblematic issues in Iranian life, which can be found throughout urban centers such as Tehran. Byexamining the opportunities afforded through interrelated architecture and landscape design, Farnazstudies how to improve these issues, such as traffic and pollution, which affect health, and lack of timeand accessibility, which affect the ability of people in the city to lead tranquil and fulfilling lives. She iscurrently working on her thesis project: a TOD complex near a metro station.


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Since 2007, Farnaz has worked on several architecture and interior design projects. Her design for theVilla in Mohammadshahr, Karaj has been selected for honorable mention in the Memar 2010competition, and has been published in Architecture & Constructionmagazine. Farnaz now works atM&M Architect. In addition to architecture, she enjoys painting, traveling and skiing.

Fereshteh Shahmiri

Born in Iran, Fereshteh earned her Bachelor of Architecture and is currently pursuing her Masters ofArchitecture at the Tehran University of Art. Through her thesis, The Center of Fabrication Lab inTehran, she is focusing on the role and importance of fabrication in the architectural design process.

Between degrees, Fereshteh also completed an advanced course in architectural technology at theUniversity of Tehran, the Architectural Association Tehran Workshop on Manufacturing Simplexities(University of Tehran), training in Space Frame Structures at the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman,and training in Membrane Structures at the Institute for Membrane and Shell Technologies (TehranUniversity). After a year at Sadpayeh Bana Consulting Engineers where she worked in Design andManufacturing Space Frame Structures, Fereshteh now works at Tracture Office in TransformativeArchitecture. When not exploring architecture, Fereshteh enjoys traveling, playing the violin and

badminton.


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Jury Panel

Glria Brando | De Castro & Brando Arquitetura, Founding Partner

Brazilian architect and urban planner, Glria Brando graduated from the

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2006), and from the urban engineeringprogram at the Polytechnic School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2008).While she was obtaining her degree, she worked as a collaborator on theproject "Slum Quarter," an urban program idealized by the Town Hall of Rio deJaneiro, situated in the communities of the Agulhas Negras and Vila Caramuru.

Currently, she is working on a professional master's degree in urban engineering, also at thePolytechnic School, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, focusing on the subjects of ecological urbanplanning and sustainable building industry. Glria Brando is one of the founding partners of De Castro& Brando Arquitetura(est. 2008), an architecture and urbanism firm based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Previously, she worked on restoration projects for the House of Rui Barbosa Foundation (2008) andOur Lady of Glory on the Hillock Church (2006).

Michael Brosowski | Blue Dragon, Founder

Michael, 36, is the founder and CEO of Blue DragonChildrens Foundation in Vietnam. Michael grew up inSydney and studied high school in Inverell, innorthwest NSW. After completing an Arts/Educationdegree at the University of NSW, he taught English forfour years at Westfield Sports High in Fairfield,Sydney, and then worked at UNSWs Gifted Educationdepartment while studying for a Masters of Education.

In 2002, Michael moved to Vietnam to work in theeducation sector, but in early 2003 established Blue Dragon in response to the overwhelming needs ofstreet children in Hanoi. Today, Blue Dragon serves over 900 children throughout the country.

Vietnam is continuing to experience rapid economic growth and predictably, the gap between rich andpoor is widening. The rural-urban gap is substantial, but even within towns and cities there is anextraordinary imbalance between the wealthiest and the poorest residents. Blue Dragon works withfamilies living in extreme poverty, on boats, in tents or shacks, who can not afford to send their childrento school. Blue Dragon provides individualised programming for the most disadvantaged children tobreak the cycle of poverty through helping them to re-engage with education and training, whilesupporting their physical, social and psychological needs.

Blue Dragon provides opportunities and tools that empower the most disadvantaged children and theirfamilies to break out of poverty, forever.

www.streetkidsinvietnam.comwww.vietnamstreets.blogspot.com


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Alan Bunker | Miller Dahlstrand Architects, Associate

Alan grew up in Eagan, Minnesota, and has since traveled the world, havingspent time in both Europe and northern Africa. He received a Bachelor of Artsdegree in Mathematics with a minor in Geoscience from Winona StateUniversity (2004); and, after working in London, he earned a Masters of

Architecture degree from the University of Colorado (2008). He currentlyresides in Houston Texas where he works for a small firm that designs customhomes.

Othon de Castro | De Castro & Brando Arquitetura, Founding Partner

Othon graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2006) with aBachelor of Arts degree in Architecture and Urban Planning. While atuniversity, he studied sustainable planning and design as a foreign exchangestudent at the Technische Fachhochschule Berlin (TFH-Berlin), as well asinvestigated the development of Urban Culture and Urbanism Thought inBrazil, as a research assistant at the Laboratory of Urban Studies (leU). Hisgraduation final project "CIT - Center of Technology Innovations" also earned

him the prized Architect of Tomorrowaward from the Institute of Brazilian Architects' 45th AnnualAward (2007).

Currently, Othon is doing a professional master degree in Urban Engineering at the Polytechnic School,Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is co-founder of the De Castro & Brando Arquitetura (est.2008), an architecture and urbanism office based in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

Gregory Dent | The Abo Group, Inc., Architect Intern

Gregory grew up in the Midwest and received his Bachelor of Architecture fromDrury University in Springfield, Missouri. After exploring Chinese architecturethrough the Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, he graduated and moved toColorado to pursue his career in Architecture. As an Architect Intern for the AboGroup, Gregory is involved with projects throughout Colorado, including work atthe Denver International Airport. He is currently testing for architecturallicensure in the State of Colorado.

www.theabogroup.com

Teja Elam | LEED AP

Teja earned her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from Southern Illinois University in 2001.There she became more and more interested in architecture as a form of sculpture, eventually leadingher to earn a Masters of Architecture from the University of Colorado, Denver in 2006. With a passionfor responsible design, Teja is a LEED AP, certified in Historic Preservation, and has worked onmultiple rehabilitation and renovation projects.


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Dr. Abigail Gewirtz | Minnesota Child Response Center, PrincipalInvestigator and Project Director | Department of Family Social Science &Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Assistant Professor

Abigail Gewirtz, Ph.D., L.P. is Assistant Professor in the Department of FamilySocial Science and the Institute of Child Development at the University of

Minnesota. Her research focuses on implementation and dissemination ofevidence-based prevention interventions, especially those focusing onparenting of children exposed to violence, homelessness and related traumatic

stressors. She is Principal Investigator/Project Director for Ambit Network (formerly MN ChildResponse Center), a SAMHSA/National Child Traumatic Stress Network Community Services andTreatment center focusing on the implementation of evidence-based interventions for traumatizedschool-aged children and their parents. She also is co-investigator with Dr. Gerald August on an NIMH-funded effectiveness trial of the Early Risers prevention intervention in family supportive housing. Dr.Gewirtz has written and has presented widely at both the local and national level on prevention andintervention for high-risk children.

Sara Klingenstein |

Sara graduated with distinction from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a MA in Linguistics, BAsin Linguistics and Philosophy, a minor in Mathematics, and a graduate certificate in Cognitive Science.

Rori Knudtson | School of Critical Engagement, Founding Member |University of Colorado, Denver, College of Arts and Media, Lecturer |University of Colorado, Boulder, College of Environmental Design, Lecturer

Rori works in the space of in betweensphysical and mental architecture,memory and immediacy, material and immaterialin an effort to question

social, psychological and physical constructs of space. Rori works witharchitectural concepts, installation, sound, video and performance. Sherecently completed a two-year residency with RedLine/Denver, will be in

residency in the fall of 2011 at USF Verftet/Bergen and is a founding member of the School of CriticalEngagement. She received her BSVC from Ohio University/Athens, her M.Arch from the University ofColorado and her MFA from Transart Institute in Berlin. She is the recipient of grants from the RoyalNorwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Moulton Foundation and was awarded Alpha Rho Chi Medalhonors in 2007.

www.rknudtson.com, http://schoolofcriticalengagement.org/


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Michele L. Larimer | University of Colorado, Denver

Michele built her first city before the age of ten with electrical tape, matchboxcars and painted boxes to represent the urban environment that enthused andinspired her imagination. Micheles interest in urban spaces became moreprofound as she traversed over twenty-five countries and four continents. She

meticulously recorded her observations of cultural communications within thebounds of the built environment and the spaces in between. These interestseventually translated into an interdisciplinary practice that pursues contextually

defined urban design with a focus on discovery, process and participation.

Michele is a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and a Master of Urban Design from the Universityof Colorado Denver, College of Architecture and Planning. She currently is a facilitator for the School ofCritical Engagement.

www.cudenver.edu

Adam Lawson |

Adam Lawson was born and raised in Denver. He has a BA from St. John's College in Santa Fe, NewMexico and an MSc in Evolutionary Psychology from the University of Liverpool. He is currentlyworking in Aurora, Colorado for the University of Colorado's Center for Human Simulation. Architectureand Anatomy, which he has never studied formally, have been his two favorite subjects sincechildhood.

Davor Mikulcic | ANZIA, RAIA | studio MWA ltd., Principal | davor mikulcicarchitect, Principal | Brisbane Queensland University of Technology, School ofDesign, Lecturer

Davor grew up in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (ex Yugoslavia). Hispursuit of architecture in secondary school led him earn a diploma inarchitectural design at the University of Sarajevos School of Architecture andUrban Planning, graduating at the top of his class as one of the best studentsin his generation.

Davor worked as an architect in Yugoslavia until civil war broke out. After he and his family spent timeas refugees in Denmark, he and his wife were granted permanent residency and eventually citizenshipby New Zealand. He is currently a registered architect in New Zealand and Australia, where heconducts work for his firms studio MWA ltd. (Wellington, New Zealand) and davor mikulcic architect(Brisbane, Australia). Studio MWA has been widely published and recognized through variousarchitectural awards.

Concurrent with his practices, Davor teaches Architectural and Interior Design at Brisbane QueenslandUniversity of Technology, School of Design, and judges for various international architecturalcompetitions. For the last three years, he has been an invited juror for the Royal Australian Institute ofArchitects, serving as chairperson for Public Architecture, Brisbane, in 2010.


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Davor's goal has always been to be a part of an idea-based practice devoted to architecture thatencourages thought, challenges expectations and provokes new ways of seeing and inhabiting thecontemporary environment.

Ben Nilsson | LEED AP, Assoc. AIA

Benjamin's passion for architecture began in his childhood, and continuedthrough his education. After pursuing classes at the University of Coloradowhile still in secondary school, he left for Minneapolis where he graduated fromthe University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, and aminor in art history.

To further his in-depth understanding of building design, he worked hisuniversity summers and post-graduation at several construction companies and an architecture firm inthe Midwest. To further develop his critical architectural theory, Ben earned his masters in architectureat the University of Colorado, Denver and worked for a small sustainable design firm where he assistedin the design and implementation of many large-scale public works, including schools, laboratories, and

remodel work for the Denver International Airport.

Ben currently resides in Minnesota, and is an associate member of the AIA and a LEED accreditedprofessional.

Sergio Preston | Mongo Urban Practices, Associate

Sergio has a BA from St. Johns College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and dual Masters in Architectureand Landscape Architecture from the University of Colorado at Denver. He is currently an Associatewith Mongo Urban Practices.

Anne Quallick | AIA, LEED AP | HQ Architects, Principal

Anne earned her undergraduate degree in Management Information Systemsfrom the University of Notre Dame. During her undergraduate studies, she wasfortunate to travel the world through Semester at Sea program. After university,she worked in Information Technology consulting in Chicago and WashingtonD.C., before moving to Philadelphia, where she began her career in design atBallinger Architects.

Anne went on to earn her Masters in Architecture from the University of Colorado, Denver, including astudy semester in Rome. Completing a design-build certificate during her Masters studies andparticipating in the GHOST 10 Architectural Laboratory in June 2008, Nova Scotia, have enhanced herinterest in the design-build field of architecture. Anne currently balances her life between her passionsfor architecture and travel. She worked for Keith Krebs AIA, Architect and is now a principal at HQArchitects in Denver, Colorado and has most recently traveled through Greece, Italy and Turkey.

www.hqarchitects.com


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Matthew Shea | Mongo Urban Practices, Founding Partner | University ofColorado, Denver, Lecturer

Matthew is a partner at Mongo Urban Practices and a Lecturer in the College ofArchitecture and Planning at the University of Colorado. He is a graduate of theUniversity of Colorado (M. Arch 2006 and BA Philosophy 1998) and The New

School for Social Research (M.A. Philosophy 2001). Matthew pursuesarchitecture as an opportunity to critically engage our surroundings and as atool for positive cultural transformation.

www.8trackarch.comwww.cudenver.edu

Ashley Vlasak | LEED AP | Studio Pet Architecture

Ashley graduated first from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in Architecturedegree and minors in Construction Management and Spanish, and then from the University of

Colorado, Denver with a Masters in Architecture. During her university work, Ashley studied in Oaxaca,Mexico with many architects who had once studied under Luis Barragan, and pursued her passion forresponsible and sustainable design. Ashley won an award and mayoral attention for her group redesignof a Mississippi River neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota as an innovative renewal project, andhonorable mention for her USGBC Colorado Natural Design Competition group entry for a rehabilitationand addition of an office building in Denver's LoDo neighborhood.

Ashley has always been interested in what local architects can do to improve their communities. Shehas worked on a variety of public works for Wold Architects and Engineers in St. Paul, Minnesota, andis now the founding principal of the non-profit Studio Pet Architecture, a venue for architects and animalrescues to collaborate their efforts in the production of dog and cat shelters.

Michael Walsh

Michael graduated from the University of Oregons Graduate program inArchitecture, with an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and ReligiousStudies. Now living in Sacramento, California, he is a Designer at Lionakis. Inaddition to his career in architecture, he also enjoys creative activities such asglass blowing, charcoal drawing, and spending time outdoors.


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INTEGRATED: DESIGN SCHOOL FOR THE SOCIALLY-AWARE EDUCATION2010 Programming Competition

Challenge

SDF believes that true social change in architecture begins with insightful programming programmingthat rethinks the purpose and social objective of individual spaces, as well as their collective effect ontheir users and surrounding community. Through programming alone, our participants were asked tocommunicate their design concept for a school that fosters socially-aware education.

Congratulations to Lipika Mukerji, winner of the 2010 programming competition, Integrated: DesignSchool for the Socially-Aware Education.

Lipika MukerjiI AIA | LEED APWinning Entry

Lipika is an architect and founder of Stylo DesignStudio in Seattle where she lives with herhusband. Lipika was born in India, but grew up inGreat Britain. She holds a Masters degree andDiploma in Architecture from the University ofCambridge, where she graduated with the RoyalInstitute of British Architects Eastern Region Prizefor her student portfolio. Her studies took her toRome, Turin, Vienna and Paris, as well as India toresearch low-cost sustainable building practices inTrivandrum and slum improvement projects inKolkata. She has worked in Britain and in the

United States on a variety of projects that rangefrom residential work to schools and highereducation facilities. She is a certified PassiveHouse Consultant and is committed to practicingsustainable architecture. Lipika is passionateabout urban design and serves as a member ofthe City of Seattle Design Review Board. She is anartist, a cellist and a bookworm who loves theoutdoors. Lipika enjoys the challenge ofarchitectural competitions. She was a finalist inthe Winnipeg City Crossing Design Competitionand was awarded an honorable mention in the

Socio Design Foundations 2010 architecturecompetition Fostered. Lipika hopes to continueworking on projects that have a positive social andenvironmental impact, always endeavoring to bringher unique international background to the fore.Conceptual Board


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