Architecture News - November 2020

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Dean Kathy Anderson takes a look at academic successes during the pandemic.

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[00:00:04.420]Hello and welcome.
[00:00:06.920]These days, Architecture Hall
[00:00:09.120]is not the same bustling in-person environment you remember
[00:00:13.840]but it is very much alive
[00:00:15.840]and thriving with innovative fall classes
[00:00:19.051]and record undergraduate enrollment.
[00:00:22.900]When COVID-19 forced us
[00:00:25.040]to finish the spring semester remotely,
[00:00:27.451]our faculty, staff and students did not miss a beat.
[00:00:33.910]The care, creativity, and quality we all expect
[00:00:38.240]of our community remained constant.
[00:00:41.150]And I couldn't be more impressed or proud.
[00:00:45.440]It was exciting to see new university collaborations develop
[00:00:49.780]as faculty experimented with teaching
[00:00:52.380]and learning solutions.
[00:00:54.480]D1 faculty members teamed up
[00:00:56.790]with university communications.
[00:00:59.060]Together they created drone footage
[00:01:01.870]of Lincoln's Hay Market District
[00:01:03.870]to bring detailed project imagery to remote studios.
[00:01:08.650]And Professor Jeff Days' studio helped
[00:01:11.290]UNL's Larsen Tractor Museum explore expansion options
[00:01:15.660]in our first summer studio offering.
[00:01:19.920]Even with travel restrictions,
[00:01:21.552]our planning students helped the community
[00:01:24.560]of Brownville, Nebraska with flood recovery.
[00:01:28.040]Working remotely, CRP students provided the community
[00:01:31.900]with important research data,
[00:01:34.220]planning recommendations
[00:01:35.612]and suggestions for flood prevention and mitigation.
[00:01:40.500]This fall, the university forged ahead
[00:01:43.200]with in-person, remote and hybrid models
[00:01:46.410]for course delivery,
[00:01:47.720]using lessons learned from the spring semester.
[00:01:51.310]Faculty conducted reviews on new remote platforms,
[00:01:55.530]took their classes outside,
[00:01:57.112]delivered lectures and events online
[00:02:00.290]and created design challenges,
[00:02:02.420]targeted at the pandemic itself.
[00:02:05.400]The pandemic provided us an opportunity
[00:02:07.952]to look with fresh and discerning eyes
[00:02:11.350]at how we educate.
[00:02:12.974]It also expanded our students' skillsets
[00:02:16.560]in amazing ways.
[00:02:18.210]Problem solving, presenting online,
[00:02:21.820]exploring previously untapped online resources.
[00:02:26.410]I'm proud to say that our students rose to every challenge.
[00:02:31.280]The RDG-sponsored fourth year Collaborate Studio
[00:02:34.480]is a great example of how remote technology
[00:02:37.557]can connect us to professionals in other cities.
[00:02:41.530]Our students tapped into high-caliber talent
[00:02:45.030]with St. Louis-based RDG instructor, Katrina Cook,
[00:02:48.660]and Omaha-based instructors,
[00:02:50.920]Nate Gieselman and Adam Wise.
[00:02:53.540]We're working on a senior living project
[00:02:56.180]You know, how do you bring the community into this
[00:02:58.390]where it's not just a senior living project,
[00:03:00.047]but it's a destination
[00:03:02.394]for all of, in this case, Omaha,
[00:03:04.380]or whatever community it's in.
[00:03:06.630]MUSIC
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[00:03:09.670]Something that's really interesting
[00:03:10.710]that I've been learning is when working
[00:03:12.050]with interiors with architects, there's more people working
[00:03:15.340]on a project but also, there's different mindsets
[00:03:17.540]that work together to create a lot more detail
[00:03:19.839]within a project.
[00:03:21.470]The hybrid of this studio,
[00:03:23.190]both being on Zoom and in person,
[00:03:24.840]it's been really helpful.
[00:03:27.280]Maybe this isn't exactly what we were expecting
[00:03:29.914]for a project but it's definitely very real world
[00:03:32.600]and I think that's important to know
[00:03:33.920]is these are the types of projects
[00:03:35.300]that we're gonna be working with in the future.
[00:03:38.460]We've discovered that Zoom technology
[00:03:41.160]breaks down location-based barriers
[00:03:43.710]and expands opportunities
[00:03:45.610]to partner across the state.
[00:03:47.850]Nate Biseck and Steve Hardy's
[00:03:49.760]collaborate studio worked closely
[00:03:52.120]with stakeholders 300 miles away
[00:03:54.570]in Valentine, Nebraska.
[00:03:56.222]What they're looking for
[00:03:57.770]is something that can accommodate
[00:03:59.685]new people coming into town.
[00:04:02.470]They wanna bring more people into town,
[00:04:04.260]so they wanna put in some affordable housing.
[00:04:06.110]The pandemic certainly makes teaching
[00:04:08.400]and working with communities a challenge.
[00:04:10.900]We worked to overcome those challenges.
[00:04:12.700]So we set up seven different laptops
[00:04:15.440]and the community members came in
[00:04:17.140]and joined Zoom sessions with students back here.
[00:04:20.190]And it worked fairly well.
[00:04:22.340]If there's a silver lining to the pandemic,
[00:04:24.885]it's that our courses will continue
[00:04:27.380]to use online technologies
[00:04:29.062]to connect our students virtually
[00:04:31.670]to any point on the planet.
[00:04:34.140]This is an exciting moment
[00:04:35.700]in the future of higher education
[00:04:37.690]and the college is poised to take a lead role
[00:04:40.970]in shaping with that future.
[00:04:42.860]Partnering with architects in Omaha-based HDR,
[00:04:46.076]David Newton's spatial informatics studio
[00:04:49.380]is using artificial intelligence
[00:04:51.270]to design cities that will combat climate change.
[00:04:54.610]The studio is currently exploring the development
[00:04:57.270]of sustainable hyper-dense architecture
[00:04:59.890]in megacities around the world.
[00:05:02.170]We hope it changes the future
[00:05:03.800]by providing better options and more efficient ways
[00:05:06.440]of dwelling and dealing with the problems
[00:05:08.630]of global warming.
[00:05:10.740]I have some college leadership changes to report.
[00:05:13.800]Dr. Zhenghong Tang was promoted
[00:05:15.947]to director of the community and regional planning program
[00:05:19.550]after Gordon Scholz's retirement in June.
[00:05:22.370]And David Karle was promoted
[00:05:24.027]from interim to full director of the architecture program.
[00:05:28.328]Despite this year's many challenges,
[00:05:30.887]our faculty and students persevered
[00:05:33.480]and have even won regional and international awards.
[00:05:36.910]Here's a quick look.
[00:05:38.290]But for more details, please visit our website.
[00:05:41.830]It is in times like these
[00:05:43.309]that we show the world our true grit and metal.
[00:05:47.770]I want to leave you with a few words of inspiration
[00:05:50.900]that one of our instructors shared.
[00:05:53.179]I think it's a shining example
[00:05:55.670]of our culture here in the college.
[00:05:58.240]Until next time, take care,
[00:06:00.840]and go Big Red.
[00:06:02.910]Still drawing.
[00:06:05.680]Still together.
[00:06:08.240]Strong as ever.
[00:06:11.280]Design power.
[00:06:13.749](chuckling)

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