College of Architecture: Meet Mark Bacon

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As creative director at BVH Architecture, Mark Bacon brings his experience directly to his students at Nebraska.

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[00:00:00.360](acoustic guitar music)
[00:00:03.411]I'm Mark Bacon.
[00:00:04.931]I'm Creative Director at BVH Architecture,
[00:00:07.309]and I'm a UNL adjunct faculty member.
[00:00:10.149]Where's this add-on, here?
[00:00:12.068]I have a passion to see students learn.
[00:00:14.829]And my real-world experience provides
[00:00:17.520]them a certain perspective and a certain
[00:00:19.739]idea of what they will be practicing in the future.
[00:00:23.920]How are you going to translate that?
[00:00:25.789]The biggest advantage, really,
[00:00:27.229]is exposure to talented students.
[00:00:31.389]And being able to invite them to come work with us
[00:00:35.691]during summer internships or during the school year.
[00:00:39.245]I took Mark as a studio professor, so I was able
[00:00:41.915]to get to know Mark over the course of a semester.
[00:00:44.666]At the end of the semester, Mark contacted me
[00:00:46.986]letting me know that he'd like to set up
[00:00:48.797]an interview with me and BVH.
[00:00:51.056]Right, well because we...
[00:00:52.157]The intern position here at BVH
[00:00:54.018]has been incredibly valuable to me, personally,
[00:00:56.236]because I was able to develop real world connections,
[00:00:58.755]as well as just being able to get a perspective
[00:01:01.106]into the actual professional side of architecture.
[00:01:03.675]They come in and they jump right in,
[00:01:05.538]and they're a part of our culture.
[00:01:07.578]I've been on about three different projects
[00:01:10.418]as well as doing smaller tasks, here in the studio.
[00:01:13.106]They really give the opportunity
[00:01:14.675]to branch out and do other designing.
[00:01:16.996]So, this will adhere to that wall.
[00:01:19.687]One of the biggest things for me
[00:01:22.298]in engaging a student, is just being personal.
[00:01:25.757]Having a conversation, making a collaborative...
[00:01:29.418]I really want to spend time with each group.
[00:01:32.546]I had a repeat student from third-year to fourth-year,
[00:01:37.926]and I saw that student, through the studios,
[00:01:42.477]progress and grow in ways, and being able to develop,
[00:01:47.490]not only as an architecture student, but just as a person.
[00:01:52.061]That was a pivotal moment for me.
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