Programme Updates
Architecture Degree Programme
Half a dozen Environmental Design students were the first to receive the M. Arch degree at spring convocation. The 1995 accreditation report recommended distinguishing the accredited degree from non-accredited programs of study. The M. Arch. nomenclature is the commonly used term for a first professional master's degree in architecture. Students who graduate prior to this spring are eligible to convert their M. E. Des.(Arch.) degree to an M. Arch. if the program they have completed corresponds to the program submitted for accreditation. Students in this category will still have to have their programs of study individually certified by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board. Contact Jim Love for further information.
John Brown and James Love are sharing the directorship of the M. Arch. program, effective July 1.
Graham Livesey is on sabbatical leave during the 1997-98 academic year. He will be spending part of the fall semester at the Centre for Architectural History and Theory at the University of Edinburgh. His sabbatical project involves further writing in this area.
Vancouver architect Marc Boutin, who has worked with the Peter Cardew practice and has taught at UBC, will be joining the program for the 1997-98 academic year. Marc spent his pre-university years in Calgary, so is familiar with the city.
Montreal architect Dan Hanganu was the Somerville visitor during the winter term. The block week charette project was an interpretive centre for the old town of Quebec.
William Chomik, Jeremy Sturgess, and Frederick Valentine have been reappointed as adjunct professors. Dr. Geoffrey Simmins of the Department of Art and Christopher Roberts are new adjunct appointees.
Members of the program met with members of the Innovative Practice Group in Architecture, which includes Brian Allsop, Doug Carlyle, Jim Dow, James Dyckes, Barry Johns, Wayne Lamble, Vivian Manasc, Brian Oakley, and Len Rodriguez. The group has made a substantial contribution to University of Calgary instruction in professional practice over the last couple of years and has also been involved with other Canadian universities. Agreement was reached on an approach to continue joint efforts in education in professional practice.
Edmonton's Works Festival mounted "The Works Art Evo: Electric Artscapes," a July show that included designs by John Brown's Studio Z practice.
Catherine Hamel presented "Lessons To Be Learned From The Traffic Of Humanity," a paper she wrote with Gerard Halpin, at the Third "Other Connections Conference. This year's conference was held in June in Melbourne, Australia. The theme was "Building, Dwelling, Drifting, Migrancy and the Limits of Architecture.
Robert Kirby has been assisting the Mustard Seed Foundation by providing design services for the further development of its downtown Street mission in Calgary.
The May, 1997 issue of Avenue magazine included "Modern Love," which Graham Livesey prepared with David Down, an EVDS alumnus. The article addresses modern architecture in Calgary.
James Love participated in an International Energy Agency project meeting in the Netherlands in April. Researchers from a dozen countries are cooperating in monitoring performance of buildings with special daylighting features, as well as investigating control systems, computer simulation, and behavioral aspects.
Walker McKinley, MEDes(Arch) T96, was awarded a Form-Z Joint Study Program Award of Distinction for the digital representation of his design, a building for a media company. Students from schools of architecture in several countries were considered for the award, made by a jury that included distinguished New York architect Peter Eisenman.
John Brown represented The University of Calgary at the June meeting of the Canadian Council of University Schools of Architecture (CCUSA). He was elected president of the CCUSA and will represent the CCUSA on the board of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
Tang Lee returned after a six-month leave where he taught at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also helped set up a laboratory for environmental technology, and conducted research on historic covered bridges in Quilin, China.
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