Announcement

This is the inaugural year of the Barnard Architecture + Design Summer Institute – a program that offers young women in high school an opportunity to learn about how design and architecture shape the built environment through project-based learning, field trips, and opportunities to meet designers and others involved in this work. Founded by partner, Karen Fairbanks, and supported by many at Barnard College, this three-week program is generously funded by the IDC Foundation for two years.

The program is developed for students who may not have access to such a specialized design program. And while all costs such as travel, museum admissions, meals and similar expenses are covered, it also provides a generous $1,000 stipend, so students don’t have to choose between a summer job and this experience. We are optimistic that opportunities like this will ultimately increase the diversity of students interested in pursuing the study of architecture and related fields.

The program is being taught by Barnard faculty member, Lindsay Harkema, and an alumna of the Barnard + Columbia Architecture (B+C | A) Department, Elsa Mäki CC’17. Course Assistants are from the architecture major and include Hazel Lu CC’24, Georgia Dillane BC’25, and Sebastian Bango CC’23, and the program is also collaborating with the Barnard Design Center. The committee who worked with Karen to shape this program included: faculty member, Kadambari Baxi; Barnard and Columbia alumni Elisa Ours BC’98, Jane Lea BC’00, and Josh Foster CC’16; and architecture majors: Amiziah Vaughn BC’23, Sophie Sebuh CC’23, and Logan Shorthair CC’23; with additional support from MFA and Barnard alum Rebecca Siqueiros BC’20 and Department Assistant Rachel Garcia-Grossman. The program is designed to create a multi-tiered mentoring structure between faculty, alumni, undergraduates, design professionals, and high school students that can become a model for pipeline development.

It was an honor to attend Urban Dove’s 21st Annual Evening with the Dove. Each year, we look forward to the UD Gala as an opportunity to celebrate this incredible organization, the Urban Dove Community, and those that are dedicated to supporting the growth of the young people that Urban Dove serves. We are looking forward to all of the success and exciting work that the next year will bring for the school. Congratulations to all of the individuals that were recognized!

We kicked off our work with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) on a feasibility study for their Gladys Marcus Library, located within the Shirley Goodman Resource Center on the FIT campus. The library houses a repository of resources and provides a multitude of services and programs that support the university’s academic community and the international fashion industry.

We recently hosted tabling sessions and workshops with students, faculty, and the greater campus community, who have been eager to share their thoughts and visions for the new library space. Stay tuned for project updates over the following months, as we continue to work to transform the Gladys Marcus Library into a vibrant and innovative hub that meets the evolving needs of FIT.

We are delighted to have had the privilege of being sponsors for the AIANY Honors and Awards Luncheon held at Cipriani Wall Street. The event provided the opportunity for us to gather alongside a diverse gathering of architects, industry professionals, and esteemed members of the Honors Committee, all united in celebrating and recognizing the exceptional accomplishments of this year’s AIA award recipients. We extend our congratulations to all the award winners!

Scott is an invited contributor in Thom Mayne’s newly released book, M3: Modeled Works [Archive] 1972-2022. A retrospective on the work of Thom Mayne and Morphosis, the book is a compilation of models that precede their built projects, and includes commentary from a range of practicing architects, architecture critics, and architecture historians.

Scott contributed commentary on workflows between digital and physical modeling regarding the Phare Tower, and Morphosis’ section models:

“The shift from hand-built to 3D printed models introduced a more integrated workflow between digital and physical modeling and, with the relative ease of output, increased rapid iterative modeling at multiple scales from overall building models, as they now have a closer link to the fabrication of actual building parts, building assemblies, and construction sequencing as seen in the various types and scales of models for the Phare Tower.” Pages 429-431.

“Morphosis is known for their section models, and in many cases there seems to be very little hierarchy between the section cut and 3D form, but it is not obvious which came first. This goes back to the Paris expo Architecture et Utopie Competition model with roll-out sections and continues with more recent models for the Orange County Museum of Art, built on linear tracks with multiple slices that can be slid together to form a whole or pulled apart as discrete and independent models. Unlike digital models where sections are often simply an output from a 3D object, in Morphosis’ physical models, sections often appear to be the input that drives the physical 3D object.” Pages 832-834.