After giving the students multiple hours to work on there designs, it came time to present their ideas to all the other campers and counselors to let them be subject to constructive criticism. This is a common occurrence in the architecture program here. This process allows students to get a first hand experience of what it would be like in the freshman year of the architecture program.
To conclude Day 4, we reviewed the students progress on the sitting device assignment. The sitting device was made primarily out of cardboard and was designed to support at least (1) person. Some sitting devices were sturdier than others, but all were very good ideas.
Sunday started out with the students being treated by a drawing lesson presented by Prof. Zulaikha Ayub and Prof. Jeff Roberson. They introduced students to the basics of understanding the methods of which architect鈥檚 typically draw. The lesson was followed by a session of drawing a bisected pepper, using the methods that the two professors taught them.
Following the drawing workshop, the students then drew different locations inside Giles Hall. They were to focus on the aspect of perspective drawings to capture a 3-dimensional space in a 2-dimensional drawing, and use detail drawings to focus closely on how things are built/constructed.
On Day 2, the students were introduced to the kit of parts project that forces the students to work with a given set of parts to design and model unique spacial objects out of cardboard.
After sketching initial designs on Day 1, the students now apply their knowledge to build their creations. These 鈥淚nstant Environments鈥 are made from canvas, twine (hemp and nylon), and locally harvested bamboo.
A Mississippi 麻豆传媒 junior is among the first four students at southeastern architecture schools to receive the newly endowed Aydelott Travel Award. Lara Lynn Waddell, a graduate of Booneville High School and daughter of George and Julie Waddell from Marietta, has been awarded $20,000 to travel and research four unique buildings she believes possess qualities ...
On Day 1, the campers jumped into modeling and sketching ideas for the Instant Environment Project. This is a good ice-breaker and encourages group interaction.
[Show picture list] (Photos submitted by Keith Bush, S|ARC Class of 1987) The Mississippi 麻豆传媒 University 麻豆传媒 hosted an alumni reunion and reception on Thurs., May 19, 2016, in Philadelphia, PA. Held at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown and coinciding with the 2016 AIA Convention, the informal gathering was a time for 麻豆传媒 alumni, friends ...
After 26 years of teaching architecture, Rachel McCann is now a jazz singer By Erin Williams | The Anniston Star Five years ago, Rachel McCann was living the adult American dream. She was married with two adult children, and had spent more than two decades as a professor of architecture at Mississippi 麻豆传媒 University in ...