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FORECLOSED: REHOUSING THE AMERICAN DREAM You can’t drive very far in most American cities before you see WKH HIIHFWV RI WKH IRUHFORVXUH FULVLV 5HFHQW VWDWLVWLFV UHĂ HFW D ODQGscape of individual stories of crisis. Collectively, these narratives KDYH LQĂ XHQFH WKDW H[WHQGV IDU EH\RQG WKRVH PRVW DIIHFWHG ,Q DQ effort to begin a conversation on the foreclosure crisis, architecture, and suburbanism, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and MoMA PS1 have launched Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream, a workshop and exhibition in the series Issues in Contemporary Architecture. SCI-Arc faculty member Andrew Zago of Zago Architecture ZDV QRPLQDWHG WR OHDG RQH RI Ă€YH LQWHUGLVFLSOLQDU\ WHDPV WKDW participated in a 4-month workshop, centered on rethinking housing in the US in light of the foreclosure crisis. Each team was tasked with focusing on a “megaregion,â€? a metropolitan area that lies within a corridor between two major cities. Zago’s team worked on a proposal for Rialto, California, with the goal to create new and innovative ways of thinking about the relationship between land, housing, infrastructure and urban form. Zago assembled an interdisciplinary group of professionals IURP YDULRXV Ă€HOGV VXFK DV XUEDQ HFRQRPLF SODQQLQJ HFRORJ\ and landscape architecture, and engineering and urban infrastructure. His core team included 'DYLG %HUJPDQ, Principal of MR+E and co-coordinator of SCI-Arc’s Future Initiatives (SCIFI) postgraduate program; Alex Felson, Director of the Urban and Ecological Design Lab at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; and %UXFH 'DQ]LJHU, Associate Principal of LA-based ARUP. SCI-Arc students were also involved at various stages of the program. Foreclosed tackles a new approach to the public housing problem, raising the argument that housing in the American suburbs is a matter of public concern as opposed to the belief that a home in foreclosure is the problem of the individual owner. The exhibition of completed proposals appears at MoMA from January 31-July 31, 2012. Solar Decathlon 2011 We’d like to acknowledge all of the extraordinary work that went into the completion of the SCI-Arc/Caltech Solar Decathlon Project. With over 100 students involved, this was truly a collaborative effort. The SCI-Arc and Caltech students displayed immense dedication to their craft through a long and challenging design/build process that extended over a two year time period. They, and everyone else involved, should be applauded for their remarkable work on this project and for their unique contribution to the future of affordable, green housing. SCI-Arc Leadership: Eric Owen Moss Hsinming Fung Jamie Bennett Bill Kramer Christopher Banks SCI-Arc Faculty Advisors: Anne Epstein Wes Jones Dwayne Oyler Caltech Leadership: Jean-Lou Chameau Harry Atwater Neil Fromer Carol Carmichael Valerie Otten Caltech Faculty Advisors: Doug Caldwell Melany Hunt Phil Lee
Richard Murray SCI-Arc Team Members: Geoffrey April Rachel Bitan Catherine Caldwell Paul Cambon Robert Cardenas Wilson Chang Scott Davis Adam Dunn Reed Finlay, Project Mgr. Valentin Florescu Andres Fuentes Robert Gilson Hyungbin Im Chuy Le Jacques Lesec Nathan Meyers Elisabeth Neigert, Project Mgr.
Michael Nesbit Joel Ochs Giovanna Orozco Rinaldo Perez Michael Piscitello Lanna Semel Harris Silver Jane Suthigoseeya Brian Zentmyer Caltech Team Members: Sara Ahmed Andrew Gong Hima Gudipati Cole Hershkowitz Benjamin Kurtz Zeke Millikan Judy Mou Sam Jones Ka Suen Richard Wang Fei Yang, Project Mgr.
ALUMNI WELCOME NEW STUDENTS DURING STUDENT ORIENTATION WEEK 7KH Ă€UVW ZHHN LQ 6HSWHPEHU VLJQLĂ€HV WKH RQVHW RI WKH QHZ DFDdemic year. This year, 168 incoming students were welcomed by staff, faculty, and alumni during student orientation week. Former Alumni Council Chairman Santino Medina (M.Arch ’06) greeted students on the second day of orientation, encouraging them to begin making connections with alumni as soon as possible. He noted the importance of taking advantage of alumni VWXGLR WRXUV DV D Ă€UVW VWHS LQ FDUHHU QHWZRUNLQJ 6L[WHHQ VWXGLRV KRVWHG WRXUV RQ WKH Ă€QDO GD\ RI RULHQWDWLRQ UDQJLQJ IURP VPDOO LQGHSHQGHQW VWXGLRV WR PXOWL RIĂ€FH LQWHUQDWLRQDO GHVLJQ Ă€UPV $OXPQL SUHVHQWDWLRQV LQFOXGHG WRXUV TXHVWLRQ answer forums, and in some cases, project site visits. Alumni stuGLR WRXUV DUH D YDOXDEOH ZD\ RI JLYLQJ QHZ VWXGHQWV Ă€UVWKDQG insight into the professional architecture and design world. According to incoming B.Arch student, Anthony Morey, “seeing all these amazing ideas, concepts, and drawings in practice proved to me that all the things that make SCI-Arc special stays with students and faculty long after they step out the front door. It’s a really motivating way to start the year.â€? Later that evening, parents were welcomed by alumni and school program directors. Alumnus Peter Welch (B.Arch ’11) was on hand to greet parents and top up drinks, while alumnae Alejandra Zamora Schraeder (B.Arch ’03) provided the catering. Immediately following the Parents Reception was a schoolwide welcome celebration to celebrate the launch of the 2011-2012 year. New Alumni Representative to the Board of Trustees, Nerin Kadribegovic (M.Arch ’03) welcomed all.
MASTER PLANNER TO MASTER CHEF Alumna Alejandra Zamora Schrader (B.Arch ’03) recently put her creative skills to the test when she was selected from over 20,000 nationwide auditions to be a contestant in Season 2 of Fox’s reality TV Show MasterChef. Co-hosted and produced by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey, MasterChef is unlike other reality TV cooking shows because it seeks amateur cooks, rather than professional chefs as contestants. In response to the struggling economy and weak real-estate market, Alejandra, a practicing architect and urban planner, seized the opportunity to develop one of her much-loved pastimes and pursue her talent of cooking under the scrutiny of judges Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot, and Joe Bastianich, as well as millions of WHOHYLVLRQ YLHZHUV $IWHU VHYHUDO JUXHOLQJ ZHHNV $OHMDQGUD ÀQished the competition in the top ten. Alejandra credits her ability to work under pressure to the rigorous academic review process she participated in while at SCI-Arc and the University of Michigan, and says that the designer in her is always evident in her cooking – from the hand-drawn SODQ RI KHU PHQX LWHPV WR WKH ÀQLVK SURGXFW ZKHQ VKH SODWHV KHU food for presentation. In August, Alejandra joined forces with co-contestant Tracy Kontos to create a private chef and catering service in Los Angeles called Cucina Cocina. 6&, $UF ZDV GHOLJKWHG WR EH RQH RI $OHMDQGUD¡V ÀUVW FOLHQWV for the September 2nd Parents Welcome Reception. Alejandra can be reached at alejandraschrader.com/cucinacocina.
Alejandra Zamora Schrader (B.Arch ’03)
Alumni Studio Tours Alumni and faculty opened their studios during student orientation week to give incoming students firsthand insight into the professional architecture and design world. This year’s participants included: Michael Folonis (B.Arch ’78) Folonis Architects Ben Levin (B.Arch ’80), DLR Group Terence Young, Gensler Elissa Scrafano (M.Arch ’90) Scrafano Architects Rick Gooding (B.Arch ’84) CHU+GOODING Annie Chu (B.Arch ’83) CHU+GOODING Edmund Einy (B.Arch ’84), gkkworks Laura Cowen (M.Arch ’02), Jerde Eric McNevin (M.Arch ’01) Eric Owen Moss Architects Steve Wagner (M.Arch ’84) KMD Architects Carlos Madrid III (M.Arch ’95) AECOM Tom Farrage (B.Arch ’87) Tom Farrage & Company Tima Bell (M.Arch ’99), Tima Winter Griffin Enright Architects Hodgetts+Fung (HplusF)