NewZine 2022

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AN ANNUAL P UBL I C ATI O N O F THE TUL ANE SCHO O L O F A RC H I T ECT U R E

Inside the 2022 Issue: pg 8 Behind the Boom in Real Estate and Design pg 32 Inaugural Alumni Award Recipient: Maziar Behrooz

Contents Dean’s Advisory Council

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School News

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Program Digest

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AIA New Orleans 2022 Design Awards

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Faculty News

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Commencement Awards

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Student News

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Alumni News

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On the Cover: Eliott Moreau

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Collapsing Narratives: A Vision for the 21st Century Plaza,” thesis by Eliott Martin Moreau (B.Arch ‘22), rethinks the form and presentation of the urban plaza. Traditionally, the urban plaza reflects a city’s overlapping elements, influenced by patterns of circulation and activity. The plaza space is a void filled by

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monuments, structures, and events that project a city’s image and life, a manifestation of the city’s material and social productions. In his work, Moreau seeks to change the perception of scale and time, imagining an underground plaza that takes on a functional role, maintaining ‘open space’ on the surface.

Letter from the Dean Dear TuSA community, We are back after two years!

Two eventful years for New Orleans and the world – pandemic and hurricanes – and so much more for the school. We are back with a new visual identity that you probably know from the web and our correspondence, designed by the international leader Pentagram, and working from our temporary pavilions (yes, the Richardson Memorial Hall renovation is in full swing, with plenty of hard-hatted workers inside!).

During the last two years, we have done much more than manage climate events, pandemics, and other crises. The school has experienced significant change and progress. Our focus in addressing equity, diversity, and inclusion issues has yielded important concrete advancements (an associate dean, three Tulane Architecture Fellows, new and existing courses broadening the canon, the Boudreaux Scholars, the school’s and Alumni Council committees) and has resulted in an ambitious strategic plan coordinated with Tulane’s Strategy for Tomorrow. Our research productivity is showing a remarkable trend, with awards, publications, and grants (including federal grants) positioning us as a reference in the fields of the built environment, especially related to the pressing issues of climate change and social and environmental challenges. For this, our critical mass is essential. New faculty and staff are reinforcing the school, working with superb students.

Our size has increased: from under 300 students in fall 2019, we have reached 516 in three years, double the number of our undergraduates.

How did this happen? An astonishing performance from everyone in this community! This is a sweet moment for our new and existing programs. Two years since its launch, our Bachelor of Arts in Design has 120 first majors (close to 200 in total), when we were expecting around 50. Our existing programs are also generating lots of interest, with large entering classes in the Bachelor of Architecture and a strong trend in our graduate programs in Architecture, Preservation, and Sustainable Real Estate Development. We are preparing the launch of an exciting new program in Environmental Engineering and Landscape Architecture. All this means that our faculty and students are growing more diverse, strengthening our traditional excellent architecture faculty with experts from across the world.

As you see, the school is covering many fields of the built environment, helping us address more effectively the big questions of our time. Our work continues to focus on New Orleans as the place where “everything happens” – engaging with our communities through the Small Center and URBANbuild, the future of our historic port, our water challenges, or the challenges of monuments and representation – and expands to the world.

The Saul A. Mintz Global Re-

search Studios continue working in India and Ethiopia, with plans to expand to Ecuador and other locations. Our impact addressing climate change in real estate development and in matters of preservation in the Gulf and the Caribbean is positioning us as leaders in the nation.

Neither East nor West, Tulane School of Architecture is the school of the third American coast. Our location, history, and exposure to the front line of social and environmental challenges force us to be independent and to define, without waiting or following anyone, the role and capabilities of architects, designers, urban planners, real estate developers, and preservationists who will transform the way we inhabit this planet.

Iñaki Alday Dean and Richard Koch Chair in Architecture Tulane School of Architecture

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Dean’s Advisory Council José L. Alvarez, A *97 New Orleans, LA

Jenifer Wells Megalli, A *17 New York, NY

Eric V. Aukee, A ‘82 Sherman Oaks, CA

Brad M. Meltzer, A ‘90 Miami Beach, FL

James E. Bry, A ‘91 Miami, FL

Angela O'Byrne, A ‘83 New Orleans, LA

Jamie H. Bush, A ‘93 Los Angeles, CA

L. Scott Paden, A ‘81 Landisville, PA

Michelle D. Chira, NC ‘88 Winter Park, FL

Paula M. Peer New Orleans, LA

James L. Dewar III, A ‘94 Palm Springs, CA

Laurie J. Petipas, A ‘75 San Francisco, CA

Matthew D. Frank, A ‘91 New York, NY

Richardson K. Powell, A ‘76, A ‘77 Kansas City, MO

Robert G. Hale Jr. A ‘77 Los Angeles, CA

Wellington J. Reiter, A ‘81 Phoenix, AZ

David C. Thompson, A ‘91 Studio City, CA

Jonathan B. Halle, A ‘93 Potomac, MD

Michelle A. Rinehart, EdD, A ‘91 Atlanta, GA

Brad A. Hastings, AIA, A ‘82 Bishopville, MD

Christopher A. Sgarzi, A ‘86 Concord, MA

Joanna L. Lombard, AIA, A ‘75 Miami, FL

Lloyd N. Shields, A ‘74, L *77 New Orleans, LA

Melt is a project aimed at recultivating a creating a sen Robert E. Thompson community within the Tulane School of Architecture i New Orleans, current period of LA transition. The design features “blob seating, echoing those of Richardson Memorial’s slabs a sticker decal that wraps three sides of NQ5. The deca tures a curated graphicA timeline Simcha Z. Ward, ‘11 of TuSA, creating a se of identity and claiming the previously blank space for Charlotte, NC school. The timeline’s shifting colors signify a change past, to present, to future, and its curvilinear shape ec those of the seating.

Ann Merritt Masson, NC ‘71, G *92 New Orleans, LA

Gabriel A. Smith, A ‘88 Brooklyn, NY

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MELT

Marcel L. Wisznia, A ‘73

“Melt” comes from the feeling of laying down to rest a New Orleans, LA hours of work. The seating design leverages new frabr tion technologies with traditional materials to create s that can be flexibly inhabited. The ergonomic forms al Peter M. Wolf, PhD, G *63 for relaxation, conversation, and play under the shade New York, the large oak.NY The seating and graphic design establish only a new place for students to relax, enjoy, and call t own but also introduces a student-led identity for a sc in flux.

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SCHOOL NEWS

Richardson Memorial Hall Renovations Underway

A MELT Wins Newcomb Quad Pavilion Design Competition

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ne highlight of the spring was the Newcomb Quad Pavilion Design Competition, for which students were asked to submit their design proposals for the temporary pavilions housing classroom, studio, and fabrication spaces during the renovation of RMH. The winning entry was MELT, the brainchild of students Jose Varela, Chelsea Kilgore, and James Poche. The team described MELT as “a project aimed at recultivating and creating a sense of community within the

Tulane School of Architecture in its current period of transition.”

The design includes “blobs” of seating, curvilinear shapes, and a graphic timeline of TuSA with color transitions representing the institution’s past, present, and future. The term “Melt” refers to the state of resting to recover from hard work. Thanks in part to generous support from alumni through the Pavilion Student Experience fundraising campaign, construction began this summer.

pril saw the beginning of selective deconstruction in the RMH renovation, a concrete sign of changes to come.

For this project, TuSA is partnering with Trapolin-Peer Architects and Broadmoor LLC Construction (a subsidiary of Boh Bros.

Construction Co.) to renovate the 45,000-square-foot historic building and add 15,000 square feet to the rear of the structure to house essential programming.

The project will be eligible for historic tax credits from the state and has been designed to meet LEED Silver green-building standards. The renovated building will provide space to accommodate the School’s growing student population, with improved teaching and fabrication spaces as well as offices for faculty and administration. The project is scheduled for completion during 2023-2024.

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Fellows to Follow TuSA’s inaugural Architecture Fellows reach the midpoint of their journey

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s a partner school in the national Deans’ Equity Inclusion Initiative (DEII), TuSA has committed to attract and develop a diverse faculty who bring varied perspectives to teaching and scholarship. One of DEII’s cornerstone efforts is a two-year fellowship program designed to create opportunities for early career professionals in the built environment fields.

Edson Cabalfin, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at TuSA, coordinates the School’s participation in DEII and serves as an adviser with Associate Deans and coordinators for EDI in other participating schools. According to Cabalfin, TuSA was one of the founding schools when this initiative was conceptualized in 2020 and implemented in 2021, in large part due to the leadership and encouragement of Dean Iñaki Alday.

“It is important for TuSA to be a leader in this program because our school and Tulane overall is committed to advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion,” said Cabalfin. “This is part of our core mission.”

TuSA welcomed its inaugural Architecture Fellows, Omar Ali and Emmanuel Osorno, in 2021.

Over the course of their fellow-

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“TuSA... is committed to advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. This is part of our mission.”

-Edson Cabalfin

Emmanuel Osorno

ship, Ali and Osorno will gain teaching experience, work with mentors to shape a research agenda, and attend summer institutes with fellows from other partner schools – all intended to help prepare them for a post-fellowship career.

Osorno is an Architecture and Social Innovation Fellow whose previous experience includes founding EOstudio, spending five years with Eric Owen Moss

Architects in Culver City, CA, a Post-Professional Master of Architecture from Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Teaching has been a part of Osorno’s plan since completing his undergraduate degree, when he learned that fellowships could provide a gateway to academia.

As he enters his second year of fellowship, Osorno is honing a research agenda and related

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skills like grant writing and publishing. He credits Dean Alday’s mentorship in helping set up his research, which explores representation and media output of architecture – both tangible images like 2D representations of work and impressions or memory images of a place. According to Osorno, he is intrigued by the ability of image makers and designers “to advocate for specific causes or steer the conversation about architecture in a certain direction.”

On the teaching side, Osorno has found it “extremely rewarding” to teach a lecture or seminar plus an architecture studio each semester and work with high school students in the Career Explorations summer program. These elements, in addition to guidance on completing his teaching portfolio and research statements, are helping Osorno work toward his next professional goal of applying for tenure track positions. “The fellowship is allowing me to focus on my academic career full time,” said Osorno. “You’re here for a reason, and they’re putting all these resources in front of you.”

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low Omar Ali brings prior experience at Chicago’s UrbanLab, MOS Architects in New York City, and John McMorrough / studioAPT in Ann Arbor. He earned a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Architectural History from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Though he didn’t initially know much about Tulane, Ali was drawn to the school’s leadership under Dean Alday and strong faculty as well as the opportunity to join the first cohort of something brand-new. The two-year program would also allow him enough time to dig into his work in a substantial way: “If the first year was kind of building a direction for myself, the second year is executing that vision.”

Ali’s vision centers on domestic spaces and housing – beyond the walls and into the streets, alleys, and joint public spaces surrounding them. He is particularly interested in how countries in the ‘global south’ embrace these spaces, with more cooperative environments that extend beyond a single-family house and yard. “I am thinking about how we might learn from them, even if they are not perfect, in pushing for a more cooperative future for housing,” said Ali. The fellowship is designed to offer participants the time and space to explore new ideas, something Ali embraces. “It’s a great opportunity for people who may be curious about academia to give it a try without having that tenure track clock ticking away to see if it’s for you or not,” Ali said. “In one or two years, you can find that out quickly.” As he begins the second half of his fellowship, Ali plans to apply for tenure track positions while also

progressing his personal practice.

A key element of the EDII fellowship program is the summer institute for fellows across partner institutions. The first year, the institute covers academic careers and teaching methods, while the second year focuses on research agendas and pursuing a career in academia. Between summers, the cohort has continued virtually to learn and share experiences.

“The great thing about the program is that it gives us access to people we otherwise wouldn’t have access to,” said Osorno.

“In a single meeting, you might meet five deans from architecture schools throughout the country – with different perspectives on successful things they have seen in applicants seeking tenure track.”

Cabalfin considers this program an avenue to change the way architecture is taught and practiced in the U.S., where architecture, planning, and design faculty remains predominantly White: “Our hope is that by offering opportunities to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) faculty and preparing them for a successful academic career, then we will eventually diversify the roster of architecture faculty across the nation. Subsequently… this will also contribute to changing the curriculum, the teaching methods, the perspectives, and experiences of students in TuSA and other schools nationally. It is an ambitious plan, but it needs to start with incremental changes. We also need to work together with other schools because this is not an isolated problem but an interconnected and complex set of issues. Ultimately, our hope is to create a society, the built environment, and the world that is just, equitable, diverse, inclusive, and sustainable.”

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he explosive interest in TuSA’s undergraduate programs in design and real estate continues to exceed the expectations of department leaders, as enrollments surge and students clamor for more offerings.

Tiffany Lin, Design Program Director and Favrot Associate Professor of Architecture, and Casius Pealer, Director of Real Estate Development and Shane Professor of Practice, reflect on what’s drawing undergraduates to these areas.

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n 2018, facing a slight dip in architecture enrollment, Tiffany Lin undertook an experiment. Lin (formerly the undergraduate program director for architecture) created a course called Intro to Design & Creative Thinking for nonmajors. It filled, jumping from 40 students to 80 the following year. Today what Lin calls “the gateway recruiting course for the design program” draws over 100 students every semester.

TuSA launched the Bachelor of Arts in Design and minor in design in 2020. At the outset, the School envisioned 36 majors a year, but the program now counts 182 majors and 98 minors. “I think there is a lot of interest at Tulane for design but not necessarily building-making,” said Lin. She believes the rigorous curriculum of the 5-year B.Arch accredited program or even the 4-year B.S. in Architecture (a ‘preprofessional degree’ that sets students up for graduate school)

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Behind the Boom in Real Estate and Design Undergraduates flock to the interdisciplinary approach of these fast-growing programs can feel like a big commitment to students entering college or those interested in a double major.

By contrast, the 42-credit design degree is written for double and triple majors – according to Lin, nearly half of undergraduate design students are also majoring in something else. The design program emphasizes a process of thinking, creative problem solving, and dealing with complexity that students can apply to other fields.

The design curriculum touches areas including textiles, industrial design, graphic design, and spatial composition, with faculty whose backgrounds reflect this interdisciplinary approach. “We want our graduates to be adaptable and creative thinkers and problem solvers but not necessarily be pigeon-holed into a specific field of design, which honestly makes some people uncomfortable – and it makes some people really excited,” said Lin. “Our mission is to build this process

of design thinking, kind of a call to action, being conscious of sustainable practices… and thinking about design as a vehicle for positive change.”

The design program is also oriented toward Tulane’s mission of service learning in a city that, according to Lin, needs designers but can’t necessarily afford a traditional designer and client relationship. Rather than a top-down pedagogy that asks students to create “imaginary” projects to solve in studio, Lin advocates student work that addresses real-world issues, like service projects for local nonprofits.

Lin also encourages students to take risks and explore new areas: “The Intro class teaches them that you don’t have to know how to draw, but if you’re interested, that’s the first step… it really opens the door to a new way of thinking… this visual, experiential way to engage material they are learning in another discipline.

That’s super exciting to me.”

Real Estate for the Real World

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ccording to Casius Pealer, as the Bachelor of Science in Real Estate program enters its third year, sections fill as quickly as they are added. The undergraduate major emerged from the vigorous response to the summer real estate minor, which launched in 2015 and grew to an enrollment of 80 students in just a few years’ time. For the real estate major, the target was 40 students, and enrollment has reached approximately four times that number.

“It doesn’t seem to be going away,” said Pealer, who credits John Huppi, Associate Director of Real Estate Development, with building the undergraduate program.

The real estate curriculum explores relationships among the built environment, social outcomes, and financing, among other areas. According to Pealer, one-third to one-half of real estate majors are double majors, with business the most common pairing, followed by architecture

and design. In alignment with a broader University initiative to encourage intersection among fields of study, the real estate program tries to create overlaps with historic preservation, architecture, and design.

“There are lots of other undergraduate real estate programs but not as many in architecture schools, and our program puts students through a design studio sequence,” said Pealer. “That studio experience is crucial to building our students’ confidence. The curriculum emphasizes project vision and reinforces the collaborative language that is shared by professionals in the built environment, including developers and architects.”

Two years ago, the undergraduate program launched with two new full-time faculty: Favrot II Associate Professor of Real Estate Jesse Keenan and Lecturer Daniela Rivero Bryant. This fall, the program welcomes two additional faculty: Assistant Professor of Real Estate & Historic Preserva-

tion, Dr. Fallon Samuels Aidoo, who will strengthen the core of the program’s studio sequence, and Visiting Assistant Professor, Dr. John Park, who will teach market analysis and finance.

The evolving curriculum covers real world topics, like climate change adaptation and resilience, a course taught by Keenan aimed at helping students connect climate change and its impact on the places they live. In the spring, students can choose an innovation elective focused creating new products, apps, and technology (PropTech) related to real estate.

According to Pealer, real estate undergraduates are landing jobs in various sectors of the real estate industry, including development, lending, brokerage, government, and consulting. Students are also engaged in projects at all scales from small flips to largescale, multi-million-dollar urban investments. Said Pealer: “One of the distinguishing characteristics of our students is they are all very driven and entrepreneurial.”

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Historic Preservation Looks to the Future Under the leadership of Director Brent Fortenberry, the Historic Preservation program takes a forward-thinking approach to interpreting the past

Jane Ashburn using the microscope in the MSHP office at McAllister Auditorium

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n his first year as the Director of Historic Preservation, Christovich Associate Professor of Historic Preservation Brent Fortenberry has committed to helping Tulane graduates remain a step ahead in a fast-changing field.

According to Fortenberry, the demand for skilled preservation-

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ists is only going up. He cites data from the AIA showing that over 50 percent of new contracts in the architecture sector are working on existing buildings – a first in the agency’s reporting history. “That’s a fundamental shift in preservation’s place within the built environment,” said Fortenberry. “Lots of those existing

buildings are historic… I think in the next 5 years… preservation will become a much larger component of what people are expected to be competent in.”

One growing advantage for Tulane grads is fluency in new preservation technologies, from drones to laser scanners to scientific materials analyses. Stu-

dents can use laser scanning to document a building (in addition to drawing it by hand) and microscopes to perform mortar or paint analysis. “Technology is being infused in preservation in a much more robust way,” Fortenberry said. “For my generation it’s exciting and new. For their generation it’s going to be compulsory to know and master those technologies.”

As the needs evolve, Tulane’s degree offering has shifted from a one-and-a-half-year Master of Preservation Studies (40 credits) to a two-year Master of Science in Historic Preservation (60 cred- Spanish Town Barracks Jamaica, a 19th-century structure being redeveloped for Spanish Town its). The new model builds on High School core training in the fundamentals of preservation in year one of the British Atlantic world. for this global program, so it’s an while offering more specialized Through a partnership with the unparalleled opportunity for our learning and time for students Commonwealth Heritage Forum students to be a core component to develop networks, skills, and and their Commonwealth Skills of this high impact work.” produce higher quality thesis and Training program, TuSA students TuSA has also collaborated practicum capstone projects in can learn alongside students from with the National Park Service year two. The program also added the University of the West Indies and FEMA to study flood risk for electives and international learn- about documentation, assess- historic structures in San Juan, ing experiences. ment, adaptive reuse, and build- Puerto Rico. “What’s exciting but “That allows our students to be ing repairs of the historic built also frustrating is right now we more competitive,” said Forten- environment across the Greater are the only major program in berry. “We have such a strong Caribbean. They will spend two the United States that has an emjob placement in New Orleans, weeks in Barbados learning how phasis on hazards, disasters, and but with this more specialized, to do assessments of historic heritage resources,” said Fortenbroad-reaching training, our stu- buildings in World Heritage sites berry. “Knowing that the majordents will be able to be placed and working with stakeholders in ity of our cultural resources are not just nationally but interna- Barbados to produce conserva- in coastal areas of risk, that needs tionally and be more competitive tion management reports for his- to be something that is baked into for those top jobs as they exit the toric districts. preservation education and reprogram and enter the preserva“It’s going to be one of these en- search moving forward.” tion professional sector.” gaged research opportunities for Fortenberry predicts the deFortenberry describes three students that we hope will pro- mand for this knowledge will only areas of emphasis within the vide this rich skill set of not only go up: “I can’t tell you how many program: technology; preserva- how to understand and document jobs working for the federal govtion that engages with issues of historic housing stock but also en- ernment after disasters needed social justice; and heritage and gagement skills with stakeholders preservationists that had skills risks from threats like climate in an international context,” said in hazard mitigation and recovchange and neglect. Students Fortenberry. In coming years, this ery for heritage resources. That is are able to explore these threads global project will offer students going to be a huge sector of our through hands-on learning expe- opportunities across Jamaica, profession moving forward and is riences. One such opportunity Antigua, Bermuda, Sierra Leone, something I think New Orleans is reflects Fortenberry’s expertise Ghana, Nigeria, and Fiji. “We are well positioned to be the learning in the vernacular architecture the primary university partner lab for.”

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avrot II Professor of Practice Emilie Taylor Welty was named Director of Architecture. In this role, Emilie will focus mainly on the graduate program but also help manage undergraduate architecture alongside the restructured Associate Director of Architecture position, filled by Sonsoles Vela Navarro. The School extends heartfelt thanks to Kentaro Tsubaki, who served as Interim Director of Architecture 2021-22.

Emilie, along with Associate Professor of Architecture Tiffany Lin and Tulane psychology faculty Lisa Molix, led the creation of an exhibit entitled “Public Spaces & Scrutiny: How Do We Remember?” The exhibit, held May 20 – June 24 at the AIA New Orleans Design Center, incorporated research and student work and examined the role of monuments and memorials in shaping and reflecting equity and justice within a community. The exhibit earned the First Award in the Global Architecture & Design Awards 2022. Emilie also helped organize WIA New Orleans’ annual Design + Practice Exchange, held in 2021 in partnership with WIA Miami. TuSA co-sponsored the two-day symposium, which offered a series of discussions and design presentations focused on the voices of women in architecture.

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Final Review from “Public Space and Scrutiny: How Do We Remember?”

Marianne Desmarais (A ‘95), Favrot II Professor of Practice, collaborated with artist Sarah Kabot to create a sculptural installation for Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic. The piece, titled “Double Loop,” used expired plastic tubing as a reference for the human circulatory system and second life granted to the salvaged plastic material used in the work.

TuSA’s Fall 2021 lecture series, “Debate, Delete, Reboot: Being Wrong in Times of Change,” featured an international speaker lineup exploring the unintended outcomes, contrarian thinking, and humility of learning new things through work and study.

Andrew Liles, Adjunct Assistant Lecturer in Architecture, was named the 2022 President for AIA New Orleans.

Carol M. Reese, Favrot IV Pro-

fessor of Architecture, served as a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Center for Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The summer fellowship supported Carol’s work on a book about race, housing, and community design in the U.S., its Canal Zone colonial outpost, and Panama, building upon her related 2013 book. Carol also released a new book: “A. Hays Town and the Architectural Image of Louisiana,” exploring Hays’ lifelong contributions to architecture and design.

The ACSA 110 Annual Meeting showcased Research Assistant Professor in Architecture Charles Jones’ (M.S.ARC *21) work “No Royal Roads: Diffusing the Constraints of Smoothness on Local City Streets,” which investigates the potential socio-ecological

New Orleans Book Festival featured Inaki Alday, Carol Reese, Margarita Jover, and Richard Campanella

benefits of changing surface geometry standards of streets.

Favrot V Professor of Architecture Ammar Eloueini was recognized with an Outstanding Property Award London (OPAL), Platinum Winner Prize in Architectural Design 2021, for his design-build J-House residential project which incorporates a steel, bridge-like structure and references New Orleans’ shot-gun designs.

Associate Professor of Architecture Margarita Jover published a piece with DesignIntelligence advocating for a new Federal Agency for the Built Environment (FABE) to fund Climate Adaptation Plans generated by existing Urban Labs within universities.

Tulane Architecture and Urbanism Fellow Omar Ali and Adjunct Lecturer Nimet Anwar

showcased a project titled “within / without” at Space p11 in the Chicago Pedway. The exhibition highlights Geofoam, a lightweight structural material that plays a critical but underappreciated role in underground infrastructure projects.

Richard Campanella, Associate Dean for Research and Senior Professor of Practice for Architecture and Geography, authored “Above New Orleans: Roofscapes of the Crescent City,” the first full-length book featuring drone-captured images (by drone photographer Marco Rasi) of the city. TuSA faculty including Richard Campanella, Margarita Jover, Carol Reese and Iñaki Alday were among 130 national, regional, and local authors who participated in the inaugural New Orleans Book Festival, held on Tulane’s campus

in March. Their panel discussion, moderated by Iñaki, explored “New Orleans: Building History and Preparing for the Future.”

Predoctoral Teaching Fellow in Architecture, Juan Medina Revilla, co-created the winning proposal “En Torno al Vergel – Around the Garden” for the construction of a 42-unit social housing project in Seville, Spain. Juan is one-third of winning team salazarxsequeroxmedina, who plan to build the experimental project as a prototype for future housing initiatives in Spain. Dean Iñaki Alday was also part of a team of experts representing the World Bank on a week-long assessment trip to the Indian city of Surat, where they evaluated the first phase of the Tapi Riverfront Project, a plan to develop a section of the city’s riverfront.

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Design Associate Professor of Architecture Tiffany Lin was named the new Director of Design, overseeing the new Bachelor of Arts in Design program. Tiffany also received a Weiss Presidential Fellowship for Undergraduate Teaching, Tulane’s highest honor for undergraduate education. She was one of two Fellowship recipients.

Historic Preservation Director of Historic Preservation and Christovich Associate Professor of Historic Preservation Brent Fortenberry has been involved in the preservation of Charleston, South Carolina’s Real Estate Development Faculty Fred Neal Jr, Gina LaMacchia, and John Huppi Bennett Rice Mill. Tulane’s His- capture a view at the Four Seasons and the Vue toric Preservation program is also working to create a Historic PresDirector of Sustainable Real Eservation Field School at Histortate Development and Shane Proic Jefferson College in Natchez, fessor of Practice Casius Pealer, Mississippi. The program, which along with Project Manager for the Shelterforce highlighted the Albert and Tina Small Center for received funding from the Mississippi legislature, will offer trade work of Kevin Krejci, Adjunct Collaborative Design and Adjunct education for skilled workers in Lecturer in the Real Estate De- Lecturer in Architecture Nick Jebuilding repair and construction. velopment program, in connect- nisch, organized a regional meetBrent served as a leader of Con- ing health and affordable housing ing of the national forum Mayors’ ference of the Islands, a two-day through innovative financing. In Institute on City Design in March. event held in Barbados for the his role as chief capitalization of- The event included tours and dispurpose of addressing critical is- ficer for Gulf Coast Housing Part- cussions with six city mayors and sues related to conservation in nership, Kevin has pursued new six experts in architecture, urban the region. Additional support financing models that facilitate planning, housing, and public came from global partners includ- the creation of onsite health ser- policy. ing the Commonwealth Heritage vices in affordable senior housing Visiting Associate Professor Forum and Barbados National developments.

Will Bradshaw, Adjunct AssisJesse M. Keenan, Favrot II tant Professor Jackie Dadakis, Trust.

John Stubbs, Emeritus Profes- Associate Professor of Real Es- and Adjunct Lecturer Gina Lasor of Practice, brought 10 grad- tate, participated in the 2022 Macchia, along with alumnus Ben uate students to Curaçao this U.N. IPCC report “Mitigation of Myers (MSRED ‘21) are working spring to meet with heritage pro- Climate Change.” Jesse’s contri- through Green Coast Enterprises tection practitioners and explore bution to the chapter on “Build- to redevelop New Orleans’ Publiq examples of building restoration ings” included reviewing the state House. The team’s vision for the and rehabilitation as well as the of the science and social science redeveloped property includes an Dutch Caribbean island’s tropical in buildings, helping designers, “affordability center” with a lendplanners, and developers to build er specializing in financing for architecture, old and new. more sustainably in the future. lower-income homebuyers and

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space to house nonprofit organizations.

Curtis Doucette, Jr., Adjunct Assistant Professor in Sustainable Real Estate Development, was featured in USA Today for his role in the revival of the Dew Drop Inn, a New Orleans property with a storied history: in the days of segregation, the hotel was listed in The Green Book, a lodging guide for Black travelers, and hosted many celebrated musicians.

Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Edson Cabalfin, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Director of the SISE Program, collaborated with Tulane’s Department of Computer Science to host Data by Community by Design (DXCXD). The one-day workshop explored the

The Small Center’s Sugar Roots Farm outdoor learning kitchen rests upon a water-retention pond

intersection of data, community, and design at Tulane and throughout New Orleans. Attendees represented the non-profit, government, and business communities as well as Tulane students, faculty, and staff.

Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design Twelve recipients of 2021 AIA New Orleans Design Awards were connected to Tulane School of Architecture. One was Gander Point, a waterfront gathering area in City Park, created by Small Center faculty, staff, and students.

In the Fall Design + Build studio, 24 students worked with Sugar Roots Farm to design an outdoor learning kitchen centered on the farm’s practices and values to support expanded programming, farmers markets, and community gatherings. Students presented their final design scheme to the farm staff and shared the collective vision with more than 600 visitors. The Small Center, along with firm Colectivo, have been working in Ecuador with Fundacion para la Conservacion de los Andes Tropicales to design structures on their reserve that will increase capacity for teaching and research in the 1,500-acre rainforest site. Emilie Taylor Welty, Director and Professor of Practice Ann Yoachim, and Lecturer Daniela Rivero Bryant are among the faculty who have participated in the project. The Small Center showcased its 2021-22 exhibition: “The Atmosp(HERE) of Space,” which used mixed media to explore the built environment through the perspective of Central City residents and their lived

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experiences.

The Small Center’s spring exhibit, “Legacy of Central City,” was curated by Civic Studio and showcased work from Collaborative Design Project Manager and Adjunct Lecturer José Cotto (M.Arch *14), in addition to Polo Silk, Big Chief Beautiful, and Sharita Ariel. Ann Yoachim led a national AIA webinar in May titled: “Changing the Narrative: Engaging and Empowering the Next Generation.” The presentation focused on the power of community-engaged design to affect change, as illustrated by the award-winning Parasite Skate Park partnership. José Cotto was one of 25 humanist scholars from across the country to participate in a 3-week National Endowment for the Humanities Institute devoted to alternative approaches to the scholarship and teaching of landscape-oriented social histories. The Institute focused on Black and Indigenous historical narratives in the U.S. The Small Center received the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Tulane’s first Research, Scholarship, and Artistic Achievement Awards ceremony.

Career Explorations After two years of virtual programming, TuSA was pleased to host a Summer 2022 Career Explorations in Architecture program that offered both inperson and online opportunities for participation.

Through residential, online, and ‘day’ options, the program created 76 seats designed to increase access

URBANbuild 17 students pose in front of their newly completed project

URBANbuild URBANbuild completed its seventeenth home, designing and fabricating a house in Central City over the course of 16 weeks. The team partnered with the Bethlehem Lutheran Church NOLA, the oldest historically Black Evangelical Lutheran church in the continental United States, to construct an affordable housing unit as part of a post-Katrina rehabilitation program.

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to architectural education to students from outside and within the New Orleans area. The two 2-week sessions covered Tactile and Digital Design and were led by Marianne Desmarais, Fabrication Director Nick LiCausi, and TuSA Fellows Omar Ali and Emmanuel Osorno.

Career Services The school’s Career Services, led by Program Manager Kristen Jones, held eight workshops and events during the 2021-22 school year on topics such as resume and portfolio building, architecture licensure, job interview tips, salary negotiations, and much more. Career Days 2022 brought a record-high 59 offices and firms to Tulane in February 2022, both in person and virtually. The twoday event included a job fair and individual interviews with students – great opportunities to gain valuable professional development. Fun fact: 65 percent of the in-person Career Days 2022 employers were TuSA alumni – providing further opportunity for alumni to connect with current students. Save the Date for Career Days 2023: February 9 & 10. Career Services also offered a TuSA Alumni & Student Mentorship Program that connected 30 alumni to 37 students for guidance and networking opportunities. Registration for the 2022-23 mentorship program is now open.

Students meet with potential employers at the 2022 Career Days.

Fabrication Labs Nicholas LiCausi, Tulane School of Architecture’s Director of Fabrication, was highlighted in RoboDK’s blog for his study of robotic art through robotic painting, generative drawing, and non-planar rotation. The Fabrication Labs were also called to 3D scan the Enrique Alferez relief “Louisiana at Work and Play,” a historic exterior element of Charity Hospital in New Orleans. The digital model will be used toward the work’s preservation.

Nicholas LiCausi’s Robot Arm generates a drawing

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Every year, the American Institute of Architecture’s (AIA) New Orleans chapter honors outstanding examples of architectural achievement and practice in the region. In 2022, the AIA Design Awards Program included fourteen awards whose recipients had Tulane School of Architecture ties.

Below is a list of the buildings, homes, and projects recognized by the AIA in 2022 with Tulane affiliations, including the names of associated alumni, faculty, and students. The list reflects the order in which the recipients were announced in the AIA New Orleans awards program.

COMMERCIAL, LARGE SCALE COMMENDATION/USGBC AWARD:

2022 AIA Awards HISTORIC PRESERVATION, RESTORATION & ADAPTIVE REUSE, MERIT AWARD:

COMMERCIAL, SMALL SCALE, HONOR AWARD:

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION, RESTORATION & ADAPTIVE REUSE, COMMENDATION:

353 Carondelet Street by Trapolin-Peer Architects Peter Trapolin (A ‘77, B.Arch, M.Arch) INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE, COMMENDATION:

VIRGIN HOTEL by Mathes Brierre Architects Clay Markham (A’ 79, M.Arch) COMMERCIAL, SMALL SCALE, MERIT AWARD: Esplanade by bildDESIGN

Vals On Freret by Adamick Architecture Alexander Adamick (TC ‘05, BA Philosophy) Cassidy Self (A ‘17, B.Arch, M.Arch)

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Byron Mouton (A ‘89, B.Arch, M.Arch) Peter Kilgust (A ‘10, B.Arch, M.Arch) Emile Lejeune (A ‘13, B.Arch, M.Arch) Sara Allen Harper (A *17, M. Arch) Hugh Jackson (A ‘22, B.Arch) Aaron LaGraize (A *21, M.Arch)

Mussafer Hall by studioWTA Wayne Troyer (A’ 83, B.Arch, M.Arch) Julie Babin (A ‘06, B.Arch, M.Arch) Toni DiMaggio (A ‘03, B.Arch, M.Arch) Ray Croft (A *14, M.Arch) Trent Gauthier (A ‘14, B.Arch, M.Arch) Ross Karsen (A ‘06, B.Arch, M.Arch)

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, COMMENDATION:

Mya by EskewDumezRipple José Alvarez (A *97, M.Arch) Gianna Morelli (A ‘17, B.Arch, M.Arch) Sam Levison (A *18, M.Arch, MSRE) SINGLE-FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD:

POP! House by ALAO James Carse (A ‘03, B.Arch, M.Arch) Toni DiMaggio (A ‘03, B.Arch, M.Arch) SINGLE-FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, Merit AWARD:

Pine Street Residence by Colectivo Seth Welty (A ‘08, B.Arch, M.Arch) Emilie Taylor Welty (A *06, M.Arch)

SMALL SCALE, COMMENDATION:

Eastshore Playground by Chase Marshall Architects Nicholas Marshall (A ‘92, B.Arch, M.Arch) Daisy Dodge (A *15, M.Arch) UN-BUILT ARCHITECTURE, MERIT AWARD:

USM Executive Education Center by EskewDumezRipple (Associate Architect) / unabridged Architecture (Executive Architect) José Alvarez (A *97, M.Arch) Katie Nguyen (A *16, M.Arch) UN-BUILT ARCHITECTURE, HONOR AWARD:

Shaping the City by NANO, LLC Terri Dreyer (A *01, M.Arch) Ian Dreyer (A *01, M.Arch) Kristine Kobila (A *01, M.Arch) Ana Chu (A ‘20, B.Arch, M.Arch)

SMALL SCALE, HONOR AWARD: Sugar Roots Outdoor Kitchen

by Tulane’s Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design José Cotto (A *14, M.Arch) Emilie Taylor Welty (A *06, M.Arch) Merrie Afseth (Current Undergraduate Student) Brianna Baldwin (Current Graduate Student) Le’Bryant Bell (A *22, M.Arch) Zach Braaten (A ‘22, B.Arch) Kelsie Donovan (A ‘22, B.Arch) Kareem Elsandouby (A ‘19, A *22, B.Arch, M.Arch) Ellen Feringa (A *22, M.Arch) Nick George (A ‘22, B.Arch) Ella Jacobs (A *22, M.Arch) Sam Lindley (A ‘18, A *22, B.Arch, M.Arch) Connor Little (Current Undergraduate Student) Mandii Malhorta (A *22, M.Arch) Valentina Mancera (A ‘22, B.Arch) Johnathan Michka (A ‘22, B.Arch) Malina Pickard (A ‘22, B.Arch) James Poche (A ‘22, BS.Arch) Natalie Rendleman (A ‘22, B.Arch) Katie Schultz (A ‘22, B.Arch) Karan Sharma (Current Graduate Student) Bruno Soria (A’ 22, M.Arch) Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty (Current Graduate Student) Yao Zhang (Current Graduate Student) ASSOCIATE AWARD: Cassidy Rosen (A *17, M.Arch)

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New and Visiting Faculty

Fallon Samuels Aidoo

Assistant Professor of Real Estate & Historic Preservation

Nimet Anwar

Visiting Assistant Professor in Architecture

Nimet is the co-founder of NO OFFICE, an architecture, design, and research practice. She previously worked with Studio Gang Architects in Chicago, and recent projects include an exhibition of drawings at a83 Gallery in New York City and the installation of a temporary pavilion at Chicago’s Space p11. Nimet holds a Master of Architecture from Rice University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington. During her graduate study, Nimet received the H. Russell Pitman Graduate Fellowship in Architecture, enabling her to research South Africa’s open-pit mines and their adaptive reuse.

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Fallon is a preservation planner with a focus on the history and future of real estate that plays a critical role in community resilience, revitalization, and remembrance while remaining vulnerable to disinvestment, deterioration, and disasters. Fallon’s extensive research and teaching have explored the impact of equitable real estate investment and preservation, and its scarcity in communities predominantly occupied by Black, Indigenous, and immigrant populations. As the Principal of preservation consulting firm studio RxP, she has helped clients secure grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, and eligibility for historic tax credits and hazard mitigation incentives. Fallon holds a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from Harvard, M.S. in Architectural History from MIT, and B.S. in Civil/Structural Engineering from Columbia University.

Hannah Berryhill

Lecturer in Design

For Hannah, one of the most important elements of design is its impact on people.

That emphasis on human health and wellbeing in the built environment led her to become a WELL Accredited Professional in 2021. Hannah has studied the health and productivity impacts of acoustics in architecture and most recently, served as an interior and architectural designer at Trapolin-Peer Architects, where she focused on adaptive reuse projects and new construction. Hannah earned her Master of Architecture degree from Tulane and a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design from the University of Texas at Austin. Her local projects include the 2021 prototype house for unCommon Construction, an affordable senior living facility with Providence Community Housing, and the new headquarters for Son of a Saint.

Liz Camuti

Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Liz, Senior Designer at landscape architecture and urban design studio SCAPE, will be spearheading the launch of TuSA’s Landscape Architecture program.

Liz is a Registered Landscape Architect whose work has focused on designing elements that respond and adapt to changing environments. She earned a Bachelor’s in International Agriculture and Rural Development from Cornell University and holds a Master’s in Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia, where she was awarded an ASLA Certificate of Honor and named an Olmstead Scholar.

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Charles Jones

Visiting Assistant Professor in Architecture

Charles brings deep expertise in digital fabrication and material assemblies to his teaching and professional practice. Charles has explored the use of precast concrete, including in public spaces and as part of water management infrastructure, and recently became a Research Fellow with the City of New Orleans Project Delivery Units, studying the history and development of streetscapes.

He holds an M.S. in Architectural Research and Design from TuSA and a Bachelor of Architecture from Louisiana State University.

Han “John” Park

Visiting Assistant Professor in Real Estate

John’s areas of interest include housing policies and programs, real estate economics, urban development, built environments, community resilience, and social equity. He will teach real estate courses including market analysis and finance, among other topics. John previously served as a senior research fellow at Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and worked for the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, the Center for Sustainable Development, and the Urban and Real Estate Economics Lab. John holds urban planning degrees from Texas A&M University (Ph.D.), the University of Texas at Austin (M.S.), and Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea (M.S. and B.S.).

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Meghan Saas

Visiting Assistant Professor in Design

Meghan takes an interdisciplinary approach to education, graphic design, and her work as a book artist, fueled by a passion for typography and letterforms.

Her portfolio encompasses print and digital work, including publication and icon system design as well as comprehensive marketing campaigns. She strives to create a creative learning environment that empowers every student, with teaching practices centered on equity and inclusivity. Meghan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Painting and Drawing from Providence College and a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Louisiana State University.

Casius Pealer named Associate Dean and Director of Advancement A Message from Iñaki Alday, Dean and Richard Koch Chair in Architecture:

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ince my arrival at Tulane our alumni have made a number of investments in the School, including the Saul A. Mintz Global Research Studios and the Boudreaux Scholarship to support graduate students from historically underrepresented groups in professions of the built environment. Additionally, our annual fund donors make possible a wide range of targeted actions that directly benefit today’s students and enhance our School’s impact over time. And of course, our primary development focus is on enhancing the current renovation and expansion of our beloved home, Richardson Memorial Hall.

To deepen the alignment and strategic focus of our fundraising efforts with the School’s academic priorities, we have coordinated with the University to create a new hybrid position of Associate Dean for Development in the School of Architecture, and Director of Development in the Office of Advancement. I am pleased to announce that Casius Pealer has accepted this role.

Among his new responsibilities, Casius will coordinate overall school-based giving and major gift activities at the School of Architecture. He will work closely with Advancement, Alumni Relations, and other departments throughout the university and will also support my development activities as Dean. At the same time, he will continue as a Professor of

Practice part-time and will manage a transition to a new Director of Real Estate Development over the coming academic year.

Casius has a deep understanding of the school’s mission, history, and current priorities. He is an alum of the B.Arch program (‘96) which remains at the core of our teaching and research, and he has been recognized with national awards from both the AIA and ACSA. He also has interdisciplinary professional expertise which reflects our school’s expanded offerings, completing a law degree (University of Michigan, 2005) and practicing as a real estate attorney in Washington, DC, working on large redevelopment proj-

ects across the country before returning to New Orleans in 2010.

Most members of the TuSA community will likely know Casius as the Director of the Real Estate Development programs at Tulane since 2014. However, Casius first joined the faculty as the Director of the Social Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship (SISE) program in 2013. He was also an engaged alum, serving as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council from 2005-2014.

We are enthusiastic about this opportunity for the school and thank Casius for embracing this new role in addition to his responsibilities in teaching and as SRED Director.

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Commencement Awards 2022 2022 AWARDS AND ACADEMIC HONORS

John William Lawrence Memorial Medal: Eliott Martin Jones Moreau, B.Arch

Azadeh Raoufi, MSARC

Angela O’Byrne Alumni Award: Maziar Behrooz, M.Arch

James Gerard Poché, BSA

Dana Nicole Ridenour, B.Arch

Outstanding Thesis Award: Katie Margaret Schultz, B.Arch

DESIGN

Tulane 34 Award; Peery Society: Zachary Ga Wing Braaten, B.Arch Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award: Valentina Mancera, B.Arch

ARCHITECTURE American Institute of Architects Medal for Academic Excellence: Zachary Ga Wing Braaten, B.Arch Ellen Ashley Feringa, M.Arch, MPS American Institute of Architects Louisiana Celebrate Architecture Scholarship: Katie Margaret Schultz, B.Arch

Graduate Design Excellence Award: Ellen Ashley Feringa, M.Arch, MPS Le’Bryant Devonte’ Bell, M.Arch Graduate Leadership Award: Rebecca Lynn Dunn, M.Arch Thesis Commendations: Zachary Ga Wing Braaten, B.Arch Kelsie Donovan, B.Arch Luke Escobar, M.Arch Nicholas Lane George, B.Arch Lauren Adele McGrath, B.Arch Valentina Mancera, B.Arch Johnathan Beckett Michka, B.Arch

Alpha Rho Chi Medal: Valentina Mancera, B.Arch

Eliott Martin Jones Moreau, B.Arch

Thomas J. Lupo Awards: Zachary Ga Wing Braaten, B.Arch

Alec G. Paulson, B.Arch

Katie Margaret Schultz, B.Arch

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Malina Merth Slade Pickard, B.Arch

Natalie Jane Grace Rendleman, B.Arch

Capstone Award: Estefania Del Carmen Brostella Sosa, BA Design Excellence Award: Gabriel Darley, BA

HISTORIC PRESERVATION Distinguished Thesis Award: Lynette Marie Johnson, MPS Outstanding Community Engagement Award: Lynette Marie Johnson, MPS Outstanding Pursuit of New Directions in the Field Award: Emma Elizabeth Mooney, MPS Outstanding Practicum Report Award: Laurel McCullough Fay, MPS

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT GPA Award: Nicholas Alexander Pappas, BS Academic Achievement Award: Joseph Connelly Nicholas Alexander Pappas, BS Sydney Seale Kate Vannini, BS Academic Distinction Award: Hayley Ann Tilton Solsky, MSRED Leadership Award: Marc E. Schwartz, MSRED Service Award: Daniel Robert Forrester, MSRED Research Awards: Bhumika Shirole, M.Arch, MSRED Jacob Thomas Stansberry, MSRED

FACULTY Malcolm Heard Award for Excellence in Teaching: Margarita Jover Biboum, M.Arch

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rchitecture students Belinda Chau, Hongning Fu, Emilia Bertoli, and Avanti Patel visited the University of Virginia School of Architecture, along with faculty Edson Cabalfin and José Cotto to participate in the 2022 Design Futures Forum from May 31 – June 4, an event focused on student leadership development in the area of public interest design.

Graduate student Giuliana Vaccarino received the prestigious 2022 RAMSA Travel Fellowship, a $10,000 prize awarded annually

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to a graduate student in architecture for the purpose of travel and research in an area that balances tradition and innovation. Giuliana will travel to Sicily to study the architecture and preservation techniques of tuna fisheries in Syracuse, Palermo, and Trapani.

Two groups of TuSA students were Barcelona-bound in Fall 2021. Fourth-year B.Arch students Alyssa Barber, Leah Bohatch, Andreea Dan, Camille Kreisel, Tiger Thepkanjana, and Tess Temple studied at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia through the

CIEE study abroad program. A group of five students participated in the Spring Scholars program, spending the first semester of their freshman year studying architecture at the International University of Catalonia (UIC) before beginning their spring semester at Tulane.

Places Journal published “The Discomforts of Home: Seattle’s Legacy of Restrictive Covenants,” an essay by Summer Fellow and fifth-year undergraduate architecture student Zach Braaten.

Senior Editor Frances Richard described Zach’s writing as “mak-

Kelsie Donovan and her thesis “Central City Storm Shelter: Social Infrastructure for Disaster Relief + Recovery,” showcased at the Small Center

Zach Braaten and work from his essay “The Discomforts of Home: Seattle’s Legacy of Restrictive Covenants,” featured by Places Journal

ing design thinking vivid and personal, both for himself and for a reader.” Zach was also selected as a “Tulane 34” honoree and named to the William Wallace Peery Society.

Fifth-year thesis student Hugh Jackson led a team including architecture student Bryce Winter and engineering students Nate Robinson, Keelan Collins, and Ben Vasquez in creating ‘A Machine for Thermal Comfort,’ a project that competed in ASHRAE’s annual Integrated Sustainable Building Design Competition in Sydney, Australia. With this data-driven design, the team aimed to achieve sub-net-zero emissions.

The accomplishments of graduating architecture student Kelsie Donovan (M.Arch ‘22) were featured in a Commencement pro-

file, highlighting the impressive intern and leadership roles she held during her Tulane tenure, including two years as an intern at the Albert and Tina Small Center and positions in the Architecture Student Government and Tulane Women in Architecture.

The TuSA Beaux-Arts Ball was resurrected after a four-year hiatus, held this year on April 30 at the Red Eye Grill. The event is loosely modeled after the annual costume ball given by the students of Paris’ École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and has become a tradition across many American architecture schools.

Two seniors received recognition for their Capstone Projects, created by graduating students to marry design with another major area of study. Estefania Del Car-

men Brostella Sosa, a double major in psychology and design, received the Capstone Award. Estefania’s project referenced a Psychology course focused on infancy, and she created a line of plush bean objects and a storyline comparing humans to beans, born full of embedded information that will sprout with care and nurturing.

Estefania is planning to continue her studies at Columbia University. Gabriel Darley won the Design Excellence award. Gabe, a double major in computer science and design with a minor in mathematics, submitted a Capstone project that involved redesigning a chapter of his sixth-grade math textbook to be more graphic and visually inclusive. Gabe plans to attend Yale University to pursue a Master’s in architecture.

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Alumni Updates

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annah Bannister (A *20), Annie Davis (A ‘21) & Olivia Pontiff (A ‘15) recently completed an adaptive re-use project for Kronberg Urbanists + Architects, which received the Atlanta Urban Design Commission 2022 Award for Adaptive Use. The project features the adaptive reuse of an existing warehouse into a new law office that celebrates local design and community. The design highlights the original industrial character and is complemented by contemporary design and murals by local artists. Since the completion of the project, Google has generated 360° views of the building interior.

Calla Bardwell (M.Arch/ MSRED ’17), Calvin Gallion (M.Arch ’17), and Mark Heck (M.Arch ‘06) have partnered as studio^RISE. studio^RISE collaborates with clients in a creative process that guides them through the nuances of design, at multiple scales. Focused on creating a dynamic design based on intentional choices and unbounded opportunities, the result responds to the needs of the client while being immersed in the community.

Current projects include residential renovations, early learning centers, and assisting the development team of Charity Hospital. studio^RISE strives to encourage clients with projects of all sizes to

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be involved in their design process and feel valued.

Maziar Behrooz (M.Arch ‘85), founder of MB Architecture and member of the TuSA Dean’s Advisory Council, is the recipient of this year’s Inaugural Angela O’Byrne Alumni Award. The award is presented to an alumnus coming from a diverse background who demonstrates incredible leadership in the architecture field.

Danielle Vachon Bell (MSRED ’13) was promoted to Development Director at MGL Partners in Denver, CO. Rebeckah Blossman (M.Arch/ MSRED ’15) is an Owner and Interior Designer at Master & Man Design in New Orleans, LA. Remi Bourque (MSRED ’21) was promoted to CRE Portfolio Manager at Hancock Whitney Bank in New Orleans, LA. Thomas (Tom) C. Brutting, FAIA (M.Arch ‘77) recently published a memoir that includes his time at Tulane School of Architecture, his professional career, plus a chapter on his time in the Soviet Union in 1976 investigating their architectural heritage after receiving the John W. Lawrence Fellowship through the School.

Unlocking Cousin Daisy’s Cabinet was published by The Conrad Press in the UK. Reed Campbell (M.Arch/ MSRED ’21) was hired as an Architectural Designer at CannonDesign in Baltimore, MD. Rob Denham (MSRED ’18) was hired as Development Manager, Economic Development Division at the City of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH. Patrick Dougherty (MSRED ’21) was hired as a Development Manager at Kupperman Companies in New Orleans, LA. Brandon Dughman (MSRED ’17) was hired as a Senior Project Manager at Nelson Community

Partners in Nashville, TN. Caroline Garfield (M.Arch/ MSRED ’19) was hired as a Designer at Multistudio in New Orleans, LA. Daniel Gersh (MSRED ’22) was hired as an Analyst at Townhouse Partners in New York, NY. Eugene Goldberg (A ’75), a retired architect living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has published a children’s book: Once Upon a Pizza: Eight Crazy Ways Pizza Wasn’t Really Invented, And One It Might Have Been.

Daniel Feinberg (MSRED ’17) was hired as Development Officer – Southeast at The Michaels Organization in Atlanta, GA. James Fox (MSRED ’17) was hired as Assistant Project Manager at Impetus in New Orleans, LA. Jacques Fuselier (MSRED ’21) was hired as a Commercial Real Estate Agent at Marcus & Millichap in Austin, TX. Austin Hogans (M.Arch/ MSRED ’20) was hired as an Architectural Designer at TrapolinPeer Architects in New Orleans, LA. Hank Hopkins (MSRED ’13) is a Principal at Yukon Development in Dallas, TX. M. Haynes Johnston (M.Arch/ MSRED ’19) was hired as a Development Associate at Redfern Properties, LLC, in Portland, ME. Michael Kahn (A’13, SLA’13) received an industry-based PhD from the University of Technology Sydney. His research focused on the role of architecture in the delivery of large-scale urban infrastructure projects, based on his experience in practice assisting to deliver Sydney’s new airport and metro system. Following the completion of his PhD, he joined DesignInc Sydney as a senior urban designer and was appointed to a lecturer position at the University of Sydney – where

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he studied abroad while at Tulane – recently serving as the coordinator for third year studio.

On May 1, Kraig Kessel (M.Arch ‘86) celebrated 12 years in business with his firm Kraido. Additionally, after over 11 years in the Hearst Building in San Francisco, Kraig and his business partners Dave Oldman and Tom McCune decided to move their physical office from San Francisco to Tucson, Arizona as of May 1, 2022.

Kronberg Urbanists + Architects, led by Tulane graduate Eric Kronberg (A ‘97), will be wrapping up construction this fall on the self-developed housing project at Finley St. in Atlanta, GA. Finley St. Cottages is a creative infill community of 16 homes in the Edgewood neighborhood. The by-right development offers workforce housing options without subsidy and serves as a model for affordable, neighborhood-scale infill.

Located on two R-5 (single-family) lots, the innovative development rethinks what is possible with our existing policies. The project consists of 2 renovated historic homes (3bed/2bath), 2 attached duplexes (3bed/3bath), 6 guest suites (1-2bed/1bath), 2 guest houses (1bed/1bath), 4 accessory dwelling units (2bed/2bath), and 0 offstreet parking spaces.

Advancement Report Your support allows the Tulane School of Architecture to build an environment of excellence, provide transformational teaching, and work with our community to promote meaningful change.

Every gift is important and makes a difference. With your continued help, we are poised to move to a new level of achievement by building on our strengths and capitalizing on the momentum of our successes.

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William J. Hudson (A‘68) Sam Levison (M.Arch/MSRED ’18) was hired as Project Architect at Williams Architects in New Orleans, LA. Kasey Liedtke (MSRED ’12) was promoted to Senior Housing Developer at Bellweather Housing in Seattle, WA. Ming Ming Lin (MS.Arch/ MSRED ’20) was hired as a Project Analyst at Gulf Coast Housing Partnership in New Orleans, LA.

Charles B. Montgomery (A‘74) Mauricio J. Villa (A‘81) Carlos H. Barbosa (A‘83) Cheri Smith (A‘84) Michael (A‘89)

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nancial Analyst at Greysteel in Dallas, TX. Noah Russin (MSRED ’18) was hired as an Architectural Drafter at Delson Or Sherman Architects in Brooklyn, NY. Laura Rutledge (MSRED ’21) was promoted to Property Manager at Felicity Property Co. in New Orleans, LA. Ben Samuels (MSRED ’16) was promoted to Corporate Development Manager at OmniTRAX in Denver, CO. Koley Scott (MSRED ’21) was hired as an Underwriter at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Denver, CO. Brinda Sen Gupta (MSRED ’12) was hired as Director of Strategy, Global Enterprise Sales at World Wide Technology in Washington, DC. Alden Smith (MSRED ’17) is an Owner and Sole Proprietor at Alden Integrates in Washington, DC. Jonas Sparks (MSRED ’21) was hired as a Financial Analyst at American Campus Communities in Austin, TX. Veronika Suarez (MSRED ’19) was hired as an Architectural Designer & Planner at Concordia in New Orleans, LA. Hayley Tilton (MSRED ’22) was hired as Manager of Sustainability and ESG Services at Deloitte in New Orleans, LA. Max Trinkle (MSRED ’22) was hired as an Underwriting Analyst at Arbor Realty Trust in New York, NY. Kim Ferrari Vallot (MSRED ’16) was hired as an Associate Attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Orange County, CA. Max Warshaw (M.Arch/MSRED ‘19) was hired as an Associate at SHoP Architects in New York, NY. Garrick Wier (MSRED ’17) was promoted to Land Development

Manager at Toll Brothers in Raleigh, NC. Chenbo Xing (M.Arch/MSRED ’20) was hired as a Senior Design Specialist at Seazen Holdings Co. in Shanghai, China.

Bryan Yim (MSRED ’16) is a self-employed real estate investor in Apple Valley, CA. Alumni from the Tulane School of Architecture Class of 1967 recently had a mini reunion! This June 2022 reunion picture was at Penland Arts and Crafts Center in the Toe River region of the great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina. Pictured: (L to R) David Rittenberg, Weaverville, NC, Mickey Kronsberg Rosenblum, Charleston, SC (Newcomb College ’67), Jeffrey Rosenblum, Charleston, SC, Edward Roehm, Virginia Beach, VA

“The Cavalers”

Nathan Lipson (MSRED ’17) was promoted to Transportation Planning Analyst at TMG Consulting in New Orleans, LA. Erik Luthringshausen (M.Arch /MSRED ’22) was hired as an Architectural Designer at MKRED in New Orleans, LA. Andrew Mayronne (MSRED ’12) was hired as an Impact Officer – Housing at Dogwood Health Trust in Asheville, NC. John McGourty (MSRED ’20) was hired as an Account Executive at Pricemoov in Austin, TX. John Moore (MSRED ’12) was hired as a Policy and Development Manager at Primestor Development in Los Angeles, CA. John A. Newcomb III (A ’89) recently returned to Newcomb + Associates, a New York-based architectural planning and design consultancy with extensive experience in the United States, throughout Mexico, Colombia, and other key Latin American countries that he runs with his partner and spouse. Known for having a collaborative service mindset, Newcomb + Associates provides leadership, guidance, commercial strategy, development proforma, architectural planning, and design services to developers and clients for their strategic needs and projects wherever they may be.

Teddy Newmyer (MSRED ’15) was promoted to Associate Director of Real Estate Development at Eden Housing in San Francisco, CA. William Neild (MSRED ’21) was hired as a Development Coordinator at The Morgan Group in Austin, TX. Martie Elliott Notestine (MSRED ’18) was hired as Assistant Real Estate Manager at CBRE in San Antonio, TX. Lindsay Poppenhagen (MSRED ’21) was promoted to Senior Fi-

More than 20 Tulane School of Architecture alumni from the Class Of 1980/81 recently published a book based on what architects from decades and centuries past and present would serve at a dinner party, based on the architect’s signature style and era. The book, My Dinner with Lawrence, is now available for purchase at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Proceeds from the publication will benefit the Class of 1980/81 Fund, a vehicle created by the class to help support TuSA and the memories of the ones who taught them to see differently.

Alumni Council Formed in 2019, the Tulane School of Architecture Alumni Council is a global group of committed alumni. Together they initiate events that strengthen local networks of current alumni, provide mentorship and support to further the careers of students and graduates, and leverage their collective influence to ensure a diverse and inclusive future for the school. The council also has the following three standing subcommittees: Communications, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, and Student Engagement. The 2021-2022 council was chaired by Adrianne Steichen (A ‘01) and Simcha Ward (A ‘11). The alumni listed below were selected as city co-chairs to lead this initiative.

Adrianne Steichen (A ‘01) AIA, LEED AP BD+C & HOMES Principal of PYATOK architecture + urban design Oakland, CA

Simcha Ward (A ’11)

Senior Development Manager at Laurel Street Residential Charlotte, NC ANN ARBOR

Anthony Vanky A *07 University of Michigan AT L A N TA

Stacey Lucas A *00

Collins Cooper Carusi Architects, Inc.

Kyle McCluskey A ‘09 Jacobs

Amber Stewart A *09 Jacobs

AUSTIN

Lucas Elser MSRED *18 Project Management Advisors, Inc. BOSTON

Leland “Lee” B. Berman A *12 The Berman Company

Jennifer Gaugler A *11

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Arielle Scher A *18

DALLAS

Sarah Cumming A ‘14 Page

Braham Berg A ‘18, MSRED *18 BBB3rg LLC

HONOLULU

Alison (Popper) Landry A ‘09

Frank Xiong A’14 WJE

I N T E R N AT I O N A L

Katherine Allen A ‘15 Henning Larsen, Denmark KANSAS CITY

Joshua Mings A’10

Canopy / architecture + design

Me’osha Solsberry A*18, MSRED *18

Wells Megalli A *17 Selldorf Architects PHOENIX

Chris Cody MPS *14

Arizona State Historic Preservation Office

Nicole Mehaffey A ‘16

Gould Evans

Gould Evans

William Trakas A*12

SAN ANTONIO

BNIM

LOS ANGELES

Jake Lazere A *14

Frederick Fisher and Partners Architects

Jeffrey Zolan A ‘16 DLR Group MIAMI

Alexandra Mangimelli A ‘09 Strang Design

Amanda Rosales A ‘12, A ‘13 Shawmut Design and Construction

Tulane University

Gensler

NYC Department of Design and Construction

Michelle Barrett A ‘19

CHICAGO

Sean McGuire A *12

NEW YORK

Perkins + Will

NEW ORLEANS

Murphy Real Estate Services

Farouki Farouki

Devin Weaver A *11

HGA

Deirdre Clein MSRED *18

Lane Rapier A *18

Chris Daemmrich A ‘17 Celeste Favrot MSRED *18 First Lake Properties

Corey Squires A *12 Lake/Flato Architects

SAN FRANCISCO

Ian Rosenfield A ‘15 Gensler

S A LT L A K E C I T Y

Kelly Holland A ‘09 Arch Nexus

S E AT T L E

Nick Vann A ‘09, MPS *09

Washington State, Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation S T. L O U I S

Kekeli Dawes A *18

Lamar Johnson Collaborative WA S H I N G T O N , D C

Catherine “Katie” Nguyen A *16

J. Marshall Brown MPS *16

James Rolf MPS *16

Brinda Sen Gupta A ‘11, MSRED *12

EskewDumezRipple

Louisiana Recovery School District

Loudoun County Department of Planning and Zoning

World Wide Technology

Fitzgerald Associates Architects

Interested in learning more about or becoming involved in the Alumni Council? Reach out to Kristen Jones, Assistant Director, Student Affairs at kjones41@tulane.edu.

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Inaugural Alumni Award Recipient: Maziar Behrooz

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he inaugural Angela O’Byrne Alumni Award was presented at the 2022 Tulane School of Architecture Commencement to alumnus and award-winning architect Maziar Behrooz (A ‘85 and Dean’s Advisory Council member). The award recognizes a Tulane graduate coming from a diverse background or community who has become a leader in the architecture and design field. Behrooz, an Iranian native who came to the U.S. to pursue his education, is celebrated for his remarkable efforts in sustainable architecture.

His innovative designs demonstrate a commitment to maintaining an integrated environment

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through mindful building. Since 1996, Behrooz has led his firm, MB Architecture based in East Hampton, NY, in implementing these ideas in their designs.

Behrooz was surrounded by architectural elements from an early age. With his mother working in fashion design, and his father as an engineer, Behrooz quickly became familiar with construction and design principles. In his education, he naturally gravitated toward geometric shapes and found particular interest in spatial compositions. He moved away from his home and family in Iran to attend high school in Massachusetts, where he first began to seriously consider the ar-

chitecture field. Upon applying to colleges, the Tulane architecture program seemed intriguing, though he did not know anything about New Orleans aside from a general knowledge of its vibrant culture. As he would many more times in his career, Behrooz took a leap of faith and chose Tulane to begin his undergraduate studies.

While earning his Bachelor of Architecture at Tulane, Behrooz gained foundational principles that would stay relevant in his career. He found the studio in Richardson Memorial Hall to be “a place of creativity, surrounded by exceptional faculty and peers” and remembers feeling for the first time the satisfaction of

“working on a project for months on end and seeing it through to completion.” He would later encounter such a feeling many more times, but the initial experience, surrounded by his peers and professors, made Tulane feel like home.

Such a community proved to be a critical part of Behrooz’s academic experience. While he was pursuing his degree, the Iranian Revolution began in his home country. He recalls the events “affecting every Iranian student deeply,” as suddenly he could not return home, and his family could no longer send money to financially support his education. Withdrawing from school became a looming possibility, leading Behrooz to speak with the Assistant Dean, Steve Jacobs, about financial support. He did so hesitantly, as he cared deeply about school but “didn’t have A pluses” on his transcript. Jacobs worked with the Office of Financial Aid to offer Behrooz a full scholarship to continue his education. Upon reflection, Behrooz points to this moment as a critical part of his career path. With such a profound connection, he “could not refuse” when asked to become an Advisory Council member in 2009.

After graduating from Tulane in 1985, Behrooz earned his Master’s in Architecture from Cornell University and attended the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. Always drawn to natural elements, he moved to East Hampton and started his firm, MB Architecture, in 1996. He

existing buildings, rather than starting new. The buildings that do get started are made to last.

Behrooz emphasizes the importance of designing buildings that can “age gracefully,” and sustain natural weathering. He encourages clients to embrace natural imperfections, minimizing the need for excessive maintenance.

Sustainably minded homes were not always well received, but Behrooz and his team held strong in their mission. When he began designing in East Hampton in the mid 90s, clients found the ideas unrealistic.

Solar panels, commonly used today, were completely out of the question at the time. The firm took the critique as reason to improve their designs and were never discouraged.

In recent years, clients have become far more accepting of environmentally conscious designs, -Maziar Behrooz and now come to MB Architecture looking for ways to promote His team planned and construct- sustainability in their homes.

While at Tulane, Behrooz reed the first green roof in Montauk and used that design to devel- ceived long lasting advice from op others in the area. In recent professor and mentor Mark Shapyears, the firm has experimented iro about advocacy through archiwith utilizing recycled materials tecture. Shapiro told him, “First in their construction. They con- learn how to design a building. duct diligent research to measure Once you know how to master their initiatives’ impacts, so as to the craft, you can begin to bring avoid “green washing” in the sus- in other criteria.” Behrooz leads his team with this advice, to be tainable building process.

Because of construction’s en- experts in their fields first, and vironmental impact, Behrooz at- later work to implement environtempts to minimize total recon- mental factors where they make struction where possible. He finds sense, eventually making that the “great value in preserving build- mission. Behrooz advises young ings,” often pivoting to designing architects interested in sustainadditions or expansions to pre- ability to use the same approach. noticed a “not quite untouched, but predominantly green” environment, and began approaching architecture as an opportunity to enhance the area’s natural elements, rather than take away from them. Behrooz said his firm sees a building as “a mere component, albeit a vital one, of a total environment.”

In designing his buildings, Behrooz works mindfully to mitigate the environmental impact that construction intrinsically brings.

“As good of an education as I had at other schools, Tulane feels like home for me. It goes back to the story of who I became,” he says.

“The support saved me from dropping out of school. And then who knows what [would have happened]?”

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