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2003 NCARB Prize Fact Sheet

About the NCARB Prize
The NCARB Prize for the Creative Integration of Practice and Education in the Academy honors innovative ways of integrating practitioners into the academy in order to expose students to the reality and culture of day-to-day practice. This competition awards significant cash prizes to six outstanding programs: five schools will each receive $7,500 and one school will receive the grand prize of $25,000. The NCARB Prize is an initiative spearheaded by Peter Steffian, FAIA, an architect based in Boston, MA, and a former Council president.

Selection of Winning Entries
The NCARB Prize jury met during the ACSA Annual Conference in Louisville, KY, in March 2003. The 49 entries were divided into three groups by NCARB region. Similarly, the jury was divided into three groups of four team members each. The jury teams were each assigned to review a group of entries from outside the region where the jurors either taught or practiced. Each team selected up to five "finalists" for consideration for the six prizes to be awarded.

After the first round of reviews, each team presented its finalists to the rest of the jury, evoking many questions and much constructive debate. Six prizewinners were unanimously selected, ensuring a cash award of $7,500 to each. Two honorable mentions were also chosen. To select the winner of the $25,000 NCARB Grand Prize, the jury held a secret ballot conducted by Michiel Bourdrez, AIA, NCARB's director of professional services. It took two rounds of voting for a decisive winner to emerge.

2003 NCARB Prize Jury
Chair: Janet R. White, FAIA, Maryland

Practitioners: David Mohney, AIA, Kentucky; Barbara A. Sestak, AIA, Oregon ; Peter T.S. Rasmussen, FAIA, Washington; Peter Steffian FAIA, Massachusetts; John Carter Wyle, AIA, Georgia; and Michiel M. Bourdrez, AIA, NCARB staff liaison

Educators: Howard E. Goldstein, AIA, Head, Wentworth Institute (Region 1); James L. West, FAIA, Dean, Mississippi State University (Region 3); Mark C. Engelbrecht, FAIA, Dean, Iowa State University (Region 4); R. Wayne Drummond, FAIA, Dean, University of Nebraska (Region 5); and Gregory A. Kessler, AIA, Director, Washington State University (Region 6)
[Karen Van Lengen, AIA, Dean, University of Virginia, was unable to take part in the Jury proceedings.]

2003 NCARB Prize—Grand Prize Winner
University of Kansas
Studio 804, Inc.

Abstract Excerpt
The design/build studio is a nonprofit organization that is operated 10 months of the year by Master of Architecture students and two professors as a two-part thesis project. Students are thrust into an intensive design/build process with community organizations that results in a house that is sold to a low-income family.

Intent

• To provide a practical, real-world learning environment for architectural students within a nonprofit design/build organization.
• To synthesize a connection between architectural education and architectural practice.
• To work with nonprofit organizations to produce an alternative to current affordable housing types.
• To provide a structured learning environment involving management of materials, budgets, construction schedules, and construction.
• To work with local businesses, trades, and manufacturers to produce an economical and innovative house.
• To inspire graduates to produce meaningful work within the contemporary marketplace.

Faculty: John C. Gaunt, FAIA, Dean; Don Rockhill, Professor; Kent F. Spreckelmeyer, FAIA,
Professor

Dean: John C. Gaunt, FAIA, Dean, School of Architecture

Nonprofit Client: Tenants to Homeowners, Inc.

Students: Christina Assmann, Christine Boehne, Jean Dodd, Carl Drafall, Lindsey Ericson, Jessica Fishback, Evan Fox, Brain Garvey, Kevin Gillian, Dirk Henke, Izumi Kitajima, George Lewis, Frank Louis, Diane Mansfield, Lindsey Piant, Christine Prescott, Michael Schafer, Erin Shea, Brian Spainhour, and Kyle Unruh

2003 NCARB Prize Winners
Clemson University
Upper Concord Street Neighborhood

Abstract Excerpt
After Hurricane Hugo, a large public housing project was demolished in Charleston, which left an open eight-acre parcel downtown—the largest unused publicly-owned area on the peninsula. This studio, comprising 18 graduate and undergraduate architecture students, worked for one semester on the study and design of the parcel. The students worked as a team, led by a practicing architect and a professor, in parallel with two city design departments and in collaboration with the major. The studio analyzed the site and context, conducted design investigations, and ultimately worked with the city in sponsoring a week-long public design charrette for the area. The result of the charrette was endorsed by Charleston City Council and has become the guiding vision for this important district in the city.

Faculty: Robert J. Miller, AIA, and Lukas Kohl

Dean: Janice C. Schach, Dean, College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities

Practitioners: Ray Huff, AIA, Huff + Gooden Architects, Charleston, SC; Timothy J. Keane, Director, Planning and Neighborhoods, City of Charleston; Michael T. Maher, Director, Civic
Design Center, City of Charleston

Students: Bryan Atwood, Michele Bellon, Emily Cox, Amy Finley, Lindsey Georges, Bridget Gilles,
Sallie Hambright, Gregory Huddy, Alicia Reed, Robert Smith, Peter Szczelina, Po Tin, and
Joel Wenzel

Mississippi State University
Dialogic reciprocity: Binding form making to practice in first-year design

Abstract Excerpt
This studio project represents significant work in academic/professional integration because of its grounding in contemporary practice, its unique theoretical base, and its rare place in architectural curriculum-first-year design. The project depends on an architect-practitioner collaborating with a studio instructor to provide an overview of communication practice; that is, ideas which are broadened conceptually to embrace 1) the relationships of form through composition; 2) resistance to ego-induced form making; and 3) the proper development of the architect/client relationship as the fundamental basis for design.

The communication theory under which these diverse realms can be gathered is called "dialogic reciprocity," a theory of proper and ethically bound inter-subjective discourse. The breadth of this theory suggests a thesis: that the dialogic reciprocity desirable between architect and client is analogous to the operation of form and the designed relationships between architecture and its inhabitants. The first-year studio project presented here uses the context of dialogic communication to engage color theory, figural composition, and spatial ordering principles in the design of a small space.

Faculty: Christopher Monson, AIA, Assistant Professor

Dean: Michael Fazio, AIA, Interim Associate Dean, School of Architecture

Practitioner: Jill Dittrich, Adjunct Instructor

Students: Laura Adcock, Aaron Alford, Eric Bolliger, Emily Cate, David Crenshaw, Stephens Daniel, Jason Derbort, Benjamin Duncan, Stephanie Favre, Brandon Gowen, Natalie Guckert,
Peaches Jarrett, Philip Luse, Donald McKenzie, Ryan Nichols, Greg Pruitt, Robin Reed,
Reagan Reese, Chris Riley, Jane Sanders, Josh White, Caroline Wiggins, and Harrison
Young (Summer 2000 studio)

Pennsylvania State University/The University of Washington
American Indian Housing Initiative

Abstract Excerpt
The American Indian Housing Initiative (AIHI) is a national collaboration between the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Washington and Chief Dull Knife College of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. The program integrates research and education in the area of sustainable community building practices with hands-on interdisciplinary experiences for students, faculty, and design professionals. The program focuses on the housing crises endemic to American Indian reservations, and promotes economically and environmentally sustainable design strategies.

Established in 1998, the academic program concentrates students and faculty in the design disciplines of architecture, architectural engineering, and landscape architecture, but also includes students with diverse backgrounds such as nutrition, biology, and education. The year-long, three-part design-build service learning course pivots on a summer building program on tribal lands where faculty and students are joined by a variety of practitioners in the construction of loadbearing strawbale housing and community facilities. Projects constructed to date include an adult education literacy center, a community meeting hall, and three privately owned residences.

Faculty: PSU/Scott Wing, Associate Professor of Architecture; David Riley, Associate Professor of
Architectural Engineering; Michael Rios, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and
Director, Hamer Center for Community Design Assistance; Sara J. Leland, Teaching
Assistant; and Kathelene M. Bisko, Teaching Assistant

UW/Sergio Palleroni, Professor of Architecture; Bray Hayden; and Chuck Henry

Dean: Daniel Willis, Architecture Department Head, Pennsylvania State University

Practitioners: PSU/Cheryl Achterberg, Jerusha Achterberg, Sally Fishburn, Susanne Hackett, Todd Myers, Janice Perison, Shari Ralish, Kurt Rosenberger, and Beth Workman

UW/Gabriel Reed, Brian Lenz, Yarrow Murphy, Bill Terry, Janey Terry, and Kathleen
Westby

Students: PSU/Emily Chafee, Thomas J. Ciccarelli, Travis Crum, Tressa Gibbard, Sally J. Gimbert, Catherine E. Greenleaf, Grace Heicher, Melissa Kalwanaski, Fulya Kocak, Bethan Llewellyn, Katie Myers, Josh Nicholson, Carla A. Palavecino, Robert M. Peterson, Heather Rossi,
Christa Scott, Nicolette M. Slagle, Andrew J. Swartzell, Andrew N. Tech, Corinne Thatcher,
Samantha J. Wechsler, Jeffrey S. White, Emily Whitbeck, Kristen Zeiber, Lori Zimmaro, and Katherine E. Zimmerman

UW/Anton Adams-Fuchs, Angela Berry, Nathan Bird, Kris Buitrago, Zakaria M. Chida, Kendra Crismier, Tami Fordham, Kate Frisbie, Thea Habersetzer, Cassie Hillman, Joshua Hutchison, Anne Laughlin, Devin Kleiner, Nicole Mauldin, Lynne McWhorter, Heidi Reinke, Maria Simon, Kurt Sorensen, Peter Spruance, Meredith Webster, Ivy Wong, Sandie Woo, and Brian Zeallear

University of Maryland
Building Connections . . . Building Practice

Abstract Excerpt
In 1991, the School of Architecture undertook a major revision of its undergraduate and graduate curricula to better integrate technology with studio design. The goal was to introduce students to the complex but critical issues encountered in architectural practice. The revision created a pair of co-requisite courses—ARCH600/611 Comprehensive Design Studio and Advanced Technology—taught in the fall semester each year in the graduate school.

If the "first generation" of ARCH 600/611 was dedicated to reinforcing the culture of building craft within the studio setting, central to the "second generation" of ARCH 600/611 is the exploration of "real" projects in the academic setting and the integral involvement and collaboration with both specialized consultants and "clients." Each semester, three to four core consultants and six to twelve rotating or guest consultants join the core faculty to participate in the studio. Since 1996, 57 architects, 27 structural and mechanical engineers, 12 topical experts, 13 "clients," and six guests from institutions or specialized disciplines have worked side-by-side with the students and faculty engaged in ARCH 600/611. While the students are the obvious beneficiaries of this collaborative process, faculty, consultants, and guests all profit from the experience.

Core Faculty: Carl Bovill, RA; Julie E. Gabrielli; Amy E. Gardner, AIA, Coordinator; Peter Jurmala, PE, RA; Roger K. Lewis, FAIA; and Mike Scalingi

Dean: Steven W. Hurtt, AIA, Professor and Dean, School of Architecture, Planning,
& Historic Preservation

Core Practitioners: Joseph Burns, SE, AIA, TT-CBM Engineers; Tom Carcaterra, PE, Carceterra
Consulting; Chris Cobb, Robert Simon Associates, PLLC; Angela Cremeans, Smith Group; Cindy Cogill, Smith Group; Alan Dynerman, AIA, Williams and Dynerman Architects; Kirk Mettam, Robert Simon Associates, PLLC; Don Posson, Kling Lundquist Partnership; Don Pritchard, SFCS, Inc.; James Rowe, Buro Happold; Mark Rylander, William McDonough & Partners; Potomac Valley Birck; and Greg Wiedemann, AIA, Wiedemann Architects

Students: Olumide Akinsade, Ed Ault, Cecily Channell, David Cross, Roberto Del Los Rios, David Fenchel, Matt Fitzsimmons, Anthony Fusco, Susan Gibson, Melissa Gill, Joe Harris, Eric Hurtt, Tanya Laramian, Ryan Kautz, Kimberly Lee, Cynthia Leibman, Nicolas Mansperger, Brian Martin, Jill McClure, Kathleen O'Hearn, Ellen Okun, Satya Pancham, Sara Salazar, Elvie Soeprapto, Lynn Stokes, Colin Tarbert, Gretchen Wagner, Michael Way, and Mark Zonarich (2002)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The Art of Integration/The Science of Building

Abstract Excerpt
From concept to realization, through conjecture and testing, practitioners and students from architecture, industrial design, building construction, and mechanical and electrical engineering utilized new materials and developed efficient components to transform the building industry through collaborative design and construction.

In an effort to reduce the need for more electricity, the U.S. Department of Energy is actively promoting the use of renewable energy sources. Energy consumption in residential and commercial buildings accounts for about 37 percent of our nation's energy budget. Buildings typically operate at less than 50 percent overall efficiency. With the nation's energy security and future in mind, collaborations between private industry, practice and academia are pivotal to address systemic issues of architecture and building technology. This project is one such effort to research, realize, and test building components that will reduce the nation's demand for energy while improving the quality of architectural space.

Faculty: Robert P. Schubert; Robert J. Dunay, AIA; Michael Ellis; James Jones; Michael J. O'Brien; Matt P. Lutz; and Mehdi Setareh, PE

Dean: Paul L. Knox, University Distinguished Professor and Dean

Practitioners: Robert J. Dunay, AIA, and Michael J. O'Brien

Students: Ardeshir Aliaskari, Aaron Allen, Serge Ambrose, Travis Arey, Mike Babcock, Stefanie
Bachetti, Joe Barker, Sean Brady, Zachary Brock, Shelly Brooks, Charity Campbell, Jesse
Christophel, Teague Clare, Tony Colosi, Elena D'Alessandro, Anne Davis, Shannon Donovan, Nicholas Duncan, Aaron Emmons, Collin Farrill, Susan Fioravante, Rob Fisher, Emile Freeland, Megan Gregares, Chris Grunau, Nicole Hall, Steve Hansen, Jason Kovac, Indhava Kunjarana, David Losh, Alok Mallick, Rose Marks, Seth Martin, James Mazaferro, Linda McCormick, Chris McGaha, Brett Miller, Dave Miller, Jason Miller, Tom Miller, Greg Morris, Clay Moulton, Brian Murphy, Yousef Nawas, William Ngutter, Chollaporn Ounkomol, Randy Reams, Andrew Reinhard, Christen J. Robbins, John Rozada, Benjamin Scott, Tor Severtson, Sandra Smith, Nils Steika, Matt Swope, David K. Waruir, Zachary Weber, Jan Wehby, Rory Willis, Brooke Zheng Xu, and Jun Xu