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The University of Oklahoma
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture
Sept. 24 - 28, 2018
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Oculus
is an e-newsletter that is distributed by the OU Gibbs College of Architecture at the beginning of each week during the fall and spring semesters. It features news about student, faculty, staff and alumni accomplishments, as well as events that may be of interest to our community. Please share your news and events by noon each Friday to be considered for the following week's issue of
Oculus
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Regional + City Planning Faculty Member Featured on Just Sow Podcast
Regional and City Planning assistant professor Dr. Bryce Lowery was recently interviewed on the University of Oklahoma's podcast,
Just Sow. In the episode, called "The Future of Food," Dr. Lowery and host Emily Tackett discuss a range of topics related to food insecurity. The
Just Sow website summarizes their conversation: "Making healthy food options accessible to everyone despite their economic status is an issue in Oklahoma and around the world. What do we do when supermarkets don't settle down in communities that need them most? The future of food intersects with architecture and urban planning with solutions that range from community gardens to towering skyscraper farms in the middle of downtown."
Listen to "The Future of Food" episode here.
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Mark your calendars for OU Giving Day! September 25, 2018
At the University of Oklahoma, students are our focus. Last year, $179,000 was raised on the first OU Giving Day, specifically for student scholarships. We hope to more than double that support this year and spread it across the entire university!
Click here to support the Gibbs College of Architecture on Giving Day, Sept. 25, 2018.
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LECTURE SERIES:
Architecture for Non-Majors
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Dr. Khosrow Bozorgi invites you to attend the "Architecture for Non-Majors" lecture series, featuring faculty presentations on diverse topics such as main street design, historic preservation, acoustics and digital design. For the full lecture schedule and details about the location and time, please click
here
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For more information or to request accommodations, contact Dr. Bozorgi ([email protected]). |
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Neuroscience, Beauty and Design Symposium
When: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Mon., October 1st
Where: Gould Hall Buskuhl Gallery
Join us for a symposium exploring Neuroscience, Beauty and Design from the perspectives of Don Ruggles, Lydia Soo and Tiziana Proietti.
Don Ruggles
Ruggles, AIA, is president of
Ruggles Mabe Studio, a boutique residential architecture and interior design firm based in Colorado. Founded in 1970, the firm is dedicated to the idea that beauty can improve the lives of its clients. Their award winning projects have been featured in publications world-wide. He is author of
Beauty, Neuroscience and Architecture: Timeless Patterns and Their Impact on Our Well-Being (2018).
Lydia Soo
Soo (associate professor emerita, University of Michigan) is an Early Modern architectural historian. In addition to a book on Christopher Wren's theoretical writings, she has written on specific problems of 17th century culture, buildings, and cities, including pre-orientalist knowledge of neareastern architecture and mathematics in Italian Baroque design. The title of her talk is, "Constructive Geometry and the Changing Concept of Beauty in Early Modern Architecture."
Tiziana Proietti
Proietti is is an architect and researcher with a PhD in Architectural Design. She is author of several books, including Dom Hans van der Laan e l'espressività dello spazio architettonico [Dom Hans van der Laan and the expressiveness of architectural space, trans.] (Quodlibet, 2015). She is currently researching the cognitive value of proportion by connecting neuroscience and architecture.
To request more information or accommodations, contact Angela Person ([email protected]).
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Gibbs College of Architecture
Faculty Program for Research Enhancement
2018-2019 Call for Proposals
To view the PRE proposal guidelines and to submit a proposal, click
here.
FALL 2018
Proposals Due: Monday, Oct. 8, 2018 (noon)
Award Notifications: Monday, Nov. 12, 2018
SPRING 2019
Proposals Due: Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 (noon)
Award Notifications: Monday, Mar. 18, 2018
For more information, contact Prof. Tom Woodfin, Chair of Committee A, at
[email protected]
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Above: Exhibition curator Luca Guido leads a tour of the "Renegades" exhibition.
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The American School "Renegades" Exhibition Opens at Bizzell Library
Runs:
Until July 29, 2019
Where: Bizzell Memorial Library, Level 1
Admission: Free
"Renegades: Bruce Goff and the
American
School
of Architecture at Bizzell" features selections from the
American
School
Archive, including drawings and virtual tours of three residences designed by Bruce Goff, rendered by Skyline Ink of Oklahoma City. The exhibition opened on Saturday, Sept. 22, with public tours attended by students, faculty, alumni, and many gameday-goers.
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| Above: A rendering of the Tulsa Children's Museum Discovery Lab. [Image: KKT Architects] |
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Urban Design Studio Graduate's Project Featured in Tulsa World
Sarah Gould, owner and principal of KKT Architects and an OU Urban Design Studio alumnus, was recently interviewed in the
Tulsa World. The article includes details about and renderings of her firm's design for the new Tulsa Children's Museum Discovery Lab.
Ray Vandiver, executive director of the museum, describes the concept for the 50,000-square-foot facility as "a dynamic learning space, dynamic in the sense that children, through full-body, immersive experiences, are encouraged to problem solving and critical thinking and creativity."
Read the full Tulsa World article here. |
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Gould Hall's Charles W. Graham Cafe Announces Fall 2018 Hours
The Charles W. Graham Cafe is now open from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. It is located in the northwest corner of the Gould Hall basement, near the computer lab.
For more information about the cafe, please contact cafe manager Chris Kaeser ([email protected]). |
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Share your news and events with us!
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Whether you are an OU Gibbs College of Architecture alumnus, student, faculty or staff member, we want to know about your news and events!
To share your news for the next issue of
Oculus, the OU Gibbs College of Architecture newsletter, or to request publicity support for an upcoming event, please complete the form found
here.
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