Volume 1, Issue 2 | January 30-February 12, 2020
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Dean's Note: Welcome to
On the Grid
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Preserving the ties that bind us in a rapidly changing world – this is one of our leading preoccupations today. It motivates us to keep current on methods to bridge the divides of time and space. At the College of Environmental Design, we feel strongly about the importance of reinforcing and expanding ENV’s connections to our many friends both within and external to the College. This year we are renewing – with some modifications – previous communication methods and launching new plans.
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02/02:
Spring 2020 URP Lecture Series - Jeff Kugel, Glendora Community Development Director. 3-5 p.m., Bldg. 7, Room 215
Thru 02/03:
Spring 2020 Add/Drop Period
02/13:
Physical Computing and Environmental Sensing Workshop. 4 p.m., Makers Studio, 2nd Floor, University Library
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MODERNISM WEEK: EDUCATION DAY | February 19
Regional architecture students and faculty are invited to
Education Day
– a series of bus and walking tours, experts' presentations and exhibits of significant architectural works in the Greater Palm Springs area. The program is part of
Modernism Week
(February 13-23), a celebration of midcentury and contemporary architecture, design, art and fashion. Check out the full event lineup
here
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PALM SPRINGS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | February 21
L
earn about the developing partnership between Cal Poly Pomona and the College of the Desert (COD) to create a five-year degree program at COD's new Palm Springs campus. The event is jointly presented by CPPARC, COD and the Palm Springs Center for Creativity/Architectural Alliance. 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Annenberg Theatre, Palm Springs Art Museum.
Free registration
(sp
ace is limited 50 seats). Students can reserve their spot by emailing
dswinfield@cpp.edu.
BIRTH OF THE COOL | February 22
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interdepartmental |
stay in the know
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ARCHITECTURE
Her entry, "Brutalism in the Desert," is a proposal for a new College of the Desert campus in Palm Springs, and was originally designed for Professor
Sarah Lorenzen
's Education Topic Studio (ARC 4031) in Fall 2019.
"The buildings on this campus are designed with a smaller footprint on the ground floor and a larger floor area on the second and third floors, creating a large shaded plaza under each building," Vertanessian explained. "The project aims to create a surreal experience for its users, while they walk underneath these large, heavy buildings with floating upper levels."
Vertanessian and the two other competition winners will be honored at the 41st Annual Conference on School Facilities on Feb. 19-21 in Long Beach.
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Bob Kain
, AIA, ACHA ('73, architecture), a leader in architectural practice and a model alumnus
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died
on Dec. 10 at the age of 69.
Kain passionately supported the Department of Architecture, and was instrumental to programs such as the Healthcare Architecture Initiative and Cal Poly Pomona's participation in the Design Village Competition. He was a board member of the Cal Poly Pomona University Educational Trust, and was named 2004 ENV Distinguished Alumnus.
ART
Folk/pop musician and painter
Norma Tanega
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who taught at the Department of Art in the 1970s after spending the preceding decade writing songs for Dusty Springfield and promoting her own music in England
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died
on Dec. 29 at age 80. Browse her art and music, and read about her eventful life
here
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Every second Thursday this semester, Associate Professor
Barry Lehrman
will host workshops at the
Makers Studio
at the University Library to introduce students to physical computing – creating and/or using devices that execute specific tasks after processing information gathered from the surrounding environment. This is no sci-fi abstraction; we're already using it in our daily lives, from voice recognition software to interactive video games like "Dance Dance Revolution."
Pine Wind Japanese Garden
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designed by the late Professor Emeritus
Takeo Uesugi
, inspired Torrance's
award-winning
2020 Rose Float entry "Our Garden of Hope and Dreams." In an
interview
with
Rafu Shimpo
, lecturer
Keiji Uesugi
reflected: "My father would be undoubtedly be filled with joy that the beautiful and harmonious message of the Japanese garden will be shared across the world through the Rose Parade broadcast."
URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
Professor
Richard Willson
has an eight-course series on transportation planning on Planetizen that covers foundational theories and concepts related to transportation planning. Each video lesson addresses the role of transportation systems, local and global impacts on the environment and social justice, relationships to land use, travel behavior and modeling, travel demand management, working with capacity, plan-making, and finance. (See this series and Willson's other Planetizen video courses on parking reform and career planning
here
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bookmark |
hear from an expert
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Assistant Professor
Alvaro Huerta
's essay "
An Education in the Informal Economy
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is in the January issue of
Planning Magazine.
In it, he
argues that understanding the linkages between the formal and informal economies could help planners advise policymakers to better design, plan and manage communities.
"Today, millions of informal workers and petty entrepreneurs are in business every day across the U.S.," Huerta writes. "These workers are ubiquitous, yet planners have little experience with the informal economy, both in education and in practice."
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exhibitions |
get cultured
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HUMANS OF THE EARTH
(HOTE) LOS ANGELES
Art department lecturer
Ann Phong
's latest solo exhibition,
Fragility
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depicts the impact of human activities on our planet.
"Having seen many cities with a beautiful living environment, it’s painful to witness some other areas that are damaged by the human habitat," Phong said. "It seems like the more convenience we seek in our lives, the more trash we create... To obtain a peaceful life, one first needs to make peace with the earth."
Exhibition Dates
January 9 - February 2
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W. KEITH & JANET KELLOGG UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
Experience
collaborative assembled sculpture and works on paper combined with wood elements, ceramic and video projection installation, and constructed instrumental sound installations.
Exhibition Dates
January 21 - March 26
Opening Reception + Artist Talk
February 1, 2-5 p.m.
Closing Reception + Artist Q&A
March 24, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location
Bldg. 35A
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DON B. HUNTLEY GALLERY
Enter a toy shop of childhood fantasy, fun and games — but what you think you see, may not be what you think.
Exhibition Dates
January 21 - May 14
Location
University Library (Bldg. 15)
4th Floor, Room 4435
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internships |
your professional development
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UPLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GARDEN PROGRAM
Upland Unified School District
has immediate openings for two paid internship positions open to undergraduate ($15/hour) and graduate students ($20/hour). Gardening experience is a must. Interns must have access to a personal vehicle, and be available for 10 hours/week for 25 weeks. This internship program is sponsored by longtime ENV supporter Randall Lewis.
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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
The
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
(ACHP) in Washington, D.C., has summer internships for undergraduate and graduate students. The ACHP is a federal agency overseeing the historic preservation review process for federal projects.
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alumni |
promotions & kudos
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Kimberly Kilgour,
AIA, LEED AP
('96, master's in architecture)
was promoted from Project Manager to Principal at
SmithGroup
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an international architecture, engineering and planning firm with the distinction as nation's oldest continually operating architectural and engineering firm (It was founded in 1853 by architect Sheldon Smith). Kilgour works in the firm's Los Angeles office.
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Megan C. Smith
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('19, visual communication design; minor in art history) joined
PepsiCo
in January as a field marketing coordinator at its Riverside location.
Smith is in the California Pepsi Print Shop where she creates point-of-sale designs customized for the company's retail and food service environments.
Yoojung Yang
('13, master's in landscape architecture) is now a full-time GIS Consultant for
GBS Korea
, an expansion of the independent consultancy Global Business Solutions headquartered in Auckland, N.Z.
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Charity Michelle Harris
A paean to diversity and inclusion, her book is a "love letter" to her
younger self
:
bullied for being different; diagnosed at 7 with the neuromuscular disease Charcoat-Marie-Tooth Disease, and at 21 with the chronic pain condition Trigeminal neuralgia.
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ON THE GRID
is produced by the College of Environmental Design (ENV) at Cal Poly Pomona.
Send your news, announcements and upcoming events to
env@cpp.edu
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