Volume 1, Issue 1 | Winter 2019
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Cal Poly Pomona represents U.S. in international research consortium
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The
Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies
will share a $26,000 grant with five other universities from Australia, Austria, Italy, Spain and Singapore to research nanotechnology-based thermochromic (temperature-responsive) materials that can be used to design buildings to perform better under the stresses of climate change.
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calendar
12/24-01/01:
Winter Instruction Break — Campus Closed
01/02-02/03:
Spring 2020 Add/Drop Period
01/18:
Spring 2020 Classes Begin
01/20:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day— Campus Closed
01/24:
Last day to drop Spring 2020 classes and get a full refund
01/29:
CPPLA 2019 Pecha Kucha (15x15) Presentations. 11:30 a.m., Bldg. 7 Atrium
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FIRM DAY 2020
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January 23
This annual event connects students with architecture and landscape architecture firms, government agencies and nonprofit organizations seeking interns and/or new team members. Interested students can still
sign up
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or one-on-one interviews and portfolio reviews. Students and firms can browse the itinerary and register for the event
here
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2020 SPRING INTERIM | January 24
See the best of undergraduate and graduate
architecture
projects from Fall 2019 at the 2020 Spring Interim Student Exhibit. 6:30 p.m., Interim Design Center (Bldg. 89).
RSCA CONFERENCE APPLICATIONS DUE
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January 30
The conference will be hosted on campus on Saturday, March 7 at the University Library and Bronco Student Center. CPP Children's Center will be providing childcare for student-presenters, and must be reserved via the Office of Undergraduate Research by Feb. 20.
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interdepartmental |
stay in the know
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
The American Society of Landscape Architects awarded
Professor Lee-Anne Milburn
the
Jot D. Carpenter Teaching Medal
at its 2019 annual conference in San Diego.
URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
The theme of the 2020 Dale Prize is
#WeAre!: Advancing Gender and Sexuality in Planning Practice
. Energized by the #MeToo movement, #WeAre! tackles the under-representation of women in the planning profession and discrimination against LGBTQ+. The prize is awarded in pairs: to a practitioner and scholar whose work reflect the year's theme.
The 2020 honorees are
Elizabeth "Libby" Tyler,
the first female planner in Illinois recognized as a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners; and
Petra Doan
, an urban and regional planning professor at Florida State University who researches planning issues surrounding marginalized communities, with a special focus on the LGBTQ community.
IN MEMORIAM
Ray Kappe
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FAIA, the founding chair of the Department of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona and the founding director of the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), died Nov. 21.
An internationally celebrated architect and a pioneer in architectural education, his career spanned more than six decades.
Dion Neutra
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the Los Angeles architect who waged a decades-long campaign to preserve his father’s architectural legacy, died Nov. 23. Dion was the son of architect Richard Neutra – the master architect and ENV lecturer who is credited, along with R.M. Schindler, for introducing the International Style to the West Coast.
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bookmark |
green city blog
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Professor
Kyle Brown
and lecturer
Tori Kjer
(executive director of the LA Neighborhood Land Trust) launched the
Green City Blog
,
a collection of articles written by MLA students. Topics include transit, landscapes that mitigate climate change, urban regeneration and green jobs.
Each piece goes through a peer review and an editorial approval process before being published. The goal: to present original work that advances community resiliency in the face of climate change.
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exhibitions |
get cultured
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DON B. HUNTLEY GALLERY
Through the Toy Shop and Behind the Curtain: The Artistry of Gina M
is a full-scale immersive space installation combining whimsical, found-object assemblages and
trompe l'oeil
ceramics.
Exhibition Dates
January 21 - May 14
Opening Reception & Artist Talk
January 25, 2-5 p.m.
Location
University Library
4th Floor, Room 4435
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AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM NEW YORK
Assistant Professor
Axel Schmitzberger
and Cal Poly SLO architecture professor Stephen Phillips co-curated
Resident Alien – Austrian Architects in America
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an examination of the contributions of Austrian-American architects in the United States.
The College of Environmental Design enjoys a special connection with one of the architects featured in
Resident Alien
: Viennese
Richard Neutra
, whose illustrious career was defined by his design of modernist homes in Southern California. Before he passed away in 1970, Neutra taught at the college in a joint appointment with the departments of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban and regional planning in the college.
Exhibition Dates
Through February 17
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SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM
OF MODERN ART
The
Mars habitation module (CPP-HAB)
was originally submitted by a group of 65 architecture and civil engineering students for the 2018 NASA eXploration Systems and Habitation (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge.
Exhibition Dates
Through January 20
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now hiring |
university art galleries
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The
University Art Galleries
needs a variety of gallery assistants for Winter Break and Spring 2020. Student applicants must be eligible for Work Study, and be available to work up to 20 hours a week during the semester and up to 40 hours during winter and summer breaks. Apply via
Handshake:
- Gallery Assistant: Admin, Marketing & Social Media Specialist. Open to visual communication design, marketing and public relations majors and minors. (Handshake Code 1497165)
- Gallery Assistant: Graphic Design Specialist. Open to visual communication design majors. (Handshake Code 1495584)
- Gallery Assistant: Architecture and Woodshop Specialist. Open to architecture, landscape architecture, and urban and regional planning majors and minors. (Handshake Code 1497044)
- Gallery Assistant: Art History and Collections Management Specialist. Open to art history majors and minors. (Handshake Code 1429250)
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alumni |
env in pop culture
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John Miranda
('17, graphic design) has been busy at
BLT Communications
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a creative agency specializing in entertainment marketing.
His design projects include
Spider-Man: Far From Home;
the film adaptation of
Sonic the Hedgehog; Isle of Dogs; and Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood.
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Summer Furzer
('17, graphic design) designed the album art for multi-hyphenate rapper A$AP Rocky's August 2019 single
Babushka Boi.
Furzer is currently a creative designer at The Op. She previously worked as a designer for Experia Creative, and as a graphic designer/social media manager at the San Diego History Center.
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LA 1111L |
Occupied Spatial Unit (OSU) is an abstract spatial construction that invites people to experience the landscape in different, unexpected or surprising ways. Student presentations were followed by a conversation on "MAP-CARPET" on mapping color, occupying and culture in the landscape.
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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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