I recently was able to take a tour of the new E & E Building, where the Architectural Design Program will be located next quarter. It is nearing completion and the new studio and Arch. Design corner are looking really good. Check out the photos here.
Faculty and students interested in architectural design are invited to join us for an informal lunch hosted by Architectural Design on Thursday, October 18, 12:00, in Terman 217. Join us for an opportunity to discus the changes to the curriculum, new courses coming and co-terming for a masters in engineering. Feel free to share your ideas about the future of the program.
Please RSVP to Lorraine Potter by Friday, October 12.
We look forward to another exciting year!
The Architectural Design Department and studio will be moving to the second floor of the new Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment & Energy (E & E) Building sometime during Winter Quarter. The original move date was December, but has been delayed to early in the new year. The building will offer an environment in which students, faculty and researchers from all disciplines within CEE share the same building.
A student initiated class hosted by the Architectural Design Program adds Stanford’s campus to Google’s geographic information feature: Google Earth. http://aucompetition.sketchup.com/images/stanford.jpg
The course led by Joseph Bergen and Steven Lehrburger focused on a competition hosted by Google to “Build Your Campus in 3D.” John Barton, a lecturer in architecture, graciously volunteered to be the faculty adviser for this course and was instrumental in guiding the team. In addition to Lehrburger and Bergen, Stanford’s winning team included Anh Tran, Alexia Nielsen, Nthando Thandiwe, Joachim De Lombaert, Ellis Lau, Brian Truebe, Preston Rutherford and Daniel MacDougall.
About 300 teams took part within the United States and Canada. There were seven winning teams. To view Stanford’s entry locate the Stanford campus on Google Earth and then click on the “3-D buildings” button. If you do not have Google Earth,you can see aerial views of the models by going to Google’s “3D Warehouse” website and searching for the Stanford University collection.
For a complete article on this competition click the Stanford Report Link.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/august22/google-082207.html
