Donna Duerk, Emeritus Architecture Professor, scuba diver, and space architecture expert, enlightens us authoring a textbook by committee, designing a moon base to learn sustainability, and outlines the amazing path her career has taken.

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Show Notes

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Cal Poly News

• Join Tom di Santo at the recently completed Contraband Caffé Gallery (by M:oME) this Saturday, April 9th, 2011. Reception takes place on Saturday at 6pm.
  • The paintings will be up until Saturday 7 May, 2011.
  • The exhibit will include 31 framed and unframed architectural watercolour sketches and seasonal abstracts.
  • Press Release Contraband Caffé Gallery.
• Hearst Lecture this Friday
  • http://arch.calpoly.edu/news-events/hearst-lectures.html
• Arch Department to reimburse the first 40 students on the NCARB record!
• Cal Poly Job Fair
  • http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/current/index.html

General News

• Green roof industry grew by 28.5% in 2010
  • http://www.eco-structure.com/vegetated-roof/green-roof-industry-grew-285-percent-in-2010.aspx
  • Chicago: 500,000 sf
  • “Government investment in green roofs for their stormwater, air quality, green space, and city cooling benefits largely fuels the growth of our industry”
• White House under construction
  • http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/04/obama-white-house-undergoes-big-dig/1
• 20 Questions with the other Uncle Frank
  • http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704474804576222872016570928.html
  • “The best advice I’ve received is to be yourself”
  • “I used to sketch—that’s the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches and I got self-conscious, so now I don’t do it much. I’ve got to do that more.”
  • “I can’t stand the aesthetes, the minimal thing. I can’t live that way. My home has to be filled with stuff”
  • “I can’t retire. I’m 82. It’s too young.”
• Reactions to Calatrava bridge issues
  • http://www.660news.com/news/local/article/206957–local-architects-react-to-peace-bridge-headaches
  • Calgary, Canada
• NJ Wright House for sale, move to Hamptons included
  • summering in star-archiecture in style
  • http://hamptons.curbed.com/archives/2011/03/31/architects_to_move_frank_lloyd_wright_house_from_nj_to_sagg.php

Rapid Fire Questions:

• Cal Poly or Berkeley? Poly
• Autocad or Revit? Neither
• Parallel bar or T-Square? Bar
• Facebook or LinkedIn? Neither
• Arch Record, Arch Digest, or Architect? Record
• Drafting dots or tape? Tape
• Yellow trace or white? Either
• Ad Markers or Prisma? Prisma
• Mac or PC? Mac, Mac, Mac, Mac, Mac, Mac, Mac…!
• Pen or Pencil? Pencil
• What’s the Meaning of Life? 42

SCORE:   ??  Tim forgot to give one!

Interview

• Tell us about your love for space?
  • Sputinik!  Apollo!
  • What has been your roll with the AIAA and the SATC?
    • In 1985 did a project for the Western Space Port and Science Museum
    • Mark Coen
    • Test things on Earth, then the Moon, and then Mars
    • Working on writing a text book for teaching Space Architecture
  • When will people finally live on the moon?
• Why architecture?
  • Blend of art and science
  • Mother of interior design
• What brought you from North Carolina and MIT to Cal Poly?
  • ACSA conference
• Why are you licenced in Texas?
  • Ended up finding work in Houston Texas with CRS, 1970’s
  • Worked for facilities planning department at University of Houston
• You authored “Architectural Programming: Information Management for Design” in 1993 what was that experience like?
  • Started teaching in 1981
  • Used in MIT Chinese program, Ohio, Mexico
  • “As far as I know, this is the Omnibus of Programming reference books….Just grit your teeth and pay the price for this one, because you’ll need it!”
  • Any plans for updating the book?
    • 25% needs to be new for a reissue, not quite there yet.
    • Architecture is still about designing for people.
• What are you plans for the future?
  • So busy I can hardly stand it
  • Master gardener, sustainability
  • Writing a book
  • Grandchildren
  • Scuba diving
  • Clean water, ocean, organic gardening, it’s all intertwined, the beauty of the planet
• What advice would you give to current Cal Poly Architecture students?
  • Love what you do and do what you can
  • Architecture has so many aspects, if you look hard enough you can find a piece you like.
• Technology Scholarship, you can donate soon.  We’ll have details soon.  For freshman to get all of their software paid for or a computer.  Duerk Technology Enhancement Award.  Through Cal Poly Foundation

• ARE Exams Passed:
  • Nick Leone just passed CDs (he’s passed three others but we’re waiting to hear about those).
    • PPP, SPD, CDS, and SS

Cal Poly News

• No Hearst Lecture this Friday.  Next lecture will be on Feburary 11th with Steven Rainville
• Mentoring Day, this weekend Feb. 5th
• NAAB visiting Feb. 12-17.
  • Reception Sunday Feb. 13th 5:30-7pm in Berg Gallery for visiting team, chaired by Stephen Pappas, to interact with students, faculty, CAED and University Administration staff, alumni and local partners.
  • http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/current/naab.html
• Tenure Track Faculty Recruitment
  • http://arch.calpoly.edu/current/tenure-track-candidates-vists.html
  • Jonathon Foote – ARCH 452 – Arch Design 4.2
    • Monday, January 28 – http://arch.calpoly.edu/current/documents/Tenure%20Track%20Visits/Itinerary-Foote-for-posting.pdf
  • Eric Nulman – ARCH 420 Arch History Seminar, ARCH 470 Selected Adv Topics
    • Tuesday, February 22, (Presentation @ 10:15am, Berg Gallery) – http://arch.calpoly.edu/current/documents/Tenure%20Track%20Visits/Itinerary-Nulman-for-posting.pdf
  • Good Luck!!
• Tom Fowler Named 2010-11 ACSA Distinguished Professor
  • The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) has recognized Professor Tom Fowler with the 2010-2011 ACSA Distinguished Professor Award.
  • Annual award honoring an outstanding individual who has sustained creative achievement in the advancement of architectural education through teaching, design, scholarship, research, or service. Four award winners this year.

Pop Arch

• The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand
  • 1943
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountainhead
  • Howard Roark vs  Peter Keating
  • Ellsworth Toohey and the media influence of “good” architecture and architects

General News

• NASA’s Sustainability Base,
  • http://www.fastcompany.com/1721519/a-look-inside-nasas-sustainability-base
  • NASA is set to open its “Sustainability Base” in Moffett, Calif., in May.
  • Ariel Schwartz reports that the $20.6 million building is supposed to be the federal government’s most sustainable building, with LEED platinum as its baseline.
  • Two-story, 50,000 square-foot structure was designed by Aecom and William McDonough + Partners
• As boomers turn 65, universal design takes a spotlight
  • http://www.builderonline.com/design/as-boomers-turn-65-universal-design-takes-the-spotlight.aspx
  • Most homes in the U.S. are not designed to accommodate their owners as they get older, writes Jenny Sullivan.
  • Builders are beginning to address the issue.
• Four firms help revitalize Mies
  • http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2011/01/stimulating-modernism-the-feds-give-a-big-boost-to-mies-chicago-federal-center.html
  • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Chicago Federal Center is undergoing a $276 million renovation, with $155 million of its budget part of the federal stimulus funds
• Michael Graves, artist
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/arts/design/30graves.html?_r=1
  • http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/01/30/arts/design/20110130-graves.html
  • AIA Gold Medal winner Michael Graves now has his first painting exhibition on display at Lawrence, N.J.’s Rider University Art Gallery. Celia McGee reports that “Michael Graves: Landscapes and Still Lifes” focuses on his paintings of architectural and natural forms that he calls “Remembered Landscapes” and “Imagined Landscapes” …

Back to Back Economy News!

• 2010 Foreclosures Increased in 72 Percent of Major Metro Areas
  • http://housingstorm.com/2011/01/2010-foreclosures-increased-in-72-percent-of-major-metro-areas/
  • Las Vegas-Paradise continued to post the nation’s highest metro foreclosure rate, with one in every 9 housing units (10.88 percent) receiving a foreclosure filing in 2010

OR

• 2010 Foreclosure Activity Down in Hardest Hit Markets But Increases in 72 Percent of Major Metros
  • http://www.realtytrac.com/content/press-releases/2010-year-end-us-metro-foreclosure-report-6317
  • “A total of 2,871,891—or one in every 45—homes went into foreclosure last year, up 1.7% from the year before and an increase of 23.2% from 2008,” reports Claire Easley.

AND

• Emersion Design’s growth
  • http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110129/BIZ01/301290020/1076/BIZ/Emersion-Design-grows-in-tough-economy
  • www.emersiondesign.com
  • Norwood, Ohio-based Emersion Design was founded in 2007 but revenue grew from $500,000 in 2007 to $3.5 million last year.
  • “We are focused on clients who give back to the community, instead of just their own commercial interests,” principal Steve Kimball said
  • Aaron Betsky, director of the Cincinnati Art Museum, says that choosing an architect is more like selecting a spouse than hiring an employee.