Pub. 6 2018 Directory

13 return to teaching, Director Vernooy and the College of Arts and Architecture Dean, Royce Smith, initiated two important changes in support of the school. These were to fund full-time staff posi- tions for computer technologies and print management. Joshua McRae brings significant experience and skills to the position of IT Manager and Jeff Schultz brings an impressive knowledge not only of equipment but graphic communications to the position of Publications Manager. Together they have begun to significantly enhance the ability of the school to meet the needs of our students and faculty with the aspiration, in the future, to serve the entire campus and professionals. Following Director Vernooy’s decision to return to teaching, I was asked by Dean Smith to assume the Director’s position. I accepted the position for the same reasons that I was first drawn to the school. The “work on the walls” then and now represents an integration of contemporary theory, technical knowledge, graphic communication, socio/cultural engagement and beauty rarely found in schools of architecture and it is the direct result of the faculty. Having spent most of life as an architect, urban designer, planner and teacher at several schools as well as having been on over a dozen accreditation team visits, I am well aware of the breadth of outcomes from schools of architecture both in the United States and abroad. The “work on the walls” at Montana State is among the very best found anywhere and this is further evidenced by the demand for our graduates and the success they achieve in the profession. That said, we cannot simply rely on what we have done in the past to ensure the success of our graduates in the future. It is the challenge of sustaining the success of the past, meeting the needs of today while evolving in a manner that maximizes the opportunities for our graduates to be leaders in the future that motivated me to accept the position. It is my hope that members of the profession will become intimately involved in this evolution and not only continue to support the School of Architecture as you have in the past but work with us to envision new and inventive ways to enhance student learning and the relationship between the school, the profession and society in the future. While all of these administrative changes were occurring, our stu- dents and faculty continued to make a difference in the community and win national recognition. There is not room to cite all of their achievements but here are a few examples: • The College of Arts and Architecture with special recogni- tion for the School of Architecture received the 2017 Human Resource Development Council award for Community Service. • Graduate student Mary Demro was the 2018 winner of the AIA Top Ten Student Competition on the Environment for her entry The Fourth Place: Sharing Sustainability shown above. This is the second year in a row that a student advised by professors Steve Juroszek, Thomas McNab and Jaya Mukhopadhyay has won. Last year’s winner was Robin Wilder for his entry The Culture and Production of Home: Encouraging Sustainable Life- style Through Tiny Homes. • During the past year, 36 different students and numerous volunteers worked to complete the first prototype dwelling for HRDC’s Housing First Village. The 140 square foot proto- type received an occupancy this past summer and a graduate student has moved in to conduct post occupancy evaluations under the direction of professor Jaya Mukhopadhyay. Over 100 community members attended the grand opening in June. Architectural Photographer Shelly Saunders has graciously provided documentation of the construction process and completed project. • A very moving film was created by Evangeline Koonce and Jes- sica Portuondo, students in the School of Film and Photography, documenting homelessness in Bozeman and the School of Archi- tecture’s creation of the first dwelling. The film entitled Seeking Shelter: A Tiny Home Solution can be viewed on YouTube. • A new group of architectural students have received a build- ing permit from the City of Bozeman and begun construc- tion on the second dwelling, an ADA compliant home of approximately 300 square feet. Ian Sobol, a student in his last semester of the Architecture graduate program, who worked on the project this past summer, has assumed the role of project manager. Illustrated below are images of the ADA dwelling and the clustering intended to create a sense of community among the future residents. Continued on page 14