Urban Design

Offered in:

SAVANNAH

Savannah

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  Laraine Montgomery
  Savannah
  B.A., M.Arch., North Carolina State University.
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  Memberships:
  

  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
  • USGBC-Savannah Chapter/Advisory Board member
  • American Institute of Architects, Associate AIA
  • Georgia Historical Society Member
  • Christ Church-Savannah Building Committee Member

  
  Awards and Honors:
  

  • "Who's Who Among America’s Teachers," 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2000
  • Nominated for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement and Support of Education "U.S. Professor of the Year" Award, 2005
  • AIAS "Most Valuable Foundations Teacher" Award, 2005
  • AIAS "Most Valuable Teacher" Award, 2003
  • AIAS national award for community service project ArchiPetTure, 2003

  
  Publications:
  

  • Student work published in "Architectural Drawings"

  
  Courses:
  

  • Architecture Design Studio I, II, III, IV
  • The English Landscape Garden
  • British Architecture of the Millennium
  • Landscape Design
  • Environmental Art
  • Graphics for the Building Arts
  • Architectural Drawing

  
  Service:
  

  • Hurricane Katrina Relief Work: Pass Christian, Mississippi, Design Studio, 2006-09

  
  
  
  
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  Samuel Olin
  Savannah
  B.A., University of Colorado; M.L.Arch., M.Arch., North Carolina State University.
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  Memberships:
  

  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • American Society of Landscape Architects
  • Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
  • National Council of Architecture Registration Boards

  
  Publications:
  

  • Co-author, "Guidelines for Energy-Efficient Sustainable Schools, Clark Co., Nevada," 2000
  • Co-author, "Texas Sustainable School Design Guidelines," 1999

  
  Industry Experience:
  

  • Freelance Architect Intern, BJAC PA, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2000-02
  • Architect Intern, Innovative Design, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1997-2000
  • Cherry Huffman Architects, Raleigh, North Carolina. 1996-97

  
  Service:
  

  • Pullen Park Neighborhood Association, 2000-03
  • North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) Board of Directors, 1999

  
  
  
  
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  Judith Reno
  Savannah
  A.B., Boston University; M.Arch., University of California, Los Angeles.
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  Judith Reno studied passive energy design with Thom Mayne at Southern California Institute of Architecture. Her University of California, Los Angeles, Master of Architecture thesis was about urban infill for Venice Beach; her thesis committee chair was Charles Moore, Ph.D. Following six years of professional experience in Los Angeles architecture firms, she taught at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, Auburn University, and University of Tennessee. At SCAD, she served 10 years as fifth-year architecture design coordinator, authored the curriculum for the urban design program, and is the postprofessional year master of urban design. Her research topics include culture, cognition fabrication, and 3-D sustainable cities.
  
  Membership: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
  

  • Conference chair S.E. regional, "History/Post-History," Savannah, Ga.
  • Conference session moderator/reviewer, "Administrators"; Savannah; international, Rio de Janeiro; S.E./S.W. regional, New Orleans, La.; National Technology, San Francisco/Washington, D.C.
    

  Honors:
  

  • Harvard University, Executive Seminar and SCAD Presidential Fellowship: "Affordable Workforce Housing"
    
  • AIA national urban design honors w/ SCAD team: C. Sottille, M. Thoms, and L. Meyers
  • S.E. ACSA Special Projects Fund w/J. Burton: "Sustainable Infrastructure for Southern Cities"
  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Faculty Development Grant
  • UCLA Regents Travel Grant

  Selected professional experience:
  

  • Dan Dworsky, Los Angeles: design development, Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX
  • Gelman and Greenberg, Los Angeles: job captain, Hotel California
    
  • Charles Kober, Los Angeles: construction documents, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Houston, Texas, mid-rise commercial
  • Urban Innovations Group, Los Angeles: competition, Chas Moore's Orinda, Calif., house addition
    
  • Freelance design: Crown Point Restaurant/Conference Center, Dana Point, Calif.; Santa Monica Heritage Square Museum awarded $100,000 Federal Grant; Scholl Residence, Eagle Rock, Calif.

  Selected publications:
  

  • MLK/Montgomery Corridor Revitalization Plan, Savannah, Ga.: co-authored with the Savannah Development and Renewal Authority.
    
  • Reno, J: "Metamorphosis of Cultural Dreams in the LA Avant-Garde House: Innovation and Consumption in a Capitalistic Economy," The Harvard Architecture Review, Issue 11.
  • Reno, J./Kaplan, M.: "Otherside of Seaside," Foundations in Architecture, O. Cappleman /M. Jordan, Van Nostrand Reinhold.
  • Reno, J.: "Constructing Beginnings: Technology in Architectural Education," JAE, Vol. 45.
    

  Lectures, papers, exhibits:
  

  • International Making Cities Livable conference papers: Savannah, Ga., and Carmel, Calif.
    
  • IAPS 12 conference paper, Thessalonica, Greece
    
  • AIA Diversity conference paper, Washington, D.C.
    
  • "National Conference on the Beginning Student": Arizona State University/University of New Mexico
    
  • Beaufort, S.C. Government Center presentation, exhibition, community workshops
    
  • Invited lecturer and guest critic: University of British Columbia, University of Cincinnati, Clemson University, Hammons, SOA Drury College, University of Maryland, Portland State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
    
  • ACSA conference papers: International, Havana, Cuba w/D. Parrish; S.E. Regional, University of North Carolina, J. Burton; National Technology, University of California San Diego; National Technology, U. Southern California; National Technology, San Francisco; National Technology, Washington, D.C.; S.E. Regional Plenary Session, University of Tennessee; National Construction, Materials and Technology Institute, University of Pennsylvania.
    

  Service:
  

  • Mayor's Task Force, Savannah Public Market Feasibility Study, SDRA
    
  • Promotion/tenure committee member in absentia, Montana State University architecture department
    
  • Member of Citizens Committee for Revitalization of Third Street Mall, Santa Monica, Calif.
    

  
  
  
  
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  Julie Rogers-Varland
  Savannah
  B.A., Spring Arbor College; M.A., Harvard University; M.Arch., City University of New York, Columbia University.
  
  
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  Christian Sottille
  Savannah
  M.Arch., Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Ming Tang
  Savannah, eLearning
  B.Arch., M.Arch., Tsinghua University; M.A., Michigan State University.
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  Memberships:
  

  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
  • Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

  
  Awards and Honors:
  

  • First prize, 2A students and young architect competition, 2009
  • Finalist, The Earth Award. New York, 2009
  • Third place, Live the Box competition, 2008
  • First place, Chichen Itza Lodge-Museum Design Competition, 2008
  • Second place, Streetscape in a New World China, 2008
  • Third place, Rehabilitating Wenchuan Earthquake-Stricken, China, 2008
  • First place, Self-Sufficient Housing Competition, IAAC, Spain, 2007
  • Second place, Miami Monument International Design Competition, 2005

  
  Presentations and Publications:
  

  • BOOK. Urban Paleontology: Evolution of Urban Forms, Universal Publishers, Florida, 2008, ISBN: 1599429497
  • City Generator: GIS Driven Genetic Evolution in Urban Simulation, The 96th ACSA Conference Proceeding Book, 2008 Houston, Texas,
  • Echo of Art: Landscape Design in the Age of Modernism & Post-Modernism, Urban Space Design, 2008, Vol.2, China, pp. 40-42.
  • Real Time Visualization, The Open House International, 2007, Vol.32, London, U.K, pp. 7-16.
  • Reclaim Industrial Landscape, Urban Space Design, 2007, Vol.5, China

  
  Industry Experience:
  

  • Founder and Principal, Tang and Yang Architects, Savannah, Georgia, 2007
  • Intern architect, China Architecture Design and Research Group, Beijing, China, 1996

  
  Courses:
  

  • Architecture Design Studio VII
  • Development Issues in Urban Design.
  • Urban Design Studio II
  • Electronic Design I
  • Electronic Implementation for Urban Design
  • Spatial Simulation
  • Communication in Electronic Design
  • Visualization I, II

  
  
  
  

eLearning

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  Ming Tang
  Savannah, eLearning
  B.Arch., M.Arch., Tsinghua University; M.A., Michigan State University.
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  Memberships:
  

  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
  • Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

  
  Awards and Honors:
  

  • First prize, 2A students and young architect competition, 2009
  • Finalist, The Earth Award. New York, 2009
  • Third place, Live the Box competition, 2008
  • First place, Chichen Itza Lodge-Museum Design Competition, 2008
  • Second place, Streetscape in a New World China, 2008
  • Third place, Rehabilitating Wenchuan Earthquake-Stricken, China, 2008
  • First place, Self-Sufficient Housing Competition, IAAC, Spain, 2007
  • Second place, Miami Monument International Design Competition, 2005

  
  Presentations and Publications:
  

  • BOOK. Urban Paleontology: Evolution of Urban Forms, Universal Publishers, Florida, 2008, ISBN: 1599429497
  • City Generator: GIS Driven Genetic Evolution in Urban Simulation, The 96th ACSA Conference Proceeding Book, 2008 Houston, Texas,
  • Echo of Art: Landscape Design in the Age of Modernism & Post-Modernism, Urban Space Design, 2008, Vol.2, China, pp. 40-42.
  • Real Time Visualization, The Open House International, 2007, Vol.32, London, U.K, pp. 7-16.
  • Reclaim Industrial Landscape, Urban Space Design, 2007, Vol.5, China

  
  Industry Experience:
  

  • Founder and Principal, Tang and Yang Architects, Savannah, Georgia, 2007
  • Intern architect, China Architecture Design and Research Group, Beijing, China, 1996

  
  Courses:
  

  • Architecture Design Studio VII
  • Development Issues in Urban Design.
  • Urban Design Studio II
  • Electronic Design I
  • Electronic Implementation for Urban Design
  • Spatial Simulation
  • Communication in Electronic Design
  • Visualization I, II