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Kevin Thompson

Kevin Thompson

Department of Landscape Architecture
Associate Professor
352-294-1447
AH 452
gday@ufl.edu

• Master of Landscape Architecture, The Pennsylvania State University, 2005
• Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, The Pennsylvania State University, 1990

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Areas of Focus: Design Learning Design Learning, Cultural Landscapes, Community Engagement, Cross-Cultural Experiences, Community Service and Applied Learning

Bio: Kevin is a design instructor, placemaker and educator who has served on the faculty in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Florida since 2007.  He teaches across a broad range of subjects including urban design, site planning, design research, cultural landscapes, implementation and community engagement.  He has also taught at Penn State, Washington State University and on the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning at the Institut Teknologi Sepuleh Nopember Surabaya, Jawa Timor Indonesia.  He served the department as Graduate and PhD Coordinator from 2009 to 2017.

His teaching and research draws from a decade and a half of experience in international private practice completed in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and SE Asia.  From 2006 – 2015, he directed international field schools focused on cultural landscapes and community engagement for students in architecture, planning and landscape architecture in Viet Nam, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Bali and Timor Jawa, Indonesia.  He was awarded an AMINEF Fulbright Senior Scholar award for his work on cultural landscapes and community engagement in the subak landscapes of Bali and an Australian-American Fulbright Commission award for his work on urban park connectors in Singapore. He continues his Fulbright involvement as an active member of UF’s Fulbright Committee and as President of the Fulbright Association North Florida Chapter.

Kevin’s teaching and research centers on culturally-attuned placemaking and design with projects including neighborhood revitalization for rural communities and urban redevelopment plans for cities throughout Florida.  He has worked with students on projects mapping the heritage significance of cultural landscapes in Bali while serving as External Advisor on UNESCO’s Governing Assembly, Indonesia. His current work focuses on community placemaking in Florida communities. Kevin hold a Bachelor’s of Science (BSLA) and a Masters in Landscape Architecture (MLA) from the Pennsylvania State University and is licensed by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA).

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Thomas Hoctor

Thomas Hoctor

Department of Landscape Architecture
Research Associate Professor
352-294-1443
AH 436
tomh@geoplan.ufl.edu

• Ph.D. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, 2003
• Master of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, 1992
• B.A. in History and Science, Harvard University, 1989

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Tom Hoctor is director of the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning at the University of Florida. He has an undergraduate degree in History and Science from Harvard University and a Masters and Ph.D. in Conservation Biology and Landscape Ecology from the University of Florida.

Dr. Hoctor is an expert on GIS applications for identifying conservation priorities and implementation actions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services including focal species habitat modeling, reserve design, wildlife corridors, recommendations for expanding protected lands to address climate change impacts, and conservation strategies for ensuring effective conservation in a future with continuing conflicts with land use change and habitat loss. He has served as principal or co-principal investigator on many regional-scale conservation analysis and planning projects in Florida and the U.S. His current projects include the Florida Ecological Greenways Network and Florida Wildlife Corridor, the Critical Lands and Waters Identification Project, the Identification of Florida Air Force Installation Conservation Priorities project, and working with the National Wildlife Refuge Association and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Regional Landscape Conservation Design projects in Florida and the Gulf Coast.

Tom teaches the undergraduate and graduate region planning GIS studios (LAA 4356 and LAA 6656), Landscape Management (LAA 2352), the Conservation Ecology Module of the online Ecological Issues in Sustainability course (DCP 6205), and Directed Study (LAA 6905) courses related to Conservation Biology, Landscape Ecology, ecological connectivity, green infrastructure, etc. upon request with specific graduate students.

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Hui Zou

Hui Zou

School of Architecture
Professor
352-294-1470
AH 134
hzou@ufl.edu

PhD in Architectural History & Theory, McGill University, 2005
MS in Archi., University of Cincinnati, 1998
Dr Engi. in Architectural History & Theory, Tongji University, 1995
M Archi., Tongji University, 1991
B Archi., Chongqing Inst. of Architecture & Engineering, 1989

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Fellows

  • Fellow of the Garden and Landscape Studies, Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard University), 2001-2002
  • Kenneth and Nelly Fung Fellow, Asian Cultural Council (New York), 2012-13

Research Fields

  • Architectural history, garden history, architectural philosophy, comparative cultural studies in the built environment

Book Publications (single author):

  • A Jesuit Garden in Beijing and Early Modern Chinese Culture (2011)
  • Suipian yu bizhao (Fragments and Mirroring) (2012)
  • The Chinese translation Jianzhu zai ai zhishang (2018) of Alberto Perez-Gomez’s book Built Upon Love

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Albertus Wang

Albertus Wang

School of Architecture, CityLab-Orlando
Instructional Associate Professor
352-281-7610
CLO 514
aslwang@ufl.edu

Core Studios
Advanced Graduate Design Studios
Adaptive Reuse; History and Methodology
Sacred Space; Religions and Spirituality in Architecture Design

Albertus teaches graduate design studios and seminars. He has supervised students pursuing doctoral  and master’s degrees. Albertus has worked on a wide range of built projects in the US and abroad over the past twenty-two years. His designs have received international and AIA awards, and have been published in international  design magazines and publications, including a critique by Dr. Hui Zou on his article,  “Translation, Communication and Crossed-Cultural Poetic Architecture” (New Architecture, p 34, n 127, June 2009, China); an article in a book by Amir Sidharta, “t house” (p 202, 25 Tropical Houses, Periplus Publisher, 2008, Singapore); his public lectures and interviews in the US and abroad. His paper, “The Distribution of Powers in Post-Colonial Batavia/Jakarta”, on the topic of post-colonialism and orientalism, presented at the First International Symposium on Pacific  Architecture at the University of Manoa (1995), resonates into his later work, addressing some critical East-West dialogue in urban design and architecture. His latest paper on adaptive reuse, “(In) Between Old and New, Resurrect Revise Reuse of Old Buildings”, delivered as a keynote presenter at 2017 New Architecture Forum, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, was published in New Architecture No. 183, February 2019. Albertus received his Bachelor of Design in Architecture from UF (1990) and his Master of Architecture from Harvard (1995). He returned to UF in 2007 where he became involved in co-coordinating UF Hong Kong/China Program (2008-2009) and co-directing UF East Asia Program (2010-2015). Since 2015, Albertus has been participating in several summer design studio collaborations, lecture series, seminars and exhibitions in Venice (Italy), Athens (Greece) and Wuhan (China). Albertus is a guest editor for New Architecture Magazine (2020-2023) and a peer reviewer for the 2021 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture & European Association for Architectural Education Teachers Conference/Curriculum for Climate Agency, Design (in)Action.

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Bradley Walters

Bradley Walters

School of Architecture
Associate Director of Graduate Programs + Edward M. Fearney Endowed Associate Professor
352-294-1462
AH 236
bradley.walters@ufl.edu

Bachelor of Design in Architecture, Summa Cum Laude (University of Florida, 1995)
Master of Architecture (Princeton University, 1999)

Areas of Focus:
Sustainability (Building Energy, Building Materials, Built Environment Resilience, Renewable Energy, Smart Buildings/Cities, Sustainable Architecture and Design, Sustainable Construction, Sustainable Technology,)

Bio:
Mr. Walters teaches studio design, drawing, materials coursework, and architectural detailing. His current research is centered on high-performance zero-energy buildings, within a broader context of social, artistic, and cultural production. This work engages building science, thermal/energy modeling, climatic responses, and materiality. Secondary areas of research include teaching methods, pedagogy, and visual communications.

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Franca Stocco

Franca Stocco

School of Architecture
Vicenza Institute of Architecture Administrative Director
fstocco@ufl.edu

Accounting Certificate, Vicenza Technical Commerical Institute, 1988
English Language Certification, Weybridge Brookland College, 1984
Diploma, Veneto Regional Institute, 1977
Diploma, University of Padua, 1975

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Alfonso Perez-Mendez

Alfonso Perez-Mendez

School of Architecture
Professor
352-294-1473
AH 258
alfperez@aol.com

Master of Science in Architecture, Columbia University, 1990
Master of Construction Engineering, Madrid Polytechnic School, 1983
M.Arch., Columbia University, 1980

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Research Interests My research focuses in the evolution of modern architecture in the decade after the Second World War. Examples of projects completed and under development are : Completed 1. The Houses of El Pedregal, 1947-1968, book in print, appears July 2005 Co-authored: Alejandro Aptilon Published by Gustavo Gili Editors, Barcelona , Spain In print, ISBN pending 2. Craig Ellwood, Houses, Published December 2004 Sole Author Published by Gustavo Gili Editors, Barcelona ISBN 84-252-2010-6, Bilingual English-Spanish Edition. 3. “Craig Ellwood: In the Spirit of the Time”, Published, February 2003 Sole Author Published by Gustavo Gili Editors, Barcelona ISBN 84-252-1806-3, English Edition: ISBN 84-252-1803-9, Spanish Edition Under development 1. Cuban baseball stadiums 1962-1968, upcoming report in collaboration with graduate student Quilian Riaño 2. Brazilian 1950’s modernism, archival research, seminar preparation 3. Cuban 1950’s modernism, field and bibliographical research, seminar preparation Books on other research interests are: “Genetic Architectures”, Published August 2003 Co-authored: Dennis Dollens, Alberto Estevez, Alfons Puigarnau, Ignasi Perez Arnal Published by Universitat International de Barcelona and Sites Books, New York . ISBN: 0-930829-51-4, bilingual English-Spanish Edition. “F.C.I. Alvaro Siza”, chapter title: “Traveling to Santiago ” Book chapter published in May 2002 Published by Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, and Labirinto Editors, Santiago , ISBN 84-932280-I-X, bilingual English/Spanish

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Nawari Nawari

Nawari Nawari

School of Architecture, College of Design, Construction and Planning
Professor
352-294-1467
AH 254
nnawari@ufl.edu
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Areas of Focus:
Sustainability (Built Environment Resilience, Smart Buildings/Cities, Sustainable Architecture and Design, Sustainable Technology)
Research activity that focuses on sustainability and resilience. This exploration aims to generate new theoretical, technological, and practical knowledge for the sustainability and resiliency of the built environment.

Bio:
Dr. Nawari has more than twenty-five years of experience in design, teaching, and research in Architectural Structures and Building Information Modeling (BIM). Currently, he teaches graduate and undergraduate Architectural Structures, Sustainability and Resilience, and Building Information Modeling courses at the University of Florida. Dr. Nawari has written and co-authored over 120 publications and six books as well as advised more than 75 Master and Ph.D. Students. He is a frequent contributor to and invited speaker at national and international conferences. He has contributed to the design profession with several innovations (e.g., the Structure and Architecture Synergy (SAS) Framework and the Generalized Adaptive Framework (GAF)) and during his career. Nawari’s works open the door to new paradigms in teaching and designing building structures using the Structure and Architecture Synergy (SAS) Framework. Also, his research in BIM standardization has led to significant advancement of BIM standardization, particularly in the built environment. Moreover, he has contributed significantly to the concept of encoding building rules and regulations and methods for automating building code conformance checking in BIM workflows, such as the innovative Generalized Adaptive Framework (GAF) and Blockchain Technologies (BCT). He is a member of the BIM committee of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) and co-chaired the subcommittee on BIM in education. For over 20 years, Dr. Nawari is a board-certified professional engineer in the State of Florida and Ohio. Notably, Dr. Nawari was inducted as a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 2016 for sustaining records of contributions to the field.

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Mark McGlothlin

Mark McGlothlin

School of Architecture
Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs + Edward M. Fearney Endowed Associate Professor
352-294-1477
AH 266
mmcgloth@ufl.edu

Bachelor of Architecture, Kansas State University, 1995
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering, Kansas State University, 1995
Master of Architecture, Harvard University, 2001

Areas of Focus:
Sustainability (Sustainable Architecture and Design)

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Martha Kohen

Martha Kohen

School of Architecture
Professor + Director of the UF Center for Hydro-generated Urbanism (UF|CHU)
352-294-1475
AH 262
mkohen@ufl.edu
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Areas of Focus:
Sustainability ( Built Environment Resilience, Smart Buildings/Cities, Sustainable Architecture and Design)
Developing visioning proposals with interdisciplinary components and involving stakeholders participation.
I have focused geographically on Florida and Puerto Rico endangered antrhopic and natural environments.

Bio:
Martha Kohen is a Tenured Professor of Architecture in the College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida and Director of the Center for Hydro-generated Urbanism. She received her degrees from the University of the Republic, Uruguay, and Cambridge University.  Before coming to UF in 2003 as Director of the School of Architecture, she directed for 20 years her Architecture and Urban Design practice in Latin America (MKRO) and taught at the University of the Republic. She is a visiting professor at the Universities of Rome, La Sapienza, and Naples, Federico II and is an affiliate of the UF Water Institute, the Florida Climate Institute, and the Center for Latin American Studies.

Her recent research has focused on the impact of Sea Level Rise on human settlements. Since 2015, she has represented the United States as Senior Partner in the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Quality and Culture, with whom she has jointly organized five international workshops on sea level rise and disaster recovery. Three of these workshops have addressed Puerto Rico Re-Start, an interdisciplinary collaboration between UF, Universities in Puerto Rico and local stakeholders to harness international expertise in designing innovative research and visionary projects to face the challenges posed by hurricanes Irma and Maria (2018-9), earthquakes  and the Coronavirus pandemic (2020) for a sustainable future. Ongoing research is focusing on the impact of the Pandemic in the Built Environment, in Puerto Rico, Florida, New York and Italy in conjunction with the Polytechnic of Milan and the Onehealth Center in IFAS UF.

Teaching and research are conducted jointly, engaging the students in workshops,  graduate Seminars and  upper division design courses, with the ongoing sponsorship of the UF Office of Research, the International Center and UF partners. Work information and publications available in the website.

www.chu.dcp.ufl.edu

www.puertoricorestart.org

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