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Jason Alread

Jason Alread

School of Architecture
Professor
352-294-1455
AH 144
jalread@ufl.edu
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Areas of Focus:
Sustainability ( Building Materials, Built Environment Resilience, Sustainable Architecture and Design, Sustainable Construction, Sustainable Technology)
Primarily focused on high performance materials and assemblies, embodied energy, sustainable decision making in professional practice, building flexibility/longevity, and sustainability in construction.

Bio:
Jason Alread, AIA, LEED AP is a Professor and the former Director of the School of Architecture at the University of Florida. He was educated at the University of Florida and Yale University, and has been a registered architect in professional practice for over 25 years. He was a founding partner in Substance Architecture and an Associate at HLKB Architecture, the 2001 AIA National Firm of the Year.

He is the author of Design-Tech: An Integrated Approach to Building Science and Technology with Thomas Leslie and Rob Whitehead and A Century of Iowa Architecture. Professor Alread has been recognized with over 40 design awards, including two National AIA Design Honor Awards, an AIA National Education Honor Award and two IIDA International Design Awards. The ACSA has honored him with New Faculty Teaching, Faculty Design and Creative Achievement Awards. In 2014 Design Intelligence named him as one of the 30 Most Admired Design Educators in North American Schools.

Professor Alread’s teaching and research focus on the integration of craft and technology, building performance, design methodologies and critical practice. He teaches beginning design and graduate comprehensive studios, methods and materials of construction, detailing and design history. He also coordinates the summer Design Exploration Program for high school students with Professor Emeritus, Martin Gundersen.

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Alpa Nawre

Alpa Nawre

Department of Landscape Architecture
Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator
352-294-1445
AH 442
alpa.nawre@ufl.edu

• Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design, Harvard University, 2011
• Master of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University, 2007
• Bachelor of Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India, 2003

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Areas of Focus:  Sustainability (Built Environment Resilience) Research explores low-cost, resilient landscape infrastructure for water management. Bio: Alpa is Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at University of Florida and the Executive Director of ‘Critical Places’, a non-profit based in India that works with marginalized communities for developing solutions to issues of the built environment. Alpa is passionately committed to advocating for and developing the role of landscape architecture in creating socio-culturally integrated solutions to water issues, and designs of human habitats in developing countries through her research, practice and teaching. Her scholarship on vernacular water infrastructure systems of water management in India has been published in diverse venues such as Journal of Landscape Architecture, Landscape Journal, Ground Up, Thresholds, and similar. Alpa’s research and creative scholarship has been supported by grants such as the Dumbarton Oaks Mellon Fellowship in Urban Landscape Studies, and the Landscape Architecture Foundation’s (LAF) Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership. Alpa teaches the Advanced Graduate Landscape Design Studio and the Undergraduate Urban Design Studio in addition to capstone/terminal project seminars. She is a recipient of the UF DCP International Educator of the Year Award, and Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Award for Excellence in Design Studio Teaching. Trained as an architect, landscape architect and urbanist, Alpa brings a rich, multi-disciplinary lens to her work. She holds a post-professional Masters degree in Urban Design from Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), a Masters degree in Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University, and a Bachelor in Architecture from NIT, Raipur, India. She is a licensed landscape architect in Kansas, a licensed architect in India, and a LEED AP, and has worked internationally in design offices in India, USA, UAE and Switzerland. Alpa serves as co-chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion research track of CELA and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Architectural Education JAE, the Alumni Council of Harvard GSD, and the Board of Directors of the LAF.

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William O’Dell

William O’Dell

M.E. Rinker, Sr, School of Construction Management, Shimberg Center for Housing Studies
Associate Research Professor; Director, Shimberg Center for Housing Studies
(352) 273-1171
RINKER 203
billo@ufl.edu

Areas of Focus:
Sustainability (Built Environment Resilience, Housing)

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Jason Meneely

Jason Meneely

Department of Interior Design
Associate Professor
352-294-1436
AH 352
jmeneely@dcp.ufl.edu

Master of Science, Interior Design, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Bachelor of Science, Interior Design, Radford University, Virginia

Jason Meneely is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interior Design at the University of Florida. He joined the department in 2006 from Cornell University where he worked as a researcher in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis. Meneely’s research examines strategies for maximizing creativity, human potential, and social engagement through the design of the built environment.  He also examines values-driven approaches to technology that support human-centered design processes.

In 2019 Meneely received a national Award for Excellence from the Council of Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) for developing innovative approaches that leveraged virtual-reality headsets to support inclusive design decisions for people with disabilities. He also received the 2012 Innovation in Education Award from CIDA and was recently honored with a UF Term Professorship (2018-2021). He and his collaborators have received a national Research Excellence Award from the Environmental Design Research Association (2018) and Best Presentation awards at the UB Tech (2013), and the Interior Design Educators Council (2004 and 2002) annual conferences. His research has been published in the Creativity Research Journal and the Journal of Interior Design.

Research

  • The application of Virtual Reality to human-centered design issues
  • Design strategies for enhancing creative performance in individuals, teams, and organizations.
  • Using technology to support creative problem solving
  • Design thinking and pedagogy

Teaching Focus

  • Upper-Division Interior Design Studios (including education, corporate, retail, and hospitality markets).
  • Graduate Seminar in Creativity Research
  • Digital Design Communication Methods

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Nam-Kyu Park

Nam-Kyu Park

Department of Interior Design
Associate Professor
352-294-1437
AH 354
npark@ufl.edu

Ph.D. Oklahoma State University
M.S. Oklahoma State University
B.S. Kon-Kuk University

Areas of Focus:
Sustainability (Building Energy, Sustainable Architecture and Design)
The sustainability dimensions of my work are related to sustainability education and lifestyle practices.

Bio:
Nam-Kyu Park is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interior Design. She is a LEED accredited professional and NCIDQ certified interior designer. Also, she possesses Evidence-based Design accreditation (EDAC), and a LC-Lighting Certificate. She teaches a broad range of coursework at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, from design studios focused on retail, hospitality, health care and office environments, to interior lighting design, building systems, interior design detailing, and graduate research seminars. Her research focuses on optimizing well-being, health, and human behavior through the design of the built environment. Theories of environment-behavior and social psychology thread together in her research program using a mixed methods research design. Her principle areas of research address the impact of lighting in interior environments and environmental design for special needs populations. She also examines cultural dimensions of the built environment defining environmental and social sustainability. The scholarship of Dr. Park and her students has been well presented internationally and nationally and has appeared in a variety of scholarly journals. Currently she is serving as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Interior Design. 

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Dan Manley

Dan Manley

College of Design, Construction and Planning, Department of Landscape Architecture
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Facilities, Instructional Associate Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
352‐294-1442
AH 331D
dpmanley@ufl.edu

• Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Florida, 2001
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Duke University, 1998

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Areas of Focus: Sustainability (Building Materials) Scholarship and teaching addresses the application of green stormwater infrastructure and sustainable construction materials at the site scale including transportation corridors.

Bio: Prof. Dan Manley is Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Facilities and an Instructional Associate Professor in the College of Design, Construction and Planning.  Prof. Manley began his academic career at the University of Florida in 2014 as an Adjunct Lecturer before joining the faculty as an Instructional Assistant Professor in 2016.  Prior to serving as Interim Associate Dean in 2024-2025, he served as Interim Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture for two years (2020-2022) and has also served as the department’s Undergraduate Coordinator and Graduate Coordinator.  His scholarly interests center on green infrastructure, landscape construction, and professional practice.  Prof. Manley has taught broadly across the landscape architecture curriculum with emphasis in the construction and professional practice.  He has also developed and taught Urban Nature and Society, a UF Quest 1 course for all UF majors, and co-leads the department’s student field trips to cities such Seattle and New York. He has served as the chair, co-chair, or advisor for numerous capstones and graduate terminal projects in Landscape Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, and Sustainability in the Built Environment.

Prof. Manley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Duke University in 1998 as well as a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Florida in 2001.  He is a Professional Landscape Architect and practiced for 15 years in both Orlando and Gainesville, Florida.  He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

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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
352-281-1322
AH 152
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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