By Rosa Medina Lisa Platt is an assistant professor in the Department of Interior Design and a member of the Florida Institute of Built Environment Resilience (FIBER) faculty. She is the representative of interior design in FIBER and also the FIBER researcher focusing on healthcare. Her current research deals with infection prevention through resilience design. […]
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Larry Scarpa, FAIA, BDES ’81, M.ARCH ’87, is co-principal of Brooks+Scarpa, a collective of architects, designers and creative thinkers dedicated to enhancing the human experience. Considered one of the premier design firms in architecture, Brooks+Scarpa is headquartered in California with an office in Florida and projects around the globe.
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The Million Cool Roofs Challenge is a $2 million global competition to rapidly scale up the deployment of highly solar-reflective “cool” roofs in developing countries suffering heat stress and lacking widespread access to cooling services.
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Watch the DCP 2020 commencement ceremony, including a message from Dean Chimay Anumba, Academic Achievement Award Recipient Denise Tran, and DCP Alumni.
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In March, the Center for Hydro-generated Urbanism (CHU) at the University of Florida School of Architecture, together with the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR), held the Puerto Rico Re_Start 3 E: Under Emergency as a virtual platform that gathered the participation of over 80 students, stakeholders, agencies, professionals, consultants, architects, researchers and the UNESCO
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Dear DCP Family, First, I hope that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy in the midst of this Coronavirus pandemic. I just wanted to reach out and update you on how the College of Design, Construction and Planning (DCP) is coping with these unprecedented times. With regard to Covid-19, I would like
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With the announcement that the University of Florida would shift all classes online for the remainder of the spring semester due to COVID-19, our faculty and students had to make a quick transition from studio learning to a new method of schoolwork. We put a call out to our faculty to hear, in their own
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Architecture professor Charlie Hailey was named the 2020 SEC Faculty Achievement Award Winner for the University of Florida. He is now UF’s nominee for the SEC Professor of the Year Award, which will be announced in late April. Previously, Hailey was awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. To read more from the SEC about Hailey, click
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By Mia Alfonsi The M.E. Rinker School of Construction Management’s Professional Master of Construction Management (pMCM) enables students to attain something greater. Introduced in the fall of 2019, Rinker’s pMCM program provides students the background and skills needed to propel through their careers and help their employers reach their growth goals. Designed with the corporate
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The 2020 Gator100 was announced by the UF Alumni Association and once again the College of Design, Construction and Planning was well represented. Our college had 22 out of the 100 companies in the rankings, including two in the top ten and five in the top 25. The Gator100 recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing
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