Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems provide thermal comfort and adequate indoor air quality for buildings’ occupants. In ARC 4620: Environmental Technology II, architecture students are taught the principles of HVAC systems and their applications in real-world projects. Recently, students and instructors in ARC 4620 visited the Reitz Union to learn about and view […]
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Architecture students from Lee-Su Huang and Lisa Huang’s Advanced Graduate Design 1 studio (the first year of our 2-year Master of Architecture program) displayed their work this week in the Architecture Atrium Building. It is currently on display if you would like to come check it out for yourself. “This studio project started at the
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On October 5, DCP alumnus Howard Nelson officially opened the Howard and Gayle Nelson Studio and Seminar Room. After Nelson cut the ribbon, everyone entered the studio to learn more about how the renovated space is being used. Urban and regional planning students demonstrated the technology, showing how four devices can show their displays at
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Alumni Profile – Tyeshia Redden, Urban and Regional PlanningUrban and Regional Planning alum Tyeshia Redden graduated from our doctoral program with a focus on planning two summers ago. She recently worked on the Porters Community project with our URP program. You can read more about the project here. Can you tell us about your career?I
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Faculty Profile – Tim Murtha, associate professor, Department of Landscape Architecture Landscape architecture associate professor Tim Murtha was the college’s first hire for the Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER). He started last academic year and recently welcomed the rest of the team to FIBER at the beginning of this academic year. What is
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In collaboration with the University of Florida School of Music, the School of Architecture conducted a real time acoustical experiment at the UF Music Building on September 14. The objective was to evaluate the effects of different room configurations (with or without drapes) on occupants’ sound perception of various musical instruments. “This event was planned
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The Fall 2018 University of Florida Green Building Learning Collaborative Event added a new wrinkle to the festivities, a lightning round where students got to meet all of the sustainability professionals in attendance. “We got rave reviews about the lightning round set-up and how rewarding it was to both guests and students,” UF DCP Sustainability
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The 2018 Fall Premiere saw student attendance almost double from the previous year’s event. DCP students who came were treated to the new #OneDCP t-shirt and dinner from Red Robin, all thanks to this year’s sponsor, Reeves Young. This year’s event was held during Tennessee week, which all Gators know is the time to wear
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Dr. Beth McGee, 2018 graduate of the DCP doctoral program, interior design concentration, was named as one of ten emerging scholars in the Health in Buildings Roundtable (HiBR) program that is part of the National Institute of Health Healthy Buildings initiative. This new program recognizes emerging scholars who are advancing interdisciplinary and high impact research,
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Mae Lee Thomson Foster, Professor Emerita of Architecture at the University of Florida, passed away on September 9, 2018. In 1971, Foster moved to Gainesville to teach in the UF Department of Architecture. She taught basic design classes and graduate seminars in prehistoric placemaking. She also created an inventive graduate seminar that allowed graduate teaching
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