William Sherman in the News
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
U.Va. Group Fostering Communities that Embody Sustainability
News Source: Explorations
Sept. 12, 2007 -- At U.Va., you have only to walk as far as the Lawn to see an example of a sustainable community — Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village. As in all sustainable design, the relationship of structures to the environment was an important consideration for Jefferson. He placed his suite of buildings at the end of a long ridge with an uninterrupted view from the Rotunda to the Ragged Mountains in the south. The classrooms and living quarters are in close proximity — and the Rotunda serves as a natural gathering place. This built environment encourages the exchange of ideas between faculty members and students — a process that is essential to its long-term viability. The Lawn also incorporates the cultural ideas of the time as well as enduring values of balance and proportion. Almost 200 years after its creation, it still excites our imagination.
As School of Architecture dean Karen Van Lengen points out, “Sustainability, broadly defined, is not only based in the ecology of an area, but supports equity and embodies important cultural ideas.” As part of U.Va.’s Sustainable Communities Group, Van Lengen and her colleagues seek to create and support communities that extend the characteristics of the Academical Village for our time.
[For the complete article, please visit Explorations online - Fall 2007 issue]
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Students Propose Pedestrian-Friendly Amendments to Charlottesville's Route 29
Students in Assoc. Professor William Sherman's Spring 2007 architecture course, "Walking in the Commercial Landscape," presented their proposals for immediate improvements for pedestrian access along and across Charlottesville and Albemarle's primary highway, Route 29, to the North Charlottesville Business Council yesterday. From all accounts, the proposals, including plans for a pedestrian bridge, bus stops in the median, and more crosswalks leading to shopping centers, were enthusiastically received.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Campbell Constructions
Construction began in late June with the removal of the east terrace to make way for the Victor and Sono Elmaleh East Tower, which will provide much-needed review, reception and exhibition space for our students. Work has also begun on the South Addition. This addition will provide essential space for faculty offices, enabling most of our faculty to be housed in closer proximity to their students and the studios.Saturday, May 20, 2006
Assoc. Professor Julie Bargmann's Work With Superfund Sites Featured in Virginia Magazine
The work of Associate Professor Julie Bargmann, both in her landscape architecture studios at the school and in her practice, D.I.R.T., is featured in the spring issue of Virginia Magazine article, "Queen of Slag: Transforming Industrial Wastelands," by Lee Graves. Several of Bargmann's projects over the past 6 years are highlighted.
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
School of Architecture Hosts Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Additions
President Casteen, representatives of the Board of Visitors, and the School's Advisory and Foundation Boards were all in attendance at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new additions to Campbell Hall held on September 29th. President Casteen announced that the East Addition, designed by W.G. Clark, will be named the Victor and Sono Elmaleh East Addition in honor of the Elmaleh's generous gifts to the School. Dean Van Lengen thanked everyone who has been involved in the effort that lead to this historic day.
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Architecture School Celebrates Groundbreaking for New Additions
The terrace outside Campbell Hall was crowded on Sept. 29. Faculty, students, staff and guests mingled with Architecture School advisory board and University Board of Visitors members. All were gathered for a groundbreaking celebration, led by U.Va. President John T. Casteen III and Architecture School Dean Karen Van Lengen, of several additions to Campbell Hall.Friday, January 28, 2005
Three Professors Contribute to New Book About Site
A new compendium of essays on the definition and significance of site, Site Matters: Design Concepts, Histories, and Strategies (Eds. Carol J. Braun and Andrea Kahn; Routledge: 2005), includes entries by Professor of Architecture Robin Dripps, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Elizabeth Meyer and Associate Professor of Architecture and Chair of the Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, William Sherman. Dripps' essay, "Groundwork," seeks to establish a literal and metaphoric foundation for the discussion of site. Meyer's piece, "Site Citations: The Grounds of Modern Landscape Architecture," discusses the history of site in landscape architectural design. Sherman's afterword, "Engaging the Field," describes the many ways in which the fields of architecture and landscape architecture are finding new paths of collaboration through a shared exploration of site.Professor Dolores Hayden of Yale University has said of the book, "At last, an excellent book about sites that should be on the desk of every architecture, landscape architecture, and planning student in the U.S.A. Carol Burns and Andrea Kahn have gathered a distinguished group of authors to discuss the political, poetic, and visual dimensions of sites."
A booksigning will be held on February 21, 2005 at the Van Alen Institute in New York, NY.
