Wednesday, August 8, 2007
School Publishes New Book on Visions for the Gulf Coast
The School of Architecture has published a compendium of recent faculty and student work from design studios during the spring semester of 2006 which examined the challenges of rebuilding the Gulf Coast following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. This second volume in the Urgent Matters series, Building After Katrina: Visions for the Gulf Coast is edited by Lecturer Betsy Roettger and includes contributions from dozens of students and the following faculty members: Dean and Elson Professor Karen Van Lengen; Quesada Professor William Morrish; Fitz-Gibbon Professor Robin Dripps; Disinguished Lecturer Lucia Phinney; Lecturer Azadeh Rashidi; Lecturer Cecilia Nichols; Kenan Professor Peter Waldman; Assistant Professor Jenny Lovell; Associate Professor Maurice Cox; Associate Professor Judith Kinnard; Assistant Professor John Quale; Associate Professor Sanda Iliescu; and Associate Professor William Sherman.
The book aims to present the pedagogical values of the school as well as present strategies for re-building the Gulf Coast in an effort to pose critical questions about the role of design professionals in disaster relief, environmental objectives, and policy shaping.
Building After Katrina will be available for purchase from the University of Virginia Press in the next few weeks.
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