Mahesh Daas, DPACSA

Conversation with Debra Kunce, FAIA, Vice President of AIA

Administrator — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:42:45 +0000

Conversation with Paul Strohm, HOK

Administrator — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:40:44 +0000

The CONVERSATIONS series presents up close and personal dialogs about leadership with prominent leaders from the profession. The conversation starts with a presentation of a brief life sketch of the guest, followed by an open dialog with the guest about his or her life journey, the origins, the development and the ascent to the leadership position. The freewheeling and informal format of the discussion elicits thick and intense perspectives into the life and work of the guest. A broad range of topics are covered that might include, but not limited to, the guest’s views about the profession, education, changing context of architecture, and emerging trends. The series offers rare and unique glimpses into the life of leaders in the profession, which would be a source of inspiration for the academic community.

The CONVERSATION featured architect Paul Strohm in dialog with Mahesh Daas, Chair of Architecture department, on March 26, 2012 at 1.00PM

Paul is a Senior Vice President, and Healthcare Practice Leader at HOK, focusing on Leading Projects and the Marketing Principal for the Practice. He is responsible, with 4 partners for the Healthcare practice of HOK, which comprises 25% ($60M/yr) of HOK’s business. The HC practice serves a wide range of clients: academic medical centers, quaternary care hospitals, regional and multi state systems, community hospitals and for-profit healthcare systems. Approximately 400 people at any one time are working on Healthcare projects in 12 offices in 4 countries.

Paul has been at HOK for 19 years and currently serves on the HOK Board of Directors. He grew up in Madison, Indiana and lives and works from Chapel Hill, NC. He has been married for 31 years to Leslie Strohm, who is the General Counsel and Vice Chancellor of University of North Carolina. They have two golden retrievers: Huckleberry and Cedar.

HOK, a global design firm with more than 1500 employees and is recognized for award winning design and expertise in healthcare, museums, airports, justice centers, corporate, institutional and science + technology projects.

ACSA Honorable Mention Award

Administrator — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:40:53 +0000

The video “Woven Topographies” wins honorable mention in the ACSA Archive 100 Event Space competition. The video depicts the collaboration between “The Unclass” that I taught in fall 2011 and two artists. The video was made by Ball State’s teleplex.

Editorial Board of IJAC

Administrator — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:02:17 +0000

Elected to the editorial board of IJAC through the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA). Will serve a two-year term from January 2013 to December 2014.

The International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC) is an exciting peer-reviewed journal founded by international organizations dedicated to promoting collaborative research and development of computer-aided architectural design. IJAC is committed to deepening the understanding of the foundations of digital systems for architectural design and the technologies enabling their development and application.

There are four issues of IJAC per year: published in both electronic and hard copies. Successively, one issue each year is supervised by Editorial Board members from its four founding organizations:

eCAADe Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe

ACADIA Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture

SIGraDi Sociedad Iberoamericana de Grafica Digital

CAADRIA Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia

The Journal is also strongly supported by the CAADFutures Foundation and the Foundation also contributes to the editorial arrangements for IJAC.

The journal features high-quality, original research papers (including state-of-the-art reviews), brief papers, and letters in all theoretical and technological areas that make up the field of Architectural Computing. Certain issues will have contemporary themes.

(Source: http://www.multi-science.co.uk/ijac.htm)

Star Press Diversity Column

Administrator — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:47:18 +0000

For an opinion editorial column published in The Star Press of Muncie, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/dym7ojw

Diversity is not only a great recipe for advancing our community, but also a sound investment and a harbinger of innovation and prosperity.

National Award and Title: ACSA College of Distinguished Professors

Administrator — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:21:16 +0000

Press release from Ball State University:

A medallion and certificate were presented by the president of ACSA at a special Career Awards Ceremony during the 100th ACSA annual meeting in Boston this year. Recipients become Fellows of the College of Distinguished Professors of Architecture and may use the title ACSA Distinguished Professor, DPACSA in perpetuity.

ACSA Design Competition Winner, 2011

Administrator — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:21:23 +0000

ACSA Archive design competition held a competition called “The Beauty Pageant.” The project “Morpholuminescence” produced by students Adam Buente, Elizabeth Boone, Eric Brockemeyer and Kyle Perry was a winner. The project was done in “An Inconvenient Studio 2009.”

Jurors for the competition included Mark Foster Gage, Associate Professor and Acting Assistant Dean, Yale University School of Architecture; Emmanuelle Bourlier, co-founder & CEO, Panelite; and Richard Rose, Partner & Creative Director, PopKitchen Co.

http://archive100.org/users/m45/project/967

Conversation with Joe Mrak

Administrator — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:51:32 +0000

CONVERSATIONS

Up close and personal dialogs about leadership

The CONVERSATIONS series will present up close and personal dialogs about leadership with prominent leaders from the profession. The conversation will start with a presentation of a brief life sketch of the guest, followed by an open dialog with the guest about his or her life journey, the origins, the development and the ascent to the leadership position. The freewheeling and informal format of the discussion elicits thick and intense perspectives into the life and work of the guest. A broad range of topics will be covered that might include, but not limited to, the guest’s views about the profession, education, changing context of architecture, and emerging trends. The series will offer rare and unique glimpses into the life of leaders in the profession, which would be a source of inspiration for the academic community. After 40 minutes of dialog, the forum will be opened for questions from the audience. The event will be webcast live.

The first of the CONVERSATIONS featured architect Joe Mrak in dialog with Mahesh Daas, Chair of the Department of Architecture, on October 31, 2011.

News Coverage:

http://www.bsudailynews.com/architect-shares-life-lessons-with-ball-state-students-1.2663019

http://www.bsudailynews.com/architect-to-be-first-speaker-in-new-series-1.2661908

Video Recording:

http://dvisweb1.bsu.edu/media/bsu/CAP/Conversations_with_Mahesh.html

Woven Topographies

Administrator — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:03:45 +0000

In collaboration with Robert and Rebecca Bluestone and Dustin Headley, the ARCH598: Design Thinking and Innovation Methods course students designed and developed an installation that turned the Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning building into a musical loom. The Bell Tower of the university with the musical instrument Carillon was incorporated into the event via live television link. Multi-colored yarn was woven into a fabric that is four-stories tall. A thousand paper planes were then released as a climactic event. The planes bore writings of many Ball State Cardinals. The news item could be found here.

Memos From An Inconvenient Studio

Administrator — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:18:45 +0000

“Memos from An Inconvenient Studio” brought together digital fabrication, interactive environments and entrepreneurship with social justice. Emphasizing the need for a change in the direction of architectural education and practice, the talk touched upon the four memos: Base of the Pyramid, Scalability, Reverse Innovation and Extreme Affordability. The talk took place in the new Interdisciplinary Sciences building auditorium on USF campus on October 3, 2011.