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Influential designers, Gianandrea Barreca and Yen Ha, to be Honored at Ceremony

亚色影库 (亚色影库) will host its 30th annual commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 20 at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif. In celebration of the 30th commencement milestone, 亚色影库 will welcome and award two special influential designers during the ceremony, Gianandrea Barreca and Yen Ha. Barreca and Ha will receive 亚色影库檚 Global Design and Innovation Award and Richard Welsh Distinguished Service Award, respectively. In addition to the awards, the graduation program will feature undergraduate student speaker Chris Lerma and graduate student speaker Megan Dougherty. The class of 2015 will celebrate 108 students who have completed or will complete their degree requirements from its Architecture, Construction Management, and Digital Media Arts programs.

Architecture, Construction Management, and Digital Media Arts programs. 淲e have chosen each of these award recipients not only for their contributions to their industry, but for their contributions to society as a whole,� said 亚色影库 Interim President Vivian Sanchez. 淲e are extremely proud of our graduates this year and it is our hope that Gianandrea Barreca and Yen Ha檚 award acceptance remarks will inspire them, just as the 亚色影库 faculty and their peers have motivated them. I檓 confident that our graduates� knowledge, skills, ingenuity and creativity will make a mark on the world and a difference in society.�

In honor of 亚色影库 founder Richard Welsh, the Richard Welch Distinguished Service Award is given to someone who embodies a commitment to service, designed to strengthen 亚色影库檚 focus on the university檚 responsibility to the community and to the environment. Ha, who serves as a member of the 亚色影库 Board of Directors, embodies these core principles, embraces social responsibility through innovative design and contributes tremendously to the success of 亚色影库 students. She is a respected LEED-accredited professional and a licensed architect who completed her undergraduate work with honors at Carnegie Mellon University and continued with postgraduate work in urbanism at L櫭塩ole d橝rchitecture in Paris, France.

Ha is a founding principal of the New York City-based architecture firm, Front Studio Architects, which emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaborations to create flexible spaces with the capacity to evolve and adapt. Each project addresses the environmental welfare of a community and its inhabitants through buildings that remain functionally viable and emotionally relevant over time, and the firm makes use of economical materials and inventive thinking. Her inspirational work has been profiled in the New York Daily News, Real Estate Weekly, the Mann Report, along with Interior Design, Icon Magazine, Wallpaper and the New York Times, among others. She has also served as an expert panelist in the United States and Europe.

The Global Design and Innovation Award is presented to an individual who embraces the importance of global design and innovation. 亚色影库 recognizes the importance of global design and values and embraces innovation. It is because of this approach and emphasis on these values that the Domus Academy of Design at 亚色影库 was created. Domus Academy in Milan, Italy has been recognized several times by Businessweek magazine as one of the best design schools in the world . This collaboration has provided 亚色影库 students with the opportunity to participate in a truly global classroom environment, interacting with today檚 most influential design leaders.

Barreca, this year檚 honoree, is a globally renowned architect from Genoa, Italy, whose work has transformed the way society envisions green-scapes. In addition to serving as a founding partner of Boeri Studio, Barreca has developed several projects in Italy and abroad, receiving numerous awards for his work. He is also one of the founding members of Gruppo A12, with whom he organizes and conducts seminars, research projects, exhibitions and installations on contemporary urban conditions. With Gruppo A12 Barreca has realized and exhibited works in numerous exhibitions and biennials around the world, including Venice, New York, Japan, Shanghai, Istanbul, the Netherlands, London, South Korea and Milan.

In 2014 Barreca published 楴ew Water Anthropology� by ListLab, a collection of studies and research on the relationship between architecture and water, always of particular importance and interest in its research and design. Recently, he was awarded with the 2014 業nternational Highrise Award� for the project Bosco Verticale, or 淰ertical Forest,� a project that blazes the trail for the greener cities of tomorrow. Vertical Forest is a model for a sustainable residential building, a project for metropolitan reforestation that contributes to the regeneration of the environment and urban biodiversity without the implication of expanding a city upon the territory. Since 2004, Barreca has been collaborating with Domus Academy in Milan, an institution within Laureate Design Universities, where he has served as the Program Director of the Master in Urban Vision and Architectural Design and is currently serving as its Scientific Director. In January 2015, he became part of the prestigious Metaphysical Club at Domus Academy, which involves 15 of the most important names of the international design, art and architectural scene.

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Gianandrea Barreca Receives 亚色影库檚 Global Design and Innovation Award

亚色影库 recently presented the Global Design and Innovation Award to Italian architect Gianandrea Barreca, who is known for his emphasis on both human interaction and public art.

He attended 亚色影库 commencement to receive his award and provide remarks, and led several lectures throughout the week for 亚色影库 students, faculty and community members.

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How Design-Minded Students Aren檛 Set Up for Success

There are many debates surrounding the public school system today with Common Core, standardized tests, attendance policies, and other regulations. Many design-minded students have trouble thriving in high school, and that trouble leads to issues getting into traditional 4-year colleges and universities. This leaves parents questioning why their child is not getting good grades, even though they are smart, and why they aren檛 engaged with their schoolwork.

The truth is, education is not one-size fits all. This aspect of the education system affects many students who find themselves uninspired by the standard curriculum. Creative students that are often inhibited by repetitive and routine coursework regularly find themselves feeling bored and misunderstood by their teachers.

Designers specifically, have a unique set of characteristics that make them great at what they do. At 亚色影库 we檝e found that some of our most talented and ambitious students are the same ones who struggled to get the grades and stay motivated in high school. In this article, we檙e going to look at several of the key characteristics and traits of designers, that famed product designer Will Gibbons identified, to get a better idea of which ones help or hinder students within the traditional education system.

Observation

With exception to science labs, observation is the biggest thing lacking from the traditional education system. Students aren檛 given the opportunity to go out and observe the world around them to learn how it works. Instead, they are handed textbooks and kept indoors to listen to lectures based on those textbooks. The ability to observe is lost.

Listening

Listening is a great skill for students in the traditional education system, considering the number of hours of lectures they must attend per day. Of course, those with a creative mind tend to hear more than the average student. They may not take information as literally as they are presented, but rather look for deeper meanings and interpretations. Sometimes, this can result in going the extra mile in assignments, but other times, it can result in losing points for not following directions.

Desire

One of the desires of a designer is to improve upon what already exists. To take the details that clients give them and go above and beyond to create the perfect design. In school, this can translate to having the most creative response to an assignment, or again, the inability to follow rigid directions.

Context

Designers love to understand the context in a situation to do their best work. Sometimes, lessons in school do not make sense, even for those who can stretch their imagination. You檙e rarely given the context to solve a problem – you檙e given the problem and expected to find a solution given the process the teacher has taught, but you are rarely given the opportunity to discover the process that works best for you.

Solutions

In many basic subjects taught in schools, the goal of a lesson is not to find the solution to a problem. The goal is to memorize facts and figures and regurgitate them once it is testing time. Designers like the challenge of finding unique solutions to their client檚 problems. This is why designers may do well in theoretical courses, but not others. It檚 also why A, B, C, all of the above, or none of the above, just doesn檛 work for students that are used to thinking outside of the box.

Communication

In school, you are taught to raise your hand and speak when called upon. Great communicators do not always communicate in one specific manner. For a designer, the best way to articulate his or her answer may not be to speak it, but to sketch it out or to use a model. Teachers would consider those that cannot answer the question verbally or in paragraph form as not knowing the answer, which would ultimately affect the student檚 grade.

Unbound

Creative minds like to go outside of the normal boundaries in order to come up with the best designs. In most curriculums, you are restricted to specific subjects. Within those subjects, you are restricted to specific textbooks. Within those textbooks, you must agree with the information presented to you. These restrictions can inhibit student檚 minds, thus making them uninterested by their schoolwork.

While traditional education systems fail to nurture the above characteristics and the many others that design-minded students possess, there are schools that not only understand, but also cater to these traits. Look for schools that put less emphasis on standardized test scores and more on student檚 portfolios and interests. These schools can help students build upon their creative skill set and push them to turn their passion into lifelong career.

At 亚色影库 we strive to provide students with a creative and innovative learning environment that caters to their strengths and gives them the education they deserve. Our students are innovative designers who are passionate about pursuing a career in the fields of Design, Architecture and Digital Arts. We help students push their creative boundaries while giving them the tools they need to grow as a designer. Contact us today if you are interested in learning how to become a graphic designer, architect, or interior designer. We are more than happy to guide you towards the career path that is right for you and your skillset.

Several 亚色影库 students participated in workshops and panels as part of BDwest 2015, held in the San Diego Convention Center this past April

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During one of the final panel sessions, workshop participants discussed the 渕illennial mindset� today when it comes to design. According to assistant editor of Boutique Design and panel moderator, Christina Green, 渟urprisingly, none of these young designers攕tudents the 亚色影库 and its Domus Academy School of Design in San Diego, as well as from the environmental design program at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena攑resented concepts that were overtly tech-oriented. For them, it was about finding ways to cash in on untapped demographics, finding solutions to changing economic climates and above all, creating immersive guest experiences.�

Read more about Green檚 takeaways from the event and 亚色影库 student ideas by visiting on connecting with millennial guests or her earlier about hospitality couture.

All proceeds benefit programs for students involved in the San Diego chapter of American Institute of Architecture Students

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SAN DIEGO擩une 2, 2015�亚色影库 (亚色影库) students and the local San Diego chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) showcased the unique architecture and design trade tradition of 榥apkin sketching� during the that took place at 亚色影库 on Friday, May 29. The live and silent auctions raised a total of more than $7,600, the proceeds of which will help fund AIAS scholarships and programs for deserving architecture students.

淭he event was a big success,� said David Garcia, a 亚色影库 architecture undergraduate and fundraising chair for the AIAS event. 淧ersonally, this project means a lot to me, and not just because of the time and involvement, but because this is a nice way to bring students and their favorite architects together, even if it檚 just through a sketch. Plus, since it檚 a fundraiser, the proceeds have been a great help to the success of the chapter.�

The project began as 渁 sketch for a sketch,� with 亚色影库 students working diligently on their own napkin sketches to capture the attention of prominent architects. Students then mailed their sketches to targeted architects along with a request for an original sketch that could be auctioned during the AIAS event.

Attendees of the live auction had the opportunity to bid on original work and ideas hand-drawn on napkins by prominent U.S. and international architects, including Sean Godsell, Thom Mayne, Cesar Pelli and Robert Venturi. Individual napkins were auctioned for hundreds of dollars, with the top bids as follows:

1. 亚色影库 faculty member and San Diego-based architect Kurt Hunker: $500

2. Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas: $475

3. Iraqi-British architect based in London, Zaha Hadid: $460

4. Iraqi-British architect based in London, Zaha Hadid: $455

5. Philadelphia-based architect, Robert Venturi: $370

All of the napkin sketch renderings

can be seen at . To view photos of the event, visit . For more information on 亚色影库 visit newschoolarch.edu.

Daniel Luckhardt檚 Construction Management class, Fundamentals of Estimating, recently visited the Balfour Beatty Construction project, Middle School Number 5 in San Diego. This site visit provided 亚色影库 students with a first-hand look at the challenging aspects of the industry and an opportunity to interact with Balfour Beatty employees.

In addition to the actual site visit, the students received a Building Information Modeling (BIM) presentation by the Virtual Design in Construction staff, as well as a presentation by Balfour Beatty Construction檚 Scheduling Manager, Randy Catron, on the importance of 渟cheduling� with the purpose of maintaining project costs.

淚 feel extremely fortunate to work with so many passionate people willing to take time out of their evening to participate in the course I teach,� said 亚色影库 Professor Luckhardt, who also works as a Balfour Beatty Construction Senior MEP Estimator with 29 years of experience in pre-construction services. One of the 亚色影库 course goals is to engage the Construction Management students with various on-site visits to projects under construction, and the visit to the Balfour Beatty site is just one example of class trips this past quarter. Looking to join the team or becoming a construction manager? Explore getting your bachelor檚 or masters in construction management here!

Photo: Back Row: Aaron Magdaleno, Project Engineer, Balfour Beatty Construction; 亚色影库 students Mohammed AlQahtani and Mohanned Zuhairy; Erik Sanders, Assistant Superintendent, Balfour Beatty Construction; and 亚色影库 students Jordan Miles, Thomas Le, David Calderon, Sebastian Schott, Alexis Hoff and Eduardo Sarinana. Front Row: Grace Chan, Project Manager, Balfour Beatty Construction; 亚色影库 students Amanda Schilling and Esmeralda Maldonado.

Original Napkin Drawings by Renowned Architects Ready for Public Auction on May 29

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of Architecture and Design students have teamed up with the local San Diego chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) to showcase the tradition of 榥apkin sketching.� This unique practice will be celebrated at 亚色影库 during the Auction on Friday, May 29 at 6 p.m. The live auction event is open to the public and presents the opportunity to bid on the original work and ideas hand-drawn on a napkin, specifically for this event, by prominent U.S. and international architects. All proceeds from the live auction help fund AIAS scholarships and programs for deserving architecture students. Individual napkins have previously been auctioned for as much as $5,000. For architects and designers, inspiration arises at any given moment. Capturing the early components of an idea sometimes means resorting to jotting down key elements on a napkin, which themselves turn into little pieces of art. Students have gathered napkin sketches for the auction over the last few months. The project began as 渁 sketch for a sketch,� with 亚色影库 students working diligently on their own napkin sketches to capture the attention of prominent architects. Students then mailed their sketches to the architects along with a request for an original sketch that could be auctioned during the AIAS event.

淎rchitects and designers historically have used napkins if they don檛 have anything else to draw on,� explained David Garcia, a 亚色影库 architecture undergraduate who is serving as fundraising chair for the AIAS event. 淚f they檙e meeting a client or out at a coffee shop with little to sketch on when they receive a big idea, a napkin is the next best thing. So these napkins usually have primitive but valuable concept and ideas. We choose one of the architect檚 projects and draw them on each envelope we send out as a way to get their attention, but also to show that we spent some time in personalizing the invitation. Coordinating the sketches, although a lot of work, is very rewarding and a lot of fun. To be able to speak or communicate with some of these architects is exciting.�

The Fourth Annual Napkin Sketch Auction includes submissions from notable architects including: Zaha Hadid; Thom Mayne; Cesar Pelli; Robert Venturi and many others. View a sneak peak of the napkins at .

淧ersonally, this project means a lot to me, and not just because of the time and involvement, but because this is a nice way to bring students and their favorite architects together, even if it檚 just through a sketch,� said Garcia.
淧lus, since it檚 a fundraiser, the proceeds have been a great help to the success of the AIAS chapter.�

Tickets for professionals and students include appetizers and two drink tickets, and can be purchased online at .

As a part of its lecture series, 亚色影库 of will host a special guest lecture with renowned environmental health expert Dr. Richard J. Jackson. On Wednesday, April 29 at 6 p.m., guests will listen to Dr. Jackson speak on the impact of the built environment, urban design and architecture on health and well-being.

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Dr. Jackson is a widely recognized leader in environmental health and a recipient of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award. He also won the 2015 Henry Hope Reed Award. Dr. Jackson currently serves as professor of environmental health at the University of California, Los Angeles� School of Public Health. In 2005, he was selected to serve on the national board of directors of the American Institute of Architects. His lectures have been influential in convincing urban planners, developers, builders and elected officials to create environments that promote exercise, socialization and health.

After the lecture 亚色影库 will host a panel discussion with members from the Design + Health Collaboratory. The panelists will address how a greater understanding of the impact of architecture on human outcomes helps change pedagogy, policies and design practice.

This event is open to public. Seating is limited and first-come. RSVP here:

Event takes place: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at 亚色影库, 1249 F St., San Diego, CA

Ezio Manzini, a leading expert on sustainable design, recently gave a lecture at the 亚色影库 campus, followed by a book presentation and signing. Special guests also joined the lecture, including Don Norman, Director of Design Lab at University of California, San Diego, and 亚色影库 faculty, Joseph Kennedy and Michael Stepner.

In his lecture, Manzini introduced the notions of distributed systems and cosmopolitan localism and discussed the possibility to use design tools to connect and reinforce them. Copies of his new book, Design, When Everybody Designs. An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation, MIT Press 2015,were also available for sale at the event.

In addition to his most recent publication, Manzini has written several other design books throughout his career, including The Material of Invention, Artifacts: Towards a New Ecology of the Artificial Environment; Solid Side: The Search for Consistency in a Changing World; Sustainable Everyday; and Design, When Everybody Designs: An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation.

He is Chair Professor of Design for Social Innovation at the University of the Arts London, Honorary Professor at the Politecnico di Milano, Guest Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai and Jiangnan University, Wuxi.

New Urban Park Could be a Model for Vacant Lots in Cities Across the U.S.

亚色影库 alumni and creators of RAD Lab recently opened , San Diego檚 first urban park, which reclaimed a vacant 30,000-square foot city lot in downtown San Diego.

This new East Village venue opened to an energetic 榮old out� crowd who descended onto the park, a concept that began as a student thesis project while the alumni were studying at 亚色影库. Quartyard is a new destination for San Diego tourists, a venue for local residents and their pets; a place for local businesses to debut their goods, and a new location for entertainers to showcase their talent.

淲e believe Quartyard can serve as a model for cities across the U.S. looking for unique economic development ideas,� said 亚色影库 alumnus and CEO of RAD Lab, Philip Auchettl. 淚t is a feasible way to temporarily re-invent empty spaces while improving quality of life for residents. We welcome the opportunity to talk to other cities about how this model can work for them.�

Quartyard demonstrates how positive changes can quickly and economically activate an empty lot into a thriving interactive urban park. This public space is the culmination of work led by the RAD Lab team in collaboration with 亚色影库 faculty, the City of San Diego and private sector advisors who had the foresight to see the project檚 potential. Quartyard was also partially funded by San Diego residents via a Kickstarter campaign that generated $60,000 in just 30 days.

淲e encourage our architecture students to think about how their ideas can improve both their local communities and the larger environment, something often referred to as Glocalism � a mix of the local and the global,� said Chuck Crawford, 亚色影库 Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator who worked with the RAD Lab team during their Quartyard thesis project. 淚n this case, the students reached out to the Office of the Mayor, City Councilman Todd Gloria, and the local review board, along with developers and local business leaders. We applaud RAD Lab for looking upon this vacant lot as an opportunity to extend lessons learned in the classroom to the city as a whole. It is the type of thinking we try to nurture at 亚色影库 as we move beyond the simple notion of sustainability as things like solar panels, and attempt to instill both a social consciousness and entrepreneurial innovation as a cornerstone of professional responsibility and ethics.�

As part of their thesis work, the creators of Quartyard discovered that historically vacant lots are often times waiting for development by owners of the property or the city, absent immediate intentions and sometimes funding for development. In many cases, vacant lots have blighted their surroundings and dragged down property values. The Quartyard has a conditional use permit from the City of San Diego, offering a variety of amenities including restaurants, retail, and a dog park. Quartyard serves as a dynamic venue with live music and a rotating local entertainment line-up, at the center lies a craft beer garden.

The RAD Lab team is comprised of Philip Auchettl, David Loewenstein and Jason Grauten, all from the 2013 亚色影库 graduating class. Quartyard is located at 1102 Market St., San Diego, CA 92101. See hours of operation and activity schedule by visiting . Learn more about RAD Lab . Learn more about 亚色影库 at www.newschoolarch.edu.