San Diego—Aug. 7, 2012—The 2012 edition of Cartouche, a student publication of NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD), highlights the role of designers and architects in creating memorials, with a special focus on the Oklahoma City National Memorial and the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania.

Samantha Winland, a student in the Master of Architecture program at NSAD, wrote the memorial-themed stories for Cartouche based on interviews with Paul Murdoch of Paul Murdoch Architects, designer of the Flight 93 National Memorial, and Hans and Torrey Butzer of Butzer Gardner Architects, designers of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The Flight 93 memorial in Pennsylvania commemorates those who lost their lives on one of the planes commandeered by terrorists in the 9/11 attacks. The Oklahoma City memorial honors those lost in the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

The articles in this edition of Cartouche explore the importance of community input on sensitive projects and evaluate how design can contribute to the healing process. For example, Oklahoma City residents did not want the city to tear down a fence where mementos and tributes to the victims had been placed.  As a result, the fence was incorporated into the overall design of the memorial.

Cartouche is a forum for the expression of ideas and a showcase for the talents of NSAD students, faculty members, and the broader San Diego community. The Cartouche faculty advisor is Joe C. Nicholson, who also brings his expertise in memorial design to this year’s publication. Nicholson and 1999 NSAD alumna Shari Grant were among six finalists in the international competition to design the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The new edition of Cartouche also includes articles about the NSAD Alumni Mentorship Program, as well as highlights from two of this year’s NSAD guest lecturers: Robert Ivy, the executive vice president/chief executive officer of the American Institute of Architects and Joshua Prince-Ramus, of REX Architecture. NSAD alumnus Soeren Wegener wrote an article on the Sustainable North Park Main Street project in the San Diego community of North Park. The two-year project involved seven 2010 NSAD graduates, including Wegener, who contributed to the development of a sustainable planning initiative in collaboration with architecture and design professionals.

 Cartouche is available online at https://www.newschoolarch.edu/cartouche.htm.

 About NewSchool of Architecture and Design
NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD), founded in 1980, is located in San Diego, California. NSAD is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). ACICS is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. NSAD’s Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture and Executive Master of Architecture programs are accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). NSAD also offers a pre-professional Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, a Bachelor of Science in Digital Media Arts, a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, a Master of Landscape Architecture, a Master of Construction Management and a Master of Science in Architecture. NSAD was ranked among the top 10 undergraduate architecture schools in the western United States, according to the DesignIntelligence report “America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools 2012.” For more information, visit www.NewSchoolArch.edu.

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