Archinect - News2024-05-04T01:09:56-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150159255/gsapp-launches-interdisciplinary-affordable-housing-lab
GSAPP launches interdisciplinary affordable housing lab Antonio Pacheco2019-09-16T14:15:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e9/e9124ae07f58f9660ec1924940e2d07a.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/columbiagsapp" target="_blank">Columbia University</a> Gradate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation has launched a new interdisciplinary research initiative called the <a href="https://www.arch.columbia.edu/news/idc-foundation-professor" target="_blank">Columbia GSAPP Housing Lab</a>. The lab is to be led by GSAPP dean Amale Andraos. </p><p>Architect and GSAPP associate professor Hilary Sample has also been named to the school’s first endowed professorship position. GSAPP's new IDC Foundation Professorship of Housing Design is made possible by a $2 million donation from the Institute of Design and Construction Foundation, a group that "provides grants to educational institutions in Greater New York City to advance research and the training of students in fields relating to architectural design, engineering, and building construction," according to the IDC <a href="https://www.idcfoundation.org/" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><p>Sample has led the school's housing design curriculum since 2011, including the school’s impressive housing studio, and is a co-founder of architecture firm MOS. <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150156573/32-architects-and-firms-design-social-housing-prototypes-for-an-experimental-community-in-mexico" target="_blank">MOS recently masterplanned an experimental housing community in Mexico</a> th...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/139121978/students-endure-the-final-home-stretch-at-the-u-s-solar-decathlon-2015
Students endure the final home stretch at the U.S. Solar Decathlon 2015 Justine Testado2015-10-18T16:34:00-04:00>2015-10-24T16:11:19-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vq/vqngoa6chlo3yg4g.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The sun beat down onto the asphalt grounds of the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California, where a village of 14 solar-powered houses popped up for the U.S. Department of Energy’s <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/19773/solar-decathlon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Solar Decathlon</a>. Multi-disciplinary <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/93446440/twenty-teams-listed-for-doe-solar-decathlon-2015-at-oc-great-park" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">teams of college students</a> worldwide dedicate two years to designing and planning their institution’s house, then spend just nine days assembling them from scratch in Irvine. Then, the competition begins.</p><p>Teams are tasked with constructing the house that best blends affordability and consumer appeal, and demonstrates optimal energy production and efficiency. The houses are evaluated in <a href="http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2015/competition-contests.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">10 contests</a> based on merits of performance and livability. The team who scores the most out of a maximum 1,000 points is crowned the overall winner. Held biennially, the Decathlon attracts ambitious students who want to push the boundaries of the future of sustainable technology and housing, while honing their technical skills and toughening their skin for their forthcoming careers.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/wt/wtjuzz9ti0dhmacw.jpg"><br><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/6p/6pkkuxc64ddulou3.jpg"><br><em>"S...</em></p>