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annual report
penndesign
2014 –2015
INNOVATION IMPACT INCLUSION
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INCLUSION
INNOVATION
IMPACT
The Penn Compact 2020
establishes three overarching goals
for the University and its 12 schools
they are to:
1: increase access
2: integrate knowledge
3: engage locally, nationally,
and globally
Icons in the margins of this report
identify ways in which PennDesign
is contributing to achieving these
goals.
annual report
penndesign
2014–2015
DEAN’S LETTER 2
UPDATE FROM FACULTY CHAIRS 17
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS 22
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS 24
LECTURES
annual report penndesign 2014 –2015 INNOVATION
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INCLUSION INNOVATION IMPACT The Penn Compa
LETTER FROM THE DEAN Dear Members of the Pen
THE PENNDESIGN MISSION AND VISION As one of the
LOOKING BACK OVER 2014 - 2015. In advancing this
assembled and installed on the entry to College G
We inaugurated the Scott and Wendy Kleinman Cente
four were accepted for implementation. We redefine
In summary, here are some key data points describ
•We’ve risen in the rankings to #2 in
Our Community: There’s always great excitement as
PennDesign. The Dean’s Convocation Remarks spelle
We’ll kick off an exciting year of PennDesign in
forward. PennDesign is also initiating a new Cert
WHAT’S NEXT? Nine Initiatives: The process of cha
6: Energy and Energy Policy: Design has a strong
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UPDATE FROM THE FACULTY CHAIRS WI
JOSHUA MOSLEY CHAIR & PROFESSOR FINE ARTS The Ma
“For the second year in a row, 94% of s
RANDALL F. MASON CHAIR & ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR “Ma
“The second-year students embrace
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS ARCHITECTURE Andrew Saunders
WAEL SHAWKY KEITH L. AND KATHERINE S. SACHS ENDOW
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
Architecture and Systems Ecology: Thermodynamic P
2014–2015 LECTURE SERIES PennDesign’s distinguis
HERNAN DIAZ ALONSO KUTAN AYATA J
NON-DISCRETE ARCHITECTURES: NETWORKS, DIGITAL PRO
SIMULATING NATURES SYMPOSIUM Su
30 STUDENTS From 2080 applicants, PennDesign
SUMMER INSTITUTE The Summer Institute at PennDes
MFA BRUSSELS SHOW Artists from the PennD
Berger Building Products, a Euramax company based
TRAVEL STUDIOS In the 2015 academic year, PennDe
HISTORIC PRESERVATION STUDIO RANDALL MASON AND SU
NEGOTIATING GROWTH: SPECULATIVE URBANIZATION AND
CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT IN THE NAVAJO NATION LAU
THE VALPARAÍSO STUDIO: FROM THE ECLECTIC TO THE I
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY CROSS-RAIL PROJECT ROBERT YAR
THE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE BOOM TOWN NANDO MIC
X-POINT CITY NEIL M. DENARI AND JONATHAN A. SCELS
RESEARCH FACULTY 6 AWARDED GRANTS GRANTS & GIFTS
GETTY FOUNDATION PennPraxis was awarded a $100,00
MONUMENT LAB Monument Lab: Creative S
Lines connect where Chester residents live to the
SOCIAL INITIATIVES PENNPRAXIS PennPraxis is the a
SOCIAL IMPACT PROJECTS RESTORING BUILDINGS, REB
THE ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES The collections and fa
IDESIGN PRIZE In April 2015, the University of P
ALUMni & eVenTs
2014–2015 PENNDESIGN ALUMNI EVENTS JULY Preview
PENNDESIGN ALUMNI 12,225 ALUMNI ATTENDED EVENTS
PennDesi杮 NUMBER O
HOMECOMING We were thrilled to host the most wid
LA+ JOURNAL The University of Pennsylvania Schoo
FeLLOWsHips Van alen traVelInG FelloWSHIp The V
tHe SuSan CroMWell CoSlett traVelInG FelloWSHIp
58 FinAnCiAL Aid The School of Design offers me
$50,000 $45,000 $40,000 $35,000 $30,000 $25,
DEVELOPMENT PennDesign raises funds for stud
TRANSFORMATION OF MEYERSON HALL In the summer of
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW PennDesign ended Fiscal Year
REVENUES Revenue was up 3.7% from the prior year,
PENNDESIGN BOARDS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION The PennD
BOARD OF OVERSEERS 2014–2015 Jay B. Abramson, W
ANNUAL GIVING HONOR ROLL OF DONORS AMBASSADOR (
Mr. John D. Morris II C’67, MArch’70 * Mrs. Susan
Mr. Fred S. Marshall MLA’77 Mr. Steven J. Martin
Ms. Trinity N. Busch MCP’10 Mrs. Lynn Tredinnick
Ms. Ann Isabel Friedman MSHP’90 Ms. Barbara M. Fr
Mr. Bert M. King MCP’76 * Mr. Kristopher B. King
in memory of Professor Robert LeRicolais M
in memory of Ian McHarg Mr. William J. Str
Architectural Graduate Fellowship Fund Abend Fami
Mr. Aditya Kumar Pal MLA’91 in memory of I
102 MEYERSON HALL 210 SOUTH 34TH STREET, PHILADEL
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION REGIONAL CHAPTERS ATLANTA Na