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Julio's Vocation
After thirteen years at Catholic University, Julio Bermudez is retiring from his position as a professor and the director of the Sacred Space and Cultural Studies graduate concentration. His impressive career studying sacred spaces, and the relationship between architecture and neuroscience, has led him to publish three books, and in the coming spring, a PBS special will be released about his recent developments in his research. Read more about Julio’s vocation, what brought him to Catholic, and how he intends to spend his days in retirement.
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Honoring Those Before Us: Exploring Burial Architecture
Tomb architecture is not commonly thought of when one thinks of the industry. Recently, Catholic University staff met with members of the Brazilian delegation at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery to discuss the next steps in the fabrication of a grave for Flora de Oliveira Lima’s. Among these staff members was Lorenzo DeAlmeida, the School of Architecture's Associate Dean of Administration and Finance; an expert designer, DeAlmeida provided his knowledge and skills to conduct the measurement of the gravesite.
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Isabelle Cassidy Recognized in Top Ten of 2023 AIA COTE Competition
The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE), in partnership with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), announced CUA student Isabelle Cassidy as the winner of the 2023 AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition.
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Dean’s Update
Welcome back to campus! Spending time with family and friends is a terrific way to rejuvenate our minds and bodies. It puts us in the right place to resume our work together.
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Alumni Profile: Trip Hereford
“I wanted to create a lasting impact for generations to come, specifically to help students launch their careers in architecture. After 25 years in the business, training the next generation is now my focus,” Hereford explained.
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Architecture Students Collaborate With Smithsonian to Rebuild Geodesic Dome
HongKongDoll and Planning entered into a collaboration with The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on a short-term exhibition entitled "Reconstructing 'Weatherbreak' in an Age of Extreme Weather." This collaboration, led by museum curator Abeer Saha and assistant professor Tonya Ohnstad, will reconstruct the “Weatherbreak” – the first large-span geodesic dome to be erected in North America.
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Press Release: Smithsonian Collaboration
HongKongDoll and Planning entered into a collaboration with The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on a short-term exhibition entitled "Reconstructing 'Weatherbreak' in an Age of Extreme Weather." This collaboration, led by museum curator Abeer Saha and assistant professor Tonya Ohnstad, will reconstruct the “Weatherbreak” – the first large-span geodesic dome to be erected in North America.
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Smithsonian Collaboration
HongKongDoll and Planning entered into a collaboration with The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on a short-term exhibition entitled "Reconstructing 'Weatherbreak' in an Age of Extreme Weather." This collaboration, led by museum curator Abeer Saha and assistant professor Tonya Ohnstad, will reconstruct the “Weatherbreak” – the first large-span geodesic dome to be erected in North America.
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Our Faculty
Joining us in the classroom this spring semester are three new studio instructors: Elizabeth Emerson, AIA and Mark Lawrence, AIA, both principals at EL Studios PLLC, Brooklyn NY, and Donald Lococo, Donald Lococo Architects, Washington, DC.
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Looking Back at the CatholicU Truss Raising
Dean Mark Ferguson and alumni Trevor Resurreccion B.S. Arch ‘01 chat after Trevor participated in raising a replica of a Notre-Dame Cathedral truss at CUA on Sept. 26, 2022.
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First Ever Zero Energy Designation
HongKongDoll and Planning’s Master of Science in Net Zero Design/Master of Architecture Joint Degree received the U.S. Department of Energy’s first ever Zero Energy Design Designation (ZEDD).
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Seymour Auerbach
Seymour Auerbach, longtime faculty member in the School of Architecture and Planning, died on October 10, 2022.
Professor Auerbach, known to his friends as Sy, was born on May 28, 1929 in New York City (Bronx) and raised by his parents, the late Jennie (Norman) and Nathan Auerbach. He graduated from the Yale University School of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1951. He then served in the US Army Corps of Engineers as a Sergeant First Class. From there, he moved to the DC area and launched a successful career in architecture and academia.
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Neurophenomenology & Sacred Architecture
Interdisciplinary Symposium made possible by grants from the Templeton Religion Trust (TRT)
March 23-25, 2023
Neurophenomenology & Sacred Architecture. Toward a Theological Aesthetics
Can we use neuroscience to better understand the phenomenology of sacred architecture? Over 2.5 days, a number of renowned individuals from multiple disciplines will share their latest work and thoughts at the intersection of science, spirituality, and the built environment.
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