Scapes

The fifth issue of Scapes, the annual journal of the Department of Architecture, Interior Design and Lighting, has been launched. Edited by Joanna Merwood and student interns, the journal focuses on global, metropolitan, and departmental perspectives on architecture. The theme of this issue is architectural drawing and the representation of natural systems.

Scapes, Issue 5
Scapes, Issue 4
Scapes, Issue 3
Scapes, Issue 2
Scapes, Issue 1

In Issue 5 (Fall 2006)
Jonathan Massey, “Drawing from Nature”
Glenn Forley, “Mapping Stone: Gutzon Borglum and the Construction of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial”
Suzanne Strum, “Pencil of Nature/Mirror of Culture: Photography in the Topographic Tradition”
Richard Garber and Nicole Robertson, “Along Operative Lines”
Interview with William Cronon, Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Dilip Da Cunha, “Nature in Environment: A Practice of the Wild”
Michael Morris, “Drawing on Earth”
Student work from the BFAAD, BFAID, MARCH and MFA Lighting Design programs

In Issue 4 (Fall 2005)
“A Discussion with Jaime Lerner,” by Matthew Baird, Michael Hargens (M.Arch 2006). Benjamin Ives (M.Arch 2005), Nicholas Locke (M.Arch 2006), Santiago Rivera (M.Arch 2005), Kassia Walker (M.Arch 2005)
“Brazil Timeline: 1487 to 2003”
Positions 4: “What are Architects For?” Clive Dilnot
“Towards a Sustainable Architecture,” James Garrison
“Building by Numbers: Some Significant National Statistics,” Hilary Brown
“Project/Freeload,” by Dennis Adams
“Subject Matters,” by Charles Waldheim
“A Response to ‘Transdiciplinary Study: Practice and Paradigm’,” by Nader Vossoughian
Design Workshop 2005
Student work from the BFAAD, BFAID, MARCH and MFA Lighting Design programs

In Issue 3 (Fall 2004) “Transdisciplinary Studies: Practice and Paradigm”
Kate Orff, “Position 3: On Landscape Architecture”
Andrea Geyer, “Photographs”
Joanna Merwood, “Design Build: Pedagogy and Social Action”
“Lighting Design Collaborations”
“Happy Accidents: Parsons Students Discuss the Role of Computers n Design”
“IDeas: Pedagogical Approaches to Interior Design”
Julie Bargmann, “The Michael Kalil Annual Lecture on Natural/Technological Systems”
Student work from the BFAAD, BFAID, and MARCH programs

In Issue 2 (Fall 2003)
"The Architecture School as Laboratory" - A roundtable discussion chaired by Peter Wheelwright, featuring Stan Allen, Toshiko Mori, George Ranalli, Karen Van Lengen, and Anthony Vidler.
Parsons students interview Thomas Herzog.
The Angelo Donghia Materials Library and Study Center.
Position 2 "On the Current Status of Architectural Criticism"- Joanna Merwood and Sarah Whiting
Photographs by Zoe Leonard.
Curricular Strategies for Sustainable Practice.
The Design Workshop 2002/2003
Work by students in the BFA, M.Arch, and M.ALD programs.


In Issue1 (Fall 2002)
Scapes interns interview Department Chair, Peter Wheelwright
Design Workshop 2001-2002
Photographs by Judith Turner
“September 10th” - A Roundtable Discussion with Dilip da Cunha, Kenneth Frampton, Jean Gardner, Sulan Kolatan, William Sharples, and Jeffery Sugarman. Moderated by Silvia Kolbowski.
“Memory and Matter” - Students Discuss the World Trade Center Site
“The Democratic Monument in America.” – an exhibition by Natalie Fizer, Glenn Forley and Richard M. Sommer
“Position 1: Newness, Play and Invention” - David J. Lewis
Work by students in the BFA and M.Arch programs