In this exciting, semester-capping showcase of the best of SARUP student work, candidates for the Master of Architecture degree will present projects to their Thesis Committees and the general public.

For more information contact Architecture Chair Karl Wallick.

Place

Commons

THESIS REVIEW SCHEDULE

10am DOERNER (Keane, Wallick, Hemme). YIN (Stagg, Shields, Tejchman)
12pm DORAN (Reynolds, Bouchard). STOKES (Sen, Harris, Zimmer). LIU (Schermer, Moon, Wasley)
2pm WITTHUHN (Reynolds, Bouchard, Tejchman). NORTHROP (Maybee, Krueger)

EXTERNAL CRITICS

Say hello to our guests Andrew Moddrel and Judith K. De Jong.

BIO

Andrew Moddrel is a founding partner at PORT in Chicago. He is currently leading a diverse range of public realm and urban design projects ranging in scale from a 600-acre masterplan for the Knoxville Battlefield Loop, to the design and construction of a 3-acre civic venue in Denver’s Paco Sanchez Park. Mr. Moddrell was part of the advisory panel for the National Endowment for the Arts inaugural “Our Town” initiative that awarded millions of dollars to be invested in communities that are supporting the arts as part of a community revitalization strategy. He is also an active member of the Chicago Central Area Committee, helping lead the CCAC proposal for the Unlocking the Value of the Old Cook County Hospital Charrette and is part of the CCAC Young Leader Executive Committee.

BIO

Judith K. De Jong, RA is an architect, urbanist, and principal of
De Jong Urban Projects, whose work investigates the reciprocating relationships between architecture and the city, and the opportunities for design innovation in architectures and urbanisms of mass culture. Her book, New SubUrbanisms, was published in 2013.

De Jong has received support from the Graham Foundation and the Great Cities Institute, where she was a 2011-2012 Faculty Scholar, and has presented at conferences in the U.S., Mexico City, Hong Kong, and Israel. She has written for MONU, Land Forum, CITE: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston, and TheJournal of Architectural Education, among others, and contributed the essay “Suburban Town Center” to the Arsenal of Exclusion/Inclusion, part of the American exhibition at the 2009 International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. Her proposal “How the Strip Mall Can Save Suburbia” was a finalist in the 2010 Build A Better Burb competition.