Archives PDF 2014 2015 FINAL V2

ARCH-IVES 

2014 - 2015 

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6ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

Sincere thanks to the Division of Architecture Faculty, Student Body, and Staff for their support 

with this publication. Special gratitude goes to the following individuals: 

Publication Team: Saran Hunter, Robert Peck, Interim Program Director Valerie Goodwin, 

Assistant Dean Andrew Chin 

Design/Production: Saran Hunter, Robert Peck, Interim Program Director Valerie Goodwin, 


Cover Design: Saran Hunter and Interim Program Director Valerie Goodwin 

Photography: Kahtura Fernander and Kathie Laurent 

Printed Spring 2016 

This issue is dedicated to Aaron Goodwin, who 

was posthumously awarded a Master of Science in 

Architecture in 2015 

Material and information are subject to change without notice.

THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE + ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 

DIVISION OF ARCHITECTURE 

FALL 2014 . SPRING 2015 . SUMMER 2015 

The mission of the School of Architecture + Engineering Technology is to provide an enlightened 

and enriched academic, intellectual, moral, cultural, ethical, technological, and student-centered 

environment, that is condusive to the development of highly qualified individuals who are 

prepared and capable of serving as leaders and contributors within the fields of Architecture 

and Engineering Technology in an ever-evolving society. The school aspires to seek and support 

a faculty and staff of distinction dedicated to providing outstanding academic education at the 

undergraduate, graduate, and professional school levels with a particular emphasis on integrity, 

creativity, and ethical conduct. The school is committed to motivational teaching, imaginative 

research, and meaningful community service. The school is also commited to cultural diversity 

by means of its course offerings, special programs, and recruitment efforts. 

DEGREE PATHS: 

Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies 

Bachelor of Architecture 

Master of Architecture 

Master of Science in Architecture 

SCHOOL’S MISSION 

FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY - DIVISION OF ARCHITECTURE 7

CONTENTS 

01 02 03 

YEAR 1 

DESIGN STUDIO 1.1/1.2 

FALL/SUMMER - DESIGN 1.1 / ARC 1301 

SPRING/SUMMER - DESIGN 1.2/ ARC 1302 

YEAR 2 


FALL - DESIGN 2.1 / ARC 2303 

SPRING - DESIGN 2.2/ ARC 2304 

YEAR 3 




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04 05 06 

YEAR 4 




YEAR 5 




YEAR 1 

GRADUATE DESIGN 2 

SPRING - DESIGN 2 /ARC 5362 


CONTENTS CONT’D 

07 08 09 

YEAR 1 


SUMMER - DESIGN 3/ARC 5363 

YEAR 2 


FALL - DESIGN 4/ ARC 5364 

YEAR 1 

GRADUATE DESIGN STUDIO 6.1/6.2 


SPRING - DESIGN 6.2 / ARC 6359 

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10 11 

YEAR 2/3 

GRADUATE THESIS 

SPRING - THESIS / ARC 6971 

APPENDICES 

DIGITAL FABICATION 

SA+ET DIGITAL FABRICATION WORKSHOP 

STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM 

CAREER DAY 

ARCHITECTURE WEEK 

TEMPORARY ECOLOGIES 

STUDENTS IN ACTION 

STUDENT AWARDS 

MEET OUR FACULTY 

CONNECT WITH US 


UNDERGRADUATE 

PROGRAM 

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BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAM 

The School of Architecture is a professional school committed to preparing its graduates for excellence in 

the practice of architecture. All students who wish to become creative and active leaders in their field are 

welcomed to the school’s programs. Admission to the school is by formal application. All applications are 

evaluated individually on the basis of the applicant’s academic achievements. Additional consideration 

may be given for work experience in the fields of architecture, design, and graphic ability evidenced in a 

portfolio, written documentation, and oral communication skills. As a limited access program with a fixed 

facility, admission to the school is competitive. 


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01 

YEAR 1 


FALL/SUMMER - DESIGN 1.1 / ARC 1301 


PROFESSORS: 

LaGrasse, Lumpkin 

STUDENT WORK BY: 

Juana Sanchez 

Valeria Lopez 

Stefan Bryan 

Kenya Fanini 

Logan Kelley 

Shanelle Reese 

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01 

YEAR 1 


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02 

YEAR 2 




PROFESSORS: 

Chamel, Lewis 


Christian Inga 

Ondrianna Jenkins 

DESIGN 2.1 

Emphasizes the development of 

inhabited space, including considerations 

of generic site, climate, and human 

comfort for simple indoor and outdoor 

spaces. Students extend the lessons 

learned in the first year of study to the 

basic building parts (floor, wall, and 

roof). The use of plan/section/elevation 

and model making are incorporated 

using the human dimension as the main 

vehicle for these explorations. 

DESIGN 2.2 

Concentrates on a sampling of building 

types on specific sites that students are 

able to visit. The student’s design process 

is carefully structured through a series 

of exercises within a particular design 

project. Students are then introduced 

to and are expected to use ordering 

systems based on circulation, structural 

support, function, climate, and context 

in their designs. Precedents, technology, 

and aesthetics begin to play a part in the 

development and evaluation of design. 

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03 

YEAR 3 




PROFESSORS: 

Chin, White, B. Goodwin, and R. Knight 


Kesha Ellis 

Mick Tanglao 

DESIGN 3.1 

Incorporates important issues from the first two years 

of design and revisits them within the context of 

small buildings or building complexes with multiple 

uses and specific sites with distinctive site features. 

Design exercises are structured to allow for teaching 

design processes and to ensure that students engage 

all issues of a project. Students are expected to begin 

to develop meaningful alternative responses to 

important design issues and to begin to evaluate these 

alternatives. 

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DESIGN 3.2 

Emphasizes working within a specific context; both in terms of a site 

in a historic setting and in terms of the materials and logic of building. 

It offers the opportunity to link with the history course on modern 

architecture by locating a design project in a setting being studied in 

the history course. The course also incorporates a hands-on experience 

with building. 


03 

YEAR 3 


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04 

YEAR 4 




PROFESSORS: 

Chamel, Robles 


Donnel Pinder 

Doug Greenwell 

Craig Bethell 

Roderick Mckenzie 

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DESIGN 4.1 

Stresses accountability in terms of 

working from a theoretical position, 

grounded in history and precedent 

stemming from the concept of the detail 

as a form determinant. 


04 

YEAR 

4 


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DESIGN 4.2 

Offers two emphases. The first is to bring together the lessons of the previous design 

courses in the comprehensive design of a building of moderate size, possibly in the 

context of a competition. The second is to study large, complex buildings culminating 

within an urban setting in a design project that focuses on the organization of all the 

parts of such a building and its relation to the historical/cultural and physical context. 


FIFTH YEAR 

PROGRAM 

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FIFTH YEAR PROGRAM 

The Division of Architecture’s Undergraduate program offers the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) 

program that leads to a professional degree in architecture. 


05 

YEAR 5 




PROFESSORS: 

Chamel, Huffman 


Daniel Sanford 

Ryan Sines 

Tiffany Allbritton 

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DESIGN 5.1 

Focuses on the study of a particular urban setting. This setting forms the basis 

for an urban design project conducted during this term. The urban design project 

requires students to work both individually and in groups with other students. 

DESIGN 5.2 

Requires that students design a building or group of buildings in the urban 

setting studied in Advanced Architectural Design 5.1 and is based on the 

building programs developed the previous semester. The student’s work 

must demonstrate comprehensive competence sufficient to meet the exit 

requirements of this degree program. 


05 

YEAR 

5 


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GRADUATE 

PROGRAM 

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MASTER DEGREE PROGRAM 

The Master of Architecture is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. The successful 

completion of the requirements of this degree qualifies graduates to pursue licensure as a registered 

professional architect. The Master of Architecture program is intended to prepare students for leadership 

roles in a rapidly changing profession. Since its inception, the School has consistently recognized the 

diverse sets of roles graduates may play in the profession. Emphasis is upon student freedom to pursue 

an investigation of personal interest. This consists of in-depth inquiry into various architectural and urban 

issues and understanding architecture’s capability to act as an agent of intervention. 


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GRADUATE PROGRAM 

The Division of Architecture’s Graduate program prides itself on 

its diverse student and faculty makeup. We provide an array of 

opportunities for learning, connections with the profession, and 

interaction in the school as well as the community at large. 


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YEAR 1 

DESIGN STUDIO 

SPRING - GRAD DESIGN 2 / ARC 5362 

PROFESSORS: 

White, B. Goodwin 


Maxwell Briggs 

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Explores the idea of content and meaning in both design 

process and product. Meaning will be discussed in terms 

of intention, interpretation, and content (that is designer, 

user, and the cultural moment in which the design is 

produced and interpretation occurs). 

Designing moderate projects on demanding sites, 

students explore expanded strategies, methods for 

analysis of program needs, site, and situations through 

conceptualization, ideation, iteration, parti, and scheme 

development. In addition, students investigate typologies 

related to building type, form language, circulation, and 

site design. 


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GRADUATE DESIGN 3/DESIGN 3.2 

DESIGN STUDIO 

SUMMER - GRAD DESIGN 3/ARC 5363 

DESIGN 3.2 /ARC 3352 

PROFESSOR: 

Chin, B. Goodwin 

Student Work by : Michael Edwards, 

Ervin Donaldson, Maxcell Spriggs 

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08 


YEAR 2 

DESIGN STUDIO 

FALL - GRAD DESIGN 4 / ARC 5364 

PROFESSOR: 

L. Wells-Bowie 


Dustin Baker 

Derek Wiggins 

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GRADUATE DESIGN 6.1/6.2 

first professional degree Master 

of Architecture program is designed 

for students who have completed 

the equivalent of the FAMU 

Bachelor of Science in Architectural 

Studies. It constitutes advanced 

standing in the program, requires 

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a two-year term of study, and 

leads to a professional Master of 

Architecture degree. 




PROFESSORS: 

Alfano, Huffman 


Cari Anderson 

Kahtura Fernander 

Ryan Sheplak 

Saran Hunter 

Stephen Jammer 

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09 


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10 

YEAR 2/3 


SPRING - THESIS/ARC 6971 


Andre Clarke 

Kathie Laurent 

Kashela Major 

Khari Peart 

Stephen Clay Wetherington 

Nikita Williamson 


Students pursue the development of 

the Thesis issue into a plan of scholarly 

investigation, the expression of this plan 

as a process diagram, envisioning the 

tentative table of contents for the thesis 

document and exploration of possible 

architectural projects to which research 

findings might be applied. 

2014-2015 GRADUATE THESIS 

Dezmond Doron Ard’is I 

Thesis Title: “Using College as a Process for Architectural Design” 

Thesis Chair: Associate Professor Valerie Goodwin 

Seth Thomas Campbell 

Thesis Title: “Movement as Architecture: The East coast Surfing Hall of Fame” 

Thesis Chair: Associate Professor Eduardo Robles 

Andre Jason Clarke 

Thesis Title: “Music and Architecture: Exploring the Potential Effects and Influences of Reggae 

Music on the Architecture of Kingston, Jamaica” 

Thesis Chair: Associate Professor Craig Huffman 

Jendeena Valeska Lightbourne 

Thesis Title: “Architecture as Representation: Intent and Identity in Architecture” 

Thesis Chair: Associate Professor Michael Alfano, Jr. 

Yuri Lyrio Longhi Ramos 

Thesis Title: “Urban Housing: Applying Lessons from Informal Communities to Vertical Housing” 

Thesis Chair: Professor Enn Ots 

Kathie K. Laurent 

Thesis Title: “Re-thinking Residential Living: An Aadaptable Prototype for Jamaican Housing” 


Kashela Cassandra Major 

Thesis Title: “Food and Architecture: An Exploration of Food as a Generator for Architecture” 

Thesis Chair: Professor Roy Knight 

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2014-2015 GRADUATE THESIS CONT’D 

Luis Daniel Morales 

Thesis Title: “Principles of Intelligent Urbanism: Qualitative Architectural Design Through Urban Theory” 


Khari Henry Alton Peart 

Thesis Title: “Sustainable Building: Investigating the Reuse of Shipping Containers in the Tropical Caribbean 

Environment of Kingston, Jamaica” 


Danisha Danielle Scott 

Thesis Title: “Dance and Architecture: Mapping Bahamian Dance as a Catalyst for Architectural Design” 


Jamie Lee Stephens 

Thesis Title: Architecture as a Semiotic Expression of American Democracy: A New City Hall for St. Augustine, Florida” 


Stephen Clay Wetherington 

Thesis Title: “Virtual Experiential, Potential: An Intersection Between Digital Gaming, Phenomenology, and Wellness” 

Thesis Chair: Professor Edward T. White 

Charity Priscilla Hayes White 

Thesis Title: “Health Conscious Design Decisions: A Community Center Located in Millington, Tennessee” 

Thesis Chair: Associate Professor Andrew Chin 

Nikita Jonathan Williamson 

Thesis Title: “Art Informing Architecture: A New Museum for Bahamian Art” 

Thesis Chair: Professor Edward T. White 

Jehna Rebecca Winger 

Thesis Title: Human Movement for Wellness: The Circulation Event in Architecture” 



10 

YEAR 

2/3 



Thesis Design by Nikita Williamson 

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10 

YEAR 

2/3 



Thesis Design by Khari Peart 

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10 

YEAR 

YEAR 2/3 


SPRING- - THESIS/ARC 6971 

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Thesis Design by Clay Wetherington


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APPENDICES 




CAREER DAY 







Stepahn Jammer 

Zak Ball 

Kahtura Fernander 

Saran Hunter 

Derek Wiggins 

DIGITAL FABRICATION 

The Division of Architecture encourages its students to explore emerging 

methods, processes and technologies related to parametric design and 

digital fabrication. 

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APPENDICES 




CAREER DAY 






SA+ET DIGITAL FABRICATION WORKSOP 

Laser cut lamp designs done by some awesome elementary and high school students. 

Kudos to Cari Anderson, Kahtura Fernander and Saran Hunter, our Teaching Assistants who spearheaded this 

project! 

The School of Architecture at Florida A&M University will host a series of 1 week day camps from June 8 

through July 2, 2015. The Monday through Thursday workshops will introduce a new topic each week (e.g. 

architecture design, computer modeling, construction and robotics, 3D printing, furniture design, and other 

topics). 

For those creative minds, this amazing camp offers a full day experience from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The goal 

is to introduce architecture, construction, and engineering technology experiences to middle and high school 

students. 


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CAREER DAY 






STUDY ABROAD 

FAMU SOA students experienced three architecturally rich parts of Italy in the spring of 

2015 that included Milan, Florence, Siena, and Rome. 

This FAMU Continuing Education event exhibited the distinct architectural and urban 

landscapes of these cities. Associate Professor Lalo Robles organized and led the group 

on this memorable journey. 

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SA+ET DIGITAL FABRICATION 

WORKSHOP 


CAREER DAY 






CAREER DAY 

Last semester 4 firms came to interview our 

students for possible employment. 

Thank you to the following firms: 

- HOK, Tampa 

- Brito + Rhodes, Orlando 

- Collins, Cooper, Carusi Architects, Atlanta 

- Nike/ Bolton Architects, Atlanta 


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CAREER DAY 







“Digital + Analogue” resources in architecture education was a topic 

explored in this event held during the week of March 20th, 2015. Several 

local, national and international guests came together to think about 

computer and hand created methods of investigating and representing 

architectural design. They were: 

- Richard Crowe, AIA. President, Gilchrist Ross Crowe Architects 

- Brad Innes, AIA. Principal at Elliott Marshall Innes Architects 

- Hays Layerd, AIA. Creative Director at Architects: Lewis + Whitlock 

- Erika Hagan, AIA. Vice President at Hoy + Stark Architects 

- Keelan P. Kaiser, AIA, Professor, Judson University 

- Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, RA, LEED AP, Associate Professor, Univ. of Oregon 

- Francis D.K. Ching, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington 

- Tim McGinty, AIA, Lecturer, University of Colorado Boulder 

- Carmina Sanchez-Del-Valle, RA, Associate Professor, Hampton University 

- George Epolito, Senior Lecturer, Manchester School of Architecture 

This successful event culminated in an invitational exhibit called “Digital + 

Analogue”. Local Architects who shared their work were: 

- Lewis + Whitlock 

- The DodStone Group Architects 

- Elliott Marshall Innes Architects 

- Hoy + Stark Architects 

- Jim Dawkins Architect 

- Tammy Massey Architect 

Sketch by Francis D.K. Ching 

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CAREER DAY 







Temporary Ecologies, a lecture by Roberto Rovira as well as a special “Installation 

Build” event, took place March 2nd through March 4th, 2015. It was 

organized by Professor LaVerne Wells-Bowie. Participants included FAMU 

Architecture, Environment Science, and Art students. 

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SA+ET DIGITAL FABRICATION 

WORKSHOP 


CAREER DAY 







Various students participating 

in SA+ET activities. 


ANNUAL DIVISION OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENT AWARDS 

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM AWARDS 

1st Year Outstanding Design: 

Kenya Fanini-Lemoin 

Clemons Rutherford Award: 

Kesha Ellis 

Rhodes/Brito Award: 

Christian Inga 

3rd Year Outstanding Design: 

Mick Tanglao 

4th Outstanding Design: 

Donnell Pinder 

5th Year Outstanding Design: 

Ryan Sines 

GRADUATE PROGRAM AWARDS 

Facilities Management MS Award 

Qui’untae Bristol 

Graceful Aging/Injured Soldiers Design Award 

Cari Anderson, Ryan Sheplak, Justin Sewell 

Lower Division Outstanding Design 

Maxcell Spriggs 

Upper Division Outstanding Design 

Ryan Sheplak 

ARCC King Medal 

Clay Wetherington 

Alpha Rho Chi Medal 

Jamie Stephens 

AIA Henry Adams Medal 

Blaire Allbritton 

AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit 

Tonesha Lee 

AIA Henry Adams Medal 

Khari Peart 

AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit 

Andre Clarke 

Dean’s Medal 

Jehna Winger 

AIA Florida Bronze Medal 

Nikita Williamson 

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CAREER DAY 






MEET THE FACULTY! 

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FACULTY 

Associate Professor Michael Alfano, Jr., AIA 

Assistant Professor Olivier Chamel, RA, Leed AP 


Research Associate Patrick Ding 

Research Associate Robert Goodwin, Jr., RA 

Associate Professor Valerie S. Goodwin, RA 

Associate Professor Craig Huffman, RA 

Professor Roy Knight, FAIA 

Instructor Deborah LaGrasse 

Associate Professor Elizabeth Lewis, AIA, Leed Ap 

Assistant Professor Ronald Lumpkin, Phd 

Visiting Assistant Professor Luke Nicholson, Pe 

Professor Enn Ots, RA 

Professor Arleen Pabón- Charneco, Phd, Jd 

Research Associate Professor Sang Bum Park, Phd 

Associate Professor Thomas Pugh 

Associate Professor Eduardo Robles 

Professor LaVerne Wells-Bowie 

Professor Edward T. White 

Dean Rodner B. Wright, AIA 

ADJUNCTS 

Cecil Bare, Phd 

Nadia Pawelchak 


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CAREER DAY 






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