FALL 2010
New projects:
Wildcat Manor
Working with Delaware State University on the historical aspects of a site visitation and recommendations for the restoration and/or preservation of Wildcat Manor, a historic farmstead and stop on the Underground Railroad located on a Native American burial ground and superfund site near Camden, Delaware.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia Residential Upgrades
Residential upgrades to existing historic Philadelphia residential buildings for various members of the Archdiocese.
Research:
Dave Kratzer coordinates the 2nd-year sustainability foundation program for Philadelphia University. Gena Ellis leads a trans-disciplinary research initiative for the Drexel Engineering Cities Initiative that brings together over twenty faculty from six colleges and over a dozen disciplines to develop research and education programs in sustainable design for the indoor environment.
Dr. Ellis chairs the panel presentation “Scientific and Occult Influences on Modern Conceptions of Space” at the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts conference 28-31 October in Indianapolis. Marica Feuerstein and Marie Frank, two of the authors from Claude Bragdon and the Beautiful Necessity participate in the panel.
Exhibitions:
INPUT_OUTPUT: Adaptive Materials and Mediated Environments Symposium and Exhibition
BAU Architecture contributes to Design Philadelphia with the exhibition of Dark Light as part of INPUT_OUTPUT: Adaptive Materials and Mediated Environments Symposium and Exhibition 6-16 October at the Tyler School of Art at the Temple University Main Campus in Philadelphia.
SUMMER 2010
New projects:
Cheltenham Township
Feasibility Study and Renovations to the Police Headquarters in Elkins Park for Cheltenham Township.
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Campus Plan Study
Feasibility Study and Conceptual Design in the Kensington area of Philadelphia to study the public spaces surrounding the community center, domestic violence shelter, school, church, administrative offices and community gardens for the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and make recommendations to unify this urban area for the Office of Community Development.
Projects completed or underway:
Madison @ Montgomery Community Center
Project is under construction.
Norristown Farm Park Renovations
The Shannon Mansion and Phase II Renovations are complete.
Locust Street Residence
Renovations and upgrades are finished and home is occupied.
McKenzie Brewhouse
The exterior grotto for the McKenzie Brewhouse has been built and is providing outdoor space for dining and summer activities.
Saint John’s Hospice Homeless Shelter
Feasibility Study for Saint John’s Hospice Homeless Shelter for Catholic Social Services branch of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has been finished with recommendations made and will be used to secure funding for the project.
Kensington Façade Design Guidelines
The Kensington Façade Design Guidelines have been completed and submitted to the Office of Community Development and City of Philadelphia for use by building owners to secure grant funding for façade improvements. The Guidelines also serve as a blueprint to help retain the historic character, unify, and grow this important Philadelphia commercial corridor.
Research:
Dave Kratzer directs the Design Build summer studio at Philadelphia University by leading student teams in the construction of permanent spatial/tectonic installations throughout the School of Architecture building.
On August 4 at Writers & Books in Rochester, New York Dr. Ellis signs books and presents “The Beautiful Necessity: The Regulating Lines of Claude Bragdon’s Transcendental Architecture”.
The results of research into “Increasing Energy Efficiency and Visual Comfort with Light Shelves and Artificial Lighting” conducted by Andrea Del Risco for Dr. Ellis for the DECI Research Experience for Undergraduates National Science Foundation program were presented in August.
SPRING 2010
Research:
On May 24 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ellis presents “Building the Green Economy: Drexel Smart House and University Research in Sustainable Systems”.
On 21 April Dr. Ellis provides expertise in architecture and copyrights for the panel discussion “Inspiration, Derivation or Appropriation?: Defining Ownership in the Arts” at the 8th Annual Drexel University Libraries Scholarly Communication Symposium.
Dr. Ellis co-edited Claude Bragdon and the Beautiful Necessity with exhibition curator and archivist Andrea Reithmayr, a book and exhibition catalogue published by the Rochester Institute of Technology Cary Graphic Arts Press this April. The book includes over 200 images and eleven essays by the notable authors Paul Emmons, Marcia Feuerstein, Marie Frank, Jean France, Joscelyn Godwin, Linda Dalrymple Henderson, Christina Malathouni, Jonathan Massey, Mary Nixon, Joan Ockman, and Richard Guy Wilson.
Exhibitions:
Dark Light is part of the annual anneX exhibition of work by students and faculty during May at Drexel University.
WINTER 2010
Research:
Dr. Ellis receives a Westphal College Synergy Grant for $7,500 to work with the Dermatology Department at Case Western Reserve University Hospital on “Wearable Optical Fiber-based LED Lighting for Photodynamic Therapy”.
In February for the Drexel Engineering Cities Initiative Dr. Ellis presents the research results for the two funded research projects: “Daylighting, Daylight Simulation and Public Health: Low-Energy Lighting for Optimal Vision/Visual Acuity and Health/Well-being” and “Reducing Climate-Change Impacts of the Information Age: Optimizing Data Center Operations”.
New projects:
Wildcat Manor
Working with Delaware State University on the historical aspects of a site visitation and recommendations for the restoration and/or preservation of Wildcat Manor, a historic farmstead and stop on the Underground Railroad located on a Native American burial ground and superfund site near Camden, Delaware.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia Residential Upgrades
Residential upgrades to existing historic Philadelphia residential buildings for various members of the Archdiocese.
Research:
Dave Kratzer coordinates the 2nd-year sustainability foundation program for Philadelphia University. Gena Ellis leads a trans-disciplinary research initiative for the Drexel Engineering Cities Initiative that brings together over twenty faculty from six colleges and over a dozen disciplines to develop research and education programs in sustainable design for the indoor environment.
Dr. Ellis chairs the panel presentation “Scientific and Occult Influences on Modern Conceptions of Space” at the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts conference 28-31 October in Indianapolis. Marica Feuerstein and Marie Frank, two of the authors from Claude Bragdon and the Beautiful Necessity participate in the panel.
Exhibitions:
INPUT_OUTPUT: Adaptive Materials and Mediated Environments Symposium and Exhibition
BAU Architecture contributes to Design Philadelphia with the exhibition of Dark Light as part of INPUT_OUTPUT: Adaptive Materials and Mediated Environments Symposium and Exhibition 6-16 October at the Tyler School of Art at the Temple University Main Campus in Philadelphia.
SUMMER 2010
New projects:
Cheltenham Township
Feasibility Study and Renovations to the Police Headquarters in Elkins Park for Cheltenham Township.
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Campus Plan Study
Feasibility Study and Conceptual Design in the Kensington area of Philadelphia to study the public spaces surrounding the community center, domestic violence shelter, school, church, administrative offices and community gardens for the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and make recommendations to unify this urban area for the Office of Community Development.
Projects completed or underway:
Madison @ Montgomery Community Center
Project is under construction.
Norristown Farm Park Renovations
The Shannon Mansion and Phase II Renovations are complete.
Locust Street Residence
Renovations and upgrades are finished and home is occupied.
McKenzie Brewhouse
The exterior grotto for the McKenzie Brewhouse has been built and is providing outdoor space for dining and summer activities.
Saint John’s Hospice Homeless Shelter
Feasibility Study for Saint John’s Hospice Homeless Shelter for Catholic Social Services branch of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has been finished with recommendations made and will be used to secure funding for the project.
Kensington Façade Design Guidelines
The Kensington Façade Design Guidelines have been completed and submitted to the Office of Community Development and City of Philadelphia for use by building owners to secure grant funding for façade improvements. The Guidelines also serve as a blueprint to help retain the historic character, unify, and grow this important Philadelphia commercial corridor.
Research:
Dave Kratzer directs the Design Build summer studio at Philadelphia University by leading student teams in the construction of permanent spatial/tectonic installations throughout the School of Architecture building.
On August 4 at Writers & Books in Rochester, New York Dr. Ellis signs books and presents “The Beautiful Necessity: The Regulating Lines of Claude Bragdon’s Transcendental Architecture”.
The results of research into “Increasing Energy Efficiency and Visual Comfort with Light Shelves and Artificial Lighting” conducted by Andrea Del Risco for Dr. Ellis for the DECI Research Experience for Undergraduates National Science Foundation program were presented in August.
SPRING 2010
Research:
On May 24 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ellis presents “Building the Green Economy: Drexel Smart House and University Research in Sustainable Systems”.
On 21 April Dr. Ellis provides expertise in architecture and copyrights for the panel discussion “Inspiration, Derivation or Appropriation?: Defining Ownership in the Arts” at the 8th Annual Drexel University Libraries Scholarly Communication Symposium.
Dr. Ellis co-edited Claude Bragdon and the Beautiful Necessity with exhibition curator and archivist Andrea Reithmayr, a book and exhibition catalogue published by the Rochester Institute of Technology Cary Graphic Arts Press this April. The book includes over 200 images and eleven essays by the notable authors Paul Emmons, Marcia Feuerstein, Marie Frank, Jean France, Joscelyn Godwin, Linda Dalrymple Henderson, Christina Malathouni, Jonathan Massey, Mary Nixon, Joan Ockman, and Richard Guy Wilson.
Exhibitions:
Dark Light is part of the annual anneX exhibition of work by students and faculty during May at Drexel University.
WINTER 2010
Research:
Dr. Ellis receives a Westphal College Synergy Grant for $7,500 to work with the Dermatology Department at Case Western Reserve University Hospital on “Wearable Optical Fiber-based LED Lighting for Photodynamic Therapy”.
In February for the Drexel Engineering Cities Initiative Dr. Ellis presents the research results for the two funded research projects: “Daylighting, Daylight Simulation and Public Health: Low-Energy Lighting for Optimal Vision/Visual Acuity and Health/Well-being” and “Reducing Climate-Change Impacts of the Information Age: Optimizing Data Center Operations”.
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