Meadows Foundation Funded Projects

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The Meadows Foundation Funded Projects collection stores, preserves, and provides access to documents created specifically as part of a series of projects funded in 2008-2010 by the Meadows Foundation to revise certain of University of Texas School of Architecture courses to emphasize sustainability.

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    UT digital repository: Meadows Foundation funded projects collection contents, 2/27/2013
    (2013-02-27) Carter, Robert
    Supplement to the final report on the project Ensuring Access in Perpetuity to Sustainability Content Using the University of Texas Digital Repository, listing the contents of the Meadows Foundation Funded Projects collection in the UT Digital Repository as of the project's conclusion.
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    Final report: phase 2
    (2013-02-27) Carter, Robert
    Final report for the project Ensuring Access in Perpetuity to Sustainability Content Using the University of Texas Digital Repository, a project to collect and archive materials created under Meadows Foundation grant #2008060137. This grant provided funds to support work to update core courses at the UT School of Architecture to emphasize sustainability.
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    Progress report: midway through phase two
    (2012-09-07) Carter, Robert
    Report on materials collected, cataloged, and archived in the UT Digital Repository, covering the period of February 10, 2012, through August 31, 2012.
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    Progress report: completion of phase one
    (2012-02-23) Carter, Robert
    Report on materials collected, cataloged, and archived in the UT Digital Repository, covering the period of December 1, 2010, through February 9, 2012.
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    Reading the Italian city
    (2012-02) Milovanovic-Bertram, Smilja
    Students in the UT School of Architecture's Study in Italy program were assigned to design a new community center for host city Castiglion Fiorentino. This slideshow presents a selection of student works, including models and project sketches of four different designs.
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    How to
    (2011-07) Milovanovic-Bertram, Smilja; Hauser, Johanna
    A broad overview of the issues involved in designing sustainable buildings, and of how various construction methods and design features are used in sustainable architecture. Topics covered are: envelope, lighting, heating, cooling, energy production, water and waste, and LEED rating categories.
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    Case studies
    (2011-07-24) Milovanovic-Bertram, Smilja; Hauser, Johanna
    The overall topic of sustainable architecture is examined by looking at six "camps" within the sustainability movement, each of which emphasizes a different viewpoint and set of goals for sustainable design. Case studies are included to illustrate each approach. The lecture covers the following camps: 1. Eco-Technic Camp [Case study: Kunsthaus Bregenz (Peter Zumthor; Bregenz, Austria)] [Case study: Zollverein School of Management and Design (SANAA; Essen, Germany)] 2. Eco-Medical Camp [Case study: Vidar Institute (Erik Asmussen; Järna, Sweden)] 3. Eco-Centric Camp [Case study: Rauch Residence (Roger Boltshauser, Martin Rauch; Walgau Valley, Germany)] 4. Eco-Aesthetic Camp [Case study: 290 Mulberry (SHoP Architects; New York, NY)] 5. Eco-Cultural Camp [Case study: Community Center, Raggal (Johannes Kaufmann; Great Walser Valley, Germany)] 6. Eco-Social Camp [Case study: Housing Development Sandgrubenweg (Gerhard Hörburger; Bregenz, Austria)] [Case study: Charles Hostler Student Recreation Center (VJAA; The American Univeristy of Beirut)]
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    The High Line, New York, NY
    (2012-05-31) Milovanovic-Bertram, Smilja
    Visual documentation of the New York City High Line, an elevated rail line renovated to create a public park and greenspace between 2006 and 2011. Designed by James Corner/Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro; planting design from Piet Oudolf; lighting design from L'Observatoire International; engineering design by Buro Happold. Photographed by Smilja Milovanovic-Bertram, May 31, 2012.
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    41 Cooper Square (Cooper Union academic and student services building)
    (2011) Milovanovic-Bertram, Smilja
    Visual documentation of the Cooper Union Academic and Student Services Building, New York, NY. Designed by Morphosis Architects, Inc., with Gruzen Sampton, LLP (associate architects). Designed 2004-2006; built 2006-2009. Photographed by Smilja Milovanovic-Bertram on June 15, 2011 and May 29, 2012. The building has been LEED certified with a Platinum (highest) rating.
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    Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, after 2009 additions and renovations
    (2012) Milovanovic-Bertram, Smilja
    Visual documentation of renovations to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, completed in 2009. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXFOWLE. Designed 2004. Photographed by Smilja Milovanovic-Bertram, June 1, 2012. Updates to the Lincoln Center complex included a redesign of Alice Tully Hall, additions and renovations to the Juilliard School, the construction of the Hypar Pavilion/Illumination Lawn, and the public Promenade project.
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    Urban Ecological Design Process / NOOS: Not Only One Solution
    (2012-01-23) Steiner, Frederick R.
    Dr. Steiner discusses concepts and models of the planning process applied by other practitioners of urban design, then launches into an introduction to the approach to the planning process that he and co-author Danilo Palazzo put forward in their book Urban Ecological Design: a Process for Regenerative Places (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2011). This lecture was recorded shortly before the book's release in 2012.
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    Re-envisioning Airport Boulevard
    (2012-01-20) Riley, Chris
    Austin City Councilman Chris Riley presents the case for redeveloping the section of Austin's Airport Boulevard between N. Lamar Boulevard and I-35 as a pedestrian-friendly mix of residences and commercial establishments.
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    Interventions at Favela Prado Lopes
    (2010-07-19) Lara, Fernando
    A collection of images showing the process of re-building favela Prado Lopes, a notoriously violent neighborhood northeast of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photographs by Fernando Lara, 7/19/2010
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    M3 Arquitetura, Vazio S/A, Silvio Todeschi, Ana Assis, Alexandre Campos, MACh Arquitetos: Third Water Park (H3O) at Favela da Serra
    (2010-07-14) Lara, Fernando
    The Third Water Park (H3O) was designed as an upgrade to the densely populated Favela da Serra neighborhood. This intervention project began in 2007. The park was never finished as designed (as of 2012); nevertheless, it was awarded "best institutional building" in Arquitetura & Construção magazine's "The Best of Architecture 2011". Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photographs by Fernando Lara, 7/14/2010.
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    Architect Éolo Maia: Edifício Rainha da Sucata
    (2010-07-14) Lara, Fernando
    Built in 1982, designed by Éolo Maia and Sylvio Podestá. Officially called The Touristic Support Center building, it was given the nickname Rainha da Sucata ("Queen of Scrap"). The building currently houses the Museu de Mineralogia Professor Djalma Guimarães. Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photographs by Fernando Lara, 7/14/2010.
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    Architects Mendes da Rocha: Museum of Mines and Metal
    (2010-07-14) Lara, Fernando
    Situated on the Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Square) Cultural Corridor, the museum occupies the Prédio Rosa building where the headquarters of the State Department of Education were formerly located. Renovation by by Paolo Mendes da Rocha and Pedro Mendes da Rocha, 2010. Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photographs by Fernando Lara, 7/14/2010.
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    Architect Éolo Maia: Barca do Sol Residential Building
    (2010-07-14) Lara, Fernando
    Condominium complex, designed by Éolo Maia and Márcio Lima, built in 1976. Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photograph by Fernando Lara, 7/14/2010.
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    Architect Humberto Hermeto: Villa Rizza
    (2010-07-14) Lara, Fernando
    Original villa built in the 1920s; expanded to create a bar and restaurant in 2005. Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Photograph by Fernando Lara, 7/14/2010.
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    Renovating Suburbia
    (2012-05) Kleon, Meghan; Moore, Steven
    A study in community sustainability by the UT Austin School of Architecture in collaboration with the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center. The study is documented in three phases, with each phase outlined in a set of exhibit boards. Phase 1: The Scale of the Home. "We begin by looking at suburban homes from a 'supply-side' view in which homes are consumer products that can be designed to be more efficient." Phase 2: The Scale of the Region. "To more fully address sustainability, we then move to a 'demand-side' view to strategize how to reduce overall system demand and enhance environmental community conditions via infrastructure." Phase 3: The Scale of the Neighborhood. "Finally, an 'effect-side' view looks at how neighborhood-level design affects existing and future residents of Manor by integrating density, infrastructure, and increased social and architectural diversity."