Each counselor gave their group a different drawing exercise from their experience in architecture school. Some students explored blind contour drawing, while others worked on their sketching techniques around MSU’s campus.
Students worked together in teams to design and construct a life-size enclosure on a pre-selected site. They had limited resources including: bamboo, muslin cloth, and string. They were required to make a space and structure that provided shelter for their team, and related and responded to their site.
Following the drawing workshop, the students then drew different locations inside Giles Hall. They were to focus on the aspect of perspective drawings to capture a 3-dimensional space in a 2-dimensional drawing, and use detail drawings to focus closely on how things are built/constructed.
Students were challenged to use one single piece of paper folded to hold up as many bricks as possible. Each group was given 20 minutes to design and test their first design, then were given an opportunity to enhance and retest their design.
This was the first individual assignment given to students. Each student began to think about capturing and defining space. Each student was also given a “kit of parts” and asked to make a model that had both defined enclosed and defined open spaces.
Recognition Day for the School of Architecture was held on May 5, 2017, in the Robert and Freda Harrison Auditorium in Giles Hall. Jim West, dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Design, welcomed everyone and thanked parents, spouses, siblings, grandparents and other guests for supporting the graduates. Director and F.L. Crane Professor Michael Berk ...
“The American Institute of Architects presents a short documentary film on the positive changes in Midtown, a neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi. Duvall Decker, (alumna Anne Marie Decker) a Jackson architecture firm, worked alongside residents and community leaders to transform a struggling area into an example of healthy community revitalization. This film launches the 2017 I ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Organizers of a special spring-semester workshop at Mississippi State are deeming successful the multi-part cultural experience that brought together a diverse group of university students. “Sharing Experience: Heritage, Home and History” was the title of the research project made possible by an interdisciplinary grant from MSU’s Office of ...
Mississippi State University School of Architecture Final Reviews were held April 21-28 in Giles Hall. First-Year: Friday, April 21: Foundational ‘sacred space’ project Faculty: Assistant Professor Jacob A. Gines, coordinator; Visiting Assistant Professor Francesca Hankins; Visiting Associate Professor George Joseph Martin Second-Year: Mon., April 24: Natchez Trace Residential project Faculty: Assistant Professor Fred Esenwein, Ph.D., coordinator; Associate Professor Alexis ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Mississippi State is a place where faculty and staff are driven to excel in teaching, research and service while inspiring younger generations of Bulldog students to do the same. During the April 27 Faculty Awards and Recognition Reception, the university recognized individuals who have made such commitments over ...