The National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation is sponsoring a competition for graduate students of the UNM School of Architecture and Planning. Each of the eight students from Graduate Studio 5 will submit a design plan to transform the eastern edge of the National Hispanic Cultural Center campus into a more welcoming public space. Competition submissions represent the culmination of a semester’s work.
The students’ entries will be on display in the lobby of the Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts from Monday-Wednesday, Dec. 4-6.
“Graduate Studio 5 has been an exciting collaboration between the foundation and the UNM landscape architecture program,” said Clara Apodaca, executive director of the NHCC Foundation. “This competition and reception will showcase students’ inspiring designs, and allow us to thank them for their wonderful efforts.”
“This partnership provided an invaluable opportunity for the students of this graduate class to design a real project for a real client, with important feedback every step of the way,” said Judith Wong, Graduate Studio 5 visiting professor.
A diverse jury panel of community leaders from architecture, art, history, education and economic development will select the winning entries. The jury panel includes Sarah Brown, entrepreneur and former owner of Gold St. Caffé; Patrick Gay, project manager, Sites Southwest; Dianne Glenn, NHCC member, designer and teacher; Alex Griego, senior architect, ASCG Incorporated; Owen López, director, McCune Foundation; Shelle LuDavid Brookshire, Ph.D., director of education, NHCC; Heather Norfleet, deputy executive director, NHCC Foundation; Carlos Vásquez, Ph.D., director of history and literary arts, NHCC; and Frederico Vigil, master artist of NHCC’s Torreón Fresco.
The winners will be announced on Wednesday, Dec. 6.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at November 14, 2006 03:05 PM