Not surprisingly, the year of 2020 proved a dominant source of inspiration for international and local Newark artists including those from the NJIT community, who recently showcased their diverse submissions spanning everything from traditional canvas works and digital art to poetry at this year’s Newark Arts Festival.
Hillier College Dean Branko Kolarevic recently participated in several forums with a focus on access and diversity in architecture education and the recent shifts to online learning.
At the August panel hosted by the American Institute of Architecture New Jersey chapter (AIANJ) speakers discussed what it takes to attract students from the local community to accredited programs like the one at Hillier College, and what is required for community college courses to meet the standards of four-year colleges in order to maximize transfer credits and remove financial barriers.
Colette Santasieri, Executive Director of the Center for Community Systems and her team have designed and conducted several webinars in recent weeks.
Maria Hurtado De Mendoza spoke on questions of how social inlcusion can be expressed in physical spaces, at any scale.
Watch the full presentation here.
Director, School of Art + Design
Position Summary:
Taro Narahara, associate professor in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, has received the 2020 Human Communication Award from the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Japan for his paper "What is the Key to Attract People in Apartments?: Construction and Analysis of Attractiveness Dataset for Real Estate Floor Plans," co-authored with Xueting Wang and Toshihiko Yamasaki at the University of Tokyo. Narahara is the first author and presented the paper at one of the IEICE conferences.
James designed a beautiful sushi restaurant on a pier with a 'kitchen theatre' in the round. See his IIDA submission here.
The 2021 SimAUD conference is calling for submissions. The Deadline is November 22, 2020. This event will be of interest to faculty and students in Architecture, Urban Design and Planning, Engineering and Computing.
The International Photography Awards winners were announced Tuesday October 27 and this year to his happy surprise, Prof. Glenn Goldman won first place (professional) in the category "Architecture/Abstract" for the photograph "Have a Ball". This photograph was taken in Barcelona, March 2019. The photo was taken with a Sony a6500; f/10; 1/250 sec.; ISO-100; 86 mm. Following the suggestion of colleagues he entered as a professional this time around.
