At a glance
Eight senior architecture students presented at the annual Appalachian Teaching Project (ATP) conference at the end of the fall semester in Washington, DC.
Eight senior architecture students presented at the annual Appalachian Teaching Project (ATP) conference at the end of the fall semester in Washington, DC.
The presentation centered on a project the students undertook last semester as part of Design Studio 5: Urban Design, in which they worked closely with residents and community leaders in the Chemung County town of Southport. The students produced a community visualization study to create a vision for the sustainability and growth of Southport, which was well received by residents and village officials and may be considered for future implementation.
In addition to the final presentation, the nine-week project also included the completion of a Neighborhood Development Analysis to familiarize students with the town, a meeting with town officials midway through the project, and a public display of the student work at the Community Design Center gallery in Downtown Rochester.
Led by the Consortium of Appalachian Centers and Institutes, the ATP offers students a unique opportunity to conduct active community-based research on their campuses.
Pictured in photo from left to right are Professor William Dean, Department of Architecture and Design (ATP Teaching Fellow); Eric Lipes, of Cicero; Andrew Scott, of Queens; Serif Hajdarevic, of East Syracuse; Shane Joyce, of Irondequoit; Elizabeth Deuell, of South Wales; Stacy Duink, of Hamburg; Clayton Lounsbery, of Liverpool; Dr. Craig Clark, Alfred State vice president of Economic Development (ATP Teaching Fellow); ARC Federal Co-Chair Earl F. Gohl; and Kodie Tompkins, of Savannah. Duink is a Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) major, and Lipes, Scott, Hajdarevic, Joyce, Deuell, Lounsbery, and Tompkins are all architectural technology majors.