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HELLO INSTITUTE ALUMNI,

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The first alumni newsletter is here! As an effort to stay connected with everyone who has studied at the Institute, we are launching the first bi-annual alumni newsletter. This is just a small snippet of what has been happening here at the Institute and what students have achieved since leaving the program. We will spotlight individual students every issue, feature upcoming events as well as update student work from semester to semester. Tell us what you have been doing since graduating from the program.

- Julia Suna Choi, Assistant Director

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: GRIFFEN FRAZEN ( SPRING

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Griffen spent a semester in Shanghai during the past year studying Asian art and new media. While abroad, Griffen’s Institute project, which focused on Central Park entitled Urban Mutation was exhibited in the Student Exhibition at the 2008 Shanghai Biennial. Griffen also spent some time working as an intern at SciSkew while he was in Shanghai.

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From left to right: (above) Gwen Arber, Sarah Whiting, Bruce Becker (below) Ron Witte, Pablo Jendretzki, Kate Mann, Andreas Hausler

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The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies Spring 2009 semester had its Final Review on June 6, 2009. Sarah Whiting and Ron Witte were the honored guest critics: both are studio professors at the School of Architecture in Princeton University, Sarah teaches in the graduate program and Ron teaches in the undergraduate program. Also those who participated in the final review were Bill Millard, Kate Mann, Marc Hacker, Pablo Jendretzki, Andreas Hausler, Grahame Shane, and Bruce Becker. Bill writes . Pablo teaches at the New York Institute of Technology. Grahame teaches at the Graduate School for Architecture and Planning in Columbia University and the Cooper Union, he had taught at the old IAUS and was extremely happy to see the program back up and running. Kate, Marc and Andreas all work within the architectural profession.

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The Institute welcomes two students for our Summer 2009 semester! We are pleased to have Zhanina Boyadzhieva and Yasmina Khan this summer. Zhanina is coming to us from Mount Holyoke and will be examining the great pedestrian experiment of Times Square. Yasmina is a student at New York University and she’ll be delving into the issues of the flophouses along the Bowery.

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Gwen Arber presented her final project entitled, (UN)identifiable Global Cities: between Ambivalence and Utopia which examined the United Nations complex and site within New York City.

Kevin Kennon travels to the Five Colleges. J A N U A R Y

Gwen began questioning the limitations and possibilities of a socially and politically engaged architecture by looking into the political nature and architectural implications of the United Nations as it stands today. She investigated how to rectify the ideas of global governance with the site and the notions of public media, protest and expression. Focusing on the temporary building, which is currently under construction, Gwen proposed keeping and transforming the temporary building rather than tearing it down and introduced a transitional media center that would travel around the world echoing the message of the United Nations.

Anika Hedberg joins the Institute program as a student advisor. She and Schuyler Cadwalader (F ‘07) assist with design strategies and technical guidance as peer advisors to the students throughout the semester. Schuyler has been involved with the Institute in this role for two semesters now.

She will be heading back to Hampshire College to finish her degree over the course of the next year. Great job Gwen!

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Jonah Stern (SP ‘08) began working as Exhibitions Coordinator at the Center for Architecture, AIA New York Chapter. He has most recently co-curated MAKE IT WORK: Engineering Possibilities, which ran through the end of May 2009. He has worked on lots of interesting exhibitions at the Center over the past year. Some of them include South Street Seaport: Re-Envisioning the Urban Edge and +Housing. Jonah will be featured in the next Alumni Newsletter, so stay tuned! If you are in the New York area, stop by to see what’s new. The Center for Architecture is located at LaGuardia Place, just south of Washington Square Park. M A Y

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Jesse Seegers (F ‘06) began working at Volume Magazine in New York. Volume is an independent, quarterly magazine, affiliated with Columbia University’s thinktank C-Lab (The Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting), ARCHIS, and AMO. M A R C H

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G. Schuyler Cadwalader (F ‘07) was admitted to M. Arch I programs at Pratt Institute, UCLA and the University of Pennsylvania. He will be attending PennDesign this fall, 2009. Congratulations Schuyler!

Julia Suna Choi is appointed Assistant Director of the Institute. Julia attended the Cooper Union and brings tremendous experience and a fresh perspective to the program. In the past, she has worked with Eisenman Architects, and Diller Scofidio + Renfro prior to assuming her position here. Welcome Julia! STAY

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We’ll be highlighting Jonah Stern (SP ‘08) in an Alumni Spotlight next issue! Keep us up to speed with you, and we’ll do the same! See below for contact information. Cheers!

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