Mixer at PR's

On Friday September 9th, we blew off some steam after studio mixin' it up with the faculty at Player's Retreat with drinks and appetizers. We had a great turn out of multiple tracks, multiple years including a few 5th years and a record attendance by faculty who joined in on the fun!

Emmy, Jeromy, Sam, Kristen and Matus enjoying the apps, brew and converstation!

Smile Kristen!!! Matus and Ryan got it down pat!

Elaheh and Afsoon experiencing American pub culture...and lovin' it!

Ellen, Bregitta, Sara, Ross, Alaina, and Alyssa relaxing OUTSIDE of studio...

Standing room only!

Pizza Party in the Pit

Thank you everyone for coming out to AGSA's last event of the spring semester, the pizza party in the pit. The pizza from Lilly's was delicious and the sides and dessert that everyone brought were excellent, too. Special thanks to the wiffleball players (especially Fisher) for the live entertainment. Have a great summer, architecture grads!

Habitat for Humanity Build Day Recap

NCSU architecture and landscape architecture graduate students volunteered with Habitat for Humanity of Wake County last weekend, framing up a house just southeast of Raleigh. See some of the highlights below. Thank you to all volunteers! And thank you to the College of Design for providing lunch. We look forward to the next AGSA + SASLA build day.

Joel cutting out a window opening in the OSB sheathing with a Sawzall.

The team framing out some walls.

Good times at Raleigh Times

It was a great night out in downtown Raleigh last night. Stay tuned for more AGSA events in the coming weeks.

Shack-a-thon 2013

Once again the NC State contingent of USGBC Students participated in the annual Shack-a-thon fundraiser this past month helping to raise more than $25,000 for the local Habitat for Humanity chapter.  From September 23 through September 27th, members of university organizations took turns living in shacks they built themselves on the campus brickyard. Students stayed in the shacks 24/7 to help money and awareness!

The annual event is held by the NC State Habitat for Humanity club to increase awareness of poverty housing and raise fund to help build houses in impoverished areas. Take a look at the some pictures from the event below and check out the awesome shack designed and built by some of your College of Design classmates!

For more information about Shack-a-Thon and other events hosted by USBGC Student organization on campus contact ncsu.usgbc@gmail.com 

Great job guys!!

Kamphoefner Award

The recent blog silence can only mean one thing - the semester is drawing to an end and studio work is closing in.  We do have another professor interview coming your way later this week and review documentation will kick in soon as well, but today we're looking back a month at the Kamphoefner Award.

Granted to a Masters of Architecture student in his or her final year of graduate studies, the Kamphoefner Award was established by the late Dean of the School and his wife to recognize and support the outstanding M Arch student of each class.  This year's Fellowship Jury consisted of Pat Rand, Roger Clark, and Georgia Bizios, who had the right to select the recipient and also recognize at least one alternate.  Extended to students graduating in the top one-third of their cohort, this year's nominees boasted a 3.82 GPA or better - the highest cutoff since the inception of the award!
This year's nominees were:

Ana Maria Drughi
Alexander Ellenbogen
Adam Flynn
Shawna Hammon
Joshua Stephens
Holland Ward

After a morning of deliberation, the Jury selected Shawna Hammon as the first place recipient and Ana Maria Drughi and Alexander Ellenbogen as second place recipients!

Congratulations Shawna, Ana and Xander!

AGSA Elections!

It's election season here in America, and we at AGSA aren't letting the politicians have all the fun.  It's time to vote in a new AGSA board! Below is our field of qualified candidates - it seems that the tightest (ie. only) race this year is for the coveted role of Communications/Media.  Check out the blurbs and be sure to cast your vote this afternoon during studio!

Communications/Media

Kevin Diamond

I am a first year looking to get more involved and have some leadership experience from my undergraduate years. I am interested in getting to know the rest of the design community at NC State outside of my studio. 

Nick Purdy

In life before graduate school, Nick was an event manager.  This is the really short way of saying he helped sometimes clueless people understand how to plan events, frequently translated communications between artists and the rest of the world, and occasionally herded cats.  While running the sound board for a concert.  In theory, this background may make him a suitable candidate for the Communications/Media position for AGSA.

Treasurer

Adam Ward

As your current treasurer, I have worked tirelessly to ensure that AGSA continues to thrive in these challenging economic times.  In recent weeks, European leaders have expressed optimism in the recovery of their markets and banks.  I strongly believe this newfound confidence is a direct response to my diligent work as your representative.  Now is not a time for change. (No se puede!) We need more of the same.  Reelect me as the AGSA Treasurer. 

Secretary

Patricia Chenery 

As a newcomer to the AGSA political arena I will seek to fill the large and hallowed shoes of our departing wizard of words, Holland Ward. I'm well organized, have fairly good grammar, and can type fast. Over my Christmas Break I intend to transcribe all of the episodes of Mad Men in order to further prepare myself for the demands of this position.

Vice President

Katy Liang

I am running for re-election as AGSA Vice President. I want to be able to continue to help keep all the studios connected and help bring you more events to get everyone a break from studio!

President

Julie Barghout

After completing a year of being the president of AGSA, I can honestly say that I loved it! Yes, there were times where things were bouncing off the walls, stuff was spilling off my plate, and studio took the back seat (shhhhh), but it was enjoyable and full of excitement nonetheless.  I would love and be honored to run again and be the President for last year of my graduate school career.  Vote for me! I want to continue to strengthen the student/faculty relationship and truly create a sense of community within our studios, department, and school.  I would love to continue to come up with new event ideas to give students a break from the stress of our projects and professors.  I can keep listing the many good things I would love to continue that comes with position, but most importantly, I would love to continue to represent the architectural graduate students here in the College of Design. So let's have another good year! 

Architecture + Landscape Mixer

A few weeks ago AGSA joined forces with our Landscape Architecture counterpart to organize a mixer between the two disciplines to foster feelings of camaraderie and fondness, and to also scout potential partnerships for the upcoming ULI design competition taking place at the beginning of 2013.   It was fun to meet over drinks at The Player's Retreat, the site of so much bonding/decompressing/wallowing for us architecture students.  Thanks, Landscape!  You guys are pretty awesome. 

Haunted House this Friday!

First Hot Dogs + Hot Logs of the semester!

Come by the Ashe House this Friday night at 7pm for some hot dog grilling and general decompressing after this long week!


WHEN: Friday, September 21 at 7pm
WHERE: The Ashe House (205 Ashe Ave, Raleigh NC 27605)

BYOB and toppings/chips/sides, we'll provide the buns, dogs, ketchup+mustard, cheese and firewood. 

(Marshmallow roasting at one of last year's grill-outs)

Can't wait to see you there!

-Team AGSA

Nolli Map + Krispy Kreme...

The perfect combination.

Friday, August 31 was the first big review for the Track I students in Sarah Queen's ARC 403 - a study of downtown Raleigh as informed by the work of Giambattista Nolli and his iconic 1748 map of Rome.

This year the students completed not only a Nolli interpretation of downtown Raleigh in plan, but also a corresponding study of numerous sections and a class model.  Needless to say, Professor Queen is not messing around!

To show our support and provide some encouragement, AGSA stopped by their studio on Thursday at 10pm with 2 dozen Krispy Kreme donuts, some coffee carriers and a plate of veggies.  Everyone was hard at work but willing to sacrifice a few hatch lines for some sugar and caffeine.

Nick Purdy

Nick Roberts

Keep up the great work ARC 403!