Board Member / Educators Conference Summary

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE

Board Member / Educators Conference Summary

Auburn University – February 3, 2001

ATTENDEES:

Emad AfifiRenis JonesBecky O’Neal

Noel AllenHarry KaufmanKaren Owen

Alan BaldwinKenneth LamblaThomas Regan

Dan BennettGordon LandrethFatih Rifki

Norma BurnsFrank LitchfieldWayne Rosier

Jose CabanOrlando Lopea-IzaD.K. Ruth

Marshall ClarkeRobert E. LukeStephen Schreiber

Marleen K. DavisMarvin MalechaFrank Setzer

Sharon Del BiancoTrent ManausaRichard Shepard

Blake DunnEugene MatthewsMichael Shiff

Steve EllingerRobert McCarterTeeny Simmons

Jane FrederickRobert McKinneyJan Simpson

Cindy GaineyWilliam G. McMinnHenry Stout

David GlasserJohn McRaeStephen Usry

Everett HatcherSam MockbeeJames White

David HinsonKevin MontgomeryDavid Wilson

Ed JohnsonBehzad NakhjavanRodner Wright

John Wyle

The annual Southern Region NCARB/Educator Conference was hosted this year by the Alabama Board and held on the campus of Auburn University at its College of Architecture Design and Construction on February 2 and 3. Board member Frank Litchfield chaired the meeting and was responsible
for all program and planning activities.

The theme of the 2001 conference dealt with the issue of Context Based Education and provided a format for the investigation into the manner in which schools of architecture are working to broaden the foundation of the traditional studio based curriculum. The model for the discussion included a four
person panel which presented case study examples of context based learning experiences. Examples addressed included design/build studios, community design centers, and pre-graduation internships.
Presentations and the panel discussion/debate were made by invited speakers Terrance Curry from The University of Detroit, Mercy; David E. Glasser, FAIA, the University of Arkansas; and Franklin Setzer and D.K. Ruth from Auburn University.

The session was opened on Friday evening, February 2 with a lecture by Samuel Mockbee, FAIA. His talk presented the work of Mockbee Coker Architects and also addressed the Auburn University Rural Studio located in rural Hale County, Alabama.

Dr. David Wilson, the Associate Provost and Vice President for Outreach at Auburn keynoted the Saturday session. His talk spoke to the value of outreach education to the various constituents served by the traditional land grant institution.

The conference concluded with an optional trip to Hale County, Alabama to visit the various projects that
have been developed by Auburn's Rural Studio.