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Faculty Lunch at Home
I returned to the US just in time to attend the Hampton University Department of Architecture faculty holiday luncheon. This year the Chair of our Department, Mr. Robert Easter, hosted it. (Thanks,...
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A Visit to Bemis
Bemis lawn with Bemis Laboratories to the right, home of the Hampton University Department of Architecture. I almost forgot to show you my January 2013 visit to Hampton University. The semester starts...
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Expanding your Learning Styles
As per my prior post, Iroda Karimova said in earnest (while I was visiting the Hampton University Department of Architecture two weeks ago) that she misses my crits! (!?!!??) Because I’m an active...
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Arriving in Nimes
Nimes is a beautiful town in southern France that is chock full of Roman artifacts. It’s where I met the Hampton University architecture students, mid-way through their study abroad program in France....
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Discovering Uzes, France
I’d never been to Uzes, France even though some of my Hampton University architecture students had. Uzes is home of the famous urbanist, Leon Krier, though we didn’t get to meet him there this year....
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Passage in Toulon
I’d forgotten how much I love Toulon, France. It’s a naval town, and the sister city of Norfolk, Virginia, where I live in the States. The little plazas–scattered throughout Toulon–are amazing. Full of...
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Roman Dreams-Come-True
At the Pantheon After sketching yesterday morning, I spent almost all of the day editing the article we hope to have published in the Journal of Engineering Education. I was inspired by emails that...
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Making the Mark as an Enterprise Rose Fellow
Mark Matel (to the far left) with community activists in Boston. Thanks to a Facebook post by my (awesome) former student, Elbert Whitfield, I just discovered an article titled Enterprise Rose...
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Gravitational Pull
Hampton University’s second year architecture students are learning about gravitational forces and lateral loads by designing post and beam structures using a simple kit of parts (and adhering to a...
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