Thirteen Mississippi State students are in New York for three weeks taking Associate Professor Hans Herrmann’s course, ARC 4733 Site Planning for Architects.
The group is studying examples of planning and site development strategies including small and large-scale works for stormwater management and landscape/architecture interface.
They visited four architecture groups run by Mississippi State architecture alumni:
- Herzog + deMuron | Associate, Mr. Philip Schmerbeck
- STRATA Architecture & Design | Principal, Ms. Kimberly Brown
- H3 Collaborative | Principal, Ms. Daria Pizzetta
- Ted Porter Architecture | Principal, Ted Porter
See the daily pics from the trip below (via Herrmann):
Day 1: July 10: Getting started on Day 1!
Day 2: July 13: Brooklyn Tour – Students on the bouncy Squibb Park Bridge entering the new Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Day 3: July 14
Day 4: July 17: Students working on District Mapping on hotel roof
Day 5: Students at the B.I.G. Tetrahedron building at West 57th
Day 6: Students at Lincoln Center
Students at National General Grant Memorial
Columbia University Vagelos Medical Education Center.
Students exploring Forest Hills Garden in Queens, a community planned in accordance with English garden community style.
Students on Roosevelt Island Tram
Students at Columbia’s new José Rafael Moneo building.
Students at Riverside Church
Students at Roosevelt Island tram crossing.
Students explore landscape improvements at Queens Plaza