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Degree in Architecture from the National University of Mexico |
Ten years teaching History of Architecture in the National University of Mexico and five years teaching design in the same school.
"My approach to teaching has always been design-oriented. The Knowledge obtained in all courses should be reflected on the design board. This implies a synthesis of all disciplines in our profession.choices."
"My professional experience has been design, design development, project managing, and construction supervision in Mexico and the US."
Two-time winner of the National Design Contest for housing in Mexico.
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Prof. Barcena has been teaching at CCSF since 2009
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B.A., Sonoma State University; M.Arch., University of California, Berkeley |
Mr. Book has been a teacher at CCSF for eleven years. He was also a recipient of a Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin Fellowship certificate.
His educational goal is to have his students understand the outstanding characteristics of past and present architecture by examining the main features of selected examples and highlighting their relationship to each other and to their contemporaries around the world. He also relates social, political, economic and environmental factors to architecture throughout the world.
Mr. Book gives flex time lectures on The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright . He is also a registered architect in the State of California and a member of the Taliesin Fellows, Friends of Kebyar and the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.
Some of his extracurricular activities are listening to 20th century classical music and traveling to see the great architectures of the world.
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Chair, Architecture Department M.Arch., Virginia Polytechnic and State University; B.Design, University of Florida |
Architecture Department Chair and Full-Time Instructor, Andrew Chandler, AIA has been teaching in higher education since 1989.
Mr. Chandler has been chair of the department since Fall 2004.
Aside from his administrative duties, Mr. Chandler teaches design studio, with a focus on students discovering, acquiring and developing approaches to architecture that encompasses the design, technological, environmental, and socio-cultural realms of their worlds.
His private architectural practice has garnered local, state, and regional design awards from the American Institute of Architects.
He is keenly interested in pedagogical design and is committed to bringing his experience in this arena to CCSF.
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B.Arch, California College of Arts and Crafts |
Biography is unavailable at this time.
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B.A., Stanford University; B.F.A., M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute; M.A., Dominican University |
Ms. Cousineau has taught at CCSF for the past 25 years.
She feels that it is important to show students, by example, the curiosity to go beyond the expected, the ongoing quest for understanding, and the joy of discovery. Education is a life-long personal journey, that challenges and fulfills us, and connects us to the varied journeys of others.
Ms. Cousineau is a participant in the Marin Arts Council, Marin Society of Artists, S. F. MOMA, S. F. Fine Arts Museums, Ancient Hellenic Arts Council and S-MOVA (Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Artist member).
Some of her extracurricular activities are painting, gardening, music (violin), hiking, swimming and travel (Europe, US, Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, So. Pacific).
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A.B., M.S., University of California, Berkeley |
Part-time instructor, CCSF, 1981-2004 Full-time instructor, CCSF, 2004-present.
I first started at City College of San Francisco in 1974 as a student. I had a general idea that I wanted to be a architect, but I had no real plan on how to turn this idea into a reality. City College, and the students I met there, gave me that opportunity. I returned to City college in 1981 as a part-time instructor. In my years at City college, I've taught courses in drafting, beginning design, and construction documents. My primary focus, however, has been in construction management. I enjoy the diversity, enthusiasm, and intelligence of the students at City College. I like getting to know the students in my classes, as well as learning their hopes and aspirations, and, in a small way, also helping them to achieve those goals.
Though I've sought to specialize in the field of Construction Management, I have been involved in all phases of the design and construction process. For over twelve years I was an Architect at ED2 International, a San Francisco Architectural firm. While there, I headed up construction administration on projects including a $30 million library for Sonoma State University, a number of research facilities for the University of California, and a number of school facilities here in San Francisco. I have also been a Project Manager on a number of projects, coordinating all of the design efforts of our firm as well as our consultants. Before that I spent over two years in the public sector working as a Project Manager for the San Francisco Housing Authority. While there, one of my projects included the construction of a new $30 million, 203 apartment, development and renovation of the Alemany housing development. Prior to that, I worked for one of the pioneering firms in the field of Construction Management, O'Brien Kreitzberg & Associates.
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Biography is unavailable at this time.
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B.A. Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, with high honors; M. Architecture, Columbia University |
CCSF (Part-Time Instructor); University of California, Berkeley (Lecturer); California College of Arts, San Francisco (Lecturer); University of Colorado, Boulder (Honorarium Instructor)
I am interested in perception, that is, learning to see and seeing beyond the obvious. We all have the potential to do this. I often draw inspiration from the works of conceptual artists, land artists, light artists, and scientists. In the built environment, perception is inherently tied to the choice of materials and details. I am interested in material investigations at multiple scales, from accessory designs to full scale buildings.
Professional Experience: Current owner, Amily Huang Design and Remodeling, Oakland; Gensler, NYC; Saladino Group, NYC; C.Y. Lee and Associates, Taipei, Taiwan; RTKL, Hong Kong, China.
Professional Organizations: AIA, Architect Member, East Bay, Registered Architect, Colorado, and IDP Certificate.
Awards, Honors, and Progessional Recognitions: Women's International Leadership Fellow, 1997-1998, NYC; Eisner Prize, Honorable Mention, 1995; Women and Work: A Handbook, Co-Author, Pg. 118-121, 168-172, Garland Publishing, 1996.
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B.A., M.Arch., University of California, Berkeley |
Teaching Experience: LTS, CCSF Architcture Dept., 1990-1991; Tenure track, full-time faculty 1991 w/tenure 1992; Architecture Dept Chair 1998-2004; Full-Time Instructor 2004-present.
My primary interest lies in the cognitive aspects of design thinking, particularly as it relates to the development of each student's design process and voice. As an instructor, I try to provide guidance to this end by responding to the experiences, knowledge, skills, and behaviors of my students, composititely and individually; and then enabling each student to employ a set of heuristics that lead to a satisfactory (and even inspired) solution. It is the subjective nature of heuristic reasoning that captivates my interest.
Professional Experience: Over a period of twelve years, I have provided design and project management services in the capacities of principle, senior design associate, design director, and project designer/architect for projects diverse in scale and building type. Notable projects include the following: The Exploratorium, San Francisco a participatory science museum (MBT Architecture); Energy Efficient State Office Building, Sacramento (MBT Architecture); Chevron Park, San Ramon (MBT Architecture); 222 Sutter Street, San Francisco high rise renovation of the historic W.J.Sloane Building (MYCIX Corporation); University of California Santa Cruz, Academic Core Masterplan (ED2 International/SWA Group); Marin YMCA (ED2 International); Proctor's Jewelry, Flagship Store, San Francisco Centre (Lum Teeters Architects); Yin Place, Flagship Restaurant, San Francisco (Lum Teeters Architects); HoneyBee, a subsidiary of Spiegel women's fashion store, W.Virginia (Primo Angeli/Jerry W. Lum Architects)
Awards, Honors, and Progessional Recognitions: Yin Place III: Chinese Modern, Restaurant/Hotel Design International, May 1989; Yin Place III, Architectural Lighting, January 1989; Chang Residence, Hillsborough, Sunset Magazine 1989; California State Energy Efficient Office Building Sacramento, Architectural Record; California State Energy Efficient Office Building Competition Third Place, Progressive Architecture; The American Institute of Architects Scholastic Award/The AIA School Medal/Certificate of Merit from the Henry Adams Fund for Excellence in the Study of Architecture at University of California, 1977; Bakewell Drawing Prize 1976; MBT Graduate Fellowship 1975
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A.A., City College of San Francisco; B.A., University of California, Berkeley |
Mr. Nowicki has taught at CCSF since 1977.
Mr. Nowicki's instructional goal is "to expose students to all possibilities" and "to give them confidence that their goals are achievable".
In his leisure time, he enjoys model building and watercolor painting.
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City College of San Francisco |
Adjunct Professor, 1982-1988,
Tenured Professor, 1988-Present
My years of teaching have given me some insights on how students learn and we all have different learning modalities and levels of learning. My challenge as a teacher is to find that balance in the classroom between all the learners in class yet still keep it interesting, especially in such a diverse setting as our College. I see learning as a whole of oneself. We are the sum of all our parts where all of our experiences become resources of learning and expressing.
This past year I have been on Sabbatical and have researched the music, culture, and architecture of New Orleans. It was an enlightening experience. I have found that if we are to survive as race, then the retention and sustainability of who we are as people, our "culture", is paramount. Our means of expression be it music, art, or architecture is our way of advancing ourselves and our descendants.
CCSF
Former Department Chairperson, Former Facilities Committee Co-Chair, Member of the Filipiino American Association of City College, Visitation Valley Community Centers Board Member, Ex-Offico Board Member of the American Institute of Architects, Former Senior Staff Architect for Community Design Center in San Francisco.
Licensed Architect California
Saxophone Player, Tenor and Soprano Sax. Tonality and sound are the things I try to achieve. My dream is to sound like Stan Getz.
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B.Arch, Spring Garden College; Grad. Dipl. Des., Architectural Association, UK |
Part-Time Instructor.
His interests lie in looking at design as a multifarious discipline with particular focus on its spatial consequences. He manifests his academic interests in the constructed world through the design group which he directs, sea.design. His portfolio includes a wide variety of project types, some of which include event spaces (performance space, exhibitions), residential (single family, multi family), commercial (restaurants, retail, hospitality), urban (multi-use high-rise, intercity rail systems), and institutional (museums, themeparks, airports). More specifically, his list of past projects includes an airport in the Middle East, a Museum of Water, a winning closed-competition for a theme park in Rome, Italy; numerous elevated railroad stations in Philadelphia; a 21st century landscape design for a 15th century Estate House in the UK, world climates themed park in the Middle East; and a Master Plan for the Presidio. He has placed in a number of international competitions and has published work in numerous journals throughout the globe.
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Professor Saltman is a certified UBCJA journey level carpenter, and has a BA from Washington University, in St. Louis Missouri |
Prof. Saltman has been teaching at CCSF since 2011
Nina Saltman is published in "Hard Hatted Women"
Professor Saltman is a ceramic artist and can be seen on her website: www.ninaclaycon.com
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B.Arch., M.Arch., University of Southern California |
Mr. Udell has taught at CCSF for the past nineteen years.
His educational goals are for his students to develop to the best of their abilities, to open up the fields of architecture and design to them, and to develop their ability to work in both two and three dimensions. He also feels that students should become their own best critics.
Mr. Udell is an advisor to the CCSF Architectural Student Association and has also been a member of AIGA and AIA.
In his leisure time, he paints, draws and collects Pez dispensers. He also does volunteer work for Community Impact and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and has been a previous board member of the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco.
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Biography is unavailable at this time.