ON-GOING PROJECTS Urban Morphology Eric Sauda, Jose Gamez, and Ginette Wessel have begun a study of urban morphology with Bill Robarsky, Remco Chang of the UNC Charlotte Visualization Center. Our research introduces a highly interactive urban visualization tool that provides intuitive understanding of the urban data. The system utilizes an aggregation method that combines building and city blocks into legible clusters, thus providing continuous levels of abstractions while preserving the user’s mental model of the city. In conjunction with a 3D view of the urban model, a separate but integrated information visualization view displays multiple dimensions of the urban data, allowing the user to understand the urban environment both spatially and cognitively in one glance. This interactive tool allows for visualization an urban model in a focus dependent and multi-resolution fashion both geometrically and concerning the underlying data while retaining the legibility of the city. A demonstration of this project can be found at the following address: http://www.coa.uncc.edu/ddc/content/view/30/51/ South End Planning Study Jose Gamez and Michael Ward, a graduate student in the College of Architecture at UNCC, are collaborating with Dr. William Ribarsky of the Charlotte Visualization Center at the College of Information Technology on a pilot planning study for the Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Commission. The study will focus on the South End area of Charlotte, which is an area currently impacted by significant development activity. This pilot project aims to develop an interactive 3-dimensional planning tool that will enable planners to test proposed zoning and code regulations in a virtual urban environment. More about this project can be found on the following website: http://www.coa.uncc.edu/ddc/content/view/23/41/ PUBLICATION HISTORY Edited Books: CriticalMASS Volume II: Southern Accents. The second in a series of books documenting the regional graduate student symposium held annually in the College of Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Volume II features 21 student project profiles, an essay by Mark and Peter Anderson, Rick Joy, Bryan Mackay-Lyons, and Glenn Murcutt (Charlotte: College of Architecture, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2006). Articles and Essays in Books: “Building Border Practices: In/Visibility in the New (Latin) American South.” Forthcoming in Site Out of Mind, edited by Pheobe Chrisman at the University of Virginia. “Mapping East Los Angeles: Aesthetics and Cultural Politics in an Other LA” in Writing Urbanism: A Design Reader edited by Douglas S. Kelbaugh and Kit McCullough at the University of Michigan (London: Routledge, 2008). “Mi reina: Latinos in the Queen City” in Global Charlotte edited by Heather Smith at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009). “An Architecture of Change” in Good Deeds/Good Design II, edited by Bryan Bell (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2008). “A Pair of Queens: Latina/o Landscapes in LA and the QC.” Forthcoming in Latino Urbanism, edited by David R. Diaz (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2006). “Harry Gamboa, Jr.,” “Gronk,” and “Los Lobos” in Grolier/Scholastic Library of Hispanic American Biographies (London: Brown Reference Group, 2006). “Afterword” in Dreaming of Italy: Las Vegas and the Grand Tour (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2004). “CARA Exhibit,” “Latino Architecture and Urbanism,” and “Olvera Street,” in Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Popular Culture in the United States, Volume I (Westport, Connecticut/London: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004) 106, 34, 600. Commentary/Review: Ramón Ramírez--Notes on Migrancy and Exile (1997) in Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art: Artists, Works, Culture, and Education, Volume II. Gary D. Keller, Mary Erickson, Kaytie Johnson, and Joaquín Alvarado, Principal Editors (Tempe: Bilingual Press, 2002) 219. Articles and Reviews in Peer Reviewed Journals: José Gámez. Book Review: Valparaiso School: The Open City Group by Perez de Arce and Perez Oyarzun, in the Journal of Architectural Education, Volume 58, Number 3: 55-56 (spring 2005). “Building Faith? Moneo’s Design for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Struggles to Bring the Gospel to Downtown L.A.,” in Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, Volume 29, Number 1: 261-270 (spring 2004). “Representing the City: the Imagination and Critical Practice in East Los Angeles,” in Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, Volume 27, Number 1: 95-120 (spring 2002). Book review: Buildings of Nevada by Julie Nicoletta, in the Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Volume 45, Number 1: 66-67 (spring of 2002). “Mi casa: Snapshots of Life in an Other LA” in Places: A Forum of Environmental Design, Volume 11, Number 1: 66-67 (winter 1997). “Latino Cultures in Los Angeles and the Hybridization of Space” in Surface, Volume I: re:Forming Social Space 104-11 (1996) with Mariana Boctor and José Fontiveros. Essays in Professional Journals: “Learning From Las Vegas: Review” in Architecture Las Vegas: the Official Publication of the Las Vegas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Issue 5: 77 (2005). Work Profiled by Others: “Mesquite Cultural Heritage and Art Center,” images of rammed-earth study model to be published in Models by Mark Morris (Amsterdam: Architectural Press, 2006). “On Immigrant Street: Newcomers are Making a Big Impact on the Built Environment;” essay by James B. Goodno examining the impacts of immigrant-based transformation upon urban environments for which I was interviewed and that features imagery from my fall 2003 community design studio. The essay appeared in Planning: The Magazine of the American Planning Association, Volume 71, Number 10: 4-9 (November 2005). “Mesquite Cultural Heritage and Art Center” in New Museums: Contemporary Museum Architecture Around the World by Mimi Zeiger (New York: Universe Architecture Series, 2005) 142-147. “Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center,” profile of award winning design project (Merit Award, Built Category, 2004 Nevada AIA Design Awards) in Architecture Las Vegas: the Official Publication of the Las Vegas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Issue 5: 57 (2005). “Timeline of the Las Vegas Strip” published in The Portfolio: An Architectural Student’s Handbook. Igor Marjanovic, Katerina Ruedi Ray, and Lesley Naa Norle Lokko, editors (Oxford: Architectural Press, 2003) p. 67, figure 4.9. Web-based Publications: Mesquite Heritage Museum and Art Center, Mesquite, NV (assemblageSTUDIO). Design project published by Architectural Record (on-line) under the Projects: Building Types Study featuring small museums. Site address: http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/museums/0401_mesquite/overview.asp. “Building/Border/Culture: Charlotte as the Gateway to the New (Latin) American South.” Studio related materials published by Universal Design Education Online and sponsored by Adaptive Environments, MA, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Site address: http://www.education.org/teach/asj/gamez.asp. Invited Essays: “A Note on a Lost Ecology…(Postcard to a Shifting LAndscape)” in the exhibit catalog for “Postcards from a Shifting Landscape,” an exhibit held in the Wedge Gallery at Woodbury University in Burbank, CA on March 30 through April 21, 2007. “[MONUMENT 10]: Reflections on a Metropolitan Condición” in the exhibit catalog for [MONUMENT 10], A Silkscreen Project by Ramón Ramírez, held at the Latino Museum in Pomona, CA on November 4 through December 2, 2006. “Accidents Should Happen: or why we should still learn from Las Vegas” in CoA News, College of Architecture, UNC Charlotte, Volume 5, Number 1, fall 2005. 8. José Gámez. “Autopsy of the Big Box,” in Las Vegas Life Magazine, Volume 7, Number 2: 41-44 (November 2003). Reports: Final Report: Architecture for Social Justice Awards Program—Partnerships in Teaching Building/Border/Culture: Charlotte as the Gateway to the New (Latin) American South. Charlotte, NC: Charlotte Community Design Studio/College of Architecture, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 3-1-2004. New Investigator Grant Final Report: Re-Learning from Las Vegas. Las Vegas: School of Architecture/University of Nevada, 4-1-2001(with Jeff Hartnett, UNLV). Editorial Roles: Senior Editor, criticalMASS Volume II: Southern Accents 2004-2008 Series of books documenting the regional graduate student symposium held annually in the College of Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Editorial Board Member, Architecture Las Vegas 2000-2002 Editorial board member for the official publication of the Las Vegas and Nevada Chapters of the American Institute of Architects. Premier issue: January 2000 (Nationally distributed). Editorial Board Member, Citylife Magazine 2000 Editorial board member for Citylife Magazine and its special design issue. Co-Editor. Surface Journal: Journal of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design, School of the Arts and Architecture—University of California, Los Angeles. Number 1, Volume 1, 1997 (Re:Forming Social Space). Editorial Board Member, Surface Journal 1994-1998 Co-founder and Co-Editor of the journal of the Department of Architecture & Urban Design-UCLA. Conference Proceedings: “A Tale of Three Cities” in Proceedings of the 2006 ACSA Western Regional Conference in Burbank, California (Woodbury University) on October 12-15, 2006 (Burbank: Woodbury Department of Architecture, 2006). “Beginning/Finishing School: A Room from Two Views,” in Proceedings of the 2003 Southeast Regional Conference (Tampa, FL: University of South Florida—School of Architecture and Community Design, 2004) with Elizabeth Morrison, MArch, UNCC 2004. “Architectures of Identity: Postcolonial Resistance in East LA,” in Proceedings of the 2001 ACSA International Conference (Washington D.C.: ACSA Press, 2001) 65-68. “Cruising Las Vegas: At HOME in the LAND of Sprawl, Spectacle, and Silence,” in Proceedings of the 2000 ACSA Southeast Regional Meeting (Charlotte: College of Architecture/University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2000) 87-90. With Jeff Hartnett, UNLV. “Re:Building the Past—Cultural Heritage, Race and Postcolonial Los Angeles” in Proceedings of the 88th ACSA Annual National Meeting, edited by LaVerne Wells-Bowie (Washington D.C.: ACSA Press, 2000) 310-315. “Mapping East Los Angeles: Aesthetics and Cultural Politics in an Other LA,” in Proceedings of the 88th ACSA Annual National Meeting, edited by LaVerne Wells-Bowie (Washington D.C.: ACSA Press, 2000) 399-405. “Will Any Assemblage Do?” in Proceedings of the 1999 ACSA Western Regional Meeting, edited by Alison B. Snyder and Christine Theodoropoulos (Eugene: University of Oregon/Department of Architecture, 1999) 5-8. “Re:Building the Past: Cultural Heritage, Race and the City,” in Proceedings of the 1999 ACSA Western Regional Meeting, edited by Alison B. Snyder and Christine Theodoropoulos (Eugene: University of Oregon/Department of Architecture, 1999) 106-110. “Es mi casa su casa? An Other Space in East LA,” in Proceedings of the 84th ACSA Annual Meeting, edited by John K. Edwards (Washington D.C.: ACSA Press, 1996) 429-434. Academic Citations: Cited in Barrio Urbanism: Chicanos, Planning, and American Cities. David R. Díaz. London: Routledge, 2005 (cited in chapters 3, 11, and extensively in chapter 7). Cited in The Branding of Cities: Exploring City Branding and the Importance of Brand Image. Julia Winfield-Pfefferkorn. Syracuse: Master of Arts in Advertising Design Thesis at the Graduate School of Syracuse University, August 2005. 142. (published paper available at brandchannel.com) Cited in The Provisional City: Los Angeles Stories of Architecture and Urbanism. Dana Cuff. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000. 108 (ftnt. 24). Cited in Urban Exile: Collected Writings of Harry Gamboa, Jr.. Chon A. Noriega, Editor. Minneapolis; University of Minnesota Press, 1998. 19 (ftnt. 28). http://www.coa.uncc.edu/ddc/content/view/30/51/http://www.coa.uncc.edu/ddc/content/view/23/41/http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/museums/0401_mesquite/overview.asphttp://www.education.org/teach/asj/gamez.aspshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3
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AWARDS UNC Institute for Social Capital Faculty Research Fellow 2008-09 Inductee 2006 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Hall of Fame Faculty Fellow 2006-07 UNC Charlotte Urban Institute Architecture for Social 2003 Justice Award: Partnerships in Teaching Fellow 2003-05 Institute for Small Town Studies College of Architecture 2003 Teaching Award. UNC Charlotte Distinguished Alumnus 2002 Department of Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA. GRANTS UNC Institute for Social Capital Faculty Research Fellow 2008-09 $5,000.00 Awarded by the UNC Charlotte Institute for Social Capital for research into economic impacts of immigration upon sub-urban areas of the city. Graduate School Recruitment Award 2008 $3,600.00 Awarded funding to pursue diversity related recruitment efforts, which include the development of on-line diversity resources and off campus recruitment efforts. Chancellor’s Diversity Challenge Fund 2007 $4,700.00 Awarded funding to pursue a collaborative project with Heather Freeman (Department of Art, UNCC) in which issues of diversity and representation will be explored as a continuation of the collaborative research and teaching project previously funded by the Maxine Frankel Award (Woodbury University). Grant proposal co-authored with Heather Freeman. Maxine Frankel Award Woodbury University 2007 $3,500.00 Co-recipient of the Woodbury University’s School of Architecture and Design grant program in support of a collaborative research and teaching project focused upon Latino landscapes in both Charlotte and Los Angeles (with R. Ramirez, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Woodbury University). UNC Charlotte Urban Institute Faculty Research Fellow 2006-07 $5,000.00 Awarded by the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute for research that seeks solutions for the social, economic, and environmental challenges facing our local communities. Virtual Charlotte: South End Planning Study 2006-07 $24,000.00 Pilot grant funded by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Commission and awarded to the UNCC/CoA Digital Design Lab and the UNCC Visualization Center for the development of an interactive 3-dimensional planning tool (w/ Dr. Bill Ribarsky, UNCC). ImaginOn Grant 2005 $5,000.00 Awarded to the College of Architecture at UNC Charlotte’s Digital Design Lab by the ImaginOn Project (collaboration between the Charlotte Children’s Library, Charlotte Children’s Theatre, and the Discovery Museum) in support of computer visualization research and website development (José L.S. Gámez and Eric Sauda, UNCC). Academic Program Improvement Grant Grant 2004 $20,295.00 Awarded by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Federal Relations at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is support of an initiative to expand the College of Architecture’s computational design and fabrication curricular options (with Eric Sauda, UNCC). Graham Foundation Grant 2004 $4,000.00 Funding awarded by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in support of the College of Architecture at UNC Charlotte publication CriticalMASS Volume II (forthcoming). Faculty Research Grant 2003 $5,580.00 Research grant awarded by the Graduate School of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in support of research focusing upon the role of place-consumption in urban spaces. Design Arts Grant 2001 $7,500.00 Grant awarded by the Nevada Arts Council in support of the AIA/ASLA summer design lecture series (with Eric Strain, co-author). Jackpot Grant 2001 $500.00 Grant awarded by the Nevada Arts Council in support of “siteAlternatives,” an exhibition of the design work of Eric Strain, Doug Schneider, Adrian Jones, and José L.S. Gámez. New Investigator Grant 2000-01 $10,000.00 Grant award granted by the Office of the Provost for Research at UNLV in support of a research project aimed at documenting the urban fabric of the Las Vegas metropolitan region and up-dating the book, Learning from Las Vegas. Grant Recipient 1998 $1,000.00 Awarded grant funding in support of the 1st Annual Urban Architecture Symposium, Portland State University. Dissertation Year Fellow 1997 $12,000.00 Recipient (one of 10) of Graduate Division Doctoral Year Fellowship in support of doctoral research at the University of California, Los Angeles. Graham Foundation Grant 1995 $7,500.00 Co-Recipient of a Graham Foundation grant in support of the publication of Surface: the Journal of the Department of Architecture & Urban-UCLA. links www.latinamericancoalition.org www.adaptiveenvironments.org www.adpsr.org www.coa.uncc.edu www.library.unlv.edu/arch/lasvegas/map/index.html http://www.places-journal.org/about/reviewers.php http://www.geocities.com/chibuya1818/Monument10/Monument_10.pdf http://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Italy-Vegas-Virtual-Grand/dp/0874176107http://www.latinamericancoalition.orghttp://www.adaptiveenvironments.orghttp://www.adpsr.orghttp://www.coa.uncc.eduhttp://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/lasvegas/map/index.htmlhttp://www.places-journal.org/about/reviewers.phphttp://www.geocities.com/chibuya1818/Monument10/Monument_10.pdfhttp://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Italy-Vegas-Virtual-Grand/dp/0874176107shapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6shapeimage_3_link_7