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The Faculty in the Master of Building Science program are
among the very best in the world. Participating faculty outnumber the
students (there are currently 17 faculty members directly involved in
teaching courses and directing thesis projects, and we currently have 12
students in the program.). The School of Architecture has more than 60 faculty, and all are available for helping with
independent projects, thesis projects, or coursework. A few faculty members
who are most closely associated with the program are listed below. For a full
list, write us an email and we will send a full catalog.
James Tyler, FAIA
B.F.A., University of Utah, B. Arch., University of Utah
James Tyler
came to Los Angeles in 1965, when he joined the design staff of Craig
Ellwood Associates. In 1977, he opened his own firm. He has designed major
buildings, including facilities for the aerospace and computer industries and
educational institutions. His designs have won significant awards and been
published in Architectural Record, Architectural Forum, Architecture Design (England), Architecture and Urbanism (Japan), and Bauen
and Wohnen (Germany). He has taught at Art Center
College of Design, as well as lecturing at the University of Wisconsin, Southern California Institute of
Architecture, California Polytechnic University, and UCLA. He taught at USC from
1978 to 1985. He is currently teaching in the undergraduate building science
program.
Karen Kensek
M.Arch., University of California Berkeley; S.B. Art + Design, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Karen Kensek has previously taught computer seminars
and assisted with computer aided design studios at the University of California, Berkeley where she was also the recipient
of numerous grants and donations of computer hardware and software. Her work
in application of computers in architecture is focused on design and home
automation, but also includes applications in presentation graphics,
landscape design, photographic manipulation, energy, lighting, animation and
video. She is a member of the steering committee of ACADIA (Association of Computer Aided
Design in Architecture) and co-editor of the ACADIA Quarterly, and was
technical co-chair for ACADIA's National Conference, 1992.
Ralph L. Knowles
M.Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.Arch., North Carolina State University.
Ralph Lewis Knowles, who has taught at USC for 26 years, is the author of
seven books and more than 30 articles. He is a recipient of the American
Institute of Architects' Medal of Research. He was honored by the National
Endowment of the Arts for his design research, and his work on solar access
was supported by the Design Arts program of the Endowment. He is recipient of
the USC Associates Award for Teaching Excellence and his book Sun Rhythm and
Form received the Phi Kappa Phi Scholarly Book Award. His current Interests
involve general theories relating individual and creative opportunities for
urban growth and transformation. By studying the connection between solar
access and urban form, his work attempts to unite both concerns.
Pierre Koenig, FAIA
B.Arch., University of Southern California
Pierre Koenig, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, is a
practicing architect and educator and directs USC's
undergraduate program of Building Science. He designed and built his first
exposed steel frame house in 1950, the year he began his own private
practice. Many of his steel buildings, including two Case Study Houses, have
been published extensively in the United States and abroad. He received many
design awards and has lectured at leading universities. His research is
focused on design for natural forces and he directs USC's
natural forces laboratory, which includes a 30 ft. wind tunnel. He teaches
laboratory seminars exploring the effect of wind and other natural forces on
architectural and urban design.
Douglas Noble, FAIA,
Ph.D.
Ph.D. + M.Arch., University of California Berkeley B.Arch. + B.S.Arch., California State Polytechnic University
Douglas Noble teaches design and computer studies. Prior to joining the
faculty at USC, he had been teaching design, design theory, and architectural
computing at the University of California, Berkeley. While at Berkeley, he coordinated the computer
facilities and obtained significant industry support for instruction and
research in architecture. He is a practicing architect and has been in
professional practice with several firms since 1977. His research interests
are in computer supported design and design science. He is particularly
concerned with the transference of knowledge in these areas to the
architectural profession. With Karen Kensek, he
established the Center for Architectural Technology, which publishes
information on computers and design. Current projects of the center include a
software guide for architects, a survey guidebook to the use of computers in
architectural practice, and many technical guides to specific software
application. He is co-editor for the ACADIA Quarterly of the Association of
Computer Aided Design in Architecture and was technical co-chair for the 1992
ACADIA National Conference. He has written for several publications,
including conference proceedings.
G. Goetz Schierle, FAIA, Ph.D.
Ph.D. + M.Arch., University of California Berkeley; Dipl.-Ing.
(Arch. / Eng.) Stuttgart, Germany
Goetz Schierle, a Fellow of the American Institute
of Architects, is founding director of USC's Master
of Building Science Program and a professional architect. He has been
teaching at UC Berkeley and Stanford University before coming to USC where he
teaches structures and architectural design. He received research and
equipment grants from the National Science Foundation, the Department of
Housing and Urban Development, and private industry. His research on seismic
design, computer aided design, and light-weight structures was published in
23 articles, book chapters, and papers. He is reviewer for the National
Science Foundation, evaluating research proposals; was invited to a NSF
workshop on research policy planning; chaired the California Architectural
License Commissions on Long-span Structures and General Structures; and was
invited to lecture at leading universities in the United States and abroad. His private practice
includes major architecture and planning projects in China, Germany, Italy, and the United States.
Marc Schiler, IESNA, LC
M.Arch. Science, Cornell University; B.S.Arch.University
of Southern
California
Marc Schiler teaches design and environmental
control systems with particular emphasis on energy conservation and on
lighting and perception in buildings. His research interests include glare definition
and reduction, computer simulation, natural lighting in buildings and
landscape design that saves energy. He has chaired technical sessions at
major national and international symposia on natural lighting and energy
conservation and is frequently consulting on lighting design and energy
simulation. He has done research on environmentally responsive buildings in
the Middle
East
through the Fulbright commission and on day lighting in buildings through the
Eidgenossische Prufungs
and Versuchs Anstallt in Zurich, Switzerland. He received grants from the US
Department of Energy, the California Institute of Energy Efficiency, and
other agencies; and authored papers on lighting and energy topics. He wrote 4
books: Simulating Daylight with Architectural Models (editor); Mechanical
Electrical Plumbing and Life Safety Systems (author); Simplified Design of
Building Lighting (author); Landscape Design That Saves Energy (co-author)
and Energy Efficient and Environmental Landscaping.
Dimitry Vergun
M.S. Structural
Engineering, Stanford University; B.Arch., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Dimitry Vergun, after
working with Skidmore Owings and Merrill in San Francisco and with Reid Rockwell Banwell and Tarics, established
his own practice as consulting architect and engineer in Los Angeles in 1973. He has been teaching
design studios in building science and structure seminars at USC since 1973.
His work as architecture and structural engineer includes public projects,
such as the Bay Area Rapid Transit Stations at the Embarcadero, Civic Center and Mission in San Francisco, high schools, junior colleges,
medical centers, and churches. His publications, co-authored with James
Ambrose include Simplified Engineering of Buildings for Wind and Seismic
Forces (reprinted in 1987 and also published in Spanish), Seismic Design of
Buildings, and Design for Lateral Forces
Murray Milne
Murray Milne is a registered architect in the state of California. His research focuses on climate
responsive architectural design, daylighting, and
energy modeling. He has developed a series of microcomputer design tools to
help architects design energy efficient buildings. His passive solar
condominium projects in Malibu have been given a number of
design awards, and his research projects have twice won Progressive
Architecture Awards Citations. He was a Guggenheim Fellow and was given the
Passive Solar Pioneer Award of 2001 by the American Solar Energy Society. He
is a Research Professor at UCLA.
Thomas Spiegelhalter, R.A., ISES, LEED
Master/Diploma for
3d-Design, Diploma for Architecture and Town Planning, University of the
Arts, Berlin, and Bremen.,Germany
Thomas Spiegelhalter was a professor of the School
of Architecture, Center of Building Performance and Diagnostics at Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh and a tenured, full-time university professor
at University of Hanover and at University of Applied Science, Leipzig, and
an Assistant Professor at the University of Kaiserslautern,
all in Germany. Spiegelhalter's extensive research
and realized projects in solar, zero-fossil-energy, passive and low-energy
buildings; sustainable urban re-development, and experimental solar
architecture brings considerable expertise to the University of Southern
California's research and teaching efforts and positions the School of
Architecture as a significant center for green architecture. Over the last 15
years Thomas Spiegelhalter has received 22 prizes
and ten awards in open European design competitions in collaboration with
landscape architects and since 2000 he has actively been involved in the
International Solar City Program toward Sustainable Urban Development. Many
of his built projects have been published in International anthologies of
European Architecture. He lectured and contributed at international
conferences, design charettes and workshops about
Architecture and Environmental Design in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Netherland,
GB and Wales, Australia, Canada, USA, Mexico and Costa Rica. He is developing a
Sustainability Lab and teaching design studio, thesis and seminar courses
emphasizing Sustainable Materials and Methods of Construction Systems
Integration.
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