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  • CAP December Graduates
    December 18, 2020 by

    MASTER DEGREES Sashanah Decayette, Master of Arts in Interior Design Hanan Fahim Tufashiey, Master of Architecture Aiyue Zheng, Master of Landscape Architecture Bei Liu, Master of Science in Historic Preservation Emily Irene Hepworth, Master of Urban & Regional Planning Lanyang Zhou, Master of Urban & Regional Planning   BACHELOR DEGREES Anthony Joseph Freiburger, Bachelor of Science in Architecture Jesse W. Lindenfeld, Bachelor of […]

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  • Designing a Simple Solution to a Complex Design-Build Challenge
    December 17, 2020 by

    Students in the Landscape Architecture Department had the relatively simple task to program a wooden boardwalk that would connect three trails at McVey Memorial Forest in Randolph County, but the project delivery challenges made the structural solution slightly more difficult. Students and faculty explored options for this community design project in partnership with Red-tail Land […]

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  • Skilled trades education program for at-risk youth
    December 11, 2020 by

    Ball State Department of Architecture faculty Professor Pam Harwood and Associate Professor Tom Collins are part of two grants recently awarded to ecoREHAB to initiate a Skilled Trades Education Program (STEP) for at-risk, under or unemployed youth in Muncie.  Working with Excutive Direct Jason Haney of ecoREHAB they will help develop STEP’s training curriculum that […]

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  • Paul Lewis Lecture: LTL in Section
    November 2, 2020 by

    Monday, NOV 9 | 4:00 pm Paul Lewis, a principal at LTL Architects, is a professor and associate dean at Princeton University School of Architecture. Lecture Title: LTL in Section Lecture Content: What are the varieties of section, and what effects do they have on form, space, and more importantly social organization? Drawing upon his recently […]

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  • Revitalizing Halteman Village
    October 20, 2020 by

    The City of Muncie and the north side Halteman Village Neighborhood Association are working to reestablish the vitality of the Halteman community by reimagining an abandoned swim club property as a new city park. In the summer of 2019, the neighborhood association partnered with Ball State’s Building Better Neighborhoods (BBN) grant-funded immersive learning projects and the […]

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  • Landscape Architecture Students Completed Education Plaza Project
    October 20, 2020 by

    Neither rain, nor snow, nor Covid-19 stopped the Department of Landscape Architecture from completing a design-build project. Over the course of one and a half semesters (the half due to the university’s shutdown during the pandemic) Assistant Teaching Professor Colby Gray and his students designed and constructed an Environmental Education Plaza at Wilderness Park in Hartford City, […]

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  • Ball State Places Top Three in Green Energy Challenge
    October 16, 2020 by

    A team of Ball State construction management students took third place in the Green Energy Challenge competition this fall. The team submitted a video presentation of their work and fielded judge’s questions through Zoom to land the third-place overall ranking – the first time Ball State has placed in the top three. The competition, sponsored by […]

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  • The Weight of History
    October 2, 2020 by

    By CHLOE DOTSON, BUPD 2012, MURP 2013   When I was a little girl, my father took me to the beach. We sat down in the sand, and I peered out into the ocean. My fathered pointed out into the ocean saying, “Look … look there, you see that ocean? That is where your ancestors […]

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  • CAP Lecture Series Fall Line-Up
    September 25, 2020 by

    The CAP lecture series will be virtual this year, and we’re hoping you’ll join us! Our lectures are free and open to the public to enjoy. Here’s the line-up for Fall.   Monday, NOV 9 | 4:00 pm Paul Lewis, a principal at LTL Architects, is a professor and associate dean at Princeton University School […]

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