John Maze

Assistant Professor

School of Architecture

University of Florida

P.O.Box 115702

Gainesville, Florida 32611

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF JOB DUTIES

Teaching

• My primary teaching responsibilities are the required and optional courses in digital architecture. In my six years of teaching at the University of Florida, I am the only School of Architecture faculty that has been able to teach these to our undergraduate and graduate students. These courses stem from years of continuing research into the evolving role of digital technology in the design process in both practice and academics.

• My secondary teaching responsibility is design studio. In my three years as an assistant professor, I have taught primarily upper level undergraduate design studios, but have also taught lower division studios. My design pedagogy fosters students’ own creative confidence through support of their ideas rather than my own, and focuses on the engagement of context both urban and natural, and the craft and detailing of architecture.

• Teaching responsibilities include the development and teaching of two new courses that are a key part of the new digital architecture curriculum. Arc 2180 Introduction to Digital Architecture is a 3.0 credit hour required course that enables students to master the basics of various industry standard computer programs and techniques. Arc 3181 Advanced Topics in Digital Architecture is a 3.0 credit hour optional (at this time) course that encourages mastery of state-of-the-art computer programs and techniques. Lessons in this course teach upper division and graduate students to explore digital design issues far beyond what is commonly encountered in status quo architectural practices, and develops an expertise in representation and documentation protocols that make them highly specialized and marketable.

• Teaching responsibilities include the development and teaching of an interdisciplinary graduate seminar arc 6911/art 6933 Digital Spaces: Virtual Places. The course was co-taught by Fine Arts and DAS faculty Tresa Asselin, and was compromised of graduate students from both architecture and fine arts. The students were provided an inside look into the Digital Worlds Institute, and were given access to DW’s technology and space.

• Independent studies are an important part of teaching. I continue to work closely with students on a variety of subjects directly tied to my research agenda encompassing digital technologies and design.

Research

· My experience in architectural practice involved offices that have been pivotal in the evolution of digital technology in the architectural profession. As part of award winning design projects, we utilized state-of-the-art modeling and rendering technologies that are still considered at the forefront and continue to influence the way young designers think about architecture. Since my knowledge base is grounded in this area of expertise, my research is focused on two critically adjacent areas: digital representation and visualization, and contemporary design issues and processes.

Research on Digital Representation and Visualization

• The role of digital technology in the research and practice of architecture is vast and encompassing. In order to define a concentrated focus for scholarly research, I have strategically focused on the issue of digital representation and visualization rather than all aspects of computational testing and design.

• Sponsored research into modeling and visualizing how rainfall interacts with roof design is ongoing. This research has resulted in a paper co-authored with Professor Kim Tanzer and Assistant Professor Mark McGlothlin that was presented at two international conferences.

• Sponsored research into narrative design and visualizing designing for cyberspace yielded a web interface constructed by the Office of Academic Technology, developed an interdisciplinary graduate seminar, and a yielded paper presented at an international conference.

• Sponsored research into modeling and visualizing micro greenhouses for the next Martian exploration is ongoing. This project will yield large press for the College of Design Construction and Planning since it is a collaboration between DCP faculty and students, and the Institute for Food and Agricultural Science, the center for Space Agriculture and Biotechnology Research and Education, and NASA. This continuing research has thus far generated a paper outlining the project (awaiting acceptance), and is anticipated to yield further publication.

Research on Contemporary Design Issues

• Research in the desert design practice of architect Eddie Jones has yielded a book in progress. Funding for the initial research was provided by the College of Design Construction and Planning. Research builds upon work done while a project manager and designer for Taliesin West Architects in Scottsdale, Arizona. Jones continues with many of Wright’s concepts and is at the forefront of post-modern sustainable and regional architecture in the American Sonoran Desert.

• Research into the use of music as a design generator has been instrumental in the publication of two papers in national and international proceedings on design education. Several individual studies and Masters Research Projects have continued this track of inquiry.

• Research into urban form and its relationship with landform has yielded a paper presented at a national conference. This paper explores experiments in urban morphology creating hybrid cities through the meshing of their disparate characteristics into one fictitious settlement. This line of inquiry has also contributed to sponsored research with students in the University Scholars Program.

Service

• Director of Lectures, School of Architecture for two years, plus one as co-director (2001-2004) organized more than 30 lectures

• Director of Computer Committee for two years plus one as co-director (2001-2004). Responsible for coordinating and redesigning the entire digital curriculum, reorganizing Circa facilities and relationship with DCP, and implementing new industry-standard into the program. A large portion of time has been spent attempting to improve the environment in which the digital curriculae is taught. At the time of my hire, the CAD courses were taught in an outdated computer lab managed by the university. In the past three years, this lab has been redesigned, and has been rebuilt twice due to my efforts. Continuing efforts on my time are made to improve the teachability of these laboratory facilities until the School of Architecture can maintain its own.

• Director of Web Committee for two years plus one as committee member (2001-2005). Oversaw the complete redesign and implementation of the new School of Architecture website.

• Member of Computer Committee, College of Design, Construction, and Planning (2001-2004)

• Advisor Summer Preview, University of Florida for four years (2002-2005)

• College of Design, Construction, and Planning Graduation Piper (2004-2005)

• Graduate Marshall, University of Florida (2001-2004)

• Mentor to AIAS, School of Architecture for two years (2001-2003)

• Mentor to ACC School of Architecture for two years (2001-2002, 2004-2005). Oversaw and coordinated the very successful 2005 Career Forum held in the Emerson Alumni Hall and Paramount Plaza Resort.

• Mentor to Architrave (2001-2002)

• Director, Florida Tionol (2002-2005). My service to the community has primarily been as a nationally recognized leader and organizer in the Irish American musical community. I direct and fundraise for a large international conference for the study of Irish traditional music held each year in Central Florida. This past year had over ninety international scholars, recording artists, and participants from around the world come to Gainesville for lectures, workshops, demonstrations, and concerts. My time is completely pro-bono; the events are funded by the Irish American musical community and the Florida Uilleann Pipers. Recognition of this leadership was demonstrated by noted Irish music group The Chieftains, who invited me to perform with them onstage at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

• Veterans of Foreign Wars (2003-2004). Design services donated pro bono for the preliminary design of a new war memorial on Waldo Road.

• Santa Fe Community College Teaching Zoo (2002-2003). Design Services donated pro bono for the design of an exhibit and monkey enclosure.

• Proposal evaluator for the Department for Sponsored Research (2005)

• Paper Reviewer for the Design Communication Association (2005)

• Paper Reviewer for the Hawaii International Conference for the Arts and Humanities (2005)

• Paper Reviewer for ACADIA International Conference (2004)

• Scholarship Committee for the ACADIA International Conference (2004)

• Session Chair for the Hawaii International Conference for the Arts and Humanities (2003-2004)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

The areas of specialization listed below build upon my experience in practice utilizing and inventing digital design techniques that have been noted and referenced in several books and articles on Peter Eisenman and his office, of which I was an employee and project designer, and Michael Rotondi and his office, of which I was also an employee.

• Digital Media and Computer Aided Design, specifically, the ever-changing future of digital design tools in the architectural profession in the late 20^th and early 21^st centuries; particularly, how has the manner in which architectural ideas are represented and visualized utilizing digital means. This applies to the formal language of architecture made possible by to digital modeling software, and the realism and virtual inhabitation made possible by to digital rendering and animation software. These results of research in this area are directly disseminated in publication form and in my digital architecture courses.

• Architectural design as it has been practiced in the late 20^th and early 21^st centuries. Of particular interest is the manner in which concepts outside the typical realm of architectural thought (i.e. music, aerospace engineering) can generate architectural solutions. Often these interdisciplinary studies contribute directly to my design studio pedagogy, and help to contextualize and conceptualize the work of my students.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Arizona State University Architecture M Arch 1996

(Highest distinction)

• University of Virginia Architecture BS 1991

EMPLOYMENT

• University of Florida Assistant Professor 2001 - present
• University of Virginia Visiting Assistant Professor 1999 - 2001
• University of Virginia Lecturer 1997 - 1999
• Roto Architects Project Designer 1995 - 1997
• Taliesin Architects Project Manager 1994-1995

· Arizona State University Teaching Assistant 1994-1996

• MAZE Design Collaborative CEO, President 1993 - 2001
• Eisenman Architects Project Designer 1991 - 1993

CREATIVE WORKS OR ACTIVITIES

Research:

• The Jones Studio: Desert Houses, by John Maze (in process)

Noted Arizona architect Eddie Jones asked me to write, produce, and publish a critical monograph on his work.

• IFAS/NASA Design and Modeling of Greenhouse Habitats for Mars Settlement

This grant from IFAS is for faculty and graduate assistants to assist in the design, modeling, and animation of greenhouse structures for a Mars settlement per President Bush’s plan to colonize the red planet. Future funding is anticipated from NASA following the initial proposal done in collaboration with IFAS, BCN, and Architecture.

• Earl Blank FRSA Faculty Fellowship 2003

Development of a Case Study Project for Roof and Building Envelope Design / Visualization Technology to Simulate Rainfall on Buildings and Test Roof Slope, Material, and Construction using Alias/Wavefront Maya. The hope is that collaboration can occur with software developers and/or the College of Engineering to develop and patent a program that can test rainfall drainage conditions of buildings.

• Research into current design parametric applications for dissemination to curriculum

This has been essential to developing a portion of the School’s curriculum. A considerable amount of time and resources have been put to gaining an understanding of the best tools and techniques to prepare our graduates to enter the profession productively and raise the level of digital expertise in Florida practices. The eventual goal is to develop an internationally acclaimed expertise within the School of Architecture for digital design excellence.

Three refereed papers have resulted from this research.

• OIR Grant to develop computer curriculum on-line 2002

This grant initially was intended to serve the School’s curriculum, but has grown in scope to research and explore advanced digital communication techniques such as the notion of a spatial web interface. The grant has gone not just to designing and posting the webspace (in progress), but also to developing new methods of interfacing with users of the web. Three refereed papers have resulted from this research, and further publications anticipated.

• Research into web broadcast of lecture series 2001-2002

This will eventually broaden our audience for the lecture series, and generate revenue for the lecture series.

• Research into building departmental computer lab 2001-2002

The result is a dramatic upgrade and improvement to the Circa labs to my specifications. I was principle investigator of the new layout and machines during shakedown summer 2002.

• Discussions and strategies with Digital Worlds (James Oliverio) to collaborate and share curricula/facilities

I am advising two Digital Worlds graduate students on their theses projects. One positive result of this collaboration is the joint study/collaboration in the 2002 D7 semester between Digital Worlds and the studios of Kim Tanzer, Mark McGlothlin, and me. Future projects include utilizing the Nave and new Nave facilities in graduate studios, as well as cross-disciplinary research and implementation of a visual interface of music for the deaf. This latter research agenda builds upon many years of initial studies using digital technologies to translate music into architectural form in a way not previously accomplished.

• Development of Faculty Digital Media courses 2002

The design of these courses offering digital courses for faculty raise the understanding of current digital practices used by our students in the new digital curriculum. These courses also offer teaching assistants the chance to pursue pedagogy and dissemination of lessons.

• Form Z Principle Investigator, 2002-2005

This collaboration with Form Z allows our students access to one of the leading software packages at a greatly reduced cost, and offers the international design community the chance to review the work of our students published annually.

Exhibitions:

• APX Faculty Exhibit, School of Architecture, Gainesville, Florida – 2005
• IT Faculty Showcase, Reitz Union Grand Ball Room - 2004
• Digital Spaces: Virtual Places, School of Architecture, Gainesville, Florida – 2003

I was invited to mount an exhibit of the research feeding into the graduate seminar I was teaching in the fall of 2003. The resulting course work was also exhibited. The graduate seminar explored the notion of virtual space and the implications on the future of architecture.

• APX Faculty Exhibit, School of Architecture, Gainesville, Florida – 2003

I showed the first institutional project completed after I left Eisenman Architects in 1993 and formed a partnership with John Lewis, AIA in Virginia. It is my first built non-residential work and utilized the state of the art techniques explored at Eisenman Architects in the design of the unbuilt Emory Center for the Arts.

• Charlottesville Lines, Exhibit and Soundtrack w/ Sanda Illiescu, Charlottesville, Virginia – 2001

Using digital recording, editing, and production technologies, I musically scored an exhibit for internationally acclaimed artist Sanda Illiescu by translating her work based upon John Cage’s notion of indeterminacy into a conceptual aural experience. This exhibit was sponsored by The University of Virginia and was visited by many visiting academics and artists including Collin Rowe.

• Piedmont Futures Conference, Charlottesville, Virginia (DCP) - 1998
• Biennale di Venezia, U.S. Exhibitions (With Eisenman, Frank O. Gehry and Greg Lynn) - 1991-1992

I was involved with the original design for the American Pavilion, and was the sole designer and curator for the traveling version of the show that traveled through the mid-west during 1992.

PUBLICATIONS

Book Publications in Process

· The Jones Studio: Desert Houses, submitted March 2005 for consideration.

Book Publications, Book contributions, Book chapters

· Digital Architecture and Construction, edited by A. Ali and C.A. Brebbia, WIT Press, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, UK. 2006. “Narrative and the Space of Digital Architecture: Implementing interdisciplinary storytelling in the design of interactive digital space” (ISBN 1-84564-047-0)

This paper discusses the role of narrative in the design of virtual space and the idiomatic qualitative aspects of the digital context.

· Digital Architecture and Construction, edited by A. Ali and C.A. Brebbia, WIT Press, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, UK. 2006. “Fluid in form and the Encoding of Space: Examining the Intersections of architectural design and computer science” (ISBN 1-84564-047-0),

This paper presents ongoing research into modeling rain and its impact upon the design process using advanced digital design media.

· Digital Architecture: Turn Vision into Virtual Reality with 3D Graphics, by M.S. Uddin, (McGraw-Hill, NY, NY 1999) “3D Modeling and Rendering: Material and Light in Rendering”

· Digital Architecture: Turn Vision into Virtual Reality with 3D Graphics, by M.S. Uddin, (McGraw-Hill, NY, NY 1999) “Multi-media: Collage Movie”

I was approached as the digital media instructor at The University of Virginia by the author to initially submit ideas about various aspects of digital media and design. Along the way, the focus of the book changed and because I had been using advanced digital modeling and rendering techniques since Eisenman Architects, I was asked to submit text and work for the book that describe two of the techniques discussed with the author.

· West Main Street Economic Development and Urban Infill, DRC (Institute for Sustainable Design, The University of Virginia, 1998).

Refereed National and International Journals

· Representation 2005-2006, Journal of the Design Communication Association, edited by Uddin, M. Saleh, Design Communication Association, Tucson, AZ. 2006. “Pencil Pixel Progression: Analysis of Digital Architecture Pedagogy,”

This paper discusses the difference between analog and digital architecture pedagogy, and an analysis and presentation of the current UF School of Architecture digital curriculum.

Refereed National and International Proceedings

· To Mars and Beyond, The Role of the Architect in the Design of Martian Greenhouse Prototypes, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities Proceedings, 2005. Accepted

This paper discusses the relationship between a practitioner of architecture and the sciences as a client in the design visualization of small prototypes for greehouse environments for an anticipated Martian expedition. The project is in process in conjunction with IFAS’s SABRE center.

· Developing the Digital Narrative: Implementing Interdisciplinary Storytelling and Immersive Environments in the Education of an Architect, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities Proceedings, 2004

This paper explores the role of narrative structure in digitally designed environments. How one communicates by virtue of design decisions in digital web interfaces, digital video games, digital architecture, etc. is an important continuation of my research into the increasing relationship between architecture and digital technology. I feel that there is great potential for this paper to grow into a book. It encapsulates my research interested very clearly and neatly into one specific direction.

· Fluid (in)form: Influencing design through dynamic particle simulation, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities Proceedings, 2004 (w/ Mark McGlothlin and Kim Tanzer)

This paper chronicles the methodology utilized with the Digital Worlds Institute in testing state of the art animation software to model rainfall on roof form.

· Fluid (in)form: Influencing design through dynamic particle simulation, ACADIA International Conference Proceedings, 2003 (w/ Mark McGlothlin and Kim Tanzer)

This paper chronicles the methodology utilized with the Digital Worlds Institute in testing state of the art animation software to model rainfall on roof form.

· Axis Z: Assessing Digital Environmental Design Parameters, ACSA International Conference Proceedings, 2003

This paper builds upon previous research into interactive communication environments in the world wide web, and researches interactive interface technologies used by such offices as Asymptote, Greg Lynn, and the Unstudio.

· Cyberspatiality: Exploring the Realm of a Spatial Web Interface Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities Proceedings, 2003

This paper explores and documents the evolution of the way architecture and architects and artists represent space. The next incarnation of this representation in the digital post-perspectival era, an architecturally spatial web interface, is forecasted and discussed.

· Intermedia: Rethinking Tactility in the Digital Design Process, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities Proceedings, 2003

This paper discusses the downfall of the traditional notion of craft in architectural representation due to the quick emergence of digital representation. This paper postulates a return to tactility in digital representation and discusses techniques being developed that overcome the cognitive drawbacks of working digitally.

· Cyberspatiality: Exploring the Realm of a Spatial Web Interface ACSA West-Central Conference Proceedings, 2002.

This paper explores and documents the evolution of the way architecture and architects and artists represent space. The next incarnation of this representation in the digital post-perspectival era, an architecturally spatial web interface, is forecasted and discussed.

· Virtual Tactility: Working to Overcome Perceptual and Conceptual Barriers in the Digital Design Studio, ACADIA International Conference Proceedings, 2002

This paper discusses the downfall of the traditional notion of craft in architectural representation due to the quick emergence of digital representation. This paper postulates a return to tactility in digital representation and discusses techniques being developed that overcome the cognitive drawbacks of working digitally.

· Intermedia: Speculations about Tactility in the Digital Design Environment, John Maze, ARCC International Conference Proceedings, 2002

This paper discusses the downfall of the traditional notion of craft in architectural representation due to the quick emergence of digital representation. This paper postulates a return to tactility in digital representation and discusses techniques being developed that overcome the cognitive drawbacks of working digitally.

· deTail of Two Cities, John Maze, ACSA National Beginning Design Conference Proceedings, 2002

This paper results from research into urban recombination theory. Based upon the notion of urban genetics, two vastly different urban situations are “mated” to form a new offspring condition. This paper outlines the methodology and presents different case studies.

· Musical Beginnings, John Maze, ACSA National Beginning Design Conference Proceedings, 2002

Based upon years of work teaching fundamental architectural design through musical theory, a methodology has emerged that allows for the fundamental lessons of architectural design to be disseminated without a premature jump to preconceived notions of the built environment. This paper, written for the National Beginning Design Conference, outlines this methodology.

· Jigs, Reels, & the Occasional Air, John Maze, ACSA National Conference Proceedings, 2001

This paper analyzes the similarities between the world of musical composition and its dissemination, and the world of architectural design and construction. A methodology of translation from music to architectural form is researched and evaluated. Future research into this process occurred and is anticipated using advanced digital modeling and animation technology.

· deTail of Two Cities, John Maze, ACSA West Conference Proceedings, October 2001

This paper results from research into urban recombination theory. Based upon the notion of urban genetics, two vastly different urban situations are “mated” to form a new offspring condition. This paper outlines the methodology and presents different case studies.

· Jigs, Reels, & the Occasional Air, John Maze, ACSA West Conference Proceedings, 2000

This paper documents the similarities between the world of musical composition and dissemination and the world of architectural design and construction. A methodology of translation from music to architectural form is researched and evaluated. This paper, which chronicles my earlier attempts for this interdisciplinary work between music and architecture was selected as one of the top three papers of the conference. Future research into this process occurred and is anticipated using advanced digital modeling and animation technology.

· Place… Time… Ritual (abstract), John Maze (ARCC Applied Research in Architecture & Planning,

(Herberger Center, Arizona), pg 177.

Non-refereed Publications

· Iris na bPiobaire Vol. XX No. 4-Autumn 2001 “First Annual Jackson, Mississippi Tionol” pg. 27

· Iris na bPiobaire Vol. XX No. 1-Winter 2001 “Desert Rat Reed Solutions” pg. 19-20

· .doc, John Maze (Architrave, University of Florida School of Architecture student publication, 2001)

Posters at National and International Conferences

· Developing the Digital Narrative: Implementing Interdisciplinary Storytelling and Immersive Environments in the Education of an Architect (ACSA National Conference in Miami, 2004 and the AIA National Convention in Jacksonville, 2004, and the School of Architecture Inauguration Exhibit, 2004).

· Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Project (ACSA National Conference in Miami, 2004, and the AIA National Convention in Jacksonville, 2004, and the School of Architecture Inauguration Exhibit, 2004).

Cited Work

Architectureweek.com, coverage of the ACADIA conference features images from the paper

prepared with Kim Tanzer and Mark McGlothlin (November, 2003).

Diagram Diaries, by Peter Eisenman, (Universe Publishing, NY, NY 1999)

•Eisenman Architects project team: design, models, drawings, renderings.

Architectural Record - 11/99 - Featured Technology Building by Roto Architects. 1999.

•Roto Architects project team: design, management, all computer work shown. pg.

1997 - 1998 Form Z Joint Study Program Annual Report - July 1999

featured work done by my Arch 202 students. pg.

Architecture, Jan.+Mar.1997, “Progressive Architecture Awards” - Sinte Gleska University,

•Roto Architects project team: design, management, all computer work shown (credits corrected 3/97, pg. 15)

The Progress Index, “Welcome to the dream”, 11.18.1996 - Pamplin Park

•John G. Lewis, AIA project team: design, management, construction observation, drawings, renderings

The Richmond Times Dispatch, “Pamplin Park comes alive”, 8.21.96, 10.23.96

•John G. Lewis, AIA project team: design, management, construction observation, drawings, renderings

ROTO Book, (The University of Michigan) - Sinte Gleska University

•Roto Architects project team: design, management, computer models, drawings, renderings, 1996.

Portfolio Design, Harold Linton, (W.W. Norton & Co., NY), pg 109, 111. 1996.

•undergraduate and professional portfolio selected in national search

Eleven Authors In Search Of a Building, (the Monacelli Press, NY) - Aronoff Center. 1996.

•Eisenman Architects project team: design, models, drawings, renderings

AD: Folding in Architecture, No. 102, “Peter Eisenman: Folding in Time” - Emory. 1993.

•Eisenman Architects project team: design, models, drawings, renderings. pg.

Progressive Architecture, Jan.1993, “PA Awards” - Emory Center for the Arts. 1993

•Eisenman Architects project team: design, models, drawings, renderings. pg.

L’Architecture D’aujourd’hui, Feb. 1992, “Peter Eisenman” - Aronoff Center. 1992.

•Eisenman Architects project team: design, models, drawings, renderings, sketches.

LECTURES, SPEECHES OR POSTERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES/MEETINGS

· Developing the Digital Narrative: Implementing Interdisciplinary Storytelling and Immersive Environments in the Education of an Architect, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, 2004

This paper explores the role of narrative structure in digitally designed environments. How one communicates by virtue of design decisions in digital web interfaces, digital video games, digital architecture, etc. is an important continuation of my research into the increasing relationship between architecture and digital technology. I feel that there is great potential for this paper to grow into a book. It encapsulates my research interested very clearly and neatly into one specific direction.

· Fluid (in)form: Influencing design through dynamic particle simulation, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, 2004 (w/ Mark McGlothlin and Kim Tanzer)

This paper chronicles the methodology utilized with the Digital Worlds Institute in testing state of the art animation software to model rainfall on roof form.

· Fluid (in)form: Influencing design through dynamic particle simulation, ACADIA International Conference, 2003 (w/ Mark McGlothlin)

This paper chronicles the methodology utilized with the Digital Worlds Institute in testing state of the art animation software to model rainfall on roof form. The presentation received praise, and is featured in architectureweek.com. The comments were that the research is valid and important, with great practical appeal in a time of dynamic digital form making.

· Timeline: My Life in Architecture, NOMAS Faculty Lecture Series, 2003 (postponed)

· Digital Media and Design: Future of the Digital Practice, Jacksonville AIA, 2003

This invited lecture exposed regional professionals to advanced state of the art digital design and communication technology that can soon affect their work. I was asked to deliver the lecture by the president of the Jacksonville AIA based upon the work of his newly-hired interns who had profited from the new digital architecture at the University of Florida authored and implemented by me.

· Cyberspatiality: Exploring the Realm of a Spatial Web Interface, Hawaii International Conference for the Humanities, 2003.

This enormous conference brought together international leaders and scholars in the humanities to discuss the overlaps and gaps between each discipline. I believe there were over 300 presenters from around the globe.

· Intermedia: Rethinking Tactility in the Digital Design Process, Hawaii International Conference for the Humanities, 2003.

This enormous conference brought together international leaders and scholars in the humanities to discuss the overlaps and gaps between each discipline. I believe there were over 300 presenters from around the globe.

· Emerging Pedagogies Panelist, 2002 ACSA National Conference.

I was an invited panelist on this panel discussing changes and the future in how knowledge is disseminated in higher education. Moreover the topic was primarily how technology is changing higher education.

· Digital Media in the Fundamental Design Studio - Lecture to D2 Class. 2002

· deTail of Two Cities, John Maze ACSA National Beginning Design Conference, 2002

· Musical Beginnings, John Maze ACSA National Beginning Design Conference, 2002

· Digital Media and Design, John Maze Savannah College of Design, 2001

· Digital Media and Design, John Maze University of Arizona, 2001

· INST 382 Color Across the Spectrum - Lecture titled "Why are Architects Colorblind?" An investigation of color and texture in the built environment. 2000

This invited lecture was part of the Prestigious Echol’s Scholar Program at The University of Virginia. Scholars and leading researchers from various departments across The University were invited to discuss how color played into their particular field of inquiry.

· Jigs, Reels, and the Occasional Air, John Maze ACSA National Conference, 2000

This national unveiling of my experimental teaching architecture with music theory led to future testing of the principles discussed at the conference. A lot of the work discussed was executed digitally with state of the art modeling and animation technology.

· Jigs, Reels, and the Occasional Air, John Maze University of Virginia School of Architecture, 2000

· Jigs, Reels, and the Occasional Air, John Maze ACSA West Conference "In Spite Of", 1999

· Digital Media in the Fundamental Design Studio, John Maze Auburn University, 1999

This series of invited lectures built upon the curriculum development that I facilitated at The University of Virginia. These institutions were looking to further their digital curriculum.

· Digital Media in the Fundamental Design Studio, John Maze Florida Atlantic University, 1999

This series of invited lectures built upon the curriculum development that I facilitated at The University of Virginia. These institutions were looking to further their digital curriculum.

· Digital Media in the Fundamental Design Studio, John Maze Clemson University, 1999

This series of invited lectures built upon the curriculum development that I facilitated at The University of Virginia. These institutions were looking to further their digital curriculum.

CONTRACTS AND GRANTS

Grants and Funding Received:

January 2005 IFAS/NASA Design and Modeling of Greenhouse Habitats for Mars Settlement.

This funding from IFAS through Research and Graduate Programs is for faculty and graduate assistants to continue with the design, modeling, and animation of greenhouse structures for a Mars settlement per President Bush’s plan to colonize the red planet. Future funding is anticipated from NASA following the initial proposal done in collaboration with IFAS, BCN, and Architecture.

$5,000 (direct costs)

November 2004 Office of Academic Technology Grant

This grant is for the design and implementation of an interactive database of architectural imagery and textures. At this point in time, no such scholarly database exists and will allow for further research into visualization technology. Grant also includes a rendering engine to be used by students and faculty.

$ 8,400 (direct costs)

May 2004 College of Design Construction and Planning Research Grant: sponsoring research on “Eddie Jones, Architect”, preparing for publication anticipated in 2005.

$2,497 (salary)

March 2004 IFAS/NASA Design and Modeling of Greenhouse Habitats for Mars Settlement.

This funding from IFAS through Research and Graduate Programs is for faculty and graduate assistants to assist in the design, modeling, and animation of greenhouse structures for a Mars settlement per President Bush’s plan to colonize the red planet. Future funding is anticipated from NASA following the initial proposal done in collaboration with IFAS, BCN, and Architecture.

$5,000 (direct costs)

2003-2004 Earl Blank Faculty Fellowship – Rainfall study and simulation.

Development of a Case Study Project for Roof and Building Envelope Design / Visualization Technology to Simulate Rainfall on Buildings and Test Roof Slope, Material, and Construction using Alias/Wavefront Maya. The hope is that a collaboration can occur with software developers and/or the College of Engineering to develop and patent a program that can test rainfall drainage conditions of buildings.

$5,000 (direct costs)

2002-2004 OIR Online Content Development Grant.

This grant initially was intended to serve the School’s curriculum, but has grown in scope to research and explore advanced digital communication techniques such as the notion of a spatial web interface. The grant has gone not just to designing and posting the webspace (in progress), but also to developing new methods of interfacing with users of the web.

$4,250 (direct costs)

May 2003 University Scholars Program, Grant for student to help in research proposed by faculty on the spatial phenomenology of Appalachan Virginia as compared to an European urbanity.

$500 (faculty) (direct costs)

$2,500 (student allowance) (Jazmine Fugate)

May 2003 University Scholars Program, Grant for student to help in research proposed by faculty on the spatial implications of an imported European International Style to a South American culture - Brazilia

$500 (faculty) (direct costs)

$2,500 (student allowance) (Roberta Andrade)

University of Virginia

1999 – 2001 Dean's Forum Grant (with Patricia Kucker while at UVA) - Work Terrace Project & Class.

This funding through the Dean’s Office received funds primarily from Allied Concrete in Charlottesville in order to pursue design-build education in the graduate curriculum. Over three semesters, students in the undergraduate and graduate level successfully completed an addition to the School of Architecture. The grant allowed for materials, time, and travel expenses to be paid for while students learned about concrete design and construction, and aluminum processing and construction.

$20,000 (direct costs)

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

· College of Design Construction, and Planning Service Award Nominated, UF 2005

· Teacher of the Year Nominated, UF, 2002

· ASCA New Teacher Award Nominated, 2002

· Convocation Speaker, UVA School of Architecture, 2001

· David A. Harrison III Endowed Award for Undergraduate Advising, UVA, 1999-2000

· Fall Convocation - Selected to accompany award-winning students, 1998-2000

· PA Citation-RoTo Architects, Inc., 1997

· Thesis Prize, ASU, 1996

· National AIA Gold Medal in Education, ASU, 1996

· Letter of Commendation for Teaching Excellence, 1996

· McRae Foundation Scholarship. 1996

· Design Excellence, 1995

· Edward Leighton Varney Scholarship, 1995

· National AIA Professional Scholarship, 1995

· Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1995

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