Source: James Jones, 785-532-1111, jsamuel@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Diane Potts, 785-532-1090, potts@k-state.edu
Monday, Dec. 17, 2007
K-STATE ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS EARN HONORS IN BOWMAN DESIGN FORUM
MANHATTAN -- Three third-year architecture students from Kansas State University's College of Architecture, Planning and Design earned cash awards for their work at the ninth annual Bowman Design Forum.
The forum, Dec. 5 on the K-State campus, brings internationally acclaimed architects to campus to discuss work by third-year students in the K-State department of architecture.
This year's invited guests were Joan Soranno and John Cook of Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Minneapolis, Minn. The jurors also presented a guest lecture following the forum. Other jurors included Brent Bowman and Patrick Schaub, principals at Bowman Bowman Novick.
Two students from each of the four third-year studio sections were selected to present their designs for a hypothetical 18,600 square foot visitor center to serve as a gateway for the promotion of experiential tourism in the Flint Hills. The program called for a facility and adjoining landscape that demonstrated the principles and best practices of ecological and sustainable design. The gateway center, to be at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Kansas Highway 177, was to house commercial services and a prairie interpretive center.
Each student prepared a model, drawings and a Powerpoint presentation.
After hearing and viewing the student presentations, the visiting critics evaluated the designs and awarded $2,000 in prize money. The jury gave an Honor Award and $1,000 to Amanda Garbach, Overland Park. Merit Awards and $500 each went to Aaron Dyck, North Newton, and Eric Salmon, Kimberling City, Mo.
Also selected to participate in the forum were:
Laura Herron, Hesston; Joshua Perez, Manhattan; and Andrew Faires, Wichita.
From out-of state: Sam Bowling, Cockeysville, Md.; and Rachel Duncan, O'Fallon, Mo. Because of local interest in the idea of a Flint Hill visitors center, invited guests to the student presentations included Karen Hibbard, vice president, Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau; and Linda Craghead, executive director, Flint Hills Tourism Coalition.
Third-year architecture studio instructors were Gary Coates, professor of architecture; Richard Gnat, associate professor of architecture; Paul Holmquist, assistant professor of architecture; and James Jones, professor of architecture and project coordinator.
Brent Bowman, a 1972 K-State architecture graduate and principal of Bowman Bowman Novick, an architecture firm based in Manhattan and Kansas City, sponsors the Bowman Design Forum. In addition to funding the honoraria and travel expenses of the jurors and providing prize money for the students, Bowman also hosts luncheon and dinner gatherings that let students interact informally with the jurors.