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College of Design for CRAD -- January, 2009 Marilyn DeLong, Assoc. Dean - R esearch & Outreach

College of Design for CRAD -- January, 2009 Marilyn DeLong, Assoc. Dean - R esearch & Outreach. College of Design. 2 ½ years old -- a Wave 1 project Committed to U of MN vision Small to mid-sized unit 1400 students (350 graduate students)

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College of Design for CRAD -- January, 2009 Marilyn DeLong, Assoc. Dean - R esearch & Outreach

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  1. College of Designfor CRAD -- January, 2009Marilyn DeLong, Assoc. Dean - Research & Outreach

  2. College of Design • 2 ½ years old -- a Wave 1 project • Committed to U of MN vision • Small to mid-sized unit • 1400 students (350 graduate students) • $4.9 million R & O (e.g. contracts, grants,& endowments)

  3. All R & O Funds: $4,932,750

  4. School /Departments within . . . • Architecture • Design, Housing & Apparel • Apparel Design • Graphic Design • Housing Studies • Interior Design • Retail Merchandising • Landscape Architecture

  5. What is design? • Design involves the form & function of everything we use everyday: products, services, systems, & environments • Design is a way of thinking that envisions alternative futures

  6. Research & Outreach . . . • Leveraged advantage: diverse • Land-grant research university • Metropolitan area • Networked & Interdisciplinary • Innovative & Entrepreneurial

  7. Priorities. . . • Design for all—in urban & rural contexts • Sustainability for the future • Design, health, & well-being • World heritage & culture • Digital design & fabrication

  8. Defining Strategies . . . • Linkage of research, outreach, & teaching Interdisciplinary projects • Example: Solar Decathlon Service learning • Local, national, international • Example: Katrina victims Global awareness • Cultural exchange/ Study Abroad • Example: UMN / Hong-Ik University (Korea)

  9. Centers/Museums/Laboratories • Goldstein Museum of Design • Center for Sustainable Building Research • Metropolitan Design Center • Human Dimensioning Laboratory • InformeDesign • World Heritage • Center for Changing Landscapes • Center for Rural Design • MURC (Radon training) • Digital Design Consortium

  10. Goldstein Museum of Design • Design collections / Materials library • Venue for research & outreach • Use in classrooms & in community • Showcase for design - Exhibitions • Venue for educational programs • Interdisciplinary projects • Targeted audiences link to community

  11. Three Phases Semester course Exhibition in the USA Symposium in Korea Example:Structuring a global exchangePurpose: a cultural awareness & global perspective

  12. Cultural Exchange--an Exhibition

  13. Symposium in Korea

  14. Center-Sustainable Building Research • CSBR Mission: Working to transform the built environment in ways that provide for the ecological,economic, & social needs of the present without compromising those of the future. --through research, outreach, & education

  15. People • CSBR staff includes architects, psychologists, • mechanical engineer • College faculty collaborate on projects • Other University faculty collaborate on projects • ( i.e.,CFANS, IT) • Funding • Federal: Departments of Energy, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation, EPA • State: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, MNSCU, Departments of Administration, Commerce, Transportation, and Natural Resources • County: Hennepin, Dakota and other metro counties • Other: McKnight Foundation, Wilder Foundation, Target Corporation, Green Communities Program Photovoltaic panels on Rapson Hall roof Hydrogen is generated from solar energy and stored in tank. Fuel cell uses hydrogen to produce pollution-free electricity

  16. Some CSBR Activities • Affordable Housing • Minnesota Sustainable Housing Initiative (McKnight Foundation) • Sustainable Housing Research for Korea • HUD Communities Outreach Partnership Center • (Includes Department of Architecture, Metropolitan Design Center, and Cold Climate Housing Program) • Demonstration Homes in the Frogtown Neighborhood • Green Communities Program • Building Evaluation • Post Occupancy Evaluations of buildings for MNSCU, University of Minnesota, Departments of Natural Resources and Transportation • Post Occupancy Evaluations of sustainable pilot projects for Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Carver and Washington Counties • Evaluation of Green Community Pilot Projects

  17. Metropolitan Design Center Public Outreach . . . Direct Design Assistance & Corridor Housing Initiative

  18. Community Outreach: Direct Design Assistance (DDA) program DDA provides one to two weeks of working days of technical assistance to help solve design and planning issues. MDC works with small cities, neighborhoods & other nonprofit organizations. • Typical project areas: • Housing • Green space • Mapping + analysis • Urban revitalization • Educational materials

  19. Recent DDA projects Common Ground Meditation Center, Minneapolis Created design concepts for a meditation garden and rain gardens Station Area mapping analysis for the West Bank Mapped two alternative LRT station locations and the amenities within walking distance to help with plan for future transit

  20. Human Dimensioning Laboratory • Accurately measure & assess complex forms --human body • Uses: local corporations study sizing; within the University study human factors related to health, well being (pesticide application), first responders ( fire fighters) • Funding from NSF, AES, IAS

  21. Human Dimensioning

  22. Motion Capture Analysis

  23. Vision • The world is our health care system. • water, soil, air, food, ecosystem and human health

  24. Doc in a Box:A portable cargo container with contents designed to be expandable for health care delivery in developing countries and emergency response.

  25. Research & Outreach in the College of Design. . . • Connected & interdisciplinary • Innovative & entrepreneurial • Contributing purposefully- • state-wide, nation-wide, & world-wide

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