Profile: Charul Mehta

Profile: 

Grad- M.Arch .

undergrad - B.Arch(Mumbai,India.)

interests-

anything to do with design and construction in any way

music.. (mostly oldies)

food

movies 

playing around with photoshop

talents-- basic architecture and graphic design softwares

-worked in an architecture firm for 2 years in Mumbai.

Rebargroup: Kristina Waller

Profile: Kristina Waller
Field of study: Curriculum & Instruction BFA from VCU in Crafts 1998 BFA from VCU in Art Education 2005 I have also studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn; The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass; Scuola Lorenzo de Medici in Florence, Italy; and most recently with David Darts of NYU.
Special interests: Politics, technology, my former students, hacking, open source software, watching C-Span while I’m asleep…this is also a talent.
Talents & Powers: cat handling; working with cold, warm, and hot glass; removing glass splinters from hands; making flying paper mache animals; as well as, paper mache animal repair; impersonating a green dragon flawlessly; stacking up clutter to optically minimize the overall amount; driving from Virginia to Texas with a cat, a dog, and a shortage of sedatives - resting only at rest stops; and finding things on the internet. I think most problems can be solved with either a little innovation, duct tape, zip ties, whiskey and whatever is in my purse. (The whiskey is not usually in my purse.) I also have a special talent for doing my work early and turning it in late.

Profile-Julian Wang

Field: Architecture in PhD program.

Interests: Sustainable design, biomimicry, urban design, music, Chinese painting, reading fiction.

I wish my research will relate to bio-adaptation and kinetic architectural design. The natural models have much interesting inspiration, like adaptive movement of mammal's hair for responding the different exterior temperature, changing posture of certain leaves for absorbing or avioding sunlight......whether we can transpose these biological adaptation to architectural needs. A surge of possibilities accompanies this concept. I need to consider the representation and modeling the responses of buildings or its materials related to a selected natural model. That's why I am interested in this project.

Profile: Michael Wilson

Field of Study:
Grad - Landscape Architecture
Undergrad - Parks & Recreation Administration


Special Interests:
Brownfield redevelopment
Ecological restoration
Sustainable design
Being outdoors
General recreating (climbing, biking, etc.)


Talents/Secret Powers:
3D modeling and rendering
Photography
Sketching
Fixing things
I can accurately describe almost all tastes and smells
Movie quotes
General problem solving

Profile: Ricardo Solar

Field: Environmental Design (architecture), will start Graduate school next fall.

Interests: Architectural Design, Furniture Design, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Graphics in general...Music.

Talents: Drawing and painting, Building stuff, pretty good with photoshop and most architecture rendering tools...and I play a little guitar.

Website: www.ricardosolarart.com

Rebargroup: Barbara Sturdevant

Field: Environmental Design (architecture)

Interests: Healthcare Architecture, Educational architecture, Urban design/planning, Healthcare planning

Talents: painting?, knitting, gymnastics, eating lots and lots of sweets

Katie Smither

Away from image files right now....I'll upload a pic later.


Field of Study: Currently Environmental Design, in the process of transferring though to get a B.F.A.

Interests: Life, living it, and trying not to fail while doing so. My Lord, art, design, asking questions, politely breaking rules : ), reading reading reading...wish we had more time to read good stuff. Music, musicals, and anything old school Disney. Harry Potter, sushi, and sleep (the concept is intriguing...ha)....and on and on.


Special Powers: Lately, a whiz at filling out applications for anything really. Talking bigger game than might be true, ha ha, SO comes in handy. Recently, a ripstick extrordinaire. A master at beam ball. A steady stream of ridiculous ideas that should be followed through with more often. Perhaps a professional sarcastic. Skilled cleptomaniac. Disney lyric dictionary. And above all, nothing can top this, none of ya'll got anything after this is dropped.....Typing 150+ GWAM in middle school....dangerous digits right here, fellas.

Thanks, Katie Smither

Rebargroup: Sloan Springer

Field: Architecture (senior)

Interests: Urban design, mixed-use, folding architecture, integration of architecture, urban art, and landscape.

Talents: culinary arts, photography, ability to find my way around in any environment (particularly finding good food anywhere)

Miki Ting Fan

(Me on the Right)

Field of Study: Landscape Architecture (Sophmore)

Special Interests: Abstract art, Japanese anime/art, hip hop dancing, people watching, piano

Talent/Powers: Poppin' (hip hop dancing style), a little bit of breakdancing, getting along with people

Mike Droske

Profile: Mike Droske

Field of study: Landscape Architecture (grad), English literature/Religious studies (undergrad)

Special interests: Ecological restoration, native plants, sustainable design, green building, edible landscaping, songwriting, post-singularity science fiction, cooking Indian food, '70s progressive rock, horticulture, DIY, gardening

Talents & Powers:

• Drawing & Painting
• Photography
• Writing allegorical short stories
  
• I can get along with just about anybody
• I can find lost keys/items very quickly, as long as they're not my own

Rebargroup: Teresa Moran

Hola! Hola! As you can see ^ I'm family oriented and never fail to help/get everything ready for family events...

I'm originally from Mexico City but most of my education has taken place in Texas with the exception of a semester away in Italy and one back in the mother country. I am finishing up my Bachelors in 'Environmental Design' which you'll come to know is another name for Architecture.

my interests:

Different places, cultures, languagues. I'm mostly interested in behavior though. I like to observe, analyze, and study why people act the way that they do. I'm introspective too. All that involves a dive into the discipline of psycology, communication, and a lot other disciplines which I haven't gotten to yet. As much as I am interested in understanding the why of things, I also thrive from knowing that I can make someone aware of what's going on around them.

my special powers:

• I can make some GREAT TACOS! no, really, I can.
• I am very insightful.
• I can relate to people easily (that makes it easier to communicate with them).
• I am good at repairing/restoring situations.

Rebargroup: Barrett Davis

Field of Study: Visualization [transitionally undergrad - graduate]

Special Interests: Painting, writing, video games, interactive art, generative art, film, animation.

I'm finishing my last semester as an undergraduate with a focus on visualization - transcribing what I think into a tangible, aesthetic form. I've been accepted to continue my studies in the Master of Science in Visualization program here at A&M. The main project in my focus is to develop a program which creates a three-dimensional painting of sorts. If all works as initially planned it will be an abstract, non-representational representation of my own abstract, non-representational paintings. :-)

Talents & Powers:

• Ability to consume any number of cookies in front of me (esp. chocolate chip) without hesitation
  
• Ability to transcend objects floating in the wind
• Pun-extraordinaire
• Aura of the artist (without any initial intentions!)
  

Rebargroup: Briana Morrison

Profile: Briana Morrison
^ That's me in pink, enjoying a free hug in Austin

Field of study: Landscape Architecture and Horticulture

Special Interests: Graffiti, public art, public space, sociology, social and environmental sustainability, political advocacy

I'm hoping to eventually attend graduate school to study something similar to the goals of the project...how people create meaning, genus loci, and community through public art/graffiti/flash mobs, etc. The details aren't quite fleshed out in my mind. I'm still searching for inspiration, which is why I'm waiting, and also why I'm excited about this project!

Talents & Powers:

• Landscape Architecture training...which better be a talent of some sort after five years
• Painting and drawing
  
• Photography
  
• Public speaking
• Event planning
• A townie, which has advantages when it comes to gaining access to certain things/places :)