Dr. Tony Rizzuto never had any intention of becoming an
academic. He grew up wanting to be a practicing architect, but his professors
noticed "he talked a lot" in class, and evidently liking what they
heard, encouraged him to become a teacher.
As Chair of Kennesaw State University's Department of
Architecture, Tony has an unique ability to connect architectural history and
theory to the challenges of modern architectural practice in a way that helps
students understand the value of architecture education.
One of the challenges of training architects that Tony and
the rest of the faculty face is making students awareness of architecture. It's not that
students have no experience with buildings, but that they have so much experience
and have thought so very little about them.
That's why Kennesaw State students begin their education by
simply observing and recording public spaces: how people move and react to space, how
spaces change over time, the latent potential of space, and the physical characteristics of spaces.
For anyone interested in impacting and changing the
buildings, neighborhoods, cities, and communities we live in, a good place to
start is simply observing how people and spaces actually interact.
Lots of names, lots of links this time. Peruse and I think it will be worth your wild. You'll learn a little about high theory, and a little about all the work it takes to become an architect.
LINKS
Architecture Schools
Becoming an Architect
People to Know
Bruce Graham
Betty Dowling
Le Corbusier (Corbu or just Corb)
Aldo Van Eyck
Alison and Peter Smithson
Ernst May
J.J.P. Oud
Ideas and Groups
Congres International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
Team X
De Stijl
Constructivism
Expressionism
Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity)
Brutalism
Betty Dowling
Le Corbusier (Corbu or just Corb)
Aldo Van Eyck
Alison and Peter Smithson
Ernst May
J.J.P. Oud
Ideas and Groups
Congres International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
Team X
De Stijl
Constructivism
Expressionism
Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity)
Brutalism
Buildings
Architecture Firms
Cooper Carry
Dr.
Tony Rizzuto is Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Architecture
at KSU. He has taught architecture and urbanism for over 20 years, written
numerous articles on architecture and organized international symposia on the
Bauhaus and Le Corbusier. He is currently a member of the KSU Livable
Communities Initiative and a member of the Board of Directors of the Midtown
Alliance, where he also serves on the Sidewalk Activation and Public Art
Committee and the Midtown Comprehensive Transportation Plan Steering Committee.
In 2015, he was the Competition Manager for the Atlanta Bridgescape Competition
a joint venture between the Midtown Alliance, Central Atlanta Progress, ADID
and the Atlanta Design Center. For the past ten years Dr. Rizzuto has served on
the City of Atlanta’s Development Review Committee for SPI-16 & 17 and
Chaired the Midtown Neighbor’s Association Land Use Committee. He is also the
Georgia Regional Coordinator for Future City, a national STEM
competition for middle school students.
Before
turning to academia, Dr. Rizzuto was Principal of the design firm Metastasis
and had previously worked for Cooper Carry & Associates in Atlanta. He
earned a B.S.ARCH from the University of Florida, an M.ARCH from the University
of Illinois Chicago and a Ph.D. in architectural history and theory from
Georgia Tech.
New Lego House (Cir Sept 2015) by my Nephew Owen.
