Photo courtesy Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA)
The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) will host its annual Architecture Faculty Workshop for college and university professors nationwide. This year’s event takes place April 10 in Charlotte, N.C., and includes a tour of a local metal building manufacturing facility.
- Lee Shoemaker, Ph.D., PE, director of research and engineering at MBMA, says, “The MBMA Architecture Faculty Workshop has been of great value to the educational community, particularly those who are interested in our annual student design competition. Past attendees have helped their students learn about metal building systems and be successful in our design competition.”
The workshop introduces metal building systems to faculty and presents ideas for integrating this building type into curriculums.
Another focus of the workshop is the annual MBMA student design competition, underway during the fall academic semester, that awards funds to undergraduate and graduate students and faculty sponsors. The workshop provides the background for faculty to serve as advisors for the competition.
The workshop begins with a look at market trends and an introduction to metal building systems. Additional presentations and speakers include:
- MBMA Student Design Competition Insights: Eric Pros, AIA, director of design, DS Architecture LLC, Cleveland
- Design Competitions: Role of Faculty Advisors: Stephen Schreiber, FAIA, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) distinguished professor, chair of the Department of Architecture at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- Metal Building Designs – In and Out of the Classroom: Donna Kacmar, FAIA, professor at Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design at University of Houston.
- Introducing Metal Building Concepts into Architecture Curriculum: Greg Snyder, associate professor of architecture and undergraduate program director at the School of Architecture, University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
“We look forward to hosting a range of academic leaders,” comments MBMA General Manager, Tony Bouquot. “Our competition is open to both graduate and undergraduate students, so educators at all levels can gain some important insights by attending.” He notes that typical attendees typically include undergraduate and graduate college and university professors, graduate program advisers, deans of architecture schools and practicing architecture professionals who are also adjunct professors.
